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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22

tended arm and tried to drag him into
or toward the boat, he hurled his spear
again and again into the creature ana
endeayored to push it from wills Knee
where il had now settled, under the Wig
orous blows of the knife.
Two of the arms were severed In TINS
way, but the others chung like leeches,
winding about his legs, doubling and
twisting all the time.
Will was faint and weak, but the rest
encouraged him, and finally he struck
a deep blow into the body OF the mon
ster, and Tom, settling down almost
upser the water, with tremendous
lift tore the ugly creature from his
hold.
At the same moment the boys in the
boat. who had chung to Will, fairly
ierked him into the boat, with some OF
The arms of the octopus still clinging to
him.
Tom was not a moment behind, as
the creature had escaped from him, and
he was likewise hauled aboard.
Will was badly cut; his neck, arms
and legs were covered with round
marks, as if he had been cupped, and
some of them bled badly; while other
sharp bites were evidently the marks OF
the parrot like bills.
The water for many feet about them
still showed evidences of the struggle,
being as black as ink from the sepa the
animal had elected in its fear or rage.
Will was determined to have the
body of the octopus. So after the water
had cleared they commenced the search
and finally the ugly fellow-or what
was left of twas found under a
clump of branch coral.
The boat was held over the spot, and
three spears were sent into it at once.
Even now it struggled hard, and as
they lifted it aboard the creature
dragged at least fifty pounds OF coral
with it. But once in the boat it was
soon finished with Ratchet and packed
away in half barrel, which it filed,
and was found to weigh afterwards ITO
pounds.
"You wouldn't believe a creature like
that would have so much strength"
said Will, as they started for home.
"As soon as I hit it it seemed to run
up the spear, and nearly twisted the
pole out of my hands, and the water
became as black as ink; and the first
thing knew I felt something like a
red hot band clasp my leg, and then
another, and then I made jump for
the head and the animal tried to
climb upon me. I don't know whether
he was trying to attack me or escape;
but I've learned one lesson-never to
strike an octopus unless you are in a
boat"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22
THE LITTLE ROBE OF WHITE,

Tn . rosewood cradle baby lay.
la mother was stitehiug, stitching away
ON a little robe OF whitei ,L,,
One fool ON the rocker, she hoped 70 keep
Her froliosome baby fast asleep,
TO finish her work that night
In every stitch Of the garment she wrought
That loving mother fastened 'ho"s"'
Homes for that little one, II,
And smiled on her baby in happy, pride'
AS II slept in it's cradle by her SIDE
fill the robe Of white was DONE
Then she folded up the cambria and lace
And kissed the little ones chubby race
That smiled in It's infant g'ee;
She tossed il up and down IN the ar
How pretty you'll look, little paoe' ""'H
THAT vul little tile new robe I" said she.
In A rosewood coffin the baby lay;
It's mother had wept the night away
Watching its dying breath;
When il pressed 10 her bosom she prayed 70
keep
Her darling baby from going to sleep
In the cold cold arms OF Death
They buried the baby in the garments Just
wrought, uL.
Whose every stitch held hopeful thought,
From the loving mothers sight;
On a marble stone she wrote with tear.
Show many hopes are buried here,
In that robe Of white!"
Tn the Sav;our's arms baby lay,
From its rosewood coffin far away,
In the rclms of love and light,
The angels A garment had folded about
It's littie form, which will never wear out
A seamless robe of white.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22
An Old.Tinle Outlaw.

The death of Jesse James in Missou-
ri, and the frequent references to his
robberies and to his notoriety as "the
most conspicuous and formidable
scoundrel of the Schinderhannes and
Cartouche type ever known in this coun-
try, may suggest to some OF the NeaOs
readers, with long memories, that forty
years ago or more there was robber,
and band organized and directed by
him on the lower Mississippi, more IA
nous than Jesse or Frank James, or
the "Blue Gut" gang, more dreaded,
more wide-reaching in crime, and far
more bloody, for they made it rule to
leave no victim to become witness.
John A. Murrell was name of terror
from the mouth of the Ohio to the va
ZOO, and far back in the interior of the
States bordering the Mississippi, on the
east side. The west side was too wild
woods for travellers or robbers in
those days, but the east was beset for
hundreds of miles along the roads lead
ing northward from New Orleans, which
were largely travelled by dealers from
the North, who had taken droves of
horses or fatboat loads of grain or pork
or whisky. The depredations were not
confined to the land, by any means, but
unsuspecting broad horns" were cap
tured and pillaged and their crews fed
to the fish while tied up at night out
of the way of steamers and RATS that
might sink them in fog. 1t is said
that the Murrell gang had hiding places
in caves and stored their plumber in
them. Western Tennessee was said to
be their favorite ground, but they
ranged from the north of Mississippi to
the Ohio. Many efforts were made to
capture the leader and break up the band
without effect, till an adventurous young
fellow named Vergil Stewart under
took it of his own motion, partly to
clear the country of terror, and partly
to employ his superintendent energy
and daring. He became member of
the gang and continued so for some
considerable time-a year or two, pos
sibly more, and trapped the great
est villain ever known on the American
continent since the days of the bucca-
neer chiefs, Montbass and Morgan. He
was sent to the penitentiary at Nashville
for long term on conviction of rob-
berry, it is to be presumed, as a convic-
ton of murder would have hung him.
1t may have been that no legal evidence
of direct participation in murder could
be advanced even by his captor, how
ever complete might have been the NOR
al certainty of his guilt. Stewart pub
lished an account of his adventures in
a large pamphlet forty years ago or
thereabouts. The robber chief died in
the penitentiary, or, at all events, be-
fore he got chance to resume his old
career, even if he had been so disposed.
There are, no doubt, persons in this
city who retain an accurate recollection
of the mans adventures and noteriety.
Indianapolis Nelcs.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22

Az advertisement in a western paper
says: Lost, two cows, one OF them Is
a bull So is the advertisement.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22

For infantile Bowel Complaints Nor
ley's Universal Blackberry Balsam is
priceless in its efficscious and gentle
mode Of bringing about q cure.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22

Why is the discovery of the north
pole like an illicit whisky mandatory?
Because il is q secret still.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18

frequently defeat themselves by their
own eagerness, and give the existence
of a new counterfeit away in time to
warn the public against its general cir
culation. al@
"Most Of the dealers in counterfeit
money are business men, whose respect
..bility is above casual suspicion. They
rumber lawyers, doctors, tradesmen Of
all sorts and private citizens Of ire
proachable social standing. Like the
higher members of the fraternity, they
do not put out any of the queer them
selves. They simply sell it to tbs
showers These bpy it in quantitiee
varying from single note to q couple
of hundred dollars worth, and more.
If the shower is fly one he will buy
quantity, and then hand all but one
note over to tender This tender
will stroll along behind him, till he
gets rid of the one bad note. Then he
will find an opportunity to join him and
supply him with another. In this way,
II the shower is arrested while at
tempting to pass D. a''queer' note, nothing
will be found upon him but good
money. and he can easily plead that he
took the one bad bill by accident.
"Female showers will commonly
buy their bad notes singly, for the same
reason. In spite OF their excessive
timidity, though, they exhibit more
nerve and cheek in putting the money
out than anv of the male trafiickers
upon the public confidence"
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
Head Covering.

M. Troupeau has lately made numer-
GUS experiments with head-gear in its
relation to heat from the sun. He
reaches these conclusions, which may
serve as useful hints l. Head-coverings
of conical and rounded form are cooler
than those of fat shape, the helmet is
accordingly preferable to the kept in
hot climates. 2. A thick body, formed
of substance which conducts heat
badly, protects effectually against the
suns rays. 8, No metal should be used
in the construction OF head-gear. 4.
Good ventilation, obtained by means Of
lateral air-holes at the top end agallery
at the base, isolating the head, causes a
very sensible lowering Of the interior
temperature A head-cover of BID con-
struction may be made cool by good
ventilation.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
Religious News and Netes.

OF the 87S Baptist churches in the
State Of New York, at least $50 are not
able to support pastor.
At confirmation in st. Paul's Cathe-
dral, London, recently, 800 persons
were confirmed. They came from every
part of London.
The United Presbyterian Church Of
Scotland has raised no less than $15,-
600, 900 to 800, ,OOO,O by subscription
for various objects in the past ten
years.
The American Board of Commission.
ers for Foreign Missions received,
within a year past, $l02, $50 from
women's societies, and $3.50 from
Sunday schools.
During the year ending May 26. 1881,
George Miller received for his orphan
houses at Bristol, England, and several
missionary objects, the extraordinary
sum of 1854, 500.
Cardinal Manning has declared him
self in favor OF legislation to put down
intemperance, maintaining that moral
means have been tried enough and
proved insufficient.
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage said
last Sunday that the exclamations ''My
stars !" "Mercy on us r Goodness
graciousP "By George" by Jovel"
are next door to swearing.
The Lutheran Insurance League has
now about four hundred and fifty mem
bers, and has since its organization
given over $4,000 to thirty.seven
widows of departed ministers.
At the call of o Baptist Clergyman all
the ministers in Accrington, England,
including Roman Catholic priests, will
meet in conference to consider how the
question OF fnon-attendance Of the masses
Of the district on public worship shall
be dealt with.
The Rev. Dr. Speer, who many years
ago was missionary in Chlna,is labor
ing among the Chinese in Chicago.
Possessing he happy faculty of being
able to preach to these people in their
own language, he holds meeting with
them every Sunday in Farwell Hall
He has secured their respect and con.
fidence, and seems to be doing them
much good.
Bags inslead Of plates have been in
troduced in many parishes in England
to receive the offerings Of the congre.
cations. The amount of the contribu.
tions has consequently fallen of, copper
coins taking the place Of silver and gold.
A few Sundays ago Liverpool clergy
man preached upon the subject, taking
for his text the words, alexander the
coppersmith hath done me much harm"
The sermon had good effect, the con-
tribution at its close being much larger
than usual.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
The Machinery Which Connects the Coun.
terfeiter With the Public. ~

The Machinery Which Connects the Coun.
terfeiter With the Public. 3
"Oounterfeiting," observed a prom :
nent special agent Of the government
to New York Ners reporter, :" is, as you
say, an interesting branch OF crime. But
do you know what Is the most interest
ing part OF counterfeiting itselfT
"Getting ninety-nine bad dollars in
change for good hundred ?" ventured
the reporter.
"No, mol l speak seriously. interest.
ing as counterfeiting itself is, there is
a much greater amount of fascination
about the way queer money is put in
circulation"
The reporter intimated his desire to
be fascinated, and the expert, putting
his cigar into aglow, spoke out of the
smoke:
"To commence with, did you ever
notice on the upper left hand side Of
the face of bank note the single letter
A, B, O, or D? No! Well, the next
time you make ssrike, look for them.
One will be sure to be there. These
letters are an integral part of every
national bank note and greenback.
After genuine bank note is engraved,
duplicate dies are made of the engravers
plate. Four of these are cast in one
plate. These four are arranged and
numbered like this" And he drew on
an envelope this diagram:
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
RELIGIOUS READING.
Chri.tianixlng IA Tarx.

At st. Paul's, Onslow Square, Lon
don, recently, christening took place
sufficiently unique in character to draw
together an immense congregation.
Tewfik, who was imprisoned by the
Turkish government, and lay under
sentence Of death, for taking part in the
translation of the English Prayer Book
into his native language, was received
into the English Church. At 4 o'clock,
amidst the strains of the organ, this
small, dark refugee, looking very much
like prisoner, clothed in long, black
robe, with fez and turban, was brought
up the aisle under the escort of his god
parents, Archdeacon Philpot, Sir Will
liam Muir and Mrs. Webb Peploe, who
placed him in seat close to the font,
and immediately under the gallery.
Meanwhile DR.. Kohler mounted the
pulpit, and gave an interesting and i'm
pressive account of what it cost the con-
vert to renounce Mohammedanism. AT
the end of the discourse, DR.. Kohler
came up the aisle to the font, in which
stood the three sponsors. The meekest
of the Turks was then led to his place,
where he stood In an attitude of pro-
found reverence, not with his head
down, but with his head elevated toward
heaven, and his careworn face bedewed
with emotion. When he knelt, with his
face still up, his attitude was painfully
suggestive of instant execution. When
Mr.. Peploe had finished his part Of the
service in English, DR.. Kohler repeated
it in Turkish, during which Ahmed
Tewfik betrayed the writings Of the
spirit in a series of groans and Oriental
mutterings, but gave out the responses
with great clearness, and all the solem-
nifty due to his translation from one
religion to another. When all was over,
he gravely raised the Christian hands
of DR.. Kohler and Mr.. Peploe, and. i.
kissed them with Christian lips, and
then received the congratulations Of
some clergymen and friends. London
World.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
Take Your Hands Out of Your Pockets

Take Your Hands Out OF YOnr Pockets.
70 begin with, it does not look we'll
when young man crooks his arms and
thrusts his hands into his pockets,
making figure eight of himself, and
then stands up against the sunny side
Of the house like rooster in December.
How would the girls look all turned
into eights and leaning against the
WALTZ How would your other look in
that posturep You don't find her hands
in her pockets. Your mothers hands |
while you are, loafing they are the hands
that sew, aud bake, and stew, and fry,
and sweep, and darn, and nurse but
she does not sink them in her pockets
and then loll against the building.
Are your hands cold2 Warm them up
at the end Of the hoe handle and the
scythe. Swing the hammer; drive the
plane; flourish the ak. There is un-
told caloric about spade, trowel, a
wrench.
Besides, pocket-heat is not profitable
Have you money there? Are your
pockets the safes in which you have
hidden treasure, and are your hands the
bolts that secure the safe door? Money
may be there to-day, but it won't be a
guest overto-morrow night. An idler's
money is apt to leap out of his pocket.
1t is likely to go for pipe, ci,ar, a
tobacco plug, mug of ale. There is
no money in pocket-warming.
Take your hands out of your pockets,
young mani You are losing time. Time
is valuable. People feel it at the other
end cf the line, when death is near and
eternity is pressing them into such
small quarters, for the work of this life
Graves hours, days, weeks, years. If
those at the end of the line, if youth
with its abundance of resources, would
only feel that time is preciousl Time
is quarry. Every hour may be o
nugget of gold. 1t is time in whose
Invaluable moments we build our
bridges, spike the iron rails to the
-sleepers, launch our ships, dig our
canals, run our fsctories. You might
have dug twenty hills of potatoes while
I have been talking to you, young
man. Take your hands out of your
pockets.
The world wants those hands. The
world is not dead, asleep under the
Pyramids, mummy by the Nile. The
world is alive, wide awake. pushing,
struggling, going ahead. The world
wants those hands. You need not take
them out OF America. They can find a
market here at home. The country
wants those hands, selling dry goods in
New York, cradling wheat in Minnesota,
raising cotton in Alabama, weaving
cloth in Lowell, picking oranges in
Florida, digging gold in Colorado,
catching mackerel from the dock Of o
down; East fishing smack. Take your
hands out Of your pockets l-E0angelist.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18

The Shah of Persia hid a trouble
some tooth, and it became necessary to
shave it out" So his entire court came
to witness the pull, and to soothe the
pain his subjects presented him with
5000 ducats; the dentist was rewarded
with one hundred ducats. s.--Dr. FOOtR
Health Monthly
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18

Henry Lamar, of Muscatine, Iowa,
will he los years old if he lives until
the 26th of March. His health is excel
lent and his spirits good.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
Entered at the Posto6ace at Goldsboro NJ O.,
as Second-class Matter.

ALI communications on business should be
addressed to GEo. r. WAssoM, Editor and Pro-
prietor, Goldsboro. N. @. 3NEH us.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-04-06
For the Advertiser
The Ring Of The Right Metal.
RISEHART TOWNSHIP. April 3, 50.

RISEHART TOWNSHIP. April 3, SO.
MEssRs. demonstrating beer
appointed at and By late meeting
Of the anti.stock law party to organ
ize club, as suppose i'll the inter
EST Of said party. very respectfully
ask to he allowed TO say that lie
cline to do so. 1t is trne have
been, and am still. opposed 10 the
stock law: yer. cannot afford to do
that which might initiate against
the great party to which ascrbe ali
that we have and are; I cannot be
recreant to my friends, my race, and
my country. Such differences of
opinion ought all to be relegated 70
their own sphere, and indeed loaf
sight Of when momentous questions,
such as will force themselves upon
Us THIS year, COME up
The reorganization of Club No. !,
Rinehart Township, has been effected
in q manner to me highly satisiacto-
ry, with Col. Goggans as its chief
officer, which means Ito all who
know him) fierce, uncompromising
war on all persons and things in any
wise opposed to pure, straisht-out
Democracy. | shall go with the
party to uphold good government, as
] have done in the past.
Respectfully, T. Z. HARRIS.
----<Dse-~--
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-04-06
WHITE MEN OF EDGEFlELD,
Read BREWsTER's LETTER.

White men of Edgefeld, read the
letter Of Q. 8. Attorney General
Brewster which We publish this week,
and remember that while political
persecution is the policy Of the Stal
wart National Administration. the
demand from Democracy IS strong
and striking. The demand for zeal,
for unity, for patriotic unselfshness
On Monday last, the 81, many of oul
fellow citizens, from different coun-
ties, were put upon their trial before
the United States Court in Cha rles
ton. And this letter Of Attorney
General Brewster shows the deliher-
ate and determined purpose Of the
administration to convict them il
possible, and send them to the Albs-
ny Penitentiary. The object to be
gained is not the freedom and purity
of elections but the return Of Radical
rule. During the carnival Of plum,
der presided over by Scott, Moses
and Chamberlain, the General Gov
ernment uttered not single word OF
remonstrance, and ignored every
protest and appeal of an outraged
people. The mere fact of being q
Republican gave then, and gives
now, man the right to sin with i'm
punity, while the Democrat has no
rights that the Government respects.
In the campaign and at the election
of 1880 Republicans violated the
laws far more frequently and fla
! ! grantly than Democrats, yet, pro-
tected by the friendship of the Ad-
ministration, they go "unwhipt Of
Justice" The lesson we should all
learn from this is, that the only safety
Of the Democratic party lies in the
perfect preservation of its unity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-04-06
MIR. Brooker Upon The Rev Mr.
Griffith.

RIDGE SPRING, s. C.-4 have new
er written you a line befdfe, but for
the good of State Missionad Il feel like
doing 80 now, to express mA Joy and
delight in the appointment OF Bro.
Griffith, Secretary of the Sate Mis-
sion Board. rejoice with Ahe Board
aud with the Baptiats Of ihe State
that the Lord has blessed US with
such spirit to manage our Misslon n
cause. Success surely awaits the
work. Bro. G. is agenius-ss, s"' :. a great
preacher. The work can Eot be in
better hands. He is more than a
Secretary-he is great missionary
The light will shine wheeYhe goes
had the good fortune hear him
preach once, and only orce, at the
South Yadkin Association, held in
statesvllle, N. c., in September last'
where I happened to be. The SER
mon was WORTH riding g hundred
miles to hear. His feeling Sords and
eloquence are still fresh in ny memo
ry. Let us all rally to his help. He IS
leader whose name is success; but
remember. he rs only later. l
have it said that Bro. G. is isot very
handsome man. I don't agree with
the saying, oil course, but thst doesn t
matter. I heard him say = a Sun
day.school address that he lesls hand
some, and that is the best ii 1t any
way-I believe better than to be
handsome and feel ugly. State Mis-
sions will live.
Very truly, n. y. Bin
Raptist Courier.