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Marcos Free Press Prove All Things I Hold Fast that which Is Cood." PROPRIETOR. 17TH YEAK. SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1890. NUMBER a. San ttREE press. etileo, Travis' lewr BuUdlst. Sao Cer.sr. treat AND KNTEnSD AT THB vinoos. TEXAS. AISKO- fgcrornuB QIAO! MATTKB. TTiffS 0 MIB8ORIPTI0N. Sil0monthi.. ". 40 t . .ta Innlmle the tv.ermrinent TM DOY. o. "i- .1,.; r. lai copien 5 oen s. Aor of our friend would do us a Bpeoiul . ". h uiviufi us tue names or any per. thnir knowledge who would be t AlA Cnva Tnroa on !Si we may wud specimen copies to such persons XBVEHTlSINa JUTES. Transient Advertisements will .hLreed One Dollar per square for the t insertion, and Fifty Cents per square ,,Moblditional insertion. A. square is usnaoeof one inch. Fractional squares illbeoouuvou " -..i nr;milnrs o ven on application. ..L;llv or by letter, as to advertising f lornjor periods. Terius liberal. BOSlUeS ' ,. TC....-.. nun vahp ',, caras m nu """"-vi j .'...1 tniHiness notices will be charged .... .... .,. iDi ttn cents per line wr .n. .o.. , ,Dd five oentspcr lino for eaoh additional nwrtion. DR. N.M. NYE B JS2STTIST, x (Hover Building on the Square Special attention given to Diseases of the Month and Facial Neuralgia. mroly BUSINESS DIRECTORY. BANKERS. GLOVER NATIONAL BANK OF Maroos, North side Plaza. 8 AN T7UK8T NATIONAL BANK of San Mar JJ eon. Southeast Corner Plaza. LA WYERS. C B. MoBRIDE. Att'y and Land Agent O . Office over First National Bank, Ban Marcos. NOTARY PUBLIC. witK Kowder ' No dessert b more delicious, wholesome and appetizing than a well-made dumpling, filled with the fruit of the season. By the tue of the Royal Baking Powder the crust Is always rendered light, flaky, tender and di gestible. Dumplings made with it, baked or oouea, win oe dainty and wholesome, and may be eaten steaming hot with perfect impunity. Rnciirr. On. quwt of flour : thoroughly mix with It three teaspoons of Royal Baking Powder and a un&U (aaipoon of salt; rub in piece of butter or laid the silt of an egg, and then adit one Urge potato, grated in the flour; alter the butter la well tniied, stir in milk and knead to the consistency of soft biacuit dough ; break off pieces of dough large enough to cloae over four quarters of an apple (or other fruit as desired) without """a. nu iay in an eartnen aim (or steamer; ana sunn until tue Iruit is tender. Bait, if THE DUMB BRUTES. Bias are they whom the creatures bleat) And ret that wealth of tenderness la look. In gratura, in caraaa, By which our hearts they troah. Might well the thoughtful spirit (Tiers, Bellorlns; aa we must belle. Bow little they from maa raeetve To whom tbey gir. so much. Baiurdaj Post. AN UNEXPECTED ESCAPE. GENERAL DIRE0T0RY. FFICIAI, I I ft tiV I'OHV. ooaossssnsa 8th ninTmoT: Sa L W. Moore, or r syeue uouniy. sasToa-J5Tii nisTsiot: Hit. W.B. Barges, ol Guadalupe 00. ssrassaMTiTivas 91st district: it.. Uo.T. MoQehee, of Ueye Co. ".' I.L. KI'lon' of Caldwell Co. r m.T.iriToonHT iMu oistsiot. L.. a T.lehmuell.r. Presiding Judge, LsaraiiRe C U.Bsthsny, Attorney, Austin CO. -f m . a m unLntaii ooniT V,,. -lit Monday. In March and SeptemDer. stay fjaliDOe three weeks. U Koni". Judge Ooutily Court. Iju.O. Storey. County Clerk. moi. 1. 1'eel. Plalrloi t:ira. In B.Mcl! de. Couuly Attorney. L Uv'. Shsrirr. f. M. Jounion. voupiy uir.uioi. l.l. fortioD, Assessor. S. I. Kon'fiarean, 0omnii.1or-er Pre iier So. l. II. T, Vo'ortb, W. luom. hi D .UK la E! J.'lm ili, Jil.tlce of the Pesce Pre'nct So p. tr.Tno u 0. Howe .1 UtEltoy w. Crow 01 t-'mtirober, Con.table precinct No. 1, &. 80111, ' I, I tret. IK. R. H.'llng. IT. P. Ouar. TlMSS 01 UOLDINO COUKTV AMD PBS01KOT CufJKT. ioittj Court for Criminal, Civil und Probate m-Hh Mondays In January, April. July. 0010 cSmmlssloners Court Jd llnndsysln Cebrusrv, ij, Auznst and Noverabur. Joitlce uoart, rrecmot no. i .. i bus month, at San II arco.. , ,., Precinct No. a 'Jd Friday in eacn muoiu " ' 8 3d ' Wlmberloy's Mill. ' 4 lib Saturday Dripping Springs. oitt orrioaas. JKiyor-Hammett Hardy. , . n Council W. D, Wood, II. J. iravis.uiu ... iod, I. H. Browne, Kd. J- u. ureeu, Icitb, Dsn Dolheinr. and Wm. Ole.eu, luesior and Collector, I). P. Hopkins. Kirih.l J. M, Turner. Mlreet Commissioner -M. T. Chastain. Council meets the Brat Wednesday in escn u...u. Public School Trustees meet tlr.t Tuesdsy in eacD booth at tbe Major's office. ;iiithc'sIi:m. MEIIIODIST. Preaching at the Vetbodlst Church feterj Sabbath st 11 a. m. and T-30 p. m. aev. U. gcolt, Pastor. Sunday School at 9.30 a. m. Dr. J. H. Combs, Superintendent, leacners meei- nrJ-30n. nt. Prof. J. K. rrncnei., ieaier. Seo'i meeting, Tuesday, T-30 p. in. Prfyermeei- tupr. Wedne.dey, 7-30 p. m. Service tor tne Ladies rnaiy.tp. m. woman's tu nocieij, im'"ji p.m. Woman's Missionary rocm j, u - Prlday in the month, 4 p. m. Sioging, Suuday, tt-30 p.m. B1PT1ST. Preaching at the Baptist Churcb !ry Smidav. Rev. W. I). Boverlov, rsstor. atsdsj Schoel at 9:30 a. m. Toung men's prayer omlng Tuesday night. Congregatloual prayer ntltig Wednesday nigbt. fRESBTTtRl AN. Services Ind and 4tb Sundays tub month. Kev. 8. J McMurray, pastor, snnday 'School every Sabbath at 9:30 a.m. Prayer Meet Inj sv.ry Thursday at f:30 p, m. All are Invited lo attend. CHRISTIAN. Mo regular pastor at present. ludty School at a. m. A cordial Invitation ex tended to all. PHOT ST A. NT RP1SCOPAL. Rev. J.flalbresth, Putor. Services the 2nd end 4th Sundaya in each aontb. Sunday sohool every Sondsy. CATHOLIC, services 4th Sunday la each month. . fatber Smith Pastor. I. i In ail receiols callinrr for cream of tartar H. JULIAN, Judge Wood's New Build- ana soaa, suDstitute Koyal Uaklng fowder. ing, Upstairs. DENTISTS. TTK. J. H. COMBS, Judge Wood's New Building, upstairs. Less trouble, never fails, makes more appe tizing and wholesome food and is more eco nomical. Royal Baking Powder is specially made for use in the preparation of the finest ana most aeiicate cookery. DRUGGISTS. T3 AYNOLDS LV Plaza. at DANIEL, North side DRY GOODJ & GROCERIES. P. T. TALBOT, Next' National Bank. door to First TOHNSON & JOHNSON, Northwest cor. 13 plaza. GROCERIES. V W a Large stocc, constantly re newed, First-class business facilities. Orders from the trade solicited. Satisfaction n tin m nfeerl D ALLEY at Plaza. BltO., Southwest Corner COTTON. GROCERIES. The most exlensine Cotton Forty or more years ago, in the days when California, was only poor, far-off Mexican California, and nothing more, and I was a very young officer in Uncle Sam's little army, I once found myself stationed at a certain Inland town if a collection of adobe or mud huts deserved the name situated about sixty miles dis tant from the then scarcely larger village of Yerba Buena, the now mighty city of San Francisco. We were doing garrison duty a single company, under old Capt. Jack B , an easy going commander, who gave us little to do and plenty of time to do it in. So, as tho hours hung somewhat heav ily upon our hands, Capt. Jack and I the only officers at the poet took to hunting and shooting, witli now and then a little fishing by way of change, to vary the monotony of our soldier life. Countless flocks of wild geese, brant and lesser water fowl came by thousands to banquet upon the wild oat fields and make their reedy homes among the wide marshes which separate the firmer land about Sonoma from the spreading bays Hint terminate in the Golden Gate. We had goose for dinner, brant for breakfast and cold duck for supper and lunch, till old Jack declared his belief that ho should quack if we ato any more such fare. One morning I had been very success ful at duck shooting, and .when I tired of the sport I proceeded to shoulder my piece and secure my game for the home ward tramp of three or four miles. As I lost sight of the shooting ground, and began to enter the live oak groves scattered here and there along the higher ridges bordering the marshy edges of jr. , , . I aiuaco anauuiiug iuimbuj mgco wi T W.LEA YELL, South side Public Plaza incitnottv the bay, I found myself suddenly envel- XV. Cotton handled OV experts in oped in one of those dense mists which T THOMAS TAYLOR East Side Plaza. jlfARDY & CO. , North side Plaza FURNITURE. X W. NANCE, AiiHtiuSt.,near Southeast O . Corner of Pnijlio (square. the business. Prompt and bus- Izness like treatment. Corres Ypondence solicited. Wm. D. Cleveland k Co. HOUSTON. TEXAS. WA TCIIifA KERS & JE WELERS. w. H. BOBBINS, North side Plaza. GROCERIES & HARDWARE. W M. GIESEN, South side plaza. MILLINERY. M RS, RICHARDSON, nearly opposite Nance's Furniture tStore. SADDLES AND HARNESS. CORONAL INSTITUTE San Marcos, Texas. A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIFLS. FACULTY OF COMPETENT AND EX PERIENCED TEACHERS. J. R. PORTER, North Side the Square. pun Xierary, Scientific and EBusiness Courses. nun I um I tSI PflainP Linda J. Us AfiU Ji ITi bUm DO i Special Facilities in Music, Art, Spanish and Book-keeping. Do i In the present summer the bulldlnn have been thoroughly repaired and a handsome third story, with mansard roof added, affording ample dormitories tor younff ladles. BOARD, Including fuel, lights and washing, i 60 per montn. otner rates are moderate. Aonual session beatlns the first Monday Id Sep .ember, for catalogue and further particulars ad dress. A. A. thomas, President. aug Sly OFFICE: North Side Public Square, Mnn MnrcoN. Texnis .UAIlaS. 1HS1VAL AND DEPARTURE OF. TO AND PROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICE, alls from Austin srrl. at 9:0.r a. m. and 8:00 .lose at 8:35 a. m. aud 7:30 p. an. Sails from San Antonio arrive at 7:40 a. to. and 'A p. .; cle.e at 7:10 a. m. and f:05 p. to. Sella from Lockbart arrive at 7:23 a.m,; and 5:15 , close at 8:10 a. tu. and 7:45 p. m. Ullnr. arrives at 12 M., closes at 12:30. P. M. esewaiails arrive and depart daily. SI.. i wmi . . . ..Anjl.a VI m A - i,uv., ti. n imD.rieyarriv. - and r'rlday. at T r. a. OeparU Tuesday, "reday and Saturday at A. U. orrica aocaa, ewrsl Delivery rrora 8 A. If ., to 1 If ., r. S.tet P. Jt. except during dlstnoution el ud n a...a... ..j kniirf.... Onea on as thirty mlnai.s after dlstrlbalioa ol each 11 tie ari.-inal ..(!. a. A. Siesisatia. r. B- A. GLOVER, Vf. V. WOOD, rSESlDEH?. VICE PBEST. TOM H. GLOVER, cismxm. Clover National Bank of ma:j n a k com. Capital Taid Up f.50,010. Authorized Capital, $150,000. fteaeral Haaklaa Ba.laa Traasactrd. Ac ""sefierchttta. nrataaad letdividaals solicited WSBCTOES. W. . WOOD. W. O. Ul'CBlSOlT. . anrrcBDrs, oeo. t. xooebee. a-oLona. a. w. posaxaos. Hr28iyi ' L. GREEN, HAMMETT HARPT. nan. rtcn rtart. E- L THOMAS, Cauiza. f'Rst National Bank. f OF Nl WfAKCOft. StocVP.Id Up, . $ 80,000. fed Cap-tal, . . 250,000. aSkSaW4SaI J. S. STEELE, San Marcos, Texas. ShoD. East side of Public Square, in the rear of Steele at Co., Grocery, personal attention given to all orders. All fob work and repairing will receive prompt attention. Guttering and roofing a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed decL'O.tf Our Clubbing List for 1890. We are prepared to elub the FKIK PBISS to new or renewing subscribers with the following publl eatlona at the rates specified below. If ordered at the same time with our paper. In the first column we give the regular of price eaah publication singly, In tbe second the price of the same and the Faan Puss together. Singly. With the Free Frees Brown & Evans, FIRST-CLASS LIVERY, TRANSFER LINE. fi i ae 1 shWAT sen 11 I V5 Austin Statesmen S1 0 f t Is Oalve.ton Bears I 28 Its 5. T. Weekly World 1 M 1 30 St. Lenla a.puDiie .... . 1 on 1 le H. T. Ledger IN I 18 Hew Orleans Timee Democrat. . 1 60 2 60 Loul.vlll. Courier Journal 1 00 1 gs Cincinnati Enquirer 1 18 I 4 Standard. N.T. (B.nry Oetrg.) . 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Stack sa n aad wltlCTOM. T. Ti a ::::::::!r,.::::II:: Order enlmiited to us will receiv pronipt nttentiotu oolli C. C. mEAD, GuCtmrnmnT Im tl. OWaeW d Or. Dltrtn ncTi Doors. Blinds, mil case. c" I rw. . laaBeaae eMd Wy feil . r- 1 1 ' TV. aW srvlvlss Hpstllialta-J sa e..4. and Shingles. iizZ.l?lZ r.iT r T3 rnc - - . TEXrLS. mm OA riAlVW1 - , rfVHHy eHM ! lertkOaMwei areiy sweep up at certain seasons rroin tne sea, like the ocean vapors of a Newport summer afternoon. As I had no special path, and was traveling only by familiar landmarks, now rendered indistinct by the hoary haze, I was obliged to move more slow ly, and soon felt satisfied that I had missed my way. Reaching at length a space open upon three sides, the fourth being thinly wooded, but without a particle of under growth I paused for a moment to sur vey, so far as my limited horizon would permit, a tract of country which was new to me; moreover, I hoped to hear the sound of running water, which, as I knew the general direction of the streams, would servo to guido me in taking what sailors call a fresh depar ture. While listening intensely, I heard from the wooded side of my narrow, visible world a sort of pounding, as if some man with large boots and no corns had found his feet unpleasantly cold, and was en deavoring to warm them by stamping in a manner which betokened an utter dis regard for shoe leather. Then came a wlicezo like that of gruff giant troubled with the asthma, and finally a mixed compound of crunching and mumbling, as if a hugo hog wero eating hard corn. My otten tion being now thoroughly aroused by so remarkable a combination of sounds, I peered into the gloom until I fancied I could perceive the vague, misty form of some creature stirring up the fog within twenty feet of the spot on which I had halted. It Is no, it can't be yes, but it is a grizzly I Don 1 1 wish I was at homer' Tliuts what I thought. You see, hadn't corao bear hunting, I was duck shootinjr, and had no conveniences for carrying home a bear, even if I should kill one; and tho more 1 looked at Mr. Grizzly, the better satisfied I was that he had every convenience for killing and carrying met All I hud ever heard or read of his ugly, hateful ways seemed to rush into my mind. If I had been examined on this subject in natural history just then, I should have trono up to the head of my class immediately. Meanwhile we stood looking at each other. It was evidently a surprise on both sides. I stared very hard at the bear with wide open eyes, while the bear stared very hard at me with wide open mouth. I think tbe bear got over his astonish ment first, and. what is worse, I could see he wasn't at all alarmed, lie stopped eating, gave a in iff and a snort of inter rogatory "Who ara your grunt, and then took a step toward me. As I am of a retiring dupo-Ufoo, and have never been willing to intrude my self into company where I have not been Invited. I felt some delicacy in continu ing to be a witness of bis rwpact, and was accordingly withdrawing in as nnosten tatious a way as good manners would permit, w hen it seemed to occur to bruin that be owed it to good fcllownliip to cultivate my acouaintancsv, Declining that honor, I dropped into a backward walk, keeping my face, after the manner of royal pmesuakwta, toward this aaooarch of the wester wilds, when, to my horror, fee favored aae with a grin such a grin! and it was followed by a snap asd a growL As be qukkfMel his iteps toward bm, I anooasnkiSandy hastmsrl btowi; wheat. takinr a long stride backward, I fotuvJ I nan now tuna to t tunic, and, as a merchant might say, "take took" of my position and prospects. On the one side I was chased by a bear, a hungry bear, a cross bear, a bear disturbed at his breakfast of sweet acorns. I hod lost my way. I had only a ducking gun, which, however formidable to wild geese, was a mere plaything when brought to bear upon the thick, tough hide of an acorn fatted grizzly, whose gross weight might be somewhere In tho neighborhood of nine hundred pounds. As for my hunting knife, I had left it at home. What wonder if, as an Irishman might say, I wished that I had left myself there before I started! Against all this I had the consolatory assurance that tha grizzly bear never climbs, which, as the trees were all on the side of the bear, did not add much to my sense of security. But my prin cipal hope lay in the fact that I was just then hidden by the gully, the depth of which varied from eight to twelve foet, with precipitous sides and a dry bed, which probably led down to some neigh boring stream of water. "Now," thought I, "I have only to crawl along this ditch, reach the stream, cross it, and bid good-by to grizzly." I had just picked myself up, and was proceeding to curry out my plan of es cape, when I heard a crackling and breaking of the underbrush which fringed the ditch, and by which I was partly screened from view. This was speedily followed by an angry growl, as the treacherous earth gave way, and let Mr. Bear with no gentle tumble directly down into the very gully into which I had fallen. Fortunately for mo, bruin had not only a greater fall, but tumbled into the ditch at a point somewhat distant from my hiding place, and the little ferret eyes did not at once perceive mo. An un lucky stumble, however, which I owed to a twisted root, betrayed me, and he turned and gave chase. They have a very expressive phrase In California when a person is desired to leave suddenly; it consists of but two words, "You git" My young reader, when that bear tumbled into my gully "I got," and when he took up the chase, I continued "to git" In a style which as tonished even myself. . When I first saw him fall, I certainly hoped that he had broken his nose at least, or even dislocated his great ugly neck; but that hope vanished in a mo ment lie was evidently not a whit the worse for his somersault. It was no longer a matter of ceremony. I sped over the ground like a hunted deer, while my stout friend came lum bering and puffing on behind, like a portly old gentleman who fears be may be too late for the evening train. I was expecting every moment to feel the blow of his heavy paw, when, turning an angle of tho gully, I perceived, with no littlo dismay, that tho ditch in front of me was blocked by an immense fallen tree. The smaller end of the broken trunk being toward rue, showed an open ing wide enough to admit my then some what more than usually slender form. There was little time for hesitation. I could hear the bear's heavy tramp be hind me. A moment more and I had plunged into the opening, and drew my gun after mo, just as my fat friend rounded the turn of the "slue" In hot pursuit. Running blindly on, he en deavored to force himself after me, giv ing the log a shock which made ine tremble for tho security of my new tene ment One or two furious plunges tended to convince him that I could enter where his huge frame could not, for he seomed to reflect, and finally introduced a paw, from whose far reaching grab I retired into the inner recesses of my chamber, Finding that his attempts in this way were equally futile, I began to feel a lit tle more at ease, and when bruin again poked in his great paw, in an inquiring sort of way, I managed to push a dead duck out to him with the butt of my gun, by way of a peace oifering. I was willing just then to have peace at any price short of surrender. But Sir Bear had no thought of such a coin promise. He tore away, and made the feathers fly with his cruel teeth and claws, in a style which gave me a pretty lively notion of what I might expect were I to trust myself within their grasp. I bad begun to think seriously of giv ing my pursuer the benefit of a chargo of duck shot, in the hope of putting out one or both of his ugly little eyes and making him give up tbe hunt, when, my yes becoming accustomed to the dark ness, I discovered a faint Indication of light behind me. On working myself round, I saw that tho hollow into which I had entered was divided by a narrow, rot eaten wall from a still Larger opening In the body of tbs trunk beyond, tbe portion of tbe great tree in which I had ensconced myself being In reality only one of the main branches and lying almost at right angle to the parent stem. A little lusty kicking, with soma help from my pocket knife, soon enabled me to worm my way with difficulty through the opening. Into this I Immediately staffed my light outer jacket. In order to conceal my departure from tbe I, who was Just tnen too bosilt engaged In tunneling aa entrance into my hiding place to take notice of my exit. Tbe creek was below me, and I dropped into it In a mocneiia, and psjabexl apparently unheard to tha opposite bak; for his adted kearihip contis aed still at his, probably unwonted, but fascinating, pursuit of maa bunting, nt what may be trrmed the back door of mj recent dotn trite. I was bow comparatively safe, and felt The Negro in Demand. negro is toe moat proline Tbe theme In current literature and pol ttics. His question has more phases than any one man can consider. No sooner is theory broached than practice comes along and upsets it Tbe men who enfranchised the negro would disfranchise himt those who at first stoutly doolaimed against his rights to the suffrage, stoutly oppose every effort to disfranchise, him. Tbe republicans proposed to colonize tbe negroes in llayti, tne southern democrats refused to part with him. The negro appeals to the north against southern bulldozers, but refuses to go away and live among his northern mends. Some of tbe southern journals have appealed to the north to take tne "man ana brother" to its bosom, but they would not Tbe negro wanted every thine, nobody up north wanted him except as a republican voter. What to do with him was the question, and with those who love to speculate, it will continue to be a question. Be it said to tbe credit of the negro, that he has taken less stock in tbe discus sion than any one else, and bas bided his time with a reasonable degree or patience. Now it appears that every body wants tbe negroes. Mexico has offered concessions to induce them to reside in that republio. An association is organized in Boston to bring them to Massachusetts, as sub stitutes for incompetent and unreiia ble white "help." In Madison par isb, one of the richest cotton pro ducing parishes of Louisiana, an organization has been formed to introduce more negro labor, paying lb expenses of tbeir transportation sr-a. a.. 1 . .. 1- !A l opniation, Dirtcn as wen as wane, is distributing useu unaer taws which are none the less laws because we do not understand their operation. The negro, like the white man, is going wbere tbere is demand for his labor, and within tbe limits of Lis ability tbere is no better or more dooile or faithful laborer When we tret back to tbe acceptance of tbe old-fashioned idea that tbe nation and society are not machines wound up and left to run by them selves, but controlled by a higher than human agency, and speculators and wiseacres refrain from hurrying up the Almighty in tbe fulfillment of bis plans, there will oe lewer proD lems to worry over. San Antonio Express. WASHINGTON LETTER. No Place Like The South. The Hon. Ellison S. Eeitt, in tbe Southern Live Stock Journal, says: "The cotton States of the United States of America are now the best part 0! the earth's surface. In them we have every variety of climate and soil, and can produce any and every thing to satisfy tbe needs and re fined taste of mankind. Out of tbe 11,000,000 bales of cotton produced in one year by all peoples, tnese States grow 7,000,000 bales which, in the raw state, is worth $300,000, 000. and crocs into tbe commerce of nations and is added to tbe wealth of tbe world. Three or more out of every five bales has to be shipped annually, at a great cost to tbe pro ducer, tbosanda of miles to foreign land to find a market. All nations are euger for tbe cotton from these States, for when converted into "abrics its value is increased three or four fold. Sagacious men are begin ninor to see the erreat advantage of bringing the mills to tbe cotton fields over the shipment of tne cotton to tne mills; hence mills are springing up all over these States. Tbere has been a great change in this respect during the last decade, and tbe tide is pouring in. What tbe next de code will accomplish no one can tell. "These States Lave been greatly blessed this year. Crops of all kinds have been unprecedented. Tbe fruit crop has bton so large it could n I be given away, and we were not prt pared to Mtve it by canning. The corn crop is so large there will be a surplus of breadstuff's. Tbe ouly need we will have to buy is meat. and this we can lessen by making all we can out of tbe bogs, beeves and sheep we have with tbe surplus grain It is earnestly hoped all tbe farmers will firmlv determine to hold tbe position we have and move on. To do so tbey must put in ample acre age of small grain well prepared, and increases tbeir stock of hogs, cattle and sheep, and, tbove all things, each farmer should have at least one brood mare." (From our regular Correspondent) Washington D. a Dec. 23, 1889. Mr. Blaine's boom for tha presi dential nomination in 1892 may be considered as having already started. The rest of the house committees were announced just previous to tbe aljonrnment for tbe holiday recesa by Speaker Reed. The fact was brought out in a dis cussion in the senate on a bill to in crease the compensation of certain officials to be employed by tbe cen sus bureau, that all the reports of tbe lust 1880 census Ind not yet been printed. Tbe senators were also unanimous in declaring tbe statistics of the last census to be inacourate and worthless. Taking tbe census is a useless expense unless t'ae statistics gathered are trustworthy und tbe re ports are more promptly published. Better things are promised of the one to be taken next year. Senator Morgan's joint reeolution for tbe recognition of Brazil's new government failed in tbe senate be oiuse of the absence of a quorum. He will call it up again after the hol iday recoss, and it will be passed. The money that Siloott left in the safe of tbe eergeant-at-arms, because he couldn't get at it, about $35,000, has by resolution of tbe house, been deposited with tho treasurer of the United States until it is determined what to do with it An indictment with 112 counts has been found against Siloott by the grand jury, but Siloott hasn't been found. .." The enormous quantity of bills in troduced in congress last week more than 1,600 bas exoited comment here, and momentarily called atten tion to the great waste of money printing tbe wild cat or crank bills, which form a large percentage of those introduced. It would be m good idea for both houses to create the position of managing editor, whose duties shall be to pass on all bills beforo tbey are introduced and throw out the worthless ones. It would save Uncle Sam several bun dred thousand of dollars every year. The house is to have a chance of deciding whether it believes tbe va rious ugly charges made at various times against tbe civil service com mission should be investigated, as it will have to vote on Representative Ewart's resolution authorizing tbe bouse committee on reform in the civil service to investigate on these charges. It is almost certain that tbe resolution will be passe J, and it is equally as certain that some of tbe charges will be proven. JLx opeuker Carlisle does not be- . lieve the republicans of tbe house will attempt to adopt a rule giving tbe speaker authority to declare a quorum present whenever tbe requi site number of members are in tbe bouse, whether those present vote or not, as some republicans have stated they would. Mr. Carlisle nuvs such a rule would be clearly noconstitu tional, and that be would fight it by every means in bin puwer before al lowing it to be adopted by tbe bouse, and if defeated he would curry it to the courts. Justice Brewer's and a lot of other nomi i Mm connrmed Dy the senate before tbe recess. Tbere were 11 votes against tbe confirmation of Brewer. A British syndicate with 53,000,000 capital wants to control tbe leading SDrintrs and health resorts of the United States. Necessary Preparations Visitor I snppoM your daughter is busily preparing for her wedding." Mother "Yea, sbe is op in ber room now destroying all ber old letters." life. President Harrison refers to the tobacco tax as a burden on agricul ture, but, being a Presbyterian elder, he does not venture to openly speak of tbe weed as a necessity. Secre tary Wiiidoni, however, gives tha needed strength to tbe president's argument by saying that tobico "J. a ooms ti be rjgarJol as a neces sity by tbe poor as well as tbe rich." 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