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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20
ButtermiIk.

There is one thing about buttermilk,
in it's favor, and that is, it does not in
toxicate, and it takes the place of
liquor as beverage. A man may drink
a quart of buttermilk and while he may
feel like calf that has been sucking,
and want to stand in fence corner and
blat, or kick up his heels and run around
a pasture, he does not become intoxica-
ted and throw beer-keg through
saloon window. Another thing, butter.
milk does not cause the nose to become
red, and the consumers breath does not
smell like the next day after s@nger-
fest. The color Of the nose Of butter
milk .drinker assumes pail hue which
is enchanting, and while his breath may
smell much like baby that has nursed
too much, and got sour, the smell does
not debar him from entrance to q tenn
perance society. The man who dist
pates on buttermilk can be easily told
from the benzine drinker, for while the
eyes of the later have wild look, as
though he expected man to come in
to whom he owed eleven dollars, the
eye of the former is clear and cold and
has dreamy and vacant stare, as though
he didn't care whether school kept or
not. The Precipitation that exudes
from the liquor drinker has an oder of
the distillery, while that which comes
from the body Of the buttermilk
drinker reminds you Of visit to
cheese factory. We fear that if butter
milk becomes the National drink our
people will become listless. unambitious,
and worthless. It is said by those who
are in position to know, that those
citizens who stand around and grumble
at everything that is done, are confirm
ed buttermilk drinkers. II this is the
case we are in favor Of suppressing the
sales of the destroying beverage, by
the strong arm Of the law, for any
drink that will knock the sand out of
people, and make them childish and
dependent, is an injury to the whole
community. On the other hand, il il
is not proved that the drinking Of but
termilk is not hurtful, and that it makes
men better, nobler, more generous and
more enterprising, We 60 in for butter
milk, and would suggest that, inasmuch
as the demand for buttermilk win ex-
haust the supply ten times over, that q
brewery be established for the brewing
of buttermilk, and that Temperance
people furnish the money and manage
the brewery. There would be millions
in it-Peck's Sun.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20
Handling Cotton,

Mr.. Hammond, Of South Carolina, o
most accomplished writer, contends
that the Clubhouse is the pivotal point
around which the whole manufacture
of cotton revolves. There is no ques-
ton that with one tenth of the money
invested in improved gins, cleaners,
and presses that would be required for
factories, and with incomparably less
risk, the South could make one-half the
profit, pound for pound, that is made
in the mills of New England. A farm
er who produces 500 bales of cotton,
100000 pounds, can by the expenditure
of $500 on improved gins and cleaners,
add one cent per pound to the value of
his crop, or $4,000. If he added only
one-half of one cent. he would
get in the first year over fifty per cent.
return of his outlay. The cotton crop
is deteriorated ten per cent. at least by
being improperly handled from the
field to the factory. It is, of course,
equally true that reform in this de-
partment of the manufacture of cotton
would add ten per cent to the value of
cotton say $50, 900, OOO-and that too,
without cost to the consumer. Much
of the work now done in the mills of
New England is occasioned by the
errors committed in ginning and pack
ing. Not only would the create part of
the dust, sand and grit that got into the
cotton from careless handlir g about
the Clubhouse be kept out, il it were
properly protected, but that which is
in the fiber naturally could be cleaned
out more efficiently and with One-third
the labor and cost, if it were taken be-
fore it was compressed and baled. Be-
yond this, the excessive beating and
tearing of the fiber necessary to clean
it after the sand has been packed in
weaken and injure it, and the sand in
lures the costly and delicate machinery
of the mills.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20
Trees with History.

In one grove in California are 1880
trees none measuring less than six feet
in diameter.
A magnificent white oak stands in the
Quaker burying ground in Salem, N. J.
It is more than 200 years old, and is re-
markable for its amplitude Of shape. In
one direction its branches have q spread
of 112 feet.
The tallest trees in the world are in
Australia. A fallen tree in Gippsland
measured 4S5 feet from the root to the
highest point Of the branches. Another
standing in the Dunenong district in
Victoria is estimated to be 400 feet from
the ground to the top.
The largest chestnut tree in the coun-
try is growing on the farm Of Solomon
Merkie, ct Berks, Pa. and ID nearly forty
feet in circumference at the base, The
top Of the tree is reached without dan
ger by steps that are fastened between
the limbs. II is estimated that this tree
contains about seventeen cords Of wood.
It still yields about three bushels Of
chestnuts annually.
A russell apple tree in Skowhegan,
Me-, was planted in 1862. In its
branches playhouse for children has
been built for half century OF more.
The tree is seven feet from the ground
to the branches, FIVE in number, all Of
which are very large and average thirty
five feet in length, covering a space Of
ground sixty-three feet in diameter. It
is more than four and one-half feet in
diameter, and has yielded an average OF
thirty bushels Of apples each year. A
sprout from this apple tree stands thirty
two feet from the parent stem, but II
forty-eight years younger.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20
81 Never Drink"

On the sleeper OF an L., E. & W.
train recently, traveller noticed an old,
white-bearded gentleman trying to get
into linen buster. The young and
spry traveller rushed to his assistance,
and in helping him with his garment
noticed good-sized bottle Of whisky
protrnding from one of the inside
pockets o. his coat. Being Of waggish
nature he appropriated the bottle, got
the coat on the stranger and then pull
ing out the 6ssk said:
will you take q drink, sir?"
The old man did not recognize the
bottle, and drawing himself up remarked
rather severely:
"No, sir; l never drink"
at won't hurt you, insisted the wag;
ats the best"
~Young man." said the old gentle
man, in tone intended for the whole
car, eff you insist on drinking whisky
you willIbe ruined man at forty. 1t is
the curse Of the land. When I was .
boy my mother died, and the last thing
that sainted mother did was to call ME
to her dying bedside and say: John,
swear to me that you viii never touch
drop of liquor
Here the old man clapped his hand to
his side-pocket and found il empty, and
recognizing the bottle in the hands of
the other he continued:
Except my dear boy, an occasional
snifter while fraveling,' and resching
for the flask he pressed IL TO his bps
amid howl Of laughter which shook
the whole CT.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20

II is said that diptheris can be caught
by kissing. A Chicago man says 20 can
o mop handle.-Pecks Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13

In the British House of Commons ON the 9TH
inst. Gladstone introduced measure intended
to ameliorate the existing troubles in Ireland
The bill provides, under the head of "sale of ten
ures," that every tenancy shall first be offered
to the landlord, and the landlord may prohibit
the sale of tenancy where reasonable grounds
exist; where the landlord proposes TO raise
the rent OF the purchasing tenant, the latter
may resell, and shall be entitled to demand
from the landlord a capitalization equal to ten
times the annual increase demanded: when
the tenant accepts the increased rent proposed
by the landlord, such tenant may not be dis
turbed for fifteen years. during which period
there shall be no eviction or compulsory i'll
crease of rent, except as consequence of a
breach of certain statutory conditions: but if
the tenant declines the proposed increase and
quits, he shall, if he sells his holdings, be en-
titled to receive from the landlord ten times the
amount received of the demanded increase;
What is fair rent may be decided by the court
on the application of the landlord and tenant
from time to time during the continuance Of
the tenancy, but the court decision shall have
no retrospective action-when the court has
fixed the rent there is to be no disturbance for
fifteen years. This period of fifteen years Sc
cur1ty for the tenant occurs frequently in the
bill. and is constituted the statutory term,
which must expire before new term can begin
or new proceedings be had. According to the
bill, limited owners can exercise the same power
as absolute owners. This is departure from
the fundamental principle of British land laws,
and foreshadows the downfall of the law of
entailment and settlement
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13

company, formed in line on the north
side OF National avenue, and presented
arms OF salute, and dropped their colors
while the remains and cortege were pass
ing. The dismounted escort was then
dismissed.
Everything Ut that place had been well
prepared for the last reception to be
given the honOred remains The wind
ing roads had been cleared of their huge
depth of snow and the procession moved
without the least confusion along Wood
blne avenue to the Carpenter lot. This
lot is at the extreme south of the grounds
and is, in section 35, being one of the
largest in the cemetery.
Lit was quite 80 o'clock when the
funeral cortege entered the Getty of the
Dead, and then the grave was quickly
reached. The first to appear at the grave
was the police escort, next the Light
Horse cavalry and SO on in order. Revs.
DR.. Ashley and DR.. Spaulding, the
officiating clergymen, stationed them
selves at the head of the grave and moth
ing of special note occurred until the
arrival of the Uniformed Patriarchs.
This body, as is the custom to do at all
lnterments Of the Patriarchal Circle,
marched around the grave and each
member deposited therein sprig of
evergreen.
After the ceremonies at the grave, and
during the lowering and covering of the
casket, as if to silence the dull thuds
produced by the falling of the earthen
clods, the bands present sent forth a
solemn and impressive funeral dirge.
This, together with other surroundings,
produced an effect to awe all present at
the solemn service.
The ceremonies at the cemetery ended,
the funeral following returned to the
city, leaving, for the time being, the sor-
rowing family and near friends alone at
the graveside
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Extra Session. SENATE.

MONDAY, April 4.-The senate resumed considera-
lion of pending business, the resolution for the cleo
ton of senate officers motion by Pendeton to 90
into executive session was 1ost-yeas Is, nays 49,
Debate of partisan character ensued Harris
moved to lay the resolution the table-yeas %,
nays r. Rolcau followed rOl-call in quick success
sion upon dilatory motions. Dawes inquired as to
when the Democrats would permit vote to be taken
on the resolution, being always met with the response
ON the first Monday in December. Finally Dawes
remarking it had become evident majority of the
senate opposed to posponing consideration of this
resolution and expressing the hope that the minority
would come tomorrow prepared to stay until the
will of the majority was obeyed, he moved to ad-
journ. Agreed to and the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 5.-The resolution for the election
of officers taken up. Harris moved to 90 into
executive session. Lost-yeas 26, nays 80 Debate
ensued, lasting until adjournment.
WEDNESDAY, April 6.-The vice president laid be-
fore the senate the unfinished business the resou
ton for the election of senate officers Mcpherson
offered as his right under the rnes petition from
certain citizens of New Jersey respecting the case of
one Michael Boyton, alleged to be confined in an
English dungeon, arbitrarily unjustly and
asked that it be referred to the committee on foreign
relations There being no objection, the petition
received, read and referred, indicated
Motion of Pendleton to go into executive session
was rejected--yeas 80, nays 81. Bayard then took
the floor and spoke regarding the existing deadlock
justifying the action of the Democrats. When Bay-
ard concluded bis remarks. Vance spoke on the
question of the state debt of North Carolina Adj
journed
THURSDAY, April 1.-THE pending business. the
resolution for the election of senate officers was
taken up. motion to go into executive session
made by Pendleton was voted down-yeas o. nays
3d.. ance addressed the senate ON the subject of
the state debt of North Carolina, denying that the
debt had been repudated and asserting that one
of the first acts passed by the legislature of the state
after the war had been one providing for the pay
ment of its Indebtedness. Kellogg made speech
upon the North Carolina debt question, asserting
that since that state had been under the control of
Democrats the debt had been scaled down from $780,
O00 900 to 81 900 00O-a Reputation of $22 600 OOO
long discussion ensued North Carolina senator's an
swerne Keloggs charges and denying that the state
tons. At the end of this discussion, motion of
Burnside the senate adjourned until Monday-yeas
3D. nays 16, the negative vote being cast by Demo-
Gratis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13
Work of the Flames.

A fire in the business portion of Delhi, La,
on the 9th inst, caused loss of 100000.
Dalrymple & Co.'s saw and planning mill,
Newark, N. j., burned on the 9Th inst. to-
gether with number of horses in the stables.
Fred. Loon, an employee, was suffocated.
The rolling mill at Topeka, Kansas, caught
fire from the explosion of lamp in the hands
of an employee, who was oiling shafting. on the
night of the 7th inst, and was burned. The
loss is estimated at 100000. From two to
three hundred men are thrown out of employ
ment.
The manufacturing establishment of w. s.
Matthews q Sons, Louisville, KY, was destroy
ed by fire on the 5th inst. Loss estimated at
$4,000.
A fire at Philadelphia on the 5th inst. burned
the fertiizing works on the Miffiin street wharf
about go boat houses, saloon and several
yachts. Loss $4,000. Incendiary.
Fort Supply, Indian Territory, was partially
burned ON the I'd inst. Several of the inmates
had narrow escapes and number lost then
personal effects.
Eight buildings, including hotel were swept
away by fire on the 4th inst, at Bells Depot
Tenn, on the Louisiana and Nashville railroad
The steamer Gilbert was totally destroyed by
fire at Vicksburg, ON the 4th. No insurance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13

In drunken brawl in Chicago, on the 10th
inst, Daniel Connors was fatally shot by Henry
Smith.
On the 9th inst, a revenue officer named Sea-
grove, stopped at a farm house in Macon coun-
ty, Tenn, to rest himself. During the night a
party of five men entered the house and took
Seagrove to the woods, where they shot him.
AT the Clear6eld, Pa, jail, on the 9Th inst. a
prisoner named Goodwin was murdered by a
fellow convict named Evans.
Ed. IL. j. Lagert, son of a merchant in Ber-
lin, Germany, was detected in black-mailing
scheme In New YORK, on the 7th inst- and while
resisting arrest. was shot dead by police Off
GER.
Some time since the body of John Karen
burg, wealthy butcher and farmer near Green
field, O., was found trampled to death under
the feet of his horses In their stable. On the
9th inst. DAVID Ross was arrested on suspicion,
and confessed that he murdered Barenburg.
and robbed him of about 800.
Luclus Cobb and Lawson Shelton (both col
ored) engaged in quarrel at Memphis, Tenn,
on the 9th inst, about dusky damsel. Shell
ton fired charge of shot into Cobb's breast,
with fatal effect.
While Mrs. Hover and family were at dinner
at Sunbury, Pa, on the 10th inst. the daughter
aged II, and son IA years of age had war of
words, young Hover left the table and return
ing with shot gun, killed his sister The boy
gives as his reason for the crime, ''they did not
give me enough to eat"
An outlaw named B. T. Harrington was shot
and killed on Mount Princeton, Texas, on the
9Th inst, while attempting to escape from Off
GERS.
Gus. Reichfus. residing on farm near Mo-
mona, Ia, was killed by two shots fired through
the window, and his brother was SO badly in
jured that he nearly bled to death. Gustav was
a bachelor and leaves $4,000
James Sweeney, an agent of the Cleveland
chair mandatory, had been missing for some
days, and on the 9Th inst. his body was found
floating in the canal at Cleveland. Foul play
is suspected.
The little village of Derby, Perry county, Ind,
was startled on the 4th inst. by shocking case
of parricide. Richard Welsh had difficulty
with bis family which ended in his being shot
dead by his son Montgomery.
BENZ. Trego, prominent citizen of Irving
township, Barry county, Mich, got into an
alteration with man named Martin Sexton
on the Sd inst, and the latter was killed by a
blow from an axe.
John Howard, Mulatto, WINS MORALLY
wounded at Cincinnati, O., on the 4th inst, by
Charles Coffee because he refused him loan
of ten cents
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13

At the paper mill at Jackson, Mich. on the
9th inst, a man named Tappan was fatally
scalded by steam issuing suddenly from vat.
Robert Walsh. mate of the steamer Richard
son was crushed to death between an elevator
and the boat ON the 9Th inst.
VIM. Ell. Spraul, a machinist fell from the
fourth floor of Linn's grocery store at Detroit,
Mich, on the 7th inst, and was Instantly killed
Michael Cunningham and Nicholas keenan,,
employees of the Union Pacific railroad. by the
capsizing of their boat in the government rip
raI)s, were drowned.
Leopold Precise was killed by runaway
team at Jackson, Mo-, on the 9Th inst.
A stone burst in Johnsons -four mill. Monroe
county, Ark, on the 9Th inst. killing two men
named Burrows and Jackson, and fatally wound
ing several others.
Maud L. Heaford, a two-year-old-child,
whose parents reside on North Curtis street,
Chicago, found some strychnine in O. trunk and
swallowed it on the 18th. She died within fif-
teen minutes
Geo. P. Blarey, manufacturer of warm air
furnaces, etc., jumped from train at Cincin-
killed by being struck by another train.
While duck shooting near Rockville. Ont, on
the 4th inst, Arthur Wright and another young
man from Maitland, were drowned by the cap
sizing of their boat. w. Frazer chung to the
upturned craft and was rescued in an exhausted
condition.
lamp explosion at Ogdensburg, N. Y, on
the 4th inst, badly burned Mr., and Mrs.
SaDourin and child. 1t is feared the mother
cannot survive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13

followers of the seven fallen stars shall bave
hung on gibbets Or rotted in dungeons"
Matt. Carpenters voice was that Of
music rather than thunder. His emo
tional and sympathetic efforts were the
most magical in their effects, and in
some mysterious manner swayed his
hearers beyond any power of analysis.
At banquet given some ten years ago
to the Grand Duke Alexis he gave uttes-
ance to the following passage We can
not reproduce the occasion nor the mo-
ment of the occasion, but the genius of
the orator uttered them in q voice of
tender pathos that made them seem like
words OF gold set to sweet music:
Lhe loves and friendships of individuals
partake OF the frail character of human life; are
braef and uncertain. The experiences of human
LIE may be shortly summed up: A little loving
and good deal of sorrowing; some bright
hopes and many bitter disappointments; some
gorgeous Thursdays, when the skies are bright
and the heavens blue, when Providence. bend
ing over us In blessing, glads the heart almost
to madness: many dismal FRIDAYS. when the
smoke of torment beclouds the mind. and nm
dying SORROWS gnaw upon the heart; some nigh
ambitions and many Waterloo defeats. until the
heart becomes like the charnel-house. filled
with dead affections, embalmed in holy but sor-
roWful memories; and then the cord is loosened.
the golden bowl is broken, the individual life
cloud, vapor-passeth away"
Perhaps the shortest and most touch
ing speech which ever fell from his lips,
was On an occasion like the present, the
death of Charles Sumner. Describing
the funeral ceremonies in the senate
chamber, report of the day says, a
prayer of considerable length followed
other eulogiums. The benediction is
pronounced. President Carpenter arises,
and with great feeling and dignity utters
this brief sentence:
'And now the senate of the United States
entrusts the remains of Charles Sumner to ifs
sergeant-at-arms and the committee appointed
to convey them to his home, there to commit
them, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to
dust, in the soil of the commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts. Peace to his ashes''
"Never before, says the report, 1" did
we see an instance of SO much meaning
expressed in SO few words. All the
pathos OF the occasion was gathered into
this brief sentence. In some manner
which we cannot explain these few words
of the senator seemed to have more
meaning and power to express better the
lllustrious character of the dead and the
mourning of the nation than all the rest
of the service"
But the reader who has not heard Matt.
Carpenter upon such occasions, cannot
fully appreciate the magic Of his voice
and words. Nature planted in his soul
the genius of eloquence, and all listeners
were charmed with the music of his
words as with bubbling fountain amid
the green hills of his native state.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13
Mr.. Braun's Cure.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle. J


Some years ago a coal miner named
Braun was afflicted so badly with infiam-
matory rheumatism in his hands and arms
that he was compelled to seek another
way of earning his living. Somewhere
he had heard that handling doves would
effect a cure, and he purchased number
of the birds. These he would take up
in his hands, stroke and play with daily,
and the result was the pair that he thus
manipulated invariably became swollen
up, first in the legs and then in the
body, precisely as though they had the
rheumatism. Finally death would en-
sue. In proportion as the doves became
swollen Mr.. Braun's affection decreased.
and finally, after pursuing the treatment
for some time, he was able to keep him
self relieved from pain. He raises doves
for the sacrifice, and winter and summer
alike he is able to pursue his business
as dalryman, which vocation he took
up in lieu of coal digging some years
ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13

MILWAUKEE, April 1900 P. M.-Flour-
Held firmly; choice spring extras at $3.50
$50; medium extras at $4.2505.75; Milwaukee
standard extras at $4.O0@425: common extras
at S3.65@3.s5; spring superfne at $3.00@3. so.
Wheat-Active and higher for futures; seller
May at $1.051s; seller June at $1,000; seller
July at $1.071[: No. 1 cash at 81. 07; No. 2 at
81. 031s; No. 8 at 93c. Confirm at 43c for
new. Oats-Unsettled at 34115c Barley-Tame
at $3.50. Rye-Firm at SLOT. Pork-Jrregu-
lar at $17.00 for cash. Lard-At $10.921a for
cash.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-13
At Last

Elisha Gregg, 70 years of age, sentenced to
be hanged for burning the Preston CIV. Va. J
court house in 1869, was pardoned. uneondi-
tonally by Gov. Jackson, of West Virginia. on
the 9th inst. The day before he was to be ex-
ecuted he escaped, but was recaptured about
two years afterwards. He appealed to the Su-
preme Court, but that body decided adversely
to him. Gov. Mathews last act was to commute
his sentence co imprisonment for life, but the
erous petitions induced Gov. Jackson to pardon
Gregg