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NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
Where They Are Located and the Number Of
Graves They Contain
LEron Phisisrer's slalisticaI Record.l

From PhistsTerfs Satisfied Record1
September Q, 1861 the Secretary of War df-
reeted that the Quartermaster-GeneraI of the
Army shall cause 10 be printed aud TO be placed
IN every hospital Of the army, blank books and
forms for the purpose of preserving accurate
and permanent records of deceased soldiers and
their place of burial, and that he should also
provide proper means for a registered head
board to be secured at the head OF each soldiers
grave.
Act Of Congress, approved July II, 1862, au-
thorizes the President of the United States,
whenever, In his opinion, it shall be deemed
expedient, to purchase cemetery grounds, and
to cause them TO be securely enclosed, TO be-
used national cemetery for the soldiers
who shall die in the service of the country.
April -, 1866, it was provided by Public
Resolution No. Il That the Secretary of War
be authorized to take Immediate measures to
preserve from dissertation the graves of soldiers
of the United States who fell in battle or died
of disease during the war Of the rebellion, and
to secure suitable burial places, and to have
these grounds enclosed so that the resting
places Of the hon0red dead may be kept sacred
forever"
February q, 1867 an act to establish and
protect national cemeteries was approved, which
provided in detail for the purchase of grounds,
and the management and inspection of ceme-
teries also for the punishment of any person
who should mutilGte monuments or injure the
trees and plants.
In accordance with the foregoing and tho
orders issued by the War Department from
time to time, every effort has been made to
collect the remains of the dead. to inter them
dccently, and to record all the facts known in
connection with each grave. After no war,
whether of ancient or modern times, have any
such systematic exeTtions been made to secure
the collection of the dead and their intermens
in permanent resting-piaces, Gs have been made
by the QusTtermaster Department. Of the
United States army under the above provisions
OF the law
eral on the subject Of the Nations dead, shows
that the following National Cemeteries havs
been established:
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A traveller saw woman take 4 man BY the
collar, yauk him up the steps into g railroad
ear, jam him down into = hot seat near the stove,
pile up a v1lise and two big drown baskets
with loose covers and long handles &C his feet,
shove q lady into his lap and say:
Now, sit there until I help Mary Jane on
the ear, and don't move till I come back
When the woman reached the door tie tray
eler said to her;
Is that man your hEsband?'
NAV W :" reared the woman Hos
my daughters husband and she hasn't spirit
enough to say her soul is her own"
This true story teaches as th&5 soma tragei-
ers haven't enough sense to diagnose family
party when they see one.
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and in the basement are also TO be found the
kitchens, the bath rooms. and the heating an
paratus Of the prison. The internal part OF
the prison is constructed of iron, and is so
built that all the corridors look out upon q
central hall, which commands view of every
cell The prison for men, which is separated
from the rest of the building by wall sixteen
feet high, also contains chapel and four large
exercise grounds. The prison for women con-
tajns only no cells and fifteen large dormito-
ries the latter Of which are divided into Sec
tons, each containing a bed, which can be
locked up every night after its occupant haa
retired 70 rest.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Our Agricultural Editors Weekly Chat With His
Headers.


Can You tel me how can keep the bugs from
destroying young melons? in former years have
been so vexed with these bugs that have thought
that would not try them again; hut if could
learn how TO Kill the bugs would try again.
Mrs. c. H r.
Ans. As soon as the plants become infested.
or, as prevention is better than cure as
soon as the plants appear, dust them over with
bone flour; apply this occasionally until the
bugs disappear. Some growers sow squash
seeds with the melons, as the flies viii feed on
the squash in preference.
VIII you, through the columns Of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, furnish some information concerning the
best remedy cure against bOrers in apple trees
just below the surface of the ground as they are
destroying our best and most valuable apple trees
Ia the Nest-Aibert Dow, Newton Iowa
ARs. When once the borers make lodge
ment we do not know any better method than
TO gouge them out A good preventive is to
wash the bark occasionally with solution of
soft soap, allowing it TO run down to the roots
The flies are averse TO laying eggs on the soapy
bark.
What ere the best crops 10 plant In an apple
orchard set out this spring intended to SOW il in
oats, but il is too late; but want 10 put some
kind OF crop in The gronnd.--A- i. G., South
Kansas.
-ASls. 1t is wen that yon did not sow the
oats; grain crops are specially pernicious in
orchards, with the exception of Indian corn
which admits OF eBitiyating the land. Any
crop which can be cultivated may be planted |;
potatoes as good as any.
In selecting flower pots am told that the best
for plants these which soft and porous and
that the hard burned pots are untitled for growing
healthy plants. What does TIE NATIONAL TR1B-
uNE say on this subject ?-JoRathan, Washington
City.
Aas The only difference between hard
pot, or even glazed pot, or, for that matter, a
slate pot, is simply a question of watering. The
hard pots require less water because they
lose less by evaporation from their surfaces
than do the soft, porous pot Those who ere
constantly deluging their plants with water
should use soft pots, hut this does not make
them better Us a rule.
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Kom to Secure a Decoration.
[Fron. the london Truth.l

I once conferred vast number of decorations
on an individual, that is TO say, | told him how
to get them. He was an Italian--rich, noble
and fool He eonfided to me that life was
burden because he had no decorations. I said
to him: " Pay some one to write book upon
the antiquities of your province, pay some one
else 70 illustrate it, publish it in folio and send
copy, beautifully bound, to every crowned
head in Europe. Two thirds of them VIII re-
pay you with a decoration
Two years later | saw him again. He was
covered with pieces of metal attached TO yarie-
gated ribbons. He pressed my hand; teas of
gratitude glstoned in his eyes. He had fol-
lowed my advice.
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OF 40 rh0Ie nnn1 - al internanfs indicated

Of the whole number of in terments indicated
above, there are about $500 known and 1900
unknown civilians, and 6,100 known and 5000
unknown ConiederateS. Of these latter, tina
greater portion are buried at W0odlaaR Gene
terry, Eimira n. Y, and Firms Point Ceme-
terry, near Salem, n. j. The iaterments at
Mexico City are mainly Of those who were
killed or died in that vicinity during the Next
can War, anu include also such citizens CT the
United States as may have died IN Mexico, aud
who. under treaty provision, have the right Of
burial therein. From the foregoing. it viii ap-
pear that after making all proper deductions
foreiyiljans and COufederates, there are gathered
in the various places mentioned the remains OF
nearly 100000 men who at one time wore tina
blue during the late war, and who yielded up
their ivesin defense Of the Government which
now so graciously e.res tor their ashes
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The Monster Prison of Europe.
[From The London Daily Nelgs.l

The largest prison in Europe is the House Of
Detention, which has just been completed ri
Berlin. This enormous edifce comprises six
separate buildings, to which have been trans
ferred all the prisoners awaiting trial who
have hitherto been confined IN the various
prisons OF Berlin. The prison for men con-
sists of u ground floor and four other stories,
with 732 separate cells, dormitories for 195
prisoners, besides forty rooms Tor turnkeys
and sleeping accommodation for I1S attend
ants. Each of the 732 cells has window ten
feet high. There are six cells in the basement
for prisoners who sre refractory to discipline,
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Rosy Months

furnished with teeth rendered pearly and glis-
garded as an indispensable adjunct of the toilet,
are perfectly bewitching. So irresistible does
the broad-cloth sex find them, that it requires
the utmost self-restraint to forbear imprinting
kiss upon them wherever seen. No csrrosiye
substance contaminates this standard beautiRer
of the teeth, from which It removes every i'm
purity. Use it regularly.
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A Fa.hsr,s AarIee onIskI1 rol!anea.

An Arkansas boy, writing from college IN
reply to his fathers letter, said SO you
think that I am wasting my time in writing
little stories for the local papers and cite
= ohnson's saying that the man who writes
except for money is fool ] shall act upon
DIR. Johnsons suggestion and write for money.
Send me fifty dollars"
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W0man's Auxiliary Work.
EDUCATING THE CHILDREN.


although the members of Wolford Post are es-
pecially appointed to decorate the graves al chill
dTen others who desire are invited to follow in
procession by double file, prepared with floral trib
utes, to be placed upon such graves as they may
desire to decorate The children of the town are
requested to gather all the flowers they may be
able to obtain, and deliver them at the Town Hall
from O'Clock TO 10 u. on Memorial Day where
the Indies viii be ready to receive them"
The above is from the Memorial Day order
of the new Womans Auxiliary of Woford Post
Perrysburg, Ohio, and is quoted as q notable
Illustration OF the argument we have always
advanced, that great part of the work of the
women of the G. A. r. is to educate the chill
dren IN the line Of patriotic duty 1t must
have been pretty sight to see these innocent
children following the old soldiers in double
file, laden with their precious offerings of 10y
atty and love. 1t is the children everywhere
who are gathering the flowers for Memorial
Day. God bless the children, the hone of the
grand future OF the Republic! Perrysburg, by
the way, is to have soldiers monuments for
which Wolford Post and the ladies are at work
VOICE FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Mrs Phineas o. Davis, of Major Howe Relief
Corps, of Haverhill Mass comes nobly to the
front in response to the THE TRIBUNE's call
for correspondence. HRS. Davis is more than
welcome and we hope she will come often She
gives an interesting account of the working of
the Relief Corps of New England. We trust,
however, that she win give up the 1nisappre-
hension that Mrs. Sherwood, in advocating the
plan OF Woman's Work, successfully followed
IN the West, has any disposition to underrate
tho grand work of the Eastern organizations
Mrs. Sherwood u only too glad if the expe-
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Dr. Pieroe's = Pellets" or sugar-eoased gram
ules-she original little liver pills. beware
OF limitations cure sick and bilious headaches
cleanse the stomach and bowels, and purify the
HOOD To get genuine, see DR.. Pierees signal
ture and pogtrast On Government ssaG2. .
cents per Wal by druggists.
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TIE AMERICAN sopHY.

Now, if the English Sophy is CHEEKY
lovable, useful helpmate how much more does
the American Sophy dance before our vision in
the beauty of her devotion and strength and
independence. If America has her helpless
little Doras, who never have learned and never
can learn to be patient, practical housewives
and mothers, how much more frequent and
emphatic is the other type, the pride and glory
of our western world. In some respects the
American Sophy has in her the elements of the
diyine-she can create something out of moth
ing, and under her loving care the plainest sur
ronndings are invested with grace and beauty.
For, more than all else, the American Soply
Is true and loving. She does not ask that the
man of her choice shall have the endowment
of worldly riches 1t is only that he is stead
fast and earnest and holds her very close to his
heart Then she is glad to take up her lot
with him, whatever it may be; to accept pri-
walton and sacrifice; to toll with and for him :.
to I'LL her humble attic or her lowly cabin with
such womanly grace and loneliness that, if
through one of the sudden changes of our new
civilization she is destined to preside over the
splendors of modern palace, she is at once in
harmony with her surroundings and at ease in
their arduous requirements Her courage is
only equalled by her patience and industry
and large hopefulness in the face of many trials
and disappointments. Self-forgetful, unselfish,
full of kindly ministration, rearing up honest,
earnest, industrious sons and daughters loyal
70 her husband; her friends, her home, her sex,
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TOBACCO STEMS as AN rNsEcr1crDE.

Tobacco stems are now being much used as
preventive against insects. Spread under
grape vines they prevent the thrips; placed
around currant bushes they prevent injury
from the currant worm. Rose growers find
that layer Of tobacco stems placed on the soil
keep the plants free from aphis, and also, it is
claimed, act as a preventive of injury from
mildew. Fruit growers, especially grape grow
ers, may find it TO their advantage to grow
patch of tobacco for the purpose of using the
dried leaves among their vines to keep away
troublesome and destructive insects.
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The saffron of commerce is the stiprnas of
the flowers Of Egcss satigus, small dubious
plant, which was formerly largely cultivated
IN Europe for this product The bulbs are
planted about 100000 TO an acre, and are sub
jected to careful and clean culture Each plant
has about three flowers; 10000 flowers yield
about two lbs Of fresh stiglnas, which, when
dry, weigh about two ffths Of pound The
Etigmas arc dried between layers of paper, or
upon close hair sieve, and pressed by thick
board. tas1forn the mass into cakes.
6aflcn has bitter taste and penetrating
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FEEDING sILKwoRMs.
SILK CULTURE.

The american SIX and FS1sit Cllturist saws
that the more we see-of the progress of silk
culture, the more we are convinced that it viii
eventually be one of the leading branches of
industry in this count +. The most intelligent
OF the agricultural part of the Nation are en-
barking ia it, and, in such hands, it cannot
fail of being profitable. But we would give
word of caution TO such as are OVERLOOKING with
enthusiasm in the cause. We would beg of
them not TO be led astray by false notions of
great profits not to undertake the feeding of
large number Of worms unless they have ex-
perience, practical experience; but to be care
ful. prudent, and become convinced by actual
experiment"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-05

AZ tan mart Of Y, W. Moore league. s9oo,
J. w. Railton 20 Robert Paxton an undivided "a "
the land last described above. 1900.
Nd. u. Kons and o. II. Brigssto W. J. ooou p"'"'
y. W, Moore league, tioo.
a. J. Jernigsn to W. J. Good 6is acres OF o. W.
Moore league. et2o. -. 49,.
In San Marcos. sold " tho property OF Laura ""'
I.ry II. smith and p. J. @. Smith to n. J. Smith,
lot In block In San Maaeos. $500.
shadrseh Dixon and Judy his wife to Giovanni
Paolaec 81 Italy, the Dixon homestead SSI and 1-lV
aeres OF veremend league. $500: .,
VIM. X. grimm lots 4 auJ IN San Marcos. 800.
nd. II. wallace 10 y. y. Weight. psr' OF the ~
r. ". King 70 J. n. shsusrd 20 acres on Onion
Z. l. jseison TO J. J. walker ts4 acres James
Louis Hancock 70 Thomas Martin part Of FreflOve
fSO:. MARLIN to D. L. D0rrah aso acres Woody
| survey cess.
Tho:. N.f.is and Jns. A. Harrison ae7 acres
| Woody survey e60o.
SJas. q. Forsyth and vile TO yno. n. Greenhouse
sH acres Chambers lesgse st7p.
| d. A. Young 10 II. N. Perry lots NO anu !"
Bsrnes and Wstmors trustees TO G. n. Brown %
acres Hinton survey 300.
]. d, Holton and wife to r. J. sledse part OF
| westbrook survey elS<s.
Brown and ws,mors trustees 10 +. Nance lot
John Richardson and wife TO =. p. taney acres
Amasa Turner survey $50
l n. X Coereham TO Fannie A. Cruhk acres
Bette and K. B. Carruth 70 d. B. Peavy part
Of block in Moore's addition to Kyle s6oo'
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Personals.

Is our public school house rented by some
private partys We noticed lately that the
doors were open. Who has charge OF 1t!
Mrs. Hinzie is decided admirer of San
Marcos, and is enthusiastic over the nne
drives and other attractions OF this vicini-
ty. Hope she may influence the Major to
make our town his home.
Miss Mamie D. Peoples, the belle OF
San Marcos, left last week for San Antonio,
where she goes to visit relatives and
friends. Hope she will have a pleasant
trip and safe return.
Ned KYLE has bonanza in the shape OF
q CINE dog said to have been shipped
from parts abroad via OF DuPre. IL was
shipped thence to the FREE PRESS, and II
was through the unexampled magnimity OF
that great institution in waving its claims In
favor of Mr.. Kyle that he was made the
hyppy recipient of this remarkable animal.
Mr.. Lutcher, wife and two daughters,
NJ Orange. who have been rusticating IN
our city for few days, and who recently
came here from q sojourn IN Mexico,
left for their home Tuesday evening. MI.
T., of the firm of Lutcher d Moore, Is
one of the most extensive lumber mer-
chants in Texas. They expressed them
selves as being well pleased with our beau
tiful little town, and we hope they mad
pleasant sojourn while here.
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Law Card.

The undersigned, on East side of Plaza,
second door South of Post Office in San Mar
cos, can be found at all times. Has for sale
Farms. Business Houses in town, and county
of Hays and other counties in Texas. He
offers cheap, ON easy terms, invites pur-
chasers and patronage, and satisfaction guar
anteed in ali courts in Texas, and rea! estate
agencies. Live stock interests looked after,
and business attended to in all parts OF Tex
az Give him trial before investing else
where aud be convinced.
G. w. WALTERS.
Solicitor, Atty al Law and Real Estate Agt.
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Transfers OF Real Estate

during January. 1888:
VIM. ?. Knovl.: and wife 10 Jno D.John'on lands
on Onion creek. 81.
acres near San Marcos. o. 300.
w. A. Breedlove and b. c. Breedlovs. executor
Of Ira Breed.ove, dee'd TO Fannie Williams 81 acres
d. P. Hopkins and wife TO Thos. J. white part Of
town lot No. in San Marcos. $500.
Robert Malone and wife TO X. 3. Fortson lots and
In block No. in q. L. hcGshees addition to San
". A. and &. Il. Breedlo,s. executors Of Ira Breed
love. TO J. B. Carpenter and $40 acres OF T. g. AL
". l.. Robinson and Fannie y. Robinson TO Jen.
Kyle 100 acres Of wickham survey, 1850.
Watson Freeman TO J. P. Mitchell us acres y. W.
White survey, $366 Is.
John J. Davis to Agnes Anna Grimm upwards OF
isbors Of land on Rio Bianeo. sl4I6.
Agnes A. Griffin and husband 70 Guitsvus d. Bates
Jas. +. Ellison to ". W. voolfolk 10 acres Cham
J.M. Herndon to B. y. Donaldson farm lots in San
J. q. Rogers to Reuben Warren 20 acres Porsysh
Jno. " BurIeson TO Jas. @. Burlsson u interest In
the homestead Of I'd. Burlssen. deed. $500.
Franklin b. Sexton and wife TO 3. p. Laney land
IL miles n. Of San Marcos, sisss. a.. .,s
W. O. wsstherOrd let's II. II and Is In block 10 In
Kyle, $3.50.
p. L. Williams and wife 10 WIN. Anderson farm
Gottfried Lspge aud wife 70 Fred Freinehs. patent
40 the heirs Of wesley Hughes go acres. 81 100
Susan Clayton Kerr 70 Mrs. Asry " Payne lot u
block 10 In Son Marcos, 81. 100.
J. g. Barnes and J. 3. Wstmofs, trustees, 70 Otto
Groos lot 2, block Is In Kyle, $50.
J. A. Barnes and J. Q. MetDore. trustees, 10 v. &
Houston lots and IN block IL in Kyle. 81 IS.
Otto Groos 10 hary Bacon lot ., block ID In Kyle
| $50.
=. Robep. and wifi. 70 Jas. A. Chandler lots Z. s
| and in block In DuPre. 600.
Same grsntors 70 A. J. Barnes lots IN tssie"0ns
league, esoo.
Barnes snd wetmore, trustees. 10 J. C. Afers lot
| 10 in block Z in Kyle, fiS.
ssni. Durhsm % n. =. Barber ios 10 10 block IL
| IN San Marcos, $50.
1 VIZ nesrs snd 3. A. uesrs 20 Prof WIN. Jordan
| 10 acres Of p. A Smith lssgus, e7to.
1 Harold C. Durar and nsdelins bis VIE 70 J. ". u.
ssmpsou 1 n seres q D. ". usnns lesgus. csc
| J.WE ssnpson and vile 20 v. p. Honilion 20
seres p. A. Smith league. el.too.
/ Richard Ooke. govsrnor. patent ~ % scrs - =
niles n. lBe ". from San Marcos, " beinrch breet
o. n. Rsberts, govsrsor. ps,sn, 70 1etsh HsilJ
lSsH seres on the vstsrs q oypress ereef.
1 David A. roong 90 John Y. atspbsnsoo elocf bir
Yoaa ga ssaItsoa 70 Kyle. tlse.
VIZ. FsTFusoa 70 B. y. Pestsa re serss 81 J. D.
Firuirs A RaEs<sis, sxscstri1 81 p q. Rsgstsis,
sec'e. release v @. Lscgs.
| Dr.iei n'Kis snl n. a Pope - Charlie Wstfsl bt
/ II IN bloek u On sss mtroos, f1to.
| g. L HsGekss as< Vie " =. q Ksilsn lot ~ q
bloei 81 Lisesey HsrrsJ's seeiros % tss k'r'
b.s.S sssr.sf q KlzsrsOsi. sssusD1. is Refer,
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PRINTING OUTFITFOR SALE |
g Tho Cheapest YetI=

O. The Choapese xetI~
The subscriber has for sale the greater
portion of NEWSPAPER AND JOB
PRINTING OUTFIT Except Newspaper
Press II consists Of 100 to 200 lbs of Bour-
geois about 100 lbs Of Nonpareil, (both SEQ.
ond hand, but good, and very complete and
well sorted j some FIFTY FONTS-more
or less as may be wanted--of GOOD
HANDSOME DISPLAY AND JOB TYPE,
''of all sorts and Sizes" pair of chases for
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 a good
NOVELTY JOB . Z r!
1Ox14 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 am prepared to offer the greatest tar-
gain in Printing Material to be found IN
the State or else,ohere.
Address I. H. JULIAN,
Proprietor FREE Press,
San Marcos, Texas.
p. S.-A good second hand Press for newspaper
can nearly always be bought at not much over one
half the cost Of new one, at any OF the principal
Type Foundries OF 81. Louis, Ciucinnati, Chicago,
de-. which would complete the outht
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-05

AFTER all the painstaking there is well
defined crack in the south wall of tho new
courthouse. It is small, and it does not
seem likely that it will increase.
Apropos, it has been suggested to US to
call attention to the proper authorities to
have janitor appointed to see that the
windows of the building be closed in case OF
a rain storm. It is too handsome and valu.
able an edifce to not be well guarded from
injury.
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orR p. u. has called our attention to q
slight modification in the Law with respect
money orders. viz: For orders not exceed
ing slO the fee is Dov instead of 10 cents
and While orders under the old Law were
limited to $50, they nay nov be issued ion
500, the fee for which Is IS cents Ana
three orders may be Issued to the same par
y and payable II The ssEs POST osee Z one
d.I