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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Something About .'FaIry Rings"

The fairy rings of England, so ia.
nous in folk lore, began at n bit Of ma
nure dropped by a cow or by birds. A
mushroom growth it was that ate up the
nitrogen of the soil. No one noticed
their beginning, but after awhile would
be seen a circle OF grass, and within it a
barren spot. The grass Of the edge, or
ring, was deeper green and more luxuri-
ant, but inside whatever grew was
stunted. Mushrooms Of different sorts
abounded and crowded up TO the edge Of
the grass. These are terrible eaters Of
nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, potash.
As they exhaust the soil their mycelium,
or seed, extends outward, and, thus
~springing up, exhausts again. But the
decay of the mycelium. which is 80 rich
in plant food, first fattens and feeds a
ring Of grass before displacing the same.
A rich ring Of dark, stout grass is formed
by the deposition of carbon and phos-
pilates, and then this is crowded back
and out by the craft Of the toadstools.
All this the folk did not use to know,
but instead they saw il to be the work Of
fairies. -Mary E. Spencer in Globe-Dem
ocrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Cheating the City DIRECTORY.

A few days ago / desired 10 call upon
a young friend who is reckoned among
the swells of New York. | had forgotten
his address, and turned to the directory.
To my surprise. for he had lived in the
city all his life and was well known
about town, his name did not appear
there. Ithen hunted for the names Of
several mutual friends, from whom l ex-
pected to obtain the desired information,
and, to my increased astonishment, |
found that their names, too, were
omitted. Fortunately | found a copy Of
the Society List" the directory that
pretends to contain the names of the elite
Of the city, and in that way ! discovered
the object of my search.
1t was while talking to my friend later
On that | loosely referred to his having
been dropped from the list of citizens.
''Why, my dear fellow" was his re
| ply, ''there's nothing accidental about
that. Ii is the result of design, and
| congratulate myself on having been
clever enough to keep clear Of those
deucedly persistent fellows that &c
around collecting Names"
''But what in thunder do you want &c
| keep your name out Of the directory
for3" / cried, completely mystifed.
lie laughed.
''It's getting to be vulgar, old Eel" he
said. at is considered more aristocratiC
nowadays net to have your name sand
wiched in with a lot Of ordinary people
The gentleman of today is a traveller. III
has many residences, and prefers to havt
it thought that he is moving about from
one to another Anyhow it is an estab
Iished fashion and rapidly growing among
the select"
Ny friend, who would be n first elias
fellow II he had not been wealthy and
member Of a very fast set, mentioned
many other reasorA for the desire OF tin
dude to be unknown 10 the common
herd. Some Of them were more sub
stantial than those already quoted. New
York Cor. Globe-D Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Strange Things Rroucht In.

Some strange things were brought UP
from the earth while drilling wells neal
Albany, Ga. White pine logs were
brought up from a depth of 200 feet.
Mr.. Merritt, at a depth Of twenty-seveu
feet, dug through a mass of sever feet
Of petrified bones. They were thigh
bones, ribs. finger bones, teeth, and
with these remains of some forgotten
race. immense bones of animals nov ex-
tinct. A Mr.. Bowles, in digging out for
a mill foundation, came upon the shore
of an ancient ocean. This sand showed
the ripples from the waves, and was
covered with marine remains, shells,
sharks teeth and bones of deep sea mon-
sters. -Chica 20 Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
GrnmhIlnr and Criticism.

Many men and women lose all the
sweetness Of life by giving way to a
spirit Of grumbling and criticism. There
are many thousands surrounded with
good constantly by words and acts ask
ing; ''Is life worth living" 1t is an un-
profitable spirit to cultivate, and the
grumbler in the marble palace is not 50
much a man or woman as the contented
and happy one in the humblest cottage.
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13

The city that lives at the expense Of
the country owes the land a debt. Pay
ment Of a just debt both honor and hon
esty exact. This debt is duly set forth
on the annual balance sheet Of nature.
II payment is refused the world goes
bankrupt. Liebig, chemist, philosopher,
philanthropist, adduces the past as q
warning to the present. He declares
that ''the cloacae of Rome absorbed the
well being of the Roman farmers" After
the wide Campagna had been wasted
by the sewer Of the great city, all of
Italy became its victim. After Italy
she poured Sicily into it. then Sar-
DINA, then Africa. Only Egypt, annu-
ally renewed by the slime of the Nile,
was able measurably to withstand the
drain. The sewer Of Rome swallowed
the fertility Of the ancient world. In the
clark ages" the earth as the race of
man, lay as in fallow. So only could
there be recuperation from the physical
as from the moral exhaustion OF her
pernicious rule.
Against Chicago the grim balance al
ready shows in the millions. On the
lowest basis on which computation
can be made Chicago, initiating pagan
Rome in this, wastes annually not less
than two millions in present money
value. Applied judiciously to the soil
the gain in added harvests would be two
fold that. The methods Of saving and
utilizing this vast wealth, with its won
drous possibilities, are well known. The
expense Of applying them is but nominal
in comparison with the gain. 1t needs
only that this product of the city be
placed on the market. Its value shown
by the results of its application would
compel purchasers. II there is profit in
II transported in the bamboo baskets Of
China. what gains do we not lose who
can restore this matter TO its place at one
hundredth the cost of that in Chinal
Instead, with our sewerage system we
poison our people. Every zymotic dis.
ease that decimates II children is trace
able to It's fetid exhalntions. And those
whom we intrust with the care of the
public health ran devise nothing better
to protect that than by a garbage Gre
matory" TO pour this gold in the ore, too
bulky for the sewer, through flame into
the funeral smoke that hangs over the
crematory like a canopy Of mourning
shrouding a starving soil.-ChicagC
Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
A Definition Of Glnttnnr.

"Gluttony, says the Shepherd in Will
sons ''Noctes Ambrosiane," ''may be
defined as an immoral and unintellectual
abandonment Of the sowl o. man to his
g~ustative nature. defy a brute animal
TO be a g~lutton, A swine's no a glut-
ton. Nae creatur but man can be glut-
ton. All the rest are prevented by the
definition" Not much fault can be
found with this definition Of gluttony,
except in one rather important particular
that the craving for food is not always
prompted by the desire to indulge the
palate, but is caused by what is virtually
q disease New Orleans Picayune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Llrht in the Dark Continent.

In tracing the gradual opening up Of
the African continent, during the last
hundred years, DIR. Supan finds that the
days of pioneer exploration are not yet
over. A few patches of the surface have
been surveyed with some care; of others
we have a general knowledge, and in
others lines of travel have been run
through. but there are still great regions
"a in parts Of the long Travelled Sahara
even-that are an absolute blank 10 civ
ilized man. -Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
The Road. About Buenos Ayres.

1 In dry weather they are inches deep in
dust, and when heavy rain comes on,
they are q deep sea of liquid mud. Until
n has seen the extraordinary way in
which these earth roads convert them,
selves into absolute boys, n cannot fully
appreciate how realistic is the story Of
the man who, picking his way along one
of these mudways, saw a hat apparently
floating on the surface.
He kicked it with his foot, and wa:
surprised to hear a gruff voice from un.
derneath say, Leave my hat aloner'
"Who are your"
''Who am II Why, I'm the conduc'
tor on the top of an omnibus. -
t'Zephyrs.r
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Tho Indian CirI,s Explanatiop.

One Of the Indian girls, when about to
leave for her western home, stood silently
apart, while her more loquacious friend
ratified Oft all sorts Of parting messages,
then, with tears in her eyes, she turned
10 the one beside her and said softly,
g." thinks Of her friends on the out
side; / have them all in my heart" And
she had.-Hampton Va.) School Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
leTHe.
Io, Ike a water spirit In her car

Lp' like a water spirit In her car,
Even as Undine or the Lcrelei,
We float In o dim river, you and |,
Seeing but family sun or moon or star;
And we shall never pierce It's wind vexed bar
Into the open glory Of the sky,
But tho 90 near, shall never be more nigh
Til past all wondering where or what we are.
Dor this stream Is called Lethe, and when we
Break from the crystal bondage of our shell
Whose bubble strength and beauty's miracle
Save for our frailty now would set us free,
The Past and Future are 0bliyion's free
For loosing us from LIES unqulet spell
-Morelcy Roberts in English Illustrated Maya
xina
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Must BE Rescued dramatically.

BE was rescuing her from the billowy
waves, but it looked as IL they might
never see Boston again.
''Hold ON tight, Penelope" he gssped,
''hold on tight"
''Don't say hold on tight" gurgled the
girl, with her mouth full Of Atlantic
ocean; ''say hold on tightly. Utica
Observer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
A wall Street Career.

The average length Of a Wall street
career is said to be ten years. In that
time the means or vital energies of most
men are consumed in the furnaces Of
speculation. The number Of those who
hold OFT twenty years is few, and fewer
still the number who can bear the excite
ment for a longer period. Chicago Her
Ill
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
watrrmelea. for chrIstmas.

watermelons for the Christmas dinner
are not an impossibility, It IL said that
they will keep perfectly II put away In a
NOV Of well cured hay, free FROM damp.
ness. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13

The money used 10 relieve the poor In
London is said 10 amount TO over st6,-
900, 900 "a year.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13

The eyes are the windows Of the soul.
Alasl too many tenements are empty
Martha's Vineyard Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13

Puget sound Cir Is taking the place OF
walnut, ash and mahogany for Tine car
work.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13

Keep the imagination sane-that is one
Of the truest conditions Of communion
with heayen.-Hawthorne.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13

AnlcC BY this treatment a pure lovely COM
kAuIESplexion, free from slovness ~ireeklss,
blaokheads, eTuptiOns, etc, Brilliant Eyes ana
perfect health can be had.
sA. That 'tired" feeling and all female weak
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ments, spinal weakness, Kidney complaints and
Change Of Life. Consult the Old Doctor.
EYE AND EARL OF Of t the Hysltd d.n o.
Globe and lar or near sishlcdnrss, Inversion ofth6
Lads, ~erofulOus Eyes, liberation Inflammation,
Abcess .Dimness Of Vision Of one or both eyes, and
Iumors of liz,
uA~-Inhamation OF the Ear, liberation or
| Catarrh, Internal orexisTnal Deafness. or paralysis
- TlaaE.wal Ilr.u, o
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-27
School Matters At Kyle.

We havea very nice letter from our good
friend Rev, d, A, Porter. mildly taking US
to task for paragraph In our last concern
ING the schools OF Kyle. We got the i'm
preston that there were several public
schools at Kyle from a notice In the Star
not long since to that effect Wa are glad
to learn from Mr., Porter's letter that such
ID not now the fact, In justice to all con-
eeped We quote the following passage from
his letter.
think You are certainly wrongly inform
ed, for yop. can certainly hayo no cause to
injure the school pt Kyle. In the first place
there are but two schools here. The school
in the Seminary Is not run by tho trustees
OF the Baptists, but by FREQ school trustees,
elected by tho community under tho laws OF
tho state, approved by the county judge and
Superintendent OF public instruction. The
Associational trustees having nothing TO do
with tho FREQ school. Some OF them the
free school irustees) are Baptists, but Bap-
lists have u right to DO free school trustees
ms citizens.
We assure our correspondent that he Ia
eminently correct in assuming that we had
no cause and no thought Of injuring any
school at Kyle. And in tho light of the
above extract, we are FREQ TO confess that
our paragraph was the result OF lack of full
information AZ TO tho real situation. We
are gratifed to learn that while II docs not
conform strictly to our ideal Of public
school, as contemplated by the fathers and
founders OF tho American Republic, aud OF
Texas, yet It approaches It much nearer
than We had previously supposed. That,
as at Dripping Springs, the Baptist Church
has had the good sense to put the public
school trustees to the 'front.' and in actual
charge. We are therefore willing to con-
cede that, considering all the circumstances,
the present arrangement is probably the best
that could be made. Mr.. Porter says there
Ia one other school in Kyle, where dissen-
tients may be accommodated; so everybody
ought to be pretty well suited. We are
glad to learn from him that he regards Kyle
Seminary ~ actually ~ first-class public
school" though taught in house belong
ing TO the Baptists, the use of which is do
mated to said school.
We trust our correspondent will see that
he might have spared his injunction,
"Please let us judge of what is best for u.s.
We have the least possible desire to become
involved in controversy or squabble about
schools at home, much less In another COM
munity. We freely concede the right of
local self government as to all such matters.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-27
Worth Looking Into.

A friend recently called our attention TO
the fact that for year or 30 there have
been no sstrsy notices furnished for publ
cation, sAve by members Of the board Of
oousty commissioners. while formerly the
latter we're but small part of such notices
published. How and Why Is the law on this
subject no longer regardsd7 Why are there
no longer any estrays published save through
the commissioners. II seems clear. az our
friend suggested, that estrays are being ap-
propriated-stolen Is the proper woodland
the estray law set at defiance. This is o
matter which calls for investigation.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-27
Representative Conyention 9lst District

Representative ConYention 91st District
The non. partisan convention for the OILS
representative district was called to order b,
the chairman Y. e. Morley. P. b. Peter.
son was chosen secretary. Committee on
basis of representation. credentials and per
menent organization was appointed as fol-
lows:
J.F. shinn, r. A. Shield, John Merri-
wether, ]. E. johnson, T. W. Smith.
Committee reported as follows:
Delegates from Caldwell county.-H. 8.
Ridout, ]. 8. Stevens, M. Harrel, j. O.
Lovelady, Bob Bradon, Bob Kairxy (6),
From Hays county,. w. Smith, 3. E.
johnson, E. A. Hurlburt, H. II. Sloan and
W. T. Ruby (5).
For permanent chairman, Y. e. Morley,
permanent secretary, P. d. Peterson. Re
port adopted.
Nominations being in order Mr.. H. s.
Ridout Of Caldwell, placed in nomination
Mr.. Oscar Starkey, Of Guadalupe county.
Mr.. s. E. Johnson, of Hays county, placed
in nomination the name Of Prof W. f.
Shinn, of Caldwell county. Vote taken,
after which the chairman declared Oscar
Starkey and W. f. Shnn the nominees of
the non-partisans of the 9lst representative
district.
After listening to IN able and earnest APP
peal from Mr.. H. S. Ridout, of Caldwell. to
all liberty loving people to support the nom
partisan ticket, the convention adjourned.
P. b. PETERSON, Y. E. WoRLEY,
Secretary. Chairman.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-27
MIllseat,

Everybody and his family from the noun
tvins were In attendance at court during the
term. It was remarked TINT candidate
we're scarce In San Marcos during court'
There have been several up this way, and
they are not so modest and retiring as abou,
town. Messsrs. Lightfoot, Storey, Pee.
and others, but as others seem to-from OK
cessive modesty or other cause-dislike to
see their names in print" 1t might DO
breach of confidence, I will not tell thor
names. Perhaps the voters will hoar Of Thorn
otherwise BY November.
We have had three days rain that has
put the roads in dreadful condition. Put
a stop to cotton picking for several days.
What has become Of the nou-partisan
party2 It appears to be small and growing
less up this way. DEBRIS.
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Martindale,

As never hear from any Of the Martin
dale correspondents, will make an effort
70 writo short letter.
Plenty of warm weather now. Cotton
pickers are scarce, and cotton picking is
going up.
Parties and weddings are fashionable
now. Let us all try and be in the fashion.
A sociable at Mrs. John Motherals last
Monday night was enjoyed by all who were
in attendance, especially the "Querosity
mob" bad pleasant and enjoyable time.
Mrs. J. b. Jennings is being treated By q
New Braunfels doctor for q severe cough
which she has had sometime. Hope she
will gain health soon.
Mr.. Hollie Ellison took violently III las,
Saturday night. and has been very sici
since that time, but hope be will soon re.
cover.
It reported that the Maxwell ice cream
supper vas a success,
Well. in order TO make my letter short
will have 70 begin 10 draw TO = close.
I With kiudest regards 10 the PEEE Pass. !
am HOxuT JoHS.
( Sept 70.
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Pc R S 0 N AL.

Miss Carrie Myer, of Scguin, IL here OF
O visit.
Thanks to L. W. Mitchell for an interest
ing California paper.
Miss Blanche Barber has returned from
her visit to Coleman.
Will Barber has gone to Austiu to COM
plete his legal course in the State University
Mrs. Emma Mann left Monday to looh
after the renting Of her farm between Lock
hart and Austin.
''They say" wedding is to trauspire In
our city next week.
Mrs. Richardson's nice new building is
nearing completion.
Nance's new building is to be 40x100 feet,
and will be occupied by him as furniture
store.
Mrs. Hook desires few more permanent
boarders. We need hardly say that she ha'
very pleasant rooms and her house is admir-
ably conducted.
Since their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Neigh.
bors have been boarding ut MIR. Duggar's,
but we learn they intend going to house.
keeping in their own home ere long.
We learn that the aid given to MIR. Alex
ander, the sick man, ION the first round, v
was 1923 in cash and 81 warth of provisions
This is creditable to our benevolent people
M, r. Chastain was active in soliciting this
aid.
NJ Bagley and family have returned from
a years visit to Arkansas They found plen'
L. %bar ,nn1u1inn all kinds
of fruit in profusion, but it lacked the great
est boon of all-health-so they prefer
Hays county.
Fitch & Robinson is new watch and
ieweller firm, from Boerne, who are about
going into business in this place. Mr. Rob-
inson is here with his family aud for the
present occupies the DR.. Petty property on
San Antonio street.
8. W. and w. s. jackson, two of our best
farmers and most worthy citizens, removed
nearly year ago to Fannin county. W. s.
has returned, to stay, and his brother will
follow. Fannin county is rich country,
but they have found It sickly.
There we're services at the Episcopal
church on Friday at 8 and II a. m. and al
night. Pastor Galbraith was ordained al
the eleven o'clock services, Rev. Mr.. Hutch.
ison, of Sau Antonio. preaching the ordina-
ton sermon. Bishop johnson preached at
night and there were several combinations.
The parents of our Mr.. Gslbraith, who re.
side at Del Rio, were in attendance, and his
father conducted the services on Sunday.
The work of the new rector will be at this
place and Lockhart.
Mr.. Alexander, the sick man, whose case
has several times been referred to in our
columns, died on Tuesday night. We trust
he did not lack for that attention he was
ready to extend, for we learn that his dis.
ease was hastened to a fatal turn by his
self-sacrificing attention to sick youth OF
this place last summer, with whom he sal
up many nights almost continuously when
dine regard for his own health would in the
estimation of most people, haye excused
him. We Understand he leaves a wife and
children in perhaps destitute circumstances
This case appeals to the continued interest
and attention of our benevolent people.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-27
To NV Friends.

Astts FEE Pass congratulated me &c
eept the congratulations of my friends, and
know have also their sympathy IN the
loss sustained that was not covered by in
surance, that would have been heavy for
me but for the very prompt work Of the hre
companies and other friends who worked
50 faithfully for me that night OF / should
nave had small cause for congrstulation.
Respectfully, NJ. A RIoHARDseS.
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Rio Rustlings.
RIyrRsIpR, Sept. %, 1883.

RIVERSIDE. Sept %, 1883.
Cation picking and hay making Is the Or
der Of the day.
Mr.. Warrington says h,s corn Is making
some fitty bushels per acre.
Mrs. II. o. white aud daughter have
been chilling for the last two or three days
Several young gentlemen went ON deer
hunt Saturday with poor success.
Dol. Coleman has been building sheds
and otherwise improving for Mr.. Jason
Wilson.
Capt. ]. @. Storey was In our neighbor-
hood looking around among his friends.
Mr.. Jason Wilson aud VIM. Jackman are
thinking Of feeding beoves this fall and
winter.
Splendid rains va have had tho last few
DAYS. ROOSTER.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-09-27
Good Printing.

The FHEE Pass Office has been turning
out considerable printing Of late, all OF
,rb;cb uoust recommend the Office wherever
II goes We have much the largest and
t.est o5ee. add the best 800 printer in the
eozutv. Work done uith uHforn prompt
,as-- .eeuracv. aud vorkusnliEs .aste and
xii Prices rsasouabls. Have yozr u'orf
5o.s a. hone and save trolbls nd Eo1ey
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Q, TT. Bass,
Druggist.
Patents Granted

To citizens of Texas during the past week
and reported for this paper by G. A. Snow
& Co.. patent lawyers, opposite U. S. pat
ent Office. Washington. ID, @.
Jno. Bergman, Galveston. lock.
T. A. Franklin, Brenham, cartridge load
ing machine.
E.w. vacher, Moore's Station, spout
connection for cans.
F. S. Tull. Galveston, car truck, and