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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

Mr. T. W. Atkins. Ginrd. Kan. writes:
Il never hesitate 60 recommend your Elec-
tric Bittcrs "a my customers, they give en-.
tire satisfaction and arr rapid sellers. "
Electric Btters are the purest and best mtdi-
cine known ani will positively cure Kidney
and Liver complaints Purify the blood and
regulate the bowels. No family can afford
90 be- without them. They will save hun
dreis " dollars in doctors bills every Year.
Sold ~ fifty cguts bottle hy Reynolds 4
Dtuifl
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

Waxahachie viii decide the local
option question next Saturday. The
Mirror comes out strong against the
local option law for counties. Let 1t
alone, friend Mirror; the question
will regulate itself The attempt of
the temperance people to rid them
selves of great evil will not hurt
them, and you may find that after
your strongly-expressed opinions they
will think you really favor intemper-
ance.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11
STATE NEWS.

Edna's opera house is nearly fin
ished.
San Angela is to come to the front
with dollar store.
Business is better, butter is poorer,
water is scarcer at Flatonia.
A crate war" is being waged be-
tween the gin men of Luling.
San Marcos and Luling are to con-
fer with the Sunset Road respecting
the construction of u San Marcos
branch.
This week work was resumed on
the 'Nickel Church" of Palestine and
it is to be built without any further
delay.
The freight train west from Victoria
last Monday ran into flock of sheep,
killing over 100, and derailing the
engine.
Mr.. N. Beaton, partner of Colonel
Nance in the sheep business, near
Colorado, died Wednesday from the
effects of a rattlesnake bite.
Really, Jefferson has about the
best peach yot. 1t weighs seventeen
ounces and measures Ii inches, and
of course will visit New Orleans.
A little girl of Tom Green County,
about 2 years old, was severely hurt
about the. hand and mouth by play
ing with can of concentrated I've.
Johnie Griffin, of Red Creek, Tom
Green County, was completely para
lyzed from the effects of some wild
root which he ate, and death ensued
in few days.
Lon Ellis, colored murderer who
escaped from Shreveport, was picked
up at Abilene last week, but during
the night, by the assistance of outside
parties, he escaped.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11
Considerable stress is being laid OF

Considerable stress is being laid on
the fact that Mr.. Blaine was once q
poor man. Then there is no room
for question that once he was the
poor mans friend. However, per-
haps the least said about his poverty
the better for Mr.. Blaine, since some
inquisitive stranger may want to know
how a poor man can become ten times
q millionaire on twenty years in con-
gress at $4,000 q year.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

This name has become so familiar with
the most of people throughout the United
States that 1t is hardly necessary 10 state
that he is the originator of the great DR.
Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup, the
peoples favorte remedy, wherever known,
for Coughs. Colds, Consumption aud all
elections Of the Throat aud Lungs. Price
20 cents aud Sl.OO. Sold by H. Fromme
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11
CURE FOR PILES

Piles are frcl1ently Treccdcl by 4 scnsc
q weighi in the hack, loins and lovcr part
q thu abdomen. causing the patient % cup
Po-s he has some aicction q the kidfsvs ~
nsighhoring organs. Al times svmr;orus
Il IncIrsstion arr present, a. iiatulsuJr. un-
casins~s q the stomach. etc. A moisture.
Eke persTiration, Producing 4 vcry disa-
gTcotble itching. after sitting warm. l.
common attendant. Blind. Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield a. once % he arrli-
cation g ~. Bosanko's Pie Be.Deiv. Which
scis dirscsly upon The p,rss AFFECTED, sh,sorb-
ing the TumorSl sllayinr the in,snse itchl
ina ard cftcfirg T,frnansuf cur. Prirsl
- csuts- Adircss thc- ~. B.a~anko NedS
one Co, HquAO sd by-.-
y FEONME.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

The stockholders OF the San Angela
National Bank met and elected off,
GERS and directors. A new building
has been purchased and will be re-
modelled for the use Of the bank.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

~ haf ca-se- TIE crest rush a r Prom
ness n-rE store = The free dist-ii zfiou
g sa-uTle t0ftles q ~ Bosauko's Cousk
Eni lang Sgrur. r. nosf yoF-ulsr rs-Bsdy
&c tllEi.- Coda Colsu1rtion k1d Brrln-
ch.tls uoE ca tls nsrkst Regulsr szses -
csuts and 81 On.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

To any body who has disease Of throat
or lungs. we win send proof that Piso's
Cure for Consumption has cured the same
complaints in other cases. Address,
Z. Il. HAzELTIsE, Warren, Pa.
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

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lNAM - Persons answering any
Of these advertisements will
etlsLbLS do well to state that they saw
HJsx them in this paper.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11
amin n& WHISKY HABITS cured
UPUM

Good Pay for Agents. 800 to $500 per
mo. made selling our Grand New History.
Famous and Decisive Battles Of theWOrld
Write to j. q. McCurdy q Co. Sc. Louis, Mo.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

Really, Jefferson has about the
best peach yet. 1t weighs seventeen
ounces and measures ID inches, and
of course will visit New Orleans.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-11

A little girl of Tom Green County,
about 2 years old, was severely hurt
about the hand and mouth by play
ing with can of concentrated I've.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
A Campaign Sell.

Somebody sold the Buffalo Com
mercial by sending to that journal
the following bit of verse, which was
published on Tuesday, in the absence
of j. d. Warren, Chairman of the Re-
publican State Committee:
TO JAMES G. BLAINE.
Virtue hath set her crown on thee
Our President that is to be.
Truth from n thousand voices cries
Ever oar champion, honorcd, wise,
Fervent in spirit, just, upright,
Ordained our leadcr-the true knight.
Rich ia devotion to our cause
Challenging oft uprighteOus laws.
LITE above the common herd;
Evil OF tongue and false in word,
Vile in their hearts thee harm to work,
Envy and Islander around them lurk.
Let the blasphemous minions jeer
Aud SCOT and rant in language queer;
Never can words OF vile disgust
Destroy u loving peoples trust,
Theirs is the infamy and shame.
Hate can not harm thy glorious name,
Ever around the peoples choice
Snail true men gather and rejoice.
hwy shall hide in humble pain,
Love shall enjoy her own again
la the millennium that is near
No patriot shall have cause to fear,
Established wrongs will win their ear.
Safe is the nation where you lead,
Armed, to the war on reckless greed,
Rallying oft to the battle cry
Every man to do or die;
Boldly well follow your command
Onward to victory. Through the land,
Shouting from Oregon to Maine,
Hail to our chieftain, James G. Blaine.
-tR. ii. w.
A glance along the first letters o.
these lines shows that this eloquen
poetic tribute to the Plumcd Knigh
is an acrostic which reads: "Vote foI
Cleveland; these lines are bosh!'
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
Mrs. Hayes Portrait.
Especial to the Courier -Journal.l

Especial to the Courier Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-The rcmov-
al of the carved wooden frame from
the Huntington portrait of Mrs.
Hayes at the White House causes
great deal of gossip even in the midst
of an exciting political campaign.
The picture and frame have quite a
history. The former was purchased
and presented by the temperance wo-
man of the countrY,unveiled at Lin
coin Hall with presentation speeches
and formally accepted by Mr.. Gar
field aid hung in the East room pre-
vious to its shipment to Paris, where
it was sent to be engraved. The la
dies of the Cincinnati School of De-
sign carved and presented the mas
sive and elaborate frame. Under
Mr.. Arthur's direction, the picture
was removed to the Green-room, as
the East-room honors had never be-
fore been extended to any of the Pres
idents or ladies Of the White House
except President and Mrs. Washing.
ton, and he wisely determined tina,
the introduction of another portrait
would lead to bad feeling or soon
turn the grand State department into
a portrait gallery. The presence o.
the portrait in the Green-room soor
aroused the desire to have other Mrs
Presidents represented in that apart
ment, and SOON the portraits of Mrs
Polk and Mrs. Tyler were assigned t,
places on the walls, the ladies of tn,
States in which these ladies wer,
born donating the portraits. TIL,
want of harmony between the gll
frames of the latter pictures and tn,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
The Way the Police Gazette, is
Sold in the City.
louisville POst,l

"The sale of the Police Gazette, and
other papers said to be immoral, has
been hurt but little by the law passed
by the last Legislature, prohibiting
the sale ofimmoral literature" said a
proprietor ola barber shop to a re-
porter of the Post this morning. "The
papers may be found on file at al
most any barber shop in the city, and
nearly all the old customers are sup
piled with copies weekly, as before"
GLOW are the papers purchased ?"
asked the reporter.
EASILY enough. 1 don't believe
that any of thenew stands have them
for sale, but Notwithstanding this,
the papers are easily obtained in this
way. A number of men have quail
fled agents of the paper. They take
your subscription, not for'the Police
Gazette, but for some other sporting
papers, such as the Clipper, for which
you pay two prices, and have the Ga.
zette thrown in. l have subscribed
for the Through Mail, for which
pay fifteen cents weekly, and receive
the Gazette as a chromo."
In this way the devil is beaten
round the bush and the law is evad
ed. There are quite number o.
men employed as agents in this way
and the stock of immoral literatur,
has been diminished very little. TIL,
only benefit of the law is that thes,
foul papers are not held up to tn,
public gaze in the show cases now a
they used to be.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
THE EIRrn,s CRuSr.

Mr.. Robert Ward, writing in the
Journal of Science, considers that the
assumption is fallacy that all but the
crust OF the earth is mass OF liquid
fire. One of the results of the Chal.
lenger and other explorations OF deep
ocean, he says, is to determine that the
water toward its bottom is freezing cold.
Considering that the ocean covers near
ly three-fourths of the entire globe, this
fact does not support the theory OF CEN
trail heat accompanied by radiation.
The coolest water, it is true, usually
sinks by its greater weight toward the
bottom, and that, it may be said, &C
counts for its coldncss but on the the
ory Of radiation the water of the ocean
has been for long geological ages sup.
ported upon the thin crust Of the earth,
! through which the central heat has
been constantly escaping, and yet it il
still of freezing GOODNESS. Experience
would say that the heat cannot have
escaped through the water withou
warming it, because the capacity o
water for heat is greater than that o
any other substance. We can no more
he concludes, imagine such radiation
and consequent accumulation of heat il
the ocean without the natural result Of
great rise in the temperature, than W
can believe in kettle resting for hour
on hot fire without the usual result O
boiling water
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
Extracts From Blaine's and Fish
er's Letters.

an make it all right with YOU"
at will be in my power to cast an
anchor to windward in your behalf"
~ note what you say about the I'M
portance of my keeping all quiet
here"
81 can do something, l feel very
sure, with Thomas A. Scott"
mo one will ever know from me
that | have disposed of single dol
lar in Maine"
81 do not wish to seem importunate
and troublesome, but if You knew the
agonies | have suffered in this mat
ter during the last six months you
would pity me, am sure, AMI make
great efforts to relieve me. Pray let
me know what to expect"
"You can do me very great favor,
want you TO send me let
ter, such as the enclosed draft. = \ +
1t will be a favor shall never forget.
Regard tins letter as strict
" confidential. Do not show it to
any one. The draft IS in the hands
of my clerk, who is as Trustworthy as
any man can be. Burn this
letter"
The above extracts are taken from
Blaines letters to Fisher after Blaine,
as Speaker of the House, had prosti-
tuted his high position, had bartered
his offices for gold. These are no
democratic lies" to be charged up
by the Republicans; the letters were
written by Blaine to his personal and
political friends and furnished by the
latter to Republican newspapers.
That Blaine was useful man fOl
the lobbying schemers and public
plunderers to have in Congress was
suggested by his friend Caldwell
who wrote to Fisher; "Blaine is al
important man for us to have feel al
right toward us"
1t would seem that after Blaine hat
received his full share, he still wanted
more; hence Mr.. Fisher addressed
him as follows: III have placed vol
in positions whereby you have re
ceived very large sums of none,
without one dollar of expense to you
and you ought not to forget the &C
on my part"
And again: "Taking into accoun
the 100000 bonds you sold to Ton
Scott and the amount of money yov
received OH the Eastern contracts
our relative positions financially i
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
road bear wide contrast.
But it is useless to press the matte
further. "The agonies l have suffer
cd in this matter"-the matter oftry
ing to coverup his official rascalities-
would be Sufficient if other evidenc
were wanting to convict him of hig
crimes. Besides, it takes shrewde
man than Mr.. Blaine to support
family in Washington City, build
100000 residence, and lay up over
million for rainy day-all on a sa
airy of $4,000 year.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
MRS PARrIyGroN EoL1PsED.


A teacher in western county in Can
ada, while making his first visit to his
constituents" got into conversation
with an ancient Yarmouth" lady, who
had taken mp her residence in the
"backwoods. OF course the school
md former teacher came in for criticism,
md the old lady, in speaking Of his pre-
lecessor, asked:
"Waal, master, what dye think he
,rnt the schollards ?"
Couldn't say, ma'am. Pray, what
did he teach?" r.
"Wnal, he told 'em this ere airth was
reound, and went areound, and all that
sort o thing. Meow, master, what dye
think about SIGH stuff? Don't ye think
he as an ignorant feller?"
Unwilling to come under the category
of tho ignorant, the teacher evasively
remarked ::
sit really does seem strange; but still
here are many learned men who teacht
these things"
"Wall," said she, " if the airth is
reound, and goes reound, what holds
it upP"
"Oh, these learned men soy it goes
around the sun, and that the sun holds
it up by virtue of attraction" he re-
piled.
The old lady lowered her "specs,
and by way Of climax responded:
WAL, if these high larnt men oea
the sun holds up the airth, I should Like
to know what holds the airth up VIII.
the sun goes doun 7"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21

walnut frame of Mrs. Hayes portrait
was too much for the Presidents ar
tiStlc tastes, and when the arguments
were added that the wooden frame
caught the dust, and was likely to
discolor, and was appropriately
framed, a temperance portrait in
carved representation of grape
punches and vines, the wooden frame
was doomed to the obscurity of thu
darkest attic Of the Executive Man
sion.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
PUTTING IN EIRL TO SLEEP.

1t matters little to some church-goGr,
Of Whit words sermon is compose |, ia
the effect of "a pulpit discourse " is h,
them provocative Of s,umhcr. D1m,
Ramsay relates TINT one of tho Earls OF
Lauderlllo was once alarmingly i'll, one
distressing symptom being total alb
sence of sleep, without which, the med
ical man said, he could not recover.
His son, who was somewhat "simple,
was playing on the carpet, and cried
out "Send for that preaching man
frao Livingstone, for flythcr aye sleeps
when he's in the pulpit" One of the
doctors thought the hint worth attend
ing to; and the experiment of getting
minister to him" succeeded, for sleep
came OH, aud the Earl recovered
Chambers Journal
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
CLUB LIST,
10 CORRESPONDENTS.

We want fresh, reliable and readable letters
from every neighborhood where the SEMI
WEEKLY SOUTH KENTUCKIAN circuiateS' eiVc
us the news plainly, correctly, briefly and intel
lsibly, without needless comment or rhetorical
nourlshes. Let no obituary notice exceed teH
lines; don't discuss the weather, or write aDoL'
matters of no interest to the reading puohc
Use but one side of the paper and write as often
"a YOU have news items to chronicle, ana no
,flpunr
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
DW.IRFED PL.iNTS.

81 great is the skill of Chinese gar
deners in dwmhng plants that the Chi
nese ladies' wear in their bosoms little
lwarfcd fir trees, which, by carefully
adjusted system OF starvation lave been
reduced to the size of button-hole flow
crs. Those remain fresh and evergreen
in their dwarf state for a number OF
years, just as fir trees in mountains are
evergreen, and thus are excellent SYM
bols of perpetuity of love, to express
which they are used by the Indies of the
highest rank in the Celestial empire.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
A Case Without Hope.

Jno. r. Booker, of Macon, Ga,
writes: I'm 1873 | was attacked by
the most ravenous sort of cancerOus
sores, that ate great holes into my
flesh and spread rapidly over my
body. l received the very best med
ical attention; was dosed with mcr-
curry and potash until l was 50 Grip
pied with mercurial rheumatism that
could scarcely hobble about; my
throat and mouth were badly ulcer
ated my hair began to fall out. So
wrecked was my general health, that
I:became a physical ruin ami my life
was burden. For long time was
bed-ridden, and my sutierings were
SO intense that prayed for death AS
relief l exhausted the whole GAIA
logue of patent medicines, in each
case following the directions reiig-
iously. Each in turn seemed to az
ravate the malady, and none of them
benefited me in any way. When
life was apparently hopeless | COM
menced taking S. S. S. To this Spe-
| CillC OWC my lllS' III ICh uuH .
commenced improving, and in short
time was perfectly well. My hair
has grown out thick; my health and
strength have returned; the ulcers in
my throat and mouth are entirely
cured my appetite has returned, and
for the first time in years | enjoy my
food. Every sore has disappeared
from my body. weigh as much as
l ever did in my life, and am perfect
ly healthy in every way. The very
germs of the cancerous atlliction are
destroyed. Not only is the terrible
malady that was preying on my life,
and which every one pronounced IN
durable, entirely cured, but l am also
relieved of the bad effects of the mer.
curry and potash mixtures that l wa:
fed on for years"
Beware of Potash and Mercury
mixtures. gotten up to initiate oul
specific, they are dangerous.
Treatise on Blood and Skin diseas-
cs mailed free.
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
Our Agents

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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
Keep Looking Young,

This is the age of young men.
Other things being equal they are ev-
erywhere preferred. Save your young
looks. 1t means position and money.
Is your hair falling off-dry or lus-
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using Parker's Hair Balsam. Not an
oil, not a dye, sure to work, clean
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21

The paper with the largest circula-
ton in the world is the Petit Journal
of Paris. l now circulates seven
hundred and fifty thousand copies
per day. Its director, Mr.. Hyppolite
Marinoni, is the inventor of the Ma
rinoni perfecting presses. He was
originally cattle herder.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21

A married woman in Connecticut
writes the New York crematory COM
pany: "Can you burn a man before
he dies? fyou can 1 will be pleased
to give you a job on my husband,
who is of no earthly use to me or any
one else."
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
Piles, Piles, Piles.

Can be entirely cured by the use of
Ethiopian Pile Ointment, For sale
by j. II. Armistead, Gish Il Garner
and G. L. Gather. Try bottle. If