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New Treatment In DIphtherta.

If experiment should confirm what
is claimed for it, French physician,
DIR. Deithil, has placed the civilized
world under weighty obligation. He
has discovered that the smoke OF
liquid tar and turpentine will dissolve
the fbrous exudations, which choke
up the throat in diphtheria and kill
the patient by suffocation, Local
applications of chloroform have been
used by many physicians with good
success, but they are of no use when
the false membrane extends below
the larynx.
DIR. Delthil pours equal parts OF
turpentine and liquid tar into a tin
pan or cup, and sets fire to the mix
ture. A dense resinous smoke arises,
which obscures the air from the
room. "The patient" he says,
Immediately seems to experience
relief; the choking and rattle stop |;
the patient falls into a slumber, and
seems to inhale the smoke with
pleasure The fibrinous membrane
soon becomes detached, and the
patient coughs up microbicides.
These when caught in glass, may
be seen to dissolve in the smoke. In
the course of three days afterward
the patient entirely RECEIVERS" The
New York Sun says that the treat
ment was tried by DR.. Nichols upon
l 9-year old child of one Of it's COM
positors. She was lying gasping for
breath when he visited her, and was
.oo weak to endure tracheotomy, or
cutting the windpipe The tar treat
nent was entirely successful, fulfill
ng DR.. Delthils predictions in every
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NO. 81.


The worm does not his work more
surely on the dead body than does
the continuous use Of whisky upon
the human body, the human conscience
and the human soul. Touch II not
taste it not, for therein is concealed
the sting OF death.
We clip the above from the Durham
Daily Reporter. tits an honest state
ment for which we give that paper
credit; and yet no man can claim
credit for doing his simple duty. But
because 80 MANY Of our newspapers
advertise whiskey in their columns, il
is O great deal for a secular paper to
come out on the subject, as does the
Reporter. We invoke the aid Of the
secular press in war on whisky,
which should be as natural to an in
stitution which claims to be for the
best interests of humanity as war
on anything else that spreads death
and ruin broadcast through society.
II any man wants to keep q pet rat
tlesnake or q pet mad dog, let him
keep it confined securely and enjoy
himself with it, but let him not turn
it loose among the boys and children.
IN. C) Workman.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Garfield.

A recent Washington letter writer
contrasts the fate of the respective
funds contributed to these ladies, from
which it will be seen that the advan-
tage is greatly in favor Of the latter
The fund contributed for the former
Originally for her husband) amounted
to S250,0O0. The writer says:
An unfortunate feature of the origi-
nal investment was the purchase OF
one hundred and eighty. y.eight Wabash
Pacific dividend bonds, of $1,000 par
value each, for the sum of $216, 900,
or at premium of about Is per cent.
1t is true that the principal and in
terest of the bonds were guaranteed
for term of ten years by the Gov
ernor Morgan estate, but these secu-
rites are now below par, and likely
to so continue, SO that in any present
change of investment or of their ma
turity there will undoubtedly be
shrinkage in the total amount of the
fund equal to about $2S, 900, suppos-
ing that there will be Ieither loss nor
gain in the remainer of the fund.
The fund raised for the benefit Of
Mrs. Garfield seems TO have had a
more fortunate experience, to say the
least. The amount contributed in
that case reached the sum of 1862, =.
246.75, which was at once invested in
U. S. 4 per cent bonds. These secu-
rites were bought at premium
amounting in the aggregate to over
$4,000, or they represented, in other
words, a par value Of $311,400; but
they have since so enhanced in value
that at market rates they would to-
day produce II sold the handsome sum
Of 1856, 136. OF an increase over the
original investment Of SO, ,SS9-25
When it is added that for some cause
or other the interest on the Grant
fund has not always been promptly
paid. and that Mrs Garfield receives
S3,114 regularly and promptly every
1uarter, as an income from her fund,
tbe advantages Of an investment for
trust purposes in government bonds
over one IN railway securities vill
readily be perceived
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
Attention Texas Veterans.

Comrades, your early attention is
called to the following resolution as
adopted at our last annual Reunion
held at Sherman: Resolved, that a
committee of three, one to be the Sec
retary, be appointed TO adopt new
form of certificate to be signed by the
Secretary and President and to have
the seal OF the Association on it for
the use OF all Veterans. Which GER
tifcate shall be the only one used, and
that after its issuance all previous
Certificates viii be void
In compliance with the above Res
olution, the Committee on revision Of
Certificate, will meet in q few days,
in Austin, and be in session until De
cember 18th 1885. AllmeInbers that
are in arrears for the last two years
will be stricken from the roll, unless
their dues be paid, and will not be
entitled 70 q certificate until reinsta-
ted BY the Association. Remit dues
to A Defiebaugh Asst Sect and
Treair I. v. A Austin Texas. Be
sure TO give your county and Post
Ofice address, ID. JAXEs
Supervisor i. V A
Prairie Lea, Teas
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
The Pecan Tree.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.-The pecar
tree is found in a wild state in thu
woods of various sections of the South
and West. 1t grows to "a very largt
size, and bears yearly many bushels
of fine,favored nuts, Though little
or no attention has been paid to these
valuable trees, cultivation greatly i'm.
proves them, the mt growing mnch
larger and improving in favor. TIE
pecan tree lives to o great age, and
continues long in bearing. There is
no good reason why it should not be
grown extensively in all parts of the
United States. It is well adapted TO
almost any kind of soil, doing. well
even on rocky hills and wasta Md.
There is no nut or fruit tree more
valuable and requiring so little atten-
ton. Every farmer, in my opinion,
should have his nut orchard, and cul-
tivate especially the pecan for home
use or sale. The nuts always find
ready sale at fancy prices. In plant
ing the trees the only object is to OBJ
tain good fresh nuts, and Of good
early variety, Of large size. from which
10 grow the trees. If it is preferred
10 set out the plants, get healthy trees
Of agood variety ! 10 2 years old.
j. g. Wnsox.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
Cremation.

The feeling is growing that the
best disposition Of the dead is to burn
their bodies. As educated people
know, the process Of decomposition is
really slow combustion. We are
burnt up in any eyentj but in ordi-
nary interment the decay il accom-
panied by the generation Of worms,
and the dead flesh becomes offensive
and poisonous Incineration by man
is natures process improved. An ar
gument for the burning Of the body
that is of great force, is the danger
to the living from ordinary burial.
In 1854, the virulence Of the cholera
in London was greatly aggravated
by cutting q viaduct through an old
battle-ground. The plague broke
out in Modena, Italy, in 1928, which
resulted from disturbing the ground
where victims Of the plague had been
buried 800 years before. 1t is be-
lieved that every cemetery contains
the seeds of virulent diseases, which
may reappear thousands Of years hence
by being thus carefully preserved.
In recent years we have discovered
that four disorders are propagated in
the human body by microbes, fungos
growths and minute parasites, which
are kept alive in the bodies Of the
dead for many generations. Were
cremation generally practiced there
would be no danger from the spread
of epidemics, from this cause at least.
1t is now suggested that large cities
which, in their corporate capacity
must dispose Of the bodies Of crimi-
nails or paupers, should erect crema-
tories. "Potter's fields" as the re-
ceptacles of the dead of the commu-
nifty are often called, are usually
disgrace to the locality where they
exist. A crematory could never be
public nuisance.--From Demorest's
for March.
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Ex-senator Thurman, Of Ohio, b

vi
Ex-senator Thurman, Of Ohio, be-
ing-asked his opinion regarding the
presidential succession, in view Of the
death of Hendricks, said:
The theory of the Senate is that il
is a perpetual body. Neither is there
o time when there is not House OF
Representatives. The Senate, before
the commencement of the present va
cation, failed to elect president pro
tempore, as is usually the case, a few
days before adjournment, and this
failure leaves the country without q
vice-president at this time. II the
president should die before the 7th
of December an interregnum would
exist in the Office until the Senate,
which meets on that date, should elect
q president of that body, who wonld
assume the duties OF presidentiof the
United States, and continue the dis
charge of the same until another cleo
tion for president and vice. president
was held. In the meantime the Sec
retary Of state would notify the gov.
ernors of the. several States, who
would order a new election, which,
however, could not be had until next
November.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
For The FRxR PREss.
MY CHILDHOOD'S HOME.

My childhood's homeI how oft my thought
Stray back to thee again,
And by-gone scenes return TO me,
With mingled JOY and pain.
The dear old house, whore lofty oaks
Kept silent. watchful guard.
And cast their shadows long and dark,
Upon the grass-wrown yard.
The fragrant fields, whore clover bloomei
In seas of red and white,
Where busy bees hummed In and out,
All through the summer bright.
The crystal spring, that bubbled forth
From banks Of emersld hue,
And mirrored in its limpid breast,
The sky so clear and blue.
The apple blossoms white and pink
That gemmed the spring-tide fair,
The garden where the roses sweet,
Perfumed the dewy air.
Whom gathered there the mothers smile
Made sunshine for us all,
The fathers voice SO loved and kind,
In accents soft did fall.
The sisters and the brothers gay
With merry jest and song
Made music through the dear old place
All spring and summer long.
Goodbye old home-Tve wandered far
From old Kentucky's shore;
The friends and hopes of childhood's hour
Will never greet me moro.
But oft at night when all Is still,
My heart to thee will stray,
And memory bring to me the scenes
OF childhood's happy day.
uf Bessie SMITH.
San Marcos.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
Brains Won the Day.

Professor Marsh recently read 9
paper before a scientific body on the
size Of the brain in extinct animals,
in which came out the remarkable
fact that IN the race for life the sur
vivAl Of any particular group Of ami
mails, depended on the size Of their
brain as compared With that OF their
contemporaries Of the same class.
Then, a. now, brains won the day,
and the brain Of animals crushed cut
Of existence was always found 70 be
snail as eSnp4rel With Gsai Of those
outilvi1z then TIE la- that tbe
vs4ksst 20 10 t.so val ia tas struggle
Of nature seems 10 mean the weakest
IN brsin power.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
SOCIETIES.

Msrehaut's Exrhsngs, meets the erst Frieay
night In eaeh month ever Giessn's store.
san M.reos Lodge No. 341 nssts lst SATURDAY.
nisht IN sseh month. JBo. O. Pritehett.H, n; VI.
Il. Eanos. Secretary-
san NGroos chsotsr No. Iss. Meets lst Tussssy
uiEhtIu Zach Bosth. PIC. Saith. n. z r. p:
O Z. Weens, secrstsrJ.
Hays Lo1gs Z e H.. Fo- less, nests - tse ca
Frfty ighu ia saek ao1th W.C. Dugrsf, Die
taisr Z J. Peal. Rsportsr-
I. o. o y Nsz-tsis Loers. Eo. ia nssts even
nosay ret ne HsrrnE. y. O.; n Fro-rs,
t---siFrT-
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eie.r1 Heat1l. sesrst2u- nssu sss-y otbsr
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Washington Notes.
We compile the following passage

We compile the following passage
from various Washington letters;
The President has re-appointet
Dorman B. Eaton on the Civil Servic'
Commission till thepermanent board
shall be complete and fully unde
way.
The Secretary Of the Interior ha,
rendered q decision in the case ap
pealed to him from the decision o
the commissioner of the general lane
Office by the Southern Pacific railroad
company. The commissioner hat
issued an order throwing open Ger
tain lands along the line of the South
ern Pacific railroad in California
which he claimed belonged to the
grant of the Texas Pacific and had
been forfeited by that road to the
Government. The Southern Pacific
laid claim to the land because it came
within its grant, but the Secretary
has sustained the commissioner, on
the ground that the land was granted
to the Texas Pacific, and that the
grant of the Southern Pacific was
exclusive of grants to any other road.
AS this land had been forfeited by
the Texas Pacific, and was not sub
jected to the grants made to any
other road, it reverted to the govern
ment, and was therefore properly
declared open to settlement
A subordinate Office holder in New
York has startled the people of that
city and disgusted his official associa-
tes by sending his superiors COM
munication stating that there is no
necessity for his occupying his posi-
ton any longer, as there is no work
for him to do. This is q new and
amazing departure, and some OF the
rash mans friends are considering
whether he is not proper subject
for an insane asylum.
There will be some fault with the
Post Office department. because the
report for the past fiscal year shows
a deficit of SS,3S1,571. But criticisms
of such sort will be wholly wrong.
AS well might it be objected that
there is large annual deficit in the
War or Navy department: The Post
Office department is not run to make
money, but to serve the public inter
ests. In directly it pays for itself a
thousand times over by means of this
service, precisely as the other depart
ments give back the people the money
raised by taxation in the shape of
the benefits ofgoodg government.
The deficit, so-called, in the Post
Office department is due mainly to
the reduction ir the rate of letter
postage. This was one of the most
useful and judicious acts Of Legislation
which Congress has done Of late, and
not the least valuvble feature of it is
that by this means the dangerously
large surplus revenues OF the country
are, to the extent of the deficit
advantageously expended.
The new Pension Office building
from it's size and elevated position
up in way to command
It is of the barn-style
of architecture, designed to give the
most space within it's walls at the
least cost for construction, without
much regard to appearance.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10

A telegram from Austin to the Gal
weston News states that it is under
stood at Austin that the State Ran
gers are to be sent west and to the
Panhandle to oust the cattle barons,
who are unlawfully occupying school
lands. This should be done, and the
work Of ousting them thoroughly
finished before spring, if the lands
are not legally leased at such figures
as the Land Board may decide upon.
Why should not the State deal with
such intruders as rigidly and prompt
ly as did the Government with the
cattle men who had encroached on
the Indian reservation in the Terri
toryi It might prove tedious un-
dertaking to try to recover from them
q fair rental for the time the lands
have been used, but nevertheless they
should be elected promptly and vig-
orously, and if the Rangers, in their
diminished strength, are not equal to
the task, let such other military as
sistance be called out as may be ne
cessary to assert the property rights
Of the State.-Fairfield Recorder,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10

We were glad to notice the adop-
ton of the following resolution by the
West Texas conference at its recent
session:
Weapprove the wisdom Of the Joint
Board of Publication in the election
of Rev. g. w. Briggs as editor after
the resignation Of our revered broth
or, DR.. l, G. John. Bro. Briggs edi-
torial management Of the paper dur
ing this first year of his editorship
has proven his especial fitness fos the
work to which he has been called.
We commend his management OF the
paper, his earnest defense OF truth,
and especially his brave stand upon
the question of temperance.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10
ST. LOUIS LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 26, 1885


ST.. Louis, Nov. 26, 1885.
Ed. FREE PRESS: 1t is but truth
to say that this beautiful and spring
like Thanksgiving day has been sud
denly turned into a day of mourning
and sorrow by the death of Vice Presi,
dent Hendricks. Every one here
irrespective of political proclivities
has some kind word to say of him.
Perhaps the only mitigation for his
loss is the deathless lesson of his no
bic life. But few weeks ago he was
here with us, thanking the citizens oi
st. Louis thousand times for the
countless hospitalities and delicate
attentions crowded upon him in his
brief stay, and with his well earned
and 'blushing honors' thick upon him
left with the cordial assurance that
he would come again Mt an early day,
But I must desist How superfuous
and feeble must be my humble praise,
Of such man at such time.
The Knights Templars marched
through the principal streets of the
city to-day. They presented mag
nifcent appearance. To-day, four
wears AGO. I wrote nv first letter TO
tine San Marcos FREE PRESS.
Collector Whitney, of the Port of
st. Louis, will vacate his place in the
morning and r. D. Lancaster, just ap-
pointed by the president, succeeds
him. Bill Hyde, for many years Edi-
tor of the st. Louis Republican, takes
charge of the St. Louis post office,
vice Wells, offensive partisan, remov-
ed.
The assassin of Ex-Mayor John B.
Bowman of East ST. Louis, is still at
large, Notwithstanding the enormous
rewards offered for his capture by the
family of the deceased. Mayor Bow
man was an able lawyer, in active
practice, and had many bitter politi-
cal enemies. He had lived in East
st. Louis IS years, was desperate
nan with warm friends and unrelen-
ing foes. He was wealthy, and on
MS way home last week, about dark,
vas waylaid and shot through the
head.
The second National Convention of
Jattlemen has been in session here
III week They are having splendid
ime. The convention is represented
~ delegations from every State and
Territory on the continent of North
America. CARL SnYTHE.
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II young man wants to engage in
business that will insure him in mid
die life the greatest amount Of leisure
time, there is nothing more sure than
farming. II be has an independents
turn of mind let him be aiarmer. II
he wants to engage in a healthy oc-
cupation, let him till the soil In
short, il he would be Independent let
him get spot Of earth; keep within
his means, to shun the lawyers be
temperate, to avoid the doctors; be
honest; that he may have . clear con.
Silence; improve the soil, so Is 70
leave the world better than he found
il; and then if he cannot live hap
PLY and die content, there is no hope
for bim.-Western Lave Stock Jour
nal
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MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF, TO AND
FROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICE.
Nails from Austin arrive at s:45 a. m. and $3.50
D. m; close at 8:15 q m. and 500 p. m.
Mails from San Antonio arrive at S:45 q. m. and
S45 p M: close at Sl5 q. m. and 6:l5 p. m.
Luiing, arrives at IL NJ, closes at l2:46. p. M.
Above mails arrive aud depart daily.
Blanoo, via neutrality-suspicious. Tuesday and FRIDAY
at 4. N. Arrives Monday and Thursday at
7 P. N.
oFPIcE HOURS,
General Delivery from A. n, to II n. and from
p. n. to 5 P. N. except during distribution OF
mails and on Sundays and holidays. Open on
Sundays thirty minutes after distribution OF each
ALBERT HEAToN. p. II.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10

The colOred Bapiists Of Waco hsve
purchased pristlag press and type,
ard they VII remove their BswsPaper
orzar. TIE BaPtist PrsscbsL. iron
Da.iss 70 Wsso sui P1bish 4 there
Tbs venture y sAid 70 Be the frst
printing o6oe IN TeEzs Owned By
coloTsd Del
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10

Young farmer (toucbing his part
ner's handkerchieD-Is that a hand
kerchieff Young lady Cbolding up =
bit Of laoel-Yes, Mr. Hayseed IL It
not boautifuli Young FArmer-TeA
usa'am, its purity, but on hot nigh
ike this 1 shouldn't think one Of en-
would be enough.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10

NOE is TIE tine 10 push tbs tlll
plsEing. TIE h1s vsathsr Of the
past month CT 30 has been q vast
be1sft 20 fboss Who have utilized i
n prsPrring for tie nsIt years croP
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-12-10

A. oAoAh "
LIVING IDEAS AND I'VE ICCllEC
HAkAt "
nonopoi.ss, Oligarchism, and the
Spant ox bectsonaA btrtfes
f.s
Tho Courfer-Journal (HK HKHRy wArrrnsoN Ed.
tor-In-Chief), 10 the Acknowledged Representa-.
Tive hewspspes Of tho South, is Democratic In
politics, and frsf, last, and all tho time is ior
reduction ansa ~ q ths Mas Issse ss levied on the
Nv" - '''S''
WvSNy oouIor'.ou!nsi
tno pess weekly newspaper published In the
vntea otates, and Tor the quantity and quality
~ matter tnas appears IN each issue OF u, IL fs
sne ShHArhr its Nleqfapn!c news mriiitiee
oSnass NY otnef papers ana u mas tho services
oi ,ne apiest writer's and correspondents In the
country. ~ Presents the news OF tho week from
eseIy eec.on OF tno Woho. ~ gives 70 Its readers
ia SssN's w yeAt = sroater numpe. OF oeriaI
writers tban anw ~ ,S.p pIIns piahnr,ss ana pohSar
II Is in every respect Hodei pnii,lcs, nS eanl.
Paner. s''sA'A A"A N"'"
m.
Tne weekly courier: ournal has by
thr INC largest Olrculatlon fany Dem.
ocrauc N Newspaper In America.
IL 10 ACKNOWLEDGED BY prcss and people
throughout the United States to be a great
Rsper,i great IN sizo great IN enterprise; great
tion orsste n, xas,tv 80 :osnoou1ss VI .iorma.
Of the word. ItjsMe paper that ersrvLodv should
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II you have not gram snO1gh for
use tiu rszt harvest. bay 70 nov while
ID is cbsap. II yOu have sons 70
spare ssvs T. You nay Dsed 4 thls
Sintsr. and Il vin bring bsttsrPncs
IN the spr1ng.