San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-11-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A children's doll carniNai nottou
$1,000 for Buffalo IN. ~ charity re-
Gently.
The youngest bride In North Caro-
lima Is twelve years old, and is said to be
small for her age. Chicago Herald,
The critic Of tho Chattanooga
(Tenn.) Times describes recent con
cert In that city M "a torrent OF ma estic
and exquisite music"
The Chief-Justice OF the assizes at
Victoria, British Columbia, decides that
a man Is justified In using weapon
when attacked by "A mob.
Heron, n mining town In Montana,
has ten saloons, two gambling houses,
two hotels, one restaurant and two hun
drcd inhabitants. Denver Tribune.
Miss Alice Hearn, Of New York.
found burglar in her room, suppressed
.ths yell which rose IN her throat, uptoed
out 10 the street, found policeman,
returned, and baggcd the fellow just rs
be was lcaving.--N y. Mall
According TO the latest returns there
are eleven thousand one-legged men In
the United States. In addition TO these
are several thousand more on their last
legs and thousands besides who haven {
leg To stand H. Boston Post.
After their Thanksgiving dinner
"Stubb" Hastings, of Manchester, N.
H., aged five years, and his grandfather.
aged seveniy-two, sat down and enjoyed
their cigars. The child has always been
fond of the weed. and the family ply
sician says let him have it.-Boston Post.
The evening-up process applied be-
tween lawyer and client is often dis
tressing TO the latter. A New York
man got $4,000 for damages done him
by a railroad. Thercupon the lawyes
who had successfully pleaded his case
demanded $4,000 as his fee.-M Y
Herald.
"A postal card passed through the
post-oiIice in Hallowcll. Me-, recently
on which were written IL IA words, the
bandiwork Of young man OF Chelsea,
Mass. II could be easily read, but un.
fortunately ID came at busy time, and
the clerk was obliged to pass 1t by re-
gretfully.
"A well known criminal lawyer has
found, during lifelong practice, that
majority Of those convicted are inno-
cent, and that majority of those ac-
quilted are guilty. This is is startling
statement for most people, but there arc
some observers who will not think ii eX-
travagant. 80 Ghicaqo Inter Ocean.
AS Mrs. Whiting stepped out of her
residence in Baton Rouge, La, one
night recently, she felt something wind
ing around one Of her lower limbs. She
screamed and shook off the reptile, which,
when killed, was discovered to be two
feet in length, and Of the species known
as the highland moccasin, which is very
poisonous. Chicago Times.
"A section gang Of Cinnamon on the
railway at Cs5czon Station, Col, sharp.
ened their KIN, yes and marched TO theii
white boss to kill him. The Mclean man
was posted and received them with
bloody and an inhospitable shotgun,
loaded two its two muzzles. One barrel
was opened on the Mongolian invaders,
and, with one voice eXclaiming, "What
foa," they fled the field. leaving ono
hCuu anu OuC WOuuuttl DtlilIu.
We contend that no man has right
10 drink liquor, smoke pr chew tobacco,
II he be indebted to anothc., Until the
debt is paid. 1t may be suggested that
debts are often so great that it would
require total abstinence from the use
of these luxuries. In such case we be-
lieve 1t to be u duty to creditor to aban-
don their use for lifetime, for none
have honor who invest money legally
due another, for those useless articles.
-Oriskany Falls ~ ~ Nccs.
Some fine specimens of California
mountain trout in an aquarium at Ro-
chester, N. Y, were found to have been
considerably injured by being bitten by
one of their number of a quarrcIsome
disposition. Seth Green being informed
of the matter, took u pair of pincers
and pulled out the offenders teeth. The
teeth of the trout are not necessary for
lnastication, but are intended to aid the
fish in holding its prey. This is the first
instance on record Of fish dentistry
Rochester Express.
A young lady in Norwich, Conn, has
the uncommon power Of naming any
note that may be touched on the piano.
At public concert she said that the
piece the orchestra was then playing
was in the key Of ID. A gentleman went
TO the conductor at the conclusion of
the piece. and returned with the reply
that they had played IN ID Hat. Further
inquiry revealed the fact that the piano
10 which the orchestra was tuned was a
semi-tone below concert pitch.-Hdrt-
ford Post.