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are hurled from beneath the glowing
surface and 90 hurting out into space.
scattering white-hot showers of frao-
ments, and cooling. and condensing as
they go, never to come back again,
flung forth by the tormented sun to
wander until they fall perchance upon
the earth or upon some other planet. or
Join the system revolving around a dis
tant star. What a gigantic Calling
gun of the universe. belching fire and
smoke and fearful missiles, must the
comet face nowi
At the perihelion swing the tremend-
Gus globe of the sun seems to fill the
whole expanse of the sky, a boundless,
raging, tossing and spouting sea of I'M
quenchable fire, universal confaora-
ton wherein iron and all the metals,
calcium and all the elements of the
solid rocks, flaming, lick the heavens.
There are no words invented that can
describe the heat, the glare, aQd the
roar of it.
This terrific passage around the sun
is the elimination of the comet career,
the fiery Cape Horn of its voyage.
Flung off by the storm giant, it speeds
away again, back through the realm OF
the planets, and out into the black
depths from which it emerged.
Even thoughfurnished with the wings
of imagination, the rider must look
alive and leap quickly as his racer
passes the earth, unless he would be
carried back again into the outer dark
ness Garrett p SerUiSs, tn n. Y. Sun.
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it. So dependent is all life on this fluid
that, should the blood fail, for an in
slant, to reach the brain, all conscious
ness would at once cease, and for
few seconds life would cease.
Now all alcohol taken into the stom-
ach is absorbed by its veins and carried
straight to the right side of the heart.
thence through the lungs, and then back
to the left side of the heart, whence it
is borne to every organ and tissue of the
system. As it reaches the liver and
kidneys some of it is eliminated, but
most of it continues in the circulating
fluid, disturbing the organic functions
and effecting various harmful structural
changes, and becoming itself also chem
ically changed. $3.50
One of the constituents of the blood
is tibrine-that element which causes
blood when drawn from the body to co.
agulate, or clot. Alcohol has an ex-
ceedingly strong affinity for water;
hence, when in excess, it may either ab-
stract the water from the fibrine, and
thus cause it. to coagulate in the body,
OF, on the contrary, so fix the water
with the fibrine, as to destroy its power
to coagulate. The blood of those who
have died of alcoholic excess has been
found in these two opposite but unnatu-
raj states.
The most important part of the blood
is the red globules, The microscope
has actually watched the 'distubing:ef-
feet of alcohol on these globulesE ren-
dering their smooth outline rough and
even star-like, sometimes wholly chang
lag their proper shape, and causing
them to run together and adhere in
rolls. The effect is to impair their
power to absorb gases, and also their
ability to pass Through the minute arter-
'ies, thus, of course, clogging them.
| Alcoholsalso 'dilates the capillaries
unduly, and thus lessons their resist
| ance to the action of the heart, causing
the latter to be undulv quickened.
! Hence the heart may be made to do
one-third more work--lift, each day. to
the height of one foot, twenty four tons
of blood extra. The heart of course,
becomes jaded, weakened and ready to
break down, and the catastrophe is
fastened by other structural changes
effected by the alcohol Youths COM
Dd31GOR
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Compulsory Temperance Education.

The recent passage of a law in the
State of New York making Temperance
education compulsory in the public
schools calls attention again to this new
phase of Temperance agitation. The
idea of giving a place in the public
schools to the regular teaching of the
effects of alcohol on the human system
is due to the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and was first proposed
as an article of faith by Mrs. Mary H.
Hunt, who has the charge of its depart
ment OF Temperance instruction.
1t was suggested by the great success
which has attended the establishment
of Temperance schools under the super
vision of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union in various cities and
towns. In the little town of Melrose a
school of six hundred children gathers
every rsgnth for instruction in the prln-
ciples OF Temperance. The pupils are
taught the effects of alcohol on the
body, mind and soul, and are grounded
in the physiological and moral injuries
inflicted by an Incorporate life. The
school is fortunate in being able to Sc
cure the attendance of all classes, the.
Irish Catholics as well as Americans.
Many other schools, while smaller than
that in Melrose, gather large numbers
of children, and have fully proved the
practicability of both interesting and
inStructing even the youngest in the
fundamental principles of a temperate
life. The question arises, WHY can not.
all children receive the same instruc-
ton, and thus be forewarned before the
actual temptations to intemperance are
upon them? Why should not the teach
ers in the public schools be required to
fit themselves to teach the simple prin-
cipIes of physiology and hygiene with
the special purpose of warning the
pupil against the harmful effects of
stimulants and narcoticsp
-Four States have answered that no,
good reasons exist why such instruction
should not be given. 1t is noticeable
that the statute referring to the subject
includes not only alcoholic drinks, but
also stimulants and narcotics Opium
and tobacco, as well as intoxicating
beverages, will find themselves pla ed
under fire when these new laws are put.
in operation
1t is never well to be sanguine of the
result of any law; too many ways exist.
by which their provisions can be made
OF no effect, But so far as may be seen,
if any honest effort is made on the part,
of school committees and teachers to.
carry out the spirit of this law, the re
suit will be that the people of these,
States will take new lease of life.
The effect of such law in repre-.
sentative State like New York will be
watched with much interest, and in the
meantime we hope that the question Of
enacting a similar law in Massachusetts,
will be thoroughly agitated, and the
wishes of the people be made known to
the Legislature. We doubt. not that !;
they would express their approval OF
this kind of Temperance work with mo-
uncertain sound = Golden Rule.
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NEVER TALK BACK.

NevertalS back! such Things is reprehensible;
a teller only corks hissef that jaws man
that's hot;
In a quarrel, eff youth only keep your mouth
shet and be sensible,
The man that does the talkin' Il git worsted
every shot
Never talk back to feller that's abusin
you
Jest let him carry on, and rip and cuss and
swear;
And when he finds his lyln' and his cussin's
jest amusin' you,
You We got him clean kafummixed, and you
want to hold him there!
Never talk back, and wake up the whole COM
munity,
And call a man liar howsomever that's
his fix
You can lift and land him turder and with
gracefuler impunity
With one good jolt of silence than half a
dozen ldcksi
j. W. RtieU, in indianapolis Journal
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Temperance Items,

b GOVERNOR ROBINSON, of Massachu-
sets, denounces fashionable drink
ing and hopes to see it abolished.
THE Friends temperance Associa-
ton, of Philadelphia, has SECURED the
expulsion of an alcoholic liquors from
Paramount Park. $500
ONCE knew an excellent doctor, and
whoiwas also an excellent man, who
was so overcome with the habit Of drink
ing that he could not quit it! In those
days mothers gave their children
"Paregoric," which was. made with
whisky; and often little toddy. This
doctor had got in such habit Of drink
ing whisky before he was. grown that
he could not do without it--so ae said.
He was told that he could quit it,
and he ought to do it. "Oh'' said he, !.
Il wish could. Time has heen when
| was just only starting down this
dangerous road. Then l could have
stopped; but now it is too Late. know
that am killing myself. l know that
am quaffing the very fires of hell. L
know there is drunkards grave, and
dgunkard's hell just before me, but /
can't quit it." He died Of delirium
'tremens. He died declaring the room
was full of devils that had come TO DRAG.
him down to hell. The right thing to
do is aot to begin, or stop now.-Gncie
fanny, IN Southern Broddare.
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IfouIdn,t Give Him a Chance.

Old Simeon had been employed to
work in Colonel Hatcher's garden. The
Colonel noticed that the old man spent
the most of his time at the kitchen
window, talking TO the colored lady
who condescends to the mental Office of
cook. While the Colonel was standing
at the front gate, Simeon came around
and was in the act of passing out, when
the Colonel observed the gentleman's
coat bullying and his arm raised in
rather suspicious manner.
simeon, what's that you've got
under your arm?"
''Dis heah arm, sah?"
Eyes, that there arm"
'Dis 'un?" placing his right hand on
his left breast.
Eyes, you know which one l mean. "
'sYas, sab, vas. Use got a powerful
sweliin' un'er my arm, sab"
"There was nothing the matter when
you came this morning."
''Nor, sab, dat's fack, but de
swellin' wuz mighty suddent. | don t
think dat my blood's right, sab"
''No, and | don't think that your flesh
is altog above suspicion
''Doan think it is, sab. Use had dis
swellin' seberal times, sab, in de last
week ur two"
81 don't doubt it in the least -
''Nor, sah nor. Wuz er workin'
'roun' daf ies' now an de fust thing
knowed, dis arm gunter 90 up, am
pains gunter shoot down dis laig. 1t
-0uz de fust time dat SIGH aething hab
eber happened an it skeered me.
!. Thought you had been affected that
way several times in the last week or
two?"
80, vas, but it wuz un'er de udder
arm befo'. KEEP on er swellin' jes' like
| tells yer, till got skeered, so Use
now goin' ter see a DOCTOR, fur [ doan
wanter let it run on"
81 am physician. Let me examine
YOU"
''Hole on, boss" stepping back.
"Yerse'f doan un' erstan dis case Yer
mout be a good doctor wild de chills,
but Use erfeerd ter trus yer wild case
like dis. My regular family 'zjShun is
de only man what un' erstan 5 dis case. "
"Who is your physician?"
doctor Pillings."
"He's out of town. You'd better let
me make an examination "
"Huh?" shifting uneasily.
''Let me see what's the matter
''Boss, my doctor tole me dat ]
mustn't let no udder man tech me,
case if l did, de swellin' is APP ter
strike in an kill me. 'Twan't fur dat,
I'd put myself un'er yer charge in cl
mint. Use herd dat yer's q mighty
fine 'zishun, an eff yer had tuck dis
case at fust, wy yer mout er been Il
good han at it by dis time"
Il have treated many q case like
this,' said the Colonel, "and [ don't
think that l would be discharging my
sworn duty as a physician if l were tc
allow you to leave my premises without
having first attempted to relieve you. "
''Boss, heah is de faclS in de case.
DR.. Pillings owes me money, an !
hab promised ter take it out in
doctorin'. Now, eff he finds out dat
Use 'ployed some udder man, he'll get
mad, sides dat, l ain got de money
ter pay yer wild"
81 won't charge you anything"
"Yer's q powerful 'bligin' genner-
man, but l doan' wanter take de want
age O. yer. Use allus made it er rule
not ter pose on a kind man."
81 cannot allow you to go without
exerting my SKILL" taking hold of old
Simeon.
''Heah, take de picer meatn' lifting
his coat and exhibiting ham. Yer 5
de wust pusson [ eber seed. Won't Gin
er man chance nohow. "-Ar5GnSQlc
TrnEeleT
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Temperance Reading.
THE SIGNBOARD.

will paint you sign, rum-seiler,
And hang it over your door;
A truer and better sign-board
Than ever you saw before.
j will paint with the skill of a master,
And many shall pause to see,
This wonderful piece of painting
So like the reality.
will paint yourself, rum-seller,
As you wait for the fair young boy,
Dressed in the morning of manhood
A mothers pride and JOY.
He has no thought of stopping,
But you greet him with smile,
And you seem SO blthe and friendly,
That he pauees to chat awhile. -.a
+5e s.
Twin paint you a sign, rum-selier5 -
will paint YOU as you stand,
With foafhing glass of liquor
Extended in your hand:
He wavers but you urge him;
Drink, pledge me just this ONE
And he takes the glass and drains it,
And the helliSh work is done. '.-se-
And next I viii paint drunkard:
Only year has flown.
And into that loathsome creature
The fair young boy has grown.
The work was sure and rapid, .t..r. t
And I'll paint him as he lies,
In a torpid drunken slumber,
Under the wintry skies. --.-..
Will paint inc IOrln OF Il lhObISf,
As she kneeis ut her darErgs side,
Her beautiful boy that was dearer,
Than alFthe world beside.
Iwilf paintt9e shape Of n coffin,
Labeled with one word: Lost!
will paint all this, ruH-seller,
And will paint it free of cost.
The sin and the shame and the sorrow,
The crime and the want and the woe,
That is born there in your workshop,
No hand can paint, you know;
But I'll paint you a sign, rum seller,
And many shall pause TO view
This wonderful swinging sigp-bJard
So terribly, fcarlully true.
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Alcohol and the Blood.

Science of to-day Joins with Mosesiof
old in saying "the blood is the life" 1t
is so in the sense that it feeds all the It's
sues; conveys that prime requisite of all
animal life, the oxygen, from the lungs
TO every particle of the bodily structure;
receives the dead matterss perpetually
being thrown Off from the myriads of
Iife-elaborating cells; and transports it
to the various organs which eject it
from the system; is the source of all
The vital heat, through the chemical
changes constantly taking place within
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-07

We have it on good authority, apro-
pos of the climate of India and the
chances of life there, that the British
Bengal encounters as much risk in the
mere fact of dwelling there as in fight
ing three battles such as Waterloo (see
DR.. Moore Health IN the T4'oDjcs); and
that the mortality amongst children up
to fifteen years of age is eightv-four pei
thousand, as against twenty-five per
thousand in twenty-four large towns OF
England Statistics such as these tell
their own tale Asoldier's life, as com
pared with civilians, whether official
or unofficial, is by no means an I'M
healthy one, regulated as it is by all
that experience and scientific sanitation
can suggest. But what, after all, are
the risks to life in battle such as Wa
terloo? We can form some notion OF
this by a sort of analogy, if we are con-
tent to accept the statement of Marshal
Sake, said to be high authority on
such matters, who lays it down as q
truth, that for each man killed in battle
the weight of an average sized man is
expended in lead. This is said to have
been verified at Solferino, where the
Austriaus fired eight million four hun
bred thousand rounds, and killed two
thousand of the enemy, which gives
four thousand two hundred rounds per
man killed. Taking bullet at one
ounce weight, we have four thousand
two hundred ounces, or over eighteen
stone-about equal to one average man
and half; so the Marshal was under
the mark. If these figures are reliable
it would seem that in battles, as with
pugnacious dogs, there is noise out of
all proportion to the amount of damage
done. and the risks to life in war, as
compared with those incidentalto ordi-
nary life in Bengal, need not seriously
alarm us. The weapons of precision
now in use have wrought q .change,
perhaps, to the great saving of lead.
Still, these are stubborn figures to deal
with; and q mortality of eighty-four
per thousand children, and q proper
tionatelY high rate for adults, in the In
dian plains, shows that, all precautions
notwithstanding, the white man in the
tropics or under an Eastern sun is in
the wrong place Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-07

The man in Macon, Ca, who
bought of confectioner for twelve
dollars the right to eat all the candy he
wanted for month, has reluctantly
seen the close of the thirtieth day. Not
so the confectioner, for the eater con.
sumed $21.75 worth of his goods.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-07

Professor L. r. Smith, of Missouri,
caught rattlesnake while visiting in
Texas last winter He found itup an
apple tree and switched it off the limb
with his riding-whip. On the back of
the snake is well-defned outline of
woman's face. st. Louis Post
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An Indian hunter killed during the

III IHuIIH HUHIeT kIIIeu UUTIHg inc
last season, on Humboldt Bay, Cal,
enough birds to yield him lightweight
pounds of feathers. 1t is estimated that
ten birds yield one pound of feathers.
Such being the case, his string for the
season was 880.-Sdn Francisco CdU
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1.-THE Weekly Magazine.N

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HAYS Historical Sketch
Area. Altitude, Location, eto Pro-
auctions; Streams, etc.; Climate-Hsalth
Prices Of Land and improvements, Sections
of the County Particularized; The Mountain
Region; Additional notes and Comments
Adjoining Counties.
TowNs OF THE CouNTY.-San Marcos,
Romantic Situation. Improvements; Water
Power and Business Kyle; DuPro; Drip
ping Springs; Kimberley; Purgatory Springs
Hunter.
STArlsrIos-Tax Rolls for 1883 compared
with 1882; Railroad Business; Schools and
School Fund Apportionment
HAYS COUNTY SCENERY described at large !;
Boat rides on the San Marcos Springs as de-
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Their Wonderful Fairy Scenery Grand and
Beautiful Views in the Mountain Region, de-
scribed by tourists.
MIsoxLLANEous.--'W Go to Texas;
1.-THE kind Of People Who are Wanted In
Texas" The Right Time to Go North and
to Come South; Texas Exemption and
Home stead Law Terms Of Renting Land |;
State Free School Endowment Fund A
Ten-year.old Boys View Of the Situation
about San Marcos in 1875.
POETRY. River San Marcos" by
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For the FACE Pass.
CORONAL'S HEROINE.
TO W. T.

The sun with his rose-tinted fingers
Had tipped all the domes and spires,
On the walls of old Coronal had painted
Pictures of crimson fires.
The vapor arose from the river
And assembled the mountain side.
Left all verdure sparkling with dew drops
Like diamonds on natures bride;
The songsters asked of each other,
Who will our sovereign be?
The zephyrs answered, our Donor,
Through all eternity.
As old Sol sscends TO his zenith
The shadow grows less by the wall,
Still Coronsl is calm and quiet
We hear no school bell call:
For within RACES smallpox,
The most violent of msladies known,
And the sufferer, save for the doctor,
Would be deserted and left all alone:
Yet who could we expect TO tend her,
To enter the very jaws Of desth7
They are sverse 10 leave her
OF loving attentions bereft.
Though brave men quail at the thought
Who have all other combats dehed
There is one girl, the weakest, the frailest,
Who is willing 10 watch at her side,
Who is willing to meet death face to face
To answer duty's call,
And still she watches and waits
As the shadow grows less BY The wall.
Such heroines does Coronal produce
The greatest man ever knew.
May they receive Gods blessings
As the flowers His falling dew.
C.K.
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A short sarnon o Youns Nsn.


II. q. Eastman. PRECEDENT Of successfu
business college. gives the following adyics
to his students, which Ia equally applicable
to all other students. A young ''linb Of
the law, (who wa hope win live up to it),
has called our attention 10 the article. and
finding Il full Of good sense and wise ooun.
sci, We copy with pleasure,
You are the architects Of your own for
tunesi rely upon your own strength Of body
and soul, and remember that good health
and clear conscience are always essential
TO great and successful efforts. Start by
learning few useful studies well, centering
your attention on those relating directly to
the business or profession you are 10 follow.
Learn much OF men and things, and accept
practical talent as the philosophers stone.
Select some specially for your hfe's work,
and then adhere to Paurs precept, "This
one thing do" Earnest effort IN one di-
rection, and stick. to-it-iveness, will be your
surest road TO wealth and high position.
Let your star be industry, economy. and
honesty, and inscribe on your banner,
Luck is fool, Pluck is hero" Don't
take much advice, keep at the helm and
steer your own ship In your own way--keep
your own counsels-be the supreme head Of
your own business, and command your
priyates as general commands an army.
Don't practice too much humility-think
well Of yourself, strike out, assume your
position. Don't complain Of the world,
take 1t always as you find il; don't fret, de.
spair, or waste time In regrets over losses
or rough usage-it is the jostlings and jolt
ings Of life that bring great men to the sur
face-drive cart of potatoes over rough
road and the small ones will go to the bot
tom. Rise above the envious and jealous.
Fire above the mark you intend to hit. In.
scribe on your shield this truth, That the
great difference between men. between the
feeble and the powerful, the great and the
insignificant, is energy, invincible determi-
nation, purpose once fixed, and then VIC
tory or death, Don't drink. Don't chew.
Don't smoke. Don'tswear. Don't deceive.
Don't gamble with cards, stocks or pools.
Don't invest in lotteries, and avoid law as
you would pestilence. Don't read novels.
Don't part your hair or name in the middle.
or affect foreign habits or airs. Be an
American, IL you were born one. Be in
earnest. Be self.reliant. Be generous
there are two sides to every balance and
favors thrown in one side are sure to be re-
ciprocated in the other. Be civil-be
gentleman-it is foolish man who does
not know that molasses will catch more flies
than vinegar. Read the papers-they are
the great practical educators of the people.
Advertise your business; judicious adver-
Using is one of the strongest levers to sue
cess. Seize opportunities by the forelock.
Make money. and do good with it. Love
God ard your fellow-man. Love truth and
virtue. Love your country, speak well of
your State, your town, and your home, and
obey the laws.