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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-02-24

For Sale!
Circumstances over which I have no
control, make il necessary for me TO close
my business. therefore offer the
CITY FLOUR MILLS
for sale. The house and mos Of Ii
machinery 10 new and In first class run
ming order. consisting Of:
l Iron Franc 48 10. Saw Mill, com.
plefe,
Eagle Cotton Gin, o5 Saw. and con.
denser.
/ Newell G in. Iron Power Screw,
Patent Sirsub Corn Mill.
Wheat Mill. % In. French Buhr.
1Bolting Chest. 3 Reels, 81 in. diam.
one Return Reel,
! California Shutter. Separator and
Fan,
! Iron Turbine s n. Water Wheel.
] Stationary Engine AMI Boiler, 20.
horfe Power.
Old house 25x3 r., q stories hish--
new house 20x40 f., 3 stories above
Ice Factory. Doe e, and ds ~ ' con- On.
i.inins 5 rooms. esrden. horse lot. crib.
stables. &c. will sell ell together or
reserve dsellIrg and LOT. OF either power.
water or steam. A bargain css b had.
Terms s,tisfsc'ory. Apply 20
STERLING FISHER.
W. SMITH.
sspt. 2S-tf ct the Mil
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-02-24

DENoREsT's Magazine for February
an3 other at
C.R. JTLAS's News Depot
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-02-24

Mr.. PREscorr knew what he was
doing when he bouehta beautiful SO OF
Quincy Furniture from 9.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-02-24
HOME NEWS.
TIME TABLE.
International and GN,s Northern Railroad
IAN ANTONIO DIVISION:
SPECIAL. NOTICE

Persons haring business 'oith the
Printing office, in the Editors aD-
sencc. riH please lcdre TIER orders
rith c. Il. Julian at the Ners Depot,
or Miss Russell, at the Book Store ;
either of uhOm Is authorised To reeeite
and receipt for money. or attend TO
ann other business pertaining to he
office.
Or, mhen the building is closed az
front, business orders or messages may
he left with the Printers IN the Cglce.
ply- Entrance to Printing OWee
Through the little gate attached to me
building in front, at theright hand.
Our schools took a halliday on the 22l.
SEE New York letter in our local col
umns.
JUST RECEIVED.
Atiue lot Of Ladies and Misses shoes
., WIN. GEIsEN's
In order to make room for my Spring
Stock offer Dry Goods, Notions. Cloth
ing, etc, at cost FOX the next 39.days.
WM. GIEsEN.
PLANES Flour,
have lust received \ car load OF thls
celebrated st. Louis Flour, and guar
au,ec it superior to anyin the market.
G. W. DONALDSON.
Repre- sentative Story did not go to San
Antonio but availed himself OF the oc-
cas- on to stop off here tor home. tie
expected the train woaid stop, but it
did not, so he leaped off at some risk,
hut fortunately without injury.
Mr., IREscOrr knew what he was
doing when he bouehta beautiful Sc OF
9llney Furniture from
ErrNER Il NANCE.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-02-24

In order to make room for my Spring
Stock offer Dry Goods, Notions, Cloth
ing etc, at cost fox the next 30.days.
WM. GIEsEN.
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JUST RECEIVED.
Atiue lot Of Ladies and Misses shoes
., WIN. GEIsENs
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Notice or CoTsrinershir.

San Marcos. Fcb. -, ISL.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-02-24

Our schools took halliday on the 22l.
SEE New York letter in our local col
INNS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
Night Air.

Before we can hope TO fight con-
sumption with any chance Of success,
we have to get rid of the night air
superstition. Like the dread Of cold
water, raw fruit, etc, il is founded
on mistrust of our instincts. 1t is
probably the most prolific single
cause eofimpaired health, even among
the civilized nations of our enlight
ened age, though its absurdity rivals
the grossest delusions of the witch
craft era. The subsection TO holy
reason to hearsays could hardly go
further. Beware of the night wind;
be sure and close your windows after
dark J" In other words, beware of
Gods free air; be sure and infect
your lungs. with the stagnant, aZo-
tized, and offensive atmosphere of
your bedroom. In other words, be-
ware of the rock spring; stick TO
sewerage. Is night air Injurious? !?
Since the day of creation that, air
has been breathed with impunity
by millions of different animals
tender, delicate crea ures, some of
them -fawns, lambs. and young
birds. The moist night air of the
tropical forests is breathed with i'm
punity by our next relatives, the an
thropoid apes-the same apes that
soon perish with consumption in the
close though generally well-warmed
atmosphere of our northern menag-
cries. Thousands of soldiers, hunt
ers, and lumber men sleep every
night i'll tents and open sheds with
out the least injurious consequences !;
men IN the last stage of consumption
have recovered by adopting semi
savage mode of life, and camping
outdoors in all but the stormiest
nights. Is it the draught you fear,
or the contrast of temperature ?
Blacksmiths and railroad conductors
seem to thrive under such influences.
Draught? Have you never seen
boys skating in the teeth of a snow
storm at the rate of fifty miles an
hour? "They counteract the effect
of the cold air by vigorous exercise"
Is there no other way of keeping
warm? Does the north wind dam
age the fine lady sitting motionless
in her sleigh, or the helmsman of q
stOrmed.tossed vessel? 1t can not
be the inclemency of the open air
for, even in sweltering summer
nights, the sweet south wind, blessed
by all creatures that draw the breath
of life, brings no relief TO the victim
of araphobia. There is no doubt
that families who have freed them
selves from the curse of that super
stition can live out and out healthier
in the heart of great city than its
slaves on the airiest highland of the
southern ApeDnines.-DT H. s. OS-
'oald, an Popular Science Monthly.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
NO 80
"Ar THE SOUND OF DOG"
How they Dance the Racket" nt Lead
VILE.

From the Lcadvillc Chroniclcl
We saw the racquette the other
night. 1t is a lovely dance. The
attitude and motions of the dancers
are excruciating. No wonder it is
such n favoritc among the young
ladies and gentlemen of high moral
proclivities. 1t is just too lovely for
anything, and is easy to learn. And
it is so appropriately named, al
though misspelled. Ii goes on in
the following style: The lady and
gentleman stand facing each other,
close together. The gentleman's
right arm is delicately placed around
the lady's waist, his left hand clutch
ing her right index finger, while her
left hand is placed on his right
shoulder. Finally the fiddles, after
a few see-saws, strike up "A dog ate
rye straw, rice straw; dog ate rye
straw" etc. AT the sound of "dOg'
the dancers spring off to the gentle
mans LETT two jumps, then back TO
the lady's lett two jumps, AS though
the "dOg" was biting them from the
rear, and they III their efforts TO es-
cape were trying TO dodge past each
other. but couldn't. After the
jumps to the lady's left, both halt
an instant with their feet about fif-
teen inches apart. and bend their
knees inward toward each other
until they nearly touch. We could
only see the genteman's knees, but
suppose the lady did the same ; they
both suddenly spring one jump TO
the lady's left, and thus backward
and forward keeping their feet and
knees in the above position all the
time, but with timber knee and hip
joints they make graceful swing
ing motion up and down TO the
time of the music. When the music
stops a moment, the dancers stop,
and at the sound of "dog" they both
swing of again, and repeat the ma
noeuver, over and over, until both
become exhausted, The fiddlcs stop
and they sink into seats in a perfect
perspiration of rapture. That's the
racquette. Oh, it is just too jolly,
but il can not be appreciated until
seen. Seeing is all that is required
to make one enamored. and fall into
hysterical ectacies over il. eve
tumbled TO the racket"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

pi. God does not smile ON a region
as He does on this without effect. AL
ready we may begin to see the new
life that is to lead us to new and
grand achievements. Action, never
ceasing purpose to advance our
city, is what is needed. For years
the STATESMAN has called Justify for
display of such energy, seemingly
for long period to no purpose,
but the end of inactivity is
reached, and those who stand
in the way of progress
must be thrust aside and trodden
under foot until hid six feet below
the surface of the earth. None dare
in this age to parley uron the ques-
ton of progress. There is an end
in contemplation, and this can be
reached only by moving resolutely
towards it. How many are going to
be found outside the ranks when the
column moves forward. Not a man
we hope. We want to be called upon
in the future to do no violence
to any citizen OF Austin, and yet
the STATESMAN is prepared to act
as the executiOner of men who drop
out. Let there be one voice in this
vital movement. Let every man
act. Let a consultation of all men
interested in the advancement of
this community, city and country,
be held, and let them conclude as to
the ends that must be attained, and
then they. will achieve designated
results.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
Swiss Farming.

have wondered IL there are such
\ awkward ways of doing things out
side of Egypt as are practiced here.
| The farming implements would be
laughable if they were not mon
strous. Tubal-Cain certainly made
better formed scythes than are used
here. The axes are simply long
sharp wedges with a hole near the
top and q short, straight stick in the
hole for handle. Hay forks ore
big and awkward, and twice as heavy
as our stable forks. Grain is oftener
threshed with the old-fashioned fail
than otherwise. The plows are the
climax of agricultural mOnstrosities.
They are great cumbersome things,
made almost wholly of wood, with
the beam mounted on two wooden
wheels big enough fur coal carts.
My friend used just such plow yes
terday on our farm. / half deny
ownership now, when think of it.
1t was pulled by six cows. Two men
were driving the cows, and two men
were holding the plow up. Hollow
ed and looked on. They were half
q day plowing half nn acre. | am
glad the whole concern, plowmen,
cowdrivers, and all, were hired, and
not a part proper of the farm sat
on stonewall for half an hour and
reflected whether il were possible
Americans could not make small
special farming profitable, with their
soil and complete implements for
farming, in the face of the fact that
these people not only make living,
but save money, on poor soil, and
with the old-fashioned tools ofEgypt
to work it, 1 am certain the whole
secret lies in economy; in the saying
off hundred little things that shall
outbalance even the waste of these
awkward implements and these slow
methods. There will not blade of
grass be seen among the vines here,
or a weed on the farm. There will
not be twig wood left 10 rot, or q
potato undug. A gentleman's pri- |
yate garden could not be cleaner or |
better kept than is the whole farm
in Switzerland, and cultivation, such |
as is bestowed only onhot-houses in |
America, is common here to every
farm. Not one foot of ground is left |
uncared for.-S. II. N. Byers, in Hur-
pey,s Magazine.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

THE late message of President
Gonzales to the Mexican congress,
was devoted mainly to internal af-
fairs, principally the construction Of
railroads designed to connect the in
land cities with one another and
with the seaports. The executive
will submit to the congress con-
tract ne has signed with James B.
Eads for the construction of ship
railway across the isthmus of'Teh-
uantepec. The frequent incursions
along the frontier are referred to,
and he indicates a bad state of af-
fairs, owing to the desperate char
acters, criminals, from the two re-
publics, infesting the border. He
cody congratulates the people of
Mexico that all is quiet in the re-
public, while the European mon
arches are in an unsettled state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

THE alacrity with which the pro-
position to extend the six per cent
government bonds at three and one
half per cent. has been accepted
will make it an easy matter for the
Forty-seventh Congress to refund
these bonds at three per cent. Moth
ing can be palmer now than that q
three per cent. long bond would be
greedily accepted. When two humid
red millions of capital is so quickly
invested in three and one-half per
cents, which can be called at any
moment, it is fairly certain that q
three per cent. bond which would
secure the permanence of the invest
ment for a reasonable term would
prove popular also. This was the
plan proposed by a Democratic
Congress, but opposed by Mr.. Sher-
man and the President, and thus de
feated. s.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
Rich People.


That we have some very rich peo
pie in this country there is no doubt
but where are they, asks the Cincin
natl Star, as compared with the Ro
man aristocrats ? Vanderbilt may
be able to give his check for $50,
100000, but when Cyrus returned
from the conquest of Asia he was
rated at S500.000,000. Mrs. Astor
may give an entertainment at the
expense of $25, 900, and Mrs. Mackay
may give dinner parties that cost
$50,O00, but q festival given by
Ptolemy Philadelphus cost $685.
900. Alexander's daily meal, frugal
as it was. cost $1700; and money was
of so little account to Claudius that
he once swallowed q pearl that was
worth $4,000. James Gordon Ben
nett has been known to give many
thousands of dollars to people for
whom he had acquired a fancy, but
according to Tacitus, more than $97, :
10000 was given away in similar
manner by Nero. Queens of fashion
in New York and San Francisco
have appeared at balls wearing jew
els estimated to have cost 500, 900,
which pales into insignificance when
compared with the alleged fact that
Lolita Taulina wore jewels valued
at s., ,662, 800. and that when she wore
these it was only on the occasion OF
q plain citizens supper. Over $780,
900 was spent in providing funeral
for an eccentric New Yorker who
left directions how the money should
be spent, but the obsequies of Hep
cost $1,5O0,0OO Americans
have died and left millions to their
sons, who have squandered it all in
q score of years but Antony "got
away with" $375, ,0O0, ,O0O, and Tiberius
left the snug little sum of $118,0OO,-
BOO, which Caligula squandered to
the last penny in less than q year.
The late iamented Sothern Is said to
have spent 800 900 in q year IN good
living, but it IL said that PeRellus,
the singer. spent money at the rate
Of $4O, 600 week. And then there
was q Darius and Helioeabalus and
Lucullus and Lentalus and-Well,
his win do-for the present. Aaf -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
A REIGN OF TERROR.
The Alarming Increase Of hsaIl Disease and The
Symptoms which PTecsde Il.
Leadin to Scientific Investigation and an
Attempt to Check It's Increase.
Ths WORdHfnl Properties Of "SedSiIHe-de-hala.
and How 10 Properly Use II.
Facts Of Importance for All Re1aIding I
New Discovery.

The mortality statistics OF this country
show that 4 great proportion OF deaths
arise from Heart Disease. But aside from
the fatality which attends it. the inc"u
venience am suffering which even the
first stages bring make IL necessary TO
take prompt measures for relief. Un-
doubtedly the greatest remedy of mod
efn times for curing diseases of the Heart
Is ''Sedatine-de-India," which is accom-
plIshing such wonderful results and at
tractIng so much attention. This great
remedy possesses ingredients specially
designed tor all the numerous troubles OF
the Heart. The combination is the re-
suit of long and careful experiment, and
it can be safely asserted that when taken
in time IL will cure In every case. Do you
ever have Nightmare, oppressed feeling
in the side or breast, Irregular Action,
Throbblng, Jumping, Fluttering, Mo-
mentary Stopping, Slow Circulation of
the Blood? These are all symptoms of
Heart Disease. Those who are suffering
and have never tried 1t, should do so at
once; those who have ever tried it do not
need TO be urged to do so again. If your
Druggist has not got 1t, send one dollar
and fifty cents to our address and 1t will
be mailed to you. Sole agents in Amer
lea, Lobdell Chemical Co., st. Louis, Mo.
For sale In Austin by j. w. Graham.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

ITAPPEARs that all the assistant
postmaster generals have been pro-
viGed excepting the first. For this
place there are a number of appli-
cants, among them Col. S. I'll. Rus
of this state, who. it is said, has very
strong backing. His appointment
would be somewhat of a recognition
of Texas, but we would greatly pre-
fer this recognition to come from
other influences than these which
control at Washington, yet since the
Republican stalwartism is the meas
ure of merit there, Colonel Rus
sell becomes quite a fit man
for the appointment. Though a
native Texan, politically he is not in
accord with the great majority of
our people, but tins ought to be to
his credit, when asking for a place
Aside from politics, however, Col,
Russell is highly respected by the
Democrats of Texas, who would re-
cognize in disappointment an honor
conferred upon Texas, because he
is a Team, who has filled several
positions of trust with credit to him.
self and to those he s'represented.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

GENERAL GRANT has most sig
naIly failed as an agent in Mexico,
and the men who supplied him with
the money to go there had better
have him come back home at once.
1t has leaked out that he is figuring
on a filibustering scheme, and I'M
less he get away from the land OF
the Montezumas very soon he may
meet with the same fate as Maximil-
ian. But the results of his pres
idency of the New York worlds
fair, and of this Southern Mexican
railway scheme, ought to satisfy
those, who have held the General
for all he is worth, that it would be
best to drop him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

Julian Hawthorne relates this of
Bcaconsfield: "While he was still
plain Disraeli, he was at a large din
ner, where his wife also was pre-
sent, an excellent lady, but not dis
tinguished for outward attraction.
1t happened that her next neighbor
at the table was Bemal Osborne, and,
after the ladies had Withdrawn, the
latter (who has the manners of q
city cabman) broke out in a loud
voice: Good God, Disraelil how
did you come 20 marry that wo-
manr Hereupon ensued an appalI-
ed hush, all eyes fixed on Disraeli.
At length he said, with, his quiet,
frigid drawl: Partly for one reason
which you, Osborne, are incapable
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, This
completely crushed the yiyacious
Osborne, and was, moreover, a fresh
illustration ofDisraelps sopercilious
courage, for his wife's fortune had
been of paramount service to him,
and a smaller man would have hesi-
tated publicly to- acknowledge SO
heavy an indebtedDess.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
Walls for Women. 3,u9J

Hope is everything. H6pe is
always represented as a woInanp
1t is impossible for three people
to keep the same secret but after
two of them are dead.
-"Downy" way Of putting 1t i:
Men are geese, women are ducks, and
birds of a feather flock together,
Miss Lillian, daughter Of the late
Senator Carpenter, is usually spoken
of as "the most beautiful girl in
Washington" .o-,l ,s4a., 900
In the Isle of Man the right to
vote has been accorded to all females
who possess an estate yielding q
pound sterling per annum.
-Bernhardt says that American
women are adorable. TbatGl little
speech has been made from the dark
end of sofas every Sunday evening
for century or more.
-Consolation misapplied: @You
must feel lonely since your husband
went away consolingly observed a
neighbOr TO her lady friend. "Not
at ALL" she replied at is the first
holiday / have had since | was q
school girl"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05
Goethe and Byron.


Goethe's sayings about Byron
were uttered at the height of Byron's
vogue, when that puissant and splen-
did personality was exercising its
full power ofattraction. In Goethe's
own household there was an atmOs-
phere of glowing Byron worship;
his daughter-in law was apassionate
admirer of Byron-nay, she enjoyed
and priced his poetry, as did Tieck
and so many others in Germany at
that time, much above the poetry of
Goethe himself. Instead of being
irritated and rendered jealous by
this, nature like Goethe's was in
evitably led by it to heighten, not
lower, the note of his praise. The
Ifme-SpiJft, or Zeit- GetSt, he would
himself have said, was working just
then for Byron. This working of
the Zeit-GeiS in his favor was an adj
vantage added to Byron's other adj
vantages, an advantage of which he
had a right to get the benefit. This
is what Goethe would have thought
and said to himself. and SO he would
have been led even to heighten some
what his estimate of Byron, and to
accentuate the emphasis of praise.
Goethe, speaking of Byron at that
moment, was not and could not be
quite the same cool critic as Goethe
speaking of Dante, or Moliere, or
Milton. This, L say, we ought to re-
member in reading Goethe's judg-
ments on Byron and his poetry.
Still, if we are careful to bear this in
mind, and five quote Goethe's praise
correctly-which is not always done
by those who in this country quote
it--and if we add to il that great
and due qualification added to IL by
Goethe himself-whieh, SO far as 1
have seen, has never yet been done
by his quoters IN this country at all
then we shall have a judgment on
Byron which comes, 1 think, very
near to the truth, and which may
well commandour adherence.-Mdc-
milldn'S Magdz'ne.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

Trouble is avoided, as If IT. never
yielded any enjoyment. Those who
avoid trouble see no pleasure In it;
but they are dull. A large family Is
often scattered, its members residing
in different States. They raise fami-
lies of their own, but are neverthe-
less interested in each others affiic-
tions. They are often tossed on seas
of troubles. A member of one family
become insane; a member of another
becomes crippled for life; another
family's idol becomes hopelessly in
temperate; another beloved child
does something disgraceful, and SO
on. One might suppose that suffi-
cient for one family is the evil
thereof; but no sooner does any
thing to give pain 20 all
the families occur TO one fami-
ly than the distressing news is
forwarded with the greatest haste
to all the others, and what would
have, only been painful to three or
four persons becomes the agony Of
every relative within reach Of fele-
graph and mails. This happens, be-
cause of the pleasure derived by
distressed persons in making miser-
able as many human beings as they
can communicate with. There can
be no other reason for such news
peddling. No good comes of Il, and
1t can not be otherwise than that
the sender Of distressing intelli-
gence enjoys the consciousness that
he or she has suddenly become pos
sessed of the power to inaict great
pain.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-05

DIPHTHERIA.--Inth the hill towns and
rural districts generally typhoid and
diphtheria prevail, as well as in the
crowded city. The cause is ALWAYS
to be looked for in the careless SAINT
tary habits ofthe people. The want
of fcleanliness and ventilation in the
cellars, the decaying potatoes, apples
and cabbages, old rotten cider bar
rels, and soap and grease tnbs, piles
of filthy dirt; arags mingled with
ashes on which, rats and cats have
nightly battles, the damp air, and
oftentimes collections ofWater, and
temperature favorable to organic
.decomposition-all these are .condi-
tions prolific In the formation of in
fecting poisons and in increasing the
incomes ofphysicians. =