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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09
Fish Culture for the Farm.

No farm should be without a fish
pond well stocked, any more than it
should be without poultry, This may
be startling announcement to farmers
who have to so one hundred feet to
water, but is II ne the less practical, us
much SO as to keep stock on farm.
Water must be produced in either in
Stance. On most farms the drainage is
favorable to ponds by throwing dam
across some sag or ravine and retaining
the water that would naturally Kun of.
The pond would serve the purpose of
both stock and fish. Where this plan
is not practicable pump worked by a
windmill will answer as well if kept
running, the surplus water drained into
an artificial pond would supply the
water. The pond should be at least
eight feet deep in the center This
would give the fish on opportunity to
place themselves beyond the reach of
ice. A pond of fifty feet in diameter
would accommodate reasonable sup
ply of fish for an ordinary family if
the fish are p operly fed. Perhaps
there is no fish SO well calculated for
this character of farming as the Carp.
1t feeds on vegetables and in it's habits
ha about the relation of an ordinary
game fish that the farmyard fowl has to
the game fowl. The edge of the pond
should be, shallow and planted to some
variety of water plant. They thrive on
the vegetable commonly known as frog
Spite, and they are fond of the refuse
OF the table, such as bread crumbs, bits
OF meat, potato, clbbage leaves, etc.
They grow rapidly, and sometimes at
tain weight of thirty-fye pounds. a
The Nebraska fish commission have
been furnished with few hundred
from the U. S. fish commissioner at
Washington, and we understand will
furnish few another year to parties
who have private ponds. This is n Ieis
ure time with farmers and good time
for those inclined to this indu try to
prepare their ponds.-Nebroska Farm
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09
BREAD.
which will You fat-whlte or Rrowni
Prom the Nineieenth Century.


The earliest agitator in the matter
observed two years ago, when travelling
in Sicily, that the laboring classes there
live healthily and wo:k we'll upon q
vegetable diet, the staple article of
which is, bread made OF background
wheat meal. Nor are the Sicilions by
any means the only people so support
ed. "The Hindoos of the Northwest
ern Province can walk fifty or sixty
miles day with no other food than
'chapetties,' made of the whole meal,
with little 'ghee,' or Galam butter.
Turkish and Arab prefers, capable of
Carrying burdens of 400 TO go pounds,
live on bread only, with the occasional
addition of fruit and vegetables. The
Spartans and Romans of old time lived
their vigorous lives on bread made of
wheaton meal. In northern, as well as
in southern climates, we find the same
thiMg. In Russia, Sweden, Scotland,
and elsewhere, the poor live chiefly on
bread, always made from some whole
meal-wheat, oats, or rye-and the
peasantry of whatever climate so fed
always compare favorably with our
South English poor, who, in conditions
of indulgence precluding them from OBJ
tanning sufficient meat food, starve, it
not to death, at least into sickness, on
the white bread it is our modern Eng
lish habit to prefer. White bread alone
will not support animal life. Bread
made of the grain will. The expert
ment has been tried in France by Ma
gendie. Dogs were the subjects of
trial, and every care was taken to equal
ize all the other conditions-to proper
ton the quality of food given in each
case to the weight of the animal expert
mented upon, and so forth. The result
was sufficiently marked. At the end of
forty days, the dogs fed solely on white
bread, died. The dogs fed on bread
made of the whole grain remained Wig
orous, healthy and well nourished.
Whether an originally healthy human
being, if fed solely on white bread for
forty days, would likewise die at the
end of that time remains, of course, a
question. TIE tenacity of life exhibit
ed by Magendie'5 dogs will not evident
ly bear comparison with the scarcely
yet forgotten forty days wonder, DR..
Tanner. Nor is it by any means AS
Serted that anytgiven man, or any given
child, would certainly remain in yigor-
Gus health for an indefinite length of
time if fed solely on wheat-meal bread.
Not single piece of strong evidence
has been produced, however, to show
that he would not; and, in the only
case in which whole-meal bread has
been tried with any persistency, or on
any considerable scale among us--to-
wit in jails-facts go to show such
bread to be an excellent and wholesome
substitute for more costly forms of nu-
tritious food.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09

Of his fees and damages. and shall pay
the balance. il any remains, 10 the own.
or OF such stock. IL no owner can be
found OF stock 30 impounded. the taker.
up shall, after the expiration OF five
days, estray such stock according TO the
laws regula ing estrays in this State.
After the adoption Of the stock law in
any county or subdivision. any fence
within such county or subdivision shall
be deemed lawful fence il il be- sufli-
cient TO keep ont the classes of stock
not affected by the provision of this
charter; and no person within such
county or subdivision shall be required
10 fence against stock not permitted to
run at large. Whenever an election is
held under the provisions of this chap.
ter forany county or subdivision and the
proposition for stock and fence law as
herein provided is defeated, no other
election for such purpose shall be held
within that locality for the space of
twelve months thereafter. But the de-
feat of the proposition for county
shall not prevent another election from
being held Immediately thereafter for
any subdivision of such county; nor
shall defeat of the proposition for
any subdivision prevent an election
from being held Immediately thereafter
for the entire county.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09
The Stock Law.


The following are provisions of the
stock law: .rt.
If a majority of the votes cast at such
election shall be for the stock law, the
county Judge shall Immediately issue
his proclamation declaring the result,
which proclamation shall be posted at
the courthouse door, and after the ex-
piration of thirty days from its issuance
it shall be unlawful to permit to run at
large within the limits designated any
animal of the class mentioned in said
proclamation. If any stock forbidden
to run at large shall enter the inclosed
lands of any person other than the
owner of such stock, without his con-
sent, in any county or subdivision in
which the provisions of this chapter
have become operative in the manner
provided in the preceding articles, the
owner, lessee or person in lawful pos
session of such lands may impound
said stock and detain the same until his
fees and all damages occasioned by said
stock are paid to him. No animals shall
be impounded unless they have entered
the inclosed lands of another, and
whenever any stock is impounde / notice
thereof shall at once be given to their
owner, if known, and such owner shall
be entitled to their possession upon pay
ment of fees and damages. Should any
stock, not permitted to run at large,
enter within the Enclosure of any owner
or lessees of land entitled to the benefit
of this act, without his or their consent,
it shall be lawful for the owner or les
see of said Enclosure to impound said
stock, and it shall be the duty of the
owner or lessee of said land to give
notice Immediately to the owner of
said stock of their impounding and
detention, and the owner of said stock
shall be entitled to the possession Of his
or her stock on the payment OF the ex-
penses incurred in impounding and
keeping said stock; provided, that IN
such county or subdivision (where the
fence law is in force said owner or les
see shall not be required to fence against
stock not permitted to run at large.
ANY owner, lessee or person in lawful
possession of inclosed lands shall be
entitled to the following fees for i'm
pounding stock, to-wit: Ten cents per
day per head for hogs, 10 cents per day
per head for goats, and 3 cents per day
per head for sheep. The damages done
by such stock, if any, may be assessed
by any three disinterested freeholders
Of the county, and their assessment
shall be final. If the owner or agent
of stock impounded, after being notified
thereof, shall fail OF refuse to pay the
fees and damages for the same, the
taker-up may sell such stock at public
auction for cash, after having given
notice Of such sale as in cOnstable's
sales of personal property, and apply
the proceeds Of such sale, after deduct.
ing expenses thereof, to the satisfaction
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09
Grit.

The force of will is potent element
in acknowledgement This single
point must be granted without argu-
ment, that of two men, every way alike
and similarly circumstanced, the one
who has the greater courage and grit
will be the longer lived. One does not
need to practice medicine to learn that
men die that might just as well live if
they resolved to live, and myriads who
are invalids could become strong if
they had the native OF acquired will to
vow they would do so. Those who
have no other quality favorable TO life,
whose bodily organs are nearly all dis
eased, 10 whom each day is a day Of
pain, who are beset by hfe-shortening
influences, yet do live by viii alone.
DR.. George II. Beard
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09

They claim, further, that the business
Is not yet 80 thoroughly organized
here as it should be, aud that much re-
mains TO be done before we can think
OF rivaling Chicago and other points
rs lumber market.
There has been quite an invasion OF
Northern capitalists and lumber men
during the past year, looking for valua-
BILE locations and anxious TO 60 into
business in the South, OF whose i'm.
mense timber resources they have heard
Sd much, if they could find any good
opening. They came down to New
Orleans, inspected the forests, and took
thorough view of the situation. But
while they pronounced our timber ex-
cellent, majority of them went on to
Texas and settled there. They claim
that in Texas there is n good demand
for second class lumber; while it is a
drug in the market hc.e. OF $4,000
feet of sawed lumber, 5000 are first
class and 10000 second.class, the edg-
ings and ends OF planks, There is
scarcely any demand for this sort of
stuff here, and one mill has more than
2,0O0,G00 feet of it on hand, which it
fluids impossible to get lit of. In Texas,
on the other hand, good prices are of
fered for second.class lumber, and the
mills consequently do not lose any
thing by it, 1t is certain that there
has been a wonderful development in
saw mill interests in Texas in conse'
quence of this movement, and mum
Der of new mills have recently been
erected in that state. The demand of
railroads building in the Lone Star
State" for lumber, has kept the Texas
market brisk, and the mills have been
behindhand with all their orders, al
though they worked night and day.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09
Polar Explorations.

For many years explorers have made
attempts to penetrate to the far North,
seeking the open polar sea, which was
believed to exist, and endeavoring to
penetrate to the North pole. In 1850
an Arctic expedition was fitted out by
Henry Grinnel of New York, with
Lieut.. E. j. DeHaven as commander
and DR.. Elisha Kent Kane as naturalist
and surgeon. This is c!assed as the first
United States expedition of search; it
returned in 1851 without finding trace of
Franklin. DR.. Kane in 1853 sailed from
Boston in the Advance, with company
of seventeen men, among whom was
DIR. Hayes; they encountered many
dangers, and returned to Boston, where
they arrived Oct. IL, 1855. On May
20, 1860, the first expedition Of Charles
Francis Hall sailed from New London,
o., to search for Franklin, and returned
without finding any trace of that navi-
gator, after an absence of two years.
DIR. Hayes sailed from Boston July 8,
1860, in the schooner United States, OF
1873 tons, with fourteen persons in the
party, not including himself; he reach
ed land in latitude 81 deg. 81 min.
Hall started frcil New London, Ct, on
his second trip, July, 30, 1864, and re-
turned in 1869: and again he fitted out
an expedition by a Congressional APP
propriatio ,, and went north to find the
open Polar sea, but he died III Green
land, Nov. 8, 1871; his vessel was the
Polaris, which sailed from New York
June 80, 1871. On July =, 1879, the
steamer Jeanette was fitted out at San
Francisco by James Gordon Bennett,
for an Arctic trip through Behring's
straits, the crew numbering thirty-two
men. On June 10, 1878, Lieut.. Fred
Scwhatka, with party Of five, left New
York in search of the remains of the
Franklin party, which were found, and
the party returned after an absence OF
two years. A proposition has been
made by a prominent and adventurous
English naval officer TO go north as far
as possible by vessel and sledges, and
take balloons and with them seek the
North pole.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09
WIT AND WISDOM.


An Illinois deacon. while visiting in
Philadelphia. was asked il be had pur-
chased any Christmas cards. and re-
piled with some surprise, why should
II My old pack is good enough"
Mrs. Livermore is lecturing on "The
Boy OF To-day" who is ont in front OF
the church, waiting for "The Coming
Girl"
"THE most difficult man to please
that ever saw said an old Judge,
"was my friend, Col. -, who didn't
wish to be lied abont, and conldn't bear
to have the truth told TO him"
DURING the last six months of the
last year 2l6 ships laden with wheat,
sailed from San Francisco. Tho total
value of the cargoes was $50 100000.
This is some indication OF what Cali
fornia is as a wheat producing State.
ONE boy is boy, two boys are half
a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.
Ben, Franklin. IL is different with
girls, Benjamin. One girl is girl, two
girls are more girl, and three girls are
ali entire circus.
CHARLES Dudley Warner remarks:
although there are scattered through
the land many persons, | am sorry to
say unable to pay for n newspaper,
have never yet heard of any body I'M
able to edit one"
BEHOLD the printer! He has
stick" What does be say to the
bar.keeper? He asks him to pnt the
Stick Into lemonade. Will it strength
en- the lemonade? Nay, innocent pratt
tier, but it will,weaken the priGter.
A MAN in Council Bluffs ordered q
suit of clothes of local tailor. They
were to be done on Friday. When
he called for them they were done and
wrapped up in neat package. The
mans hair turned suddenly white.
81 CAN well remember the time,"
said Mrs. Mario fat, leaning over the
fence rail, in confidential conversation
with her neighbor next door, when
Simpsons wife was glad enough to get
plain wooden shawl to wear. Now
she always appears in sealskin saque."
"Ahyou forget" was the reply, that
Mr.. Simpsons brother has become
bank cashier"
Two Detroit lawyers had lively tilt
in court. You are bulletin board,
sirrah!' screamed one, 'You are
liarw howled the other. They glared
at each other, when inspiration seized
the biggest, and he fairly lifted himself
from the floor in roaring out: "You
are mean bank cashier, sir, bank
cashier" That settled it, The extreme
WAS reached.
He is shrewd grocer, and when the
lady no was going to have the sewing
society came down for jug of vinegar,
he filed the jug with whisky. And
folks quietly asked her where she
bought her vinegar, and the nest day
the grocer sold six barrels of cheap
vinegar to the customers who tbronged
his store. And though they were all
pretty mad they couldn't very well kick,
as he had gived them what they called
for, and then to say anything would be
to get laughed at.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09

IDEAL" remarks the merchant; Il
c71t.= adds the carpenter; Il tuTnip
spades says toe gardener; Il pass,
observes the railroad Superintendent;
Il lead hearts, adds the beau; l fol-
low suit" saws the tailor with his little
bill: Il trumpet chimes the cornet-
player; Your cur, shouts the butcher,
a. tie dog runs of with a twO-POund
teak. Thus many classes seem TO be
made game Of.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09

Te1arkana has about twenty-five
miles Of side track inouding the Iron
Mountain, Texas and ST. Louis rail-
roads and yet have not sufficient tracks,
for their business, but are putting in
several new lines at this time.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-09

BEHOLD the printer! He has
stick" What does be say to the
He asks him to put the
sick Into lemonade. Will it strength
en- the lemonade? Nay, innocent pratt
tier, but it will,weaken the printer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-24
A Straight Answer Wanted.

One of the East-bound trains coming
into Detroit, the other day, was heavily
loaded, and passenger who got on at
Ypsilanti walked through two cars, and
finally halted at seat occupied by
small man and grab-bag, and inquired:
'Is this seat occupied?"
'Of course this seat is occupied" was
the reply.
care both halves of this seat occu-
pied?p was the next query.
sOf course both halves are occu-
pied"
"Well, my friend" said the new ar
rival, as he let go Of his satchel. 81
want to bother you with one more query.
Had you rather I would toss that grab
bag out Of the window, and sit down with
you, or chuck you out, and ride into De-
troit with the grab-bag?"
The grab-bag man got mad at that,
and wouldn't ride anywhere else except
on the wood box.-[Free Press.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-24
The POlitest Man in Boston.

The politest man in Boston has been
discovered. He was hurrying along
street when another man, also in violent
haste, rushed out of an alley way, and
the two collided with great force. The
second man looked mad, while the po-
lite man, taking off his hat, said: ''My
dear sir, I don't know which of us is to
blame for this encounter, but I am in too
great hurry to investigate. If 1 ran
into you beg your pardon; if you ran
into me, don't mention it and he tore
away at redoubled speed Boston
Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-24

Boxes 49, and refused to work when pulled for the follow
ing Box 49, weight became detached from hook box
cut by small contact with box box T. SEM
in caused by heavy rain storm and telephone wires These
the only failures of the alarm working during the SIX
months and fourteen days.
AS steps have been taken by those authority to my
recommendations my report of April 30th 1881, would
respectfully and earnestly call attention to them again.
There Is miles Of wire % boxes alarm gong two
gavanometers 104 cells of Watson battery bell striker talk
ing line and instruments complete poe etc. etc the value OF
which thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars ana
eghty-seven cents ($9,S3O.S7).
would respectfully that larger and better room
be furnished for the battery and Instruments the room they
are now in entirely small and times very damp and
derment the successful working of the fire alarm and
positive injury to the Instruments =,
would respectfully ask that the Supernend ent be furnished
lines and carrying TOOLS impossible to take OF lines as
they should be- and repair the promptly whenever
both at night and day and wax as bap
and light wagon it of the utmost Importance that mteref
ence with the working of the lines should be promptly rmedled
as the safety the city depends their working
would also that the talking line be extended to
the fire alarm boxes that of accidents or troupe 10
fire alarm lines that direct communication be had with the
different houses. The same can be used adVaISeoS
would steps taken remodel and rebuild
the present system of fire alarm, doing away with the con-
pcated system repeaers do consider them reliable
devise Other cities have done the same ana
are not therefore dependent upon company furnish them
with and complicated machinery at loss to the CITY,
Allow me at this time extend my thanks to the Committee
Fire Department for promptness IN supplying material
requred yourself and Assistant Engineer for courtesles and
assistance extended.
Also to the members the Department their respective
engine houses for rendered repairing lines and
ton to the instruments under their
To the Chief of Police officers and patromen tor promptness
reporting lines out of ORDER and assistance rendered
Ali of which is respectfully submitted
Yours respectfully,
E. B. BIRGE
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
St. Paul November IA, 1881.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-24
An Exhibition of Grit.

A lumberman broke his leg in the Wiseon-
sin woods, and desired to go to his home in
Sorel, Canada, where he would receive good
away, and he had only few dollars. In his
dilemma he resolved to travel cheaply as
freight. He made box six feet long, two feet
wide, and sixteen inches high, marked it "this
side up with care" and had himself nailed in
and shipped. Some wide cracks gave him air,
and he took along sup ly of food and water.
He got along very well, though not without
mate left standing on his mead. He was forced
to make an cutlery H had been three days
on the journey, which & railway officials
enabled him to complete as a regular pas
senger.
The examiner., 1882-03-04
Pseudo Patriots.

Hugo Preyer, the quondam Chairman of the Pomeroy fizzle, has turned his atten- ton again to greenbackism, and, fresh from the service, and confident of his master, has called convention of the close communion sanctifed order of Saint Pom- eroy. Unable to become rich by selling wild cat mining stock for his master, and as greenbackers have become alive to the inwardness of Pomeroy the dollars do not come in lively enough to support two at headquarters, so Hugo has determined to raise up faction from which an honest penny may be turned, and at the same time have chance to put in good word for ''Brick" who has for sometime smelled rank to the olfactories of honest and sen- sible greenbackers.
 It will be 8 godsend to the party of re- form if Hugo can gather into one place all the knaves that have periodically ob- structed the efforts of honest workers for reform, when they like Dervishers, whirl and howl in fanatic phrensy until exhausted by protracted and inpotent excitement they would be forced to rest for a season to the interest, and advancement of the cause of honesty and justice.
 SAMUEL MELLoR.
The examiner., 1882-03-04

ability" But the questions were all squar. ly answered and the objections readily overcome, so that the committee itself. the judiciary committee we repeat, were oblig- ed to acknowledge the proposition was good and ought not to fail in securing favourable results.
 Nevertheless by that same committee was it strangled to death, with the con. currence of the whole House, whereupon we hesitate not in asserting and proclaim ing to the whole people, and in the very teeth of our lawmakers, in the light of the facts here adduced, that the legisla- ture of Connecticut is a corrupt assem- blaze, and is manifestly opposed to any scheme whereby fair and honest election may be secured, and the corrupting power of money and corporate influence abol- ished.