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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01
Maj. penn's Meetings

May be said to have closed on Sunday
night although some further services were
held while his tent was drying preparatory
to being taken down, closing with Tuesday
night We learn the entire number of con-
versions during the three weeks he was here
was upwards of $50, and about 60 were
baptized.
AT the close of Sunday nights services a
resolution of thanks to the Major. was unan-
lmosly adopted, and he was universally re-
quested to hold another camp meeting near
Martindale some time next summer.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01

Dat meal and Cracked Wheat to arrive at
G. w. DONALDSON & Co.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01
GALA LILY.

A car load OF this fine
Flour just received by
G.. w. DONALDSON d Co.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29

On this subject q man cannot go SO fal
that he will not be sustained by the people,
Ifipublic offices, especially Of q Legislative
character, are to be bought and sold, then
the people are at once reduced to the condi.
ton of serfs-of cattle and swine.
If what Mr.. Bradley says is false, he is
one of the greatest criminals Of the age. 1t
what Mr.. Bradley says is true, then Mr. SEES
sions has no proper mate but the serpent
the serpent that entered the Garden of Eden.
Hardened, debauched, habitually corrupt
legislators may laugh over the matter. The
honest, plain people of the country will
never laugh at the idea Of public Offices being
sold, because full well they understand Thai
it is in effect bartering away the peoples
rights and liberties.
The crimes of the Car were but the con-
summation of corruption in the Government
of Russia.
The people desire no Gear, either single
headed or many-head, in this country.
We warn the legislators at Albany, OF all
parties, that they cannot possibly over-e stl-
mate the importance and the gravity OF this
charge by q Republican Assemblyman against
q Republican State Senator Of an attempt at
bribery. and Of the actual payment OF two
thousand dollars in furtherance Of that at
tempt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29
he Electric light I'm Deep Water.
baltimore American.

LDntIIlAt1E y
Mysterious flashes Of lights, far-reaching
and brilliant, from the direction of the har-
Dor, over the city and against its most lofty
buildings, and again down along the water in
one direction or another, excited no little
common Thursday night. The startling il
Nominations were simply the result of one Of
q number Of proposed experiments with the
electric light Ill q new direction. It is be-
lleyed by several scientific gentlemen Of the
city, chief among whom in this matter is Mr..
f. s. Jennings, that eventually electric il
Illumination may be made most valuable in
deep water investigations. The theory has
not been practically demonstrated, for the
experimentation is as yet yet in infancy but
it Is thought that under proper conditions,
the electric light can be so applied as to bril-
liantly light up the bottom of q body of
water, even though the depth be one hum
dred feet. To test the question, q Brush dec
trio light machine was MOUNTED upon a scOW
with an eight-horse power steam-engine to
run it, and q tug was employed to tow the
scow about the harbor. The gentlemen in
terested in the experiment were accompanied
by a number Of friends. The results were
not fully satisfactory, owing principally to
the %roughness Of the water, but the trip was
8 most interesting one, and the power or the
electric light was str1kingly manifested. A
movable parabolical reflector was used back
of the light, which was again and again
thrown against vessels from two to two and
q half miles distant, bringing them out il
clear, full view, and enabling their names to
be read with the aid of a glass. When the
light was thrown upon the dome of the City
Hall, it leaped out of the darkness and stood
up against the dark sky as if suspended in
mid-air. One Of the curious features of this
part of the display was that to persons in the
city the shadows Of steamers and other yes
sells passing at this time between the light
and the City Hall dome were distinctly pro-.
trayed against the white background. 1t
may well be imagined what a sensation was
created by this par Drama. If, as is believed,
the idea is q feasible one, its workings will
be Of great Importance in the search of lost
treasures, for drowned persons, the raising
OF wrecks, the removal Of torpedoes, &C.
-@m-t<Sa>b > @~-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29
Decentralization IN Politics.
IN. 7. SUM-

A@Ss@ - eGisI
L is q painful commentary on the prevail
ing Decentralization il politics that the recent
alleged attempt at bribery in the Legislature
st Albany has generally been treated as q
joke. The Republicans seemingly have taken
no other view Of it. They appear to regard
it as wearing no serious aspect whatever.
And even the Democrats have sadly fallen
short of the duty devolved upon them by
such an occurrence. Even the patriotic Gen.
Spinola-strictly honest as he is said to be
has fallen far short Of doing his duty in the
premises. He should have reused q storm
that could not be quelled. He of all men
should have seen in this no occasion for q
joke. It anything in this world can be seri-
GUS, the attempt TO corrupt, to weaken, to
destroy republican government BY bribery is
serious.
Erastus Brooks has arisen more nearly
equal to the occasion than any one else. But
what has even Mr.. Brooks done compared to
what he ought to do?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29
CHRfsT.s Sentence of DEATH.
Au Alleged Copy ofthe Most
judicial Sentence Ever Pronounced.

The following is a copy Of the most me
morable judicial sentence which has ever
been pronounced in the annals Of the world.
namely, that Of death against the Savior,
with the remarks which the Journal LsDroi
has collected, and the knowledge of which
must be interesting in the highest degree tc
every Christian. It is word for word as fol
lows:
Sentence pronounced by Pontius PLATE,
intendant OF the Lower Province of Galilee,
that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer death by
the cross.
In these venteenth year Of the reign of the
Emp error Tiberius, and on the twenty
fourth day of the month Of March. in the
most holy City of Jerusalem, during the pom
tifcate of Annas and C%aiaphae.
Pontius PLATE, intendant of the Province
Of Lower Galilee, sitting to judgement in
the Presidential seat Of the Prators, SEN
fences Jesus Of Nazareth to death on a cross
between two robbers, as the numerous and
notorious testimonials Of the people prove.
/. Jesus is a misleadeT.
2. He has excited the people to sedition.
3 He is N enemy 10 the law.
Z. He calls himself son of God.
5. He calls himself, falsely, the King Of
Israel.
&. He went into the temple followed by a
multitude carrying palms in their hands.
Orders from the first centurion, Quirrillis
Cornelius, TO bring him to the place Of ex-
ecution. Forbids al persons, rich or poor,
to prevent the execution Of Jesus.
The witnesses who have signed the execu-
ton Of Jesus are:
/. Daniel Robani, Pharisee.
2. John Zorababel.
3. Raphael Robaai.
4. Cspet.
Je US is to be taken out of Jerusalem
through the gates Of Tournes.
This sentence is engraved on q plate Of
brass, in the Hebrew language, and on its
side are the following words: "A similar
plate has been sent to each tribe" 1t was
discovered in the year Of 1880, in the City Of
Aquilia, in the Kindom of Naples, by q
search for Roman antiquities, and remained
there until it was found by Commission OF
Arts in the French army in Italy. Up to 6
time Of the campaign in Southern Italy it Vas
reserved in the sacristv OF the Carthuslans,
near Naples, where it was kept in q box Of
ebony. Since then The relic hes been kept
in the Chapel Of Casert. The Carthusiane,
obtained, by their petitions, that the plate
might be kept by them, which was an &C.
acknowledgements of the sacrifices which they
made for the French army. The French
translation was made literally by members Of
the Commission Of Arts. Demon had q fac
simile Of the plate engraved, which was
bought by Lord Howard, on the sale OF his
Cal met, for $500 francs. There seem to be
no historical doubts as to the authenticity Of
this. The reasons OF the sentence CORES
pond exactly with those of the Gospel.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. R

NH GEAC EUB 70 -NEENEUH = ANUAEU =
Omaha to So. Louis and South.
erHa Points.
Pullman Sleeping Cars are run through from Omaha
to ST. Louis without change, arriving in St. Louis
osse d ogT in advance of trains by competing lines.
Tickets by this popular route for sac at all the
offices in the Northwest to Chicago and St Louis, and
to all points East and South. Ask for your tickets by
the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
AL information about rates of fare, sleeping car &C
commodationa. time tables, etc. viii be c%heerfully
given by applying to
JAMES r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Z. j. POTTER
General Manager Chicago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29

Lhis popular route makes a specially OF carrying
press trains, jnwell ventilated and cushioned coaches,
equal to cars used for first class passengers on other
roads. Emigrant passengers are carried through from
Omaha 70 Chicago ana st. Louis withoutdelay.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29
The old Reliable River Route--AwaY
Ahead on Cheap Rates--Fast
Time and Comfortable
Riding.

During high water (until August 15th) passen rers
can leave Helena, via Fort Benton, and reach St Paul
in six days. Leave Fort Benton on Saturday and dine
in Chicago or St Louis the following Friday, and have
a glorious time dashing down the Mighty Missouri in
Comfortable Pa passenger SseB mn en- running
on regular time and carrying the United States Mail
from Helena to Bismarck Stages leave Helena daily,
connecting with boats at Bentou.
BOATS VIII LEAVE
Bismarck every Saturday for Fort Benton, and leave
Fort Benton every Saturday for Bismarck, wi til regu-
larity, fast time, and sure connections.
FACTS WELL TO KNoW-CoMPARATIvE
RATES TO CHICAGO OR ST. PAUL.
FIRST CLASS.
Helena to Chicago, BENTON LENE......e II 90
Via Ogden and ULion Pacific. Us 80
Benton to st. Paul, BENTON LEyE...... 4a 90
Via Ogden and Union Pacifc.. 12S 90
SECOND CLASS.
Helena to Chicago, BENTON aKNE..... $50 co
Via Ogden and Union Pacific. 50 al
Benton to st. Paul, BENTON me-. 81 90
Via Ogden and Union SO 90
Rates to all points East and South, in proportion to
the above.
Distance by stage-Helena to Fort Benton, lao miles.
Time, only thirty hours. a pleasant ride through the
magnificent Prickly Pear Canyon, and over 8 beauti-
fl country.
Remember.
via Fort Benton and Missouri river, in addition to low
rates, meals and staterooms are included on boats to
first class passengers. Baggage allowed from Benton.
on river and raj, $50 pounds.
Second class passengers on above rates, have first
class accommodations on stages going from Helena.
Through Tickets Good ON amy Line.
Send for q '.Folder' giving full details and rates East
and West bound. and also freight rates to
7. c. POWER 3 Co. Helena, Montana.
I. c. POWER g Bro Benton, Montana.
is. RATTLE, SO Clark street, Chicago.
il. BAKER, Keokuk Northern Line Packet Co.'S
Office, st. Louis.
ISAAC T; BAKER, General Agent, Bismarck.
NORTHERN PACIFIC office, ST. Paul, MINI.
MILWAUKEE g ST. PAUL Office, Chicago.
&c. POWER, Manager, Helena. Montana
Through tickets can be obtained at the above Offices
and rates on wool.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
Jaekson's Manners.

was agrecably surprised in the con-
versational faculties of Andrew Jack
son; his manners, too, were entirely
different from what had supposed.
had in some manner unfortunately
gathered the impression that he was
coarse, bullying sort of man; and I WAS
indeed surprised to find that his man
ners were more like those of the late
duke of Sutherland than like those Of
a frontier politician. He was extreme
ly courteous, and may be classed as a
splendid sitter. After / had finished
painting his portrait at the Hermitage,
near Nashville, the family asked me to
make copy of it when returned to
Paris, but r said, ga copy is always a
copy So / asked the old man to let
me paint him again from life. He con-
sented, and I passed many pleasant
and profitable hours in his society.
I remember well the intense vehe-
mence of manner with which, after I
had related circumstance about my
self and the necessity of telling an UNI
pleasant untruth on one occasion, he
said, shaking his head with great vio-
lence, tsAlways tell the truth, Mr..
Healy ih-Bost02 Journal. 50
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
Hints for Housewives.

Parsley eaten with vinegar will re-
move the unpleasant effects of eating
onions. So will pinch of green tea.
To cure warts, cut slice from raw
potato and rub the hand each night:
let the water dry on the hand. 1t will
need but few applications.
IL a little vinegar or some cider is
mixed with stove polish, it will not
take much rubbing to make the stove
bright, and the blacking is not likely to
fly off in fine dust.
When washing fine 1aces do not use
starch at all; in the last water in which
they are rinsed put little fine white
sugar; dissolve it thoroughly and the
result win be pleasing.
Ten cents worth of coculus 1ndicus
berries, stepped in a pint of cheap whis-
ky and applied by feather in every
crack or corner of the infected bed
stead or walls viii prove too much for
the bugs.
Gargle for sore throat Take one
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, one
teaspoonful of salt, one pint of water,
two tablespoonfuls of vinegar; sweeten
to taste with honey or loaf sugar. Mix
together and bottle.
Silk neckties can be washed in rain
water to one pint of which add tea
spoonful of white honey and one of
hartshorn. Do not squeeze but let them
drip and when nearly dry press between
folds of cloth.
After buttering your cake tins scat
ter q little flour over them and the cake
is absolutely certain not to stick to the
tin. If your oven is likely to bake
hard at the bottom put paper in the
bottom of the tin. Butter it well first.
Nothing is better TO clean silver with
than alcohol and ammonia; after
rubbing with this take little whiten-
ing on soft cloth and polish in this
way; even frosted silver, which is so
difficult to clean, may be easily made
clear and bright.
To remove proud flesh pulverize
loaf sugar very fine and apply it to the
part afflicted. This is new and easy
remedy, and is said to remove it with
out pain; or burnt alum pulverized and
applied is an old reliable remedy.
For the violent internal agony termed
collie, take a teaspoonful of salt in a
pint of cold water; drink it and 60 to
bed. It is one of the speediest reme-
dies known The same will revive q
person who seems almost dead from q
heavy fall.
For hoarseness take the whites of
two eggs and beat them with two tea
spoonfuls of white sugar, CRATE little
nutmeg, then add pint of lukewarm
water; stir WE'LL drink often, and it
will cure the most obstinate case of
hoarseness in a short time.
By using syrup or molasses for mus
tard plasters, they viii keep soft and
flexible, and not dry up and become
hard, as when mixed with water. A
thin paper or fine cloth, should come
between the plaster and the skin. The
strength of the plaster is varied by the
addition of more or less four.--1N. /.
Times. ---...a..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
A Jananese Lily.

Mrs. Currie. wife of ex-Mayor j. C.
Currie, of this city, has in her collec-
ton of rare plants a lily from Japan
that land of lilies-which for size and
beauty is unsurpassed by any flower of
the kind we have yet seen in any coun-
try. 1t is of mammoth size, being
eleven inches in depth, and at the top
thirty-three inches in circumstances.
It's petals are of satin-like texture,
veined with delicate green and dotted
with tiny spots of dark purple. The
stamens and pistils are dipped with a
dark. rich orange, forming, as q whole.
a flower most beautiful and unique.
1t exhales a perfume almost overpower-
ing in its sweetness. Vtrgi9sa Enter
9l21Se.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
Individuality in Homes.


There will be a great gain to your
house in Individuality if you arrange
your own needlework for It. The car
pets, Wallpapers, furniture, and prob
ably the pictures and other art orna-
ments are the product of other peoples
minds. It can scarcely be otherwise,
but it is much more easy that the en-
broidery should be the product of your
own thought, it will then be unique
and give an air of originality that can
never be attained through the inteli-
gence of Others. Being unique, the
work is, in its degree. priceless, and it
is standing protest against the power
of mere wealth, seeing that It is en-
riched, not by silk and gold and other
mems toll, but. the power of ar.tsafid
your own expenditure of time and
thought 1t is, If you have contrived
it honestly and By your own lights, a
true product of your own taste and cul-
ture. and it will last to be monument
of the things that in your time were
loved and sought after, when you have
gone to look on those beauties that as
yet eye hath not seen, and of which
the fair things of earth are but fore
shadewings. zsss sss
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
AruEE,s rHIumpH..
Frazier,s. Root .B,ssers.

* A36EAS&0 kS90s [&BAESEA1s
If you are weak, ors languid, use
Frazer's Bitters.
IF your flesh is 1abby and your COM
plexion sailow, use Frazer's Bitters.
If yon live in maiarial district, use
Frazer's Bitter's 30
If worn down with the care of chill
dren, use Frazer's Bitters.
Ifyou have got the blues. use Fraz
er's Bitters.
If you kept late hours and lived con-
trary to the laws of health, use Fraz-
er's Root Bitters.
IF you need toning up, take Frazer's
Root Bitters.
If you have abused instead of used
natures gifts, use Frazer's Bitters
lfyou feel old before Your time, use
Frazer's I5itters.
Iflife has become burden md you
have gloomy ferbodings, use Frazer's
Bitters.
If your hands tremble and 70 eyes
have grown dim, Frazer's Root Bit
tiers will make you feel young again.
Sold by all druggists everywhere at
the low price S1.o0 per bottle. Il. s.
Henry Co., Sole Proprietos, Cleveland
Ohio.
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
Oucumbers Makes towards.

There is no time in mans life, re-
marks PecE's Sun, when he is so sus-
ceptible to the still small voice of con-
science as when he is prone on his
back, and has a haunting idea that he
is liable to die When he is in good
health, the still small voice is still small
er. and If his sins should find him out
then, they would find him out at twelve
or one o'clock at night, whooping it up
with the boys. And if a good man were
to approach him with a tract, and try
to point him the way to the better life,
he would laugh the good man to scorn,
and tell him where to 60, But when
that bold, bad man is doing the grand
contortion act in case of cholera NOR
bus, he is not SO beastly cunning. His
conceit all oozes out, and he is willing
to take advice and Jamaica ginger, as
is proposed by the medical mission.
Thus the cucumber doth make towards
of us all; and thus the native hue of
resolution is sicklied O. er with the pale
cast of thought
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15

He walked into the office this morn
ing, says the Stea5enUtlle Herald, look
ing much like man pretty well salts
fed with general results, and said: sCan
] see the editor?'' He was shown that
eminently useful adjunct 10 a newspa-
per at once. ssGood morning, sill" he
cheeriIy began. 'sMornin'." said the
editor. II came in" he proceeded.
''to tell you of misprint in the pa
per-" ''YesP What is itp'' ''Well,
you see | sent notice around yester-
day that Mr.. Smith had just been mar
ried. and your compositor, I see, has
got it, MIR. Smith has just been mar
tyred,' but guess it don't hardly make
enough difference to change it." Tho
editor scratched his head 4 minute, and
thought of housekeeping. and other
female eccentricities. and told the Wis.,
itor of course it didn't, and he went
away whistling, stWhy should the spirit
of mortal be proud?s'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
Horses with Wooden Shoes.

The Syracuse Courier says: Near
the border lines dividing the. towns of
Onondago and Marcellus, and two miles
from Navarino, is what few years ago
was known as Beaver Meadow, a large
tract of land surrounded on three sides
by woods. covered twelve years ago
with water five to fifteen feet deep,
where suckers and bullheads weighing
all the way up, would dive for n worm
or fly, and never fall from grace until
they fell into it. To-day there is no
water to be found on the entire forty
acres, and, with the exception of ten
or twelve acres it is covered with q
coarse meadow grass. It was formerly
owned by Charles Vinton, until a few
years since, when Charles Gates came
into possession of it and now has sever
al acres under cultivation. He has de-
yised kind of large wooden shoe
made of thick plank which he fastens
on to the feet of his horses SO that they
shall not sink; for one in walking over
it has feeling of uncertainty, for it
shakes like q forty-acre eauldron of jel-
ly. The soil is u soft muck, and has
had the drain of the surrounding coun-
try, and is now thirty feet by measure
meut. y si5s-4ssff szazsss< s-a.t..+..s -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
Improved Tax Methods in Vermont.

The new tax in Vermont, it would
appear, has resulted in unearthing a
large amount of property that has here
tofore escaped taxation. Although
many hundred thousand dollars in
money were just prior to April LIST, Ell
ther deposited in savings banks or in
vested in United States securities. and
other property was covered up by vari-
Gus devices, the total assessed valuation
this year will exceed that of last year
more than two-feld. The aggregate
list of the State for 1880 shows the value
of real estate to be about 81, 000, 900;
personal property, above debts, 49,
900, 900. This yen, under the new law.
returns from GO Of the 241 towns in the
State show total as scssed valuation of
about SIG, 900. 900. against 49,. 100000
last year-an increase OF S39, 000,0O0 In
few more than one-foui Oh the whole
number of towns in the State. The in
crease on personal property is largely
in excess of that ON real estate. G
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15
A Toad Fight.

always keep a number of toads in
my orehiEd houses for the purpose of
detroying vermin. The other morning,
while watching two males, was highly
amused at seeing them have regular
set to fight. They went at each other
in a regular scientific manner, sparring
and boxing with their fore paws, and
butting with their heads. After while
they seemed to get tired, coolly sat
down and viewed each other with great
complacency. From MY earliest days
/ have been in the habit of watching
the ways of toads. and never saw them
fight before. DR.. Patterson.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-15

yoursy said old s., pausing sympa-
thetically. Wife, explained the wild
over, with bearnfng smile: ..got her
under yesterday week, at 4:15 p. m.''-
Skidmore was disguised at the mans
cheerfulness, so he said well, if it
was my wife, it seems to me I'd put
more of an inscription over her than
that. A trunk label would contain more
information than that stone.n Dare
say. dare say" replied the surviving
Diffey, ssbut-you don't happen to
know Mrs. D.. reckon, ehp'' Had not
the pleasure. Pleasure! great Scott!
Well, if you had known her. you would
understand how feel about the matter.
My friend, the chisel won't do her any
good" And with a smile like an cleo
trie light in a fog the bereaved party
unbuttoned his ulster and made break
for passing car.