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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-07-02
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
ssFEsCnAsI.

CoYGPEssGAN-STG DISTRICT:
Hon. James T. Miller, OF Gonzales County.
sEYAT0a 25TH DISTRICT:
Hon. Geo. Pfeuifer, OF Comal Co.
RsprEsrYrArIvEs-9ls DISTRICT:
Hon J, II. Combs, Of Hays Co.
Hon. j, NJ. Jolly. OF Caldwell Co.
DISTRICT couRr--aexp DIsraIoT.
Hon. II. Telchmueilcr, Presiding Judge. LaGrange.
JIM. Bethany. Attorney, Austin Co.
TINES or HoLDIgs COURT.
H.Ys-lst Mondays in March and September. May
continue three.weeks.
COUNTY orrIcEgs.
Ed r. Korre, Judge County Court.
Jas, q. Burlescn, Dist. and County Clerk.
owen FORD County Attorney.
a. E. BARBER Sheriff. J. :. Davis, Deputy.
c. 5. Cock, Justice. Of .he Pe.ee RE No: . .
David Lynch, . a, .
ii. q. Hubbs, a. 4. .
J. &. Rove, . =, ,
J. II. Patterson, County Ire ssurer.
r. y. Fortson, Assessor.
Joe. C. Eve, Surveyor.
T.J. MoCarty, oom'r Precinct No: |
Cha.. Lightfoot,
J.R. Burleson. :,
Peter Schrnitt.
Frank Obanion, Constable precinct No. l.
TINES oy HoLpIsa COUNTY AID PREoNor Counrs-
County Court for Criminal, Civil and Probate bus
insss-4th Mondaysin January, March, May 'uly'
September and November
Commissioners Court-2d Mondays in February,
Nay, August and November.
JUstce Court, Precinct No. Last Monday IN
e.. month, at Sau Marcos.
month, San Marcos.
Precinct No. 2-2d Friday in each month ny. City
d" SD Wimberley's Mill.
" 4-sth Dripping Springs.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Gsyor-Wm Giesen. ~,
M II
williamson, D. A. Glover, I'd. J. l.. Green.
Aarshal-T. II. Prince.
Street Commissoner-Samuel Watkins.
Council meets the first Tuesday In each month.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-07-02
The venomed shat. hurled at the scrofulous

The venomed shaft hurled at the scrofulous
girl the pitiless cries ofthe tender infant wri,h
ing and moaning with heredltery bloc1 ta'nt-
the groans Of that stout man confined with
rnnnng foul ulcer, the wsiliDgs OF that wife
prostrsted with the pangs Of rheumstism-tho
excruoiating agonies Of those suffering from
chronic kidney troubles, the sleepless nights oi
those children terri0 ed with that itching humor
ofthe skin-the wild and weird appearance Of
those unfortunate victims 20 all forms OF syphi-
lis-these and all other similar diseases indi.
cate an impure condition OF the blood, all oi
which can be cured in an incredibly short space
Of time by the use Of B. B. B., the concentrate ed
blood purifier OF the day.
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MAZE B.S.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF, TO AND
FROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICE.
Nails from Austin srrive at s:t5 a. N. ana o;'O
p m; close at 8:l5 a. IN. and 500 p. m
Mails from San Antonio srrive at S:45 q. m. and
6:45 D. m; close at s:l5 a. m. and 6:l6 p. m.
Lining, arrives at II NJ, closes at l2:t5. p. N.
Above mails arrive and depart daily.
Banco, via wimberley-departsTu Tuesday ana Fnoay
at 6 4. N. Arrives Monday and Thursday 81
fP.N
oYTIcE HoURs.
General Delivery from A. NJ, to IL N. and from
p. N. to ) P. NJ except during Distribution o.
mails and on Sundays and holidays. Open on
Sundays thirty minutes after distributor of eacn
ALBERT HEkToS. P. n.
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Yearly advertisers allowed the privile

Yearly advertisers allowed the privilege
of quarterly change.
Bnsiness Cards, one inch or less one year,
as Cards in Business Directory, one year,
$2. .,,
ten cents per line each insertion.
Advertisements for Schools, Churches and
Benevolent Societies, half rates.
Marriage and Obituary Notices, of over ten
lines. charged as advertisements.
Calls upon candidates, their replies and
their circulars, and all notices of a personal
character (if at all admissible into our col
umns), will be charged rs advertisements.
A cross mark upon the paper indicates
that the time for which the subscription was
paid has expired.
All advertisements and subscriptions due
in advance. ,
Any of our friends would do us a special
favor by giving us the names of any per-
sons within their knowledge who would be
likely to subscribe for the FREE Press, so
that we may send specimen copies to such
DeraOns
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The Punka.

Calcutta Correspondence Boston Journal.
The punka is a cloth mounted in frame some
three or four feet wide ard as long as need be,
suspended from the ceiling by two ropes or
cords, one at each end. In dwellings and Offices
they hang over the table the bed and the desk.
In church they hang over every pew Cords at
tach one to another, and whole section is
moved by line leading from it through hole
in the wall, attached to an upright pole, the
lower end fixed in a cannon shot in tub of sand.
Men called punka wallas are stationed at each
of these, making row of perhaps dozen on
CATION begins to assemble each sways his pole
back and forth with q motion like Kennebec
raftsmen at their skulling oars floating down
river. These punka wallas make a striking
feature turbaned and dressed in white with
twisted girdles around their waists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-25
John F1etcher,s Golden Rules.

l. Live above earthly and creature comforts.
2. Beware of fairness and lukewarmness this,
if not carried Immediately to God, often ends in
darkness and deafness.
3. Value divine comforts above all things,
and prize Christ above all comforts; that if you
should fail, you still glory in the God of your
salvation.
4. Let that which torments others make your
happiness f-denial and renouncing your own
will.
s.. Be ready to yield with JOY. to every con-
viction of the spirit of God. Be faithful to pres
ent grace, and aspire after q continual growth.
6. Live the present moment to God and
avoid perplexing yourself about your present or
future experience, by giving yourself up to
Christ as you are, and being willing to receive
him as he is, leaving all the rest to him,
you will cut up a thousand temptations by the
roots.
z Spend in feeling after Christ by the prayer
of such faith you have, whether it be dark or
luminous the time you have hitherto spent in
responding thoughts, in perplexing considera-
tions upon the badness or uncertainty of your
state, and come now to the Lord Jesus with
your present wants. daring to believe that he
waits to be gracious to US. Christ is the way
the highway to the Father, and the highway is
as free for sickly beggar as glorious prince
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Something About Materials.

brooklyn UnlOn
For ordinary occasions and street wear wooden
goods are preferred to silk. Surahs, however,
are always popular and in good form. Those
woolens which have rough surface, or fine sur
face on smooth, hard-twisted ground, are perhaps
the most popular at present They are shown
in almost endless variety of color, weave and
which makes very desirable spring walking
suits is called cotfee-sack goods. 1t is Of fine
wool, with long cames' hair interspersed, and
resembles an ordinary coffee sack in tex
ture 1t is woven in so loosely that if held
before the face all objects may be clearly dis
tinguished through it, Tufted bison cloth,
serges and veilings are very handsome, and are
much used, generally in combination with plain.
Serges come in all colors, and are among the
most popular and desirable wooden fabrics.
White serges, trimmed with wide white braid,
often interviewer with little silver, make lovely
watering place costumes. Frse velvets fare al
ways combined with plain to match the grounds;
they make UP into very dressy costumes. In
smooth-surfaced suitings, the leading materials
are mohalrs, armures, Scotch tweeds cheviots
and plain fabric woven exactly like ordinary
cotton cloth, without twill or armure effect
Pretty and stylish suits are ma de Of woolens.
having an armure woven surface, with striped
and plain goods to match The favorite colors
arc beige and blue. beige and red. beige and
green, and beige and lavender for the plain goods
OF this class, which are in changeable effects,
while the fancy goods with which they are COM
bined have beige ground, on which are stripes
OF brown, blue and red, lengthwise of the goods
There are also red and green stripes on beige
ground, brown and olive, white, brown and blue
or olive, while the lavender ground has olive and
brown stripes alternating.
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WHAT COLLEGE ATHLETICS COST.
Expenses of Training the Boat Crews o.
Harvard and Yale Annually.


Harvard and Yale Annually.
New Haven Correspondence Philadelphia Times
College athletics cost more than is generally
supposed Harvard and Yale have the heaviest
boating expenses, Columbia coming next. The
paper shells, in which these colleges row their
races, cost from $500 to 5000. Trainers and
coaches must be hired and eating tables pro-
vided, at which the diet of the crews may be
closely watched. The crews eat at training ia
bles from Easter up to the race in June at cost
of about 500 per man. After they have been
coached and trained for three months they are
sent to New London, Conn, where the races are
rowed on the Thames. Here they are kept at
the respective lighthouses under the strictest
training. They are coached daily from the
steam launches, which accompany them. Yale
owns steam launch and the cost is reduced to
$l2 daily for coal and service. The other col
leges hire launches and the expense is increased.
All the crews are uniformed at cost of $15 to
go per man. Yale presents its crew with white
flannel suits, beside the regular uniform, at an
expense of 5000. Harvard's expense in this line
is even larger The total cost of the New Lon
don race for Harvard, Yale or Columbia is about
$1,000 The Harvard freshmen last year paid
81, 500 for the luxury of defeat by the Columbia
freshmen. A class regatta at Harvard or Yale
costs about $3.50 for each crew, not considering
the purchase of shell. Glass shells cost $3.50
oars $75. Each class uses two shells in its
course. Barges for practice and rough rowing
cost $500. Almost all paper shells used in col
lege races are made at Troy, N Y
Base ball costs less than rowing and can de-
pend somewhat on gate receipts. Williams and
Amherst will pay ST. 200 each for their respective
teams this year; Harvard, Yale and Princeton
from $1,000 to 81, 800. Yale employs Jones,
formerly of the Athletics, to coach it's nine.
Princeton and Brown also have professional
coaches, who receive about 5000 EACH In track
athletics the principal cost is for trainers and
grounds. All the colleges which compete in the
intercollegiate games at Mott Haven, employ
professional athletes as trainers. paying them
from 5000 to $500 for the season. in the larger
colleges athletic grounds are provided by gifts
of the alumni. in the case of Holmes field, at
Harvard, and Yale's new park, which. with its
track and grand stand, cost about $4,000.
Foot ball has lately become self supporting at
most of the larger colleges. Tennis at Harvard
this year will cost 81, 900, at Yale 81, 000 Rent
ing courts and keeping them in order Ia what
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General Grants Magnanimity.

story of General Grants magnanimity is told
by DR.. Whitfield one of the confederate sur
geons captured at Vicksburg:
One evening General Grant invited him into
his private Office and handed him small piece of
paper which he asked him to keep. He read
what the General had just written upon it and
then handed it back with the remark that per-
haps he had misunderstood his conversation.
Il do not" said Surgeon Whitfield, ''intend to
abandon the Southern army. On the contrary,
as soon as am exchanged 1 shall assume my
professional place. II understand that said
General Grant. "but you may be cap
tuled and recaptured. falling into the hands
of very rough men. and your captivity
may mol be as agreeable to you as it has been
here. Iwant you to keep that paper. 1t win
be of service to you in case you are again taken
prisoner Then the old Doctor showed the
Solicitorgeneral what Grant had given him,
which was an order to ell officers of the Union
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Aye, and she never hinched Within a month
her hair was gray. Consideration for others
made her deny herself to friends who would be
compromised by familiarity with telon's wife.
All thought of happiness was finally surrendered.
my business in life, she argued, rs not to be
happy, but to rescue my fallen husband"
o We shining ones, who shall be sent to convoy
her to her rest. how gently will We lift her from
the dust of her voluntary humiliation! How
soft the touch of your angel palmsl How will
ye say one to another of this chastened, suffer
ing SOUL it is by every token and lineament
true counterpart of Him who left the ninety and
nine in the wilderness, and with bleeding hands
extrcated the lost sheep from the thorns of its
own folly wherein it seemed hopelessly en-
tangled
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Savings of Josh Billings.

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog
is better adapted to that kind of business than
any other.
There is great deal of religion in this world
that is like -preserver-only put on at the
moment of immediate danger, and then half the
time put on hind-side before.
Experiences is school where man learns what
a big fool he has BEEN
The man who doesn't believe in any hereafter
has got dreadfully mean opinion of himself and
his chances.
There are two kinds of fools in the world
those who can't change their opinions and those
who won't
A good doctor is gentleman to whom we pay
So visit for advising US to eat less and exercise
more.
Out in the world men show US two sides to
their characters; by the Preside only one
Tho world is filling up with educated fools
mankind read too much and learn too little
Every man has his follies, and oftimes they
are the most interesting things he has got.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-25
Miss Betty and the Blind Tiger.


Among the moonshiners now under arrest in
Nashville is Miss Betty Smith, of Fentress
county M SIS Betty is described by reporter
as 1.-The very perfection of physical beauty"
She is only twenty one, but she is up to snuff
For several years past she has been running
blind tiger in Fentress county. The blind
tiger is very simple arrangement. You walk
into the hallway of Miss Betty's cottage and pull
out drawer neatly fitted into the wall. In the
drawer you find the following words written on
slip of paper pasted on the bottom of the drawer:
Beer, Whisky, Apple Brandy. Peach and
Honey, Teddy, Sour" You put dime on either
of the words and push the drawer in. When
you pull it out again you find in it schooner of
beer, or glass of liquor The fair proprietress
of the blind tiger is in danger of becoming quite
a belle in Nashville. She has not been sent to
Jail, but remains in charge of deputy marshal,
who walks about the city with her. 1t would be
pity to lock this frclicksome damsel up for a
year or so. Besides, it would be rough on the
hind tiger
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Lincoln's Prophetic Dream.

"Carp's" Letter IN Cleveland Leader.
tell the story in President Lincoln's own
language, as he told it to a friend some time
after 1t occurred: 1T was after my election
when the news was coming in thick and fast all
day, and there had been a great 'hurrah boysr
so that was well tired out, and went home to
rest throwing myself upon lounge in my
chamber. Opposite to where lay was a bureau
with swinging glass upon it; and looking in
that glass, saw myself reflected nearly at full
length. But my face, / noticed, had two
separate and distinct images, the tip of the nose
of one being about three inches from the tip of
the other. / was a little bothered, perhaps
startled and got up and looked in the glass;
but the illusion had vanished. On lying
down again / saw it second time
palmer. if possible, than before, and then
noticed that one Of the faces was little paler
say FIVE shades, than the other. got up and
the thing melted away and went off. In the
excitement of the hour l forgot all about it
nearly, but not quite. for the thing would
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Natures Comfortings.

cannot bear this gloom of grief, / said
Within shut walls; beneath the open sky
So pure in its inviolate calm so high,
will go forth and lean my throbbing head
And breaking heart against his hand, instead
OF human props that find more than |
An answer to the wild important why"
That its questioning wall above my dead
passed without beseeching grief to stay,
The sweet blue air kissed down my sense of pain;
The strong perpetual mountains seemed to steep
My wounds in balm; the breeze brushed tears away,
The sunshine soothed; and when turned again
Within my door, 10 Grief had fallen asleep!
Margaret j. Preston.
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Echoes.

But in the life to come what if those eyes
Follow one with their light and that dim face
Slowly from out the depths of emory rise
To haunt the weakened soul in Paradisel
All better 'twere, shut ont from heavenly grace,
To wander evermore thro darkened space.
But in the radiance of the snow.white throne,
With love renewed which here earth she gave,
If there her gentle spirit meet my own
And | should know each motion, look and tone
0, Death! remembrance quench in Lethe's wave;
Give me eternal sleep, dreamless grave!
SHE.
Life GIBBS away on times receding shore;
My feet have reached the everlasting sea
That bears me from world that nevermoIe
Shall wear again the glory once it wore,
When earth as heaven transhgured shone to me,
Bathed in the light of loves eternity.
Yet. in the realm that dying spirits linn,
Soul unto soul again may be the same
Tho like dream this shadowy earth grows dim
Still all my passioned memory clngs to him;
0, Life! call back thy faint, expiring flame,
And whisper, Love, once more his sacred name!
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The Boys Heaven.

When walk the golden pavement,
If chance to slip and fall,
/ am sure it wouldn't hurt me,
There would be no pain at all;
But if | should cry from habit
God would wipe my tears away.
So III leave my little kerchief
That you gave me Christmas Day.
will take my little basket
And my new three bladed knife;
/ shall see my brother Benny
And I'll climb the tree of life;
And I'll toss the apples to him,
AS he's seated on the ground
Cause you know they have in heaven
Apples all the year round.
Then we'll go and hear the music
That VIII make the arches ring;
Benny by request will call for
Tie new songs the angels sing,
] shall ask the angel usher
Can we sit in Jesus pew,
And I'll net forget to tell him
TO reserve seat for you.
From Obituary, in Rochester Democri
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SoLvER-Thank you for the charade.
UNCLE THEo dedicates an acrostic to s'The
Early Bird" ana says: 1.-THE big enigma favor
is reciprocated."
FLORENCE, one of our thirteen-year-old con-
tributors, is given space this week This young
friend writes plainly.
A. p UzzLER provides neat double diamond
and is thanked
DoDo has inserted some little catches" in his
reversals, which will annoy the solvers
PEARL AND ETHEL answer Nos. 1928 1881
1888 We are glad to hear from these friends.
Their enigma shall be used. We have written
dutch and Pete in relation to the matter men
toned in their note. Let US hear from them
often.
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Original Puzzles.


NO. 1548.-CHARADE.
dedicated to Eve Lnwood.l
My first is name
OF an ancient old DAME
The ancestor and mother Of all.
My second and third
If taken together,
Is found among forest trees tall.
Now, my whole will reveal,
If you look in your leisure
The fictitious name of puzzlng Hoosier.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. SOLVER
NO 1549.-DoUBLE ACRosTIc
[Eight-letter Words-To THE Early Bird with Com
plimentsl
/. A castle in the air. 2. A shade. 8. A GER
tificate of merit. f. genus of poisonous SER
penis g. A dubious plant 6. A mass purely
vocal. Z. Visionary. s. A delicacy. g. Inhab-
itants of the opposite side of the globe. 10. Per-
tanning to love. IL. Occurring once every three
years. II An ornament on a frieze or capital.
PRIMALs-Holland appellatives.
FINALs-Belonging to America.
SALEM. Ind. UNCLE THEo.
NO. 1550-NUMERlCAL ENIGMA.
My g. 48, 80 26, GA is Roman magistrate.
Ny 50, 81 Al, 81, g. 46. 80, So, T. 81 is change.
My s, 43, 16, 81, o. 80, AZ was prominent gen
eral during the civil war.
My 10, l, So %. 20 is wand.
My 40, 4, %, 81 is a county in British Burmah.
of the Greedy expedition.
My IL, 10, 80, 18 SO, A is Persian coin.
My z, 81 81, 80, 6 is farmer
My 90, 49, 60, 3S, II, As is an Indian tent or
camp.
Ny 5, So, 90 %, g. "a is one of sect founded
by Joseph Smith.
My 30. 3, III is to raise with lever.
My "a is a consonant.
My Ii, AZ, 10, GA, IL is a wanderer.
My whole is quotation from one Of Words
worth's poems. FLORENCE.
DELPHI, Ind
NO. 1551-cHANGEs.
/. Behead value and leave kind of food.
Behead again and leave a solid fluid
2. Behead common article of use and leave
an imtator. Curtai and leave one of the genus
"Pithecus."
3. Twice behead a sacred table and leave a
substance used for roofing houses.
4. Behead to reproach and leave to conceal.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. SOLVER.
NO. 1552-DoURLE DIAMOND
Across. A letter. q messenger or err
rand boy. 8. Manners. 4. A vehicle. 5. A
plant 6. The eyelid. Z. A letter.
Down. A letter. 2. To describe we'll. g. A
toy. 4 A Celtic divinity. s. mans name
g. A resin. z. A letter.
WALNUT HILL, Mass. A. P. UzzLER.
NO. 1553-woRD SQUARE.
l. A prophecy Jobs 2. To lean Jobs |
g. Self Scot. 4. girls name.
Boston, Mass MAY Blossom.
NO. 1554-REvERsALs
l. Reverse to issue forth, and make an ami
NAL.
2. Reverse scale, and make an uncouuh per-
son.
3. Reverse part of ship, and make plant
4. Reverse even, and make even
5. Reverse opinion, and make an opinion.
GALLON, .. DoDo.
Answers in three weeks
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come up every once in while and give me a
little sang, as though something uncomfortable
had happened. When l went home, told my
wife about it. and few days after | tried the
experiment again, when, sure enough. the thing
came back again, if anything more ghostly than
before. After this however, was never able
to bring the thing back again, Though I tried
once very industriously to show it to my wife,
who was somewhat worried over it. She
thought it was sign that was to be elected to
a second term of office. and interpreted the pale
ness of the lower face as an omen that ] would
not see life through my second term"
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Smiling Spring.

Spring, with smile of merry cheer,
Rosy fingered Spring is herel
To each spirit whispering
Some bright, secret, happy thing.
To the sorrowful she saith:
"See, / always come; have faith!"
To the poor she saith: Il bring
Riches above reckoning"
To the child she cries: II, too,
Am happy child like your'
Age looks up. Like new grace
Spring illumines the wan face.
But in ten-fold glory fair
Smiles she on yon tender pair
That the bonds of love enchain-
Smiles that they smile back again!
Liverpool Post.
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makes the expense. A freshman class at Har
ward pays S., 900 for its crew, foot ball eleven
At Yale and Columbia the corresponding expense
is somewhat less. Travelling expenses, hotel
bills only 6rst-class hotels), trophies for the
victors etc., make further demand upon the
students pocket All these expenses are de-
frayed by voluntary subscriptions of the stu.
dents and alumni