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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-02

cient times conquered cities were al
ways sown with salt. In Scotland aud
Ireland il was formerly considered TO
represent the incorruptible spirit and
was always laid above the heart Of a
corpse. IL was also the custom, when
all the household of nobleman dined
together, to place large salt cellar in
the middle of the table, as boundary
of distinction between the family and
the menials. ii..I .,f-.. ..It .t
Goats of-arms were used to distin-
guish the distinguished chiefs or lords
and their followers in battle and abroad,
before the common people had learned
TO read. They were necessary as the
uniforms and badges are now to dis
tinguish the various regiments and
state officers. The figures of lions,
dragon, eagles and other creatures, the
rose, lily and palm, could be recog.
nized when embroidered on the surcoat
or garment worn above the armor to
protect it from furnishing, and soldiers
could know at n glance when they met
to what Duke or Prince they belonged.
at first only sovereigns used those dis
tinctions; afterward all families of no.
BILE birth chose badges and figured
shields, every design on which was a
sign of some trait of which they were
proud-their loyalty, courage or ambi-
ton. Or the figures recalled some nota-
BILE event to the fortunes of the family,
as the spider, which Robert Bruce
watched mending its web in the cave,
while he was hiding from his enemies,
was placed in the royal arms after he
became King of Scotland. 80.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-02

air for one week may answer. All ar.
hcles in the room, and others that hav Q
been exposed TO infection, which can
not be washed, nor subjected TO dry
heat, and are too valuable 10 be burned,
must be spread out on chairs or racks |;
the mattresses or spring beds set up SO
as to have both surfaces exposed; win
dow shades and curtains, il they have
been allowed to remain up, must be
laid out at full length.
All privies should be thoroughly dis
infected with carbolic acid, one part 10
twenty parts Of water, or zinc, one part
to fifty parts Of water, and copperas,
one part to ten parts of water.
Carpets must be taken UP and fumi-
gated Tin some cases destroyed. After
fumigation they should be beaten and
shaken in the open air and afterwards
exposed to the wind and sunshine for
several days. The room or rooms should
be open as much as possible. Where
houses are more or less isolated, judg-
ment can be used in exposing articles.
The entire contents of the house should
be subjected to the greatest care, and
when there is any question with regard
to an article, it should be destroyed.
Patients should be kept in the house
at least two weeks after the crusts have
disappeared.
The clothing of nurses should be
thoroughly fumigated before leaving
the house, and, better still, burned, if
circumstances will allow.
If these precautions are faithfully
carried out, there is little danger of
spreading the disease.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-02
THE SCOFFER'S ELOQUENCB.
Insersolrs Tribute to the Peaceful Rest OF Oh

Ingersoirs Tribute TO the Peaceful Rest OF the
rlr I'd Grave. Er
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Miller bur.
led babe in the Washington Congress
sional cemetery a few days ago, and be.
fore the little white coffin was lowered
into the grave, Robert q. Ingersoll de-
livered the following address:
My FRIENDS: know how vain il is
to gid grief with words, and yet I
wish to take from every grave its fear.
Here in this world, where life and death
are equal kings, all shonld be brave
enough to meet what all the dead have
met. The future has been filed with
fear, stained and polluted by the heart
less past. From the .wondrous tree of
life the buds and blossoms fall with
ripened fruit, and in the common bed
of earth the patriarchs and babes sleep
side by side. ...,-s. ..,.y ,.,.t
Why should we fear that which will
come to all that is? We can not tell,
we do not know which is the greater
blessing-life or death. We cannot
say that death is not good. We do not
know whether the grave is the end of
this life or the door of another, or
whether the night here is not some
where else dawn. Neither can we tell
which is the more fortunate the child
dying in its mothers arms before its
lips hay Q learned to form word, or he
who journeys all theiength of life's I'M
even road, painfully taking the last slow
etaps with CT, IF and crutch
Every cradle asks us Whence ?" and
every coffin "Whither?" The poor
barbarian, weeping above his dead, can
answer these questions as intelligently
and satisfactorily as the robed priest of
the most authentic creed. The fearful
ignorance of the one is just as consoling
as the learned and unmeaning words of
the other. No man, standing where
the horizon of life has touched
grave, has any right to prophecy q
future filed with pain and tears. It
may be that death gives all there is of
worth to life. If those we press and
strain against our hearts could never
die, perhaps that love would wither
from the earth. May be this common
idUO UlCuto lIOu Ouu' UhC pttUuo UCuWOCh
our hearts the weeds of selfshness and
hate, and I had rather live and love
where death is king than have eternal
life where love is not. Another life is
naught unless we know and love again
the ones who love US here.
They who stand with breaking hearts
around this little grave need have no
fear. The larger and the nobler faith
in all that is and is to be, tells us that
death, even at its worst, is only perfect
rest. We know that through the COM
mon walks Of life-the needs and duties
of each hour their grief will lesson
day by day until at last this grave will
be to them place Of rest and peace
almost Of Joy. There is for them this
consolation: The dead do not suffer.
If they live again their lives will surely
be as good as ours. We have no fear.
We are all children of5the same mother
and the same fate awaits us all. We,
too, have our religion, and it is this !:
Help for the living, hope for the dead.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENTS

The Cash Balance" and the Landed inter
csts, OF tho Serious Troubles to Iexas-rhe
Land Domain Observation-Disclosures OF
100000 Acres-what will they DO
About its-EGorts TO Open up the Tan
Handle Rcseryation-rhe Fifty Cents Ger
tificntes-Discussiono on the University Bill
The General Revenue and the Universe
~ Fund-A Debt of Ss5O,0 to the Lat
ter-Confusion More COMPOUNDED.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19
Seycro OH tho Indians.

A gentleman in this city who had charge
of an Indian agency in this state for nearly
six years, and who Is familiar with the pccu-
liarities OF the Washocs and picutos, SAYS
that the belief that these people have /,
religion Is a false one. The "happy hunt
ing ground idea Is myth; they know
nothing about II. Their annual dances.
which are regarded by most people TO bear
u religious Significance, are gotten M Tor
nothing else but amusement, No mission.
aries have, so far, succeeded In impreSsing
the belief of future existence upon the
minds OF these semi-brutes. The gentle.
man referred TO says that all tho training to
which their limited brain capacity Is sus.
ceptiblo Of could mover make them grasp
the idea Of an all powerful invisible being,
or an existence after DEATH AT best they
are In mind but one degree above tho poor
little horses they ridc.-[Carson City Ap.
peal.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

grim old gray-back, who never told lie J
his life.
"Many alligators in the river?' inquire
the stranger. alter a look around.
"Not so many now, since they got L
shootin' 'em for their hides and taller,
was the reply.
Used TO be lots. eh?n
81 don't want. TO tell you about ,em
stranger replied the pilot, signing
| heavily.
"Why?"
"'Cause you'd think was a lynn to you
and that S somthin' never do. can chea
at keerds, drink whisky or chaw poor ter
hacker, but can't lie"
Then there used to be lots of emp in
quired the passenger,
Pm most afraid to yet, mister, but I've
counted 'leven hundred alligators to th,
mile from Yicksburg c'ar down to New
Orleans. That was years ago, afore shot
was ever fired at EN-"
"Well, | don't doubt it," replied the
stranger.
And I've counted $3.50 Of 'em on one
sand bar" continued the pilot. ut looks
big TO tell, but government surveyor was
aboard and he checked em off as | called
out"
~ haven't the least doubt of it, " said the
passenger, as he heaved a sigh.
Pm glad o. that, stranger. Some Teller,
would think I'm liar when I'm telling the
solemn truth, This used to be II paradise
for alligators, and they were so thick that
the wheels of the boat killed an average Of
forty-nine to the mile !"
"ls that SOP"
True as gospel, misterl used to al
most feel sorry for the cussed brutes, cause
they'd cry out cen most like II human be-
ng. We killed lots of EN-, as | said, and
tain who allus carried thousand bottle,
onesl"
ole dido"
True rs you live, he did. don't spect
I'll ever see another such kind, Christian
man. Aud the alligatoIs got to know the
Nancy Jane, and to know Captain Tom,
and they'd swim out and rub their tail,
agn the boat an purr like cats, an look up
and try to smile!"
They would2"
Solemn truth, stranger! And one when
we grounded on a bar, with an opposition
boat right behind, the aIligators gathered
around, got under her stern and jumped
her clean over the bar bya grand push! 1t
looks like big story, but ! never told Il
lie yet, and never shall. | wouldn't lie
for all the money you could put aboard this
boat"
There was a painful pause, and after
awhile the pilot continued.
Our ingines gin out once, and crowd
of aligators took Il towline and hauled
us forty five miles up stream to Vicks-
burg"
"rhcy dido"
"And when the news got along the river
that Captain Tom was dead every alligator
on the river daubed in his left ear with mud
as badge of mourning and lots of 'em
pined and died.
The passenger left the pilot-housc with
the remark that he didn't doubt the state
ment, and the old man gave the wheel a
turn and replied:
"There's one thing won't do for love
nor money, and that's make liar of my
self, ! was brung up by u good mother,
and I'll stick to the truth ii this boat don't
make u cent. - Nicksburg Herald.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19
LOCAL NEWS.
II Would Not Work

The case of the state of Texas VS.. NJ. NJ
DrcyfuS, charged with forgery, was called
in the district court yesterday morning
and both sides announcing ready for trial
II proceeded. There were several witnesses
examined, and there seemed to be u desire
upon the part of the counsel for the de.
ichsc to have their client escape by the
crazy dodge. The prisoner had, on pre-.
yious trial in another case, been given
two years for forgery, and the
jury in this case gave him four
years. The jury was unanimous in the
opinion that the prisoner was as sane as Il
man could well be and that he had At least
enough sense to keep out of the fire, When
the verdict was given the prisoner stated to
several Of his friends that he was not insane
and that he would mover believe it. He
was committed to Jail to await the guard
from the penitentiary.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19
NIllninous.

\ most villainous attempt was made
yesterday at Duncan station to wreck the
Incoming passenger tr ain on the Chicago,
switch had been left open and lot of ties
had been placed on the track with the in.
tcntion of wrecking the train, yet ii failed
to effect a wreck, as was desired by the
cvil.docrs. The true situation of affairs
was discovered by the engineer in good
time, or else there would have been IN oil
probability u serious wreck.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

Something that will quiet the nerves,
sleep, improve the quality OF the blood, and
purify and brighten the complexion, is
what many persons would be very glad TO
obtain. Carter's Iron Pills are made for
exactly this class of troubles, and are re-.
markedly successful In accomplishing the
ends desired, as named above, They are
useful for both men and women. Sold by
druggists, Price, 80 cents box. See ad.
yertisemcnt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

The district court continues to grind
away slowly like unto the mills OF the
Ing with the name of another man, In or
der to raise cash, was given four years byl
the jury,
Ed Gray colored, charged with assault to
rape, was acquitted
b. +. McNcal, charged with the then OF a
horse, was acquitted.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

AliigAtors In the Good Ola Days.
The passeneer. who was going down the
We River for the flrst time In hislIfs, secured
,Desnislon " climb ~ bes,de the pilc, =
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

Mr.. Horace Seyvill of Altoona, Pa, says:
My wife and are upward OF seventy years
ofaSc, Oflate we both have begun to feel
the inlirmities of old age. Nothing seems
TO revive, eNhiliratc and strengthen MS, as
does Browns Iron Bitters. We would not
do without Il for ten times its COST
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

There is not farm, believe in our
ncichborhood where bottle OF Hamburg
Drops cannot DO found for Chils and
Fcyers are very prevalent with us. But
the folks know well, that, if they only use
Hamburg Drops in good time, they can
save many doctors bill.
Il. LANCE, Morrison, Mo.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

s. 8. 3. cured mo Of catarrh alter al
other treatment had Jailed you can com.
mend II ms a sure euro. nc. G. Burns,
0reencastlc Indiana. .'fN -
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

Whole Tickets, So, Half Tickets.Sl
Fl Tickets, $50; 55Tickets 500.
Remit money or bank draft in letter, or send
by express Don't send by registered letter or
postoflice order Orders Of S. and upward by
express can be sent at our expense Address al
orders TO X. NJ. BOARDMAN, Courier.Joumd
Building, Louisville, Ky or r. NJ. B0ARDMAN,
800 Broadway. New York
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-19
A Duel with HorsewhiDs.

a novel duel took place in Harmony
Grove, Jackson county, Ga, short
time since, between Mr.. Hill and w. /.
Goss. Hill was the challenger, and
Goss said he didn't care to fight him
with deadly weapons, but if Hill would
not be satisfied any other way he would
fight him with buggy whips. The dis
tance and other rules to govern the
fight were made, new buggy whips
were procured and the parties toed the
mark, about five feet apart, and opera
tions commenced. The battle ground
was i'll front of Freeman's livery sta
biz, in the heart of the town, and it
was not long until the most of the citi-
zens Of the place were looking on at a
safe distance. No one had interfered
and the combatants were making
steady and regular icks upon each
other without fiinching, and the strokes
of the whip could be heard several
blocks away, as they went whizzing
through the air and upon the backs or
the two men.
Occasionally one or the other would
back little from his line, but he
would soon come up again to the
scratch. Whenever they got tired one
would call out to hold up for while
and they would take blowing spell,
and when rested they would 60 at it
again. The fight continued for ovef
three hours, with short intervals for
rest. After the second round Hill,
who had no covering on his back ex-
cept shirt, insisted that Goss should
pull off his coat, which he did, and they
took both hands to their whips and
went to work. BY this time the news
of the fight had spread all over the
town; some of the merchants closed
their stores and business was generally
suspended to see what would be the
result Of the encounter. After they
had worn out seven dollars worth of
buggy whips and were completely tired
down they agreed to quit, and Hill
tod Goss that he was satisfied.
From parties who saw Hill's back
we learn that there was not place on
~ 4T,o+ ~v<,,, <,<<,,15 ,>Jc,,, :, ,-sI--z- ~
without touching the welts that the
whip had made, and he was marked
all over in the same way. We learn
that Goss was not hurt quite 50 bad,
and was able to be out the next day,
but Hill had to lay up, and it was ru-
mored over this way that he was seri-
ously sick. Jackson Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-19
The Gold IN TTny Biss.

In the manufacture Of jewelry the
tiniest bits Of the precious metals are
gathered with the greatest care. After
particles Of gold have become imper-
ceptible to the naked eye means are
adopted by which they are accumu-
lated, remelted and worked over again.
In some Of the large factories, where
gold is handled in large quantities,
special floors are made. The flooring
is double and made Of the best ma
terial, and has laid between the upper
and lower sections asphalt paper,
covered with tar. Minute particles of
gold find their way between the seams
Of the upper section and Immediately
adhere to the sticky tar. 1t is calcu-
lated that when the floor Of jewelers.
shop is removed the gold accumu-
lated in the crevices and such places
will more than pay the expense Of a
new one. Every possible particle Of
filing, scraping, grinding, polishing
dust or engraving chips is preserved
for the assayer with as much scrupu-
lous care as the shipping Of the goods
from which they had been detached.
The wheels upon which gold and sill
yer have been polished, when worn
out, are burned and the fire reveals
particles of the precious metals which
were hidden to all but the chemist.
Sweepings are quite valuable and
would be material loss to the manu-
facturer if not saved, even after the
workman has picked up every bit of
metal that may have fallen on the
floor. This dirt from the floor will
sell for seventy dollars a barrel. A
Jersey City firm deal in this peculiar
dirt almost exclusively. The caps Of
the Worlmen are often burned,
as are the aprons, after they
have been washed regularly
every week. It has happened that
$23 worth Of gold was obtained by the
burning of an apron. Even the
water in which the workmen wash, in
themajority Of places, is saved and run
into tanks, where it is allowed to
stand for time, a sediment forming
at the bottom. The water is run off
and the muddy mixture handed over
to the assayer. The men often find
little chips of gold and silver in their
hair or beard, but these do not amount
to anything If not accumulated. 1t is
told of Swiss watch case maker how
he had way Of necessarily stroking
his beard while polishing the cases, and
parties interested discovered that when
got home atnight he as carefully and
incessantly brushed out his beard, but
saved the brushings. Brooklyn Eagle
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-19
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
NUMBER 8.
RELIGIOUS READING.



Sweeter words were never spoken
to men reeling beneath the crushing
burdens Of life than those which came
from the voice Of God to Paul when he
was writbing beneath the agony caused
by his "thorn In the flesh" my
grace is sufficient for thee. Ny gracel
What is grace but loye-the love of
the Almighty One-'srevealing itself,
showing itself actiYely29 Why, then,
art thou depressed Oh, tried soul, be-
cause Of thy troubles? While Infinite
Love is actively working for thee up
to point sufficient for thy need, of
what art thou afraid? Surely thou
canst not he overcome and destroyed
SO long as Heaven whispers '.My
grace is sufficient for thee" ."-zion's
Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-19
a SLIDING Mountain IN Orsuon.

The government engineers engaged
upon the ship canal around the rapids
where the Columbia river cuts through
the Cascade mountains, and the engi-
neers of the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation company, whose railroad runs
beside the government canal, have
discovered that point Of the noun
tians, of tremendous height and three
miles in extent, is moving down an in
cline into the river. The fact Of
moving mountain is strange. But not
incomprehensible. 1t seems, says a cor
respondent of the New York Times,
that the great river and the ravines
that point to it have cut their way
down through superintendent mass
of basalt into substratum of sand
stone. This sandstone, we win SUP
pose, presents smooth surface, with
an incline toward the river the river
cuts under the basalt into the sand
stone, and the natural effect is for the
superintendent basalt, acting like y
similar formation Of ice I'M a glacier. Ia
slide down hill,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-19

Across my lap the baby lies,
The soui-lght dawning in his eyes;
], bending, turn aside to look
Adown the pages of my book.
With flash Of thought and fair conceit
The fair lines run on rhythmic feet;
And sparkling fancies gem the brink
Of this clear well from which 7 drink.
But sudden, all the poets skill
Is Isdimmed by something sweeter still,
And all his dreamings, high and grand,
Lie hid beneath baby's hand.
1 stoop to kiss its dimpled grace,
l turn to read my darling's face,
While falls unheeded to the floor
The broken spell which binds no more.
0 glow of wit 0 prayer Of saint
o brightest picture pen can paintl
Q golden rhythmic rise and fall!
My little love is worth you all.
For soaring thought and winged word,
That pierce the sky like fight of bird,
May bring the joys of Heaven more near,
But Heaven itself is with me hereI
Mrs. M. e. Blake.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-19
A Terrible Death.

Rather than suffer unrequited affec-
tion men and women are constantly
determining to die. One of the most
dramatic among recent cases is re-
ported in the St. Petersburgh gazettes.
The story is that a young man of con-
spicuous talents, excellent character
and fine position, became attached to
charming young lady who could not
return his advances. Foreseeing that
his passion must be hopeless, he re-
solved on self-destruction. Then, fear
ing that he might be misunderstood,
and in order to assure his friends Of
his entire sanity, he wrote to his par
ents the motives that impelled him to
choose this course. "Her love-" he
said, ais simply indispensable to my
life. die like fish without water;
like a creature Of God without air, I
cannot do otherwise"
In order toltest his conviction to the
utmost, the wretched man fixed upon
a deliberate method Of suicide, 50 that
he might have every temptation and
every opportunity to recant. He en-
gagged room in one Of the city hotels
and arranged three candles under the
bedstead in such way that while he
was reclining the flames might slowly
consume his back, until the spine car
bonized and death resulted. Under
this excruciating torture he did not
blench. as the position Of his body
when discovered proved.