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Pony Races ---------- -f.
We're the order Of the day In East Waco
yesterday. The ''eld 'uns" were on, in force.
Some prominent cotton buyers were deeply
interested. Capt. Alexander was not there.
we understand.
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CURT RIDDLE
Now occupies the old Lady Gay saloon
&c market house. He keeps the best Of
good, fresh meats. janl6dtf
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Local Intelligence.

Messrs. Carter 4 McCulIosh,
Are large cotton buyers in this market
and are clover reliable men.
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We Invite

| Attention 10 the notice of Professor
Wllber, the popular lecturer and ventriloq ulst,
at Richey Hall, on Thursday night
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NoTIcR.
j persons indebted to s. Lyons, Lin.
denthall 4 Co., are requested to call on s.
Ly ons Cohn, and settle at once. If they
cannot pay cash they must settle by note, on
short time. The accounts that are not sol.
tied will be given to an attorney for collec.
ton. 8. LYONS l. COIN,
Successors to 9. Lyons, Lindenthall L Co
s-. r... Auvl6D6Wtf
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Cisteru has boon completed. 1t is not, Is
vet, an orrnment to the trwn.
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FOR RENT

good residence, on Sd Street. Also, a
hrst-class Brick Store House. Apply to
jan4d&Wtf WIN. A. FORT.
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Dr. w. h. wilkes,
Has been elected County Physician, by
the county court which adjourned yesterday.
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Our vigiIans Police

Have ibeen stor the Negro gamblers
lately, and BY their means, several of the
sorty card slnge i, have come to grief.
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HAying purchased the entire Interest Of & A.
Achenney in the Fire Insurance business, he hay,
with me j. H. Rlgin, and hum this date the tonga
nies will be represented by WALTON y kLalN.
oFFICE-front room. A.. StuEls hnidins'
Iansd&wlw JOHN 4. "ALtoN
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Mr. j. p. Thonasson,
or COv,ngton, Hill county, was buying
goods here yesterday. ...fI.
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WoKAN's

Medical Adviser, so much needed by oil
females, only 25 cents. Address DIR 2
Dromgoole, Memphis, Tenn.
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A WELL MEnITED COMPLIMENT.

a W ELL aihhirEb SohPLiAENT.
A letter from the United States Comn,s.
sioner at Vienna, announces that the Emperor
Of Austria has created Thaddeus Fairbanks,
Of St. JOhnsbury, VT. the inventor of the
Fairbanks scales. q knight Of the imperial
Order Of 'Frsncis Joseph" This is rare
testimonial of the value Of American inven.
tive gelius, but when the immense value of q
reliable and standard weighing machine to the
commerce Of the entire civilized world il ION.
sidered, it Ia one fully merited.
These scales are for sale at their depot, SO
Camp Street, New Orleans.
W. b. Bowman, Agent
HERE
We are, or ought to be, II we want any
cast iron goods around a. Kelly's House, N. x.
corner Public Square.
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-Four Hundred 9.EV ..r.tFf
Bales Of cotton were slipped yesterday.
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MASONIC.

MASONIC.
The following members are ap-
pointed committee to visit and attend
the sick of Waco Lodge No. 92, A + s. A
NJ. during the month Of January: L. s.
Ross, F. G. Morgan, 8. p. Mills, j. s.
Mcdonald and ]. M. Mahoney. BY order
of the w. n. L. A. HIGHTowER,
Secretary.
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CAST SCOUTER
Shovel Flows Of cold blast Iron, well
chilled, are cheaper; work better and last
longer than wrought iron or steel. For sale
at Kelley's.
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A JEWEL.

! A JEWEL.
SOZ0DONT puriHes Sozodont beauties
Sozodont gratihes all who use it. Sold by all
Druggists and Perfumers.
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nan Programmes
OF the Ia, est styles ct tins ofice.
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LADIES |.

am selling out my entire stock of Nil
linery Goods at greatly reduced prices, in
order to close out the stock. Please call and
examine for yourselves
dot MRS. +. NJ. BLAINE
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Masonic.

MASONIC.
The following members compose COM
mittee 10 visit the sick Of j. H. Gurley Lodge
No. 1877. during the month Of December /:
A. Alexander, b. Alexander. +. @. Alexander,
]. W. Brooks and A. Bs-nech. BY Order.
If X. p. MASSEY, Sec'y.
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FoR RENT.
Store Houses, Offices and Comfort
able Dwelling Houses. Apply to
II. w. LUsK.
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FOURTEEN HUNDRED
Acres Of Brazos bottom land for rent.
Apply to o. J. Downs.
AZ
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KKILy's TRxAN
Cook Stove is . beauty; 60 and look at
IT,
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To delinquent taxpayers, by Sheriff
Ross.
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The following named parues keep Conan
che Bitters on hand at manufacturers prices
JE Sears, Druggist, Waco.
N REVERE,
! Womack 1 Kellets, Druggists, Waco.
Eastland 4 Co.,
W N Anderson, Grocer,
Marshall 4 Early, 7"
@ Motz,
Freidberg 4 Leppel, Liquor Dsaler
DR.. ] L Cornish, Druggist, East WacUi
W + Turner 4 Co.. Grocers, 4"
Kne bury 4 Frazier,
NJ. Myers,
O. N. Curtis, Waco, Texas.
T. b. Owens,
Sole Proprietor ana Manufacturer,
seDt2sDlWti Waco, Texas.
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For RENT,
Ny elegant now drug store, next door
TO my dry goods house, on Bridge stteet To
q desirable party it will DO rented on reasona-
bic terms. X. A. STURGIS.
nkWtr
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WHERB
Can all these Kelly goods be found
At the northeast corner Of square, Waco,
| Texas.
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ONioN SETS.

ONION SETS.
Just received BY
MARSHALL EARLY
Sd Street Corner Of Franklin.
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CnoIc { SEED POTATOES,

Cnolc SEED POTATOES,
Early Rose, Early Goodrich, Peer
less, liussets, jackson Whites
Two hundred barrels of tue above va
rieties now arriving At
AASHALL L EARLY'S;
isniDSWf Cor. Sd b Franklip Sts.
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SOoUTER PLows

For SO cents-work splpndidly anywhere.
At Kelly's house. #,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-15

The public are cautioned against coun-
terfcit tive-dollar national bank notes on
the Traders \ ational Bank, of Chicago,
Ill, which have been discovered by the
officers acting under the direction OF Mr..
J. &. Whitley, Chief of the United States
Secret Service. The gene al appearance
of the note is such as to deceive, although
Il close eXamina ion betrays many essen
tial points of difference, as follows: I'm
der the letter c in the word Chicago"
on the face of the note, the last shade
line runs into the top of the first letter
of the word pay" which is directly UNI
der it, while in the genuine distinct
space lntcrvenes. In the date of the
year 1865, under the right-hand end of
the words five dollars" in the body of
the note, the numerals6 and come close
ly together. In the counterfeit there is
a much wider space. The panels in the
border surrounding the face of the genu-
inc note have numerous marks of the
drapery; in the counterfeit the marks
are fewer and less distinct. On the re-
verse of the note the most distinctive
point of difference between the counter
felt and the genuine appears in the lathe
work inclosing the figure -" at the
lower right and left-hand corners of the
note, the eccentric circles being nearly
round and very distinct in the counter
felt and much more eccentric and less
clear in the genuine The kneeling
figures in the left-hand of the vignette on
the back of the note are much less dis
tinct than in the genuine and the work
generally is cOarser The paper upon
which the note is printed is inferior in
quality to that used by the Government,
being much coarser; but the entire bill
is liable to deceive even an expert mt the
first glance. Times
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The Irish POst-BOy QS35).

In the Irish pOst-bOy we are not pre-
sented with the white jacketed, silk-hat-
ted top-booted and bright-spurred gen
tleman we are accustomed to in England,
us trim as his own horses, and as silent,
till he touches his hat to get his fee for
driving them. The Irish post-boy, on
the contrary is as Scanty in his attire
he is abundant in his intelligence, hav-
ing always something to tell his passen-
ger of the localities they pass through,
as though he took him for a book-maker
who was taking notes upon the way He
fulfills double function-he is guide as
well AS driver, and his humor often lies
as much in what he does as in what he
says. He will commence something in
this fashion:
do you see that house, yer honor,
Wonder? | suppose you know that's Mr..
dArcys."
Yes, do. Mr.. darcy is vervrich 1
believer"
We'll, sir, maybe he is and maybe he
isn't
why, thought he was man of for
tune"
well, YOU see, he was purity well OIL,
sir, till he got how'd of the property
Till he got it, What do you mean?"
"Why, sir, when he was heir to the
property he had great expectations, and
so, on the strength of that, you see, he
got whateve: money he wanted"
"Well and SO he ought, when he was
heir to $4,000 year"
That's true, yer honor, that's true,
sir. But :hen, you'll understand, he was
heir to 5000 year that was sDtnt-"
"Oh, l seer
$50, when he got the property, of
course the gentleman was ruined
In il particularly dangerous dart of
the road, with precipicc on one side OF
YOU, you observe the post-boy keeps
casting an inquiring glance toward his
vehicle
whats the matterg" you inquire
g rather an awkward bit of road here"
Oh, it's nothin', sir; it's grand pros
pect"
''Yes-of going over. Why, 1t is some
hundred feet to the bottom"
"Wen, it may be-but look at the
prospect, sir; them mountalns-oh,
they're grad, sir: they beat the world
for dignity You'd never see their likes
again if you was to go over twenty precl-
puSses."
After many other tales and difficulties
you reach your journeys end, and then
| the postboy, as you have surmsed, eX-
| poets Il good gratuity. You give him
what YOU consider to be handsome re-
ward of his services, but still he is not
coutented.
| Sure" he says, "your honor wouldn't
mind another shillin'?"
No" you reply; Il think I've paid
| you literally"
But you'll consider the way / drove
| you, SIR"
Not pleasant one, by any means
| and the power of stories told YOU?
"Some of which | have heard before.
"Well then, give me another shlllin,
sir, an I'll tell you somethin' which viii
undertake to say you never heard be
| fore"
Every good; then, there's a shilling
Now, what's the story L have never
heard?"
| We'll then, of coorsc your honor re
| members the three miles we came along
with the cliff upon one side of us?'
Remember it? | shall never forget
it,
well, sir, you don't know, sir, that
drove you them three miles without 1
nch-ptnt-FIom Lovers Unpublished
Life"
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The Chinese I" Shops"

| Born at Canton and Hong Kong-in
| deed, everywhere in CHINA stranger
will be attracted by the unique appear
ance of the Chinese shops. During the
! day they are thrown entirely open in
front, with the wares tastefully arranged
on the other three sides of the apartment,
IA small stairway in one corner leading to
the upper or dwelling portion of the
house. These shops are very models of
neatness, some of them containing a
varied assortment of costly wares, and
occasionally works of art; while the
owners, with their long queues and costly
sllken garments, sit in their places of
business like princes in their drawing
rooms, exhibiting quiet dignity, and
even cOurtlineSS, strangely unlike the
manners of the races about them. Every
line of merchandise is duly represented
silks, teas, fancy goods, Iacquered
wares, jewelry, plate, time pieces, books,
musical instruments, birds nests, confec-
tions, drugs; everything that is called
for, native and foreign, is now Obtainable
in the large cities on the coast, so rapid
has been the improvement in the last
twenty years. But the ushering in of the
new epoch has not entirely banished the
old, as witness the stores where gods are
made and sold for silver dollars! Ay, and
warranted" too-a god of wealth
90 sure to makee glow liche," says the po-
lite vender; gods of fair weather and
guardians of health; gods for the sailor
and for the farmer-for every condition
of life, every emergency, and at all prices.
Among the most attractive of the shops
are the fruit and flower stalls, usually
adorned with pretty bird-cages, while
John Chinaman deals out his dainty wares,
served in exquisite porcelain or glass,
with lavishing salaams and courtly words.
Few visitors at Canton will fail to recall
the shop of the venerable Sac Qua on Old
China street, or the gentle breeding of
the accommodating owner with his frost
ed hair and long, wadded gown of dark
silk. Huge silken lanterns hung at the
entrance and at the upper end was the
inevitable altar, never wanting in either
dwelling or place of business, on which
fresh offerings of tea, cakes and fruit
were laid every morning and incense
burned perpetually- The old man said
the fire had never once gone out since the
days of his grandfather, who built and
furnished the house, to which Sac Qua
had duly succeeded and which his son
would inherit after him. Said son was
frolicsome little five-year-old, eXuberant
with boisterous mirth the child of Sac
Qua's old age and his inseparable COM
panion. 1t was beautiful to see them
thus together, the weary old man SEEM
ing tC grow young again in loving con-
temptation of the child's merry pranks;
and the little one always tender and gen
tie when he approached the doting sire
whose years and infirmities were an eng
ma his fresh young nature sought in vain
to comprehend" 4 Tour IN the China
Seas" By Fannie r. Feudge, in Lippin-
cott's Nagaztne for august.
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The Broken Pane.

AT our school there was boy by the
name of Robert Rich. One day he was
throwing stones, when he hit Il window
and broke a pane of glass. No person
had seen him throw the stone. He might
have skunk away and kept his act Sc
cret if he had not been too noble boy
| to do such meanness.
| Mr.. Hardwick who lived in the house
where the window was broken, was a
| lawyer, and seemed to be of stern,
harsh temper, for he used to scold the
boys If they but crossed his fields, or even
entered his woods. Robert did not like
to meet him.
But Robert had more fear of doing
wrong than of facing the anger of the
! lawyer. So he went up to Mr. Hardwick
and said: In throwing a stone just now
l broke pane of glass in one of your
windows"
well, then, you must send g1azier
and have it mended," said Mr.. Hardwick,
in an angry tone.
That is just what / wished to do
said Robert :" and will do it at once"
Struck by this manly reply, Mr.. Hard
wick asked Robert if he had any money
to pay the glazier.
Yes" said Robert, a have half
crown that have been saving up"
What have you been saving it up
for?" asked Mr.. Hardwick.
HaNc UeeH Saving IL up 10 Duy my
sister a sunshade," replied Robert.
We'll sir" said the lawyer, Il look
to you to see that my window is
mended"
Robert bowed and took his leave.
That same day he sent glaZier and had
a new pane of glass set in place of the
broken one. He felt that Mr.. Hardwick
had claimed of him no more than was
right, and he did not blame him. But,
as Robert sat at his lesson that evening,
the door-bell rung, and a package was
lett for him. He opened it, and what
do you think he found? In the package
was beautiful blue sunshade, and with
it letter from Mr.. Hardwick in these
words: Take this as proof that was
pleased by your readiness in doing right
to-day"
Robert ran and gave the sunshade to
his sister, and she was delighted with
the gift. His father, when he learned
what had happened, said to Robert, We
should always do right for the love of
right, and not in the hope of reward"
Il am sure I did not hope for re-
ward" said Robert Il should still have
been glad that | paid for mcnding the
window, even if | had got nothing in re-
turn. For surely | deserved nothing. l
see that Il man may seem stern, like Mr..
Hardwick, and yet be kind at heart
English paper.
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4 Wonderful Rat.

AT the corner of Tchoupitoulas and
Gravicr streets, on Friday evening, was
given Il remarkably interesting and dar-
ing wire walking performance, which
was witnessed by Il numerous concourse
of curious spectators. The performer
was full grown rodent and his appa-
ratus was furnished by ii telegraph wire
which at the point indicated crosses over
the street from the roof of Bassett Il
Co.'S liquor-store to the roof of the store
directly opposite. 1t appears that this
gay and festive rat has during the past
we k made frequent evening excursions
across that wire, to the cditication of the
deniZens in that quarter, so that for the
past few evenings it has been the regular
thing for Il curious public to watch for
him at about five p. m. each day-that
hour, curiously enough, having been Sc
lected by his ratship for his mid air
Journey. True to the call he came for
ward yesterday, as related, and accom-
plished the hazardous task in such clever
style as would have put to the blush the
best efforts of the champion of two
legged wire walkers, and which was APP
plauded by the beholders vigorously and
enthusiastically. He appeared first to
view on the roof of the Messrs. BasSetts
store, where near the edge of the tele-
graph wire runs along an upright post
at an elevation of about Il foot Mr.. Rat
opened the ceremonies by leaping from
the roof to the wire, which he clutched
with his fore-paws, and upon
which thereafter, by very skillful dis
play of his gymnastic powers he swun"
himself until he stood upon it on al
fours. Remaining thus standing for ;
| few seconds as if to take Il careful sur
vey of the dangerous road before him b,
started upon his journey, and at mod
erately rapid gait he skipped along tue
slender wire as deity almost as If h'
were on terra firma. He never swayeo
| to the right OF left but maintained per
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-15

fectly erect position that evidenced a
calm confidence and capacity as to the
results of careful training and expert
ence. Reaching about midway the dis
lance he halted an instant and looked
down upon the multitude of upturned
faces below him. Whether he didn't
like the looks of the faces or whether he
was in il hurry to keep an appointment
he was off again in a trice, and at an in
creased pace traversed the remainder of
his journey to the roof of Messrs- Jack
son " Co.'S store, reaching which he
leaped to the roof and was seen no
more. Speculative minds may herein
indulge their fanciful imaginations to
their hearts content touching the prob
able purpose OF this rat in thus not only
making regular evening journeys across
the wire but also in returning, for it is
clear that he does return since he always
starts on his trip from the same roof
Ner Orleans Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-15

then into the prclate's face, and his heart
sank within him.
omas you are no longer a kitchen
| boy" said the Cardinal, kindly.
Poor Thomas thought he was dismissed
from service-and then what would be-
come of Peter?
Don't send me awayi' he cried, i'm
ploringly, falling on his knees 81 have
nowhere to go, and Peter will starve-
and he wants to be a painter 50 muchi'
"Who is Petcr?" asked the Cardinal
He is boy from Cortona who boards
with me, and he drew those pictures on
| the wall and he will die if he cannot be
! a pair ter"
Where is he nowg" demanded the
| Cardinal
He is out wandering about the
streets to find something to draw. He
goes out every day and comes back at
night
When he returns tonight, Thomas,
bring him to me- said the Cardinal
"Such genius as that should not be al
| lowed to live in ii garnet"
| But, strange to say, that night Peter
| did not come back to his boarding g house.
One week, two weeks went by, and still
| nothing was heard of him. AT the end
of that time the Cardinal caused "A search
| tor him to be instituted, and at last they
| found him in convent. 1t seems he
| had fallen deeply in love with one of
Raphaers pictures which was exhibited
there. He had asked permission of the
monks to copy it, and they, charmed
| with his youth and great talent, had
readily consented, and had lodged and
| nourished him all the time.
Thanks to the interest the Cardinal took
in him, Peter was admitted to the best
| school for painting in Florence. AS for
| Thomas, he was given post near the
Cardinals person, and had masters to in
struct him in all the learning of the
day.
Fifty years later two old men lived
together in one of the most beautiful
houses in Florence. One of them was
called Peter of Cortona, and people said
of him, - He is the greatest painter of
our time" The other was called Thomas,
and all they said of him was, Happy
is the man who has him for a friendi"
And he was the boy who took a
boarder.-CharioteA adams, in st. Nicholas
for .1,,qust
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Selected sWisrella,,y.
LOVES CHOICE.


BY NATE HILLARD.
Do YOU remember, dear. my love,
Our parting in the twilight lane,
When brighter than the stars above
Your eyes shone through their dewy rain,
And made me ray good-by again
And held me, that could not move:
Too fond to srieve. too sad to smile,
yielded to their silent power;
And was il but a breathing while,
Or was il through n spell-bound hour,
l kissed your face. an upturned flower,
Whose sweetness did my soul beguile:
And then l said. .. Farewell, my sweet,
The hour has come, and we must part;
But through the long years ere meet,
Which will YOU bear within your heart
To comfort you when depart
Remembrance. or oblivion fleet:
A memory of all the bliss
That made the flying hours so bright,
From the first timid trembling kis.
l dared to give Won one dear night,
Lost in n vision of delight,
Down to the perfect joy Of this:
.'-Forgetfulness of all the pain
That happiest lovers learn 10 know
The doubts that come and come again,
The haunting fears that will not go,
The vague faint chill Presaglng woe,
Unconquered by loves proud disdaln:
(which would YOU have, sweet: Now decide
Forgotten pain, remembered joy:"
All dearest" then You said. and sighed,
Loves pain Is but brief annoy
But rich delights that never cloy
Are TO his memories allied.
Then bid my heart loves joy retain,
And sum felicity in this.
That all its treasures still remain;
And till we meet and live again
You shall forget loves passing pain.
And III remember all its bliss"
LippincoH FOR august.
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the lowering of which retards the motion
and brings the balloon to lower posi-
ton: Now, after the lapse of much time,
the idea has been adopted by Mr.. Donald
son, and submitted to ii practical test.
In his last ascent that aeronaut found
the drag-rope proved for itself all the
writer of the fiction claimed for it. The
rope is about 400 feet in length, and
when not in use lies coiled in the bottom
of the car When lower position is de-
sired, the rope is let out. and the friction
of the air upon it retards the progress of
the balloon, bringing it ton lower level.