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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13
TO PREVENT POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.

~ ~
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The bill introduced
by Mr. Beck in the Senate this morning to prohibit polit-
tcalcontrbuons by employees Of the Government Is as
follows
Fid-It shall nos be lawful for any person holding
Office under the United States, or for any emroye
thereof TO contribute pay to any committee or person
or into any fund any money, property or valuable JilhS
for any political purpose whatsoever or 10 pay any as
ecSscnt or perez nage upon the income or emoluncnS
OF his Office position for any political purpose or 10
lend advance any money, properly, or val
liable thing with the intent or with assent permission,
or that the same may be applied 10 OF LOT
any uoitiCal purpose whatsoever or 10 minister or tf
self aply the same to any political purpose. Ne head OF
other superior Oii1cer SHAH llnseh col
hermit allow other person 10 Coiltct OF
receive from any officer or enpl0ye ID ms utIIiu'
or under his supervision or from any othcf OHcef OF
,upOyc Whatsoever any assessment, percentage con
trlbuon GIT loan. advance OF any money, property
or valuable thing with the intent understanding, or pcr
mission that the same sa OF may DC useu IOl al! PV'
Zeal purpose. =, ,.,.,o . o
vision OF this act shall he deemed Stl OF lnieuhcI
and on conviction thereof shall be punished by npls
oument for term not exceeding six months ana III inc
discretion OF the court by fine not exceeding $"O0o
and on conviction shall be forever THEREAFTER dISQuaiod
the United states Any officer OF the United states
who shall violate any provision OF TINS act sla III uuu
zion 10 such Imprisonment and fine, he deemed and
taken TO have vacated the Office held by him.
The following amendment will be offered in the House
10 the Kasson Civil Service Reform BILL when the bill
comes up
The regulations shall apply to clerks and employees OF
all classes and grades IN the service OF the SENATE anu
House Of Representatives,
This would if adopted add very considerable number
of clerks and employees the list fr which fixed term OF
of Office Is provided These places have always been re-
Carded strictly political and more SUBJECT 10
change than any others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13
ROTH LEGS BROKEY BY a FALL.

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. I'D. p. ormes, man
ager OF the Telephone Exchange who boards at the Bat
tie House fell from window Of tho second door OF the
banding TO the yard yesterday morning breaking Doth
I,-I..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13
Arrival OF THE ERIN.

The steamship Erin arrived from LiSeip0~
saxly iAls morning
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02

and many other ladies and gentlemen, De-
sides younger people. The discussions
of topics assigned was earnest and anima''
ed and reorganization and program Oh
action were adopted. II is not our present
purpose to give the proceedings in de-
tail this we presume will be done for uS
| by the secretary in due time. We must not
however. omit to mention the excellent ser
mon by Rev. Mr.. Roach, of Arkansas, IN
the morning. In the discussions OF the con-
yention Messrs. DIR. Combs, Elder Porter
Rev. ]. j. A. Roach, Judge Kone, Mr. Rod
inson and others participated. Excellent
mnsic was interpreted.
Leaving the convention, we must add
few words concerning the Academy. TWAS
built by contributions in the neighborhood'
and has We believe been occupied by MIS-
Andrews from the beginning. The present,
as she informed us, is her eleventh session
here. She has some thirty students, nearly
all of whom she also boards. (The home
students have thus far been too much en-
gagged in picking cotton to enter scnooL)
She has assistants, but superintends the
school herself, besides officiating as matron
of the boarding department. We need not
say that she is lady of extraordinary ener-
gy, especially as she continues to follow the
old plan of putting in nearly the whole day
in teaching. Her influence personally and
as a teacher have been of inestimable value
to the community, while their appreciation
of her and her labors shows that teacher
and patrons are kindred spirits
Last, but not least, we must not omit the
of our thanks for the many courte-
sizes and inequalities of which we were the
At Rev. D. A. Porter's we found
what seemed to us model home, materially,
socially and spiritually. His kindness and
that of his excellent wife. as also of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrews and their interesting
families, we shall not fail to hold in long
and pleasant remembrance.
We shall have more to say of our trip and
its incidents when we have more time and
space.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
In the Country.

OnSaturday morning we went on the cars
to Kyle; thence by favor of DIR Combs We
were furnished seat in his buggy for Sci
ence Hall, with Judge Kone for driver, and
Robert Malone as another cOmpag7aOn de
uoyage. We struck out over the prairie, and
soon the roofs of our growing sister village
faded in the distance, and the broad green
undulating smooth prairie spread intermin-
ably before us, bringing up pleasant remem-
ORANGES of the great Northern prairie states
of Illinois, Iowa, etc. The mesquit bushes
which so mar the beauty of the prairies in
some other parts of the country, have no
habitation here so the county not only
looks much more beautiful but is also much
more easily brought into into cultivation
This style of country prevailed all the way
to Science Hall, diversified only by occa-
sioual improved farms and stock ranches
No less than half dozen or SO gates were
to be opened and shut on the way-a duty
which devolved on the junior member, Mr..
Malone. We were told that the gates are
soon to be removed by order of the Com
missioners' Court.
We reached our destination about noon
Science Hall, which gives name to the neigh
borhood is the academy now in charge of
Mrs. w. A. Andrews. It consists of two
buildings, each 20x3O. The front one has an
upper story where lodge of the Friends of
Temperance meets. The people of the vi
cinIty were SO busy gathering in their cot
ton that there were but few in attendance at
the Convention the first day. Rev. Mr..
Porter, Superintendent of the Sunday school
at Science Hall, was on hand, as was Rev.
Mr.. Roach, of Mountain City, and his broth
er from Arkansas, also a minister. These,
with our crowd, and Mr.. Robinson, of Cald-
well county, constituted the attendance at
the frst session. An organization however
was affected, the subject Of continuing the
convention discussed, and some work laid
out for the next day. A night session was
also had. at which there was a somewhat
better attendance. and some progress made
in the work Of the convention.
Al this stage Of the meeting We were al.
most ready TO conclude that the zeal in be.
half Of the onion Sabbath School calse in
this county had waved cold But On Sun.
I day ne found cause to change cur views OF
I the subject The attendance was larger,
comprising the students Of TIE Academy,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
Austin Notes.

We made hasty trip on Friday OF las
week TO Austin TO attend TO some business
; interview the Fair, etc.
We called in at the Brueggerhof building
the new home of three Of Austin's mos
noted and successful enterprises, viz; the
Sift;ngs Office, Swindell's Job Printing es
tablishment, and Won. Boeckmann's Book
bindery. All are now admirably well &C
commodated, and all appear TO be starting
anew on the highway of even greater pros
perity than ever before. The Siftings We
were told has secured circulation Of 40, DOC
copies. Mr.. Swindell does all kinds of job
printing, including books, in the best style
of the art. Mr.. Won Boeckmann devotes
himself mainly 10 binding for the State, but
is prepared to do all work in his line in first
class style. Among other things Swinden
is printing and Won Boeckmann is binding
Col. Spaight's new work on the Resources
of Texas, of which 40, 600 copies are to be
issued.
With some difficulty we found transporta-
ton to the Fair grounds, some two miles
out of the city. The enterprising hackmen,
who started out to charge % cents fare
had "'riz" to 90 cents, and before night, as
we learn, advanced it to 81, and even high
or. The Fair grounds are handsome, and
there were perhaps 5000 persons present IAN
4 xl~o<, ,hay hy fba
papers.) We confess We were disappointed
in the display of exhibits. They were reas-
onably good what there were of them, but
very meagre in quantity. The reason al
legged is that sufficient premiums were not
offered to draw them out. The horse races
seemed the principal attraction to the crowd.
The feature of the day was the steer roping
contest, for $500 saddle. Even this could
have been of no special interest save to peo-
pie from other States. We copy the follow
ing notice of it from the San Antonio
Times:
There were ten entries, and the same num-
Der of wild and untamed steers of the Tex
prairies. The COW boys were rugged out in
the panoply of their profession, and one of
them would mount his steed, the steer would
be turned out of the enclosure, and at the
word, away would 60 the cowboy, with his
rope swinging, and then would ensue an ex-
citing chase until the steer was roped,
thrown and tied. 1t was the most exciting
sport of the fair, and attracted the greatest
attention. The champion roper caught,
threw and tied his steer in the short space of
one minute and three quarters, while the
longest time was nearly five minutes.
We noticed that at last the old Capitol is
only heap of rubbish. Work on the tenn
porary capitol is again going forward. The
new work looks just like the old, but it may
be better done. There is great deal to be
done in short time in order to have it rea-
dy for use as required.
While speaking of the Fair we meant to
have said that Mrs. Pickle, of Austin,
drew the prize of the Wheelock piano offer
ed by Hazard, Raymond & Co.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
For Treasurer.


We ore authorized to announce
JOHN H. PATTERSON,
as a candidate for reelection to the office Of
Treasurer OF Hays County.
We are authorized TO announce
ROBERT MALONE,
as candidate for Treasurer OF Hays County.
For Assessor.
We are authorized to announce
II. s. FORTSON,
as a candidate Tor reelection to the office Of
Assessor Of Hays County.
We are authorized 10 announce
F. BRIDGES,
Of wimberly. as candidate for the Office OF Asses
sor Of Hays Co.
Couuty Commissioner.
We are authorized to announce
JOHN l.. MALONE,
az candidate Tor election 60 the ofiee OF Com
missioner Of Hays County for the drst division.
We are authorised to announce
L. J. MCCARTHY,
a. candidate for Commissioner Of Hays County
from the first division.
For Animal and Hide Inspector.
We are authorized TO snnouDee
J. ID. TALLY.
asa candidate fer Animal and Hide Inspector fcr
Hays County.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
Vote in Your Own Precinct.

n reply TO inquiries On the subject We
III E;l:s TIA: the Av nov requ;rus every
T5.-- - sO.e IN lbs own precinct.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02

1t is not generally known, but stamped
envelopes when spoiled through misdirec-
ton or other causes can be exchanged for
postage stamps of the same denomination
at the nearest postoffice.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
Election Next Tuesday.

Come ont and vote your honest senti-
g. .ats. - becomes citizens Of a free country.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02

S.-A god second hard Press for snevspaper
can nearly alusy, be bOught a. lot much ever oae
half the cost q ne~ ons, At any 20 the principal
Type F0untries % 81 Louis. Che noAii, Chicago,
DC. sh.ca would e57plets TIE OuIst
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
TO my FRIENDS And CUSTOMERS,

i O,cine to the exceptionally good prospects of
the crops and the satisfactory prices paid for
\ Cotton and other produce have, to meet the
demands of the trade, bought larger Stock of
/ Goods than ever before, and having no1o annie
/ room to display my Goods, L am prepared to
II offer as COMPLETE LINE OF MERCHANDISE as
is usually kept in q General Store too numerous
to DETAIL at the very lo1Oest prices.
I make o. specially of HARDWARE and AGRI-
CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, amongst Which linen
ton the Deere and Butord PIo10s, Standard
Cuztivatoys, .Ne1o Braunfels Planters,' Moline
and Jackson Wagons, Ohio Barbed Wire, etc.
Ireceive weekly o. carload of Western Produce
Which sell at Austin prices. The highest cash
price paid for Cotton, Corn, Oats, Wool, Hides
etc. Polite attention to everybody.
| Yours Truly,
wM. Gal1IlBgEM.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
Announcements of Candidates.


.>10~~~~~N~~>~~~ O~O~O~~N~%~N|ON~
state Senator.
We are authorized TO announce
MAJ. w. o. HUTCHINSON,
q, San Marcos, as candidate for Senator from the
:25th Senatorial District.
District Prosecuting Attorney.
We are authorized to announce
J. NJ BETHANY,
OF Austin County, $ candidate for Prosecuting
Attorney OF the 18th Judicial District.
Representative.
We are authorized to announce
f. E. LYNCH,
o, Caldwell County as a candidate for Representa-
tive in the Legislature from the 9lst Dis trics.
County Judge.
We are authorized to announce
ED. r. KONE,
asa candidate for reelection to the office Of County
Judge OF Hays County.
Sheriff:
We are authorized to announce
H. E. BARBER,
as a candds for reelection to the olce OF Sheriff
Of Hays County.
We are authorized to announce
JAS. A. WREN,
a. a candidate for Sheriff Of Hays County.
For County and District Clerk.
We are authorized to announce
JAS. G. BURLESON,
a. a candidate for County and District Clerk Of
Hays County.
To THE vorsRs OF HAYS County.
am candidate for the office. OF District and
County Clerk am apoOr man and need the emol-
umeuts Of said office for the support Of my family.
believe can fill the position to public satisfaction,
and pledge myself, II elected, TO use my best
edorts to that end. respectfully solicit the suf
irages Of my fellow citizens.
II. A. MCMEANS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-02
PRINTING OUTFIT FOR SALE

PRINTING UUTFII fUR SALh
O. The Cheapest Yet!@
The subscriber has for sale the greater
portion of NEWSPAPER AND JOB
PRINTING OUTFIT Except Newspaper
Press) 1t consists of $50 to 200 lbs of Bour-
geois about 100 lbs of Nonparei, (both sec
ond hand, but good, and very complete and
well sorted y some FIFTY FONTS-more
or less rs may be wanted-of GOOD
HANDSOME DISPLAY AND JOB TYPE,
''of all sorts and sizes :" pair of chases; for
q six. seven or eight column paper, with
Column and Head Rules, and an abundance
of Leads and Dashes all complete and good:
Brass Galleys; Cases; Job Chases; Com
posing Sticks, &c, &c. Also good
0VELTY JOB BERT
lOx14 inches inside of chase. All of which
will be sold AT A BARGAIN FOR CASH,
being entirely surplus to my Office. impress
sions of type and other particulars will be
sent on application. Don't fail to write me,
for l am prepared to offer the greatest bar
gain IN Printing Material 10 b found an
The State 0r 6lseIehere
Address /. H. JULIAN,
Proprietor FREE Pass,
San Marcos. Texas.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20
EDITED BY W. C. T. U.

ssThere may be seen on Chestnut
street" (" says the Philadelphia Bulletin,
ga man dressed in faultless apparel,
with a great diamond on his breast,
vainly endeavoring to out-glitter the
magnificent solitaire on his finger. In
a German university he learned chem
istry, and not even Liebig knew it
better. His business is the mixing and
adulterating of liquors. Give him a
dozen casks of deodorized alcohol and
the next day each Of them will repre-
sent the name of a genuine wine or
popular spirit. He enters a wholesale
drug store bearing large basket upon
his arm. Five pounds of Iceland moss
are weighed out to him. To raw hq-
uOrs this imparts smoOthness and
oleaginousness that gives to imitation
brandy the glibness of that which is
matured. An astringent catechu that
would almost close the mouth OF a
glass inkstand, is next in order. A
couple of ounces of strychnine next
called for, are quickly conveyed to his
vest pocket, and a pound of white Wit
riol is as silently placed in the bottom
Of the basket. The oil Of cognac, the
sulphuric acid, and other articles that
give fire and body to liquid poisons are
always kept in store. The mixer buys
these from various quarters. They are
staples of the art. "
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20

A BIBLE PUzzLE.-Add to the age
of Abraham when he died the number
Of foxes Samson sent into the Philis-
tines corn subtract the age Of Joshua
when he died multiply the amount by
the number of cords that the men OF
Judah bound Samson with, and add
the number of men in Gideon's army
who Tapped water like dog; divide
the products by the number Of kings
that went TO smite Gideon; add the
number of years that David reigned
divide the total by the number Of loaves
that Elisha satisfied one hundred men
with at Gilgal add the number of days
Christ was tempted divide the total
by the age Of Christ when he went tc
the temple with his mother; add the
number of years Solomon took to build
the temple; subtract the number oi
years it took him to build his OWL
house; subtract the number of days
Lazarus had been dead when raised t
life, and add the number of loave!
Christ fed the 5000 people with. Th'
answer will be the value of coin il
Brooklyn Y. N. c. AS Bal
| Ietin.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20
CHIPS.

WHY all this absurd talk about a
scarcity of ice next summer ? Have we
not Charles Francis Adams left to US
Fall Riuer AdUGnce.
A good many of the young men OF
this city are natural sailors. At least
we Judge SO from the ease with which
they pilot schooners over the bar.-EI-
mira Telegram.
g. A fellow feeling makes us Wondrous
kind, y but if the fellow happens to be
feeling in our pocket for roll OF bills
OF stray coins, we don't feel kindly to-
ward him.-Keokuk Gate City.
When Boston girl is presented with
bouuet, she says Oh, how decidedly
sweet. Its fragrance impenetrates the
entire atmosphere of the room." A
Kansas girl simply says, it smells
scrumptious thanks, Reuben. ."-Den-
ver Tribune.
A gentleman recently lost his wife,
and young miss Of six years, who
came to the funeral, said to his little
daughter of about the same age I" Your
pa will marry again, won't he ?" "Oh
yes, was the reply, " but not till after
the funeral. W3Iiamsport Breakfast
Table.
New Workers mediate new line OF
steamers which are to make the trip tc
Europe in six days. This is pretty
quick ocean travelling, but, until line
is started that will beat cable dis
patch, Americas defaulting bank cash
iers will not feel safe.-NorriStoaC1
Herald.
You very often meet men at the op
era who never laugh while the perfor
nance is going on. They wait unit
the curtain goes down before the,
"smile,'' . and then it effects them s.
much that they are compelled to go out
side to get the "full" benefit of it,
YonkerS Statesman.
Ambitious Boy:'' How is goo
way to start circus Why, you jus
get girl to write a love letter addresse
to your father and put it in the ol
mans pocket where your mail find il
and there'll be circus enough to max
happy the neighbors for two mile
around. Boston Post.
When an Austin schoolmaster el
tered his temple of learning a fe'
mornings ago, he read on the blacl
board the touching legend: cor
teacher is donkey" The pupils e.
pected there would be combined c,
clone and earthquake, but the phil
sophie pedagogue contented himse
with adding the word " driver' to IL
legend, and opened the school wit
prayers, as usual.-Teras SJJtings.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20

SOUTH FLORIDA is receiving large
per cent. of the immigration which
continues to flow into that State in an
uninterrupted and by no means minute
stream. Sanford, in Orange county,
has grown from the little village of six
dwellings and a post-ofice Of six years
ago, to large and prosperous town
with numerous fine business houses,
elegant hotels and handsome private
residences. Maitland and Orlando, in
the same county, have in a few years
grown into large and fourishing towns.
Hundreds of orange groves relieve the
monotony of the once unbroken forests
Of the pine. Thickly settled neighbor-
hoods have sprung into existence on
every side, and the howl of the wolf is
replaced by the ringing Of the settlers
axe. These vast transformations have
been accomplished, for the most part
in the last ten years.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20

PROFITABLE DUCKs.-The beautl-
full eider-down ducks which abound in
this cold latitude are source of great
revenue and are the sole property of
the inhabitants. They are protected by
the laws of Norway, so that no stray
sportsman is allowed to shoot them. l
learned the mode of procuring the
down: wien the duck is about to lay,
she plucks down from her own breast,
the male plucks it from his, and they
spread a thick lining of it all over the
nest. When the nest is completed, the
owner removes the down the patient
ducks fill it second and third time,
when it was removed but the fourth
time it is allowed to remain. Thus the
women and girls find enough to en-
ploy themselves in attending to these
thousands of nests, while the men and
boys make and mend their nets and
get fish for oil and curing.-NortUGS
Letter.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20

A DEVELOPING INDUsTRY.-The
total acreage of sorghum cane in the
State of Kansas last year was 45,626
and the product 3,899, ,440 gallons Of
molasses. The value of the sorghum
molasses produced in Kansas has in
creased from $3.50, 338 in 1874 to 81, 754,
748 in 1881. The farmers and stock
menlearn from experience that sorghum
is better than rice corn for stock-feeding
purposes. Cattle and sheep will eat
the seed, blades and stock of sorghum
cane, while only the seed Of the rice
corn is eaten. Nearly all the sheep ot
Southern Kansas are being fed on sor
ghum cane this winter. It is cut and
cured the same as hay.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20
SEVERAL species of native Amt.

SEVERAL species Of native Amt.
birds are finding friends and purchasers
across the Atlantic--in Germany,
France, and even England. The non
pariel, for example, one of our very
handsome birds, was sent over to Eu-
rope last year to the number of 8, 800 by
one single house. The cardinal, or
Virginia nightingale, or Virginia red
bird, is likewise making the grand tour.
Over 5000 of the cardinals were expor-
ted last year from the city of New
York. The indigo, or American blue
bird, is likewise on his travels abroad,
while an American bobolink took the
first prize in worlds fair in England,
Even the Irish, a proverbially hard
people to convince, have practically
confessed that although the Irish
thrush is the best, the American brown
thrush is just as good"
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-20
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