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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

Bacon and lard 10 cts, per ID at I. Tay'
lo.ln
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

One hundred cases Of canned goods which
will be sold cheap for cash by
WIN, GIEsEN.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

We make quality. not quantity our spe-
eialty. u. hAhDi w.
uncsnvsssed Hams and Breakfast Bacon
at Thos. Taylor's.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

All kinds of groceries cheap for cash al
Thos. Taylor's.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

WARRANTY DEEDS and Blank Mortgages
for sale at this Office.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

49,. The parties addressed may ike ~
WnAs s 70 favor us with their subsorip
tons.
groceries cheaper than ever, at Coppio's'
Groceries very cheap at Thos' Taylor's'
nyou want Good Pure Groceries, you
can get them at d. HARDY q ooS'
Geo. ". Knight, Matchmaker and Jewel "
=, sast aide Plaza, San Marcos. nv29
Canned Goods Cheaper than ever at
NoALLIsTEB's.
c.,l and examine our prices,
%" ''N STEELE & 90.
What does Classic Meant
you may see 1t at DALEY 4 Bros. st
Pat -four 81. 60 per sack at Thos. Tay.
or's.
n.rlo.d of -four at bottom prices at
oS''o'N - STEELE d Co.
Tobacco to suit any taste at Thos. Tay-
lor's.
Fresh msokerel and keg pickles at
STEELE Il Co.
wanted-Some sorghum or corn fodder
IN subscription to the FREE PRESS.
Bacon and lard 10 cts, per h ct T. Tay-
lor's.
rhos. window shades have come at last.
J, w. NANCE.
Wa make quality. not quantity our spe-
eialty. d. hAhDi " w.
Uncanyassed Hams and Breakfast Bacon
at Thos. Taylor's.
WARRANTY DEEDS and Blank Mortgages
for sale at this Office.
All kinds of groceries cheap for cash at
Thos. Tsylor's,
Mans BOYS and Youths ready-made
olothino at prices that will justify inspec-
ton at Denny Bros. & Denny.
One hundred cases Of canned goods which
will be sold cheap for cash by
Every dollars worth of goods that we
sell we guarantee to be just as we represent
them. ID. HARDY /" w.
-
Double Shovels. Hoes, Sweeps and fuli
line of farming implements generally at d.
Hardy Il Cos.
A beautiful line of Satteen, Albatros.
Nuns Yelling and spring and summer wors-
ted can be found at Denny Bros. & Denny's.
We will sell you goods, quality consider.
cd, for cash as cheap as they can be bought
on IN. market. H. HARDY u Co.
Denny Bros. d Denny's shoe departmen
is marvel of COMPLETENESS. specialties IN
Ladies' and Gents fine Shoes.
Try our Big 8 Flour. If you do not find
It the best made your money will be refund
d. H. HARDY d %.
lst Patent -four per SIX. $1.65.
E1. fancy :" $l.55.
STEELE d Co.
Single copies of tho FREE PRESS are on
sale al the San Marcos Bookstore, az well
as at the Office. at 5 cents each.
For Preserving Wood.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-03-28

Pleasant Ridge, TEXAS, Peb. 26, 1857.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
M % x lie

Syrup diluted with 10 parts
Of water will keep off tho
terrible tired. nervous, ex-
hausted feeling at a cost Il
3 cents per day, and is as
harmless as other liquid foods
Call for the Syrup.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Flat Culture for Potatoes.

Some twenty years ago we performed
q series of experiments on the potato, n
part with hills or cones of earth drawn
up around the plants, and another part
with fiat culture. The men who per
formed the labor predicted failure in the
absence of .'hilling," and were much
surprised to find on digging the potatoes
that the flat culture gave about Is to 90
per cent. more tubers. Since that time
number of cxperimenteis have reported
similar results, and among them Profes-
sor Roberts. of Cornell university, and
The Rural New Yorker. We observe in
late number of The New York Tribune
the statement of Galen Wilson, of Temp
kins county. N. ", who has expert
mented for some years, that in field of
potatoes, planted in rows three and u
half feet apart, with hills foot and y
half from each other in the rows, and
with flat culture, the hills averaged
seven large tubers to the hill, at tho same
time that. when the earth was drawn up
to pointed hills, only five good potatoes
were found in the hill.--Country Gentle
man.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Chamois IN the Alps.

Wonderful tales are told of tho
amazing leaps which the startled
chamois will make From twenty to
thirty feet are affirmed by the hunters
to be not an uncommon jump down.
ward, the animal managing to break
its fall by throwing itself forward dag
onally, and striking its feet several
times against the side of the precipicc
befor landing at the bottom, often on
q spotSh few feet square. Hence, to
kill any Glmber, even in the best
stocked diyllicts, it is necessary to hunt
the animal by surrounding an area
where they are known TO be feeding
by circle of heaters. As the cor.
don gradually tightens, the alarmed
channels, seeing danger to windward,
fly in the opposite direction, where tho
sportsmen are posted on the chance Of
getting passing shot.--London STAR
dard.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Apple Butter That WIN Keep.

The old Pennsylvania plan for making
apple butter, Wick assures us. is as fol-
lows:
To forty gallons Of good sweet cider
made from sound, ripe apples. Use three
bushels Of select apples. The cider should
be boiled down to one-third or a little
less before putting in the apples, which
should be pared clean, all specks, bruises,
seeds and seed cavities removed. They
may be quartered or cut into eighths. If
very large. If in a hurry. the apples can
be boiled in little water before putting
into the cider. Stirring should COM
mence as soon as the fruit gets soft, and
be kept up carefully until done. At all
times prevent the flames Of fire striking
the kettle above the line OF contents.
When boiled down to ten gallons it will
be done, and it will be an article tit for
a king. Put in earthen vessels, and,
when cold, dip clean white paper into
good whisky or brandy, and lay It over
the tops. In four months from making.
il kept in q garnet (the hest place.. the
jars can be inverted on a floor or shelf
without running out. Will keep for
years, and if made with the right kind
of apples, such as Rambo and Smoke
house or Bellfowers, will become AZ
smooth as cheese.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Racing on tho Upper nIIssissippi.

There is one phase of steamboating
that it will be interesting to touch on
briefly, and that is the racing. There
was good deal of this, and some of
the contests were decidedly hot and
exciting. George Hazard says he has
sawed wood like steam mill by the
hour to feed the furnaces of u steam
boat in a race, and doubtless other
steamboat men remember similar ex-
periences. There was great race be-
tween tho Itasca, from Prairie du
Chen, and the Gray Eagle, from Du-
buque, at tho time tho laying of the
Atlantic cable was completed. Each
boat was the bearer of dispatches re-
lating to the matter and tho captain
of each was anxious 10 get the news
ashore first. At the bend just below
the city the two boats were neck and
neck, their engines groaning and their
stacks belching forth clouds of smoke.
They came up the river ''a-iluking,"
and there is still question as to which
landed first. II was probably one Of
the most exciting contests that ever
occurred on the upper river. st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Can Animals CountY

Houzeau dc la Hale tells of pelican
living in fisherman's family at Santo
Domingo that was fed upon the refuse
of the fish cleaning. Looking for its
food, it went to the shore every day
and waited for the boats to como back.
The fishermen rested on Sunday, and
the bird acquired SO clear notion of
the return OF that day, when it had to
fast, that it would not stir from the
tree on which it was accustomed to
spend its time. II is not necessary to
suppose that the pelican had learned
to count the six days at the end of
which its masters would not o fish
ing; but, while it really estimated
daily the time when it must
make its excursion to the shore,
it was informed of the return of
Sunday by observation of what was
going on in the house, as, for in
stance, by the fishermen putting on
their Sunday clothes; in the same way
as the dog knew when it's master was
going to hunt by seeing him with his
gun and game bag. In such instances
animals show that they have the fac
ulty of associating ideas, of observing
consecutive facts and establishing a
correlative connection between them
things which have been proved by
abundance of other evidence, and
which demonstrate not less intelli-
gence than acquaintance with the ten
signs exposing the first ten numbers,
or the use of system of Enumeration
to express larger numbers. Mime.
Clemence Roger in Science Monthly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
4 New Kind or Orphans.

The strange circumstance of a man
finding his orphans Mt the Ohio Sol
diers and Sailors Orphan home, where
their mother had procured their adj
mission, happened here recently. A
man named Heating, claiming to be a
stucco plasterer from Newport, KY,
came here and found his three chill
dren--a girl, II years old, and two
boys, younger--at the home. He de-
manded that they be turned over To
him, as he was able to support them
and they were not entitled to be there
any way, as they were Kentucky chill.
dren. But the board would not re-
lease them, as they said they did not
want TO go with him. Heating claims
his wife got the children placed in the
home fraudulently, and has employed
Hon. John Little to get them out FOR
him. Orphans with father and mother
both living are new varicty.--Xenia
CO., Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
FARM. FIELD ANDGARDEN.
THINGS TALKED ABOUT m MANY
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY.

hints an Carvin. Meat--uow TO Prevent
the Depredations of skipper fiies--Ths
Obi 'ct of Smoking Meat. with Directions
About the Smoke House.
II the hogs are killed before Christmas.
says Southern Cultivator. there will
usually be no trouble in preventing the
depredations of the skipper fly. After
taking salt sufficiently, shake and brush
of all adhering salt and hang the joints
with hooks down as high as possible.
The smoke house should be as dark as
practicable. The hanging should be done
on cool. windy day. Let it drip for q
day or two. then smoke with green oak
or hickory chips smothered with damp
trash from the wood pile. II is better to
build the fro outside the smoke house
aud conduct the smoke by u tl1e into the
house. Smoke steadily DC. moderately
until dry.
The object in smoking meat lin the
south) is two fold: To dry rs rapidly as
possible without heating the meat, and
to secure the peculiar flavor impaired
by the smoke. The pyroligneous acid OF
the smoke also tends to preserve the
meat for long time. Tho smoking also
keeps away the skipper fly which will
appear any mild day in March. After
the joints are thoroughly dry select a
sunny day. dip each joint in boiling
water about half minute, wash off
clean and lay in the sun, skin side down,
for several hours, or until dry. Then
examine carefully for eggs that may
have escaped the scalding water. Scrape
and trim off all ragged flesh. Wrap each
joint in several thicknesses of paper, slip
into cheap cloth bag, and hang in the
smoke house again. Another way
lcheaper) is to tie Irvine loop to each
hook, slip the joint into paper flour
bag around the Irvine above the hook
and hang as before.
Whatever way is adopted, u few Of the
joints should be examined every week or
two, and if there are evidences Of the
presence of shippers the whole should be
examined and, if necessary, scalded and
resacked as before. The plan given is
one the writer practiced for years, and it
gave uniformly good results. The old
plan of packing away in ashes is effective,
but dirty and wasteful and not to be
recommended. The paper bags alluded
to are made of thick, strong paper and
cost but a trifle. 30 sure tho meat is
dry before putting the joints into an air
tight bag; otherwise it will certainly
mold and injure.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Sheri&'s Sale.

Notice ~ hereby given. that by virtue Of writ
OF frri IaGsas Issued out 1T the circuit court or
the county Of Shaw assoc In favor OF The Tudor
Buggy Company" agains, the goods ehattels,
lands and tenements Of HartshOrn, Nyswander
and Com pany In said county. tn me directed and
delivered. l did on the twelfth day Of December
Instant levy upon and take all the right. title aud
interest of the said Hartshorn, Nysewander and
Company in and to the following desci ibed real
estate that II to say all that certain piece par
Gel OF land situated in the city of OwOsso in tho
county Of Shawassee and State OF Michigan and
described as follows, TO. wit: A piece Of land on
the sOath east quarter Of section tventy-thPee,
town seven north OF range two east nov In said
city commencing at point on the sasterly hps
Of the Jackson. Lansing and Saginaw Railroad,
two rods south OF the cast and west quarter limo
OF said sectsn: thence east sixty six and half
links: thence south twenty th and aalf de-
grees, west three and nlnsty-fOur one hundreths
chains: thence south parallel with the east line Of
said quarter section seventy three links: thence
west parallel with said east and west quarter limo
OF said section two and thirty Inc one hundreths
chains TO said railroad; thence mort herly along
said railroad line. FIVE and forty-feur one hun
dreths chains to the place of begin ming containing
slxty-two one hundreths acres of laRd, together
with all the Entertainments and Appearances there
unto belonging, or in apywise appertaiDing. All
of which shall expose for sale at public auction
or venduo to the highest bidder at the front door
Of the court house in the city of Corunna In SAID
county on the 5th day of February, A. ID. 1883 nj
10 o'clock In the forenoon of that day.
dated this Goth day OF December, A. ID. 1888.
\. r. SMITH, JOHN ID. EVANS.
Attorney. Under Sheriff.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
The Paradoxes Of Science.

The water which browns us, a fluent
stream, can be walked upon as ice.
The bullet, which when fired from a
musket carries death, will be harmless
If ground to dust before being fired.
The crystallized part of the oil Of roses,
SO grateful in its fragrance-a solid at
ordinary temperatures, though readily
vOlatile--is compound substance,
containing exactly the same elements,
and in exactly the same proportions,
as the gas with which we light our
streets The tea which we daily drink
with great benefit and pleasure, pro-
duces palpitations, nervous trem-
blings, and even paralysis, if taken in
excess; yet the peculiar organic agent
called thcine, to which tea owes its
qualities, may be taken by itself Gas
theme, not as teal without any appre-
ciable effect.
The water which will allay our
burning thirst augments when con-
gealed into snow; SO that it is stated
by explorers of the Arctic regions that
the natives prefer enduring the utmost
extremity of thirst rather than attempt
to remove il by eating snow" Yet il
the snow be melted it becomes drink
ablo water. Nevertheless, although il
melted bcfCp it enters the mouth il
assuages thi.st like other water, when
melted in the mouth it has the opposite
effect. To render this paradox more
striking, we have only to remember
that ice, which mclts more slowly in
tho mouth, is very efficient in allaying
thirst. --BlackwoOd's Magazine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Care of Wood Ashes.

American Cultivator says: Wood ashes
are an excellent manure for most soils.
Even when analysis shows potash TO be
present. tho wood ash is helpful, since
It contains more or less phosphate, and its
potash is in form to liberate plant food
in the soil that would otherwise be I'M
available. There is no better solvent for
reverted phosphate, and the drilling OF
wood ashes with phosphate for grain crops
makes the fertilizer much more efficient
than il would otherwise be. But a
good deal of care Is needed TO save
wood ashes without endangering other
property from fires. 1t Is not the
presence Of live Goals that causes this
danger usually. These are generally
pretty well guarded against. The greater
danger is from spontaneous combustion
in ashes that have gathered dampness.
and whose potash has by absorption of
nitrogen been changed to saltpeter. This
in contact with wool, wooden rags or any
oily substance will generate fire. Ashes
should, therefore. never be left in wooden
receptacles. Old barrels. sd often used
for this purpose, arc most dangerous Of
all. IL does not cost much to build q
stone or brick ashhouse. and using il
also for u smokehouse avoids two OF the
most common sources Of destructive fires
among farm buildings.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Exclamation which Should TO stopped.


Vienna is said to be undergoing q
craze of elimination. Latel vast pits
of bodies of those shot in 1873 during
tho revolution have been opened, and
the rotten masses have been removed
to other pits, to be honored with mon
uments. This sort of business should
be stopped, both on the small scale
and the largo scale. There is deathly
poison enough from our present sys-
tenn of burying, without opening the
graves and moving the contents. The
one important matter for the living is
to escape being slain by the dead.
English clergymen arc agitating the
need of burying in light boxes, with
out caskcts, to hasten decomposition.
In this country the contents of ceme-
teries are frequently moved. II is q
useless and detestable act. II is high
time that civilized and Christian peo-
Piles gave over reverence for bones.
The description of affairs at Vienna is
purely revolving. II is neither respect
for the dead nor regard for the living
that governs our treatment OF decay
ing corpses. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18


There arc now number Of mon, -
remarked the head of a big printing
house yesterday, who actually make
living of the society girls. Whether
il is a legitimate living or not the pub
lie can Judge. The girls don't know
anything about il, but they are o
source of profit all the same. To be-
gin with, there are the scurvy scrib-
blers OF the society papers who sell
their paragraphs about New York 5
pretty women at a cent word, and
who manage TO exc a more or less
twisted and unsatisfactory living out
of the pastime. Then there are the
photographers and tobacco and soap
box decorators, who take the faces of
the pretty women of New York, color
them into allegorical shape, and serve
them up to the boundless millions of
the country for the purpose of deco
rating their wares. The instant one
of these girls becomes at all notorious,
like the Duchess of Marlborough,
Lady Randolph Churchill. Mrs. Pot
ter or any one of the others who have
jumped into fame. the cigarette manu-
facturers send counterfeit present
ment of their faces broadcast through
the world. Then there is the sale of
their photographs by the shopkeepers
along Broadway. A further illustra-
ton of the profit is seen in our weekly
papers. which devote a great deal of
space and some mighty good engrav-
ings To describing the beauties of New
York, SO that there is a good side after
all to the society gossip of the Ameri-
can press, since it puts bread into the
mouths of so many Woodworking and
industrious dealers in personalities. "
New York Sun
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
Ami. por,ace aud Hog Cholera.

We sec it stated that apple pomace fed
70 hogs 10 preventive OF hog cholera.
We know that hogs pasttrcd la orchards
are not generally subject to the disease.
We also know that pasturing hogs in an
orchard is sure way Of diminishing or
circumventing insect attacks, and Of
fertilizing the orchard. Altogether pork
and apples arc good combination, lays
Orchard and Garden.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
He Conquered Her Affection.

A Georgia lover, when refused by
his adored, whipped out a razor and
sliced off one of her ears. After this
little evidence Of affection, she con-
cluded she would have him.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1889-02-11

Sn @etter a. B. &ubr bat gum
Qln6enten an ben Dor einem baLben Sabre
beritorbenen COMMENCEMENT 6 eter 6arz
+ ort belien 8ittpe Dem Srte firsli9 meb=
rere S6enfungen gu acknowledgements
5~ugepanot. Die 3irlen zines &apitals BON
10000 Wf. iollen alid5rlt9 inter bic 25
Glteiten Nrbetter Der Strna 8eter 6arfort
II. Go6n 3ur 0ert6eiIung ~geGangen. 49,
600 Wf. ffn6 Dem 8aufonDs zines @ranz
tens unb Nltersperl orgungsbanies 8usetpiez
tpieien unb 5000 so. fir ben Neubau elmer
Hectorati6ule beltimmt.
-9te Sta6t 8erIin mir6 6emz
nG6lt ben 8au elmer neuen 8 err
Iettung beginner, tpo3u 6as Waifer aus
benz Mtiggeliee entnommen peroen lol.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1889-02-11

UDllllIteI.
Cine l1nmenge @eiebentpiirfe tpur6en
iopO6l i'm Senat ais I'M @b9eorbetenbaule
eingeret6t.
Prohibition in Jllinois
Die 8rcbibitioniiten baben ibre Qgertten
inter 9ei6idter 2ettung III Spring
field in boiler T6Gtigteit; fie tDeroen
am 13. 6ieies Monats ipenn Der
aemeinlame Qlntrag auf 0olfsabitimmung
iiber BEN Notwithstanding i'm Seuat our
8eratbung fommt, tbren polen @influB gelz
tend MAIDEN. 2uIe Nn5eiden ipre6en oafiir,
6aB nYrobtbitioniiten nonSuinots, 6iemtt
10 feitem 8ertrauen auf bic Nnnabnle 0es Qlnz
trays auf 8olfsabi ttmmung Iber ben Groz
bi6itions3uiab CUR 8erfaliun9 our6 ben
Senat 9ere6net batten, cine btttere @nttGuz
ldung erfabren iperoen. SIM Senat
miro it6 ndtnlt6 Die erforberlide
3peibrittels : Waebrbeit 81 @uniten oeS
QntragS ni6t %ftnoeu, bas tpenigitenS 1T
Oas @r9ebniB elmer bon s3ettun9szB eri6tz
eritattern BEL ben Senatoren gebaltenen llmz
fra9e.-9er Senator Samer aus DenGountp
Sutton lit Elm tpiit6enoer YroDtbttioniit uno
mo6te natiirli6 am liebiten 6aS gauge
@trtbstpeien burh einen Yrobibitions3ulab
nit Sturnpf uno Stiel auSrotten. Oa oteS
aber nt6t 10 auf einmaI gebt, 10 lit er porz
crit auf einen anberen 9lan berfalen, Der
tpeni9ite1s in etpas Dem Birtbsgeuerbe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-11-09
RUSk'S FIRST REPORT.
Work Done and Planned by the Depart.
ment of Agriculture.

ment of Agriculture.
WAsHINGToN, d. c., Nov. 4.-The
first annual report of Secretary of Agri-
culture Rusk is printed here to-day.
He asks that appropriations be made
sufficient to continue his work, an
nounces thata bureau of information for
the press has been established, COM
plains of the inadequacy of the chemi-
cal division, and reviews the condition
of the sugar industry. The interest in
this subject developed by the success 'ul
experiments IN California will be met
by the publication during the coming
winter Of full report on the beet sugar
industry of the United States. The bo-
taIical department is to be specially oc-
cupied IN an effort to solve the problem
OF increasing the forage yield on the
00,000, 900 acres OF the arid region out
side of possible iris alton by promoting
the productiveness of the grasses now
growing there.
EsThe report urges the duty o: the gov
ernment to assume q more definite
supervision of such forest areas as are
still owned by it.
The Secretary recommends the set
ting apart of some 800 acres of the
Arlington estate for the use of the De-
partment for the testing of new varie-
ties of fruits and other important ex-
perimental work.
The situation concerning pleuro-pneu-
mOnia is regarded as most encouraging.
The language used by the Secretary in
regard to national meat inspection law
is pointed and vigorous.
In conclusion the report submits fig
ures showing the importance of agri.
culture which produces an annual yield
OF nearly $1,000, 100000, employing on
re presenting a population of sc, 600 0G0
people, while the value of live stock
alone is estimated at s.. .5Q7 ,000.OU0.