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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
Oysters as Food.

Chemists say that q quart Of ovs.
ters contains about the same quanti-
ty of actual nutritive substance rs o
quart of milk or pound of very lean
beef, or a pound and half of fresh
Goldfish or two.thirds of pound OF
bread. But the uses of the nutrients
vary; for instance, the lean meat and
cod fish are most flesh formers, con-
sisting largely of protein, while the
bread, with it's starch, hhs but little
of these, and serves the body as fuel
and supplies it with heat and muscu
lar energy Oysters como nearer to
milk than almost any other common
food material, both in amount and
proportions of nutrients. Their
values for supplying the body with
material to build up it's parts, repair
it's wastes, and furnish it with heat
and energy are pretty nearly the
same.
But the cost of the fesh-forming
material in oysters is very high.
When they are twenty-five cents n
quart, the protein that is contained
in them costs $1.68 pound, while
the cost of protein in milk, at seven
cents q quart, is So cents pound;
is salt cod fish, 43 cents; in mackerel,
70; in wheat flour, IL; and in beef
from 63 cents to $1.06. Therefore
oysters are classed as delicacies rath-
or than as staple food. But the de-
mand for these delicacies is steadily
increasing, and under the efforts OF
the shell fish commissioner OF New
York the supply Of oysters will soon
enormously increase within the wa.
ters controlled by that Statehood
Housekeeping.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
18TH YEAR.
TO ADVERTISERS.
The Free Press Recognized by Geo. p.
ROwell Il Co., as Ahead as an
Advertising Medium.

The well known advertising agency OF
Geo. I. .Rowell u Co., of New York City, have
issued an annual Newspaper Directory for
thirty wears or more, aud these publications
have been generally recognized as authority
us TO the matter of newspaper circulation.
In tho regular issues Of the Directory they
have included all the newspapers published
in the United States and Canada. Quite
recently, however, they have issued con-
densed list 1t gives only the best newspa-
pers Nd advertising mediums, and hence is
practically better, because moro convenient,
than their larger Directory. Four-ffths of
tho newspapers of the United States are
practically counted out" by intelligent ad
vertisers, who only want to know the best.
Hence the value of tho work under notice.
The publishers in the preface well say;
1T sfts the wheat from the chaf. 1t di-
rects the attention of IN advertiser toward
papers which he should and ought to use,
and tends to intercept portion of that pa
tronage which goes to publications which
cost greatly in excess of any power to bene-
fit which they possess. 1t takes the general
ground, that the best Is the cheapest"
We need scarcely say that on this plan,
the FREE PBEss is given by this book (see
page 1857 as the advertising medium of San
Marcos aud Hays county, it being the ofety
one on the list. We respectfully invite the
attention of advertisers, both at home and
abroad, to this fact.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
THE CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM.

1t Is claimed that rheumatism Is
sometimes inherited but it is more Ike
ly that the persons presumed to inherit
II are physically constituted the same rs
their parents and naturally susceptible
toit. II children are differently CON
stituted from the afflicted parent they
do not ''inherit It," Biliousness is as
much Of an inheritance as rheumatism,
as persons of a bilious temperament
are most susceptible to it and they OF
course get their temperament from their
parents. Other authorities claims that
rheumatism is caused by the presence OF
uric acid in the blood. Others to
taking cold when their is poison circu,
lating in the blood, others that 1t Is
purely and solely disease OF the ner.
vous system. 1t is well known that
when persons have acute or inflamma'
tory rheumatism the bowels are usually
constipated and the urine scanty, but is
that not caused by the rheumatism
rather than the cause of it, for when
the bowels are kept open and the in
flammation kept down, q cure is soon
produced. The Inflammation must be
kept down until the parts are restored
to healthy condition. This is not
theory as great many severe cases
have been cured in that way. The in
fammation being deep seated and
mostly in the joints, it is difficult to
reach and but few external applications
will relieve it, there is ono however
that will, and that is Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, one application is usually
sufficient to relieve the pain and only
the worst cases require more than ono
or two fifty cent bottles to effect cure.
1t is the most penetrating liniment
known and promptly relieves the ago:
nizing pains both OF rheumatism and
neuralgia When the parts can be reach
ed and the Pain Balm applied directly to
the seat of pain, as in cases of burns
and toothache, it itrelieveS instantly and
in cases of rheumatism only a few
moments are required for its effect to
be felt To keep the bowels open al
ways use st. Patriek's Pills as they nro
absorbed into the blood, act through it
purify it and thoroughly cleanse tie
whole system.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
The Origin of"Mr." and 'Mrs."

The origin of Mr.. and Mrs, which
are now comon property, is not with
out interest. In earlier times the or
dinary man was simply William or
John-that is to say, he had merely
q Christian name without any kind of
"handle" before it or surname after it.
Some means of distinguishing one
John or one William from another
John or another William became
necessary. Nicknames, derived from
mans trade, or from his dwelling
place, or from some personal pecu-
iiarity, were tackled on to their Chris
tian names, and plain John became
John Smith. AS yet there were no
'sMisters" in the land. Some John
Smith accumulated more wealth than
the bulk of his fellows-became, per-
haps, landed proprietor, or an en-
ployer of hired labor. Then he be-
gan to be called in the Norman
French of the day the "Maistre" Of
this place or of that, of these work.
men or of those. In time the "Mais-
tire" or "Maister,' as it soon became
got tackled on before his name, and
he became Master Smith. and his
wife was Maistress Smith, But grad
ually the sense of possession was
lost sight of and the title was con
ferred upon any man who had attain
ed social distinction of any kind
whether by mere possession of wealth
or by holding some position of more
or less consideration and importance
1t is only within comparatively mod
ern times that the term came to be
an almost indispensable adjunct tc
every ones name when mentioned in
ordinary conversation or writing
Maistress Smith soon became Mis-
tress Smith. Exactly how and when
the term got corrupted cannot be
said. Master Smith, however, re
NAMED Master Smith long after his
wife became Mistress Smith.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
Weaning Babies.

When o baby is nursed by its
mother the first great trial in its life
is the process of being weaned. This
is grievous matter, both to mother
and child, if, as is often the case, il
is done suddenly and without any
previous preparation. Some weeks
beforehand the baby should be taught
to drink milk from cup, and when
the time arrives one of the accus'
toned meals should be withheld and
a drink of milk, oatmeal Cruel, OF
bread and milk given instead. The
next day two should be substituted
and 80 on until it has its natural
food only at night, if it is accustomed
to wake and take nourishment. Then
q cup of warm milk should be given
for it, made a little cooler each night
until finally it is given cold. This
gradual process will be found easy
compared with the heart rending
method of making the change at
once from natural to artificial food.
How long a child should be nursed
depends upon circumstances which
vary in each case. Many women
cannot stand the strain upon the sys.
tenn for more than few months, and
as q rule it should not be prolonged
beyond a year. When mother who
is nursing a child has pain in her
back, frequent headaches and sink
ing feeling that sometimes passes in,
to actual iaintness she should relin'
quish the task as it is beyond her
strength, and her exhaustion will tell
on her child. While she is'nursing
she should have more than ordinarily
nourishing food; milk, if she can take
it, plenty of meat and always at
night q large cupful of cocoa, a bowl
of bread and milk, or oatmeal Cruel,
or anything she fancies OF q like
nature. II the baby has to be weaned
before it has cut the four first teeth
it's diet must still consist principally
of milk. IF this Is found too constl'
pating, teaspoonful or two of warm
molasses will sometimes remedy the
difficulty.-Good Housekeeping.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
Disguised With Old Casus.

"Casus Belli has been the cause
of more wars in this country than ali
the other foreigners put together,
said the driver of Blue Island ave-
nue. cur as he leaned heavily on his
brake. "Who brougbtop the revo-
luton? Casus Belli. Who started
the war OF 1912? Same cuss. Who
was it that made us fit the South in
'61? Casus Belli. I see by the morn
in paper that the same beast is fig
germ on war with England over a
mess of fish. In the country where
l was reared fellow named Bostwick
used to go round stirrin' up fights
between his neighbors. He had
heaps of fun while it lasted, but one
day late in the fall an uncle Of mine
and the Kendrick family squatted
themselves in brush heap, and when
Bostwick came along they filled
him so full of holes that be fell to
pieces when they picked him up. I'm
for choking the gizlard out Of this
Belli, even if he does come from Ro-
man and italian stock. He's got no
bus ness IN q free country. Hes
wuss'n Satan. How old is he, any.
how7"-Chicago Herald.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
MIIohson,s Choica.v

Did you know that this familiar
phrase, "Hobson's Choice, preserves
the memory Of very good and use
full man.
Thomas Hobson was born in 1914;
he was'for sixty years a carrier be-
tween London and Cambridge, con-
veying TO and from the University,
letters, packages and also passengers.
In addition to his express business,
he had a livery stable and let horses
to the University students He made
it rule that all tho horses should
have, according to their ability, pro-
per division OF work and rost. They
were taken out in regular order, as
they stood, beginning with the one
nearest the door No choice was al-
lowed, and il any man refused to take
the animal assigned him he might go
without any. That or none. Hence
the phrase "Hobson's Choice"
In the spring of 1880 the plague
broke ont in England. The colleges
of Cambridge were closed, and among
the precautions taken by the authori-
ties to avoid infection, Hobson was
forbidden to go to London.
He died in January, 1881, partly,
it is said, from anxiety and fretting
at his forced leisure. Hobson was
one of the wealthiest citizens of Cam
bridge. and did much for the benefit
of the city to which he left several
legacies. His death called forth
many poems from members Of the
University, officers and students,
among them two by the poet Milton,
then student at Christs College,
Wide Awake.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
THE OLD PRINTING PRESS.

A song 10 the Press, the Printing Pressl
or the good old-fashioned kind.
Ere the giant machine, with its pulse OF
steam,
Elbows Il out Of mind.
In the Gays Of yore
Our fathers hoar
By his sturdy limbs have wrought;
or iron or oak,
His teachings spoke
The language Of burning thought.
song 10 the Press, the Printing Pressl
As the carriage rolls merrily along
His stout sides groan. as tho bar pulls home
Keeping time to the pressman's song;
And the crisp, wet sheet
On its errand feet
BY anxious hands Is sped.
Though oft elsewhere
II may sorrow bear,
To the printers home brings bread!
Then here's to the Press-the old Printing
Press!
Though h,s days be numbered now,
A fond heart weaves of the laurel leaves
A garland to deck his brow.
Though the giant machine
With his pulse of steam
Has doomed his form TO decay,
His stout old frame
From our hearts shal! claim
Remembrance for many day.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
No. Of Squares.

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charactor, (if Mt all admissible into our co..
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flavor by giving us the names OF any er,
sons within their knowledge who woulo DC
& likely to subscribe for the FREE PRESS, SO
that we may send specimen copies to 81 CD
Z persons.
u Our terms for announcing candidates ar"
$i5 for state and district offices, = for
county offices, and 81 for precinct and nu-
4 nicipal. Terms. cash.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Lieut.. Ballou will probably pose
before the people from the section
that grew him as martyr to truth.
This is favorite dodge with men
who perpetrate slander on the people
of the south.-san Antonio Times.
The Advance read carefully the
letter Lieutenant Ballou wrote con-
cerning San Antonio. 1t was avery
word the truth, line for line. San
Antonio is not the South. 1t is only
an outside precinct Of hell attached
to Texas for judicial purposes Waco
Advance.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

After six months Of earnest search
General John Meredith Reed has sue
ceeded in finding. through the kind
indication Of bis learned friend Mr.
Coote Of the British museum, an au-
tograpb Of Ponce de Leon Of Febru-
ary u. 1921 And through toe conr-
tesy % the distinguished director Of
the ARCHIVES ~ Seriiie. Gen Read has
obtained fac-simile Of the signat1rs
vnich be is about 10 forward 70 Gen
james Grant Wiison- one of tle edi
tor of -Appleton's American BlO-
graphical Dictionary Il VII Be-
ned fo illustrate TIE biography q
Ponce de Leon. vhich =lll apPenr "
the ncrs solume of that yn'nst's
rofE
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

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nishod at propOrtioaate rates, or or
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
CsszJRCzs -

MISUNDERSTANDING at the Methodist
fburch every sabbath, Rev ". H. II. Riggs, Pastor.
eunday School at 9 a. IN. Singing at O'Clock p m.
Pr.yer Meeting on Wednesday. Young Nen's pray
er meeting on Monday night.
BAPTIsT.-Presehing at the Baptist Church
.varv sunday Rev. ". n. Beverley, Pastor.
SUNDAY School at $50 =. m. Young mems prayer
Meeting Tuesday night. Congregational prayer
meeting Wednesday night
PREsBYTVRlAS.-Servlees aud aud 4ih Sundays
ssch month. psstor. ss.uN
fchooI every Sabbath at 80 an. PRAYER Meet
ing evsry thursday st r.3O p, N. All a.e invited
10 attend.
cHRIsTIAN.-Elder Pastor.
tsnded 70 al.
PROTESTANT EPIsCoPAL.--Rev.N y. B. FSller.
P,,tor. services The 3ua and fth suudsya 10 each
nonth. sunday school every Sunday.
CATHoLC.-serviees tih sundsT 10 eaeh Hvuih-
Rev Father smith Pastor.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
And the Nacogdoches News:

We hold that the rich as class
are rich because they have taken that
which belongs to somebody else.
This great battle we have under
taken should and will be carried on
until every reasonable demand OF
mind, body and soul shall be graft
fed. We haYe repudiated the doc
trine that God is responsible for pow
erty. The reason why some people
are on top OF the heap financially is
not because they are superior TO
others in brains, but because they
are inferior TO Others in conscience =
Rev. Pentecost.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Will cure a severe cold in less time
than by any other treatment. 1t re-
lieves the lungs, opens the secretions,
renders the mucus less tenacious and
easier to expectorate and aids nature in
restoring the system to healthy con,
dition. L freely used as soon as cold
has been contracted and before 1t has
become settled in the system, 1t will
often cure what would have been q
sever cold in a single day. 1t is Ger.
tain cure for crou~
For Sale by Reynolds & Daniel.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Frederick Ellison, who was ap-
pointed consul 10 the Island Of So
Helena. has resigned and returned
10 his home in Indianapolis. lie says
St Helena Is 80 dismal tiat be won
ders that Nlpoieon survived as long
~ be did hrs exile on that dreaTy
rock Mr Ellison landed on TIE is
land ~ night Hsd be- reached it IN
he day time. be says. be sOull uev
har--cO1e asLOre
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Berry Bowden. twelve year-old
colored boy of Macon, Ga, has the
largest mouth Of anybody in those
parts, He can hold two hens eggs
in it at once without difficulty, and is
very proud of il.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Farmer nj. ri. Gladman, Of Hop
kins, Mo-, has found seven-inch
vein of shoe blacking on his farm.
1t lies four feet below the surface,
and when moistened and rubbed on
the shoes makes fine polish. Mr..
Gladman now is hunting tree that
bears ready made shoe brushes.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

A Prudent Manager. - Eastern
Railway Manager: whats the price
of coal now?" Assistant: Nine dol
lars tom" "Umph! Send word to
the passenger, brakemen, to use coal
very cautiously. We don't want any
more car stove horrors. .'-Omaha
World.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
Mrs. RICHARDSON, between First
M National Bank Building and Nance's
Furniture Store.
SADDLES AND HARNESS..
r R. PORTER, East Side the Square
Our Clubbing List for 1883.

We are prepared to club the FREE PRESS to new
or renewing subscribsrs with the following publi-
cations at the rat es specified below ordered at the
same time with our paper In the first column we
give the regular price Of each publication singy'
in the second the price of the same and the FEEr
PBKss together.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

The Arabs who are TO be imported
by Mr.. Barnum from the Paris Hip
podrome give a very diverting show.
There is about two hundred Of them
and their entertainment is to the life
of the great desert what Buffalo Bills
Wild West show is to the frontier
life Of this country.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Not many moons ago, seventy pull
pits in the city and envirions Of Phil
adelphia were occupied 1y women.
It has become a moral necessity that
woman be free to give the world her
truest, bravest thought.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
A Salt Take mother arose In

A Salt Lake mother arose in the
night at the solicitation other daugh-
tor and rubbed fifty cents worth Of
cough medicine on the latter's rheu-
matic limbs. The cure was imme-
diate, but the pains returned rs soon
as the mistake was discovered.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

At the meeting of the American
Society of Naturalists at New Haven
recently, Prof. Brewer made the re-
markable statement that the average
longevity of the domestic hog is un-
known, because the poor beast bas
never been given fair show.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
MAILS.

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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

Legal and Transient Advertisements will
be charged One Dollar per square for the
first insertion, and Fifty Gents per square
for each additional insertion. square is
the space of one inch. Fractional squares
will be counted as full squares.
Advertisements for three months or more
will be charged ut the following rates
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
sCINTy TEXAS 26

Oh, nothing with her eau compares
No, knew that my fate II was there;
SO often II seems see her In my dreams,
My Nellie when Iaking the hay.
Dickens Little Nell In "0ld Curiosity
Shop" has brought more tears to tho eyes
of readers than any character In fiction,
either before or after tho Curiosity Shop"
was written, and she will live in the hearts
of the people wherever tho name Dickens
il known.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

A peculating student at Cornell
University was electrified when he
went to obtain q $40 note, part OF
which was protruding from the pock-
ct of vest hanging in an unoccupied
room. A professor had connected
tho vest by an electric wire with the
signal bell. The victim made a clean
breast of his depreciation.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Rev. r. Heber Newton. who re-
Gently returned TO his church in
New York City after a yer's absence
in Europe, is in much better health
than when be arrived. and hopes
soon 10 be ss well rs ever.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

The women of Paris have adopted
for the winter season waggle in
their walk. The art Of waggling
gracefully in furs is being taught in
the best dancing schools.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26
ALL SORTS.
San Francisco has public school
especially for Ceinese.

It is thought transatlantic tele-
phoning would be possible with q sill
YER cable.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

The Marshall Herald says: Gen,
Nc Cullogh will probably be the next
treasurer of Texas. It is about the
time for +. r. Lubbock to step down
and out,
And the Nacogdoches News:
The foregoing expresses our senh-
ments. We have nothing against
Lubbock, but this thing of life ten
ure in Office ought to cease. He has
held Office for about thirty-fiye years,
and, while he is a good one, other
old patriots deserve some OF the hon.
tra
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

The Brooklyn Republicans will
celebrate Abraham Lincolns birth
day with a banquet, and Col. Inger-
soil will respond TO the toast Lin
colin"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Walter Crook, the senator-elect
from Dayton, is an older brother Of
Gen. Crook, the Indian fighter.