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Free Press,
Marcos 1
PROPRIETOR,
I H. JULTA.lSr,
"Prove All Things I Hold Fast that which Is Cood."
SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 29. 1888.
NUMBER 13.
JTTI YEAH
San
I TO ADVERTISERS.
le Free Press BpcoKiilxod by Geo, P,
KOWMI to,, as Anrmi ma HU
1 Advertising Medium.
The well known advertising aRenoy of
so.P.ltowell A 0o.,of Now York Oity.have
rued an auuunl Newspaper Directory for
Jrty years or wore, ami theme publications
JVO boon generally rouuyujxou mm auiuuiu
r to the uiatttor of newspaper circulation.
I the rogular issues of tho Dirootory they
,ve included all the newspapers published
i the United Btates and Canada. Quite
eently, however, they have issuod a oou.
dl list. It aires ouly the bet nownpa'
ra at advertising niodiuuis, and benoo is
Kntinollv hotter. bcauae more oonvement,
u their larger Directory. Four-flftbs of
newHuaixira of the United State are
acticully "oouuted out" by intelligent ad
rtisers, who only want to know the best.
luce the value of tho work nudor notioe.
ie publishers in the prufnee well my:
fit wifta the wboat from the chaff. It dL
ete the attention of nn advertiser toward
Ipori which he should and ought to use,
A tends to intercept a portion of that pa.
suage which goes to publications which
at greatly in excoss of any power to bene
I which they possess. It takes the general
wind, that the best is the cheapest."
We need scarcely say that on this plan,
Fbkb Pbbss is given by this book (Hee
ua 158) as tits advortiHing medium of San
aroos and Hays county, it being tin only
m on the utt. we respoctruny invite ine
tcutiou of advertisers, both at home and
jroad, to this faot.
i ADVERTISING SATES.
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I charged yne .UOlinr per square ior vuo
st insertion, and Fifty Cento per square
Aanh additional insertion. A square is
te space of one inch. Fractional squares
Ul be counted as full squares.
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I. Cards ia Business Directory, one year,
2.
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I jn cents per line each insertion.
Advertisements for Schools, Churches and
Benevolent Societies, half rotes.
Marriage and Obituary Notices, of over ten
Jibes, charged as advertisements.
Calls upon candidates, their replies and
their oiroulars, and all notices of a personal
coaraotor, (if at all admissible into our col
umns), will be charged as advertisements.
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that the time for which the subscription vas
All advertisements and subscriptions due
advance. .
i Any of our friends would do us a special
the names of any per
rons within thoir knowlodge who would be
. ikaly to subsonbe for tne hbee x-besb, mi
i.W w mav send snecimeu copies to suoh
nersona.
J Our terms for announcing candidate are
15 for state and district offices, $5 for
county offices, ond $3 for precinct and ma.
ilieipal. Terms, cash.
r . t-. nmnnTr
OFFICIAL.
ooxoaasSMait Sth district;
Hon. t. W. Moore, of Fayette Conaly.
, tiN4TOB-25TH diutiiot:
Bon.W.H. Burges, of Guadalupe DO.
if BFKS!TATIV8 PUT DI8TBI0T!
'Ion. Geo. T. IfoUehee, of llays Co.
on. J. L. Blllton, of Caldwell Co.
i DISTBIOT OOOQT 2JNU DISTRICT.
An. H. Telctaroueller, Presiding Judge, LaOrange
i. M. Bethany. Attorney, Austin Co.
T1MI8 OK UOLDIMO OOURT.
Havi. lit Mondays In Msrcli aud September. Kay
aoutinue tljree weeks.
oousrr orrioaya.
Rd. R. Koae. Judge County Court.
das. 0. Burleton, Ditt. and County Clerk.
B. B. MoBrlde. County Altorney.
Jas A. Wren Sheriff, J. M. Turner Deputy
. 'C. 8. Cock, Justice
of the Pesos Pre. Ho.
E. A. Vaughn,
11. O. Hnbbs,
J.C. Rows.
t
AV. V. Slack, " '
H. Patterson, County Treasurer
K. A. Fortson, Assessor.
' lltto Oroos, Surveyor.
W . L. Owsu Oom'r Preolnot No.
K. ,V.Vuho "
' H.C.Hubbs, " " "
, Poter Hshmitt,
h. Steel, Cou.tabl precinct No. 1
'J.Nolen, " " " I
UeppHenson. '
, 8. K. Stone, " " "
Tims 0 holdiko Ooomtt akb Pbioikot Coosts
County Court tor Criminal, Civil and Probate bu
Bes 4th Mondays In January, Aprtl,July,Octo
Commlssloneri'Courl Id Mondays la Februarv,
May, Ausust and November.
JaatloeCourt, Precinet No. 1 Last Monday Id
ach month, at Ban Marcos.
Preolnot No. Jd Friday In each month Mt.CHfr
.1 3d Wlmberley's Mill.
-r 4 ih St. Drliiplng" Springs.
town nrricsaa.
Mayor Hsmmett Banlr. ,
, Oonncil W. D. Wood. 0 W. D"nlsqp, flijl
Johnson, D. A. Glvrr. Fd. J. h. Green, P.J.C.
Smith, flan Holbalm and Hoger liyrne.
Msrshal Wm. H. I.yell.
8lreet Commissioner J. W.Dsnfortn.
i Coancll meets the Hint Tne'ly In each mnith.
j public iohool Trunee. meet first Tuesdiy In oatB
anonth at the Major's ofnoe.
; caiuet:nr.M.
METHODIST. Preaching at the Methodist
Cbirch every Sabbath, Mv. . H. H. nigg.. Pastor,
fnnday Sctioolat e.m. Singing at So'clwk p. na.
Prayer Meeting os Wto.if'J.J. o(jng "en's pray
er meeting oa Monday Bight.
BAPTIST. Preaching at the Baptist Church
every Sandav. Rv. W. I. Beverlev. raster.;
ndaygebeel atJOa. Tooeg men's prayer-
snMtlKg Tuedsv night. Cengrrgttienal prayer- ;
aneetlng Wednesday njght. j
S pRP.SBTTRlAK.-ervlcas lad sad 4tfc Snndsys
garh mwilh. p..ir.
achoel every Sabbath at a. . Prater Meet
ing every Thursday at p. a. All are Invited
(e attend.
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teaded le all. . . 1
PROTISTAST rPiaCOPAU-lev.W.B.raller.
v. .nir..l,I,4iwl 4ih Seadaya la each.
asewth. Saadsy aeeeel every enday. I
CATOUC.-r;re4iti Saadar la each saeaib. I
w. father SettlS) rr.
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ABRiTAt, asd Df.PARTi ar. or. to A.iD
FltOM HAS AHmS I-OST OFUCK.
Helle freen Aeefle srriv at .IS a SB. abto SS
p ea V aleee at J:4S a a. aad P- .
M.iU frees Sea Aatr errire at 01". a. sa. and
a.fceaai1. arrive and aepart a-ly. !
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ArriveeMeeeey aal ?harday ml
Aeayajel IMivevy rr
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DR. N- M. NYE
DENTIST,
Johnson Building, on the Square.
Special attention given to Diseases of the
Mouth and Facial Nouralgia,
Oflloe in New Brannfols the lost Thursday
and Friday in each mouth inrHiy
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BANKERS.
1 LOVEtt NATIONAL BANK OF 8AN
VJT Marcos, Nortb. Blue riara.
THIRST NATIONAL BANK of San Mar-
X1 cos. Southeast Corner 1'lnra.
LA WYKRS.
e B. 1 MoBRIDE. Att'y and Land Agent.
O. Offlco over First Nationul Bank, Sun
Marcos.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
H. JULIAN, Judge Wood's New Build.
, ing, Upstairs.
DENTISTS.
D
It. J. H. COMBS, Judge Wood s new
Building, upstairs.
DRUGGISTS.
AYNOLDS
& DANIEL, North side
Plaza.
DRY GOODS.
T7D. J. L. OREEN, at the old stand of
JJJ Green 4 Price, Southeast Corner Plaza
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES.
T. TALBOT, Next door to First
National Bang.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Mitchell Build
ing, North side plaza. '
"T AILEY & BItO., Southwest Corner
J- J'Jaza-
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
TP S. MACKIN, Near jsortaeast eoraur
JJJ . Plaza.
GROCERIES.
W.LEAVELL, South side Publio Plaza.
T
HOMAS TAYLOR East Side Plaza.
pARDY CO., North side Plaza
TINWARE.
M.
B. OWNBY,
Square.
Northeast of Publio
FURNITURE.
J.
W. NANCE,
Southeast Corner of Pub-
lie Square.
WA TCHMAKER8 & JK WELERS.
W.
H. BOBBINS, North side Plaza.
GROCERIES & HARDWARE.
M. GIESEN, South side plaza.
MILLINERY.
MRS, RICHARDSON, between First
National Bank Building and Nance's
Furniture Btore.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
J.
R. PORTER, East 8ide the Square.
Our Clubbing List for 1888.
We are prepared to club the FRBB PRHSS to now
or reoewlng subscribers with the following publi
cations st tie rates speolBed below. If ordered at the
same time with our paper. In the first column we
give the r.gular price of each publication singly,
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Texas Sifiiugs
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Saturday Kvenlng Feet
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Philadelphia.
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As vou vslue health. oerhaDS life. xamlneeach
package and be sura you get the Genuine. See
the red Z Trnile-Mark and the full title
un front of Wrapper, and on the aid
the seal and signature of J. H. Zellln
Co., as in the above fae- simile. Remember thaifj
la no other genolM Slmmnnt Jjlver Regulator, f
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TDNI0
prepared solely tor the
cure of complaints wnicn
afflict all womankind. It
aives tone and strength to
Ci' ' tiio ntcrlne organs, and
corrects dangerous displacements and lraugularl-
UOS. IllBOl lireilVVinjyi viiouBC vi iiioi -
MBBKLL'M FEMALE TONICclurlr? preg.
pancy greatly relieves the palusofmotherhoodana
promotes speeay reuwYury . iv iww ,".'r'u
safely make the critical change from girlhood to
womanhood. ItlBpleasantto the taste and may bg
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FOB SAXB HV AfcL , DKUQ018TS.
f Q M;HniEI.T.TTI ox .Boiel'ruu..aT.LOTJia.
THE CAUSE OF BHETT2IATISX.
It Is claimed that rheumatism Is
sometimes inherited but it is more like
ly that the persons presumed to Inherit
it are physical? constituted the same as
tlicir parents ana nacuraiy suscepuoic
toit If children are atneronuy con
stituted from the affliotod parent they
do not "inherit it." Biliousness Is as
much of an inheritance as rhoumatism,
as persons of a bilious temperament
are most susoeptible to it and they of
course get thoir temperament from their
parents. Other authorities claims that
rheumatism Is caused by the presence of
nrio acid in the blood. Others to
taking cold when their is poison circu
lating in the blood, others that it is
purely and Bolcly a aisease ox tuo ner
vous system. It is well known that
when persons have acute or inflamma
tory rheumatism the bowels are usualy
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, a cure Is soon
produced. The inflammation must bo
kept down, until the parts are restored
to a healthy condition. This is not
theory as a great many severe casos
have been cured in that way. The in
flammation being deep seated and
mostly In the Joints, it Is difficult to
reach and but few external applications
will relievo it, there is one however
that will, and that is Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, one application is usualy
sufficient to relieve the pain and only
the worst cases require more than one
or two fifty cent bottles to effect a cure.
It 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 toothacho. it relieves instantly and
in case's of rheumatism only a few
moments are required for its effect to
be felt. To keen the bowels open al
ways use St. Patrick's Pills as they aro
absorbed into the blood, act through it,
purify it and thoroughly cleanse the
wnoie system.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Will cure a severe cold in less time
than by any other treatment. It re
lieves the lungs, opens the secretions,
renders the mucus less tenacious and
easier to expeotorate and aids nature in
restoring the system to a healthy con
dition, ii freely used as soon as a cold
has been contracted and before it bng
become settled in the system, it will
often cure what would nave been a
ever cold in a single day. It Is a cer
tain cure (or orou-
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PECUUAR'TD'HLK-btA.
tj;o Pov.eful Tc:;ic:.
eV ir-TAKCN CUQING Tve '
CHANOE-OF-LIFE
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Fir aa ly aji lm;t aieJ
A BETTER DAT IS( OHJSti,
A hotter day is oouilug, a morning promised
lone?.
When eirdod rlsbi. with holy might, will
overthrow the wronff:
When Ood, the Lord, will lUteo to every
plaintive sigh, ....
Aud stretoh his baud o'er every land with
justice by and by.
Psa. G8: 11. Revised version.
CHO: Coining by and by, corning by
and hv.
Tho better day is corning, the morning
draweth nigh
Coming by and by, coming by and by.
The weloome dawn will hasten on, 'tis oom
iug by and by.
Joel 2t 38, 99.
Tho boast of haughty error no' more shall
fill tho air,
Bat sco and ronth will love the truth and
nnrant! it evarvwbore.
No more from want and sorrow shell come
tha hnoalaaS crv.
But strife will oeose, and perfect peace shall
flourish by ana by.
Acts 2: 15, 16, 17. 18,
Oh for that glorious dawning we watob and
work anil urav.
Till o'er the height tho tr.orning shall drive
the gloom away:
And when the heayenly glory shall flood the
earth and sky,
We'll bless the Lord for all His word, and
praise Him by and by.
Qui 6i 9
WASHISGTOX LETTER.
(From Our Bogular Correspondent)
WA8HraoTOM, Mar. 16, 1888.
Thanks to tbe republican obstruc
tionists, Mr. Mill's tariff bill bas not
been reported to the House. The
time is being well put in however, by
tbe friends of tbe measure in mission
ary work among th few misguided
democratic memoers, who worship
.
still ml the cmrine of protection. It
is now claimed that tbe number of
democrats pledged to support the
bill when it gets before the House,
is only five short of a majority, and it
is hoped that enough republicans
will vote for it to insure its passage.
But not much faith can be attached
to that hope. Republicans seldom
vote for a measure that is opposed
by their leaders, no matter what their
own opinion may be a politioal les
son which the democrats have never
yet learned. However it may result,
the democrats who believe in keeping
the pledges made to the people, pro
pose making an honest effort to re
deem those pledges. If they fail the
cause of their failure will be apparent
to all.
The latest applicant for Blaine's
mantle is Senator Hale, of Maine.
He has been appointed chairman of
tbe Senate Committee to investigate
the alleged violation of the civil ser
vice law by tbe democrats. This is
expected to give bim a boom. It is
more likely to develop into a boome
rang. Acting Secretary Thompson, of the
Treasury Department, one of the
best and most competent officials ever
appointed by Mr. Cleveland, has
written a letter to the Secretary of
State, in reply to a communication
from Hon. Ira Davenport in regard
to an alleged lack of reciprocity be
tweon the United States and Canada
in the importation of nursery pro
ducts, such as plants, shrubs, etc., in
which he says that the matter is gov
erned entirely by the laws of tho re
spective countries, our laws admitting
those articles free, while the Cana
dian tariff requires a duty of twenty
per cent ad valorem on such article'.
These being the facts he does not
see how tbe Treasury Department
can take any action to rectify tbe in
justice complained of by Mr. Daven
port
Senator Colqnit's speeb, made ear
ly this week, was strongly in favor of
revenue reform as outlined io the
President's message. He said it is
time now for the distinct assertion of
democratic principles, the hearty
maictainance of them and tbe re
demption of democratic pledges. The
reign of tbe opposing principles bad
been long enough, and had already
gone far toward converting the coon-
try into a plutocracy. The high tar
iff policy has always been that of the
Tory pnrty in politics, the friend of
class legislation and principle.
Secretary Furcbild, in answer to a
reoneft for bis opinion on Senator
Shermao's bill for the investment of
i the funds for tbe redemption c-f na-
jlional bank notes, bas written a locg
j letter to the .Senate i inane commit
' tee. In disapproving of tbe measure
j be poicU ont tie bsl reaaHs that
j oroolJ probably follow its adoption.
) lie says: Tbe alternate expanticn
' and cor. traction retelling from this
, Li!l, woa'd, in taj jaJgraett, only
i promote aipwilsos; Bet a Lea!lLf3!
TLe Secretary Lit the
noil squarely on the head. Any &
nancial measure proposed by John
Sherman is sure to bo in the interest
of his friends, the Wall street specu
lators.
Washington is to have two notable
cathonnffs of women soon. On the
as v
25th insL tbe Woman's International
Council will begin an eight days ses
sion oommmemorative of the fortieth
anniversary of the woman suffrage
movemont On this distinguished
occasion women from foreign coun
tries will be in attendance. Thon on
April 8rd the annual Woman Suffrage
convention will be bold.
Tbe Truth as to Prohibition In Iowa.
Cedar lUpids Times-
There is, and possibly always will
be, a few well meaning people in
Iowa who join the cry of the saloon
interests, in heralding that the proba
tion law has not been, is not and
cannot be enforced, and are clamor
ous for its repeal and tbe enactment
of a high license law. The Maquo
keta Excelsior ' tells tbe following
plain truth ubout enforcement whioh
we commend to the consideration of
all who imagine that the law is not
enforced anvwhera Tho Excelsior
savs:
The grand jury of Linn county, . at
its recent sossion found only three
indictments, tbe smallest number
found by any grand jury in that
county for twenty years. The court
officials of that county say that the
prohibitory law is as well enforced
there as any other law on the statute
books, and to this fact they wisely
attribute the docreaso in criminal
court business. The same result is
shown in every county where a roa
sonable attempt has been made to
enforce tbe prohibitory law, and yet
there are a few people in the state
who are so short-sighted as to demand
the repeal of tint law. Tbe law and
order people, however, have this con
eolation: The number of those who
profess to desire a repeal of that law
is steadily growing smnller as time
goes on, and consequently it cannot
be repealed, but is here to stay till
time shall be no more,
The Iowa Messenger, after giving
tbe police and jail statistics of Cedar
Xtapias anu uiuu uuunijr, nuuwiujj
the croat decrease of crime within
tbe past five years, concludes as fol
lows:
Linn county jail used to be crowd
ed, and the local courts oppressed
with accumulating criminal business)
during this year court opened in this
county (which has over 4U,UUU innao
itants and is one of the largest coun
ties in tbe state) with an empty jail,
and at tbe same time there was not
a single inmate in the Cedar Rapids
calaboose, the first time suoh a con
dition of affairs had existed in thirty
years.
...... o
Prohibition is closing Drewenes,
e . n tit
removing some ot tnem to otner
states, but even there they intend to
erect only temporary buildings, be
cause they say the prohibition craze
will doubtless follow in the other
states in the near future. Of 99 brew
eries when the amendment was
adopted only about 11 or 15 remain,
and many of the departing brewers
have expended the accumulation of
years in fighting this prohibitory law
that is a failure. .Law-defying mu
nicipalities are wheeling into line,
and the public sentiment in favor of
the law is increasing in anti-prombi-tion
cities.
One of tho best results of the law
is the growing publio sentiment in
favor of the enforcement of all laws
for the preservation of morals, de
manding such enforcements by the
officers eleoted for that purpose, rath
er than through citizens leagues.
During tbe late campaign tbe deca
dence of tbe custom heretofore so
common of treating tbe voters to
liquor was very notable, even in
strong anti prohibition counties.
Tbe removal of one sheriff from
office bocanse derelict in tbe duty of
enforcement of tbe prohibition law,
and tbe overwhelming defeat of a ju
dicial oandi.late because of bis sub
serviency to tbe liqnor interests in
his former official capaoity as district
attorney, are hopeful signs of a bet
ter day coming.
Savings banks' deposits are increas
ing and pauperism is decreasing, as
the reports of officials and of volun
tary relief societies prove. Tbe
school enrollment shows a greater
per cent of increase than even the
increased per cent of the school en
umeration. Tbe beneficial results of
tbe law are seen in, more children in
the public schools, as well as more
bsppy homes.
Tbe foregoing are factsj not tbeo
ries nor the vagne assertion of "pro
hibition cranks," bat cold, plain, na
ked, nnembelished facts which no
one can gainsay.
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Is There a "Dancereus Class" la This
Countrjl If so, Where ! It!
From the New Toik Herald.
A correspondent writes to the Her
aid as follows:
Is not the dangerous olass increasing In
this country to an alarming extent? I foar
that nulona aoms rigorous measure of sup
pression ia sot oa foot, the experiment of
government by the pooplo will be a failure.
Well, the question is worth asking
and worth answering.
We hasten first of all however to
say that there is no suoh thing as
"the experiment of. government by
the people." Government by the
people is a firmly established foot,
and on tbe whole, yielding more hap
piness and prosperity to the square
mile than can be found in any other
nation on the planet.
Then, again, there is no dangerous
class in the republic that is, no
class that has the power to endanger
the well being of socioty. Of course
there are tberoists. sooros, hundreds,
possibly thousands, who are as crazy
as loons. Tliey are tbe topsy . turvy
mon of the time, who want to stand
tho world on its head. They kick up
a terrible dust, until tbe whole com
niunity sneezes: but what of it!
No radical ohange can bo made
without tbe sanction of public opin
ion. That is where our gnu is strong.
Publio opinion wears the crown, and
it is the best kind of a crowned bead,
by the way. It governs everything
and holds the fate of tbe country in
its bands. When publio opinion
fails to be proud of our institutions
they will go to pieces, but not till
then.
If, however, we should consent to
us tbe phrase "dangerous olass,
where shall we find it! Don't be
surprised if we look for it in a very
strange place.
It does not consist of the anarch
ists. Tbey amount to no more than
a flash in the pan. Thoir influence
on the stability of onr institutions
basn t a feather s weight. A thous
and men, ten thousand men on one
side and sixty millions of people on
tbe otberl Why, our fears are only
folly.
It does not consist of discontent
ed wage earners, who have had some
pretty serious things to talk about of
ate. J.hey do not want to smash
things, but to mend them. What
they say may not be more pleas
ant to hear than a dose of salts and
senna is to taste, but their object is to
produoe a Healthier condition of so
ciety. They sometimes got hot-tempered
and make egregious blunders,
but that is nothing. They are not
an element of danger, because their
purpose is to reform, not ruin.
Where snail we look, then, for tbe
so-o illed dangerous class? We have
looked down and not found its 'ap
pose we look up.
A shrewd observer onoe said that
the frontier of civilization is not in
the far west, whore the cowboy is
rampant and every man carries a pis
tol or a rifle, but in our large cities.
He meant that large cities contain
more permanent and far reaching evil
influences than eaa be found else
where.
For instance, there is a strong ten
dency to create monopolies. It is
one of the worst features of the
times, because a monopoly is a violent
interference with the legitimate meth
ods of trade. It concentrates in the
hands of a few the business that be
longs to many. Tbe air is thick with
so-callod "trust," and a trust is sim
ply an unholy allianoe to capture and
oontrol a given kind of product or
manufacture as the wheat orop, the
coal mines, the oil wells, and what
not
With millions behind them, they
grind to powder all opposition. Com
petition, whioh is the life of trade,
struggles for awhile, but at last sue
saints to bankruptcy. The field is
cleared of obstacles by underselling
the market and killing off the small
dealers. The people suffer, because
they are thereafter at the mercy of
men who own a whole line of goods
which are needful to tbe comfort of
life.
If the story of the varions "com
bines," which are now in existence to
corner and oontrol tbe necessaries of
life, and entered into by men al.
ready worth a fortune, whose object
is to raise prices and swell their own
coffers regardless of whatever misery
may be caused thereby, and of whom
ever may suffer in consequence there
of if that story, in all its bald-nakedness
of detail, oonld be told you
would not need to ask a second time,
"Which is tbe dangerous class in
America?" Yoa would see that it is
not tbe poor, not the wild anarchist
nor the wags earner, bat tbe rich
syndicate and grasping monopoly
which smash competition and gobble)
tbe profits of higher prices without a
pang of remorse and without a thrub
of pity-
If there is any real danger that
threatens as, that is it; if there is a
dangerous class, yoa have found it.
T, Editor's Ter Roply.
"What do yoa publish a paper
for, I'd like to ktiowT" aarcaaUcally
inquired an irate politician, tackling
a country oi.ior. i
-Tor $2 a year, ia advance." re-'
aponJe-1 tbe editor,
for foar Tears."
-ana J
Onr Public Free School Systeau
Texas Cbrlnaa Aevocabi,
Reading leading articles in onr
great daily Texas newspapers and the
speeches of our senators and represen
tatives in Congross we should come
to the conclusion that Texas has aa
imperial school fund eqnoj or super
ior to that of any other state in the
Union. But turning from these
gushing speeches to the report of
the Commissioner of Education in
Washington we are astonished tP
find some mysterious facts, if ihe
figures do not mislead:.
1. The scholastic: age is shorter ia
Texas than in any other State or ter
ritorybeginning at eight years of
age and terminating at sixteen.
Some States rate the seholaatio age
from four to twenty-one years, and,
exoept Texas, none older than six.
Most of them give from twelve to
seventeen years at school. Texas
only eight years, with her unrivaled
free sohool fund.
2. A second mystry is, that while
most of the States carry on free
sohools from six to tea months in the
year, Texas in tbe counties hardly has
an average of five months Ire tui
tion. 3. Another mystery is, the com
plaint from many quarters that there
is no money to pay the warrants is
sued to teaehers on their salaries,
and tboy have to pass them st a .se
rious loss.
4. Another mystery relates to tha
slim attendance at our free sohools
of the scholars of soholastia age
Taking a few oounties at random
from a report at band, it is stated
that in Dallas eounty, for example,
less than one-third of the seholaatio
population registered attend sohook
and dividing tbe money equally among
those in sohool eaoh scholar received
$17. In Zapata county one-seventh of
the pupils registered attend school, at
a cost per capita of $36, In Cherokee
county one-fifteenth of the registered
children attended scbooL at a cost
per capita of $80. In Fannin county
one-fifteentb attended free school at
a cost of $80 for eaoh child taught
In Orange one-sixteenth attended
school, at a cost per capita of$8Q.
We see a paragraph in a secular pa
per states that in one county in tha
State $108 was paid for tbe tuition
of eaoh child attending , the free
school! If these figures approxi
mate tbe truth, and they are said to
come from the department of educa
tion, it is cortainfy " time to review
our sohool system, and readjust it so
that the mass of growing youth of
Texas may be furnished with tha
elements of a common school train
ing.
Distinguished Railroaders,
San Antonio Express of 21st j
Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock a
distinguished party of railroad offi
cials arrived in the city on a special
oar from New Orleans. Tbe visitors
consisted of Col. 0. P. Huntington,
the president of the Southern Paoifie
railway system, General Manager At
0. Hutchison, Assistant General
Manager J. Kruittsobnitt and Col.
0. 0. Gibbs the general freight agent
of the road. Col. Huntington was
accompanied by his wife and family,
and left San Antonio for San Marcos
soon after their arrival here for the
Earpose of visiting Mrs. Huntington's
rotber, Mr. Worsham, who is a ran-
ohero near that town. The remain
der of the party spent tha day in flan
Antonio. Col. Huntington and fam
ily returned to San Antonio about 11
o'clock last night and were met by
Messrs. A. B. Frank, J. S. Alexander,
L. M. Gregory aud Aaron French,
The party left this morning by spec
ial train at 5:30 for El Paso, where
Messrs. Hutchison and Krnittsohnitt
will leave President Huntington,
who, with his family, goes on to San
Francisco.
He Cared the Boy.
A boy suffering from an aggravated
ease of hiccoughs entered a Fulton
street market this morning. What's
the matter?" said tbe marketman,
MI bio got bio the hie hia
hiccoughs." "Yoa have, eh?
Where's that $2 bill thai was on tha
desk when yoa went out this saorn.
ing?"angrily inquired tbe bntolirr, for
the boy bad been in the market earli
er. "I didn't see no $2 bill," answer
ed tbe boy, who began to turn pale
"Let me search you," said the man,
and emptied his pockets, but there
was no bill there. "I gaess I must have
been mistaken about that bill," said
the marketmaa, with a smile. -How's
yonr hiccongha?" 'There gone." re
plied the boy. The eura bad worked
to a charm. Troy Times.
Edwla Forrest's Secret.
trraat trex!:aa, Forraat, had
Tbe
aexrred which are ry body echt to Irara aa4
profit ty. 8sud be, "I owe) all mr oworeasi
to tbe trt that averrthicf I have aadevw
taken I bava dona tWoasUy. I stewa
aeglot tnflao." That'o to point don't
gleet trifle. Don't aavrlacs) that War km
eoacls. taxta aigatwaata, tbat fee Ma aavd
rapncioeM apptet. aad too otkev evartoera,
tnliu ia tasn.elvea. bat aerfal ia tberr
r.pw&oaax-a. They htH4 tb ai , a of
eottianftiosx. Ton are ia aUacoe. Vst yoaj
caa bo eared. IV. rievoo'o Oc4oa MJi.
raj Drarvreea-T will ttsdore roe) as baaOta. a4
victor, aa it baa tbaaaania ot otbara. For
, .crofUowo 4
'oee of tbea, it ia a savcreiga rvoiej.