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San Marcos Free Press
j U JULIAN .
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Prove All Things i Hold Fast that which Is Cood."
PROPRIETOR.
VOL. VIII.
SAN MARCOS HAYS CO. TEXAS MAY 17 1870.
NO. 26
free Press.
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ISAAC U. JULIAN
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BUSINESS DIBE0T0BY.
Newspaper.
nV M&RCOS FREE PRESS t.' H. JULIAS
S Editor. Publisher and Proprietor office east
Mi Maii Pln. ""ry oppodrt bo Court
U011H. ..
Hanker.
JITCHKLL As GLOVEB Mitchell's Building
Dry (jiaodi and tirocerlos
pEO. T. MALONB oast side Plaza.
JjOTCHINS TURNER Went lido Main Plaza.
iiT P. DAILEY t BROS. West side of tha Main
tTml'u'lESEN South aids of tbe Main Plaza.
BataaS 0. n North aide of tbe Main
flat.
B. FRY South aide Plaza.
j( LL'0N A SUITU North Side rlaza.
J. IHILEY South aide Plaza
B. E- KERR North aide Plaza.
Groceries and Hardware
W. D0NAI.SON North aide Main Plaza.
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Grooorics.
DB. OOCREHAM A CO. east aldoof tha
plaza opposite Court House.
QHARLES BOCK South side Plaza.
Di-ugttists.
KAYN0LD3 A DANIEL north aide of the Main
Plaza.
QrtU lilt AMU Travis' Corner.
JREMEB east aido Plaza next lo Hofheinz
Hotel.
p Ii y 1 1 c I a as.
D1
It. T. S. PETTy cilice at Remor'e Drug Store
RS. WOODS A BI.AKEM'JKIS onice in nooas
Unri Daniel Drug store.
DRS. DBNTON A PKXDLETON office San
Antooio atreet next to (iramiu'a Drug Store.
Dentist.
R. J. H. COMBS office Horth aide of of the
Main Plaza.
1j a;Vjr e r s .
JTUTCaiSON.dt FRANKLIN in tbe Court-house
B. McBRIDE office in the Court House
jTERLINQ FISHER office Nottb aidePlala.
JJR0WN A ilASLOVE office in Court House.
liindAa-ent ana Notary Public.
IH. JULIAS' office Fans Pbss Building oast
side Plaza nearly oopoalte the CourtHouae.
Hotels.
W00TT0N HOTEL on the Austin road one
block Kaat of Public Square.
JT0FHBIN7. MOTEL b. E. Cor. Plaza.
'I'RAVIS HOUSE west aide Plaza.
Bakery and Confectionary.
JjiRlTZ LANGS South side Plaza.
Tlillinery Store.
H0VHEI5Z aouth aida Plaza.
Stores and Tinware.
H. EA81HAM East aide Plaza.
Blacksmith.
P THOMPSON one aqaara north af PUaa
tba Austin road. .
Carpenters and Mnllders.
T C. ROGERS residence sear tha Institute.
Llrery and Sale Stables.
J) ALES t SON Sas Astoai. atraet.
Furnttare Dealers.
(AP.D A HOPKINS. Kaat aide Plats.
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
H RCESINS. Mt side p!aaa.
Busine88Directory Continued.
Merchant Tailor.
DOGGER srar Donalaon'i Mora.
fllcat market.
POWNSBIID THOUAI Dorlh alda plasa.
Hoot and aaoemaker.
H. CBEBCII Northwast Cor Public Square
M. at. CROW Waal aid. Plata.
GENEEAL DIEEOTORY.
coMSBiasnaii era sistuot:
Hob. Colurobua Upaon of Bexar coonty.
aAfoa-3lBT DiaTBior:
Hon. L. J. Storey of Caldwell Co.
aaraasanTAtivaa S4ti nirraict:
lion. J. M Holmes of GuadalopeCo.
Hon. W. F. Delaoy " "
Disraior ooubt lira bistuot.
Hon. L. W. Moora Presiding Judge LaQrange.
timbb or Bounra oooar.
Haiti 2d Mondaja In March and September.
oovari ornoaaa.
Ed B. Kone Judge County Coin .
B. O. Mardlu District Clerk.
ltd. J. L.Urean Couuty Clerk.
F.J. Mnnleve County Attorney.
Jaa. A. Wreu Sheriff. 0. S. Cock Deputy.
0. W. Grooms Justice of the Peace Pre. Mo. I
K. Manforo " " " " "
W. U. Wyatt " " " " S
Z. Smith. " " 4
H. A. iloMeans Couuty Treasurer.
A. Heaton Aasessor.
Joe.C. Ke Burveyor-
1). P. HoDklna. Geai'r Precinct Ho. 1.
n V Un.r. " 3.
D. K. Moore
Peter Bohmldt. "
" " 3.
J.B. Peal. " ' " 4.
Jumee Forgey Cons ble.
Tiata or holdibb Covhtt akb Paaoiaot Con
Criminal Couoly Court 1st Monday in each
month. '
County Court for Civil and Probate business
latMouday iu February April June August Oc-
tober and December.
Comnilsatonera' Court Id Mondays in February
May August and November.
Justice Court Precinot Mo. 1 lat Friday In each
month. San Marcos.
Precinct No. 2 3d Friday In each month MtClty.
a 3d " Wlmberley'B Mill
' it 4 4th " Dripping Springs.
town orricics.
Mayor B. B.Coffleld. .
Council W. 0. Hutchison t. R. Fourqurean L
W. MitchelL D. P. Hopkins P. It. Turner.
Marshal 8. Ti. Towuaend
CIIUKCIIICS.
METHODIST. Preaching at the Motbodlet
Church every Sabhatn. Kev. i. n.uiueu raovor.
CHRISTIAN. Preaching at tbe Christian
Churchlon tbe second and ronrtn HaDoatnain eacn
mnnth hv Rider J. J. Williamson.
PRESBYTERIAN. Preanblngat the Presbyte
rian Church on tne secona ana louriu aao-
bathln eneh month by tbe Rev.W. L Kennedy.
PRDTESTANT EPISCOPAL. Services every
aourth Hnnday In eacn montn at tux o-ciock a.
w . mi 1 n. in. 'at St. Mark's Church.)
BAPTIST. Preaching at the Christian Church
on the third Sunuayin eacn momn Dy ciaer
w Rnpfmiirha.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN. Preaching
In tbe Presbyterian Cburntt on tne nrsi sunaay in
each month by uev. r. ii. uwier.
MAILS.
Austin Stage arrives at 13 o'otcck ! ""
Antonio Hinge arrives nt
Daily arrivals. Malls close at 11:30 a
Lullng. arrives Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 r. v.;
leaves an a. n. nexvuiuiuM.h.
A. Vom Stkin P. M
SLEDGE B. J.
RANCnO PECAN SPRINGS
ITavs fio.. eieht miles Northcnst ofSnn
Marcos five miles East of Mountain
Uity.
RJQ Cattle Brand
Horse Brand.
S on left jaw of all young stock
Mission Valhy Nurseries
AT MISSION V ALLEY VICTORIA COUNTY
TEXAS.
G ONDEEDONK Prop'r.
wenaveamuieu giummj ... -' M IT
relating to inuwwi ...... .
tbe twenty-seven jeara of experience and obser-
vation upon our own ground. We have thus en-
abled ooraelvea to present to the publle a list or
fruits better adapted to onr climate than can be
offered by any other etabllihmeul.
Onr peara cannot oe iwenw "j j j 7
one who baa a good clay anb-soll and good drain-
age need not bunt a better par country Uian this.
Our plume and grapea are of tbe only claaaes
that have been frund enccesafnl here.
a ... ii. .( ..tu ( vraltM. WtlB 1
single exceplinn from sew varieties originated
torn aed in Western Texsa. We do not claim
tbat our peaches are better than every other bat
we do claim that our trees are proved as berdy
a t...i- Bn imili aeedlinr. while the
qualities are not inferior to the old list.
Wo propose to Introduce our fralta into tha San
Mareoa elrhborhood. tlherever you can raie
scrub aeoiiBirs wr . r "... -i
This quentlon of combininc hardiness prodactive-
i it.a lAi4in Iffature.
w. en ansDlv a eood arsortment af ornamental
trees and pUsU.
.d.. viDevarda. ssraeriee and omamesul
OuTs'ew abridged emUlome furnished free
app?.ca-. W. f.r t kev Job. UilMI .1
Mareoa. (or evidence ef owr reliabi ity.
We have bo traveling w
B. W. Breeillng U our resileat agent st Baa
Mareoo. .
for lortter IcforBatieei appiy w
O. ONDERDOyit.
X loslea Va'.ly. Vicuna Ce-. Texas.
Ort. J-Il
CHEAP JOB WORK AT THE
FREE PRKS3 JOB ROOMS
AT ALL TIMFi.
The Two LlshU. '
"Whan I'm i man." tha stripling cries
Aid strives the coming years to scao
"Ah then I shall be strong and wis.
When I'm s raenl"
"When I was yooog" tha old nan sighs
"Bravely tha lark sod linnet song
Their carol under sunoy skies
When I Was young!"
"When I'm s nan I shall be free
Ta guard tba right tha truth uphold."
"When I was young I bent no knee
To power or gold."
'Than ahall I satisfy my soul
With yonder prlta when I'm s man."
"Too lata I found low vain tha goal
To whleh I ran."
"Whan I'm t man thas. Idle toys
Aside forever shall bo flung."
"Thar was no poison lo my Joys
Whsn I was young."
Tha boy'a bright dream Is all before.
The man's romance lies far behind;
Had wa tha present and do mere 1
Fata were unkind.
But brother tolling in tha night.
Still count yourself not all unblest
If 10 tbe east there gleams s light .
Or t&the west.
A Fight With n Bear
A Trtia Story.
We make the following extraot
from a bunting story entitled "Tbe
Big Bear of Wannetola" printed in
St. Nicholas for May. The incident
teok place in the back country in Ar-
kansas in the year 18G0 and the bunt'
era were Harvey Richardson and the
narrator. They were after a big bear
whose depredations bad made him the
chief topio of conversation; and they
started out with their dogs early one
November morning.
Just at day-break we came to a
crossing of the bayou where we ielt
sure the bettr must puss on the way to
bis den. Harvey iluced me the dons
and himself. A fallen tree was in my
front und through its interlaced roots
I could see in every direction. Hard-
ly had we completed our ambush when
a quick movement of one of the dogs
startled me. But. in' a moment no-
ticing that his looks were directed to-
ward the crossing I too looked thith-
er and beard the sound of a heavy ani-
mal sauntering slowly over the sodden
ground and approaohing my lair. In
an iustuut a pair of yellow eyes glared
at me and with as widu a look ot sur-
prise as there w;ib in mine. Recover-
ing myself I fired at the monster
which appeared like a huge animated
black cloud as he rose up before mo.
The brute disappeared with the smoke
ot my gun but in a moment 1 was
startled by tho report and shock of
a second discharge. Tho other load
of my gun had been accidentally ex-
ploded Looking in the direction that
the bear had taken I saw he had run
along the other side ot the fallen tree
and met at the farther end the two
dogs when he turned about and came
toward me at bis most rapid speed and
in savage humor. Then there was a
tearful crash and rush. The black
mass came on with eyes gleaming and
bewildering me with the reflection of
their glare in the sunlight.
I was conscious tbat my cun was
useless and so instinctively grasped
my pistol but found it hopelessly en-
tangled in my belt. For a second de
spair came upon me but a sudden re-
vulsion aroused every seuse and
DroniDted me to defense lor lite. Uuick-
lv drawing my knife it was presented
at a thrust as the dark massa tpraug
at me.
At this moment one of the huge
dogs leaped at him so fiercely as to di-
vert the monster's attention from my
self and make hiui miss lus bite lie
reared and as be again came down on
his fore feet and was in too act ot go
ing over the bank I plunged my knife
to the hilt into his body in the region
of his heart. He turned and m ide a
terrible nap at my legs Out at the
moment I fell backward over a bush.
and so we all went into tlio bayou to-
gether floundering in the water and
mud. . .
I scrambled to tbe edge of the
slough and watolied with intense anx-
ictv the result ot the battle. In an
other moment and wben tbe bear had
nearlv reached the iarlber sido ot tbe
poo desperately fighting with the dogs
every inch of the way I beard a rattl
ing sound and tbe wnirnng nicntot
more of the pack as tbey ipranr; over
me. In the raiue instant a flash shot
out from the brown barrel of Harvey's
rifle and tbe bear rolled over though
he ftiil iV-b'y fourht tLe pack aod
kfrct on (bticr to the lat moment o!
hU xifctenee. To my mortification i
an ruaiini'.ioD of the here carets j
sbowi that my shot hal not trade j
any rieible mark on tbe animal aoj
that my k&i: hti not quit resrbed
Lis he Art. 11 amy. tbot hal killel '
him. Tbe weight of the savage ani-
mal was over five hundred pounds.
Dr I. JB. Nagle; St Nioholat for May.
Love In ItM.llollent Uurb.
New Orleaos "Icayuoe.J
"J. Aok man Shoemaker." So
reads the aim that swing over the
door ol a poor shanty across the way
and I have looked at tbe pioture of
the old shoemaker aod his wife that
the sunset was sure to frame in the
low doorway so - oiten that missing it
brings a pang for although tbe sign
still swings over the door the door-
way is vacant the picture is rubbed
out. I missed tbe old wifo first. Ahl
the siok poor! Shall I ever forget the
small bare room tbe closo hot air or
the hard hot bed on which tbe old
wife lay? So ashamed of her scanty
olothing; so patient in ber pain and so
grateful tool I think tbe kisses she
left on oar bands after we had bathed
her and laid ber between the coo)
white sheets we had brought will keep
them fair so long as wo live. "My old
woman has worked very bard all her
life and lam afraid tho can't get ovei
this fever" the old husband said to
us. But she did not die. God had
something harder for her to do. On
tho third day of her convalescence we
heard that the old shoemaker bad fal-
len a victim to the fever and had been
taken to the hospital. He never came
back. Aod this is what God hud for
the old wife to do that was harder than
dyiug to livo and hear: "He died last
night; he will be buried in the potter's
field to-day and you cun not see him
because you ore too weak to wulk."
Oil! if ic is hard to give up our dead
with all tho comfort of the last word
tbe last look and the lastelinging kiss
and the knowledge that the dear form
is clothed in fair garments and will be
laid away with reverent hands iu eon
scerated ground what must have been
tho agony of that lonely old soul as
she sat with bowed head. "He will be
buiied in the poor field to day and I
can not see him. Do you think they
will bo rough with him?" 1 heard her
say to a pityiug neighbor. "Will they
put him away decently? Oh it my
old knees wero strong enough for mo
to crawl to his Bide so that I could
put my bund in his once mora I think
I would be more reconciled to give
him up. We have been married 51
years tie always slept with my hand
in his but last night he went to sleep
with his poor old bands empty empty!
My poor lonesome old husband!"
Yesterday tho old wife moved away.
To-day tho landlord has been fixing
up tbe old house for a new tenant.
Thero will bo other pictures framed
iu the doorway soon. I shall look at
them from my window and like them
perhaps but never so well as I liked
the picture of the old shoemakensand
his wife that has been rubbed out by
the passing band of death.
The (a .rl ire all Want
The true girl has to be sought for.
She does not parade herself as show
gbods. She is not fashionabln. Gener-
ally she is not rich but oh what a
heart she has wben you find her 1 So
large and pure and womanly. When
you soo it you wonder if those showy
things outside were women If you
gain ber love your two thousand are
millions. She will not ask you for i
carriage or a first-class house. Shc'l
wear simple dresses and turn them if
necessary. She'll entertain true friends
on a dollar aod at ton it h you with the
new thought bow little happiness de-
pends on money. She'll make you
love home (it you don't you are a
brute.) and teach you how to pity j
while you scorn a poor fashionable j
society tbat thinks itself rich and (
vainly tries to tbink itself happy. Now
do not I pray you sny more "I cin't j
affard to marry." Go find the true
woman anJ you cn. Throw awayj
that t'tfr burn op tbat switch cane. 1
be sensible yoors!f aod keep your
wife in a rt-nsil le way.
Tc -sorrow i tbe day on which idle
men work td fools retnra.
Mr. Benjamin Butler was in Li
youth destined by his mother to be-
come a Baptist minister and she sent
him to Watervillo College for prepara-
tion. Mr. Bland a new biographer
relates that one of the prolofsor de-
livered a sermon in the cbaveliii .
which he said: "1. None but the eleot
can be saved. 2. Of so oallod Chris-
tians probably not more than one io'a v -hundred
will be saved. 3. Heathen
people will have more consideration of
the Almighty in future life than moo
of Christian nstions who bear but rlo'
not profit by tbe Word of God." ' Ai;
ter bearing this sermon tha young
Butler petitioned the faoulty to reliefo
him from further attendance upon
preaching upon the ground that .ac-
cording to the proportion stated not
abovo six persons in the college could'
possibly be saved; and as there were
nine worthy professors all of wbqyn
were doctors of divinity St wQuliJiw
presumptuous for him a poor student
to hopo for oven the remotest chance
of salvation; hence in attending churqb
ho was ' only making his dainonitfoti
more certain and terrible. ' ' " . k
Really the moat important question
of the near future is whether yellow
fever will return this summer. No
greater misfortune could befull the
country North as well as South than
tbe reappearance with the hot weath-
er of tho droaded pestilence. It is
said to be an axiom of Southern by'
gionc established by precedent that
the yellow fever is never epidemio for
two successive seasons. But the epi
demio of last year demolished many
theories that had come to be regard
ed as axioms by the medical profession
It invaded localities and attacked class-
es of people that by theory and prece-
dent should have been exempt from
its ravages. It manifested itself in new
symptoms and under modified forms
baffling experience and requiring new
systems of treatment and this to such
a degree that thero has boon consider'
able doubt as to the identity of the fev-
er of 1878 with tho yellow fever of tbe
past. If tho cities of the South rely
upon precedent to protect them from
the plague this Bummer and neglect
to take all sanitary precautions possi-
ble they will make a deplorable mistake.
One thing is certain : Tho yellow
fever oannot be barred out of our terri-
tory by any amount of Congressional
legislation. We invite attention to the
very interesting facts presented in an
article by the Hon. J. F. II. Claiborne
of Mississippi printed on another page
of the Sun today. N. Y. Sun.
. When the Confederate army was on
its shortest rations General Lee re-
monstrated one day with a straggler
for eating green persimmons and ask-
ed him if be did not know that they
were unfit for food. "I'm not eating
them for food General" replied the
man "but for the sako of drawing my
stomach up to fit my rations."
A little girl who bad been on a rail-
road train whon an accident occurred(
was told by ber mother that she ought
to thank God for her escape from in
jury wben she made ber evening pray
er. She did it in this way: . "1 bank
you God' for not letting me be hurt
to-day; but the next time I go to the
city I'll go in a waggon."
Now children" said a Sunday-
school superintendent who bad been
talking to bis scholars about goqd peo-
ple aod bad people "when I'm walk-
ing in the street I speak to some pri
sons I meet and I don't speak to oth-
ers and what's the reason?" He ex-
pected the reply would be "Became
tome are good and others are had'
but to bis difcoinfituro the genursj
shout wa "IJeMuo some are rich
and olbers arc poor."
Thf.RE having beco a great rush caf
f io;erloip.:nrrveent!y into t!tj In Jinn
Territory tbe President Lis iavusd a
proclamation warning them to lee?
out of it atd requiring ths uiiittry to
enforce tbe ordrr.
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