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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16
Sheep Husbandry in Texas.

The sheep husbandry in this State is
so distinct in it's character from that
pursued or feasible in the older States
OF the South, and is of such high inn
portance that it demands separate
consideration. The estimated number
of sheep in this State in January, 1878,
was 3,G74,700. 1t ranks at present as
the third wool.producing STATE in the
Union, although having about hum
dred thousand head less than Ohio,
which has 3,783,000, and about half
the number of California, which has
6,561 900 head. In its adaptation for
sheep husbandry on large scale, Texas
possesses decided advantages over the
Northern and Eastern States, and many
over California and the Trans. Missouri
regions. The cheapness of land; it's
M 5ural fertility; its general climate
and exemption from tempestous wealth
er, except in the northers, whose sever
ity is generally much exaggerated; the
absence OF seasons of continuous
drouth, owing to the influence of the
gulf before referred to; the possession
of permanent winter grasses, making
the pasturage perennial, are advantages
which will make Texas one of the great
wool producing countries of the world.
DR.. Randall said, in 1850, of regions
of Texas which he had thoroughly
studied:
II do not entertain particle of
doubt that wool can be raised more
cheaply in those regions than in any
other portion of the globe where good
government prevails, to make life toler-
able and secure, and such property as
sheep safe from frequent and extensive
depredations. In no such portion are
lands furnishing perennial pasturage,
or the use of such lands, so cheap. In
none are general circumstances more
favorable, the assidental and occasional
disadvantages so few"
Upon its annexation TO the United
States, in 1916, Texas retained, as the
most valuable, then little appreciated,
relic of the former Mexican proprie-
tors, scattered here and there, focks of
the so-called native" sheep of Mexico,
of which large hocks still abound in
that country, and which still furnish an
easy supply of all that are needed.
This race, greatly deteriorated by neg
lect, small in size, and bearing about
two pounds Of coarse wool, il supposed
by many to be degenerated merinos.
1t is now well established that they are
descendants from the Chourro race of
Spain, even at present distributed in
all parts Of that kingdom race dis
tinguished for its robust temperament,
the facility with which il is nourished,
and its resistance TO hunger and tenn
pestuous seasons. When the animals
are properly fed and bred, they may be
made to produce long and very white,
though coarse, wool, well adapted for
carpets. This IL the stock which was
the original foundation Of the present
Texas hocka
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16
A Mexican Bull.Fjpht.

The bull fighters are dressed in all
the colors of the rainbow. They look
very much like the face cards of the
pack enlarged. Tt is really funny to
see the jack of diamonds, the king of
hearts, and all the rest of the royal
family that are SO familiar to many of
our readers, prancing about the arena.
In reality there is no bull-fght at all.
There is more real danger in lighting a
kerosene lamp, or in calling police
man liar, than there is in dozen
bull"fights. Before the bull is presented
with the freedom of the arena, several
inches of his horns are sawed off. The
horns are sawed off down to the quick.
The end of the horn is as sensitive to
the bull as an army-sized boil is to q
man. II man has large boil on his
person he does not try to butt people
with 1t. That's the way it is with the
bull with the sore horns. Instead of
rushing about trying to impale the bull
fighter, the bull is scared half to death
for fear the jack of spades or the king
OF hearts may accidentally bump
against that sore horn. The jack of
diamonds, knowing this, gets right in
'front.' of the dangerous brute, which
turns tail for fear the face card will run
against that ire horn.
AS soon as the bull refuses to hurt
ms sore horn against the jack of hearts
the air is rent with UiUaS in honor of
the reckless intrepidity of the bull
hghter, who gracefully bows his ac-
acknowledgement. All the bull-fghters
try in vain to bump against that sore
horn, but the bull is too smart for them
They punch him with spears, thrust
spikes festooned with tissue paper in
his side, until he is dripping with blood
until the unfortunate brute is ex-
hausted, but he never loses his presence
OF mind so much as to punch one of the
lace cards with that sore horn. The
animal is finally roped, the spikes
pulled out of his hide, and he is either
driven out of the arena or butchered.
The Mexican bull-fght is beautiful
blending of Spanish cruelty and Indian
cowsrdice. No decent American would
SIT through the whole performance
Teras Sittiugs.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16

battles, passionate, unmerciful. but not
bloodshedding, thank God take place
in the endless columns OF the number.
less newspapers. At the ballot box all
that is done is 10 make up the final nc
count, which is often known before.
hand.
Public opinion reigns in the country
of the Yankees. IL was not enough for
the Americans to have representative
government aud so they entered a
wonderful press, the like OF which the
world has never known before. BY
means of nearly 10000 periodicals the
sovereign people const mtly make
known their needs, their opinions and
their will. The Americans warmly love
their press. They zealously preserve
its rights and literally support it.
There are no special laws applying
to newspapers in the Union. All of.
lenses committed through the press are
tried under the common law. OF course
there is no other censor than the edit.
or, whose supervision, however, is very
energetic and stringent.
1t is calculated that the Yankees an
nually spend $26,000,000 for newspa-
pers alone. That is nearly equal to all
OF Russia's state expenses for public in.
struction, courts, means of communica-
ton and the imperial court combined.
1t surpasses the entire state expenses
of each of these countries: Sweden
Switzerland, Greece, Denmark and
Portugal.
The American newspapers aim to
give their readers the latest news of
every kind, and therefore the staff of
reporters is a strong point. On read,
ing the American journals one come
naturally to the conclusion that the
are offered to an intelligent public
The American journals of to-day are
modelled to great extent after the
sam, which has made veritable revo-
luton in the American press.
1t is of great interest to compare the
American press with the Russian press.
Though the population of Russia is
double that of the United States, yet
Russia has only COS periodicals against
the 9,723 of the United States. In
other words, America has sixteen times
as many periodicals as the whole do
minion of the Gar. In Russia there is
one periodical for every 100000 inhab-
itants, and in the United States one for
every 5000. Therefore, it requires
thirty times more Russians than Amer
leans to support newspaper. The de-.
mand for the newspaper indicates a
certain degree of education and wealth /;
hence it is necessary to admit that the
Yankees are thirty times more educated
and wealthy than the Russians. This
comparison looks still more interesting
in view of the fact that the Americans
recently celebrated the one hundredth
anniversary of their nations birth,
while the Russians have already cele
brated their one thousandth anniver-
sarys
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16
Gin and Its Origin.

Nearly 260 years ago the Count de
Merret, son of Henry Nv. OF France,
invented or brought into patentable
condition juniper wine. which was
found cheap and easy to make, pleasant
10 drink and very useful as a medicine
for every one suffering from dropsy or
any other disease which require that
kidneys should be encouraged to do
their work efficiently. The wine soon
came into use, but, being found to be
too much Of medicine for persons who
were not invalids to care about taking
Il in large quantities, u Dutch professor,
Mynheer Sylvious, Of Leyden, who
died two centuries ago, discovered a
process for converting the Juice of the
Juniper berries into a liquor which had
NIL the medicinal properties of juniper
Juice and grape wine, and was at the
same time more suitable for general use.
and, rs the French word for juniper is
genievre, the new spirit came to be
called Geneva, the cap tai of Switzer-
land. The inve tion came, not from
Switzerland, but from Holland, and to
this circumstance, and to the fact that
for q very long time it was principally
manufactured in that country, both It
and the similar liquor which now goes
with us by the name of gin and often
called Hollands. The original Geneva is
very different from both Hollands and
gin. 1t is spirit formed by the ferment-
alton of juniper berries by themselves,
,,..I, ltlI N
principle, yielding alcohol to the extent
of 80 per cent Of the entire substance
fermented, along with about l per
cent of very powerful essential OIL,
which is the real medical element of
the liquor. The old Geneva soon came
into fashion, and from being made and
sold exclusively by the druggists, began
to be sold in larger quantities by ordi-
nary distillers, until they found it con-
venient to develop new trade by add
ing certain quantity Of juniper juice
to ordinary formed spirits. and thus to
produce yet more palatable beverage
for the use of healthy people. This
beverage also took the name of Geneva,
although to separate it from the juni-
per spirit,the more appropriate name of
Holland was applied to it, and it's man
ufacture rapidly became very impor-
tant branch of business, especially in
Schieldam, where now there are about
IT'S distilleries, nearly as many as are
to be met in Rotterdam, Amsterdam,
Gonda and all the other Dutch towns.
Every gin distillery has recipe of it's
own, which is usually kept a secret. A
large variety of substances is employed
in the favoring of gin. Among others
may be mentioned bitter almonds, tur-
pentine, creosote, cardamons, garlic,
Canada balsam, horse-radish, grains OF
paradise. cayenne pepper and many
herbs and seeds. Perhaps nothing used
as diet by men is liable to greater and
more injurious adulteration than gin,
and the difficulty of getting it pure
from any poisonous drug should induce
every one to abstain from it.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16
Wool Sorters' Disease.

Mr.. Spear has recently published his
omclal report, which establishes the
identity of the wool-sorters' disease
with anthrax. The symptomatology
and anatomy of this affection are fully
discussed, and certain interesting OBJ
servations are advanced in regard to its
pathology. The usual classification of
anthrax into an external" and inter
nAl form is observed throughout the
report In many instances, however,
mere is a vide divergence from the de-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16
BrOMnIOM On DelinGuentS.

Father Brownlow of the Knoxville
Wing concluded an earnest appeal to
delinquent subscribers to pay up, with
the following unmistakable expression ::
Those of you who can't pay and will
write to us and acknowledge your in
debtedness we will record as clever fell
lows, and those of you who will not do
either, we will publish this spring on an
extra sheet, as a set of graceless rascals,
willing to have a poor man labor for
you for nothing, and pay for the paper,
ink end the hire of hands to serve you
without pay.
Come to Knoxville, you lousy rascals
on a pilgrimage and see our little ones
chips of the old block, looking daggers
at us and crying for bread. Come and
see us with our elbows out, and the of
ficers of the law leading us about for
debts created to furnish your paper and
you will fork over at once.
And you hypocrites who are members
of different churches, owing us for our
paper, how dare you, around your fam
lily affairs, night and morning pray to
God, pay us this day our debts as We
pay our debtorsl" He knows you owe
us and won't pay: until you pay, You
may pray yourselves out Of breath, and
you will never be heard Yes, you
sanity villains, you have been owing
us long enough to make us poor, halt,
miserable, blind and Naked and your
selves rich at our expense.
You get to heaven without paying as
never.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-16

JOKES says fhzt after trying oryears
to photograph his girl on his heart, all
be got in the end vas . negative
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
RosEoRANs ON CHINESE.
No Need for the Chinese and
LeperS.

To the eye of the statesman, there
fore, the admission of Chinese immigra-
tiOn to the United States, at least to the
Pacific coast, requires us to decide
which civilization we will prefer. Will
we choose our own to the hOary and
compact materialistic civilization of
China? Mixture is impossible; assimi-
peTience in California and on the Pa
cific coast has demonstrated this prac-
tical impOssibility. With us it is no
longer an experiment. The united
voices of the people of the States of Cal
ifOrnia, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, and
of the adjacent territories of Arizona,
Washington, Montana and Idaho sol
emnly declare it. They are willing that
those here should be allowed to earn
their living by working for such en-
plOyers and for such wages as they can
obtain, and to live as economically as
they please, subject to needful sanitary
regulations. But they demand the pro-
hibitiOn of future immigration;
Because they send away to China,
never to be returned, by far the largest
part of that balance of profit which
white labOTeTs would retain among us; !;
Because practically they are, and al
ways will remain Chinese subjects,
alien to our civilization, laws, customs,
municipal life, modes of administering
justice and obtaining evidence in courts
of law;
Because they practically set up their
own government within and unknown
to our law;
Because, unlike immigrants from
European countries, they are not per-
mitted, but are forbidden under the
most terrible penalties, by their govern
ment from renOuncing their allegiance
70 hni rIlla nd 1aH hvy
their ancestral worship to send home to
China the very bones of those dying
abroad;
Because, even were it otherwise, gem
eral ignorance of our language, uncOn-
querable hereditary habits, customs and
modes of thought and of life would
leave them practically and indefinitely
Asiastic;
Because they are introducing among
us some fearful diseases and degrading
vices;
Because they furnisha fearfully large
| percentage of criminals, and impose on
| us excessive difficulties and expenses
| in the detection and punishment OF
| crime among them;
Because it is practically impossible to
prevent the criminal, diseased and pau
per classes of Chinese from being
poured in upon US, if any of the lower
classes are admitted;
Because their presence here excludes
a much more desirable population from
filing our country with our own people
and immigrants of our own race having
all the general habits, customs and
ideas of liberty, law and government
appertaining to our civilization;
Because the Chinese already here
form but the vanguard of an industrial
army of impulse to better their cOndi-
tiOn, which, unless prevented, will over
run our country and degrade our civili-
zatiOn.-[ From Speech of Gen. VIM. S.
ROsecrans, of California.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
GUITEAU CABS.
He Don't Think Much of the
ScOvilleS.
He Writes a Letter to the Associated
Press, in Order to Keep Before
the Public.

WASHINGTON, April 11.-Alrs. Francis
NJ. ScOville, according to newspaper re-
port, has impudently filed petition in
Chicago for cOnservatOr of my estate.
Absurdity. Her pretensiOn is apparent
from the fact that 1 do not live in llli-
nOis, and have not for nearly three
years; besides, / am not lunatic. This
was officially decided on my trial. l
have lived in Washington for over a
year, and this is my legal residence.
The court had better dismiss the petit
tiOn peremptOTily. The ScOvilles are
nuisances and l want nothing to do
with them.
[Signedl CHARLES GUITEAU.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE petition Of
Mrs. ScOville was filed this afternoon in
the County Court. Judge LOOmis says
he cannot issue an order for any one not
a resident of Illinois, and considers
Guiteau not resident of that State, so
that he will not issue an order or war
rant. If they want Guiteau tried for in
sanity they must bring him here. The
case will be further considered Satur-
day, to which time the matter was post
pOned. The statute under which the
| petition is filed provides that when any
person is an idit, eTTatic, or distracted,
or wastes his estate, or has any estate,
real or personal, the County Court of the
county in which he lives shall, on appli-
cation of any relative or creditor, etc,
order jury to be summoned to try the
question, and if found guilty shall ap-
point cOnservatOr.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Mrs. ScOvilles
action at Chicago to make provision for
the care of Guiteaus property is not
sanctioned by her husband. Mr.. ScOville
says there will probably be some little
profit from the assassin's book, and this
was what Mrs. Scoville had in view in
her action. Guiteau refuses to have any
thing to do with any of the ScOYilles
and Charlie Reed will argue the bill of
exceptions alone, ScOville having with
drawn on account of the prisoners abuse,
and has entered the lecture field. Gui-
teau thinks the ScOvilles are endeavOr-
| ing to get what little money he has, and
he proposes to thwart their game.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE.
Freaks of Western whirlwinds.

freaks OF western w nlfIW1nuS.
TOPEKA, April 1O.-A cyclone demOl-
ished Stafford, Thursday night, last
week. Stafford is village of seventy
five OF eighty houses, the county seat of
Stafford county, about two hundred
miles southwest of Topeka and off the
line of any railroad. All but two houses
were blown down. A Mr.. Crock was
killed and several persons more or less
injured. A county election had just
closed and the wind scattered the ballots
all over the prairie before they were
counted.
CHICAGO, April 8.--A Topeka dispatch
says: The storm in the vicinity of Chase
was tornado rather than cyclone and
the damage was even worse than re-
ported. Many curious freaks of the
wind are reported, but with remarkably
few fatal results. The Michigan dis
patches estimate the damage by the
cyclone in Kalamazoo and Carmel town
ships at from $50 to $1,000 worth.
DETROIT, April 8.-FIrther accounts
show that the cyclone of Thursday night
visited Assyria township, Barry county,
and with the same general results of de-
vastatiOn. The track is about forty rods
wide. Two small children of Mr.. Meads
are reported killed and another badly
injured. Silas Reynolds was killed and
his wife and two children severely in
jured. The buildings of Levi Kenyon
were demolished and himself probably
hurt fatally. This is the third visitation
of this sort in two years in this town
ship. A few additional particulars from
Kaiamo, Eaton county, stated that a
man named Benjamin Conkling was
killed, and his house and barn wrecked.
Some ten or a dozen houses and barns
were demolished and the ground swept
clean of orchards, fences and everything
in the path of the tornado.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
COLUMBUS.
The Poker Pond Republican
Party,
Tattered and Torn Over the RedistrIcting-
Fighting FaC lions Go 1t, and Democrats
Look on-Disgraceful DOngs.
special correspondence ]

COLUMBUS, April 1O.-On Saturday the
POker-POnd Republican party had it all
to themselves in the House, and big
faction fight they made of it over the
Tedistricting for Congressional purpO-
poses. The party is full of ambitious
gentlemen who want each a district for
himself, and hence the three or four
yelling factions that fought and hOwIed
and kept up disorder and confusion.
The Democrats took no part and al
lowed the war to go on. Republicans
themselves are ashamed at the exposure
they made. There was no Republican
party, but there was Hodge party, a
Scott party and Jones party. Locke
abused Jones, and Jones Tetaliated,
WhereupOn Rooms replied to Jones and
Scott sailed into KOOnS and dozen or
more, all Republicans, arose and hOwled
at the Speaker, who threatened to send
the Sergeant-at-arms. The Cleveland
delegation had a row among them
selves, and Dunham and Rev. Card had
it hip and thigh. Others took hand
noise and yawp. After a time, when
Scott got a chance he lectured the
brethren severely, hitting Hodge and
expressing doubt as to a Republican
majority. He blamed Jones severely
and Jones answered in red hot terms,
when Licey of Medina, in disgust moved
to adjourn, and after long uprOaT the
motion was lost, when the disgraceful
row went on. The finale was that all
the redistricting bills were slaughtered
and so the week of alteration and
quarTcling ended as it started.
The truth is that the Bribery Investi
CATION will touch it easy and the poker
fellows will not be hurt. The old cana
lobby are about again. The Republican
members are at enmity with one an
other.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
THE TILDEN TALK.
What a Great Admirer of Uncle
Sam Has to Say.

Mr. Tilden's nomination and cleo
tiOn in 1884 are refeTable to two con-
tingencies: 1st, and above all, his
health; and, second, his Identification,
before all other Democrats, with the
prevailing wants and ruling ideas of
the time.
Mr.. Tilden's personality is very potent
and diffused. He is a many-sided
statesman, embracing within the range
of his intelligence and character every
branch of political philosophy. AS an
accomplished party leader and profound
dOctrinaiTe, he stands a head and
shoulders above all the public men of
our day. He was nominated and elect
ed in 1876 because he represented the
popular demand for administrative re-
form. He should have been nominated,
and had he been nominated he would
have been elected in 1880 as the repre-
sentative of our elective system, struck
down by force and fraud in his person.
But the failure of the party TO renOmi-
nate the old ticket at Cincinnati was
substantially the conformation of the
fraud, and, therefore, except as a senti-
ment, the seclusiOn of 1877, Infamous
as it was, is not likely to prove very
effectuaI in 1884. If Mr.. Tilden reap
pears upon the scene of active political
life, he must appear as an organized
idea and moral force rising out of the
immediate situation. If he wants to
reappear, and has the physical strength
to make his desires vOluble, there is not
a shadow of doubt that he can do so.
The pigmies who aspire to the next
Democratic nomination are really in
nObody's way. But, in considering this
question, Mr.. Tilden's wishes and
health are of paramount Importance;
because itsmay happen that Mr.. Tilden
has nominee "hidOut," as the saying
is, and that he purposes in his own per-
son not again to take the field. IL must
be remembered in this connection that
two short years before the nomination
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
THE polygamy law is having the effect

THE polygamy law is having the effect
in Utah of making the much married
Saints revise their domestic arrange
ments, and separate domiciles are pro-
vided for each wife. This cOmpOrts
with the practice that obtains else
where and is much more in accord with
the prOprieties of decent appearance
A few years ago a noted clergyman of
this State said he could not vote for
office because he maintained two family
arrangements in two towns separated
by fifty miles. We don't care to men
tiOn the towns or to which one the
marriage certificate attached, but the
Mormon apostles seem to think this a
good enough plan to avoid the penal
ties of the Edmunds law.