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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03
Oyster Greek.

OYSTER CREEK, TEXAS, Dec. 81, 1883.
Ed. FREE PRESS Christmas has passed
off very pleasantly. Hunting the jack rab-
bit has been the chief sport in the day and
attending sociables at night We attended
very pleasant reception party at Mr.. Clar-
ence Hunters in Stringtown last Thursday
night. There was lively crowd of young
ladies in attendance, and our kind hostess.
Mrs. Clarence Hunter, did all in her power
to make the time agreeable. The following
are some of tho ladies who we're present.:
Miss Lizzie johnson, Miss Mollie Gillett,
Miss Lube Connally, Miss jimmie Donaldson.
Miss Hattie Kone, Miss Jeffle Woods, Miss
Katie Billingsley, Miss May Joyce, Miss
Sallie Green and many others whose names
we cannot recall Supper was soon announc-
ed, and such enjoyment we did have grand
or and purer than that of julius Cesar's
feast who bought the patriotism of his
countrymen. Nor was there any Napoleon
to modest our mirth with his "cannon's
opening roar!" and mako us sigh and soy,
'sIf ever more should meet those
mutual eyes,
Since upon night so sweet such aw-
full morn could rise.".
Though in the midst of our mirth fond
memory would take its fight back to the de-
parted-Colonel Hunter, whose life we al
ways thought worthy of emulation.
Many of the farmers have begun blowing,
and if the winter continues mild they will
come out all right with their stock. We be-
speak for them an ample compensation for
their labors the ensuing year. Those who
associate Judgment and energy together as
the two great essential elements to business
prosperity cannot fail to succeed. Eight
cen and eighty three has been fraught with
much anxiety and labor to many, and we
welcome the glad new year and an exuber-
ant harvest, we trust, to oil. j. I. D.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

BANKRUPT SrooK.-For bargains at VIM
Giesen's old stand. w. 7. RoBNsoN,
Agent.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

Furnished Rooms for rent, with or with
out board, 10 E. Houston street. San An
tonic. 81 N
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

Keep it before the public that Mr.. Rag
land, at the old stand of Mr.. Keisel, west
side of public squars, keeps fresh stock of
fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs. confection-
cry, etc, which he sells at reasonable fig
ures. Give him call.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

The Southern Musical journal Christmas
Number is before US. This number is
of unusual merit, containing interesting
Chrirtmas stories. by Southern writer's, val
liable musical information, now sheet music,
and numerous illustrations, giving in all an
illustrated monthly which has no superior
in the country, Commencing with January,
's4, the Journal will add O ChIldren's De-
partment, which viii be replete with stories
for our southern youth-not of the blood
and thunder type, but of a more ennobling
character, which viii make 1t desirable
magazine at our fresides. In addition to
premiums which each subscriber receives,
the Musical journal for 1884 offers 80 club
premiums for both clubs and aud subscrib-
ers places this journal ahead of any VIC
know Of in point of hberality. Send for a
specimen copy. Subscription price Sl.OO
per year. Address at Macon, Ga.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

SALT!
A car at G. w. DONALDSON d Co.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

BANKRUPT SALR.--Forty thousand dollar
general merchandise at bargains below cost
at VIM. Giesen's stand.
hlH w. T. ROBINSON,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-03

pliment of call last week. The Misses
Joyce are both teaching Emily at Tehuacana
and May at Du Pre-.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley, of San Antonio,
were here some days during the holidays.
We heard of quite number of social
parties during the holidays, but cannot emu
merate. We recoIlect there were two the
same night, one at Mr. Prescotts, the other
at Mr.. Reeds.
E. Northcraft met with q severe and pain
full accident last week. He fell on q sharp
piece Of wood which inflicted cut on one
of his limbs just below the knee-cap. BE
will probably be laid up for q week or two.
Judge Walters returned last week from
Llano, where he went to prosecute the muir
derers Of Judd Dixon. They were required
to give bail in the sum of $4,000, $1,000
each. The Judge said company Of Rang
ers was found necessary there to keep the
peace.
DR.. William Myers has taken charge of
the Pegues place near the head Of the
river. and has entered upon the work Of e.
tablishing an infrmary there. There is
need Of such q resort for heahh-seekeus
here, and We trust he may make it 3 szcooss.
A subseriber writes rs from BlADohzea.
complaining that he cannot get his paper
owing 70 The nisruauAgemsnt of the post
o..ioe At that plaoe. and adds that othsrs
uzle the s5-ne coupisiut. He SKIS Is 20
aid IN correcting TIE tr0uhle. We h0Ecver
esr o-ly call sfteuti1l b. ( IN the hoTe that
here uzy b. 10 further ozlss ~ conPlzfrf.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Chinese Interest In Sorghum Sugar.
(Chicago Tribune.

For 1900 years sorghum has been proftably
grown in China as a cereal, but has never
been utilized as a source of producing sugar.
The experiments made in this country by
well-known scientists in this direction have
attracted much attention in China. The peo-
pie of that country arenot slow to see that il
the clear gain of its sugar value can be added
to the seed crop it will prove matter Of vast
Importance to the empire. Accordingly,
some weeks ago the Chinese ambassador and
his two secretaries were among party of
visitors to the Rio Grande Sugar company's
works, for the purpose of learning what they
could from observation of the processes en-
ployed in the manufacture of sugar from
sorghum. Concerning the interest evinced
by the shrewd and inquisitive representatives
of the Celestial kingdom a correspondent of
The New York Tribune says: IF they had
been sugar experts, inclined to purchase the
whole concern as an investment, they could
not have studied the methods and machinery
more closely or more intelligently. They
watched the cane through the rollers and
followed the expressed juice as it was clari-
fed and boiled through the vacuum pans to
the centrifugals, and by their searching in
quiries kept DIR. Collier and Supt. Hughes
constantly explaining every detail through
the entire process. When the day was over
there is little doubt that they had more
comprehensive knowledge Of sugar making
than any of the American visitors" That
the Chinese ambassadors went there for a
purpose is evident enough, and the next
thing to be expected is that one OF these days
China will be largely engaged in the success
full manufacture of sorghum sugar.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Managing a BIRD Dog.
Evansville Argus.

lA1foilSN1lAO al Suosl
The average amateur gets his dog talk
from books, and says ''To-ho," down sir"
Down charge" 'Retrieve,n eli SIR
"Bring to bag ITO heel, sir" ETC., etc. If
we ever forgot ourself and lent our dog to
any amateur and he went through this lingo
the dog would come in at night and try to
say sSay, pard, that man you lent me to
this morning must have been drinking, for
he called me lot Of worse names than ever
you did when you licked me for being too
fresh and running over two or three gangs
early in the day. And we wouldn't blame
the poor dog We don't hold any long con-
versation with our dog; it takes his mind
away from business. When we get into a
field we say "Yup" and wave our hands in
the direction we want him to CO.
When he comes to a point, if he seems to
be nervous we say "Yo-o-o," just as we
would to nervous horse, and If by any ac-
cident we manage to kill a bird when the
covey rises, we simply say dead" and that
settles It, He gets the bird, brings it up to
us; sits down and at the word drop let's it
fall out of his mouth and hies off again to
fresh fields and pastures new. II he runs
over a bird we yell "Heyl you darn foolgn
and he drops down and remembers that il he
does it again he will get corn stalk across
his flank. And SO we go and the longer in
the day he hunts the less we have to say to
him, except to invariably pat his head and
call him a s.good old snoozer" every time he
brings in bird
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Thackeray's sIartyrdoIn.


/ am only permitted to tell one incl
dent out of the many that have been re-
lated to me. The best years of Tha k
eray's life were given to the ahectona.e
care of his insane wife. Her disease
was that of a violent type. except at in
tervals, but she required constant over
sight and attendance. To secure this
Thackeray bought q house in the coun-
try near London, in which the invalid
was surrounded with every comfort that
love and sympathy could devise AS
she still craved his presence and
seemed unhappy when he was out of
her sight, Thackeray made frequent
visits to her in her retire
ment. These were the hours
which his enemies declared were
spent in the midst of all kinds of follies
and excesses. They were devoted in
stead to soothing the invalid repinings
and quieting the unreasonable sus-
picions of wife dearly beloved but
hopelessly insane. In one of his un-
published letters he relates without
complaint, but in a strain of heart
broken resignation, that sometimes
his wife could only be appeased in her
insane moments by being permitted to
beat him with her naked fists. This he
endured shut up with her for hours, or
until the violence of her passion had
passed, when he would emerge from
her rooms looking like one who has
died once and comes unwillingly back
again to hateful existence. It is not
to be wondered at that Thackeray's s
views of life were tinged with q pro-
found melancholy.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
TENDENCIES ANoNG QUAKERs.

At Winthrop, Me-, the Quakers have
introduced wonderful innovation on
old customs They are building meet
ing house which is actually to be beau
tiful. It will exceed in its decorative
splendor any other Friends meeting
house In this country. Other meeting
houses are bare and unpainted. This
one will be tastefully upholstered. It
will also be finished in hard wood. A
bell is talked of, but it is thought that
the conservative tendencies of the
Friends will be sufficiently strained by
the upholstery, the hardwood finish,
and the generally ecclesiastical appear
ance of the house. The denomination
has hitherto stoutly resisted all innoya-
tions of this sori. The indications now
are that the old rigidity of Quaker Gus
toms will have to accept modification,
in order to keep the younger Quakers
from running off and joining other de-
nominations
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Wholesale Cremation.

When the Belgian chemist NJ Creteur
was charged with the publication OF the
battlefield of Sedan, he was compelled
to resort to cremation in order to dis
pose of the heaps of half-covered
bodies. Not one case of illness occur
red among his $50 workmen, though
they were at work under blazing sun.
After the battle of Worth and Grave
lotte and the two sieges of Paris the
bodies of the slain were cremated, and
none of the usual contagious disorders
occurred. In Russia, after the retreat
of the grand army. corpses were
burned wholesale, and later, before
Paris, 1000 were cremated with SIM
liar avoidance of bad effect. 1t is said
if similar method had been adopted in
Egypt the cholera would not have
broken ont at Damietta.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
Various Phases Of Woman's Work
.--Family Hints and Helps.
stray Common Sense---Hxitchen Rec-
fpes 80 Decorative sugges-
tions--Fashfen Items.
Bill Arp's Talk.
ATLANTA Constitution.

TAtlanta constitutional
The trouble with most of the girls is they
are Ia too big hurry to get married. When
they get through school or college they begin
to look round for feller, and as fellers Of the
right sort are scarce they kill time for year
or two and then mate with somebody they
don't want exactly and the union is not
happy. A girl had better not marry at all
than to marry badly. Most Of our men are
poor and they can't afford to marry. The
girls and the boys are all on strain to keep
mp with society. But IL q girl can support
herself she is independent and can take her
pick when she does marry. Mr.. Whitner
told me that he had to send to Michigan for
girls to work in his Office, that he could not
find them here and he was now paying one
$500 and another 1000. That is bad sign
for u.s. It is reflection either on our girls or
our system of education.
There are many inviting fields for girls that
are not yet occupied. The world is full of
picture cards and Christmas gems, and they
ought to make the designs. for new patterns
are wanted every day. Photography is an
art that would just suit their taste, and
there ought to be gallery attached to
every female college. How nice it would
be to adorn the walls or fill portfolios
with lovely ikenesses of every class that
graduates and every teacher and distinguished
visitor. How nice it would be to see lady
in charge of a gallery in every town. How
much better she could arrange the dress
and the position and how kindly the children
would take to her gentle voice. know she
would get the patronage of all tho young
men and could have q trunk full Of hand
some pictures to look at on Sundays IL she
wanted them.
Southern girls are teaching now all over
the land, and that is good sign. Before the
war we used to get all our teachers from New
England. But then they didn't teach very
long, for our young men and widowers mar
ried them, and they made good wives and
good mothers and they raised up good rebels.
They don't come now and our own girls have
monopolized the business. There is nice
young lady teaching not far from me and she
has sixty-five scholars. Another one has started
school close by and my little chapsare going
and now have to hear their lessons every
night, for they are in the cautious state and
don't want to be kept in at recess. A little
boy tickled Carl on the foot yesterday and
he got mark for cackling. He says he
couldn't help it, for. it just tickled itself be-
fore he knew it. like these country schools.
My happiest memories are of the years that
] walked two miles to one of them and car
ried my dinner in basket and played on the
road and at recess and noon, and stood up
in the long class and spelt the hard words,
and sometimes got head and told my good
mother about it and received her approving
smile Those smiles and those tears. What
world Of love was in them.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19

The following is Artemus Wards de-
scription of why he courted Betsy
Jane: There were many affectin' ties
which made me banker after Betsy Jane.
Her fathers farm iined ourn; their
cows and ourn squelched their thirst
at the same spring our mares both had
stars on their forhead; the measles
broke out in both families at nearly the
same time; our parents Betsy James
and mine) slept regularly every Sua-
day in the same meetin' house. and the
neighbors used to observe: How
thick the Wards and the Peasleys air.
It was a sublime sight in the spring OF
the year to see our several mothers
(Betsy's and mine) with their gowns
pinned up, so that they couldn't sile
'en, affecktionateIy bilin' soap together
and aboosin' their neighbors Z
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19

fenderly, absorbingly. She is a perfect
woman-she has been perfect wife. She
has made me calmly and completely happy.
II once in while the old hope, tho old dream
of passion arises and sweeps before me in its
bloom and light, 1t is because It means youth
to Ine-that youth which we do not know till
we are old lis itself the ideal that it holds up
for worship. Yet perfect as my wife is, fifty
years of this smooth life with her wear some
thing of the commonplace, and If across their
dead level of same content sometimes gleams
the shining of Aliciaas face, it is not IN any
disloyalty to her. I often wonder what be-
came of the lovely creature. Once / could
not have spoken of her. At seldom times,
when sit alone by the fire, she comesa d sits
beside me, and CLEANS of light ar shadow
make free with her sweetness, her beauty,
her pensive and ETHEREAL grace Dear grill ]
suppose she sleeps in her grave by this, but
she is shaft of the light of heaven in my
memory
And Mr.. Fernalde rose, walking to the
window, just as the screen began % tremble,
and smothered cough and then s.s1 undis-
guised one, betrayed to me, il not to him,
that Mrs Fernalde had heard the chief part
of the monologue.
'sAnd 1 had heard it in fragments and
sections more than once BEFORE she after
ward told me, with her pleasant smile. II
know it means nothing-that he is just as
wholly mine as / am his-that our love is the
imperishable sort-that we are welded into
one by fifty years together. And perhaps it
was ignoble Of me to break the pretty bub
BILE, to take away his little ideal, with which
he has found comfort whenever / would have
my own way too much. Yet / thought 1t
was about time"
But she said nothing of this at all as she
came bustling round the corner Of the screen
that morning.
There is such gale blowing outside, she
said, that the dust really rises In the house
fit to choke onen
"You haven't caught cold, Rosalieg' said
her husband, turning IN concern.
ssNot the least, but shall if the halldoor
is open another moment. There she comes
now. Make haste, and bid Alicia goodbye,
my love. She is just going"
.Whog' he cried, suddenly opening his
eyes like lamps in their deep settings.
.Alicia-Mrs. Talliafero-iear. Sne mar
ried again, you know. On, it has been fine
jest" she cried with her low laugh, ito
think that you should not have recognized
Alicia in all these weeks and m. thsa
Mr.. Fernalde was quiet for a few moments,
looking at the sweet little laly before him,
with her color like the half-tarnished rose,
with tho soft brilliancy of her placid smile
Then he crossed over the hearth before me,
and he took her hand and bent down and
kissed her mouth
.sMy Rosalie,n said he, twill you not make
| my adieux to Mrs Talliafero youself? Tell
her-tell her have gone to the funeral of an
old friend g'
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
The Corean Jenkins
IChicago Herald.l

Soh Kwanf Pom, secretary Of the Corean
embassy at Washington, has made the fol-
lowing observations in this country: .The
women of America are all far more beautiful
than any others we have seen. notice most
women wear black clothes; many wear blue,
and when the weather is warm, white is very
commonly worn. Some women wear their
hats and bonnets tilted back, showing the
front hair, while others wear them squarely
ON the head. OF the two, the former style is
the nicer to see.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
How Fashion sgay Bring Quiet
Nights
TChicago Times


Fashion, omnipotent fashion, promises to
do what centuries Of bootiacks, fire shovels,
cuspidors, and other utensils convertible into
missiles Of distinction have failed to accom-
plish For countless ages such household
articles have been aimed at howling midnight
cats by victims whose sleep was banished by
caterwaulings Cats have been hit and the
breath has temporarily left their bodies, but
it is not on record that midnight cat atmeetings
have ever been broken up through denuding
q bed-chamber of utensils that might be
hurled at the feline bes Of slumber. The
next night the cats invariably reassembled as
If by request
But, unless fashion should suddenly change
her mind, relief would appear to be at hand
Kittens heads are extensively used by fash
ionable milliners in Paris for the trimming
of ladies' hats and bonnets So large has
become the demand that Paris back-yards
are nightly invaded by cathunters, and the
breeding Of kittens for their heads has become
regular business. Paris sets the fashions,
and this demand for kittens heads must ex-
tendsall over the world. The cat with a litter
of young ones will be unable to send them
out into the world to initiate her own dissi-
pated career. They will have their little
heads chopped of, and the self-same little
heads will be used to adorn the millinery OF
the fashionable lady. Il this fashion should
hold out year or two nocturnal caterwaul-
ings will be heard no more, and single boos-
jack may last man lifetime.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Concerninr yvaIl-Paper.

IClara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Rooms are being beautifled or made hid
eous, according as the tastes of the family
boss vary from good to bad. The results de-
pend largely on the selection Of the wall
paper. The use Of paper for decorations Of
the walls and ceilings Is increasing. Ceilings
are rarely now frescoed, but left plain, that
rich papers, harmonizing with the other dec
orations, may be used. Manufacturers fire.
quently make special designs to order, or
prepare paper from designs submitted TO
them.
In the cheaper grades Of paper there has
been marked improvement in the last few
years a few years ago. during the Dolly Var
den craze. there was daFnand for bright
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19

colors, without regard to any recognized
form or design. There was areaction to dark,
heavy colors The styles for the fall seasons
ere light colors, not drabs and grays, but
light and warm colors, arranged in small de-
signs The dado style Of finish is still used,
chiefly in rich furnishing and hall deoora-
tions.
When room Is decorated in the dado
style, they run light molding Of ash,
mahogany, cherry, black walnut, or some
other wood to correspond with the furnishing,
around the wall between the base and the
field. Then above the field they put a frieze
with molding of the same sort of W 1od that
is used below. The upper molding Is, how
ever, heavier, and they often use kind
from which pictures can be hung.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
-Our First Daughter.v

1t is told of the wife of Buchanan's
first postmaster general, Mr.. Brown,
that she had been married before, and
SO lad her husband, and each had a
daughter by the first marriage. Then
they had another daughter. Mrs.
Brown used to present the daughters at
her receptions in this way: "This is
Miss Brown, Mr.. Browns daughter by
his first wife; this Is Miss Sanders, my
daughter by my first husband. and this
is Miss Brown, our joint dauehterl''
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Hew Did II Get Theres

A Mississippi paper says that while
some persons were boring an artesian
well in Lee county, that state, they
found log 325 feet under the earth,
which was In . fair state of preserve
tion and resembled poplar.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19
Wretc,,ed Peru.
lIntar Ocean. ]

Unhappy Perul She not only has the ex-
tprtionate demands of Chill to settle, but she
has 800 generals, |, 400 colonels, 2,210 majors,
4,OOO captains, and more heutenants than
anybody can count, all waiting for back pay.
She thinks some Of selling out as q total
wreck.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-19

New Orleans Picayune: When q giraffe
wants drink, he knows what long-felt
want Is