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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15

The venerable Elder Morreu was ut ths
Kyle gathering
Capt. Morgan. a Texas veternn from Bas-
trop is in attendance ut our court.
Col sledge has cotton fold Of 1000
acres opposite Kyle, few miles distant
Rev. Mr.. Roach has returned to Noun
tain City, where he will open school.
We met many acqnaintainces at Kyle "too
numerous TO mention" all Of whom we were
glad to see. tfaa
A man named Wagner. stated to be Of
San Marcos Texas, is named in the list OF
victims 10 tho late train robbery in Missouri
Prof, storts the principal Of the Kyle
school, appears to be gentleman OF more
than ordinary force. We trust he may prove
to be the right man in the right place.
We were right glad to meet at Kyle our
friends Elder and Mrs Burroughs. They
intend removing ere long to the northwest
ern part of the state.
Capt. Kyle, the patriarch Of the "loveliest
village Of the plain" was ut the dedication.
We learn he will soon locate there. At
present Kyle IL Hamlet, with Hamlet
omitted" h.eifs3 .H
At Kyle we w6ro pleased to meet Mrs.
Sarah Nance, just returned from her visit to
Arkansas and Tennessee. She thinks Texas
the best country she has seen. She will
again make her home in San Marcos
The writer of the very interesting letter
from Mexico is Mr.. Brown who is the gener-
l agent for the Mackinnon Pen Co., and
stopped here for short time Inst spring.
We hope he will favor us again. w 90
Mr.. and Mrs Houston Of the Hayes
House, Kyle, seem to be pursuing the even
tenor of their way. We were sorry to see
their rooms 10 dirtied up by the excursion
lists with little or no compensation. ~
wo found every one at Kyle full of the
praises of Maj Nance, for his extraordinary
Iiberality towards this school enterprise.
We learned that the building would have
been left in quite an unfinished condition,
hut for him that he actually advanced some
$500 on, bis own account to bring it near
completion. All honor to such men of
means as tue Major.
We were beguiled at Kyle into the pur-
chase of ball ticket by an irresistibly beau
tiful young lady, all for the benefit Of Kyle
Academy. We at first sadly declined, but ven
tlred to suggest thatif she would expedite"
our finances to the extent of q subscription
to the FREE Pnxss we would invest the re-
quired $1.5O; she promptly acceded, 80
Of course we could not decline further
Quite futter was caused in female cir
cles at the Kyle gathering by the presence
Of bride In their midst. There is scarcely
any other object of equal interest to the
female heart, unless it be a baby. The bride
inf question was Mrs. Dan Nance, late Miss
Callie Ellison, and the marriage took place
ut Hot Springs Ark, where the jubilant
Dan had hied away to claim his fair bride.
Every one seemed glad to greet the happy
pair with good wishes, and their presence
was quite an interesting interlude to the
main performance.
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Capt. Heriot, formerly cheif engineer
Of tho Texas Western Narrow GuSgc
Railway. has besu promoted general
manager. tt1'i
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Essray Notice.

ytrsyed Auysa =. 1891 By ". .. uas>ey
John kichsrdroa J. p. Hsys Co. q
hsrs. SCOUT year. old, Is hands high. rir,]
f,at .eiie. br.nded J. A 7 eo.neeted %
o. ga 50. Witness ny hand sept ', ISL
ED-y J. L. GkEry, CHI G BAT
pt-s-3yu
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MANHOOD
How Loot aasw RESTORED!

Just published. a new edition Of Dr. Culver
WELLS Celebrated Essay on the radical
cure 81 SrrES sroKEHokA or Seminal wes knees. Ia
voluntary Seminal Losses. l.PSTrxcf. Mental and
Ply siesl Inespabity. Imrediments to Marriage, etc.
also. CoSsrsFrtcs. ErLrrsy AMI Frs. induced. by
self-indulgrnce or sexual ,xirsvagance. &c.
The c~lehrs'ed author. in his admirable Essay.
clearly demons.rsi tee. iron . u irty year, success-
inl practice. that the alarm ug cOnseQpences Of
self-abnse NAV Be radically eu.ed pointing cut
mode 81 cure ri once simple. certain. and efecfna
by means 81 which every sufferer. no matter What
his oos'diiion may he. NAY cure himself cttaPly,
yrivsfsiy. ARD radically.
p4This ccfsre should be ~ the h.nSs Of erery
pub ard every man In the Land
s-n; rpisr seal. In plain envelope. TO any ad-
dress. gosf- psfd on recript . ~ srpi.. or t~o
postage stsnps. We have ALTO a sare
cure Ter TAPE wan. sd1re<s
THE CCLvERWELL MEDICAL Co.,
"a Ann st. NeW York NY
Pest ofise \, i5se.
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AENRY'S CARBOuc SAlvE,

Ia The hest xavs for Cuts. Eruses, sotes. rlcers.
Salt khenm. TeiterChapped Hands Chilhlains torn>.
snd ali kinds 81 skin Eruptions. tr. ckes and PM
plss. Get HENRY = CAkBOilC SALvE ~ all 9th /.
ers are counierfeits. Price Is ccnts. Nv
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CrDDnos, LEE Co., TExAa

CIpDnos. LEE Co., texas
September 10, 1878 VI
NEssRs. MORLEY Bros:
!Gensiemss:--I have sold your Medical pregl
atoms during the past year, and although y
ranting each bottle, have never get had q
plant The Ague Tonic IL AL THE 0o1
never faih. Youn truly,
8. z .CAR0THKRs. Duggik|
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A n Watches Stem t3s0 White metal Hunting Case
s.. Imitation gold Sc. Solid SoiLSi: Cheapest AMI es
IN for representative purposes Valuable cat
= alosuefee THOMPSON CO., a. Nassau 81. New York
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How 10 lscl Well.

Which is answered in. thee wordsA
Lake Hop Bitters! See another column
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llnxY In def Sick

Expose yourself day and night. eat
too much without exercise work too
hard Without rest; doctor all the time
taks all the vile nostrums advertised.
ands<6en yon will want TO know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
Bad Spelling Good for Ropucs.

A curious case has just been decided in the
Californian courts. Nicholas Sepulyeda and
Francisco Salazar were jointly indicted for the
crime OF grand larceny, and tried together in
the Santa Clara county court. The Jury rem
dered verdict in these worlds eve. the inrv
find the defendences guilty as charged in the
inditisment." The clerk, in recording the YER
dict, corrected photography, and wrote the word
defendant for defendences. Upon appeal to
the supreme court by Sepulveda, it was determ-
ined that therecord Of the clerk must be taken az
the verdict rendered. And as there were two de-
PENDANTS on trial verdict finding the defend
ant guilty without specifying which of the two
defendants, was void for uncertainty. mo-
ton was then made in the Superior court upon
the part Of Sepulveda, that he be discharged
upon the grounds, first, that he was in jeopardy
by the former trial, and as the discharge of the
jury was unauthorized and illegal, he was re-
leased thereby; second, that by the verdict and
the construction of it by the Supreme court.
one OF the defendants was acquitted, and as It
could not be made to appear which was ac-
quilted, either was entitled to the benefit Of the
presumption Of acquittal. Superior Judge Bel
deem has just decided that he sees no escape
from the conclusion that the defendant is en-
titled to his discharge under the verdict in the
case, and consequently Sepulyeda has been set
at liberty.
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The November NIefeOrs.

Professor Daniel KirkwOOd. of Bloomington.
Ind. an excellent authority of meteors. thus
explains the origin and nature of the meteoric
showers of August and November The Novem-
Der stream crosses the earth's path, and hence
at times encounters the earth. The meteoric
matter striking our atmosphere with velocity
OF more than twenty miles per second is rem
dered luminous by the collision, and is gen.
orally dissipated long before reaching the
earth's surface. A remarkable difference be-
tween the streams of August and November
has been noticed by all who have studied the
phenomena. The matter of the former is
spread entirely around the orbit, SO that meteors
are seen in considerable numbers every wear
about the ninth or tenth of the month That
of the latter is chiefly collected in a single
cluster, whose period Of revolution is about
thirty-three years. The great showers occur.
therefore, but three times in a century. Many
persons still living well remember the wonder
full rain of fire on the 18th of November. 1872,
The writer, who was then teaching a country
scnool IN YORK county, pennsylvania, met per-
sons On the following day who expressed great
curiosity to see how the heavens would aDpear
the next night, as all the stars were believed to
have fallen.
The shower OF 1866 in Europe and that of 1867
IN America were quite remarkable, but far infe-
rlor to that of 1888, when the earth probably
passed through the most dense part of the clus-
ter. Another very brilliant shower need not be
expected till 1899 or 1900. The fact, however.
OF the existence of two minor groups moving in
the same orbit has been clearly indicated. One
of these crossed the earth's path in 1852 or 1853.
and hence slight display may again be looked
for about 1886 The third group furnished a
considerable number of meteors in 1879 and
1880.
But although many meteors are not expected
for some years to come, it is important that
watch should be kept and observations recorded
order that 6QDSitiQS Of
portions of the stream may be determined. The
point from which they radiate is in Leo, and the
time for observation is from midnight to day
light on the morning of November ID.
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ssOi Am Not.,,

crusty looking old gentleman, ACCOMPANIED
by the regulation weil-fed consort and a couple
OF wen-iayored daushters, entered the dining
room Of the Del Monte, and, as he tucked b;s
napkin beneath his generous chin, turned ronnd
and fixed fierce glance upon the waiter behind
his chair: 80 Del''no
'Look here, my man." said the old Marty
sharply, "before give my order want to AK
disguise?"
.:Divil Bit" replied the surprised coffee
splasher. -,
able delay of whose remittances has temporarily
compelled, &c.?" ~.
''Naw, EUR"
"Nor a graduate Or Harvard. and estranced
from your father, fich Boston banker, whose
Ac3"
t'Oi am not"
"Al right, here's a dollar. and you can bring
In the grub. Now that knew you are not the
regular thing in walters nowadays; that You
are not going to run of with one Of my daugh-
teri, or pick my pocket, can eat in peace
San EF0Hcisco Pos.
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A Mouse i'm a Connecticut School.
From the Waterbury American.
A mouse came near breaking up school in
the Center district yesterday. Trotting about
on the floor, the children spied him, and a buzz
of whispers called the teachers attention.
''Now, children said she. in kind and moth
erly way, ''keep very quiet, every one of YOU.
Don't move nor say word if the mouse comes
toward you. He is perfectly harmless" The
scholars were very quiet and watched the capers
of the mouse breathlessly. The teacher had
scarcely finished her brave address when mousev
ran directly for her and began to walk over her
feet. This was too much, and the preaching
was turned into practice which refuse to dove.
tail, as it were. In Short the teacher screamed
and yelled with fright, and ran as If a pack of
red adders were in mad pursuit The whole
school hereupon became uproarious and the
mouse was boss of the situation The little fell
low was so delighted that he stood up on his
hind legs and danced hOrnpipe. and then ske-
daddled through the doorway, leaving the
teacher and her tickled pupils in a peculiar
state of mind. 9iaf
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The Northern Pacific.

THE GRAND SPLICE OF THE TWO ENDS TWO YEARS
HENCE.
The Helena Herald, Of Montana, gives us
these points of interest concerning the progress
of the Northern Pacific railway:
The converging point of the Northern Pacific
railroad to which trains will run this fall will he
Miles City on the east and Pend dOreille lake
on the west. Equi-distant between these
points, as the field maps in Col. DOdges Office
show, is Antelope spring, midway between Bed
ford and Beaver creek, 25 miles east of Helena.
Covering this ground is a body of graders.
who. in the past few weeks have
completed stretch of several miles of
awarded to Washington Dunn, reaching west to
the capital. 1t is calculated that with the large
force OF labor which will be available from the
Oregan branches next season as rapid progress
Will be made from the west as from the east.
and that year later-the date set for the COM
pletiOn of the continental span-the connecting
rails will be laid and the silver spikes driven
home very near, if not actually, within the
municipal precincts of MOntana's metropolis
The ceremonies attending the cOnsummation of
this magnificent work will undoubtedly tran
scend ANYTHING of the kind yet witnessed in this
or any other country. and on that occasion cen
trail Montana and its capital will be ablaze with
glory.
The two most considerable tunnels projected
by the Northern Pacific railroad are within the
limits of the Rocky mountain division, about 14O
miles apart. The first of these penetrates the
Yellowstone range beneath the summit of BoZe-
man pass, at a grade elevation of $3.50 feet by
the south prong, or 5000 feet by the north
prong, the former in length being $500 feet,
and the latter ], $50 feet. OF these two it re-
mains yet to be determined which will be adopt
ed. Next comes the tunnel Of the Main range,
by the Mullen pass which penetrates the noun
tain below the summit at grade elevation of
5,54S feet, and in length is $3.50.
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The Importance Of American Tradf-
tioma.
The difference In the importance which Il at
tached to the war Of Independence In the mind
OF the American and In that Of the Engiishman
Ii OF course immense, and naturally 30. To the
former the spot upon which each skirmish was
fought Is sacred ground; while the dearth Of
exciting incident in their short national and
colonial history drives the author and the poet
with never-ceasing freshness to those with us
almost forgotten fields for his story and his lay.
The names and deeds Of each general have been
imprinted On the mind of the American from his
youth up. To claim descent from those legis-
lators and warriors who were called from com
parative Obscurity to be the founders Of what
must soon be the greatest nation upon earth to
the present generation is q source Of the most
pardonable pride. Names and traditions that
We in England have never heard-nay, the
names of even British soldiers that bled for Us
in the long list of fruitless victories and disas-
trous defeats. and that we have long forgotten
still live i'm the f1resde lore of every good Ameri-
cans household. When the whole facts of the
case are borne in mind, and when 1t is recol-
lected what sorry figure we cut as a nation
throughout the whole business, there is moth
ing very remarkable perhaps in the oblivion to
which British literature has consigned those ILL
starred campaigns. But in these days when
every weli-inTOrmed and sensible Englishman
iioe ohly lecIS HO DttteFneSS connected With that
struggle, but sympathiZes unreseryedy with
the motives that led the cOlOnists to fight and
when the magnitude of the great nation to
which that war gave birth Is considered and
the growing significance that in consequence
must attach to the date of its entry into the
family OF nations, it is little singular how in
significant place the events of which we
speak and the participators in them occupy in
the minds of even cultivated Englishmen. The
almost unique perfection of Washington's ca
reer and character has, it is true, lifted him out
OF the Obscurity that wells the names and deeds
of his contemporaries. Howmany are there of
US, for instance, to whom the name Of Patrick
Henry would have any significance? And yet
this was the man, self-taught, sprung from the
lower classes, once considered too ignorant and
uncouth for colonial country lawyer, who, by
natural elOquence SO extraordinary Of its
kind and so remarkable for its effect that an
exact parallel for it would be hard to find in
history, completely crushed out the clinging to
the mother country that was so strong through
the southern colonies, then the most Important
portion of the continent. If it was the sword of
Washington that actually severed the bonds of
union, it may almost be said that it was the
voice OF Henry that caused it to be unsheathed.
For if the south had not risen, Washington
would most certainly have remained at home,
for strong sense of duty only drove him to the
field, and he owed no kind of allegiance to any
thing but bis own colony, Virginia.-Pau Mall
Gazette.
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1t Is hardly probable that the many thrilling
incidents attending the fiery cyclone that swept
over and devastated with sickening effect GER
tain portions OF the wooded districts in northern
Michigan will ever be written. The iron frae-
ments OF United States mail pouch. few
charred coins, and the warped and defaced
castings OF locket, yet containing the faint
outlines OF comely mother and child that
have recently been forwarded from Sanilac
county to the post office inspectors, WILDLY Dor
tray at least one of the incidents of this latest
fiery horror. On September 5th last
Ira Humphrey, the mail carrier be-
tween Marietta and Argyle. a distance
Of about fifty miles, started out from
the latter place to accomplish a duty
he had faithfully performed. for more than
eleven years. His road lay through q section Of
country then being traversed by jutting flames
from the woodlands to the south. He seemed
TO suppose that the United States mail must go,
come life or death. During the winter of 1881
ne had carried the mail on schedule time, andin
no instance missed trip during the unusually
severe season and terrible roads Incident to that
unDeaten section Of country. Humphrey started
out, accompanied by an old man, on the morn
ing OF the 9Th, but the latter, by some
miraculous effort, succeeded In escaping from
the circle Of flame that gradually encrOached
upon them, few miles north of Elmar, and
ABOUT midway between the starting point and
point OF destination. As the flames came closer
the brave old mail carrier sought refuge in q
school-house with two women and three chill
dren, but the structure soon burned, driving
them into cornfeld where his charred body
and those Of one Of the women and the two
children were found a short time ago by the
special agent OF the Post Once department. sent
to learn his fate. The lock, clasps, rivets, &C.,
OF the burned mail pouch were found BY the
side OF the remains. Many Of the iron scraps
were kept as relics by the people In the vicinity
who succeeded in making their escape, in COM
meInOratiOn Of the old letter carrier who had
been known to most Of them for upward Of
thirty yeaxA
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Legal Opinion as 10 the Rights Of Bi.
cycle Riders.

Albany Law JOuEuai.
In his forthcoming new edition Of his work on
Highways" Mr.. Cook says of bicycles: "Yhe
use Of the bicycle as means of travel is 90 re-
cent that in this state there is as yet no adudi-
cation as to the rights Of travellers employing it
upon the highway. In England it has been held
that one riding bicycle on the highway at such
pace as to be dangerous to passers-by may be
convicted of furiously driving carriage under
. statute forbidding such an act. Uaylor VS..
Goodwin, L. B., Q. B. D., 2sS) The right to
use bicycle in a proper manner on the highway
was not questioned in the case, and the court by
its decision indirectly admits such right. In the
absence of any legislative enactment fOrbidding
them, riders of bicycles would seem to have the
same right upon highways as those using any
other vehicles, and the validity of any municipal
ordinance prohibiting the use of bicycles In those
parts of the public streets where carriages NAV
60 would be very doubtful" This, of course.
would exclude bicycles from the sidewalks,
which Ia quite necessary, and, subject to this
exclusion, we do not know but Mr.. Cooks doc
trine as to their rights In streets and highways
Y right. But he never win be able to pefsuade
tne livery Stable keepae 70 aeeept -
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1918 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
A CARD FROM WIN. MGALT SEQ.

A CARD FROM WIN. M.GALT 81 co.
First premium for the best barrel Of -four made frm
aprlng wheat this day awarded entry No 81 in -
ton Is, class 25 department &c, TO VIM. M. Gait o.
Witness our hands, at the National FAIR Grounds a
the District OF Columbia this l4th day of October l
j. M. WHARTON.
w. p NEWCOMER
JOHN ID. NEWMAN,
.. - Experts on F1om
Attest: JAS. 8. EDWARDS Marshal.
=. S.-The above mentioned -four is CERES the or3>.
DRAFTED minnesota Patent Process Flour, which vs.
awarded the First Premium against all other comrs-
tore at the National Fair in 1879 and 1880 gold mea
and now again in 1881 The competition in Flour "
certainly very lively this year, and the premium
was well contested for, but il simply inilosstl-
lty to beat CERES and the premium Just ax aried h
only adding another triumph to the magnificent elcc
this SO celebrated Flour has gained this community
We would respectfully mention the fact that Mrs. s. p
Anderson received the first premium for the handsona
rolls ana biscuits on exhibition and they made a
CERES FLOUR, which is only another proof that Il
stands No. among the best Minnesota Patent FlouO
known to the trade.
For sale by all first-cass grocers.
VIM. NJ. GAIT co.
CORNER 1sT STREET AND INDIANA AyFNUF
Who are also the sole Wholesale agents for the Din
Buckwheat. OH
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ALBANY wants less noise. Locomotives on
the road to West Albany whistle nights 30 as to
Danish sleep in their peighborhOod, ard there Is
complaint Of similar whistling In the daytime
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The Use of short Words.


Wemust not only think in words, but we must
also try to use the best words and those which
in speech will put what is in our minds into the
minds Of others. This is the great art which
those must gain who wish to teach in the school.
the church, at the BAR or through the press.
To do this in the right way they should use the
short words which we learn in early life. and
which have the same sense to all classes of men.
The English of our Bible is good Now and
then some long words are found, and thew al
ways hurt the verses in which you find them.
Take that which says 20 We generation of yipers
who hath warned you to flee from the wrath TO
conner" There is one long word which ought
not to be In it, namely generation" In the
old version the old word ''brood" is used. Read
the verse again with this term, and you feel it's
full force. 80 ye viper's brood. who hath
warned You to flee from the wrath to Gomez"
Crime some times does not look like crime when
it Is set before us in the many folds of long
word. When man steals and we call it ssdefai.
cation" weare at loss to know if it is blunder
or crime. Ifhe does not tell the truth, and we
are told that it is case Of 'prevarication, it
takes US some time to know just what we should
think Of it. No man will ever cheat himself
into wrong doing, nor will he be at loss to Judge
of Others If he thinks and speaks of acts in clear
crisp terms. It good rule, if one is at a loss
to know ifan act is right or wrong, to write it
down In short, straight-out English -Horatio
Seymour.