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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30

them. Eight directors go out and
EIGHT come in annually, elected by
the court of proprietors. The list OF
candidates recommended by the court
of directors is transmitted to the pro-
prietors, and the eight so recommend
ed uniformly come in. When any
person is proposed as a new DIRECTOR
inquiry is always instituted concern
ing his private character. Those who
survive this fiery ordeal, and are APP
proved by the court of directors, never
fail to be elected. The qualifications
for a director are the possession OF
bank stock to the amount of e2,OO0;
for the deputy-govenor, $4,000, and
for the governor, $4,000. The drec-
tors are responsible for the manage,
ment of the affairs of the bank, and
penalties are attached to their office
individually and collectively on GER
tain occasions. By their charter,
however, they are not answerable to
the government for the management
of the monetary department., and the
security which the public has for a
GOOD administration of affairs depends
1pon the discretion of the directors,
subject to the charter. No volume
has ever been issuedE from the press
containing elements of more dramatic
or even tragical interest than the work
of Mr.. Francis. The price of a copy
of this history varies from three
guineas to any price the purchaser
likes to give, but we candidly state
that it is we'll worth the money.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30
The Bank of England.
From the Review.

The constitution and government
of the Bank of England are not fully
understood, even by many otherwise
well-informed residents in the city of
London itself. 1t differs from most
corporations in the fact that it has no
permanent governor nor chairman,
and furthermore, that the remmera-
ton paid to the directors for their
services is individually small. The
governing body consists of twenty-six
directors, that is to say, one governor,
one deputy governor and twenty-four
directors. This body does not change
except by death or resignation etc,
but the governor and deputy who act
as chairman and deputy-chairman Of
the board or court of directors, change
every two years, the deputy be-
coming governor and all the directors
being deputy and governor III rotation.
The salary of the governor. as well as
that of the deputy governor, is now
II, ZOO per annum, while that Of the
other twenty-four directors is $500
each. According to Francis, whose
history Of The Bank of England is
practically out Of print, the manage
ment of the bank is vested in the
whole court OF directors, which meets
weekly, when a statement Is read of
the position of the hank as regards
Its securities, bullion and liabilities.
the directors have equal power, and
should a majority disaPprOve Of the
arrangements they may reconstruct
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30
That Comet.

1t has passed away now, but willie
it was in sight it attracted a wonder
full amount of attention considering
the awkward hour it made it appear
ance, which was just before daylight.
At one time its length, from the nu-
cleus to the end of its tail, was fully
twenty degrees. Then the nucleus
was a marvel in itself, for it seemed
to consist of several comets. At one
time, it was supposed that the comet
had split into parts, then another
comet was discovered near it, which
was supposed to be Il fragment of
the larger body. 1t is now suspected
bv scientific men, that there are hun
dreds, if not thousands, of comets
constantly circulating about the sun,
but which cannet be seen by our tele-
scopes. 1t has been noted that when
ever there is an eclipse of the sun,
one or more comets are seen moving
across the field of vision. We live
in a very wonderful universe, about
which, as vet, we know very little
D,more,ts Monthly for D,cembcr.
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History of Steam.

About two hundred and eighty years
B. G., Hero, of Alexandria, formed a
toy which exhibited some of the powers
of steam, and was moved by its power.
A. D. 450, Anthemius, an architect,
arranged several caldrons of water, each
covered with the wide bottom of
leatht tude, which rose to a narrow top,
with pipes extended to the rafters Of
the adjoining building. A fire was
kindled beneath the caldrons, and the
house was shaken by the efforts of the
steam ascending the tubes. This is
the first notice of the dover OF steam
recorded.
In 1913, June 18th, Blasco d'Garoy
tried a steamboat Of 209 tons with tol-
cradle success at Barcelona, Spain. 1t
consisted of caldron of boiling water,
and a movable wheel on each side OF
the ship. 1t was laid aside as imprac'
ticable. A present, however, was MADE
to Garoy.
In 1850, the first railroad was COZ
structed at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
The first idea of m-englne IN
England was in the Marquis OF WIN
chester's History of Inventions" A'D'
1868. o..
In ITO, Newcomer made the frst
steam engine in England.
In 1719, patents were granted slavery
for the first application OF the steam
engine. H.
In 1736, Jonathan Hulls set fof1n
the idea of steam navigation.
In 1854, James Watt made the nrS'
perfect steam engine in England =,
In 1779, Thomas Paine first propoSe0
this application in America.
In 1881, Marquis Joufroy CONSTRUCT
ed one in Saone. ,,.
In 1855, two Americans published a
work on it.
In 1889, William Tymington made !,
voyage in one on the Forth and Olyue
Canal. In 1902 this experiment "a'
repeated. ,,,b;o
In 1888 John Fitch, of PhlladelPp1a'
navigated boat by steam on the Deia
ware. Lean
In 1898, Robert Fulton first oegan
to apply his attention to steam. .hr
In 1912, Ramsey propelled Doa'' y
steam to New York.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30
THE PEOPLES DAY.

Not with the blaro Of trumpe's'
Not with the beat Of drums
Not with the glare Of Banners
The day Of the people comes
II comes with the thrilling music
OF hearts that throb in tune
To the rhythm OF usyPurpose
And the voice Of priceless boon
Il comes with a power the grande't
The Sorld has ever known,
with might tina. has varquIshed error
And conquered many throne
Il comes from the toiling lowly,
II comes from the althy throng'
Who manfully, bravely battle
For the right against the wrong
It's dawuing may be in darkness,
But if il be used Alright,
II shall close in food Of glory
And lew awakening Light
A light that justice shall kindle,
A glory that right shall shed
Der the well won field of battle,
Where injustice lies crushed aud dead
Not with the olashing sabre,
Not with the lannon's roar,
Its victory comes to enuoble
The nation from shore TO shore.
Its sriumphs are won in silence
As solemn as aug't can he;
It's weapons are ballots, not bullets
It's armies are brave men free.
Hark! You can hear it coming!
Prepare we all for the fray!
Stand firm in the ranks of duty
And welcome the Peoples Day!
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Why do YOU shun me and grown cold9
Why have you clomb me with a long
handle shovel and rudely smashed
nv nose with neck-yoke?
"You was not always thus. Once
Won was kind and loving and leaned
ON 10 nv breast and all was well. Now
Won look upon me with disdain and
knock nv teeth down inside OF me
with an agricultural implement o,
Maud! DO not wreck my whole life
and leave my features magnificent
ruin, with my once commanding nose
piled ND in one corner of my face and
INV ewes gazing wistfully at each
other across the bowling waste.
80, come to me like astricken kan.
CARGO and lean on those bosom OF
| tlr own fond lover and be at rest.
With these words he shaped him.
self into the proper attitude to catch
Keno Maud when, with passionate
gesture, she should fling herself at the
nit of his stomach like a stricken
kangaroo.
No" said Maud, as she rose to
her full height and reached for the
family shotgun. you can never be
to me aught but friend, and rather
distant and reticept friend at that.
! 1 do no not love you as once did. !
have grown cold. l have changed
nv mind since last we met. When
| heard that you had two wives and
nine children in Southwestern Kansas,
| looked upon it as an eccentrlclty OF
genius. When l found out that you
had been run out of Leadville by a
vigilance committee 1 said that it
would never do for us to make bridal
tower to Leadville, but when L tum-
bled to the racket last evening thai
YOU had sailed the Snoring Bride and
sold it to the red man, and that the
Jim Grow pay streak had pinched out
before breakfast this morning, l said
that fortune had placed little barrier
in the way of our union which l, poor,
weak woman, could not overcome,
deeply, though 1 loved you. Now if
you will climb over that salt barrel
and move toward the great untried
West 1 will uncock this weapon and
save your ambitious life, otherwise L
shall let the glorious light of this calm
autumn day shine clear down into
YOUR stumick."
As these words softly died away,
Piute Paul slowly slipped into the
coming night, stole an ambling steed
from down the gulch and rode away.
In the Wood River country he rapidly
rose socially to where one night he
could easily get a ird's-eye view OF
the New Jerusalem. When they took
him down, life was extinct.
Keno Maud still lives up near the
shaft of the Snoring Bride, and the
days may come and the days may 60
and she will go on also, but she will
90 on as an old maid, with no one to
love her OF to put the cat out at night
and wind the clock for her. She will
have to,do that herself so long as life
shall last. Nobody can regret this
any more than we do, but it's so.-
Bill Nye.
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Exports of BreadStuiTS.

The following articles of domestic
breadstuffs were shipped from the
United States during the month OF
September: Barley, 123,19O BUSH
els; oats, 1923 bushels; corn, $685.
597 bushels; con-meal, p, 422 BUSH
els; we, 1855 bushels; wheat, H.
1888 bushels; wheat -four, S21, O1O
barrels-the whole valued at S24,-
5O6,O67.
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Rich Soil.

Glow rich is the soil in Kansas ash Tn,
ed one of the group, as the traVei'i
paused. the
Richest in the world. sir, was 'rO
reply; Il know a New York sta'e eiE IN
who went to Kansas with only go -
cash. and he is now worth S2O,OOO.
"Whewl What did he raise pfiH''
pally?' ~ Int
they couldn't exactly prove II OF Ink n
Think of soil that will raise q pa
check from $1,000 to $4,000, anu ~ :
backward season at thatl
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30
Farmers.

If farmers do not occupy the high
estpositions in the social and political
circles of the country, it is due entirely
to themselves. There is no more en-
nobling occupation, OF one which re-
quires more scientific and practical
knowledge than agriculture, and those
who qualify themselves, OF are in
structed in the science, have within
themselves the elements necessary to
make the society in which they min
gle more brilliant and desirable than
persons following any other pursuit in
life. With such assurances as these,
therefore, let the noble yeomanry
come forth from their'long continued
retirement, and let the world know
that there is a power behind the
throne which has renamed dormant
while it should have been shining.
One of the most notable characters
among agriculturists, and whose name
is the household word and authority
for farmers wherever civilization has
asserted itself, is Sir John Bennett
Lawes, of England. His contribu-
tons to agricultural literature have
been engraved upon the tablets Of his
tory so deeply that they will remain to
immortalize his name during all time.
Yet his proudest boast is to be a farm
Ell. To reach the high standard of at
tainments upon which stands this
worthy scion of the most valuable of
all industries, much time, diligent
study and unceasing labor in the ex-
permental field must be devoted; and
with such, and determination to ex-
eel, it is not wild prediction to make
that any young man, with sufficient
intellect, industry and perseverance,
may take place alongside this great
agricultural scholar.
Formerly, educational advantages
were so limited in the United States
that the rural districts were left out
entirely, and then the tillers of the
soil had to rely altogether upon tradi
ton to cultivate their crops, breed
their cattle, etc. Now, however, when
frst-rate schools are dotted over the
neighborhood, agricultural literature
extended, and journals devoted to that
class of knowledge disseminated in
every part of the land, no excuse can
be made for an uneducated, ignorant
farmer, nor his Withholding from So
ciery both in civil and political life.
The secluded life of the farm naturally
induces fondness for retirement, but
progress demands a change in these
habits, and requires the intermingling
of farmers, to interchange ideas, relate
practical experiences, see the constant
ly increasing novelties i'll machinery,
in order to keep up with the times.
Besides these considerations, the farm
ers should remember that they out
number the balance of the country's
population, and that their aggregated
wealth is far greater than all the other
interests in the land. Hence their
duty to be represented in the state and
national legislatures. Once they do
this, their being viii be recognized,
power felt, and their influence sought
after.
Exports of BreadStufTS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30
AN ALL WOOL TALE OF LIFE.

Never had the bright blossoms of
hope and things of that kind been
sbowered around betrothal of more
promise than that of Keno Maud, the
bride of the Owl Creek diggings. Her
lover was both a gentleman and a
scholar from away up the creek.
Beauty too had lowered her with lip
ping tresses of the deepest Venetian
red, and him with tawny locks of
pure let; his mustache and tall boots
were BACKED carefully each day. Her
ewes were blue and soulful with brows
Of ecru, which rapidly changed to
creamy white, with eye-winkers OF the
same. Her nose was as daintlly
carved as sculptor's dream, while
her delicate nostrils at times would
dilate in response to her surglng
thoughts like the gills of the excited
Goldfish. Her mouth was small, like
coral cleft, and her teeth were most
ly her own. AS soon as she got them
paid for. they would be entirely her
own. There was, too, an expression
in that rosebud mouth that betokened
strength of Will and adamantine re-
solve.
He was sinewy and tall, with pierre
ing eyes and eagle nose. He had a
long easy stride, Il wealth of limb, an
air of noble daring. He was the sturdy
oak with wide sweeping branches,
around whose noble trunk chung
Keno Maud, the dove-eyed hollyhock
from up the gulch. 1t would be well
to remember that he was darling
and she was no SLOUGH, while the most
unobserving and careless of the great
iostling crowd could see at glance
that she was his n and he was her'n.
You could see that she would cling
to him right on through want and
shame and chattel mortgages. Yet
there was no fear of those, for he was
highly educated and owned, beside,
the prospect known as the Snoring
Bride at the head of Owl Greek. So
when the shimnering moon shemmer-
ed down throuth the leave of the
signing pine, she shimmered on
two people who were solid in
each other.
The next time the moon simmer
ed on these people things were changed.
A few short hours and the trail Of
the tarantula was visible. Piute Paul
entered the cottonwood villa of Keno
Maud with look of apprehension.
He was right. She looked up at him
quickly, ike a startled deer, and threw
an amt le neck yoke over toward him
with great force.
He gracefully cvaded it, and COM
ing over to where she sat, took her
by the ear and held her lovingly for
a moment while he asked her why
this was so thus.
Il will try to be calm" she said in
reply: Il will not lose control of my
self and til your palpitating gizzard
with lead, as YOU richly deserve.
Hence from my sight. Go, or you
shall know my furry. Scat!!"
Maud, said Piute Paul as his
breath came quick and fast and a hor-
rble apprehension began to worm its
way into his navy blue soul, are you
mad?"
Mad!" said she as she rose to her
full. queenly hight and kicked a -
tureen off the table, Il should say /
was mad
But, Maudie, why do you keep me
n expense2 Why do You not tell me,
even though it break my heart2 i
nave never saw You thus before. You
was not prone to monkey about In
this manner in the glorious hence.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30

II YOU get a good chance to put a :
a full nights sleep about these tl r;s.
improve it. By and by mlne .,I. an
viii be ripe, and then the nlgh'lnA'
cometh.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30

SCIENTIFIC men can tell us within q
few million years the age OF the earth ;
astronomers have weighed the sun ;
but the man isn't born yet who can tell
why q tailor viii charge - much for .
suit for a little man as for o big one.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30

VIZ met an old fisheman's daugter
Who said she would bet us a quarter
That unless Vennor lies,
There VIII be a big rse
In November, and plenty Of water.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-30

There recently died in fuca,sIi 91
lady of the respectable age Oh
years.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-05
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION.

The ARGUS is glad to record the fact that
strong cooperative sentiment is taking
root among the manufacturers and bust
ness men of Rock Island and that it is
likely to develop into sturdy tree in the
not remote future. A call for citizens
meeting, headed thus, has been left at each
of the banks for signatures:
The undersigned will attend public
meeting at the city council room at s
O'Clock m. on the 9th day of October,
1882, for the purpose of organizing to
promote the commercial and manufac-
turing interests of the city of Rock ISL
and.
Within the past five years every city of
any size in Wisconsin has organized what is
called Business Mems Association.
and the direct benefit to each of those
cities which has already accrued cannot be
computed in dollars and cents. For
instance the ARGUS knows of cases in
which manufacturer or merchant having
capital seeking investment, has visited
Oshkosh, or some other city, and
having been received by the Bust
mittee thereof, has been shown everything
of interest which would naturally rebound
to his advantage eligible sites, means of
ingress and egress, etc, and in every way
possible has been made to feel at home,
and that he was not regarded as an intru
der by men already established in business.
Again these associations have equipped
elegant rooms for their own comfort and
convenience as well as the pleasure of their
visitors and being thus drawn more close
" together in a common bond of interest
they work to better advantage collectively
than if each were to operate on his own
hook, as the phrase is. The visitor, also,
naturally has greater degree of conf
dence in the representations of the Asso-
citation than he would or could have in
those of any individual member thereof,
and if there be sufficient tangible reasons
why he should stay, the usual result is
that the town is the richer for another
store or mandatory, giving employment
to many people, perhaps, and thus add
ing materially to its resources.
In each of the cities in which the associ
alton has found a footing, the only wonder
of its members is that it hadn't been done
before. In everything affecting the well
fare and substantial growth of the city it
walks hand in hand with the city council,
aiding with valuable suggestion and coun-
sci.
1t will not be long before every city in
the land will have slah an association and it
speaks well for the business interests of our
own lovely city of Rock Island that move
is being made in so commendable a
direction.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-05
Mortgages Sale.

Whereas, William Schroeder of the city OF MolIIT i
Of the county Of Rock Island, in the state o. "a
nois did on the twenty sixth day Of SepteinDer n
d. 1882 execute and deliver to George MagheI' "
the city of Rock island, and same county ana slas
a chattel mortgage. which IL recorded in the fecoiu
ers office of Rock Island county Illinois, tnefgDy
conveying to the said George Wagner the folio""5
described chattels, to-wit: 49,. mil.
All the dry goods, notions, boots and shoes ~,
linery and other merchandise of whatever klpu ~
situated In the building occupied az stors ~ ds
VIM Schroeder located upon lot one ~ in bioc III, IL
(gl in the old or original town OF Moline ~ ar
county OF Rock Island and state Of Illinois 70 1919
the payment OF certain promissory note meut1Gbv
in said chatteI mortgage, and the undersigned a.
ing taken possession OF the said chattels nhdel lei
said mortgage, by virtue Of the terms OF sAu .Jst
gage Now therefore notice is hereby gwen IN 10
the undersigned, George Wagner, by virtue II On
terms and conditions Of the said mortgage, IN the
the tenthsday of October, 1882 at ten Q eOCH =,
forenoon of said day, at the premises hiddeT
sell at public auction the highest and Deg tteIs
for cash All the aforementioned goods ana cnae. ss
GEORGE WAGNER, MorlS6hsS,o5
Dated September 3Oth 1882.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-05
DOWN TOWN ROW.

This afternoon while a young man
named William Bysinger was quaffing his
beverage in a saloon near the glass works
kept by Henry Bermettler. an old fellow
named Anton Hohmann entered and
knocked down. The police were tele-
phoned for and both men were arrested
and taken before Squire Chopper, the re.
suit being that Bysinger pleaded guilty
and paid fine of S. and costs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-05
PERSONAL POINTS

r. Stockhuse. agent at Peoria for the r
/. & Peoria railroad, is ON business in the
city.
DIR. and Mrs. Truesdale. and Mr. E. ID.
and Mrs. Sweeney, leaye town to-day for
a visit in Colorado.
Mr.. j. A. Hanley, formerly of this city,
has been appointed general freight agent
of the Minneapolis and st. Louis railroad.
Mrs. w. w. Clark has returned to her
home in Des Moines, Iowa. from a visit
with her daughter in this city, Mrs Charles
E. Hodgson.
Having been elected secretary and treas
urer of the Minneapolis and ST. Louis
Railroad Co, Mr.. Joseph Gaskell is about
to leave Rock Island, much to the regret
of our citizens generally, to reside in Min
neapolis.
B. Lowenthal and wife arrived from
Chicago to-day and put up at the Harper
About fifteen years ago Mr.. L. was lead
ing business man of Rock Island. and is
well known to the older residents. He is
now wealthy banker of the Garden city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-05
ROMANCE OF OLD AGE.

The unusually large number of marriage
licenses issued for this time of year. has
been quite freely commented upon of late,
but it is to be doubted whether one has yet
been issued which was surrounded by so
romantic halo, as that given yesterday to
Jacob F. Roberts and Julia A. (Julia Ann,
how sweet) Tompkins, both of Buffalo
Prairie. The groom. hard listed farmer of
So years. had been married twice previ-
ously while his elderly and angular part
ner, aged 81 years, whose maiden name
was Julia A. Swartz, had tried the matri-
monial voyage once before. 1t seems,
however. that they had known each other
since they were ten years of age, but had
permitted some little tiff to start them in
different directions in search of life part
ners. Having laid away two wives during
his pilgrimage Jacob was ready for Julia
and Julia, who had looked after the last
rites for Mr.. Tompkins was willin'. There
fore they came to town, and at a late hour
yesterday Mrs. Tompkins, nee Swartz, be
came Mrs. Roberts. AS long as the lamp
holds out to burn in this country fellow
can usually marry the woman of his
choice.