San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
EDITORIAL BREyIrlES.

:. d.y, and he was neither lynohed noe
'so, 70 Mo insane asylum
,u Oooa admits Shst he does not
hov long uftG dean the soul
- ths body. II will surprise Mr..
r.,t, soauaintanoes to learn that there
: snything he docs not know
NAE living near Lake Louise, in
Manitoba, picked up an armful OF sticks
-. day and, carrying them home,
80 them under the stove. In few
.;nrte, two of the sticks commenced
.r.vling away, having developed from
heat into sood-siAed moocasin snakes
Four Chicago men have contracted
% build Capitol for Texas, to cost
5000, 900, and take 100000 acres of
nublic land Ms payment. Their scheme
contemplates an immense business in
grazing, and they have secured $6,OOO,-
0oO for investment in cattle and i'm
provemens.
THE world moves. At the recent
h..calaureate examination at Calcutta
University, two young Bengal ladies
same forward as candidates, and passed
This is the first appearance Of tho
aanne1n in the native form among the
Graduates of the university. The two
voune ladies' are named Kadambina
Rose and Chandramukhi Bose.
ONE Of the favorite projects Of ex-
Gov. Jewell, of Connecticut, was
An exhaustive history of the old Charter
Oak. for which he had been collecting
material He was the owner of the
fine painting of the tree by Brownell,
and was having the picture engraved,
With the intention of using the en-
cravings in connection with his mono
graph.
THE statement made by Mr. Talmage
in his recent sermon" on the eye, that
every human being winks about 10000
times each day, is striking, but possibly
true. To score 10000 winks day a
person would need to wink only about
twenty times minute. If there was
somebody to wink at, probably he could
domuch better than that 1t is an inter-
esting fact, and valuable proof that
Mr.. Talmage is doing all in his power
to advance religion and make the world
familiar with the teachings OF the
Scriptures.
F1RE-EsoApEs would not ordinarily
seem to be things on which very much
artistic talent and taste could be e1
pended, but several of the architects Of
New York have recently designed very
handsome and ornamental ones. ThH
overcomes the objection that frees
capes disfgure the buildings, and tht
New York hotels, without exception
are putting up escapes of the new de
sign. The guests, who might grow
because their safety is Of less accoun
than the exterior beauty of the hote
buildings, will probably be restored t.
good humor by the opportunity to g.
down very pretty fire-escspe in cas-
of necessity.
THE statement that eleven miles G
tables are being constructed at Mosco'
for use on the coronation of the Cza1
recalls an incident of the coronation G
Alexander II. Great preparations ha
been made to feed the multitude, an
the signal for admission to the table
was to be given by the lowering OF
flag on the grounds. The day befor
the time fixed, an officer, experiment
ing with the signal-fag, accidental
ran it down, and in an instant hundred
of thousands of hungry people invade
the grounds and carried all before then
This time 100000 pies are to be dis
tributed, beer is to be furnished free
all, and Rubinstein is to write marc
and direct an orchestra of l,OOO mus
clans and 5000 choristers.
HERE are two curious weddings =
under the advice of spirits. Samue
Hides, aged II, dug mineral sprln
at Ballston, n. Y, which is now value
at $4,000. The spirits afterward OF
dered him to marry clairvoyant and me
dunn and to deed the spring propert
to her. He has Just applied to tn