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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

bNNes that frs tfal, p9ev g;l
Windy Collie, Teething Pains, or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Ackor's Baby soother.
It contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price rs cents. Sold by
For sale by LAwuoN& BASS
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

"HACKMRTACK," a lasting and fra
grant perfume, Price 20 and 30 cts. For
sale BY RAYSoLDs i DAsKL.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach is agair
nearly blind.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

A lady visiting at Bar Harbor says
that the only thing you can buy there
at reasonable price is q postage
stamp.-Lewiston Journal.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

Cathay seems to be q poor place
for bicycling. The poet saysi Bet
fifty years in Europe than cycle in
Cathay Detroit FREQ Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

Grain is tho only native Texan in
Congress.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

The King Of tho Belgians mover
wears gloves md goes bnrehsaded.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

Frederick Vanderbilt is engaged
experimenting the erection of his new
house in the Isle of Wight.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

srJoseph Richardson, the millionaire,
for years has kept coffin in his house
ready for use.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

Lord Tennyson has passed bis
eightieth year.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

John Bright is 80 weak that even
bath chair exercise exhausts him.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indiges-
ton, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of APP
petite, Yellow Skin? Shilohs Vitalzer is a
positive cure. For sale by RAYNoLDs *
DANIEL.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

WE veNsoN B Bhy A Glizis
Is warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purifies the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
For sale by LAwuoN ~ Bass.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

A son of President Tyler has been
chosen president of William and Mary
College at Williamsburg, Va.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

Address, THE STANDARD,
IL Union Square. East, NEW YORK.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-20

FOR IA SAMPLE copx
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-13
AMERICAN GEMS.
Beautiful Stoneg Found in Various Portions
of the United States.

Beautiful Stoneg Found in Various Portions
of the United States.
Mining for gems in the United States
has been carried on chiefly in connec-
ton with quarrying mica and other
minerals. The ornamental stones which
have been systematically mined, are the
emerald of North Carolina and the
tourmalines in Maine. By ornamental
stones are here meant those used in pey-
sonal adornment, and not the beautiful
marbles and alabasters used for the or
namental finish Of buildings.
We have several stones of considera-
BILE beauty and value, peculiar to our
country. One is commonly known as
the green-star stone, and is found on
Isle Royale, in Lake Superior. 1t shows
the play of colors exhibited in the CATS
eye, and in what is called tiger's-eye
from Colorado. The curious appear
ance OF all these stones is due to their
ibrous structure.
Although we have the flexible sand
stone, which is supposed to be the rock
in which the diamonds of Brazil occur,
yet no large and valuable diamonds
have been found in this country. The
finding of small diamonds is reported
from California, North Carolina and
Virginia. Rubies and sapphires have
been found at several places east of the
Alleghanies, and in the placer mines OF
Montana.
Varieties of quartz are abundant, and
many of them are very beautiful. The
clear. transparent crystals of Central
New York and of California are fine
| specimens of NATURES skill in the shap-
| ing of forms. Amethystine crystals are
found in several States, and particu.
lally fine ones at Lake Superior and
near the Yellowstone Park.
Along the Rocky mountains from
Montana to Arizona occur whole forests
which have been converted into stone
by the action of silicated waters. The
products are chalcedony, agates and
jaspers OF great beauty OF color and
banding. The texture of the wood is
often preserved, and gives character to
the stone. This is the case with the
tiger's-eye of Colorado. The agates
cut from these petrifactions owe their
bands OF color to the layers OF wood.
Smoky quartz OF the finest variety is
found about Pixies Peak. From this Is
cut the popular cairngorm stone. The
gold-bearing quartz OF California has
been cut for ornamental uses to consid-
cradle extent
The value OF all the ornamental stones
yet worked in this country is triaing
when compared with the value OF the
paving stones which are laid down in
our streets. 1t Is likely that for long
time 70 come our granite quarries will
yield more wealth than our mines OF
precious stones. = Youth's Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-13

An engineer Of the Comstock mines
reports that while spending some time
recently In the wilds OF the Sierras, In
Tulare County, CAL, no came upon an
enormous tree OF the sequola species,
which he believes TO be the largest on
the continent The party had no rulo
with them. but one OF them measured
the giant with his rife, which is four
feet in length. He found II to be forty.
four lengths OF his gun in circumier-
ence at point above the ground as
high as he could reach, The top OF the
tree has been broken of, but IT n still
OF immense height.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-13

An inventor OF New York City has
brought out an automatic fireman,
which climbs up a house, breaks win,
dows and turns on two streams.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-13
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.
The Most Recent Developments Reache,
by Investigators and Inventors.

The Most Recent Developments Reached
by Investigators and Inventors.
Natural gas is used in China for fuel.
The United States produced $780,
900, 900 of metallic products in 1887 and
$282, 900, 900 of non-metallic mineral
products.
Coal is worked in Kilkenny within
ten to twenty miles of three railways,
but there is no branch railway to the
mines.
Peroxide of hydrogen in one-half or
per cent. solutions is said to be good
in cases OF diphtheria, ozama and can
cerous liberation.
Lime water is said to be an admirable
remedy in diphtheria. teaspoonful
being slowly taken each hour. 1t car
be taken readily by children.
It is said that strips of red or blue
flannel dipped in liquid arsenic and
laid around the edges OF carpets, will
prove sure death to Buffalo moths.
A gigantic fossil discovered in Kan
sas is of an animal over 16 feet In
length, the joints measuring feet 8
inches long and the neck 4 to feet.
Flammaroin says that the tempera-
ture of the planet Mars is at least as
high as that upon the earth, and that
its polar SHOWS melt more rapidly than
ours do.
The Japenese Admiralty has decided
to coat the bottoms OF all it's ships with
q material much like the ordinary
laquer which we know on furniture
and cabinet work.
The fastest armed cruiser in the
world is said to be the German Grief.
with 1000 tons displacement and 5,400
indicated horsepower. She makes
twenty-three knots per hour.
A large timber, raft which lately
started from Mayence for Utrecht, was
725 feet long and 175 feet broad and re-
quired 120 hands. 1t contained 1000
pieces and was valued at about 500, 900.
manufacturer of carpet said some
time ago that the perfection OF textile
machinery had so kept pace with the
demand for adulteration of fabrics that
tho mills nowadays could spin almost
any thing but sand.
The new 'steam turbine" runs at
only $4,000 revolutions per minute. 1t
would be ut least as much trouble to
gear such an engine down to ordinar,'
high-speed machinery aS to gear our
ordinary steam engine up to running
the same machines. Press.
| ----4e
"A couple of gentlemen met upon q
Boston thoroughfare the other day. and
after exchanging the usual interroga'
tories the conversation turned to the
consideration OF mutual acquaintance
~ met him about an hour ago and hs
wanted to borrow quarter, remarked
one. s'Wanted to borrow quarter
, 1888-03-10

The perfume pencil is a novelty in theory,
If MOI in practice. You never heard. Of It'll
Neither did anybody until after tho device
had bceI shown by II dappor peddler, posi-
bly, the inventor, for they are not known to
the s;orrS The black lead was combined
with c,rung scents, so that when he wrote on
u card a delicate and pleasant odor was given
out. There isn't much use in any munufac-
turcr catching up the idea and stocking the
market, for the disclosure Of tho trick de-
stroys les value.
'If you write with it, explained the
seller, illustrating it ON The spot, especially
If you do it reasonably close TO the nose Of
an uniformed person, he or she is delight
fully and mystcriously assailed with a faint
perfume. New York Sun.
, 1888-03-10
closing Tho moscow unlvcrsity.

Inc university inspector, Brisgalof, is
known as very narrow minded. During n
concert given by the students he said to one
Of the singers: "You are drunk your
offensive expression is lot deserved" was the
reply, "as | never touch drink" ''Then you
arc n dirty scampr' was the inspectors reply,
for which the student boxed his cars. On the
morning following the procurator of Moscow,
Count Knpnist, assembled the students and
addressed them, saying: "Who among you
should wish to justify tho proceedings of
your colleague under arrest Is requested to
rise and say So" There was no response,
probably because tho speech was not clcar
enough in its expressions to be readily under
stood Then the count added: 'Thus every
ono of you Is n scoundrcl." That word was
followed by q storm Of Indignation. "Scoun-
drCl yoursclfI' Down with himr' "Out
with himl' "Brisgalof must gor' 1.-THE
council is infamousr' ''Tho by laws must be
nmondedr and other cries wero uttered in
passionate vehemence. Tho greater number
OF tho 800 students assembled succeeded in
reaching the street, and forming groups
awaitod further developments. Soldiers had
been posted near tho university beforehand,
and a great many lockers on were crowded
In the streets.
Then Russian savagery was displayed in
its fullest oxtont. Tho cavalry, without q
word of warning, charged upon the crowd,
wounding, tranpling down and killing a
great number. l saw an old lady, with her
gray haired protector, whose road lay through
that street, ruthlessly sabred and trodden
down. Tho natural result of such outrages
was that the Infatuated populaco charged
back upon tho soldiers, driving them back by
the sheer impetus of their numbers, though
without weapons of any kind. Meanwhile,
the professors of tho university, afraid of the
number of students that had remained in the
building, had RECOURSE to tho usunl protectors
in similar casc5-the butchers of the district,
who entered the hall brandishing their long
knives. Under the countenanco of their
patrons, the professors, they proceeded to
commit unspeakable outrages upon whomso-
ever had the misfortune to incur their dis
pleasure. Two hundred students were i'm
prisoned. Tho rest walked the streets in
groups, singing their songa At IL O'Clock
on the morning following the students assem-
bled peaceably on tho boulevard, when the
porters and s~cavongcrs, with orders from
police headquarters, appeared and proceeded
to renew the outrages upon the students as
on the previous day, at which scuflle one
student was killed. Then the students dis
continued attending the university. Moscow
Letter.
, 1888-03-10

The first school in Western Africa upon
the plan Of the German popular schools was
opened ut Knmaroons. Among the thirty
two pupils there are seven sons of King Bell,
tho native ruler. Like all the negroes of the
region ho complains terribly ct the exorbi-
tant cost of the education of his boys, which
cannot fail, he says, making his exchequer
bankrupt. TIL fee is settled at seventy-fve
cents a month q pupil, which, with the usual
rule of compromising for a number of pupils
from the same family, will bring the amount
due by his majesty for the education of his
seven princes to something like 81 a month,
an immense sum for u royal darkey's
treasury. The progress made by the pupils
in general is said TO be satisfactory in the
three RS" but class singing is not good.
Believing is too natural an exercise for the
black voices to allow them to have any
pleasure in civilized chorus singing.-Chi-
cago News.
, 1888-03-10
ARTS OF
The TriviaIities to Which the Old Astrol-
ogers Would Descend.

ogers Would Descend.
1t is astonishing into what trivial detail
nstrologers were prepared to go. There is
something, for instance, delightfully."- rich in
in~terrogating the planets as to the where
ubouts of n lost dog. And yet this was done,
as related by William Lilly, who gives full
particulars as to his method and success. His
account is worth quotation. After drawing
the usual plan Of the state of the heavens, he
continues: The Quere unto me was what
part of the city they should search; next, if
he should ever recover him. Thu sign of
GCmini is west and by south; the quarter of
heaven is west; Mercury, the signifcator of
thc Dog, is in Libra, n western sign, but
southern quarter of heaven, tending to the
west.
The moon is in Virgo, a southwest sign,
and vcrging to the western angle; the
strength Of the testimonies examined | found
the plurality to signify the west, and therefore
l judged that the dog ought to be westward
from the place where the owner lived, which
was at Temple Barre; wherefore | judged.
that the dog was about Long Acre or upper
part of Drury Lane. In regard that Mer-
curry, signiGcator of the beast, was in n sign
Of tho Same triplicity that Gcmini his as
ccndant is, which signifies London, and did
not apply to n trine aspect of the cusp of the
sixt house, l judged the dog was not out of
tho lines OF communication, but IN tho same
quarter; of which l was moro confirmed by
TIE sun and Saturn, their trine aspect. The
siSnc wherein Mercury is in is Libra, an
avery signc.
81 judged the dog was in some chamber or
upper room kept privately or in great
secrecy; because the moon WINS under the
bcumcs Of tho SUM-, and Mercury, moon and
sun were in tho eight house, but because the
sun on Monday following did apply by trine
dexter to Saturn, lord of the ascendant, and
moon to sextile of Mars; having %exaltation
in the ascendant, 1 intimated that in my
opinion lie should have his dog againc, or
newes of his dog upon Monday following, or
ncer that time, which WINS true, for n gentle
man of the querem's acquaintance sent him
tho dog the very same day about 10 in the
morning, who by accident coming to SEQ II
friend in Long Acre, found the dog chained
up under n table and sent him home as above
said, TO my very great credit" This aston
ishing success will form a fitting conclusion.
Some of our readers may perhaps consider it
.teiOngs 20 that method of divination known
~ tho romancy.-Leisure Hour.
, 1888-03-10

You have only to cross Niagara river to
find old English ways followed. The bishop
Of Niagara is his lordship, and you will hear
the natives of Fort Erie talk of their lively
neighbors on this side as "the Americans"
Just as il they didn't live in a part Of Amer
lea themselves. In their spelling they are
particularly English, you know. They put
u into parlor and an extra & into wagon.
Whereas we spell Jail with a j, an a, an / and
an !, they perycrsely make it gaol-but they
get there all the samel-Buffalo Courier.
, 1888-03-10

Is continually going on in the human sys-
tenn. The demon of impure blood strives
to gain victory over the constitution, to
ruin health, to drag victims to the grave.
A good reliable medicine like Hoods Sar-
sarparilla is the weapon with which to
defend ones self, drive the desperate
enemy from the field, aud restore peace
and bodily health for years. Try this
peculiar medicine.
, 1888-03-10

The floating gardens on the rivers are
formed by the long sedges being interviewer
into a mat, earth being superimposed there
Upon IND the stalks finally cut under water,
thus releasing them from the bottom of the
lake. They arc usually about 20 by 12 yards
in size. A dishonest Cashpuri will sometimes
tow his neighbor's garden away from its
moorings and appropriate its produce, which
generally includes cucurbitaceous fruits and
vegetable aud Il fine description of grape
The Highland II India
, 1888-03-10

Employment Agent-That family pays
good wages and you better try it.
Lazy Domestic-Is the man of the house
very particular about thingsf
"No, but his vito is.n
"oh, it don't matter about her; III co.,
Omaha World.
, 1888-03-10

Oar is two kinds o. men whut tells stories.
One talks ter 'muzo you, de uder talks ter
'muze hisSa'f. 1t won't be hard fur you ter
eide which one docs dc mos talkin!-Arkan-
saw traveller.
, 1888-03-10

Mortgage Deeds and other Legal Blanks
always kept in Stock.
, 1888-03-10
SNNo

AOno the Children. They are es-
oNSS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group. Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Kemedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DR.. W. N. Hunt
, 1888-03-10

Our Facilities for doing Job Work are
UnexceIled.
, 1888-03-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
Lays the pain, cures wind colo. and is the
best remedy fer diarrhea- Twenty-Five
cents q bottle,
, 1888-03-10

Peculiar in medicinal merit and won
deriul cures-Hood's Sarsaparilla Now
is the time TO take 1t, for now it will do
the most good.
, 1888-03-10

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1888-03-10
Wagner Go.
sP1CIAn1sTs.

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition OF human
ity is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services OF the profession to which we be-
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less n
Philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plicatior excels IN any other branch OF his pro
fession. And, fortunately for humanity theday
is d%awning when the false philanthropy that
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may be sunrering from the Effects Of youth
full foiiies or indiscretions, will do well 10 avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. A
NER will guaranteed to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
NIIDDLE-A GED MEN.
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
Ing of the system in a manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will APP
pear, or the color Will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to n dark and turbid APP
pearance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal weakness. DR..
Wagner viii guarantee a cure in all such
cases and n healthy restoration on the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
li1I Larimere street. Address, Box 27S3, Dem
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24
Over Niagara Falls.

The Niagara Falls navigation cranks
were unusually quiet last season, but
the opening OF warm weather prom
Uses q crop Of as many fool-hardy fol-
lowers as two years ago did.
Then Kendall, the Boston police
man, distanced all corners by swim
ming the rapids with no protection but
cork life preserver. A project Is
now on foot In this city, however,
which will, IL carried out, put Ken
dall's effort in the shade. Arrange
ments are being made to have either
Hamilton, Haslitt or william Potts
go over the falls on the Canada side in
the barrel in which they made their
trip Aug. 8, 1886, and In which Hasltt
made the trip with Sadie Allen in No
vember Of the same year. The rudder
and propeller wheel will be taken off
the barrel and the inside arrangement
completely changed. 1t will be thor
oughly padded. so that the occupant
will receive as little shock as possible
when the barrel falls over the cata-
ract. A large spitz dog will be placed
In the barrel on the first trip and If he
comes out safely, either Haslitt or
Potts will trip the perilous falls.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24

A udy.looking piece of femininity,
with bright red head and a natty
white apron on, leaned out of Fourth
avenue fiat house yesterday and shook
the apron vigorously. The ashman
just below looked up and breezily
called out, IA, miss, where's the
white horseY" Wherupon the tidy-look-
ing girl grinned in spite of herself,
and. bobbing away from the window,
brought suddenly back into full view a
child's hobby horse, neatly upholstered
In white horse hair. "1here, imper-
ence," she answered, and the ashman
laughed as IL TO kill himself. Nurse
girls and ashcart drivers are surpris-
ingly well posted on topics of the day.
--Neto York Sun.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24

One word upon the character Of
stories told to children. They should
never be Of depressing or terrifying
character Make the story of Little
Red Ridinghood end happily, no mat
ter how IL .turns OUT In the book.
There is good authority for believing
that In the earliest version OF this
story the wolf, after devouring the
heroine and her grandmother each at
one enormous bite, was secured by the
sportsman, who performed a slight
surgical operation upon 1t, took out
the two ladies, who were not in the
least hurt and grateful for this timely
service. and filed the wolf up with
stones, which made II rather difficult
for him TO get about The author Of
this classic has certainly treated his
subject in an original and able manner.
What is needed now is that some an
tiquary should arise and prove that
the fate OF the babes In the wood was
equally satisfactory. Children are full
Of pity and tenderness--they are not
like us--and their innocent spirits
should not be narrowed up with tales
OF woe. Neither should they be told
ghost stories, or "bear stories" There
are grown women who habitually skip
into bed with quick. nervous step,
not because they think there are bears
under the bed, but because for several
years of their life they fancied that
such might be the case, and the force
OF habit is hard TO overcome. Toronto
Globe.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24

J. II. BEIDLER, of Mount Pulaski,
ILL.,. has written poem. The fact may
as well be admitted right now inaccord-
ance with Mr.. Beidler's evident desire.
The production, which aspires to be
"in honor Of Washington, Lincoln, and
Cleveland" Is printed on silk trimmed
with velvet, and bound between covers
made from the headboard of a bed In
which Lincoln is said once TO have
slept when in Mount Pulaski many
years ago. Mr.. Beidler sent this me-
trical sandwich TO President Cleve-
land. He has effectually advertised
himself as poet.