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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
Save Your Hair. Keep II Beautiful"

The LONDON HAIR CoLoR REsToRER' is
the most delightful article ever introduced
to the American people and is totally differ
ent from all other Hair Restorcrs, being en-
iirely free from all impure ingredients that
render many other articles for the hair
obnoxious Where badness. or falling of
the hair exists, or premature grayness, from
sickness or other causes, its use will restore
the natural youthful color, and cause n
healthy growth. cleansing the scalp from i'm
puritics dandruG, sc, Mt the same time u
most pleasing and lasting hair dressing,
fragmntly perfumci, rendering the hair sof,
and pliable, making i; an indispensable srti-
Gle in every toilet.
ASK your druggist FOR London Hair Color
Rcstorcr. Price - cents bottle. Six bot
ties Tor 81. Main Depot Tor the United
State. 80 North sixth ST, Philadelphia.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
Itching piles symptoms mud
Cure.

The symptom arc moisture. Ike rcr-Tirl-
ton. intense itshiug. inrr.lsci by rl,,hiu-.
v6ry d-stnc,,lns. particularly ai might. - e
pin vorms we're craaliny in AMI about the
rceium; the private paris arr sometimes q
fe-iei. e allowed 10 continue ycI, ssriugs
results NAV follow. ''DE SvAlNf's An
iiALrNs oTyr-iNu- isa p.oas.-i; sue cure.
Also Tor Te;ter. itrh. Sali Ehrlrn. S.li
bead Eryirs,zs. Ii4rle-'s iich. ki1i. a.-.
al Sosiy. Cuty. Ca;aasouS E-r!ai,as.
Prics. - o,.lts. . taxcs fer ST.. Ssztly
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02

Some Of our exchanges are suggc,
,ng the idci OF Ohng directly lJl
president alh vIce-presideDt, Instead .
Young ior clcclui. Ii this plan la,
Jccn pui ~ operation four years ago W,
would now biyc u Democratic admins
lration, as Mr. rildcn received POI
uar majority that would have dcficd
the swndliug operations of an .lectora
commissions Aud furthermore Han
sock has even now y popular mnjorifl
over Garfield We suggest the abol
ton Of the eIec'Ornl system and let TIL
vote go to the people direc t. From
iiersman.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
A young man named Charles Port

A young man named Charles Port
er, at Indianapolis, Ind, voluntarily
appeared in the criminal court and
pleaded guilty to horse stealing. He
is book-kecper by occupation, comes
OF a good family in Michigan, and
is n man Of excellent address. He
found himself without employment
or means, and in fit of despere-
ton committed 3he theft. Alter
wards, becoming conscience-stricken
he returned Tor, punishment H.
tale is so singular that tho couri
withheld sentence.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02

To be beautiful. baoy al, And HEALTHY. the whole
female eons,i u,lon mu.; malh,Ain regular action
during a esuslh period 81 ne, othtrNi'e. no
female can possibly remain LsAl'hy. and .he who
doe, not know this acknowledged fact, T. quite w..
norsh,. but should you by some exposure. bseofae
irregular aud safer With many troshls., what DO
you propo. to do, A. Se have experience 10 the,
line, let say that FsoLi.n fsuALH BprrAs IL &c
most wonderful female regulator In use. II don't
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02

The San Francisco Commercial
News and Shipping List, says "thc
oil prospectors in Pico Canyon. San
Banardino county, have been re
warded by striking vein of OF
which spouts eighty feet in the air
Truly, that must be great grease
spot.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02

A great and good man may have
his mind and heart full Of the pre-
cious jewels Of knowledge, but lie
cannot give ono Of the least Of them
his child without on effort on the
tart Of that child to receive and re
min ,Le oift.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
The Kerrville Frontiesman drops

Anew words OF sensible adyice when
Il says; Let tho newspapers and
the people Of our state drop politics
and go 10 work in earnest 10 induce
immigration 10 our state. Let them
induce people from the northern and
eastern states and Europe % come
in and settle on the vast and fertile
acres Of land that are now going to
waste in orr state. Let manufic-
turars be induced to come in and
build up factories. Lot railroads be
pushed through that each section Of
our state may have quick and direct
communication with the out 7
world"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
Cope. Az he recovered no grambled
out that no didn't like "A that and

Cope. Az he recovered ho grambled
out that no didn't like "A that and
a that, when ho was politely request
cd 10 Whistle over the lave OF So
the evening passed away, till the
chairman intimated that, as he Saw
the mune, and kent her horn, and NJ
some Of them had evidently rather
moro than "A wee drappie in thoir
&c, il was time 30 break up, because
il was not becoming for such celebri
ties as them 10 sing We'll not gu
home till morning They took the
hint, but before leaving had n fna!
chorus 10 Meet again some ithor
niht for the days o Aud Lang
Sync.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02

EsGrsn PENALr BiTrras i, not beverage but t.
powerful and unmIstakable female ,onic, impariir,
on to Impoverished blood. gives keen appetite
aids digestion aud proper assimilation Of food
strengthens the feeble. invigor ars the chronic npc
Is prompt and reliable in It's effects.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
Morning BY The Bright Light

I'm pvhs away by Dc light Of the moon
Want I'll tho children for to follow mel
I hone IN meet you darkies soon,
Ham, Lsiie, halle, halielnjah
SO toll Do brothers dat You meet,
Want hi de children for TO follow mei
DAT I will travel on my feet,
Halle, halle, halle. hallolnjah.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02

The receipts from the six Berhhardt
performances at Booths theatre last
week aggregated S27 900.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
A Frankfort Ky. } Physician writes:

Some months ago Tho daughter of one of
our prominent citizens was pronounced n
hopeless consumptvo. She was very much
reduced in flesh, terrible cough, her life
gradually wasting away. | recommended
her to nse ''Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup
of Wild Cherry" which she did. In n short
timo she was FREQ from all cough and other
symptoms, and ia nowrosy and healthy.
Price % cents md 500 n bottle, or six
bottles for $500. The large size is the most
economical. Prepared only by DIR. Swayne
& Son, Philadelphia. Sold by Druggists.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
yO,M', DAYS
l1llKiidllIIe|'y|
Wall PAD
A nlscoyEnY nY AccIpENr

A DISCOVERY III AtCibhsi
which supplies awant men OF em,neE, ability
have devoted years OF study aud espetipen, 70
lind. ,peeia: Tor dl,es,e Of the Kidneys, Rlad.
der. uTiniry urgsns and Nervous sysiem-nnd
from the time oi It's discovery has rapidly Ineress'
ed IN favor, gslnlng tue approval aud confidence
of medical men and those who have used u
has become a fayorte Nth all classes and wher'
ever Introduced has suptr,eded all other treat.
m,nts. In short. such Il ia intrinsic merit and
superiority tina, il is now the only reeogliasd re-
liable remedy.
DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS.
are the most prevalent. dangerous and fatal sheo-
tous that alict mankind, and 30 varied aud insid.
logS 10 their character, that persons oiien snner
for a long tim. before knowing what ais tbem
The moot Characteristic symptoms are gradual
wasting away OF the whole body pain IN the bsek
side or luins n weak, feeble, exhausted ieeIlhB ,
loss Of appetite aud dread Of exercise; sctniy ana
nalpluI discharge Of yarloosly eolored urine ina-
SI,iiy 10 retain or e1pel the urine; minute shreds
or casts In the Urine; and when the disease Is OF
long duration, there Is much emaeiaiion aud gen
eral nervous prostraiion.
THE ONLY CURE.
We say positively. and witout fear OF contradic.
lion that Days Kidney Pad Is the trst and only
ln.allble cure tor every form OF kidnedy disease.
IL II the best remedy vet discovered for this com
plant, and more eHectual In its operation than
auy other treatment. by using faithfully and per
slstently no case will be found SO inveterats as
not TO Yield to its powerful remedial virtues.
Is STRONGLY ENDORSED.
We have he most unequivocal testimony to Its
curative powers from many persons OF high char
Ter, Intelligence aud responsibility, Our book.
''row a Life was saved" giving the history OF
hi. new discovery, and large record OF most re
murkaOle cures, sent free. Write Tor II.
DAYS KIDNEY PADS are sold by druggist, or
will be sent free OF POSTAGE on receipt OF their
price: Regular - 90; special. for obstinate cases
Of long s'snding, $500; Chiidrep's. 81 so.
Address, DAYS KIDNEY PAD Co, TOLEDO.
OHIO.
CATION. -nving to the many worthless Kid.
nry Pads now seeking sale on our reputation,
we deem II due the aiHiccn to warn them. Ask
tor bays Kidney Pad, take no other, and you will
not be deceived.
900 July l7:ly
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
LIN M { N rs

have relieved moro bed-ridden Grip
pies; healed more frightfrl wounds,
and snvcd more valuable animals than
all other linimcnts, ointmen's, oils, extracts.
plasters and so-calcd pain killers" and
"skin cures" combined.
Physicians and Veterinary Surgeons en-
dorse the Centaur Linimonts millions
Of men, women and children in all countries
uso thcm, and Housekccpers, Farmers,
Planters. Travellers. Liverymen, Transfers
and stock-growors, arc their patrons They
nre clean, they arc handy, they are cheap,
and they arc reliable. There is no ache,
pnin, or swelling which they will not allie
yiate, subduc, or cure. Sold throughout
THE HABITABLE GLOBE
for SO cts. and Sl.OO bottle. Trial
bottles, 25 OTIS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-02
CHORUS.

nde morning, morning by dcbrighi light
Hear Gabrielle trumpet In de inornins'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
Post Omce AnaIra.

WASHIN ,STON, November Ii.
THE forthcoming report of Assistant PoS-
master-G eneral HaZen makes an interesting
exhibit of the operations of the registry sys-
TEN. The total number of letters and parcels
registered throughout the country during the
fiscal year ended June 80 last was 6,996, ,5l3
of which in round numbers 5,2jO,0O0 were
domestic letters, 100000 domestic parcels,
third and fourth class matter, 900 letters
to foreign countries, $3.50 parcels to foreign
countries, and upwards of 1,00lU0) letters
and parcels Of official matter, forwarded for
the Government and by law exempt from the
payment OF registry fees. The amount of fees
C, ctcd were $ja5,774, an increase of nearly
thirty per cent. over the preceding year. The
increase I'm the number of letters and parcels
registcre was 1867 49l. The actual losses of
registered matter during the year were LIS
letters and parcels, which is at the rate of one
in about evcry G,2Ol This is proportionately
smaller loss than for the previous year.
Tho newly-authorized registration Of third
and f3urth-class matter merchandise, ct O. is
reported 20 be stlll attended with extraord'n-
ary success; I53523 parcels were registered
during the fiscal year at the New York City
Post-Oflice alone.
General Hazen, in view OF the fact that most
of the losses of registered matter occur on
"stars orvice' routes, recommends that mail
contractors on star routes be held acc cDunf able
for losses directly traceNbie to carelessness 1r
other fault of their agents, and suggests that
in all contracts hereafter n clause be insert ed
providing for such accountability.
Auditor McGrew's report shows the number
of domestic money orders issued for the fiscal
year to be 7,24O,537, amounting to SiOJ,3j2,Sl9
The principal foreign mouey-order business
was as follcws: With Great Britain, 1l6, ,773 or
ders issued, amounting to $l,6250i3, and lS,9ls
paid, amounting TO S3B,09O; Canada, 25'
sos orders issued, amounting to S5Il,6l7, and
23,2l3 paid, amounting to S42e, ,750; Germany
o3.s55 orders issued for Sl,0l4,i i62, and 22,655
orders paid, amounting TO S537,l57. The tota
of net revenue to the Government from the
money-Order business of the year, S269,20
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
LATER NEWS.

THE sculling match between Edward
Hanlan, of Toronto, and Edward Trickett, of
Sydney, N. S. W., over the Thames champion
ship course from Putney to Mortlake, for the
championship of the world, came off on the
18th and was won by Hanlan.
DANIEL TRoUTMAN, farmer, resid-
ing near Uniontown, Dauphin County, Pa,
was murdered by burglars on the night of the
l4th.
ALEXANDRIA,. STEPHENS, of Georgia,
has been reelected to Congress by 11,34l
votes against sixteen scattering.
GENERAL SHERMAN in his annual re-
port renews his Recommendation of last
year that Congress be asked to give
25,0O0 enlisted men specifically to troops
Of the line of the army. Speaking of the
sea coast defenses the General says: 1--WE
now have 50,0O000O of people, and the idea of
any hostile force landing on our coast Is pre-
posterous. Yet our great commercial ports
should be made so safe that even an apprehen-
sion of danger would not be felt Portland,
Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia,
Hampton Roads, Port Royal, Key West, PEN
sacola New Orleans San Diego, San Fran
cisco and Port Townsend should all be prop
erly fortified and garrisoned. All m nor forts
should be sold or abandoned. An annual ap-
preparation of $1,000,0O0 would in ten years
put these forts in good order, and another
! 81 900 900 year would properly arm them
and the Secretary of War and the President
should have discretion IN the disbursement Of
this money!
The new Russian and Colombian
Ministers we're formally presented to President
Hayes by the Secretary of State on the 18th
COMPLETE official returns from all the
counties In Minnesota make Garfelds maiori-
ty 39,073.
THE Minnesota Insane Asylurn at ST..
Peter was completely destroyed by fire on the
10Th. The institution contained 800 inmates.
No particulars were telegraphed.
The barge Morning Star from Toledo
70 Buffalo with a cargo OF grain, was reported
lost ON the 10th, with all ON board.
PRESIDENT HAYES has appointed ex-
Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell, counsel
for the United States before the newly-or-
ganiEed Franco-Amerlcan mixed claims COM
mission.
The returns of November received at
the Agricultural Department show an in
crease In the wheat crop of the United States
Of 81 ,000, 900 bushels since 1879. The Yield
per acre is somewhat less, but the increase In
area sown more than counterbalaneed the loss
OF yield. The oat crop shows slight decline
as compared with the crop Of 1879
A QUEBEC dispatch says the Canadian
Government has received Information that
the smallpox is creating dreadful havoc
among the Canadian Indians In the settlement
ON the north shore Of the Gulf OF st. Law
renee, Hundreds are dying daily.
THE Irish Bishops have expressed a
desire to subscribe to the fund for Parnells
defense,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
PITH AND POINT.

WE are not very observing, but we
have noticed that the first thing any
woman does upon alighting from car
riage is to carefully put her right hand
in conjunction with her back hair, just
to see If it's all right.--NeU HaUen Req
ister.
NOTHING rnads a man more than to
come down to breakfast and have his
wife tell him he has been talking in his
sleep, and refuse 70 give away what he
said. Not that his conscience troubles
him; oh, no! he is only after psycholog-
ical facts. s.-Loweu Citizen.
FASHION is often the result of acci.
dent. A South End woman's hat blew
off the other day and was run over by
horse-car, hack and a wheelbarrow,
besides being stepped upon four times,
before she recovered it. She had to
wear it home, though, and seven milli-
ners who saw it thought it was new
style and went to making hats with just
the same jams in em.-BoStoR Post.
DEACON julius G. SNOWFALL, who
takes a religious paper, asked Rev. Amin
! idab Bledso, the other day. "What is
de meanin' OBJ de term pan-Episcopals
and pan-PresbyteriansP Why hain't
got no culled pan-BaptissesPn "Look
heah, niggah, it pains me to see you
'splay sich ignorance. Don't yer know
dat de pam 'Piscopals, pam Mefodists,
pan-Baptisses is dem what pans out de
mos when de hats being passedP"-
! GdiUeston NeWS.
! BABY's LULLABY.
| CAS- sung by its father while mamma is visit
ing the neighbors).
Rock Il by baby upon the tree top,
! When the windsblows-confound it. do stop.
| When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
| Jerusalem crickets, what temper you've
got,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
By thunder, you young 'uns do nothing but
b. squull.
Now, baby, go by.by; go hushi. .ty-hush;
Shoe, shoe, shooy, shooy, hush, hush ty--
hush;
Go to sleep, my baby my little sweet pet;
Go TO sleep; don't you hear me, I'll spank you,
I'll bet
If you amt asleep, this minute, now, now,
rock a. by,
Wen, hang such young one, that does moth
ing but cry.
on CITY Derrick.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
His Exact Age.

WHEN Uncle Reuben Clay, an old
darkey of about seventy winters, drop
ped into a Griswold Street tobacco store
a day or two ago, and was asked his
age, he promptly replied:
"Wall, sab, l reckon I'ze about as
nigh seventy vars ole as dey can make
'em."
eff you can't read, or write or cypher
how can you tellp''
"I'ze kept de dates in my head, sab,
an if you'll take pencil kin prove my
age in no time tall
One of the loungers prepared himself
with pencil and paper, and Uncle Reu-
ben proceeded
"Now, sab, in what var did Colum-
bus diskiver Americapn
sin 1892"
"Den sot dat down"
"Why, what has the discoverer of
America to do with your age!}' asked
several voices.
sit makes no diffunce, sab. Ize got
to git some pint to reckon from, an l
take dat one kase it's de handiest. Put
down 1492.n
Yes.n
"Now, den, when was de Revolu-
summary wa ntP'
"In 1776."
EXACTLY. Take dat from 1492 and
it leaves how AanyP' sn
"Just 2S4 years"
Oats k'rect. Now, when did dey
fight de next wa'P"
In 19l2-14. Take that out and it
makes difference of thirty-six years,
and reduces the figures to 248"
I" OATS all right" said Uncle Reuben
as he bent over the figures. "Now, den,
in what var did my grandfather
land in ole Yirginny?h
"Why, how do L know? You must
know if any one"
The old man scratched his head,
looked over the figures and said
"Dat's kinder Gurus. De ole man
comes in dar sum WHARF"
All the men began to laugh at him,
and the old man got up and tied on his
comforter and said;
"You white folks needn't feel SO
mighty peart kase you fink you've got an
ole nigger in box. Ize gwine ober to
see my son George, an George he'll
take piece o. chalk an de bottom of n
cheer an begin wild de day dat Cain
killed Abel an run my aige down to dis
very mawnin' quicker'n de smartest o.
you kin rub So heel !''-DetrOU Free
| D,.eee
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
Cnrlons EIectInn netr.

TIIE loser in a Memphis bet is to stand on
his head five minutes, in Il public square,
with Garfield bannor suspended from his
feet.
In Oswego, N. Y, n gTooeryman bet his store
against Il neghbor's meat market that Han
cock would be elected. He turned over his
wager like u man, but the butcher declined to
accept it.
In Ogdensburg, N. Y, William Alger bet his
mustache against A. A. Babcocks whsllers
thar Garfield would not be elected. The other
morning he had his mustache cut OF and sent
to Mr.. Baboock.
George p. Knowls of Racine, Wis, won from
Edwin Childs, Of Dakota, one section Of good
farm land, six hundred aud forty acres. The
bet was $1,000 against Il certain described
section that New York State would give Gar
field from l,010 TO 5000 Republican majority.
A combination bet was made by ten Demo-
Gratis and ten Republicans in Houston, Tex
The losers were to harness themselves to a
stagc-GonCh and draw the winners through the
principal street. In both parties were some
of the foremost men of the city.
A wheelbarrOw bet in Baltimore result cd in
more of n show than was expected. The loser
was annoyed, while wheeling the winner over
the stipulated route, by the taunts of the lat
ter, and followed up the payment of the wager
by whipping him sOundly.
A Harrisburg man was caught by the tricky
offer of a wager that one city In the United
States of over 100000 inhabitants would not
give 500 votes for1Iancock. The stake was a
supper for the Ward Campaign Club of the
winner The city named was Washington,
where there is no voting for President at all.
The victim sad nothing, except to name the
time and the place for the supper. On that
occasion the viands looked all right, and were
just such as the written terms of the bet
called for; but they were found TO be sea-
sOned with snuff and other unpalatable sub
stances.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

BB-The next Congress will not be
ruled by Confederate Brigadiers.
Bzy-Wonde if General Hancock
thinks the election a local matter.
BB~The Brooklyn Eagle democrat
ic) says of John Kelly's idiOtic dispute
OF the result in New York, to which he
so largely contributed: 1.-The Presiden-
tial election of 1880 is over. The Boss
in neither city will be allowed to divert
attention from his own misconduct by
getting up dispute over the result of
the election
G9s~"Wi Indiana two years hence re-
sumo her place in the Democratic column, or
will the solid African vote perpetuate the
power Of the Radicalsl" LoOdnSpOr PhdroS,
If it will relieve your anxiety, we will
say that Indiana will not resume her
place in the Democratic column two
years hence. The probability also is
that our colored citizens of African
descent will continue to vote the Re-
publican ticket. Indianapolis Journal.
Bt3-The Republican States, accord
ing TO the size of their majorities, rank
in the following order: