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Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

Oe1nr saan to your word. H..
e ciss of IN. that when the great en.,a
i nss ., lite arrive finds her be1 5s's''
nsadaa Of prompt thought e'P oe md
p1 hsla1a,. action; a helpneet a. an, ''a'
and G;p,ess meeting of ezcIa ana ya
and lncongruous acts. The word al' a.
or !, in the marriage ceremony n' ,a. a1''.
all that might be implied in a b lIn'p ?.
pan directed by Gods wo51 ''1 n
INA .ha' w word "honor" be you near Or &. y
the thought suggests your interest,", a. =,
, .espe't lor your personality, the ESTEEM a.,
that holds you dearer than all tbs vote, r''5,
mat cherlshes your good name, fiat !,
n ln] a noble purpose in your mind
l nat IN your time of absenceor sickpp,
takes your place, preserves the intprss.
OF your social life, your business METH
ods' that IN a word honorS, without w,i
ing in stupid dulness to be told wherein
obedience is required.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

WE regret to learn Of the withdrawal
from the Hot Springs Sentinel of Mr.. 7.
F. Kimball, formerly one of the editors.
Mr.. Kimball is young gentleman of
much ability, and we extend to him our
heartiest good wishes in his new bust
ness enterprise.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

The LADIES JOURNAL is endebted to
the talented young editor ofthe Mariana
Index, Mr.. Jas. P. Brown, for some very
kindly remarks made about one of our
ladies during a recent visitto that city.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

In the preface we find the following
CHOW, in 1881, on getting out a seq
ond edition, the authoreSs desires :"
express her grateful appreciation o. o W "
kindness with which the edition Of I'q
was received. She wishes to eXPFeSy
the officers and soldiers of the ConIS'' !.
ate army at VickSburg her ackn's. ,.s,
ment oft gentle services ana 'o1' j.
that contributed to her comfort and We
fare as the sad days there passed on .,,t
Words cannot express the wonder de-, A, A,
admiration excited in her NINA 11:,t y
conduct of those brave men "a at , n;ar ,oa.
how they endured with unlll u sh.r: boz
age the shower of ball anu ,..i.b ' nndopnst
they confronted tle Nv ,ls steadily 4
resolution, closing the ranks s5 5.sl,1 asrt
their comrades fell by ha .l;'b ,tsnalt
them ; how they endured % .be W, vet. d
privarion; firmly facing 1sr 'p sr 'd dsn,yf3.
them that they wefe' ua 10y odds Al
ing against orerpo"e ,ragsrs o1' and
when the forlorn hope v way +be sdnpnas
flag was pulled down. 1. r." As they y
lnsss paled before a foe.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

THE expulsion of the french princes
from France has caused no little excite
ment in Paris
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

panorama exhibited there; At the corner
OF Fitty-ftth street and Seventh avenue
is tall circular building, with a broad
and inviting entrance. By a circuitous
route the visitor finds himself suddenly
upon a knoll in the heart of the town of
Vicksburg, Miss. Then in every direc-
ton from the central elevation on which
he stands stretches out view of the Mis-
siSSippi town, the sunlit and misty hills
beyond, and across the mirror-like sur
face of the river lies fading landscape
beyond. In the warm foreground are
scenes or war and bloodShed. The rebel
Notifications are filled with soldiers fight
ing in their defence, and swarming with
the Federal troops who are storming the
works. Bursting shells and clouds of
blue smoke fill the air, and only the
sounds and the smell of gunpowder are
lacking to complete the delusion. 1t is,
IN fact, glance at the battle of Vicks-
burg, as it must have appeared on the
memorable ed of May, 1868. The in
genuity and art with which a realistic
foreground of earth and growing grass
and the wreckages of battle is blended
with the painted scene of the cycloraim
is admirable. The picture is Joint pro-
duction of NM. Joseph Bertrand and Lu-
Glen Sergent of Paris, and it was painted
from studies on the field of battle, and
from models and maps which have been
officially approved as correct.
IHE marriage ceremony for President
Cleveland as performed by DR.. Sunder-
land, has excited much comment through
the columns of the daily press. 1T has
long been the CUSTOM" writes one sage
editor, "to use the word obey, and DR..
Sunderland has introduced an lnnova-
uon IN leaving this tlme-hOnored word
from the service he used" The LADIES
JOURNAL offers condolences to this editor,
and a sincere CommiSerahon for the help
less frame of mind into which he has
suddenly been thrown. How strange
1t must seem to him that this pledge of
compulsory conduct was forgotten or
WlItuIIy laid aside in the presidents mar
rage ceremony. We fancy this editor
continuing his comments in this manner,
"Why man cannot govern his house
hold, If he cannot say come to me mis-
tress of that household, and she cometh,
or 60 and she goeth." All We of little
foresight, you would take to your home
and your heart Ga dumb driven crea-
|
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

"MY CAVE LIFE IN F1cKsRuRc ,,
Mrs. MARY W. LoUGHBoRoueH .
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
This book was first pubIishedbyD
Appleton & Co., New York, in 1854
from the authors notes,
WRITTEN IN HER CAVE,
Again reprinted in 1881 from author
copy plates, by R. P. Smdley &Co:
St. Louis, Mo.
CLOTH BOUND VOLUME, $I.oo, PAPER Soc
Orders for "Cave Lite In Vicksbrg'
promptly filled if sent to SOUTHERN
LADIES JOURNAL OFFICE, Little Rock.
Ark.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
Newly Married Peoples Homes.

DIR. John Hall says: "It is good
for the newly married, as q rule, to
begin by themselves, together, with
out the officious direction of others,
however well meaning, and it is good,
il possible, to be in home, not a
boarding house nor a hotel. It may
be love in cottage, and the cot
tage may be humble; but it is COM
monty better adapted to the growth
of true, pure, simple life than rooms
in one OF those non-nilitary barracks
which the needs of our great cities
are supposed to demand. A mess.
table is doubtless proper for the off,
GERS of regiment, or q group OF
monks. The passengers of an ocean
steamer can properly dine togetheri
but for young married people, it ia
best that they should live together,
their doors closing ont the world;
that they should be oil in all, under
God, to each other; that the young
wife should not be pursued by calcu-
lations rs to how she looks to spec
tators; that he and she should wisely
adapt their habits of life to means
and prospects, remembering that it
is easy to go up, but difficult to de-
scend.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
NO. 43.
Lincoln's First Dollar.
Nv D. Kelly. In New York Star,

One evening when few gentlemen,
among whom was Mr.. Seward, had
met in the Executive Chamber with
out official business, and were telling
of the past the President said; ''Sew-
ard, you never heard, did you, how
I earned my first dollari"
"No," said Seward.
"Well," he replied, II was about
eight years Of age, and belonged, as
you know, to what they call down
South the scrubs. People who do
not own land and slaves are nobody
there. But we had succeeded in
raising, chiefly by mylabor, sufficient
products, as thought TO justify me
in taking it down the river to sell
After much persuasion l had got the
consent of my mother to go, and had
constructed a fatboat large enough
to take the few barrels Of things we
had gathered down to New Orleans.
A steamer was going down the river.
We have, as you know, no wharyes
on the western streams, and the GUS
tom was, il any passengers were at
any Of the landings, they were to 60
out IN boat, tho steamer stopping
and taking them on board. / was
contemplating my new boat, and won
dering whether l could make it
stronger or improve it in any part,
when two men camo down to the
shore in carriages, with trunks, and
looking at the different boats, singled
out mine and asked; "Who owns this?'
I answered modestly: I do. viii
you, said one of them, take us and
our trunks out to the steamer Ger
tainly,' said I. / was very glad to
have the chance of earning some-
thing, and supposed that each OF
them would give me a couple Of bits.
The trunks were put on my boat, the
passengers seated Themselves on
them, and / sculled them out to the
steamer. They got on board, and I
lifted their trunks and put them on
the deck. The steamer was about to
put on steam again when I called
oat: You have forgotten to pay me-
Each of them took from his pocket a
silver half-dollar and threw it on the
bottom of my boat. I could scarcely
believe my eyes rs I picked up the
money. You may think it was very
little thing, and in these days it seems
to me like trifle, but it was most
important incident Of my life.
could scarcely credit that I, the poor
boy, had earned a dollar in less than
a day, that by honest work I had
earned dollar the world seemed
wider and fairer before me. I was
more hopeful and thoughtful boy
from that time"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07

Dr. Cranfill, the Texas prohibition apos-
tie, editor of the Gatesville Advance, is
fighting Christian. Hear him:
We learned on Tuesday that move was
put on foot Monday at Gatesville to raise
purse with which to hire man to whip the
editor of the Advance-Sun. Through the
intervention cf gentleman who is well
known, but whose name need not be men
toned here, the scheme was for the present
defeated. This move is all right in its way.
But when those who are itching to see the
editor of this paper whipped, make up mon:
ey to hire man to do it, they had as well
90 n step farther and contribute enough to
buy the man a shroud and pay his burial
expenses. We are not in any sense a fight
er. We have always done our fighting by
appealing to reason and the public consci-
ence. We never have been distinguished
for prowess in the field of brutal combat.
But, however that may be, when any hired
scoundrel takes IL upon himself TO take the
Job Of thrasbing us we'll meet him at Phi
iippi. Let him lay the weight Of his little
finger upon us, if he dares.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
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Marriage and Obituary Notices, of over ten
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Calls upon candidates, their replies and
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umns), will be charged as advertisements.
A cross mark upon the paper indicates
That the time for which the subscription was
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All advertisements and subscriptions due
n advance.
ANY of our friends would do us 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
shat we may send specimen copies to such
persons.
Our terms for announcing candidates are
S15 for state and district Offices, IS for
county offices, and So for precinct and mu-
n;cipal. Terms, cash.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07

Some of the newspapers Of the
Territory are having great deal to
say of late about Surveyor General
Julian's bond. They seem TO be very
much worked mp over a report, which
had no foundation in fact, that Mr..
Julian had not and could not give
bond, and several of them have had
such spnsms over the subject that we
are led TO believe that the whisky
supply in their neighborhoodis is about
exhausted. Our brethren should rest
easy. We have looked into this mat
ter and find there is no cause for
alarm. Mr.. Julian has given a bond
which makes every one who sees it
turn green with envy. His bonds
men, two Of the b,s. known aud
wealthiest men in the Hoosier State,
qualify in improved real estate secur-
ity alone in an amount neatly FIVE
times as great as required, and an
examination Of Bradstreet will show
that the combined wealth Of these
parties is great enough 10 buy rs al
out about 100 times over. with two
or three small fortunes 10 spare. Let
ms turn our attention 10 subjects We
can all handle. This bond question
is too big for us to tackle.-SAnta Pc
Leader.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
For the FRRn PnKss.
DREAMS.

How Oft do dream of summer,
or summer that has long been past;
OF time so fair and golden,
That was too bright and happy 10 last.
And sometimes glance or whisper.
And sometimes, o well known strain,
And oft the perfume OF flower
Brings back Its memory again.
In fancy stray to the cottage,
And stand by the little white gate,
And list TO the ringdove calling
So softly above TO its mate.
I inhale the breath Of the roses
That twined Ger the window 30 low,
And see the CLEAN of the lilies,
With their fragrant bells OF snow.
SEQ all the loved ones faces
And hear their soft footsteps fall,
And list to their voices echo,
In reply to my every call.
All, Memory how oft do l wander
Across thy portals so fair,
And call TO the loved ones departed,
To enter and stray with Inc there.
And often think of the future,
or the joys awaiting us there;
And try to weave in my fancy
A dream of the city so fair,
Whose walls are the brightest of jewels,
And its columns the morning light,
With its sparkling sea of jasper
And its pearly gates of white.
Where the crystal stream is tossing
It's spray DER the golden sand;
And the glory of God. the Father,
Is the Joy and light of the land,
Where the hours glide onward unnumbered
And morning eternal shall reign,
Where down through the sunlight of ngel
Floats the angels unbroken refrain.
And when through the garden of lilies,
The Beloved shall lead me along,
I'll meet all the loved ones departed
Up there in the white robed throng.
San Marcos. -BEssrE SMITH.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07

When the government comes to
the rescue. and supplies the legiti-
mate industries of the country with
an ample volume Of money on the
same time and terms it now provides
it to national banks, thus stripping
Shylock of his occupation and de
throning and removing from society
this worthless drone, this bold and
defiant highway robber Of honorable
industry, there viii be plenty in The
land and peace and harmony will pre-
vail between employer and employe,
between the producer and consumer
-Ex-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
Farm Life Desirable.
(The Century Magazine. J

1t is common complaint that the
farm and farm life are not appreci-
ated by our people. We long for the
more elegant pursuits, or the ways
and fashions of the town. But the
farmer has the most sane and natural
occupation, and ought to find life
sweeter, il less highly seasoned, than
any other. He alone, strictly speak
ing, has home. How can q man
take root and live without landi He
writes his history upon his field How
many ties and resources he has; his
friendships with his cattle, his team,
his dog, bis trees; the satisfaction in
his growing crops, in his improved
fields; his intimacy with Nature, with
bird and beast and with the quick
ening elemental influences Cling
TO the farm; make much Of il; bestow
your heart your brain upon il, so that
il shall SAVIOR Of you and rndiate your
virtues after your days work is done.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07

The Western Recorder presents difficulty
which most country editors have expert
enced. We give its statement for the edl.
fication of the two classes referred to among
our own patrons:
GLOW can an editor please everybody
Recently brother refused to take the Re-
corder because we don't stop it promptly
when the subscription expires. Shortly
after, brother, when asked why he was
not taking the Recorder, replied: without
my orders you stopped my paper two years
ago as soon as the subscription expired.
thought then if You couldn't trust me a
few months, till could send on the mon
ey. wouldn't trust you by paying in ad-
vance,"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
The following from the st. Louis
Christian Advocate affords pertinent
food for thought Just at this time:

The following from the st. Louis
Christian Advocate affords pertinent
food for thought just at this time:
In the general struggle over the
country in the work of selecting can
didates for Office do not for decency s
sake, if for no other reason, ask the
decent voter to cast his ballot for
men of bad moral character. 1t is
asking too mucb-entirely too much.
and is little less than an insult pub
licly given. And we ask and urge
every decent man in all the land to
resist it by refusing-positiyely re-
fusing, in advance, to vote for any
debauchee, any dishonest, insolvent
man, any profane or vulgar man, any
man who practically ignores the
claims and obligations Of sound moral
principles and moral law, which, in
this country, is no less the law of the
laud than it is the law of God. All
honest men should set their faces as
fints against such men for Office, aud
let all aspirants for Office understand
distinctly that hereafter a sound and
well established moral character is to
be regarded as an indispensable pre-
requisite IN an election to Office. The
better class Of society should by all
means see to this matter. The high
est and best interests Of society de-
mand it. As for professed Christians,
il is q shame 10 them to make no dis
tinction between men on these
grounds. II. as they should, they
pray for a good government, let them
also work for il Then they viii at
least be consistent
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
The Secret Revealed.

and engaged in conversation with O
sober, industrious man. that was
earning $2.00 per day. This
man had lived well, bought q house
and lot, had il we'll improved, was
educating his four children, and had
over 500 on deposit in the bank
The conversation between these two
men was overheard by q workman at
q bench near by, who, in an inter
ested manner, asked for an explana-
ton Of q few things, which will be
understood by the following dia-
logue:
', orkmam-"Say, Mister, / wish
you would explain why there should
be 80 much difference in men, in get
ting on in this world. Now I came
into this shop at the same time that
this man did, (referring to the othor
workman). I get $3.50 per day, l
have no children to educate, I have
no house OF my own, / have no bank
account in my favor, and l work as
hard as he does, and draw fifty cents
per day more than he does. Now
what makes this difference, and how
can it be accounted for?
Gentlemaa-Well, sir, if you will
answer few questions, and not get
mad, I think I can solve the problem.
Do you drink?
W.-Oh, you need not talk to me
in that way; I am no drunkard.
G.-I did not ask if you were q
drunkard I simply asked if you
drank liquor?
W.-Well, I take little beer for
my health, and so does my wife, but
We never get drunk, or neglect busi-
ness.
G.-Well, how much beer do you
use per day?
W.-Oh, small pail full, that costs
quarter, only.
G.-Twenty-five cents per day for
beer. Three hundred and sixty-five
times twenty-five makes $91.25 per
year for beer.
W.-Say. it amt that much, is it!
G.-You see the figures, don't you?
Do you use tobacco?
W.-Yes. I smoke and chew both,
but not to excess.
G.-Well, how much per day for
tobacco?
W.-About three FIVE centers for
smoking, and chewing about twenty
five cents per week.
G.-Well, that makes $67.75 per
year for tobacco. Do you gamble
any?
W.-No, sir,-but l work hard for
five days in the week, and then I
take Saturday for choring and recre-
alton, and I sometimes go down and
play pool to amuse the boys.
G-How much does your pool
playing cost you per week?
W.-Oh, not over fifty cents per
week.
G.-Fifty cents per week for pool,
$4,000, and then you do not work one
day in the week, hence you lose one
days wages, $3.50 per week. Loss
wages, $4,000. Loss in wages,
$l3O. 90; Pool, $26. 90; Tobacco. $67.-
rs; Beer, $91.25. Total, $315.00.
W.-Say, Mister, these figures are
certainly not fair.
G.-Look them over and see how
they can be changed,
W.-Say, my friend, I want you
to draw up pledge stout and strong
and include pool, tobacco and idle
ness in it, as well as drink. Then I
want to sign it in strong letters, then
1 shall go home and tell my wife
what L have done. Then L want to
get myself squarely before the mirror
and take q good square look at the
darnedest fool in America.
This is an actual oc ,urrence, and.
needs no further explanation to en-
able the reader to see how far Pro
hibition and total abstinence will go
toward solving the problem OF labor
and hard times. II. B. SHERMAN.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-07
VOL W sooUNTYIE
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent }
" suMoroN IL q. Sent. 90. 'S6.

(Frcm Our Regular Correspondent }
WASHINGTON, j. c., Sept. 20, $50.
The principal event for the coming
week will be the Inauguration Of an
industrial exposition of the colored
people of this city. Not only are
business interests throughout the
country improving under the "blight"
OF Democratic rule, but the "poor
colored people" whose fate MIR.
Hayes bewailed when he learned that
Tilden was elected, are so we'll salts
fed with their progress that the
many thrifty representatives of the
race at the Capital are about to hold
great fair to display and celebrate
thor industrial progress. The exhi-
bition will include samples of the
work of colored artisans aud mechan-
les in many trades and handicrafts,
and it will be organized and con-
Quoted wholly by people OF African
blood.
The negroes Of the South hardly
require fair to make known the re-
suit of their industry. 1t is amply
demonstrated by the great crops OF
cotton, rice, tobacco, corn and other
staples of that region, and in the
rapidly increasing production of iron,
coal, lumber and building stone. The
s'right of laborers to enjoy the fruits of
their labor" which Lincoln asked for
the freed men, is now as thoroughly
improved by them MS the race char
acterstics and the climatic inf uences
of the Sunny South will permit.
The race is likewise prospering in
other ways. Its young are taking
advantage of the schools provided
for them, and the fears OF re-enslave-
ment or oppression, which selfish
politicians inculcated from selfish
motives, are no longer felt. The ne
gro as political issue and the bloody
shirt pennon appear to be out OF pol
itics. They are not in the planks of
recent Republican platforms. Re-
publican orators can no longer
''point with alarm to the bugbear OF
re -enslavement-tliat nonsense has
been dissipated forever.
The Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury this week issues the 142d call for
the redemption Of bonds. The call
is for SIS, 100000 of the 3 per cent.
loan of 1882: "Notice is given that
the principal and accrued interest OF
the bonds herein below designated
will be paid at the Treasury. of tue
United States, in the city of Wash
ington, ID. G., on the 18th day Of
October, 1885, and that the interest
on said bonds will cease on that day"
Parties holding bonds called by
this circular can obtain immediate
payment, with interest to date of
presentation, by requesting the same
in the letter forwarding the bonds for
redemption.
What is commonly known as the
"voluntary bond cali" or the circular
of Aug. 80, issued by Acting Secre
tury Fairchild, offering toredeem un
called three per cent. bonds to the
amount of $10,000,000 if presented
before Sept. Is, has been so modified
as to offer to redeem ''until further
notice" all three per cent. bonds pre-
sented at the Treasury, at par and
with accrued interest up to the date
of redemption. The modification ex-
tends indefinitely the amount OF the
bonds that may be presented and
the date within which they will be re-
deemed.