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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24
Two AffectiOnate Rivals.

There were several men clustered
around the stove in the back room of q
Galveston saloon, and some how OF
other the subject OF newspapers came
up for discussion. One man said that
editors were more jealous of each 9th.
er than any other class; that they never
had good word for each other, etc.
A long-haired youth with solemn
look, spoke up. and, heaving sigh, said
he had had some experience with edi-
tors and he found them the reverse of
jealous of each other; that Texas edi-
tor was always willing to deny himself
comforts for the benefit of brother
editor.
@Where did that happen?"
ut happened in western Texas town
where I lived" sighed the young man.
Il had dashed off little poem of ten
or fifteen stanzas about Beautiful
Spring. There were two rival papers
in the place-the Bugle and the from
bone. I had heard that the editors
were deadly enemies and sighed to shed
each others gore, and was afraid that
if I let the Trombone publish my poem
first there would be deadly encoun-
ter.
II finally resolved to have it appear
simultaneously in both papers. When
called on the editor of the from bone
he said the editor of the Bugle had q
large family, and that he would prefer it
would appear in the Bugle, as person.
ally he loved the editor OF the Bngle.
I went then to the Bugle man, and he
said the editor OF the Trombone was
his warmest personal friend, and that
he would be glad il would let him
have the poem, as it would be putting
bread in his mouth and clothes on his
back.
$50, owing to the love those two edi-
tors had for each other, couldn't get
my poem into either Of their papers.
and it hasn't been published vet. I
never saw men 90 anxious to help each
other ont Of Distress and once more
the long-haired poet sighed like Q bel.
lows.
There was . pause. and the old man
with frost bitten nose davled out:
Yer never tried them same editors
with cash advertisement, did yerss
The poet answered in the persfive
vhereat the audience significantly nod
ded their heads ard vinked ss each
other.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24
Mary AndersOn's Quid.

It is we'll known that Miss Anderson
is addicted to the gum-chewing habit,
and that when she goes upon the stage
she sticks her chew of gum on an old
castle painted on the scenery. There
was wicked young man playing minor
part in the play who had been treated
scolnfully by Mary, as he thought, and
he had been heard to say he would
make her sick. he did. He took her
chew Of gum and spread it out SO it was
as thin as paper, then placed chew of
tobacco inside, neatly wrapped it up,
and stuck it back on the old castle.
Mary came off when the curtain went
down, and going up to the castle she
bit like bass. Putting the gum, which
she had no idea was loaded, into her
mouth, she mashed it between her ivo-
ries and rolled it as sweet morsel un-
der her tongue. tits said by those who
happened to be behind the scenes that
when the tobacco began to get in it's
work there was the worst transformation
scene that ever appeared on the stage.
The air, one supe. said, seemed to be
full of finecut tobacco and spruce gum,
and Mary stood there and leaned against
painted rock, picture of homesick-
ness. She was pale about the gills, and
trembled like an aspen leaf shaken by
the wind. She was calm as summers
morning, and while concealment, like a
worm in an apple, gnawed ct her stom-
ach and tore her corset strings, she did
not upbraid the wretch who had snug
gled the vile pill into her countenance.
All she said, as she turned her pale face
to the painted ivy on the rock and
grasped painted mantel.piece with
her left hand, as her right hand rested
on her heaving stomach, was: II die by
the hand of an assassin. Women can't
be too careful where they put their
gum" -MilaUauEee Sun.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24
Praise OF Women.

Says Jared Sparks: II have observed
among all nations that the women orna-
ment themselves more than the men
that wherever found they are the same
civil, kind, obliging, humane. tender,
beings; that they are ever inclined to
be gay and cheerful, timorous and
modest. They do not hesitate, like men,
to perform hospitable or generous &C.
ton; not naughty nor arrogant, not su-
percilious, but full of courtesy and fond
of society; Industrious, economical, in
genuous, more liable in general to err
than man, and performing more good
actions than he. Inever addressed my
self in the language of decency and
friendship to woman, whether civil
lied or savage, without receiving a de-
cent and friendly answer. With man it
has often been otherwise. In wander
ing over the barren plains of inhospit-
able Denmark, through honest Sweden,
frozen Lspland, rude and churlish Fin
land, unprincipled Russia and the wide
spread regions Of the wandering Tartar.
il hungry, dry, cold or sick, women
have ever been friendly to me, uni
formly 90; and TO add to this virtue, so
worthy of appellation of benevolence,
these actions have been performed in
20 free and 20 kind Q manner that II l
vss dry, I drank the sweet drsught, and
il hungry. ate the coarse norsai, with .
double relish.'
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24
cr..sa BY Dime Novels.

From tie Little Rock lASk., ga tsi
A very sad death occurredin the pen
iteptiary yesterday. All deaths are sad.
The death OF the old man, around whose
bed u family assemblies, is sad. The
death Of an infant, whose cold lips are
sealed by kis. Of mothers Devotion
il sal. But # all deaths the death
from broken heart il the saldest.
p. e. Sullivan. alias Vim. Delaney. "
young man OF 20 years one Of the train
robbers, recently sentenced to seventy
years in the Arkansas Penitentiary
was the victim Of broken heart. Sew
eral days ago he became gloomy, and
going to DIR. Lcnow, prison physician,
complained Of being sick. Upon exam
ination the physiri.n discovered the
? man was not suffering from an, pcrcep'
tible disease, but tina. his pnlse WIS l4o'
He was ordered to the hospit.l. where
every possible care was given him. He
rev we'd after time, but every one
could see despair written Oh his counte.
nance. He entered the prison cheer
fully and spoke lightly Of his long SEN
tence, bnt after y while q letter came.
When he read the lines his spirit sank.
Tears told of a misery that ink could
not express. He went again to his bed.
"The shadows are gathering fast and
night is expressing me with its dark.
ness" he said yesterday to some one
standing near. "One crime, and then
death in penitentiary. My father who
has preached the gospel for years. who
many and many time clasped his hands
above my head and prayed, has been
humbled in his old age. And My
mother! if could only hear her voice.
But walls and law are between us. I
am as one who is dead. She could
come to me, but I can not go to her."
His thoughts wandered. At times lie
seemed to be at church, listening to his
father preach: and then he seemed to be
playing with his sisters. He smiled and
laughed softly. "Ah!" he would say,
"your brother never forgets you. Sud-
denly his face grew dark, and waving
his hands wildly he began to mutter
broken sentences. "Seizing the bride
rein he sprang upon his antagonists
horse and dashed away"
"He's reading one of those wild books
that we used to steal away and devour,"
said one of the dying mans companions
in crime.
"Haltp he exclaimed, drawing re-
volver and leveling it at the head of
young Horace" continued the sufferer.
Slowly and sadly they left the church
and walked along the wellworn path to
the rude grave of Lawrence. Standing
near the stone placed there by the In
dian, Casper and his fair companion"
and muttered incoherently, the sentence
diving away with deep groan. Sudden
ly he raised himself, looked intently
toward the door, and slowly sank back
dead.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24

Every Texan Want,
r. N N E. 81
PAIN KILLING
M AGIC OIL.
The Best General Family Remedy,
Purely Vegetable and may be U,M
Internally or Externally.
TT WORKS LIKE A CHARM"

II 10 not an oily, greasy or sticky subst.,..
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every one. A. an internal remedy 1t givss d.
weakened and over strained chords and n.
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quenches fire. u cures, n"
SpraiMs, Headache, Sctatica,
Bruises, TOOthache, Neuralgia.
Bruises Lame BacIsIfIse,.mattsm
Crick In the Back Of the Neck,
As an internal remedy II tones and oorrse.
the stomach, aids digestion and readily cur.
Collie, Cholera morbus, Cramps, Dyspepsia
Sour Stomach, Coughs, Sore Throat and Dy,.
pepsia. IA
A bottle of RENNE'S PAIN K1LLISe
MAGIC OIL in the house, or on hand for In.
mediate use in case of emergency, will Off,
save . life or long and tedious sickness,
Sold by druggists, Grocsrs and dealers ia
Medicines.
SOUTHERN WHOLESALE DEPOT, DALAI
TEXAS.
II. G. HOSKINS. Manager
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
How 10 Tell a Good Potato.

Here is a good place to impart what
is secret to the vast majority OF peo-
pie, and it is one we'll worth knowing.
1t is simple how to tell good potato;
that is, rs we'll as can be done without
cooking it, for sometimes even experts
are deceived. Take sound potato,
and paying no attention to its outward
appearance, divide it into two pieces
with your knife and examine the ex-
posed surfaces If there is so much
water or 'juice' that seemingly n
slight pressure would cause tito fall off
in drops, you may be sure it will be
"soggy'' after il is boiled. These are
tne requisite qualities for good potato
which must appear when one is cut in
two; For color, yellowish white; ii it
is q deep yellow the potato will not
cook well; there must be considerable
amount of moisture, though not too
much; rub the two pieces together, and
white froth will appear around the
edges and upon the two surfaces; this
signifies the presence Of starch, and the
more starch, and consequently froth,
the better the potato, while the less
there is the poorer it will cook. The
strength of the starchy element can be
tested by releasing the hold upon one
niece of the potato, and if it still clings
to the other, this in itself is avery good
sign. These are the experiments gem
orally made by experts, and they are
ordinarily willing to buy on tho strength
of their turning out well, though, rs
stated above, these tests are by no
means infallible. The ant-Chnese ele-
ment of society will not like the infor-
nation that very large percentage of
the potatoes consumed in this market
are raised by Cinnamon, but such is the
case. The "Riyer Reds" our cheapest
potato, which is grown along the banks
of the Sacramento river, are raised al
most exclusively by the heather, who
ship them to the commission mer-
chants, from whose stores they 90 to
hotels, boarding-houses and private
families all over the city, and a few
good seasons make the Chinaman rich
from Mongolian standpoint. San
Francisco CAL.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
Art Of Life.

The art of living is one OF the slow
est in development of all the arts Of
civilization. 1t is only when men arc
driven by grim disease and death that
they begin to give attention TO the air
they breathe and the hygienic quality
of the food and drink they consume.
Nature has undoubtedly planted in the
human organization tastes and instincts
to guide men in these matters, but
these guides are mostly unheeded. TO
a very large extent indeed they are
overridden and extinquished by UNI
natural ways of living. See for exam
pie how the world betakes itself in
quest of enjoyment to crowded assem-
blies to drawing-fooms, halls or thea
tres where the excess OF heat and light
and the lack Of ventilation make poi
son OF the most insidious and destruc-
tive kind as well as very oppressive
punishment. SO in hundreds of other
ways the plain dictates of sense aud
reason are ignored. The physician has
tie errors and incongruities of social
life forced daily on his attention. He
does his best to realize his patients out
of their most urgently mischievous fol-
lies; but for the most part the words
of wisdom falling from his lips light
on stony hearts and barren brains.
Society has plenty OF courage in the
main, but its members lack the most
virtuous form of valor, the courage 10
be sensible.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
Oatmeal.

The appetite often Graves food which
the stomach rejects; but II long period
of forcing enables il TO receive 1t under
protest. Nor is it the quantity OF foog
that is nourishng, but the quality. A
pound of choice meat at twenty cents
is worth as much for nutriment as Two
pounds OF inferior meat at ten cents.
An egr is one of the best and most ntl-
tritious articles of diet.that can be put
on the table. and the less ii is cooked
the more valuable its digestive and as
Stimulating properties. Since oatmeal
has become delicacy, retailing all the
way from four TO twenty five cents q
pound, according TO localities, people
of wealth add it to their cuisine rs a
valuable breakfast dish. Carlyle says
of Lord Macaulay: "Well, any one can
see that you are an honest, good son
of fellow, made out of oatmeal" There
is a story told of a shrewd Scotchman
who used TO tell her fine, healthy
BARNS, 1.-THE one that eats the mast
parritch viii get the maist meat.
And when the meat came there was no
room for it.
The apologist for national dish
saws: III oatmeal can make such men
as Sir Walter Scott, Dr. Chalmers and
Lord Macaulay, we may well heap high
the porridgo dish and bride our chill
dren to eat it. One thing we do know.
II is far better for the blood and brain
than cake, confectionery, and the score
of deicacies on which many pale chill
dren are fed by their foolish mothers"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
A Telescope Story,


An extraordinary story is told re-
speeding a monster telescope made by
Professors Lefevre and Longt0ur,
French scientists, erected at San Fran
cisco. The lenses are twenty feet in
diameter and this is what happened
when tie astronomers and their friends
turned the instrument to the heavens:
IN. Dufrere was the first to apply his
eye to the eye-piece OF the telescope,
For fully five minutes he looked on its
speeches. amazemeut, then, without q
word, turned away to hide his emotion.
One by one those present tested the tel
escope, exhibiting their astonishment
in various ways. The planet which
happened TO cast its beams upon he
great speculum was Mars, and the rev.
elarion is too wonderful for credit. The
eye-piece of the lowest magnifyinS
power was first placed on, when the
planet presented most astounding
sight. The powerful lens brought the
surface Of the planet nearer than that
of the moon has ever been brought by
the most powerful telescope. The
green OF the sea was brought out in
unmistakable color, and one could al
most imagine he could see the waves
upon the surface. There before the
eye was spread out splendid panora-
ma of hill and dale, dark patches that
must be covered by forests, great yell
low patches that looked like autumn
fields, silvery threads that must be riv-
ers, and several unmistakable volcanoes
in action"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
The Mysteries and Miseries Of Swinging
in Hammock.

There is something about hammock
that is indeSclibabe, and there is no
rule that can be made that will insure
safety while sitting in one of the queer
things. There are people who believe
that hammock understands what is
going on, and occasionally INDUCES in
joke. II is certain that an old person
with q lame back can swing in u ham
mock as thick as three in bed, and
there is no danger, but let spoony
young couple sit in hammock ever so
carefully and it seems as though the
COMPOUNDED thing was alive, aud had
taken contract to split them out on
the ground in all sorts Of embarrassing
shapes. There can be nothing much
more annoying to a young couple than
to be sitting side by side or facing each
other, in hammock looking into each
others eyes, and allowing the love they
dare not speak to show itself in those
orbs, and just us they are feeling as
though they couldn't live a minute I'M
less they clasped each other to each
others heaving bosom, or at least one
heaving bosom and one boiled shirt,
and then have the hammock turn bot
tom side up and land them on the back
OF their necks, on the ground, with legs
pointed toward the crab apples on the
trees to which the hammock is hitched,
arms flinging lively TO pull down panta-
loon legs, and hands convulsively claw
ing gravel, and muslin and delaine,
while bushes suiluse faces that a mo-
ment before were background for the
picture OF loves young Dream and q
crowd of spectators on the hotel veran.
da laughing and saying, Set 'em up
again. The hammock shakes itself
and turns right side up for other vic.
Tins, as though il knew what it had
been doing, aud enjoyed it. There are
young men all over the land who have
been through such experiences, while
the number of girls who have been
mortified by having 10 go TO tho house
with their back hair in one hand, their
skirts in another, while six places be-
tween the polonaisc and the earrings
were aching like the toothache from
contact with the gravel path are legion.
No girl who is bow-legged, or has an
ankle like a rutabaga, should trust her.
sell in hammock, even though it is
held by half dozen friends, as the
hammock will shy at piece of paper
as quick as a skittish horse, and in such
moment as ye think not you are on
all iours, your head dizzy. and il there
is hole in your stocking it will look to
outsiders as big as the gate to fair
ground. Oh, hammock is worse than
Il bicycle
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
A Wild Monkey.

The San Jose (Cal) Herald saws
that a certain Mr.. S., in that city, a
gentleman with marked penchant for
pet animals, bought a wild monkey.
and undertook to tame him. On the
whole, he had an unpleasant experience
The monkey turned on him, and
the result was that Mr. S. had TO pur-
chase new suit of clothes. After the
monkey had finished his work, s. was
sorry sight to behold. He might well
say, with the old pioneer, 'Wben |
came to this State, | hadn't RAG on
my back. Now am all raps.n SINH
lar scenes followed, and the monkey
grew to be the bane of Mr. S. s OK
istence. A few weeks ago, he was seen
with his hand in sling, On being
asked the cause, he answered that tue
monkey had bitten clean through his
hand. Then he tried TO sell his pet,
but no one appeared TO want it for
gift. About two weeks ago the monkey
escaped from his owners house, and
feeling full of life and fun, concluded
to have time, So he got into DR..
Bentley's office on the Alameda, N
some means, and prepared for an old
fashioned good time. There was no
one in tho room. and the monkey.
thinking probably that the doctor had
forgotten to properly mix his medicines,
took down all the bottles in tho estab-
lishment and poured from one into an
other. He put cathartic pills into the
whiskoy, ink into tho paregoric, and
castor oil into laudanum, and so on.
Not liking the smell of some of the
bottles, he poured their contents on the
floor. Papers were scattered in every
direction, the ashes taken from tho
CRATE and thrown upon the floor When
the doctor came in, he found the mon
Key sitting at the desk with his spec
tacles on, looking over his accounts.
After paying for the damage, Mr. S.
got The monkey into bag and went
on lie returned, but the monkey has
never been seen since. The deed had
no witnesses.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

II there should be a wool famine in
year or two, there would be nothing
in the fact which would greatly SUR
prise some of the principal authorities
on wool matters. Rot has carried of
many sheep in England and on the con-
tinent, and it is said that sheep are in
numbers far below the average. 1t
may be that the American wool-grower
is at last about to find his reward for
having patiently chung to his sheep
through the long period Of low prices.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

THERE is only one sure method to dis.
cover whether an article is worth anything
or not, and that is to try it. Mr.. Walter b.
Gardner, Foreman American Steam Guage
Co., No. SO Charlton street, Boston, Mass. ),
did this with popular preparation and
Observes The st. Jacobs Oil has been in
use among the employees of this company,
who have been burnt and injured working
among the machinery, and 1t never failed
TO cure them. ! can highly recommend it.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
lie Winped His Man.


warren Wasson Is well known
throughout Nevada as dead shot with
a revolver. In old times he owned
ranch In Douglas county, and man
who happened 10 be out Of ranches
jumped Wasson's property. Warren
demonstrated, when the Jumper said.
"See here, I've got this place and
I'm goin' to keep it. II YOU come IN
this ranch again, I'll kill you"
"Well, JIM" said WATSON, 81 won't
kill you; wouldn't think of it, but !
want you TO move. need this ranch
right now, and need II bad. | won't
Kill you, but II you stay fifteen minutes
I'll wing you suren' Christ"
Hostilities commenced, and the Jump
or came TO earth with leg crippled fol
life. = Reno (Nec.) Gazelte -
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
Catarrll.

Relief in five minutes in every Gaze graf
flying, wholesome relief beyond money
value. Cure begins from first application,
and is rapid, radical and permanent. Chok-
ing, putrid mucous dislodged, membrane
cleansed and healed, breath sweetencd,
smell, taste and hearing restored Com
plete treatment for ST. Ask for Sanford's
Radical cure.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

Salt Rheum for seXentcen years. Help
less tor eight years. Unable to walk. Got
about on hands and knees, Head, face,
neck, arms and legs covered Cured by
Cuticura Remedies. Will Mcdonald 2542
Dearborn street Chicago.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

PHILOSOPHERS say that affairs should
always be conducted with n view to the
greatest good Of the greatest number. Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup has demonstrated it.
self to be of the greatest good to the great
est number Of snifrrers.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

+. II. Drake, Esq, Detroit, has recovered
from a terrible skin humor, which covered
his head, face AMI hands, by using CUT
,ura Resolvent internally and Clticura and
Cuticura Soap externally. This is good
1pWs
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

W. A. Goodwin, one of the best citizens
OF Charleston, died on Monday of lockiaw,
occasioned by stepping on nail three weeks
400.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

DEATH to rats and yermin, Parsons Ex-
terminatOr.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

Dr. K(ine's Great Nerve Restorer Is the
marvel OF the age for ali Nerve Diseases,
All hts stopped free. Send to 03i Arch
street, Philadelphia, Penn.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

The Irish constabulary have received in
structions to keep a close watch on the
movements of Rcdpath.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

Captain Howgate reappeared in Wash
ington yesterday, and was arrested on the
additional charge Of embe2ling $4,000.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

Gov. Cullom has offered $500 for the ar
rest of the Maxwell boys. who killed Sheriff
Lammie, of Calhoun county.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

YOunO Mnn Learn Telegraphyi Earn $40
IVuilS NCH to 800 month. Graduates
guaranteed paying Offices. Address Valentine
Bros. Janesville, Wis
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

A DvERTISERs by addressing GEO. p. ROW.
AELL n CO., 10 Spruce street. New York, can
learn tho exact cost of any proposed line Of adver
pamphlet 80 cts.