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Free Press,
Marcos
PBOPBIETOE
'Prove All Things I Hold Fast that which la Cood."
NUMBER Iff.
SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1888.
15TH YEAR.
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TO ADVERTISERS.
The Free Press KceoxiiUod br Ueo, P.
Ituwell & Co., ax Ahead ah au
Advertising Medium.
Tba well knowu advertising rrodot o(
Ooo.P.ltowoll A Co.,of New Vork Uity.have
issued an.nunual Newspaper Directory for
thirty yearn or more, aud thane publication
Jiave bneu generally rocognlaed as authority
tin to the mutt tor of newspaper olroulatiou.
In tho regular issues of the Directory they
linve iuoluded all the newspapers publibhod
in (he Uuitod States aud Canada. Quite
Recently, however, they Lave issued a con.
dnnsod list It gives only the beat nowspa
pore as advertising niodlnms, aud hence 1h
praotiually bettor, because uioro convenient,
than thoir Urger Directory. Four-fifths of
tho nowBpnpers of the United States are
praotioolly "counted out" by intelligent ad
vertisors, who only want to kuow the beat.
Ilenee the value of tho work nuder notice.
The publishers iu the profuco woll Ray:
"It sifts the wheat from the chaff. It di
rects the attention of an advertiser toward
papers which he should aud ought to use,
and tends to iutereept a portion of that pa
trouage whioh goes to publications which
oohI groally in excess of aoy powor to bene
fit which they possess. It takes the general
ground, that the best is the cheapest."
We need scarcely say that ou this plan,
tho Fbhb Pbesh is given by this book (see
page 158) as the advertising medium of Ban
Marcos aud Hays county, it being the only
one on the Ut. we reapecuuuy invito io
attention of advertisers, both at home and
, abroad, to this fact,
f -
I ADVERTISING RATES.
Legal and Transient Advertisements will
be charged Oue Dollar per Bquare for the
J first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square
I for each additional insertion. A square in
I the space of one iuch. Fractional squares
I will bo oountod as full squares.
Advertisomunts ior uireo uiumun r mui
I will beoharfied at the foUowing rates :
No. of Square.
3 iuob 6 mos 1 yr.
1$3 5(t 4jj(J 00 $12 00
8 00 12 00 20 00
10 00 15 00 25 00
15 00 25 O0 40 00
23 00 40 00 60 00
40 00 6.ri 00 100 00
One snnare ....
i Torn ftimares
$ Three squares
3f One-fourth oolumn
t One-half column...
v nna nnlnm
Yoarlv advertisers allowed tho privilege
i " . .
4 Uuuiuess Cards, one inch or less, one year,
' i tyS. Cards in Business Directory, oue year,
52.
Local and business notices will be charged
j ton cents per line each iuKertion.
) Ad wtisomentH for Schools, Churches and
Benevolent Societies, half rates.
1 Marriage and Obituary Notices, of over ten
-.linos, charged n advertisements.
. Calls upon candidates, thoir rnplios and
"thoir circulars, aud all notices of n personal
V-'character, (if at nil admissible into our col
. niuus), will be charged as advertisements.
A. cross mailt upon the paper indicate
that the time for whioh the subscription ww
-J paid has expired.
v All advertisements and subscriptions aw
in advance. . ,
Any of our f rionds would do us a spci lal
'favor by givin- us the names of auy er
':how within their knowledge who wonK be
' . likely to subscribe toe tbe Fiikk Pkess, so
' that wo may sond spociinen copies to si ch
f persons.
k1 Our terms for annonnuiug candidates sr-?
, ;-$l. for state and district offices, for
'.'-fcounty offices, and $3 for 'precinct and ill
.'Cnicipal. Terras, cash.
GENERAL DIREOTORY.
$ OI-'FICIAa.
I OOKOKMi KTU niRTKICT!
I Hod. It. W. Mooro, of Favslte County.
J' binatoh-SSth distkiot:
Hon. W.H. Burses, of Guadalupe Co.
I HKPRB8KSTATIVC8 91 ST DISTRICT!
I Hon. Oeo.T. McUehee, of Hnyii Co.
In.... .1 I. Klllnoll. f Cl(twll CO.
DISTRICT OOUllT2SlIU DIHTBIOT.
Hon H.TalohiouoIler, Prenlrtlng Juilse, LaOrang
j. M. Bethany. Attorney, Autln lio.
.... TIMBU or UOLDINO OonftT.
' Hav.. lat Mondaya In March and September. May
! eontlnue three week".
r & oovmtt orrioaas.
1 Rd R. Kone, Judge Connty Conrt.
J Jaa.G. Burleson, Diat. and County Olerk.
i 8. H. MoBr.de, County A'lorney.
i Jas A. Wren Sheriff, J. M. Turner Dnpoy- ,
, f C. 8. Cock, Ju.iloe of the Peace Pre. No. 1
E. A. VauRhn, " " J
, U. C. Hubbi, " J
W. W. lck, " " 6
f 1. H.Patteraon, County Treasurer.
", y K. S. ForUuu, Aaaeaeor.
i Otto Srooa, Surveyor.
? W. L. Own Oora'r Preolncl so. 1
1 E. Vaunhn
H. C. Hubbi, ' " "
' 4 Peter Scbmitt. " " "
W. b. Steel, !ontable precinct Ho. 1
. i j.Noien, '
JeppHenaon. "
1 8. H. Stone, "
Tiama or soldiho Cooiitv ad Paaoinor OooaTa
County Courtfor Criminal. Civil and Probate bua
nesa 4th Mondaya in January, April.July.Octo-
k Oommlaaloners'Court-Jd Mondaya la f ebruarv.
Mat. Ansuat and November.
JnatloeOourt, Preclnet !o. 1 Laat Monday lo
each month, at San Marcos.
, Proclnct No. Idfridayln each month Mt CIT.
. iSd " Wlmberley'a Mill.
44th Sat. Dripping Spring.
Town orrieR.a.
Mayor Hammett Hardy. - ..
" Ronneil-W. D. Wood, O W. Donalaon, r.fd
Jjhnion. D. A. Glover, ltd. J. L. Oreen, P. J.C.
Smith, Dan Holbelnt and Roger Byrne.
rarshal Wm. H. Lt.iI.
ireet Commlaaioner J. W. Danforlb.
. Council meen the irt Tuesday In each montn.
Publlo Seheol Trnateos meet llrsl Tuesday In each
sasnth .1 tbe MaTor'a office.
CHirKC!!:.
METHODIST. Preaching at h. Methodist
ml w -. ...kV.ik Umm 1 R n.Hlr. Pillftf.
uaday Scboolat a. as. Slnginr at S o'clock p. m. 1
' prayer M ..ting W eane.daj . Toung ..'a pray- 1
ar ma.iing .. Monday slrbt.
' BAPTIST. Preaching at the Baptlat Ch.rch
.very Snndav. R. W. n. aVverlev. Potof.'
Sunday Srhl attul.au as. Toang aatn'a prajer-;
meeting Tolay nih. Coagregattaaal prayer-,
'xneetlng Wednesday nlghl.
' PRr.RmUI.-sms la4 ad 4th Saadsys ,
acS sio-lh. pat-r. Sa.dav
feho.1 every Sabbath .t Praver Urt- j
Ing nfft Tt.rsday at f M P. All a'. I.rlted I
le.ttrad. f
CHlTIA,t. Flder Pseter.
gsaday rhl at a. a. A e.rdlal l.vttallM ;
tieded t all.
PKOTISTAjrT BPICOPAL.-VT.5.B.rs!lev.
rastor. !W.mcsthe4adthfdaya ia each
aisotb. Pandsy echo! every Sunday. I
CATHOUC- svrvioe lh f aaday la aa siib. (
lev. Fslfcar ra:lh paatar.
AKEIVAL ASI P f.PAItTt' !: f,P. Ttl ASfl'
MOM SAS MAa.ro PyT OFFICK
a is trim arrt' at !t . .
a t'" nTs .iiJV3 .
, '. na ir a-T.r ".; a. aa. ei.d
a at s : r'- sitt".s at Tii p sa.
Lai,.,. jra a 11 . a'es at ;t.t. T. M.
lvmi'i ri.ea. n tla lf.
v-a T:t-y 4-.s-tT .? at. P-ldsy ,
at it. M. Arr'v. n'ay ill ii-nif al
f.
sirvs V- .
drt' n-'i.-v r-a a.Tr.le'lv' . arj t"
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(wUn -hi'.v a a.':Ter-a
mi its pr sftl ass.1
T r K A .?t T
DR. N- M. NYE
D ENTIST,
Johnson Bulldlnr, on the Square.
Speoial atteution given to Diseases of tba
Mouth aud Facial Neuralgia.
Offloo In New Brannfola the last Thursday
and Friday in each month nirbly
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BANKERS.
GLOVER NATIONAL BANK OF SAN
Marcos, North side Plaza.
FIBST NATIONAL BANK of Ban Mar
cos, Southeast Corner Plaza.
LA WYERS.
SB. MoBHIDE, Att'y and Land Agent
. Office over First National Bank, San
Marcos.
X0TARY PUBLIC.
IH. JULIAN, Judge Wood's New Build
. iug, Upstairs.
DENTISTS.
D
K. J. H. COMBS, Judge Wood's New
Building, upstairs,
DRUGGISTS.
RAYNOLDS 4 DANIEL, North side
Plaza.
DRY GOODS.
ED. J. L. GREEN, at the old stand of
Groen & Price, Southeast Corner Plaza.
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES.
I3 T. TALBOT, Next door to First
. . National Bank.
J OHNSON & JOHNSON, Mitchell Build
ing, North side plaza. .
DAILEY & BKO., Southwest Corner
Plaza.
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.
JTl S. MACKIN, Near Northeast corner
in . Plnza.
g so Series.
R
7) W.LEA YELL, South side Public Plnza.
r MHOMA3 TAYLOll East Side Plaza.
T
"AltDY & CO., North side Plaza
TINWARE.
M B. OWNBY, Northeast of Public
. Square.
FURNITURE.
JW. NANCE, Southeast Corner of Pub
. lie Square. .
VA TCIIMA KERS & JR WELERS.
W.
H. BOBBINS, North side Plaza.
GROCERIES & HARDWARE.
w
M. GIESEN, South side plaza.
MILLINERY.
MRS, RICIIAEDSON, between First
National Bank Building and Nance's
Furniture Store.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
J.
R. PORTER, East Side the Square.
Our Clubbing List for 1888.
W. are prepared to club tb.FRBI PRESS to new
or renewing .ubsoribsri with the following publi
cations t the rat es specified below, if ordered at the
fame tlm. with our paper. In the ttrat column we
give the regular price of each publication singly,
in th. second ' the price of lb. same end the Fata
Pas is together.
With the
Singly. Free Preaa.
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Anstin Statesman.....
Qalveston Hews
S. V. Weekly World..
St. Louis Republicac
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N.T. Ledger...
Sew O'leanaTlmea Democrat.. 1 SO
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Texas limngs
Farm aud Ranch
betroit Free Preaa
Saturday Kvanlag Past
Sew York Obeervev
Atlanta Constttulloa
American Aarieulturls....
BdentlBc America a
Cetitury Magaxlaa-.
St. Hicholaa
Harper's Toang People
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IJppioctt'a Macatlne
KclacUc Maaastne
I'hrrawleaical Journal
Petervm'a Magastae
Popalar Seterte Meotily ..
BarpM'a Mowthly
Waekly
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Oadey'a Lady'. Hk
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cal not Mof-f in Ike a-rt ltUfr
nificd ft proportion" tr rotr. or or
.Itrrd Kforaft'f f phUAtr price,
frtr orhttrof rnt-f poulogt fitpaid i
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fVi aaaaey haws cei hy f .'.'. viTr ,
aiei petty kle tte aaa.U. aeea. it eV4ir- .
It s-wry esewiOeTa.1. avail y awatal
Vt. reaSe-eref Vser S trn. j
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I w- ete-l e. tut
Is TWrd solely forth.
Ciiruul ooli-pialiits wucn
afflktall wi.aiauklnd. 11
Rlvoa tune aud strength to
hi.iI.. Arwatis. anu
nrrvcts dangemn. displacements and IVri'KUlarU
ties, ftisnfaroalvsliieliichaiignafllfe. Iheuseoi
ltt:KUI Ll.'S rr.nsi.i. .-vsj"uri. v"t
saucy (rvatly relievos Hie palus ofwiillicimHxl ana
tromotvs speedy recovery. It senilis nature to
.file make til a critical chanac from girl hcKd to
arnmanhood. Itlaploaaantto Jie Uito ai;d niay b.
BAEea MAI! timca Willi uvriccteAirir. , 4 tvw i f
IOfI.I JIT ALLrilU'OOITa.
JJJ.MKluaXl)UUUCO..t3oia'rup.,bT.LOUlB.
TEE CATJSE 07 EKEUMATISM.
It if claimed that rheumatism It
sometimes inherited but it is mora like
ly that the persons presumed to inherit
it are physlcaly constituted the same as
their parents and naturaly susceptible
to it. If children are ditforentl con
stituted from the afflicted parout they
do not "inherit it." Biliousness Is as
much of an inheritance as rheumatism,
as persons of a bilious temperament
an most susceptlblo to it and they of
coarse get their temperament from their
parents. Other authorities claims that
rheumatism is caused by the preseuce of
uric acid in the blood. Others to
taking cold when their is poison circu
lating in tho blood, others that it is
purely and solely a disease of the ner
vous system. It is well known that
when persons have acute or inflamma
tory rheumatism the bowels are usualy
oonstipatcd and the urine scanty, but is
that not caused by tho rheumatism
rather than tho causo of it, for when
the bowols 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 cases
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 application?
will relievo it, there is ono however
that will, and that is Chamberlain'
Pain Balm, one application is usualy
sufficient to reliove 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 tho 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 cases of rheumatism only a fov,
moments are required for its effect to
be felt. To keep the bowels opun al
ways use St. Patrick's Pills us they nro
absorbed into the blood, not through it,
purify it and thoroughly cleanjo ti.e
whole system.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Will cure a severe cold in less timo
than by any other treatment. It re
lieves tne lungs, opens the secretions,
renders the mucus less tenacious and
easier to expectorate and aids nature in
restoring the system to a healthy con
dition. Ti freely used as soon as a cold
has been contracted and before it has
become settled in tho systom, it will
often cure what would have boon a
sever cold in a single day. It is a cer
tain cure for crow
For Sule.by Kaynolds & Daniel.
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JJEaJflu W ifii-flfUJAntM
7S A LINIMENT PERFECTLY
HARMLESS.AMD SHOULD BE USED A
rV MONTHS. BEFORE. CONFINEMENT.
SEND FOR BOOK 70 MOTHERS i
tl-D ATVFTFT tYTPfri II ATflR Co.
Htnill AUA wwawm -ana-
I. ATLANTA.GA. . j3
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers.
THE DIRECT LINE
raosi
WESTERN TEXAS AND
MEXICO,
TO ALL roim IB TBS
Will HIT. TOT & HIST
ta VI THB
International & great Jpern
rABazBRcaa
.Can Take Their Choice of Routes,
VIA TAYLOK OH PALESTINE.
Oi via lee v. LaCia. laoa I-wtiib a Sarvaaaa
Ran-arav. C I oee e'nectl am at Uttl ack lr all
Princioal Cities in the Southeast.
a tae Cola Detvet at St. Loals with Iiprees
traiaaiaati iireciinf.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
Wtawea HAS JemK. AraTI5. HfrTOS
a. ttlt't'Dt, ee el. rial fmM Tars ketweaa
SA ASTOSIOaa' IT. LOllt. antkaat Caaaca.
ar rev TVl-M. aUtaa.Se, apaly I. aay ef ta
TVH yrM, av La
I . T. SrnsrS. faa..rT A r-ml. sieavta
! B. VT. MH ri LOl Glf,
Cea. faee. 1 rtr At ri'aa, Teaaa
WANTED
IIS
bui u a, -nv aacaj n - "j 1 1 i v
THE OLD l'KINTISn ritF.SS.
A sonn to the rwsvs. ths Pnntlu( Prosal
Of lbs good old-fiwhtoned kind.
Ere the Riaut niauhine, with iu pnlse of
steam,
Elbows It out of mind.
In the c'ays of yore
Our fathom boar
U his sturdy limbs have wrought j
Of Iron or oak,
Hi. teacliliiR. "poke .
Tbe language of burniug thonght.
A son to the Press, th Printing Pnil
As the carriage rolls ni'rrily along
His stout sides grotin, as the bar pulls home,
i .a At... itMiMinin'i unlior
And tbe crisp, wet sbeot
On its errand fleet
Ily anxious hands Is apod.
Though oft elsewhere
It may sorrow bear, ...
To tbe priuter's home bnugs bread!
Then here's to the Proas the eld Printing
rreiwi
rrt.A..l. l.t ilavi Ka nnmhfimti now.
lll'll)U ! WW . - -.
A fond heart weaves of tbe laurel leaves
A Rarland to deea nis orow.
Though the giaut machine
With his pulse of steam
Has doomed bis form to decay,
His stout old frame
From our hearts shall claim
Ueuierabrnuue for mauy a day.
THE SWEET NAME OF NELLIE.
It has Been Immortaliicd and Cher-
lshod In Prose aud Poetry.
Cblcato Mall.
Considerable interest and disoussion have
hfiBn caused recently among the youug peo-
pie of the city by the action of a young
lady residing on tho north side m cnanging
her given name from Heine w uoieu.
Quite natundly the chief interest has been
uroniwd. on tho nart of the young ladies to
whose name the appellation is prefixed, but
fhA vtmno men have also some reonug iu
regard to the subject, and was shown In the
letter written by a vounu man on tne woki
side who had a sweotheart by tho name, as
printed in the Mail. The name Nollie is
Mweet and gentle iu sound, and 11 cannoi db
said that it is not beautiful.
Wlion abbreviated into short 'Nell" it
elves ono an idea of a ronipiup, kittenish
young lady, whom young men scorn at all
tiinew doliVhtod to meet. .However, nemo
changes her into a young lady of sweet and
gantle disposition. To abbreviate ner
r,..n,n hv eullinr her Nell, even afkr mar-
riBgo and by her husband, would appe:ir al
most to be a sacrilege. Tliore are otuer
reasons that might bo urged ngiinst its
sdopt'on, aud tlicy m-.gbt prove quite a
si t-ioi-.H ono. The first verses In wiucn tuo
name Nellie appeared, and which were sot
in music, were nt about the time or me
flood, so the young man behind the wusio
counter says, and they bad been sung of
in varioitH and sundry kinds of metre ever
since that time. cw verses wuu muiu ...
lesB melodious musio continue to come
with a frequency which leads one to think
that the young ladies bv that name are not
nn the deoroase. .notwithstanding the fact
that oue Chicago young lady did have her
name changed.
From the Btory whioh may bo gatuerea
from the tenor of the verses tne young
ladies with that name are like tho good
little boys they always die young, or else
are about to reoeivo a proposal of marriage.
The songs soem to have been written by
npreft lovers to commemorate the death 01
some loved one, or else charm and fascinate
some young woman while he tolls his tale
of love to her. Thoy were always young
women of surpassing charm aud boauty,
adorned with all the gifts that nature could
endow them with.
Another pertinent feature of the song is
hat the Nellie always seemed to live in tbe
country by a babbling brook, by the moun
tain side, or else she raked tho bay. bhe
was in all things the embodiment of rural
simnlicitv.
V.vnrvone has heard the song "Nellie
Grav."
This oue song proves the three foregoing
statements. Nollie lived in a pleasant oot-
aoe beside a gentle streamlet Merrily
the birds warbled in the willow tree which
stood near by. But one morn she said she
was "going," and now beneath the bending
willows the eentle streamlet's waves moisten
the flowers that bloom o'er Nellie's grave.
Of her tbe loving swain sang:
She grew in form and beauty,
Her counsel was the guide
Of all who were in sorrow.
And many tears she dried;
Whenever the sun was shining
O'er flow'ry meadows gay,
I d'lily went a-roaming
With charming Nellie Gray.
She called me ber own Willie,
And I was happy then,
My life seemed full f imnshine
While ia tbe willow glen;
She often aiioke of home above,
I listened loug each day
To tbe sweet voice, those words of loye,
From charming Nollie Gray.
Then romes a hoat of others, and many
famous among tbein are "In tbe Hazel
Dell My NeU i Sleeping," "Nellie Lost and
Gone," "Bright-Eyed Laughing Little Nell
of NamtganseU Bay," "Nellie Lost and
Found," ';Ncllie, I II Be True to Thee,"
"Nellie, Darling. Do Kay Yrs," "Nellie
Brown," "Nelly Gordon."
Xelii Bit b a voire l;ke a tnrtle dows,
I Lear it i& de meadows and I bntra it ia
le grova.
XcLly B!y Iwb a heart warm aa a -np of t.
And bifftr dan do fweet potato down ia
TODesacv).
Wb-n Kelly Wm Rkinrj tbe IUt" U
I ,wrtp be ta!e4 r?oioo of U.ia kind, U.a
' tX't re 'it chick rati:
Wl,-a X'!'y r-V.nz h bar.
So rrft'vi I tu?iL cf tba Jy,
S-w-i 1 vl hum f.vt
AmI Mw n a ) asrw.
At! .1 al Li Hit ns" 'f Mer,
Oh. nothina with ber can compart)!
' Not I knew that my fate it was threj
80 often it seems I see har iu my dreams,
My Nellie when taking the hay.
Dickens Littlo Noll la "Old Curiosity
Shop" Las brought more tears to the eyes
of readers than any character in notion,
either before or after the Curiosity Shop"
was written, and she will live in tbe hearts
of the people wherever the name Dickens
ia known.
Weaning Dabtes.
When a baby ia nursod by its
mothor tbe first groat trial in its life
is tbe process of being: weaned. This
is a grievous mattor, both to mothor
and child, if, as is often the case, it
is done suddenly And without any
previous preparation. Some weeks
beforehand the baby should be taught
to drink milk from a cup, and when
tbe time arrives one of tbe accus
tomed meals should be withheld and
a drink of milk, oatmenl gruel, or
bread and milk given instead. The
next day two should be substituted
and so on until it has its natural
food only at night, if it is aooustomed
to wake and take nourishment. Then
a cup of warm milk should be given
for it, made a little cooler each night
until finally it is given cold. This
gradual procoss will bo found easy
compared with tho heart rending
method of making the change at
once from natural to artifical 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
tem for more than a few months, and
as a rulo it should not be prolonged
beyond a yenr. When a mothor who
is nursing a child has a pain in her
back, frequent headaches and a sink
ing feeling that sometimes passes in
to actual iaintnesB she should relin
quish tho tnsk as it is beyond her
strength, and ner exhaustion wui leu
on her child. While she is nursing
die Hlionld have more than ordinarily
nourishing food; milk, if she can take
it, plenty of meat and always at
nicrlitn lnrt'e cunful of COCOft. a bowl
of bread and milk, or oatmeal grnel,
... . m . 11-
or anything she mncies oi a line
nature. If tho baby bus to be weaned
before it has cut the four first teeth
its dint must still consist principally
of nnlK. If tins is lounu too consti
pating, a toaspoonful or two of warm
molasses will somotiraes remedy the
difficulty. Good Housekeeping.
The Origin of"Mr." and "Mrs."
Tho oriffin of Mr. and Mrs., which
are now comon property, is not with
out interest. In oarlior times the or
dinary man was simply William or
Johnthat is to say, he had merely
a Chriatinn 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
a man's trade, or from his dwolling
place, or from some personal pecu
liarity, were tncked on to their Chris
tian names, and plain John became
John Smith. As yet there were no
"Misters" in the land. Some John
Smith accumulated more wealth than
the bulk of his fellows became, per
haps, a loaded proprietor, or nn em
ployer of hired labor. Then he be-
cran to be called in the Norman
French of the day the "Maistro" of
this place or of that, of these work-
men or of tnose. in time me "Jium
tre" or "Maister," as it soon became,
trot tacked on before his name, and
he became Maister Smith, and his
wife was Maistress Smith, But grad
ually the sense of possession was
lost sight of and tbe title was con
ferred upon any man who baa attain
ed social diritinction of any kind,
whether by mere possession of wealth
or by holding some position of more
or less consideration and importance.
It is only within comparatively mod
ern times that the term came to be
an almost indispensable adjunct to
every one's name when mentionod in
ordinary conversation or writing.
Maistress Smith soon becaino Mis
tress Smith. Exactly how and when
the term got corrupted cannot be
said. Maister Smith, however, re
mained Maister Smith long after bis
wife became Mistress Smith.
The Triumph of Dradlaagh.
Mr. Bradlangh's parliamentary
oaths bill has the advantage of being
extremely ehorL It consists of only
two clauses; the debatable part of it
inded, of only one. It enacts that
every person, upon objecting to being
sworn, shall b permitted to make
bis solemn amrmation instead oi
Liking an oath in all pluces where an
oath is or shall be required by law.
Tbe affirmation is to be of the same
force and efft-ct as the oath, and the
penalties for a false affirmation aball
be the pf;na;tic- of perjury.
Tuns, in form, tbe provision ia
alraoft identical with the act for en
aiding Quakers to affirm; it only x
tnd that ability to all r-ron,
wbetbr belonging to one religions
di-notiiication or not It applies to
jurora and witneru?. and also to all
other pa-rennt Lo may ts now eav'Ie.l
on to tile an tb: to tb who
Live tte tb? oth of a'.;xn.
and tvs-n. we s-n; . t.t -,; r
tin ! irj-'f 1 t iv'i Tjij '
MIobsou's Choloe."
Did you know that this familiar
phrase, "Hobson's Choioo," preserves
tho memory of a very good aud use
ful man.
Thomas Hobson was born in 1514;
he was" for sixty years a carrier be
tweon Jjondon and Cambridge, con
veying to and from tho University,
letters, packages and nlsopassongors.
In addition to his cxpross business,
be had a livery stable and let horses
to the University students'. He made
it a rulo that all tho horses should
have, according to their ability, a pro
per division of work and rost. Tboy
were t ikon out in regular ordor, as
they stood, beginning with tho one
nearest tho door- No choice was al
lowed, and if any man refusod to take
tbe animal assigned bitn lie might go
without anv. That or none. Honce
tho phrase "Hobson 'a Choice."
In the spring of 1G30 the plague
broko 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, 1C31, partly,
it is said, from anxioty and fretting
at his forced leisure Hobson was
one of tho wealthiest citizens of Cam-
bridffo. and did much for the benefit
of tbe city to whioh bo left several
legacies. . His death called forth
many poems from members of tbe
University, officers and students,
among thorn two by the poet Milton,
thon a student at Christ a College
Wido Awake.
Oysters as Food.
Chemists say that a quart of ovb-
ters contains about the same quanti
ty of actual nutritive substance as a
quart of milk or a pound of very loan
beef, or a pound and a naif of tresn
cod-fish or two-thirds of a pound of
bread. But the usos of the nutrients
vary; for instance, tbe loan meat and
cod fish aro most flosh formers, con
sisting largely of protein, while the
bread, with its starch, Ljiis but little
of these, and sorves tho body as fuol
and supplies it with heat and muscu
lar energy. Oysters come nearer to
milk than almont any other common
food material, both in amount and
proportions of nutrients. Thoir
values for supplying the body with
material to build up its parts, repair
its wastes, and furnish it with heat
aud energy are pretty nearly the
same.
But the cost of tho flosh-forming
matorial in oystors is vory high.
When they are twffntv-flvo cents a
qunrt, the protein that is contained
in them costs $1.08 a pound, while
tho cost of urotein in milk, at soven
cents a quart, is C3 cents a pound;
is salt cod-fish, 43 cents; in mackerel,
79; iu wheat flour, 11; and in beef
from 63 conts to $1.0fT. Therefore
oysters are classed as delicacies rath
er than as staple food. But tho de
mand for these delioucies is steadily
increasing, and under the efforts of
tbe shell fish commisHioner of New
York tho supply of oysters will soon
.enormously increaso within tho wa-
tors controlled by that State. uood
Housekeeping.
I)lH?iistcd With Old Casus.
"Cusus Belli bas been tho cause
of more wars in this country than all
the other foreigners put together,"
6aid the driver of a Blue Island ave
nue cur as he leaned heavily on bis
brake. "Who brought on tho revo
lution? Casus Belli. Who started
tho war of 1812? Same cuss. Who
was it that made ns fit the South in
'Gl? Casus Belli. I see by the morn
in' paper that the same beast is fig
ged n' on a war with England over a
moss of fish. In tho country where
I was reared a follow named Boh t wick
usod to go round stirrin' up fights
between his noighbors. Ho had
heaps of fun while it lasted, but one
day late in the fall an nncle of mine
and tbe Kendrick family sqnatlod
themselves in abriiBh heap, and when
Bostwick came along they fulled
him so full of boles that be fill to
pieces when they picked bim up. I'm
for choking the gizliird out of this
Belli, even if he does come from Ro
man and Italian stock. -He's got no
bns'ness in a free country. He's
wuss'n Satan. How old is ho, any
how?" Chicago Herald.
Walter Crook, tho senator-elect
from Dayton, is an older brother of
Oen. Crook, tho Indian fighter. .
Tho Brooklyn Republicans will
celebrate Abraham Lincolns birth-
d.ty with a banquet, and Col. Ingcr
1 soil will respond to the toast "Lin-
!,.ln "
Rev. R. Hi-tar Newton, who re
cnt!y returned to bi ehnrch in
New York City after a yetr's alnee
in Europe, is in mnch LttttT b alth
than wlun be arrive.1, and Lopes
soon to be well as ever.
Frederick Elliott, who waa ar-iK-ict'-I
cvcs'il to the I.lard of St
' Hflena. b-is riTsl urid rt-fnrnoJ
H hi, boroo in In'lnnij'ia. Heasy
St IIfcln. i. f" l.aml tiat b won
dT tht Nr-'on i,nril a lor.
a be i ti; ,! on that 1 r-.ry
r.rV Mr. I":l-rn Un.lc-1 on t! i
land art nul.t HI be rr-. I it in
Uiv ily tnr.c 1 V. i sum I tiev
ALL 8 OUTS.
San Francisco bas a publia school
especially for Ceinose.
It is thontrht transatlantic) tele
phoning would bo possible with a sil
ver cablo.
Tho worn on of Paris have adopted
for the winter season a waggle ia
thoir walk. The art of waggling
gracefully in furs is being taught ia
the best dancing schools,
Borry Bowden, a twelve-year-old
colored boy of Macon, Go., baa the
. . i . i , .I-
largest mourn or anyuoay in woe
parts. He can bold two ben's eggs
in it at onoe without difiiculty, and ia
very proud of it.
Not many moons niro. seventy pul
pits in tho city and en virions of Phil
adelphia wero ocoupied oy wpmen.
It bas become a moral necesity that
woman be freo to cive the world uejr
truest, bravest thought. '
Lieut. Ballon will probably pose
before the people from the section
that grew him as a martyr to trah.
This is a favorite dodge wjth men
who porpotrate slander on the people
of the Sooth. San AmVonio Times. .
The Advance read carefully the
letter Lientenunt Ballon wrote con
cerning San 'Antonio. It wasA.very
word tbe truth, line for line. Snn '
Antonio is not the South. It is only
an outside prooinct of hell attached
to Texas for judical purposes.-- ytaco
Auvaooo.
At the meetint? of the American
Societv of Naturalists at New Havon
recently, Prof. Brewer made the rer
mnrkablo statoment that the averago
longovity of tbe domestio hog is un
known, because the poor beast. Lafl
never been given a lair show.
A Salt Like mother aroso in tba
nirrbt nt. Hi nolicitation of her dourh
tor and rubbed fifty cents worth of
cough medioiue on tho latter'g rheu
matic limbs. Tho cure was imme-
rlifLfa. hnt the twins returned as soon
as tho mistake was discovered,
A Prudent Manaorer. Eastern
Rnilway Manager: "What's the price
of coal now?" Assistant: "Nine dol
lurs a ton" "Uiupbl Send word to :-
the passenger, brakemen, to nse coal
mrv nnnMoiiHlv. We don't want anr
mora car stove horrors." Omaha
World. ,
Farmer M. II. Glad man, of Hop
kins, Mo., bas found a seven-inch
vein of shoe blaoumg on Ins farm,
It lies four feet below the surface,
and when moistened and rubbed on
the shoes makes a fine polish. Mr.
Gladman now is hunting a treo tha
bears ready made shoe brushes.
Thfl Arabs who are to be imported
by Mr. Barnum from the Paris Hip-
S . m ..'.. .lIltMlllMI. CI It . f
pOUrOIIlO KlvO ts yvij uiTMWUK mttvi..
TliArc ia about two hundred of thorn
and their entortainment is to tbe life
of tho great desert what Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show is to t.he Irontiojr
life of this country,
A peculating student at Cornell
University was electrified when te
went to obtain a $10 note, part of
whioh was protruding from the pock
et of a vest hanging in an unoccupied
room. A professor bad conneoted
tho vest by an elcctrio wire with the
signal bell. The victim made a clean
breast of his depredation.
The Marshall Herald Bays: Gen,
Mo Cullogh will probably be the next
treasurer of Texas. It is about the
time for F. R. Lubbock to step down
and out.
And the Nacogdoches News:
Tbe foregoing expresses our stinli
ments. We have, nothing against
Lubbock, but tbis thing of a life ten
ure in office ought to cease. He has
hold offico for abopt thirty-five years,
and, while he is a good one, other
old patriots deserve some of the hon
ors. We hold that the rich as a 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 grati
fied. We baye repudiated tho doc
trine that (Jod is respooBioie lor pov
erty. The reason why some peopla
are on top of the heap financially is
not because they are superior to
otb-r in brains. it because they
are inferior to others in conscience.
Rev. Pentecost.
After six months of earnest search
General John Meredith Rerd baa sue
rsWed in findinc lLrou'h tbe kind
; indication f bia learr.eJ frienX Mr.
Coot of the BriUh mnatum, an art
I togrpb of Ponce de Ln of tVbr t
'ary 21. 121- And tl ronh tue ooor
' toy of the d.atitvnialit-d director of
! tho arrl.it at Sr jlf.. Otn. Read bavs
o!U'r.-l a f.imi of the KgnaUjra
r..li !.a i ah. ct Lo f.irsri.r I to Ga.
! Jn.f- Grar.t W.Vti. one of fe edi
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