San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1881 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TOSQUE INSTRUCTED.
tioard well ihy lips that BCBHjl.B'0Wu
What evIU from the tonga may flow:
Jam III.
LB.
What guilt what jrrUI may be incurred
" Judge si
Uy one aucautlous hmty W0Mirh yL jjj
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97.
is -wow io p TroTerb
To oheok whet there my li-ad to fcn:
James i
And pray uuoeasingly for aid
Lent. unawares thou be betrayed.
. Luke sxl.
"Condemn no Ju.lge not' not tnrnn
osniea I
Ie given bis brother' fault to njor
The tank i thine and thine alone.
IoduUe no murmurinff. oh reairain
1 Cor. x
10.
Tbote l'p o 10 complain;
And. if they can be numbered oonnt
Pa. cili.
Lam. ill. 21
Shun va'n dlsousslona triU.ng therms;
Tittle iii
Let word of wisdom rueekncs. love .
Jamei in. 1J
ftl.. I . ' ... NlnAtnn tirnva.
7 -LnkTi. 45.
Set God before thee; ev.ry word
Uen xvii.
Thy lip pronounce by Him i heard;
P oxxxix.
nk .ij..r ikA rllA this thnnirhL.
VH VWW.wnw v..w - 7
Matt. xiL 36.
What oare what caution would be taught
Luke xu
"Thy time ii ahort" thU day may be
1 Cor il
The very last aneignul to thee;
Knh. v. In
Ha apeak thatihouldat thou ne'er aprak more.
Thou may'kt not tbl day' words deplore
Rom. xiv. 1
WHO WAS THE COWARD?
"You lie!"
The speaker was Norman Webb a
burly-built fashionably-dressed young
man who had come to college to spend
his father s money and do as little worK
and have as good a time as possible.
The words were addressed to Allen
Ward: the provocation being an ex
pression of opinion by the latter touch
ing a reuBU (iruubiutti ju&c jjiauuuu uuu
headed by JNorman vveuD.
Allen's eves flashed and his hand
some face flushed as with clenched fists
ho made a step towards his msulter
Every fibre of him was at its utmost
tension and every nerve tingled. It
would not hayo been well for JNorman
Webb big and strong as he was had
the two encountered at that moment.
Bnt as if suddenly recalling himself
Allen stopped.
"I reneat mv word." said Norman
Webb insolently "you lie I it is not
the province of a beggar to criticise
the conduct of a gentleman !"
A tinge of flush which had left Allen's
face came back at these words but dis
appeared on the instant and turning
from tne crowa oi stuients wno naa
heard them he walked calmly away.
"The coward 1" more than one mut
tered.
Allen Ward had a widowed mother
and a sister dependent on him. At
sohool he had won a prize scholarship
which gave him his college tuition free;
and by teaching in vacations and giv-
ing lessons out of college hours he was
managing to scrape along till he could
enter the profession he had set his heart
on. t
The disoipb'ne of the institution was
strict. A blow was ground of expul-
sion. To resent Norman Webb's insult
as he felt impelled to do at the moment
he knew would lead to his prompt dis
missal and he had not. means to enter
another college. He thought of his
mother and sister and of the career he
had planned. He could not afford to
sacrifice all these to gratify a passing
resentment. But the eflort his self-
restraint cost him was little appreciated
by those who called him "coward."
To "give the lie" at .that day in that
community was regarded either as a
signal for a blow or the precurser of a
summons to deadly combat. To take
it tamely was a thing not to bo toler-
ated by a gentleman. Personal diffi-
culties hid become so common among
the students of College that the
new presideut had determined to use
the severest measures to repress them.
Among his rules was one that a blow
or other act of violence except in strid-
ent self defense should be punished by
summary expulsion.
Hut college law could not change
public sentiment; and it is not probable
thut Allen Ward with all his patience
would have brooked so gross an insult
from sheer motives of obedience. In-
deed could he have foreseen all that
his former companions wonld shun him
and even Mabel Gray would turn away
her head when they met it may he
doubted if all restraints would not have
failed and Norman Webb's insult been
met with quick resentment.
It was plain that everybody thought
Allen a coward. Mabel Gray among
the rest and this hurt him most. He
and ahe had long been friend; and he
had secretly looked forward to a time
when he might declare to her a serti-
nieut more tender than that of friend-
ship. Now ahe not only aet her back
upon him Lut began to tolerate the at-
tentions of Norman Webb whom she
had before alighted.
One night an alarm of fire was heard
in the village. Everybody ran in the
direction of a Mazing light which
ahone out against the aky.
"It's Mr. Gray boose 1" shouted
those who first approached the acere.
A heartrending spectacle met the
sight of the crowd that quickly assem-
bled. The flumes were biasing from
the roof and bursting from moat of the
windows. Old Mr. Oray a holpless
invalid who bad escaped from one of
the lower apartmenU stood wringing
his hands and beseeching the specta-
tors in piteous accents to save his
daughter who pale and terror-btrickttn
leaned from the window of an upper
chamber whence a leap to the ground
would be certain death.
Men ran in search of ladders but
f mi iul none and every moment made
the chance of rescue still more difll-
cult. "Mr. Webb I Mr. Webb I will not you
aavn Viop?" mmeided the frantio father
laying his trembling haud on Normau
Webb's arm.
"The attempt would be madness" the
IjiUat answered : "the staircase is wrap
ped in flames and no one can reach
that chamber sive at the peril of his
life."
With a niercinor shriek Mabel fell
back fainting from the window.
Norman Webb mode a movement as n
to enter the door but recoiled at the
aioht of the fierr path before him and
stood aghast and helpless. His bnrly
form was brushed aside like a learner
by one who shot past and darted up
the blazing stairway with the speod of
an arrow.
The daring act filled the crowd with
amazement which had not time to
ahata before the intrepid stranger re
appeared on the burning steps now
crumbling under uis leei oeanng in
his arms the insensible form of Mabel
Gray carefully wrapped from head to
foot. His hat pulled over his face part
ly shielded it from the Bheet of flame
through which amid encouraging
nhnnts. tiA nnca more forced his wav.
and a wild cry of exultation rose when
- - . a - it . I
Mabel was safely placed in ner latner s
arms. Then came three times tnree oi
Mia u'ildPKt cheers for ALLEN WARD.
when the stranger raised his hat' and
revealed his seared and blistered lace.
"Whn in the coward now?" he ex
claimed as he sank exhausted to the
ground.
No one ever caned turn by mat name
again ; and Mabel we are sure never
thou eh t his face less handsome for the
sears it bore on her account.
The Sun Do Move.
"I hold hear in my han'" began
Brother Gardner as the thermometer
showed the usual 120 degrees near the
stove "a letter from Philadelphia axin'
me if I believe wid de Rev. Jasper of
Richmond dat de sun do move? Sortin
I do. I know de white folks claim dat
it am de airth which am movin' while
de sun stands still but right dar' we
split. Joshua was about as nigh bein'
an angel as any white man will eber git
an' when he ordered de sun to stan' still
he knew what he was talkin' 'bout. It
would hab been just as easy fur him to
hab commanded de airh to stan' still
but he didn't do it. If Joshua didn't
understan' his bizness de rest ob us
might as well hang up. '
"An now you cuild folkses mm'
wr t I'ze gwine to say. Doan' let de
'stronomy bizness keep you awake
nights. De sun am up dar by day an'
do moon an' stars am up dar by night.
De Lawd put de sun dar to thaw de ice
off de back doah-step make cucumbers
grow an' fotch up de grass an' de co'n.
It didn't do any wuss when 'stronomy
was unknown an it wouldn t do any
better if ebery family in de kentry had
a telesoope 400 feet long. De moon
was hung up dar dat folks might see to
move by night when de rent got too
high ; dat lost cows could see to fin' dar
way home; dat folks could see to chop
wood and empty bar'ls of ashes on de
street; dat wimin comin' home from
pray'r meetin' could avoid de nail-heads
stiokin' up in de planks an' fur varus
udder reasons. You jist take de sun as
he runs an' de moon as you fin' it an'
de less you worry 'bout 'em de mo' meat
an' taters you'll have in de winter. Da
poorest cull'd man I eber knowed was
an ole black man down in Yirginny
who was always wondenn if dey had a
reelar lock on de gates ob heaven or
only a latch string. While his nayburs
war' plantin' he was worderin'; while
ley war boein lie was tneonzin ; while
dey was reapin' he was ragged an' hun-
gry. Let de sun move or stan' atill
let de moon be made ob old silver or
green cheese let de stars be ten miles
or 10000000 miles away keep de white
wash brush gwme an de buck-saw in
good order an' youll be all right.
Lime-Kiln Club Papers.
A man bought a gallon of gin to take
home and by the way of a label wrote
his name upon a card which happened
to be a sever of clubs and tied it to the
handle. A friend coming along and ob-
serving the jug quietly remarked:
"That's an awful earless war to leave
that liquor." "Why?" said Tom. "Be-
cause somebody might come along with
the eight of clubs and take it."
Jmrixo over a fence in the middle
of the night and meeting a bulldog
that is a total stronger to yon is one of
those exciting little incidents of life
which go far to break the monotony
and rob existence of a tiresome same-
ness. LaranU Btomerang.
"Do yon catch on?" asked the omni
bus driver as he swung bis whip lash
to the rear. "Yes I tumble" answered
the small boy as he rolled into the gutter.
StockaeVi Jokes.
Texas Lire Mock Journal.
Cattle men are proverbial for the well
concocted jokea and tricks they piny on
tho "tender-foots." The following is
the latest :
Mr. Locke a credulous close "tender-
foot." has been holding cattle in the
Territory and has been very anxious
to sell his herd of beef consisting of
about 850 head especially since the
rapid decliue and has been the subject
of uo little annoyance to the traders
here. Mr. Ed. Hewins a large dealer
arrived here from Kansas City and re-
ported the market "off." This made
tt nder-foot more anxious to sell and
after fiffurinff over all the goods boxes
and waste paper in the neighborhood of
the Leland Hotel he made a desperate
attack on Hewins to sell him his cattle.
Ed. bought them at (23 per head. The
boys saw a good opening for a joke too
rich to let pass and in a few minutes a
practical joke was set on foot Lem
Hunter waa to buy the cattle from
Hewins and while Hewins and tender
foot were talking Lem stepped up to
them with his telegram and remarked:
"Ed. I understand you have bought
Locke's cattle."
"Yes sir I have."
"Well I wanted those cattle myself.
What will buy them?"
"Twenty-six dollars per head will buy
the cattle.
"All right they are mine.
Presently Joe Murray camo along
making inquiry of Hewins about the
cattle. Hewins told him he had just
sold the cattle to Hunter and to talk to
him. The same cattle changed hands
again at $27 per head. By this time
tender-foot began to grow very white
and pale and to shake like an aspen
leaf. To add to his distress the boys
began to whisper around that cattle had
gone up in the Eastern markets 75 cents
Eer hundred. This was more than
iocke could stand. He hurried off in
tho most excited manner and hunted up
Hewins who was at the Leland writing.
Locke tapped him on the shoulder
while great drops of perspiration were
pouring down his temples and said :
"Ed. this is more than I can bear."
Ed. looked up and asked "What's
more than you can stand?"
"Why $1500 is too mch for me to
lose in a few minutes I will have to
back out."
Hewins gave him no satisfaction but
said he would see him later. Looke
struck a bee line to get legal counsel.
The lawyer saw he was in a bad fix and
did all he could to quiet his nerves but
his case was a bad one. Prom the law-
yer's office he rushed out and found
Hewins on the street. Ed. would make
no concessions. Jn fact could not as
he had sold them.
By this time all the stockmen in
town had gathered around to witness
the fun.
Locke stood as pale as death
trembling and shaking apparently ob-
livious of the crowd around; Hewins
was pressing upon him the importance
of standing to his contracts. Finally
Locke left the crowd and wandered
aiound like one bereft of reason until
his friends became very solicitous con-
cerning him and thought it best to re-
veal the facts to him as reason might
become dethroned and he would have
to be carried to the lunatic asylum a
raving maniac. Dr. Noble was appoint-
ed to reveal the facts to him and told
him that it was a job the boys were
putting up on him. At first he could
uot believe it. It had made such an
impression on his mind that it was hard
to convince him it was a job. But when
once convinced of course he had to set
up the drinks for the crowd. This of
course went hard with him but it was
such a relief to know that it was only a
joke. He is considered out of danger;
but it is thought he will not go into the
cattle business again not here at
least'. '
A Nugget of Gold.
In the early days of the Dunolly
gold-fields writes the author of "A
Glance at Australia in 1880" two work-
ing miners named Oates and Deeson
after experiencing many vicissitudes of
fortune found themselves in the argot
of their class dead-broke." Their
credit was exhausted at the neighboring
store and one of them was actually in
need of bread. In sheer desperation
they began digging for. gold in a very
unpromising locality. It eemed a very
hopeless task ; but the two men worked
on steadily standing close to one an-
other. Dee.wn plied his pick in some
hard brick-like clay around the roots
of a a old tree breaking up fresh earth
and tearing away the grass from the
surface of the ground. He aimed a
blow at the clear space between two
branches of the root; and the pick in-
stead O' sinking into the ground re-
bounded as if it had struck upon
quartz or granite. "Confound it" he
exclaimed "I've nearly broken my pick !
I wish I had broken it if it had only
been over a nugget." A minnte after-
wards he called out to Oates and told
him to come and see what "this" was.
It was a mass cropping several inches
ont of the ground like a boulder on a
hill. As each successive portion of the
nugget was disclosed to view the men
were lost in amazement at its enormous
size. It was over a foot in length and
nearly the same in breadth. The weight
was so great that it was difficult for the
two men to move it. However by dint
of great exertion they succeeded in
carrying it down the hill to Deeson's
cottage where they commenced to in-
spect their wonderful treasure. It was
completely covered with black earth
and so tarnished in color that an ex-
rrli f liava nmiOSed
it to be merely a mass of auriferous
earth or stone. But its weight at once
dispelled all donbt on that point for it
was more than twice as heavy as a piece
of iron of the same 'size. Great was
the rejoicing among Deeson's family.
The wife pilod up a. huge fire and
Deeson 'placed the nugget on top while
the rest of the family stood around
watching the operation of reducing the
mass to the semblance of gold. All
through the Friday night Deeson sat up
before the fire burning the quartz
which adhered to the nugget and pick-
ing off all the dirt and debris. This
was so rich that on being washed in
the puddling-machine it yielded ten
pounds weight of gold. Meanwhile
(Won had Tiroeured a drav to convev
the nugget to town; and on the Satur
day morning tne two men set on jot
Dunolly. They carried their treasure
ti tli a Tnndnn Chartered Bank where
it was weighed and found to turn the
scale at two thousand two hundred and
sixty-eight ounces or nearly two hun-.
dred-weight; and the sum of ten thou-
sand pounds was placed to. their credit
in that institution.
Ty Hen vs. Science
Bill Nye In the Liramle Boomerang.
Pear reader did you ever 'wrestle
with a hen that had a wild uncontrolla-
ble desire to incubate? Did you ever
struggle on day after day trying to
convince her that her mission was to
furnish eggs for your table instead of
hovering all day on a door knob trying
to hatch out a litter of front doors?
William H. Boot of this place who
has made the hen a study both in her
home life and while lying in the em-
brace of death has struck upon an ar-
gument which the average hen will pay
more attention to than any other he has
discovered in his researches.
He says the modern hen ignores al
most everything when she once gets the
notion that ' she has received a call to
incubate. You can deluge her with the
garden hose or throw old umbrellas at
her or change her nest but tnat don t
count with the firm and stubborn hen.
You can take the eggs out of the nest
and put a blooded bull-dog or a nest of
new-laid bumble bees in place of them
and she will hover over them as assid-
uously as she did before.
William H. Boot's hen had shown
some signs of this mania so he took
out the eggs and let her incubate .on
a horse rake awhile just so she could
kind of taper off gradually and not have
her mind shattered. Then he tried her
at hatching out four-tined forks and at
last her taste got so vitiated that she
took the contract to furnish the country
with bustles by hatching out an old
hoopskirt that had gone to seed.
Mr. Boot then made an experiment.
We were one of the board of scientists
who assisted in the consultation. The
owner of the hen got a strip of red
flannel and tied it around her tail.
The hen seemed annoyed as soon as
she discovered it. No hen cares to have
a sash hung on her system that doesn't
match her complexion. A seal brown
hen with a red flannel polonaise don't
seem to harmonize and she is aware of
it ju6t as much as anybody is.
That hen seemed to have thought of
something all at once that had escaped
her mind before and so she went away.
She stepped about nine feet at a lick
on the start and gained time as she pro
ceeded When she bumped her nose
against the corner of . the stable she
changed her mind about ncr direction
She alteied her course a little but con-
tinued her rapid style of movement.
Her eye began to look wild. She
seemed to be losing her reason. She
got so pretty soon that she didn't rec
onize the faces of friends. She passed
Mr. Boot without being able to distin
guish him from a total stranger.
These peculiar movements were kept
up during the entire afternoon till the
hen got so fatigued that she crawled
into a length of old stovepipe and the
committee retired to prepare a report
It is the opinion of the press that this
is a triumph of genius in the line of
hen culture. It is not severe though
firm in its treatment and while it of
course annoys and unmans the hen tern'
porarily it is salutary in its results and
at the same time it furnishes a pleasant
little matinee for the spectators. We
say to those upon whose hands time
hangs heavily these long days that
there is nothing that soothes the ruffled
mind and fills the soul with a glad thrill
of pleasure like the erratio movements
of a decorated hen. It may not be a
high order of enjoyment but it affords
a great deal of laugh to the superficial
foot to tnose wno are not .very accom
plished and who laugh at a thing and
then consider its propriety afterwards.
A BOABDDio-BorsE mistress like the
rest of - us has weak and strong
points the weak point being her tea
and her strong point the butter.
Queen Victoria does not like the
Bartlett pair.
Married life reaches the acme of
happiness when a woman can eat crack-
ers in the bed without any complaints
from ber husband.
A xewspapeb agent being told by an
old lady that it was no use to subscribe
for the papers as Mother Shipton said
the world was coming to an end this
year said : "But wont you want to read
an account of the affair aa soon as it is
over?" "That I wiU" answered the old
lady; and she subscribed.
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