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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
Risks Run for Beauty.

II is stated in the columns of medi-
cal journal of recent publication that
the use of arsenic rs cosmetic is attain
ing dangerous popularity in fashionable
circles both here and abroad. There
are many women who consider good
complexion one of the chief desdera-
.tums life can offer, and one to be Oh
tanned at almost any cost. 1t is no
secret that the poison, when taken in
specific doses or quantities. has the effect
of clearing the skin and rendering it
soft and eXquisitely transparent. but the
consequences of its prolonged use ought
to be seriously considered, for they are
sufficiently wcighty and alarming to
deter even the greatest aspirant after
loneliness from tampering with so deadly
beautilier. 1t is presumed that no
woman would be rash enough TO DELHI
erately swallow arsenic except under
professional supervision, and it is said
that some medical advisers in this and
other cities, nj the request of their fair
but foolish patients, give arsenic unscru-
pulouSly in the form of prescriptions,
which the unsuSpccting chemist makes
up, unconscious of the object for which
the dangerous mineral is administered.
This IS u very lamentable declaration,
yet if it is true, rs an outSpokcn but
very sensible physician of experience
lately remarked, 'thcsc fair fools will
not only purify their complcxions, but
they viii eventually purify the world by
getting out of it. They will soon bo
forever at rest from all the yanitics Of
this world, with countcnanceS as white
as the most fastidious could possibly de-
sire ~ L. Ercn:Rq Post
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
THE RUINED COTTAGE,


Back from the road
In tho shade OF the wood, 10,
Stands a gray little cottage meath the hill
But the porch IL oyergrown
nv the myrtle, sore and brown,
And all about the place Is sud aud STILL
Years long have passed
Since its hall echoed last,
To the chime OF merry voices, dear 10 me-
And my heart Is filed with tcan'
Allegiance along the years,
Thinking Of tho time that used TO be-
There, high aloof
Peers the quaint gabled roof,
With its tall arched windows reaching out
But they scarcely can be seen
Through the tangled eglAntine, >,
That has wrapped its gracious mantle oil
about
There Is tho rill
With its sad music still,
And the groye.shelterod banks fair and calm;
Where the thrushos chant their song,
In the shadows, all day long,
And the rocks repeat the echo Ut their psalm
All, as gaze
Down the old by-ways,
Where, so Oft, ! strollod with mother, long
ago;
All the old familiar scenes,
All my boyhoods brightest dreams,
Rise, like specters, TO enhance my lonely woe,
Oh; that onco moro
could live the sweet life DER,
That was mine when this ruin was my homoi
Yet my chastened spirit cries
For the rest beyond the skies,
Where in peace, the dear ones wait for me
10 come.
.-ia0n.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
One WAY Of Treating Servants.

I never shall forget the servants
sleeping rooms in n very simple house
hold once was in. Everything was
fresh and clean and wholesome looking,
The two iron bcdstcads comfortably
made, the window curtains spotless, the
two bureaus neatly arranged, the
floor nicely matted and with strip
of carpet before each bed, and on the
walls some pretty colored pictures.
The mistress of this genial, simple
house told me that she laborcd for
wear before she could induce her two
maids to see the comfort and beauty III
such order, but now they felt II kecnly,
and it had affected their work ana
spirits very visibly. Near their
kitchen was small room, which Mrs.
- had fitted up snugly for sitting
room and place to take their meals in.
There was chest of drawers in which
were their napkins and tablecloths and
their own bed linen, and n nice
elass-loorcd case showed their china.
My friend told me that for some time
her maids actually preferred 70 use the
kitchen, but she finally won them over
to q great pride in their neat little
room, and she said the effect upon
their characters and work was speed
ily visible. Occasionally she would
bring in some flowers, or pretty, mex
pensivc ornament for them: she took Il
good illustrated weekly paper entirely
for their use, requiring them to file it,
and before long genuine taste for re.
tinement and surroundings and man
ner had developed. These two servants
had come TO her very uncouth and I'M
tutored, but certainly when | saw
them, after three years residence with
Mrs. -, they were far the most re.
spectful and well hammered servants
have ever seen in America. OF course
some people would aver this sort of con
sideration would ''spoil' II servant, but
it seems to me that the very first means
of teaching the servant of to-day what
she ought to do, is to make her feel
that her mistress house is her home,
the place in which she is TO live, not the
place she is TO work in as little rs posi-
bic and escape from during every posi-
bic hour. -BOSton Bstdgct.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
I..erated Chinese Boatmen.

Any one who has travelled along tho
Grand Canal In China, and especially
through the terminal and very short sec
lion which connects Tung-Chow with
Peking. cannot fail 10 have remarked
the signs Of corporal punishment, car.
ried on their persons by the sturdy pon'.
men who navigate the heaNliy-ln'uch
hunks bearing the tribute oil tho various
provinces 10 the capital. An astonlsh-
Inc percentage OF the men toiling nj inc
oar or the punt-pole are In such iacer-
a,eJ condition about their neither man
as 10 be not only unable 10 sit down but
even 10 endure the touch OF their scanty
clothing. In fact, tribute-rice boaiman
appears 10 be dcsplscd by his fellows
until he has been, at least once wen
ibwacked with bamboo by order OF
some local mandarin. A weli-scarreu
bullock Is 10 the Grand Canal boat-hauier
what row Of scalps Is to the American
Indian or what garment OF TATTOO III
quaint artistic device was TO the ordinary
,Japanese cody OF three instrcs ago.
There IL this distinction, however, that
the Celestial waterman must qualify Tor
his degree by some desperate theft OF
The cargo which he is helping 10 convey
and by all accounts he is the most reck-
less and bare.dccd thief In creation.
The furnishings that hc receives he Is
bred TO and laughs at. Not long since
some foreign travellers journcying In n
small boat from Tung-Chcw to the cap
ital passed one of the hcavily-laden
lighters crawling up the stagnant canal
OF the visible crew Of three there were
two middle-agcd men TRANQUILITY punt
ing, but both SO circumstanccd rs 10
their sedentary apparatus that any up
right position would evidently be prefer
able to sitting or rccumbent one-un-
less horizontal rcpose were INDUCED In,
face downward. The third was lad
of some fourteen years Of age, with tho
lips and lower part Of his face swelled
TO the size of small melon. The con
dition of the two men awakened no sort
of interest in the foreigners native boat,
men, who probably knew from PERSONAL
experience how TO account for II; but the
boys face did provoke some apathctic
interest ON their part. At least they
inquired, lcthargically, what he had
been doing. lie niiimblcd out, laughing
as well us he could, that lac had been
"cheeky" to mandarin when qucs-
toned, and had been battered about the
laws to teach him future civility.-
Jdpdn Mall
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
Interesting "reminiscences Of Local
Historian.

The only survivor of the wives of the
presidents and vice presidents of the repu-
bic of Texas is living with her daughter,
Mrs. VIM. NJ Gilleland. She was the wife
of the celebrated vice president, Hon. X.
L. Anderson, who with Arson Jones, were
the last president and vice president of the
Lone Star republic.
All the children of General Sam Houston
are still living and all famous in the literary
walks of life. Temple Houston has moro OF
the solid sense of his father but taking MI
in all, il Is family without a rival in the
south.
Hon. j. p. Henderson has a wife and two
daughters living in Paris, France; one of
them married marquis and the youngest n
baron under the Napoleon III regime.
Hon. Royal T. Wheeler, the most learned
of the judges of the supreme court, left
four children. but unfortunately the beauty
and pride Of the family circle has been an
inmate of the asylum Mt Austin for twenty
years.
Judge Abner Lipscomb has n son and
daughter by his first wife surviving, and
two daughters by his last, the celebrated
widow Bullock, lady deseryedly famous
in the history Of Texas. Besides his in
termediate, he leaves number Of his dcs-
pendants of the third generation
Hon. H. Z. Bell married and has q family
in Virginia. TO which state be removed after
the expiration Of his term rs governor. lie
is the governor who quoted in his inaugural
address Tho lines Of Shakespeare. Now is
the winter q our discontentent," etc, and
attributed the same 10 the Bible.
Gen. Ben McCulloch, the 'Cheyalier
Bayani" az Te1As. left 10 family. lie and
Gen. Tom Green were the Crandcst
representative q the ola type Of Texas
nngers
Governor NoOif vas wealthy. but left
no family % inherit hrs ability. The frst
fine pleasure loa; under the S;as q Tcyas.
NAMED IA ii. ko-or, piled On the san
Jaciuio rirer
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

The Methodist General Conference,
Just held in Philadelphia, voted down
prosposition to license women to
preach and exhort, the vote standing
1875 yeas, 1922 nays. Referring to this,
The Current srys: Tho real argu-
ment against famale preachers is the
palpable appropriateness of the
thing. Audiences composed OF both
sexes should be addressed by men
preachers" To say that female
preachers are "palpably inappro-
pirate is no argument at all. 1t is
mere assertion, without any "palpa-
BILE" proof. Some things are 'palpa-
bly, inappropriate to some, while
they appear very proper to others.
And we should like to know by what
authority, human or dyinei The Cur
rent says that mixed assemblages
should be addressed by men and not
by women preachers?
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
Trim 10 Head gf BlancO.

Following the Rio Blanco along its beau
tiful meanders toward its head we were
struck with surprise at the number Of large
and beautiful farms lying along its brink.
Az we neared the source Of the river we saw
some splendid ranches-among them Gal
breaths with some 500 head of graded cat
tie; Peter Woods cattle aid horses; Peter
Gates, /. good bunch of smooth pretty cat
tic, and others. But, the point Of destina-
tion-tho place where we were to take some
thing inside" and stay all night-was Judge
Gates nursery farm.
We had often heard of its beauties and
had often longed to SEQ it; SO next morning
with Judge Gates, in his happiest mood, as
chuperon, we "done up" the nursery and
orchard.
This nulsery's sales last year were $500,
and this year will no doubt reach the neat
little sum of S3,000-not q bad showing
for such an industry away out here in the
mountains. After cordial invitation to
come back when the fruit got ripe, we took
our leave, having had an especially enjoy
able visit. -BldncO Macs.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
CURE FOR PILES,

/Piles are frequently preceded BY a sense
Of weight in the back, loins and lower part
OF the abdomen, causing the patient TO sup
pose he has some affection of the kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times, symptoms
of indigestion are present, as tlatulency, I'M
casiness of the stomach, etc. A moisture,
Like perspiration, producing very disa-
greeable itching, after getting warm, is a
common attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the appli-
cation of DIR. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which
acts directly upon the parts affected, absorb
ing the Tumors, allaying the intense itchl
ing, and effecting permanent cure. Prica
SO cents. Address the. DIR. Bosanko MedI
cine Co., Piqua, o. Sold byErxcz
r. FROMME.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
81. Charles. Arkansal AupnI

St. Charles, Arkansas, August 90, 1888.
h. J. KEhDAIL. DC Co Gents II take pleasure in
informing you that used nearly all OF the bottle of
Kendalls SPAWN cure that you sent mo from st.
Louis, according to directions to my satisfaction
land must hay to my surprise) in about two weeks
my mare entirely well of the lanieness caused
by bog spawn OF over one years standing and In
three weeks line the swelling was all gone and the
mare is now entirely well aud can trot as glib as
| consider the bottle Of Kendal's SPAWN Cure
worth to me 100000 az the animal was worthless
she was three leg. and could scarcely get
around on hem and now che il the fnest buggy
animal il these parts and with the remin ent of the
bottle after curing the mare, have very nearly
tured very severe corn OH the ball Of my big toe
that has given great pain for two three years.
have only applied kendalPs Spawn Cure four
times and the corn now is nearly out by the roots
aud without any pain, In short think that it is
the best liniment that is in use. have Kendalps
Treatise on the Horse and his diseases and would
not take any money for it II could not get another
Hoping you great success ! remain
Yours respectfully,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

~ movement has hecn set on foot, 4" says
the Longview Democrat, looking 20 the
end q preventing the Alamo destruction 10y
va-ldais ho CHIP pieces from II for memeu-
tos, and 10 rse u for a library and museum.
A. effort vii also b. suade % secure a library
and a uuseuu.. the latter 90 contain all Cf
The Texas historical Effects which tau l.
procured AMI Tlace thgm On exhibition. Il
D. LoTed that the movement vii meet With
Csc1lraECIIcut and succcss- Sln Antonio
a-reei % take proper care q the Alamo
uuiiding Il the S;sie p,rchsssd Il. but since
tie State purchased i tifs CITY has done
Dothing IN IL pre1aises-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

The Methodist Episcopal Con
ference. in session Mt Philadelphia,
elected four new bishops, as
follows: Rev. w. X. Ninde, ID.
d., of the Detroit conference, and
president of Garrett Biblical Institute /;
Rev. j. M. Walden; ID. d., Of the
Western Book Concern, Cincinnati !;
Rev. Willard +. Mallalieu, ID. D.,
presiding elder of the Boston district,
New England conference, and Rev.
G. H. Fowler, ID. d., of the Rock
River conference.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
This Idea of Going West

to Colorado or New Mexico, for pure air to
relieve Consumption, is all mistake. Any
reasonable man would use DIR. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup for Consumption in
all its first stages. 1t never fails to give
relief in all cases of Coughs. Colds, Bron-
chitis, Pains in the Chest and all affections
that are considered primary to Consumption.
Price so cents and $1.O0. Sold by r.
Fromme.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
ON zAUMAM FLESH

NOathville, Nov. 20, 1888.
On J. p. KENDALL h Co., Gentlemen Enclosed
please find % cents Tor your book entitled" "a Treat
Use on the Horse and his Diseases" You may look
Tor orders in the future II Il Is as advertised
Your SPAWN Cure works wonders with rheumatis
relief is Immediate. and its action permanent.
Every person ought to have a bottle Of II. Have
had no ion to use It on my horses yet, but too
much c'nnot be said Of its remarkable effects on
human flesh. used that put up for horses, and Its
effects were truly remarkable. Please send the
book us soon as possible and oblige. Yours truly,
A. T.. Brown.
Price 81 per bottle, or bottles for SIS. All drug
RiSts have It, get it for you. il will be sent
to any address on receipt Of price by the propri-
etors, DR. h j. KENDALL Co., Enosburg Falls w.,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19
A Long Downward Step.
New York Tim 90.

From Abreham Lincoln to james
&. Blaine, from Charles Summer to
Stephen b. Elkins, from Thaddeus
Stevens to T. G. Plat, is long down
ward step. But one of those days
the republican party will send its
INSCRIPTIONS Adventures, its star
route thieves, and its characterlesa
politicians to the rear. Greatmasses
of men never go wrong for long
periods at a time. If they did,
democracy would disappear from the
face of the earth.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Mr., Vanderbilt is quite a lion in
London. We have noticed that the
monarchical form Of government
tackles kindly 10 anybody who
personifies the sentiment Thepublic
be Id"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Intemperance causes most of the
losses Of life, by land and sea. 1t
brings 100000 children to beggary
md want every year. 1t makes l3O.-
900 confirmed drunkards annually.
1t sends 10000 annually to drunk
ards grave.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

The desire on the part Of two or
three Democratic papers to boost
Wash Jones for Governor looks very
moch like an attempt to keep him
out of the Congressional race for this
District.-San Antonio Light.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Col. Jno. NJ. Swisher, who holds q
number of veteran land certificates,
has gone to Greer county, to locate
them. Such action is calculated to
hasten the decision as 10 the owner.
ship of the county rs between Texas
and the United States.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Judge Reagan, who was reported
very i'll few weeks ago, has re-
covered sufficiently 30 as 10 be able
to take trip to the mountains OF
Virginia.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Tie proof q shs pu3aing j. uot in chew
ina The st-1nE. III n haring an Opportunity
% ~ IL n1tI.ls yo1rself n Frcm-s. the
DruCcisf hns q free trl1l iciti - ur
Boz1rko's Courk AID L-lc Syrup fer cach
and ever oos a1bo b kss1ctaf uifh CCurhs.
uclds. Astk11a- Co1szzlrsiul O. any lag
Afe-tcr
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Philadelphia has a Sunday Break
fast Association which gathers in tho
outcaSts every Sunday morning, warns
them up with 4 hearty breakfast, and
then talks the gospel to them. Phild-
de'nhiI Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

The money will be refunded in any case
where Dr. Gilman's COHOSH and TAR
fails to benefit cough or cold.
RAYNoLDs IL DANIEL.
San Marcos.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

The sheep men in convention at
Taylor, on Thursday last, passed q
resolution denouncing the doctrine
of free trade as an impracticable
theory. A sheepish procedure.
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ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indiges-
ton, Constipation, Dizziness Loss of APP
petite. Yellow skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a
positive cure. Sold by Reynolds Il Daniel
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint you
have printed guarantee on every bottle
of Shiloh's Vitalizer. 1t never fails to cure.
Sold by RaYnold & Daniel.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

Manufacturers and sellers OF strong
drink number 100000, twelve times
the number OF minister's four times
the number Of teachers.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10
cents, 80 cents, and 81. Reynolds & Dan
iel
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"HACKMETACK," n lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price % and 80 cents. Sold by
Reynolds K Daniel.
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A tramp says the worst thing about
his profession is the fact that benevo-
lent people will persist in offering
him work
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bottle
of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, price, SO cents
Sold by Reynolds IL Daniel.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

THE REV. GEO. II. THAYER, of Bour-
bon, Iud., says: Both myself and wife owe
our lives to SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION
CURE" Sold by Raynolds d Daniel.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

SHILOHS CURE WILL Immediately relieve
Group, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis
Sold by Reynolds & Daniel.
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Ths Galvesiou News Is not labeled ''Dom-
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-19

SHILOHS CATARRH REMEDY--a pos
tive cure for Catarrh, Diptheria and Canke
Mouth. Sold by Reynolds * Daniel.
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MAMIE '!'l g'!sys! 81
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