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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-18
Q Lively Dogs.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat

At the Brush Electric Light Station,
at the corner of Notre Dame and Front
streets, there is dog trap which is
somewhat remarkable, and the effect
produced on prowling cannes very
peculiar. A space in fine floor is
dampened and one wire from an cleo
tric light connected with the wet spot,
in the center of which is piece of
meat with the other wire attached to
it. A dog entering the establishment
is naturally attracted by the meat and
approaches it, having to stand on
the moist space. The moment lie
touches the meat, circuit is made and
the intruder is thrown some distance
by the shock. The other night an
Irish bulldog made four attacks on
the meat, but had, alter severe shak-
ing, to relinquish his gnp on the
toothsome bait. The stroke passing
over the small wires used is not suf-
ficient to kill, yet it is severe enough
to impress the dog with its force, and
they rarely return.
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Ache they would be almost priceless to those who
suffer from this distressing complaint; but fortu-
natcy their goodness does not end here, and those
who once try them will find these little pills valu-
able in 70 many ways that they will not be willing
to do without them. But after all sick head
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-18
Causes and Cure Of Rheum atism.

Common rheumatism is disease
.,b;ch affects the joints, the hinges of
,he body in such way that the slight.
sst motion of the ailing part gives
main. A creaking hinge is dry and
tuns hard. A single drop of oil to
moisten it makes wonderful change,
and it instantly moves on itself with
fine greatest facility. All kinds of
rbeumatism are the result of an in.
aamation of the surface of joints. In.
flamation is heat, this heat dries their
surfaces; hence, the very slightest eff
fort at motion gives piercing pain.
In a healthy condition of the parts,
nature is constantly throwing out
lubricating oil, which keeps the Joints
in perfectly smooth and easy work
ing condition. Rheumatism is almost
always caused-indeed, it may be
nearer the truth to say that it is al
ways the result of a cold dampness.
A dry cold or warm dampness does
not induce rheumatism. A garment
wetted by perspiration or rain or wa
ter in any other form about Joint,
and allowed to dry when the person
is in a state of rest is the most COM
mon way of causing rheumatism. A
partial wetting of garment is more
apt to produce an attack than if the
entire clothing were wetted; because
in the latter case it would certainly
and speedily be exchanged for dry gar
mems. There are two very certain
methods of preventing rheumatism.
The very moment garment is wet
ted in whole OF part, change it or
keep in motion sufficient to maintain
very slight perspiration until the
clothing is perfectly dried. '.-"
The failure to wear wooden flannel
next to the skin is the most frequent
cause of rheumatism; for common
muslin OF linen OF silk shirt of per-
son in perspiration becomes damp
and cold the moment a puff of air
strikes it even in mid summer. This
is not the case when wooden flannel is
worn next to the skin.
The easiest, most certain and least
hurtful way of curing this troublesome
affection is, first, to keep the joint af-
fected wound around with several folds
of wooden flannel; second, live entirely
on the lightest kind of food, such as
coarse breads, ripe fruits, berries,
boiled turnips, stewed apples and the
like. Ii such things were eaten to
the extent of keeping the system freely
open, and exercises were taken, so that
a slight moisture would be on the skin
all the time, or if in bed the same
things be accomplished by hot teas
and plentiful bed clothing, grateful
relief and an ultimate cure will
certainly result in short time. With
out this soft and moist and warm con-
dition of the skin and an open state of
the system, the disease will continue
to torment and torture for weeks and
months and years. vs.
lnaammatory rheumatism may, for
all practical purposes, be regarded as
an aggravated form of the common
kind, extended to all the joints in the
body, instead of duplicating only one
or two. For all kinds, time, flannel,
warmth, with a light and cooling diet,
are the great remedies. Halls Jour-
nal Of Health. ra
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MISSION VALLEY NURSERIES
Twelve Miles from Victoria, Tex.

These Nurseries have claims upon the people
western and southern Texas that cannot be urged
by any other establishment
To give TO western and southern Texas list of
fruits adapted TO the climatic requirements Is the
object to which the proprietor has devoted his life.
He has been able TO bring to his aid the advantages
Of early horticultural training, and by the expend-
iture of twenty thousand dollars In experiments
upon our own ground-by close observation and
study through the quarter Of century during
which horticultural study. experiment and labor
has been his leading pursuii-he has been able 70
become acquainted with the peculiar wants Of our
very peculiar climate.
Taking advantage Of the principle well established
by physical geographists, viz that all fruit trees
are improved by being carried toward their polar
limit. and that they deteriorated by being car
ried toward their equatorial limithe has made his
experiments and established his nurseries farther
south than any other general nurseries in the United
States. He sells c1eAp northern trash 70 his
customers. His trees and plants therefore bet
ter suited TO Texas culture a Of any other
establishment in the world.
Our nurseries and grounds. embracing about s.
in horticulture. viii be freely shown 10 visit
ors every day but Sunday.
Orders for trees and plants received by mail, or
through any Of our authorized agents.
Catalogues sent free 10 every applicant. For fur
Their information apply 20
GILBERT ONDERDONK,
ePt2s Mission Valley, Victoria Co.. Teras
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Mansfield. Ohio. Nov. as. 1884,.
BRowN's IRON BIrTERs is

BRowN's IRON BITTERS is
composed ofIron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung and Kidney diseases.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-18

A MIcHreAS boy who didn't get any
thing in his Christmas stocking set
the house on fire to let Santa Claus
know that his meanness was duly
resented.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-18

chance to ma, G money. We want many men, wo-
men, boys and girls 20 work for us right In their
own localities. Any one can do the work properly
from the fret start. The business Will pay more
than ten times ordinary wages. Expensive OUTFIT
furnished free. No one who engages falls 10 make
money rapidly. You can devote your whole time
20 the work, only your spare moments. Full
information and all that is needed sent free. Ad-
dress STISsoS Co., Portland, Maine.
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Cheapest Bibles .s..:.,i =, st. .:.
ss. -. 49, 49, e; g.. 100 I'D Wild
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m - n people are always on the lOokou
for chances TO Increase their earn.
ings, and in time become wealthy
mmThose who do not improve their
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-09-20
His Pa an Oranseman.

Peck's bad boy thus explained to the
grocery maA how and why his pa drove
him from home:
20. it was on account of st. Patrick s
Day." said the small boy as be bit OF
half a pound of maple sugar, and dried
his tears "You see pa never sees ma
buy new silk handkerchief, bat he
wants it. 'Tother day ma got one of
these orange-colored handkerchiefs, and
pa Immediately had sore throat and
he wanted to wear it, and ma let him
put it on. l thought | would break him
of taking everything nice that ma got,
sa when he went down town with the
orange handkerchief on his neck, told
some of the st. Patrick boys in the
Third ward, who had green ribbous on,
that the old duffer that was putting on
style was an Orangeman, and he said he
could whip any st. Patrick's Day man in
town. The fellers laid for pa, and when
he came along one of them threw a bar
rel at pa, and another pulled the yellow
handkerchief off his neck, and they all
yelled hang him. and one grabbed a
rope that was on the sidewalk where
they were moving building, and pa got
I'D and busted. You'd a died to see pa
run. He met policeman and said
more'n "a hundred men had tried temur-
der him, and they bad mauled him and
stolen his yellow handkerchief. The po
liceman told pa his life was not safe,
and he'd better go home and lock him
self in, and he did, and l was telling
hor R0s rfIc toys 20 SCARE pa, and
he heard it, and he said that settled it.
lie said | had caused him. to run more
foot races than any champion pedestrian,
and had made his life unbearable, and
now / must go it alone. Now | want
you to send couple of pounds of
crackers over to the house. and have
your boy tell the hired girl that | have
gone down to the river to drown myself,
and she will tell pa, and pretty soon
you'll see bald-headed pussy man
whooping it up towards the river with
a rope. They may think, at times, that
am little tough, but when it comes
to partiug forever, they weaken"
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Telling 1t Very Short.

'rll tell 1t, sir, in few words II can, but the
story would fill book If justice was done TO
it,
surely, Michael. but put it short this time
SOS can squeeze 1t into page of letter paper
Here you are, sir, then, and there are thou :
sands of people here in BIngha1 pton, N Y,
who will testify To the truth of what say; my
name is Michael Guilfoyle; am "A years old;
from the world by rheumatism; had peddled
small wares in this city for years and had to
stop altogether; at the best OF times 1 could
only hobble miserably. about with nv cane;
l was bent nearly double with pain and weak
ness, and hands were useless TO labor with;
was but the poor wreck of once strong man;
none of the medicines usually given for rheu-
matism did me the least good, sir; my old
friends and customers forgot me, as though
were under ground,
with end Of my nose and the tips of my toes
Turned up to the roots of the da1sies.'
My days and nights were doleful and pain full;
L had no hope except in death; that is Gods
truth. and Mr. Mosher here knows it,
1 can't tell you how. but PARKER's Tonic
cured me; that was three years ago. Pm lively
as a cricket now, sir. and go my business
rounds every day. rain or shine; you may tell
this to 8 ii the world. and refer the doubters 70
me-
This preparation which has been known as
PARKER's GINGERToNIC, will be called simply
PARKER's Tonic; this is made for two reasons
first. because ginger is an unim mportan ffla vor-
ing ingredient, and secondly, because un.
snhatitati.ls interior preparations under the
name of ginger.
There is ne change, however, in the prepar>
alton itself. and ali the bottles remaining in
of Parker's Ginger Tonic contains the genu>
inc medicine If the facsimile signature of
HIsCoX & Co. is at the bottom of the outside
wrapper. 9-6 4w
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POETRY.
Raking the Meadow Lot.

HAY-TIME IDYL-BY RUTH kEN hhh'
SWELL mou." uuoth old Farmer Jaco:S'
-the new corner medder today
Nell Won cene an help with the raR1h
IT'S right ke.chin' weather for hay;
Neiehbor smiths Jim. he's been 10 lhe
city. an "a new-fangled patent ne
bought.
An he's uoun' to come over this mornln
AN streak thro' that air medder-loL
He says-an' tell him the kountry sin'l
able to beat him for cheek
T.e thingll do more execution than me
an my boys in u week,
Rut he offered so kinder perllte-llke
live no faith in the gimcrack-not l.,
I couIdnt do other than low him tC
fetch the queer critter an try.
Pretty Nell, skimming cream in the dal
nv, peeped out tnro' the yine-shadeo
pane,
As Jim, with sod Roam" and Black
"Billy," went gathering down thro
the lane;
And WAS it the "new-fangled mower
her SHY Dld6 eyes lOllOH Gu : L WON
From the bushes that deepened and hit
ted.it could not have been the machine
Prone under the lengthening shadow:
the feathery meadow grass lay;
The daisies, uncrowned in their glory
sun-smitten. slow fading away;
The cardinal flower in the bitches rose
proudly, right royalty dressed,
And restlessly hither and thither moan
ed the bobolinks spoiled of their nest
Fair Nellie outrivaled the daisies. and
so, it was plain, thought young jim
Or else that such dainty hay-maklng re
quired much assistance from him;
And if ever the lost JOY of Eden came
back to this earth long forgot,
1t came to those blissful young lovers
a-raking the new meadow lot.
"What's that you AK for-my NeRy?-
Wall, if l amt beat-ca 1t be
1t wasn't my hay but my dGrter made
you mighty obligin' to me?
You do not deserve her, you rascal, but
the shrewd gray eyes twinkled-"l
guess
Conslderin' the help you'll be hayin'-l
'spose-I shall hev to say-yes.
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DUMB MIKE.
How Ben Butler Wasted His Elo-
quence.

TStorv told at the Deaf Mute ConventiopJ
In the city of Lowell there used to
live an old. highiy-respected deaf mute
known by the name OF dumb Mike
One day be took it into his head to
attend a meeting which General Butler
WAS to address as he was anxious 10
catch a sight of famous "Old Ben whom
il had never been his good fortune to
gaze upon.
catering the hall early in the evening
he secured a seat in the front row and
patiently bided his time until tina meet
ing was full and Butler arose to address
the audience, which greeted him with
vociferous applause. Old Ben. cleared
his throat, began his speech and looked
around for sympathiziug faces, AS is the
ease with most speakers. His eye
caught the sseadfast gaze and interested
cauutenance of Dumb Mike. To him,
therefore, the speaker turned his atten-
ton the whole evening. gesticulatlng
and nodding his head. Mike, vastly in
terested in the performance, bowed his
head every time in accompaniment to
the Generals repeated mods.
A part OF the audience witnessed this
dumb plav. and soon the whisper went
around, The General is talking to DuE?b
Nike accompanied by smiles and winks.
The General, elated by the favorable i'm
preston he was apparently producing
UPON the object of his attentions, talked
faster and gesticulated more furleusiy.
AS soon as he ended his speech he went
eagerly to shake hands with Dumb
Mike, who met him more than half way.
Both were shaking hands and beaming
with smiles as if they were old friends,
and the General said in an atfable tone,
How do you do? Glad to see you.
Mike, catching the motion of his lips,
quickly put his hand to his ear. at the
same time shaking his head. General
Butler, after gazing at him in astonish-
ment, turned to a bystander and asked,
what the deuce does he mean? 'Oh,
that is Dumb Mike. He is deaf as
post and" The rest of the sentence
was lost by the sudden exit of the Cen
eral in towering passion. 1t has been
noticed ever since that the General hated
the class, and it was no doubt this feel
ing that prompted him in the halls of
Congress to call deaf mutes half men.
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Cambridge will have Ferepaugh on
the 2Stb inst.
The Wheeling council has decided to
allow the Elm Grove motor to come into
the city.
= On Monday night Of last week Jacob
Hadly. of Muskingum county, fatally
shot his son Charles in a quarrel.
The Free Methodists will hold a
camp meeting near Washington, in
Guernsey county. commencing on the
the Goth inst.. lasting five days.
For seven years, says the Cambridge
Jeffersonian, some dastardly scoundrel
has been poisoning the best stock Of
Falls tp, Muskingum county. Arsenic
was found in the stomach of one of the
deceased animals in large quantities.
A $4,000 damage suit brought by An
drew Kirkbright, of Matamoras, is the
result Of the murder scandal of that
place published few weeks ago in some
of our exchanges. The suit is brought
against DR.. Martin. of Matamoras, who,
it is alleged, started the report.
The Wheeling police court and the
Salvation Army do not dwell in the
greatest of concord. Last week Captain
Claggett, lady, was fined S5 and costs
by Justice Jeffers. and on giving neces-
sary bond the case was carried to circuit
court. z. G. Cracraft is attorney for the
fair captain.
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Trip Lightly.

Trip lightly over trouble
Trip lightly ever wrong;
We only make grief double
By dwelling ON 1t long.
Why clasp woes hand so lightly?
Why sing DER blossoms dead? ?
Why cling to forms upsightly?
Why not seek joy instead? p?
Trip lightly over sorrow,
Though all the ways be dark,
Ths sun may shine tomorrow,
And gaily sing ths lark.
Fair hopes have not departed,
Though roses may have fled,
Then never be down-hearted,
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stop not to rail at doom;
We've pearls to string of gladness
On this side of the tomb.
Whilst stars are nightly shining.
And the heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining-
But look for JOY instead.
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Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution of Ohio.
House Joint Resolution No. 70.
1UDH@HA|.

| JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article four of tht
constitution of The state.
SRoTIoN !. Be it enacted 6g tie General As-
se16Ey Of the State of Ohio, (three fifths of tht
members elected to each house agreeing there
toy, That proposition to amend the constitu
tion OF the state of Ohio be, and the same is
hereby submitted to the electors of the state
at the election to be held on the second Tues
OF October, A. D. 1888, as follows:
That sections one, two and six of article four,
entitled judicial be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section l. The judicial power of the state is
vested in q supreme court, circuit courts,
courts OF common pleas, courts of probate,
justices of the peace, and such other courts
inferior to the supreme court, as the general
assembly may from time to time establish.
Section 2. The supreme court shall, until
otherwise provided by law, consist of five
judges, majority of whom competent to sit
shall be necessary to form quorum OF to pro-
nounce decision, except as hereinafter pro.
vided. 1t shall have original jurisdiction in
quo aoaT7antO, mGndamus, habeas corpus and
pr0cedendO, and such appellate jurisdiction as
may be provided by law. 1t snail hold at
least one term in each year at the seat of gov>
eminent, and such other terms, there or else,
where, as may be provided by law The
judges OF the supreme court shall be elected
by the electors of the state at large, for such
term, not less than five years, as the general
assembly may prescribe, and they shall be
elected and their official term shall begin al
such time as may be fixed by law. In case
the general assembly shall increase the nuns
Der of such judges, the first term of each of
such additional judges shall be such, that in
each year after their first election, an euual
number Of judges of the supreme court shall
be elected, except in elections to fill vacancies
and whenever the number of such Judges shall
be increased, the general assembly may au.
thorize such court to organize divisions there's
of, not exceeding three, each division to con.
sist of an equal number of judges; for the ad-
judication of cases, majority of each division
shall constitute quorum, and such an assign
ment of the cases to each division NAV he
made as such court may deem expedieut. but
whenever all the judges, of either division.
hearing case shall not concur as to the iudp.
ment to be rendered therein, or whenever q |
case shall involve the constitutionality of an
act of the general assembly or of an act of
it shall be reserved to the whole
court for adjudication. The Judges of the
supreme court in Office, when this amendment
takes effect, shall continue to hold their
offices until their successors are elected and
qualified.
Section 8. The circuit courts shall have like
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Trains run Oh Columbus time west Ohio river
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily.
with through Sleepers from Chicago to New
YORK; Washington and Baltimore Epress with
through sleeper from Chicago to Baltimore
GalIy, and Through Coach from Sandusky to
Columbus daily. New York and Baltimore
Express daily Newark to New York; on other
DIVISIONS. daily. except Sunday. Sleeping
gar chicago to Cumberland. All other trains
daily, except Sunday
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Piles, FistuIa, &c.

DR.. KIsNER, after an absence of several
months, on a visit TO the Northwest, will re-
sumo his regular monthly visits- THE point,
beginning Tuesday, August 2Sth,. and every
BILE. No cure, no pay. Reference to par
ties cured: T. E. clark, National Hotel;
David Bundy, Rev. W. s. Moffatt, Warnock;
George Hilles, Barnesville, and others. 8 % 3t
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Trains run on baltimore time east OHIO river
WEST ROUND.-Chicago Fast Line paily.
with through Sleepers fro New York 10
chicago; Chicago Express is.ly Through
sleepers from Baltimore TO Chicago daily
Chicago Mall runs daily on Main Lise aHd T.
y. Division; on other Divisions daily, except
sunday. Other trains daily except Sunday
LORD q p A., Baltimore
W f REPPERT Passenger Agent Column bus