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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
Two Breeds Of Sheep.

Concerning Cotswold sheep, and the
value of the cir cross with other breeds.
the Chicago Tribune says:
The stamina and constitution of the
Cotswold sheep have long been recog.
nized among breeders, and these des-
irable characteristics have made the
breed valuable, and generally sought
for, for the purpose of crossing and
improving other breeds. Nearly every
family known among American flock.
masters has more or less Cotswold blood,
and as sire for half-bred mutton sheep
from the native ewes of the United
States, the Cotswold has no superior
Within the past fveyears many expert,
ments have been made with the Cots
void upon the Merino sheep, and this
cross has been found to possess
many valuable points, and many sheep
raisers claim that this class is the best
cross of all.
The Merino has an iron constitution,
possesses most valuable fleece, and
flesh of the sweetest flavor. But its
wool is short and fine, and useful only
for the finer, softer fabrics and the more
expensive goods, while its carcass is
too light, and its lamb, although ex-
tremely fat and rich of flesh. is too
small for profit. Crossed with the
Cotswold, lamb is produced which at
six months weighs more than its dam,
and sheep which ranks with the sire
in weight, and with the dam in quality
of meat, and in addition has fleece
which is worth more for coarse clothing
fabrics and shawls than pure dams
wool, and is equally as valuable as that
of the sire. Such a sheep is essential
" the farmers sheep, for it is market
able from the age of three months, as
choice, fat lamb, which brings the top
price, up to thea of three years, when
it is a ripe wether. In the meantime
its fleece of combing wOol-the basis
of the worsted and bunting goods and
the extensively used and small WOODEN
wares, fringes, braids, and trimming
is always salsble at a fourth more than
double or treble extra fine wools.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
How the Patient Paid.

Among the leading medical special
it's of the French capital is fashion
able physician who processes to cure all
the ills that flesh is heir to by olfactory
treatment. A wealthy Britton not
long ago crossed the Channel on pur-
pose to consult him. Having asked
his visitor a few curt questions respect
ing his symptoms, and subjected him
to careful auscultation, the doctor ex-
tracted bottle from drawer in his
writing table, uncorked it, and hand
ed it to the Englishman with the re-
mark: Smell it!' adding, as soon as
the command was obeyed, "That is well.
You are cured" Whatever surprise
the patient may have inwardly expe
rienced at being relieved of his mala
DIV with such astounding promptitude
and ease, he exhibited no external sign
of amazement, but, adopting the lacon-
ic style of his professional adviser, eiac-
ulated, "How much ?" "a thousan d
frances" was the reply, where upon
producing bank note to that amount
from his pocket-book, he held it under
the doctor's nose for few seconds, say
ing, "Smell It'll" The astonished Es-
culapius mechanically complied. "That
is well. You are paid" calmly observed
the Englishman, pocketing the note.
II have the honor to wish you a very
good-morning." So saying, he bowed
politely. and Quilted the room.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
An Electric Boy.

An Australian boy has arrived from
Melbourne. When eight years old ne
gave evidence of wonderful electric
power that has kept developing since.
The only food for which he cares is
that which contains PHOSPHORUS.
When not sufficiently charged with
magnetism he complains of nervous
ness and headache. When he goes to
sleep the supply of electricity becomes
slightly diminished, but is much more
constant than during his waking hours.
He lie now twenty-five years old. He
stands upon mating made Of cocoa
nut threads, and allows the curious to
examine his clothing in order to con-
vince them that no electrical apparatus
is concealed about his person. When
he touches any one current of cleo
tricity goes from him into the other,
producing the sensation that arises
nom contact with a galvanic battery.
he told q reporter that he was always
charged in the morning, but that dur
ing the day ne gave of so much power
that it left him completely exhausted in
the evening.-EE.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
'Sunac.
Nashville Indnsirlss.

This is an article which commands
fair prices in market, being used al,
most exclusively for tanning sheep,
goat, and the lighter calf skins, and to a
considerable extent in dying calicoes,
yet We have in many portions of Ten.
nessee quantities of it growing that is
not utilized. 1t grows generally upon
poor land, and in neighborhoods where
the people are sadly in need of some
revenue-producing crop; therefore the
greater reason for gathering every
pound of the leaves and sending them
to some market town for sale.
The quality of sumac found in this
State is said to be equal to the best
Virginia, though there is only one mill
in Middle Tennessee to grind it. IL
some one with capital would build q
mill and let it be known that all the
we'll prepared leaves would be houghtat
fair prices, employment you'd be fur
nished to hundreds of women and chill
drep, now idle and give them a good
living as we'll.
The sumac should be gathered while
the sap is stillin the leaf, say in July
and August. The leaves may be
wilted in the sun, though the curing
must be done under cover, SO as to
prevent them being burned by the sun
or get wet from dew or rain. This
process will require at least a month to
thoroughly dry the leaves. AS they
readily absorb dampness, they must
not pc packed for market save in dry
weather. Taking these precau 8
the leaves will retain the color as while
on the bush, and are more saleable.
In stripping the branches of their leaves
the plant is liable to be killed; there
fore it is better to cut the stalk off close
to the ground, as the roots will live and
produce another next year. The leaves
can be dried more uniformly on the
branches, less liable to the heat or be.
come mouldy than when stripped.
Once cured, the leaves can be pulled
off and separated from the stems by the
aid of fne.tooth rake.
It is a crop of considerable value,
and one which doubtless could be Gull
tivated to advantage. At any rate that
which grows wild is worth too much to
be allowed to waste, and will amply re-
pay those who gather it, provided they
follow the above suggestions and de-
liver it to dealers in frst-rate order.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
A Curious Mine.

Two years ago at mine operated by
VIM. Utter, at Campo Seco, near Mil
ton, water came in and work stopped.
To keep the large iron-bound and iron
bailed bucket used to hoist rock, from
drying up and falling to pieces, it was
let down into the water. Next season
when it was drawn up, 10 miracle! 1t
was copper-bound and copper-bailed'
From this has sprung quite an industry
and the mine has been sustaining itself
from ore water ever since. The water
contains an acid which has the property
of taking into solution the particles OF
iron thrust into it, and it has also cop
per in solution which is let go, particle
by particle, as the iron is picked up.
It is a simple chemical exchange, and
this mine mey make another profit still
if it will get another chemical into the
water which will make the acid lay down
the iron which, as a black flood, the
water carries down into the Stanlslaus
River. The copper industry consists
in taking bundles of scrap iron and old
FIN to the mine, where it is thrust into
watts of water caught up, in which the
metals are soon changed 20 copper, the
residue Of the iron taking the form Of a
black stream and flowing away. 10
make sure of making the water swap all
its CONFER for iron, which Is glad to do
Without boot, one va. is placed below
s1otber down the bank to the river, ana
vbep the water escapes it has eaten Its
Ell Of iron and left pay for Its meal IN
genuine copper.-StOcktOH (CdL) Aait.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27

to take the great risks. The stookmen
OF Texas. as we'll as those Of the far
west and northwest, must concentrate
in some way, and certainly the best
way to do this is to improve the stock,
and make one steer Of the future worth
two of the present. Quality rather than
quantity is what must be looked after
more than ever in the past, by stock
men who succeed best in their calling.
The impetus which stock raising has
received within the past few years is
liable to increase the tendency TO pro-
duce a great quantity regardless OF the
quality, and it is of the greatest impor-
lance that the number Of mouths should
be decreased, the shoulders and backs
broadened, and the headquarters we'll
rounded and full.-Kdnsds City Times
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
Flying Machines for War Uses.

Germany and Russia are both push
ing forward experiments in flying ma
chimes for use in war or otherwise. 1t
appears that the direction in which
these are working is the only one like
ly to be successful. 1t ignores the rid
iculous inflated gas bag, which is enor-
nous in size, difficult and costly to fill
in war, and foats-a gigantic derelict-
at the tender mercy of every current
of air, huge mark for the first gunner
who can hit and bring it to the ground.
Baumgarten, in Germany, and Baran-
ovski, in Russia, adopt the principle Of
the inclined plane pressed against the
air, and thus capable Of making some
attempt at least to regulate its own
course. In the kite the force that press
es the inclined plane is the hand of the
boy acting through the string. In the
sail of the boat the resistance of the
water to sidelong motion keeps the sail
pressed against the wind. In flying
machines the pressure is given by an
engine carried by the machine and act
ing by means of fans Of one sort or the
other. The difficulty at present is the
weight of engine and fuel; but with the
Development of electrical practical
knowledge we may fairly expect to see
accumulators which will supply the max
imum of power with the minimum of
weight. Then the problem Of flying in
still air will be solved. Whether we
shall ever be able to ride the storm is
another matter.-PaI Mall Gazette.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
Jim Fisk's Slayer.

Speaking Of business men, says
New York correspondent, let me mem
ton one who is also quite as well known
to the public as Judge Hilton, but
through very different circumstances
from those that have surrounded the
latter. I refer to "Ned" Stokes. "the
man who killed Jim Fisk" as every
body says who points him out. The.
public have heard that Stokes is now
partner of Mr.. Read, the proprietor OF
the Hoffman house on Broadway, just
above the famous Fifth Avenue hotel.
The Hoffman has long been noted for
the excellence Of its breakfasts. They
vie with Delmonico's and the Bruins
wick's. The latest attraction has been
the magnificent barro m of the estab-
lishment, the finest in New York,
if not in the world. The walls
are fairly covered with beautiful
pictures-high priced ones too-includ-
ing one that cost $4,000. The whole
room with its Hobbies and entries is lit
tered with costly bric.a-brac, statuary
and expensive rarities. Stokes is to be
seen at any hour quietly walking about
the place, plainly dressed, rather retir-
ing, and apparently earnestly devoted
to his business. Time and trouble have
left their marks upon him. His hair is
whitened by the "frosts that never
melt" and his clear cut face begins to
show few inroads of care. Yet for
one who has been through so much
trouble, Stokes is well preserved.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
Texas as a Stoek.raIsing Country.

A gentleman just from western Tex
as-on the principal grazing section of
the state, as the eastern portion is be-
ing or is already cut up with farms
speaks in glowing terms of that COIN
try for stock raising, but thinks in a
few years the range will be badly crowd
ed, and says he cannot imagine what
the country will be good fer after the
mesquite grass has been tramped out,
as there is not enough moisture for ag-
riculture. There is perhaps no imme-
date danger Of the grass giving cut,
but at the same time the stockmen Of
Texas cannot foreverIgo on spreading
out ss tbey have in the past ten years.
Visits have been made 10 the staked
plains with a view to finding other
range localities, but the water supply is
90 poor that most men would be afraid
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
The Man who Proved Himself Hero
and Patriot.

As there are troubles worse than
death, so is there heroism deeper than
that which braves the enemy in battle.
and the true patriot is not the man who
talks the most about the prosperity and
advanced civilization of his native land.
but it is he who practically aids her in
her course onward and upward.
Two years ago John Smith 1--WE will
call him) died and left widow only
thirty-six years old, and fourteen chill
dren under thirteen years, the young
est was an infant and there were three
pairs of twins. John Smith was SOL
der and pensioner, and his widow
Immediately applied for pension for
herself and her little ones, but even
this gave her an income of only $50 a
month with steady decrease of 50
-four in case of the twins) month
every year after the oldest child at
tanned the age of sixteen.
After two years of widohood Mrs.
Smith met our hero, a man of cour-
age enough to marry Mrs. Smith and
take to his step-fatherly heart and,
home the fourteen little Smiths
Fancy sitting down to breakfast for
the first time with new made-wife and
fourteen young children! Yesterday
you were a care-free bachelor; to-day
you are father of o clamorous family.
Yesterday you ate and drank as you
liked; to-day you must learn that Tom.
my and Jack like lots of gravy, while
Mary cries if drop is put on her plate.
Dick wants his meat all fat, baby clam
ors for bone, and Susie wants the
dryest and most well-done corner.
And then how hard to remember all
the names, for the ex-Mrs. Smith will
naturally feel aggrieved if any one for
gets that Andy and not pretty Jack is
the red.headed boy, or that Lucy twins
with Mary and not Emma (the third
being the same size and the latter only
year the youngest), while it will be
sure to bring tear to her eye if little
Willie, "who is so like his dead-and-
gone papa," is COMPOUNDED with Sam,
who has freckles and snub nose.
And as the paternal government
gradually withdraws it's allowance from
the little Smiths, and finally when ba-
by is sixteen, stops it altogether, step
paternal cares press more heavily on
John Smiths successor; it is he who
takes the dead soldiers place, without
his pension, and isn't that patriotism =?
Detroit Free Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27

Cooper county have been feasting of
the hind quarters of that deer ever
since. II any one doubts the accuracy
OF these statements let him ask Mr..
Sheldon himself, who is expected at
Santa Fe in few days, and who will
gladly explain the modus operandi of
killing bear and deer with ore bull
let.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27
Ten Kinds OF Gait.

No two of us walk alike. The hinges
OF our gates turn in the same way, but
with different results.
The baby strikes out toddle because
it hasn't strength enough to walk, but
it has the underlying principle of a
natural walk, because it "toes in. !"
"Toeing out" is military artifce,
invented for the purpose of showing
how much more q man knew than the
Lord did.
The hippity-hoppity, skip and jump,
is peculiarly the little girls gait. I'm
easy and restless, the futter-budget
seems determined to wear the sole of
her shoe and the soul of her mother
out at the same time; but she is the
pretticst picture of animation human
ity can show.
The dead run, all out of breath, is the
small boys gait. You can set down
the boy who SO far forgets himself as
to walk as already in his dotage.
The bound-to-save-it gait, is rapid
straightforward stride, never turning
to the right or left. The man who has
it knocks over children, barks his shins
against market-baskets, and stubs his
too against everything on the walk.
But he gets there, and his coat-tail
arrives about two minutes later.
There is the slow, measured gait,
tread, tread, tread all day long. The
man who carries the 'hod has this pecu-
liarity down fine. He would run to q
fire in the same step, and get there
possibly.
The long lope, thirty-four inches to
the step, with sag to the knee joint,
vigorous swing of the arms, is that of
young man from ruraldom. He gets
the walk from going over the rough,
ground, and anybody who gets the best
of him has rough ground to 60 over.
The quick, sharp and spiteful gait,
with the little metallic heels ringing
on the pavement, is the gait of the
smart young miss with bright eyes and
lots of vivacity. The young man who
intends to keep company with her for
life must make up his mind to train to
her step; she will never train to his.
The everyday business gait. Going
right along with your feet, and your
thoughts in the Office, store, or what
ever it is. You never know how far
the walk nor how long it takes you to
cover it. It is an indefinite, and
frequently the only aid to good diges-
ton.
The take-it.easy, don't.care.a-cent sort
of gait, with cane twirling over his
fingers, is typical man of the world.
He leads life of leisure, and wouldn't
hurry himself. As consequence ne
grows fat rhumatic and equity, and IN
later years walks with two canes and
tremulous limbs. It doesn't pay to
bunch your pleasure.
The slow gait. For further particu-
lars send small boy on an Grand
Neu Heve,a Register.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27

A HILARIOUS young chief Of the Sioux
In good fashion started out on a crioux
Went down 10 Fort Pierre,
Drank whisky AID bierre
And lay down in the gutter TO snioux.
Conductor Jim Hamilton, Of :he T.
& p. railroad, has a fish pond covering
seven acres on hisfzrn in Wilson coun-
ty, which be stocked eighteen months
ago with German carp, and it is nov
full Of fsh twelve to sixteen inches
long.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-27

~WERE you hurt near any one OF the
verter4ef" asked lawyer Of q witness
who wanted damages. NO. was the
answer, Il was hurt right on the race
course close to the judges stand.
, 1882-04-22

The poet LangfelIow died on Fri
day week, at Cambridge, Massachu-
sets, at the age Of rs. We have
given our estimate of him as a poet
in another column. He was intend
ed for the law, his fathers profession,
but early showed a strong inclination
for the life of literature, and being a
considerable linguist, he early got
the professorship of modern Language
es in Bowdoin College, and in &C
cordance with the easy conditions of
those days, was at once allowed
three years absence for European
travel,-when he wandered over
France, Germany, Holland, Spain,
Italy, and England. Subsequently,
he became Professor of Modern
Languages in Harvard University,
and had another, shorter, leave of abb
sence, which he devoted chiefly to
Scandinavia, entering on the duties
of his new professorship in 1886. In
1849 he published "E~vangeline," a
graceful eplC oI Ho great IOrc6,
which however, some good judges
still think his greatest work. The
hexameters in which it is written
unlike Clough'S want life, and
spring, and variety, and the senti-
ment, graceful as it is, is almost pure
" conventional. Longfellow's great
- moan, uLIiavathy y annourod in
1855, when he was nearly forty
eight years OF age. In the spirited
poem on the sinking Of the 'Cumber-
land by the Merrimac, LongfeIlow
showed a trace of the fire of Camp
bell, though in that line he was GER
tainIy not CampbeIps equal. AS a
poet, a certain delicate r~estfulness is
his finest characteristic.
, 1882-04-22

pensions after fifteen years service.
IF this scheme succeeds, Cochin China
and the colonies will be g%arrisoned
in the same way, and France will
have a Foreign-service Army of some
40 5000 men, to which those men will
crowd who need pay, and desire to
make soldering the business of their
lives. That is a fairly good plan,
and should be noticed, because it is
the one which must be adopted, if
ever the Indian Army is again separa-
ted-as 50 many experienced soldiers
desire-from TIE Regular forces. Its
merit is that it secures seasoned men
for the tropical work, and ezempts
the regular army from fatigue duty
its demerit is that it makes two SER
vices which never heartily work to
gether. The popular notion, that
it also spoila the regulars by depriv-
ing them Of experience, is probably
erroneous, No Prussian soldier,
and scarcely any Prussian officer,
had ever seen a shot fired when the
Prussian Army began its career Of
victory. 1t had not fought for forty
nine years.
, 1882-04-22

Some Irish landlord has been
hoaxing the editor of Truth, who in
his issue of March 23rd tells the
following anecdote. An Irish land,
lord, meeting "a tenant who owed
him considerable arrears OF rent,
said -" Well, Mick, when are you
going to pay ms my rentf. To be
sure | will, your honour" was the
reply, "when the suspects are let
out" Then, crossing himself, the
tenant added in Irish :-''ln nanem
arar angus avick angus a sprld nave.
Amen" which it is, perhaps, unneces-
sary to say" adds Truth, when trans
lated into English, means, May they
not be let out for the next seven
years." The real meaning OF the
words thus phonetically mlsspelt is,
"In the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and OF the Holy Ghost. Amen"
And the correct spelling is, "a nanim
a Nathan, agus a Mhic, agus a Spior-
aid Naoimh. Amen.