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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

The season of gaiety ls now nearly
past. The young people have enjoy
ed 1t immensely. Now we should re-
turn to the steady sober business Of
life, and exhibit the same diligence
we did in the pursuit Of pleasure. A
duty half discharged, brings no pleas.
ing reflections. 1t is only when we
are conscious of having done all We
could, and the best we could, perfect
happiness and self approval is felt
The world may call US wise,great and
good, but if the "monitor within
withholds his commentators bring
us nothing satisfactory.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

A remarkable Jew, claiming to be
the Messiah, has appeared in Arabia,
where his fame has spread far and
WIDE. He came forth from the des-
sert, where he spent many years NOR
tifying the flesh, and he pretends to
work wonders and perform miracles
and give the evidences of his divine
mission. He has q melodious voice,
remarkably brilliant eyes and fasci'
mating appearance, and is winning fol-
lowers.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

THE WAY OUT OF II.

The late war found the South
country rich indeed in all the elements
of ma,eriaf wealth. Nowhere on the
broad earth did people live and sus-
tain life with so little outlay Of fphys.,
cal effort. The country was filed
with money, producing muscle, but
that, except among the slaves, was
all untried, unframed and unproduc-
tive. 1t was the fault of our system
that it engendered habits Of thriftless
extravaganza in both the outlay Of
money, and the waste of valuable
time. This same habit OF unthritt,
when long, INDUCED becomes very
tyrant in its exactions. But the
worst lesson it taught us OF the South
was that it was degrading to earn
our living by the good old scripture
rule, "the sweat of the brow" The
results of the war, melancholy as
they are in many respects, have not
been without great, and at the same
time useful and salutary effect upon
us. We have learned first, tina.
Southern people have mechanical
abilities; secondly, that we have the
vim and push that Is necessary to
bring out Of this possession its great
est and best results. The old idea
that labor degrades its votaries is
fast becoming obsolete, and from the
ruins of that same old idea,
rises race Of strong, earnest
honest, capable and determined young
men, who will, and who ought to
work out the grand problem of the
South's equality with the North, in
regard to our every day adaptation to
the common wants of life, its com
mon duties and its common require.
ments.
When we as q people, rise fully to
the level of life, as encompassed il
this grand idea, then the fu.ure has
no capabilities or promises beyond
our reach. The fabled wealth o.
Inde will be ours. The learning and
wisdom OF Greece and Rome will be
within the reach of the talisman
evoked and possessed by the sons O.
toll. The busy hum Of the loom, tht
ringing strike of the forgemen's ham
mer-a :new "Anvil Chorus'-wil
srpplant the music Of the enervatine
reve!, and the call to the voluptuout
enjoyment Of the dance. Our yeGnl
men and maidens will exchange the
ennui of listless and objectleiss lives
tor the triumph and enjoyment of thu
aoblest effort possible in life, that o
earning by daily toll, the bread tha,
nourishes the body.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

TRADE OF CHICAGo.-A review oil
the produce trade of Chicago for the
past year is published. The receipts
of grain during the year We're Co.,
TAI, ,59s bushels; shipments 81 ,o35,-
7o3 bushels. The receipts of hogs
were 4s6, 900; head of cattle 765, 900;
sheep 100000. Lumber 1884, ,992, 900
feet. The total value OF all produce
received during the year in round
numbers is $240,OOO,OO0.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

There is steady stream OF imni.
grafton settling in the direction Of
Coryells county, which is attracting
great attention by The fertility OF its
lands, the purity and abundance
OF its water, and the growth and ex-
tent Of its timber, as well as the
moral and other chars cteristics Of its
inhabitants,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

We read OF what promises to be the
biggest book in the world. 1t is now
in process Of manufacture in Paris,
and will contain the names Of all the
inhabitants OF Alsace and Lorraine
who have formally proclaimed their
wish to remain French subjects. The
list is said to comprise $4,000 names.
One hundred and twenty-five compost
tors have been employed on the work
during the last three months. 1t is
being printed on seven presses, and
the volume will include IL, 1863 pages.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

1.-THE San Antonio Herald and the
Austin Statesman are again in a bad
humor with each other. The latter
lectures the former, and the former
don't,like it, and comes back at Un-
Gle Bobby with q savage growl,
which does not sound as softly as a
lovers Lutte on Gomo's lake.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

A lady Of literary propensities
writes Cincinnati editor threaten
ing letter, as follows: "Pll wager q
bet that there is not a fashion Able
girl in Clncinnalti but would rather
stay from church than wear a pair of
single button gloves. l remember
when we used to turn in the top OF a
one-button glove to make the hand
look short. The four-button black
kids always remind me of the paws of
an old black cat, we used TO own.
They make the wrists look almos. as
slender as did hers. But are CATS
fore paws their wrists, or am ! max
Ing a .fa,tr pas ?" fa ,a.,i.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

Miss Katie Smith, daughter of Mark
Smith, of New York, is to make her
debut, at Milan, during the carnival. She
is said to possess an elegant, light, sopra
no voice, graceful stage presence and
no small share of dramatic talent.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

y The Age now looks like an invit-
Ing young widow, ready for a second
courtship.- .-Statesman.
What does the editor know of in-
yiting, or any other grade OF
young widows. The Age with its
striped dress looks more like--some-
thing else. 'la'i ,ssiai
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

MADAM Ia Narechale Bazaine is Mex
icss' lady only twenty-sight years old,
and IL new an inmate of the Convent Of
st. Savsur, France. Verify, the chaplet
that entwines the brow of fame is not
without its thorn.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

The State Journal don't like bsmb-
proof soldiers. Wonder il there is not
to~bsst in that remark, and coming from
. paper that has always taken exceed
ingly COED care OF its own person. We
'aro ready 10 swear it.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

~ We owe the Register An apology
for having mixed its Flsnagans the
o:her dsT, but really what difference
does it make? They had common
origin, and are bound, like the Regis,
ter, to q common political grave.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

II is rumored in the London clubs that
Mr. Barring has left personal property to
the volEe Of more than CO, 900, 900 ster-
ling, Independently Of his costly eollec.
tion of pictures aad other objectsof ar
worth certainly not less than 100000.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

We are glad to know the Register
Is not afraid Of Hon. John H. Reagan.
We never like to hear q the people
being afraid of aheir Representatives
in Congress, and Ike it or not, the
Register will be compelled to submit
or iinmigrate. ~ 4
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

; The Fsysste Record says that dur
ing Christmas week the voice of swine
who would not be comforted, filled
all that region with their notes Of
wos. 1t must have been hog killing
timea so lj iaE AB aeais
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
times.

Three hundred young married men
are about to emigrate to this State
from Norway. This is sad news to
/, the girls. The great unprovided for
would rather they left their wives at
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

1t i. said that Miss Matilda Phillips has
better voice than her sister Adelaide
She has been singing at Mantua and
Twin, in "Barbiefe," and was well re-
csived.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

Judge Scott, of Rhode Island fined
Hannah Bray $40 because she refused to
tell her age. She paid it Sheerfuliy, as
she is about 45and courting youth Of
twenty-ope.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

4, The Dallas Herald says working man
in that city had his hat lined with five
dollar gold pieces on Christmas day, by
his employer. The Herald don't tell
IN, oh! no. of sli# aN's Da
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

Hardly, any, of our State exchanges
published . paper on New Years day.
This has worked quite--a hardship upon
b ipteriorfellows who have stsod up to
,the rack. Three Secular, and old fogy
Church paper, is slim list to draw upon
for o snnart daily. '1's p" 't'tA
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

The average American youth takes
TO politics as naturally as ducks do to
water, but they don't make out as
well. The number Of little fellows
who'are anxious to devote their tai
snts to the service Of the State, next
session Of the Legislature, as clerks,
dsOr>kespers, ETC., e:c., is perfectly ap-
paliihg. The pathway to the public
crib must indeed be strewn with flows
ers, OF forms, judging from the num-
Der Of travellers we see there. Better
60 to ploughing, boys; it is only the
long pole that knocks the persimmons
. nyhow.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

Professor, will you have cigar :"
said a man In the Office of Boston ho-
tel; and nineteen msn stood up and re-
piled; "Thank you; don't care If do"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
Various papers in the State have
prohoanssd strongly in favor Of Hen.
John q. Reagan for the Senate.

The people Of Giadings want new
county: Burleson, Bastrop. WASH
ipgton and Fayette will be the suf-
/, fercrs shoald, they succeed.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
1t seems that Col. Foruey is t.

.a 1t seems that Col. Foruey is to
visit Texas soon again. The Mayor
Of Dallas has rendered him the hos,
pitality Of that city. Few people
will have forgotteH his former visit
60 ourState, and the handsome let
ters be wrote and published, filed
with his impressions of this State.
/. We hope to see blm in Waco, on the
occasion of his next visit. 1t will do
both parties good TO haYe these cx-
treme fellows from the North visit us.
There is nothing like mixing, when
you wish the mass thoroughly united.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
BOARD OF DIRECTCRs:

BOARD OF DIRECTCRs:
NJ BRANDON, Of Brandon, Braman d Co, Gar.
weston,
J.E. WALLIS, of Walls, Landes 4 Co, Galyesit a.
FIR LUBBoCK, ~ X LUBBOCK 4 Son -
III QUIs, of Quin Il Hill. ................
LEON BLUM, of l. & II Blum. n..,.......
E JEAIsos, OF Moody & Jeinison
A CBAKER, Of A @ s. NJ W Baker
GEO SCHNEIDER, Of Geo Schneider d Co
RS WILLIS, OF p Willis & BRO ...,,,.
ia GARY, OF Gary u Olipbint .....
l. KLoPNAN, JH., OF klopman 4 Felirnap
W x McALPIs, Of McAlpin a Baldridge :"
j GRlHNAs, ofDuval d Grinlan ~
JACKSON & BROWN, As'ts, Waco
uug9D&Wtf
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
THE BANKING DEPARTMENT

VIII give particular attention to collections In Ia
interior OF the STATE, and all parts Of The United
States, without charge, except customary rates OF
exchange. VIII receive deposits on open account,
and itsne certificates Of deposit and by special at
tention 10 its charter, will divide pro raia among
its deposors from one-fOurh to ehalf Of the net
profits OF its business. Na EtEr4
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

~ y n And Purchasing Agents. s7tF
Bagging and ties furnished as lowest cash
rates, to be paid for when cotton 10 soll. Or.
ders sent TO either house for merchandise,
plantation supplies, farming utensils, ma.
chinery, etc., promptly filed EIch-nge for
sale on New Orleans, St Louis and New York.
augl6belv72
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
nISSOULTION.
OPEN AIR STORE.

PUBLIC SQUIRE, WACO; NO RENTS; GOODS
ct half pncc Dry Goods Clothing; Notions, etc
in great varciy, very cheap! sall and see .
jRn3Dt a
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
FOR RENT.

The farm on the Bosque ki own as the BLOCK
1t has IN cultivation ONE HUNDRED AND SIX
ACRES or GOOD LAND. The buildings are
ample and commodions; water abundant and OF
small farms in the county. s for rent on reasonable
terms. Apply to J. W Taylor, ESQ, in Waco, OIL
to the undersigned
ianss&Wtf d. r. GURLEI.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04

OFFICERS:
WILLS, President, N o LAUvE, Secretary.
ALPHoSsE LAuva, Cashier.
NJ QuIN, VIcE-PREsID'T. $ II KIMBALL, Asst Cash'r,
BDCHESowETu, Gen'l Ag't, Insurance Deparmtt t..
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-04
THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Win insure property against loss or danger by fire,
marine and inland transportation, at fair rates. and
losses promptly adjusted.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31
Saratoga Lake Twenty Years Ago.

OF Saratoga lake, George W. Curtis
wrote twenty years ago : The lake is
a sheet of islanded water, and of most
glossy calm in summer. It's banks are
low and varied. The lake is ear-shaped.
The solemnity of the old pines that
surround it is relieved along its edges
by the fringe of water-lilies. Boats are
here for the romantic or the adventur-
GUS, and moonlight parties, with music,
sometimes enchant it upon lovely even
ings. 1t lies in strict seciusion, and
the old settler-Brahydt by name
who once held it as his undisputed
fishery, lived upon its shores for some
time after Saratoga was the fashion,
but quite unmindful and somewhat dis
dainfEl of it's gay society. In his day
he entertained visitors in the homely
Dutch way-would cook trout for the
hungry and romantic citizen, or give
him glass, leaving the compensation
quite at the citizens discretion, and n
little grieved that the world would not
let him dream his dreams alone as he
smoked his Dutch pipe by the lake
shsre. Old Brahydt and his pipe have
both gone from the memory of the
time. A spruce little cottage-like inn
now stands upon the bank over the
lake, devoted to the entertainment of
men and famous for delicate fish din
ners and fried potatoes. 1t is de rigeur
at Saratoga to dine at the lake, and to
pay likewise. Every afternoon scores
Of carriages and saddle horses are tied
in regular lines to the adjacent fences.
Nimble hostlers and walters in white
jackets run busily about, while parties
from the United States are rowing
upoDlthe lake or slipping sherry cobblers
upon the piazza. They are from every
point of the country and of the world"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31
CLEOPATRA To-Day.

A correspondent who has been to the
British museum writes Full of
strange speculations and sober thoughts
paused at last before tho case con-
tanning the mummy of Egypt's royal
fiirt. Cleopatra. The soft light of the
English twilight was falling through
the dingy windows and chasing long
shadows around the cases and into the
dark corners. The sight-seers had ex-
bausted themselves and Withdrawn and
the apartment was deserted and silent
as the tombs, and l was all alone with
my reveries and the dead. Before me
was the short, dumpy figure of the
queen, the fash of whose eye and the
witchery of whose smile had intoxicated
the mighty Caesar and unnerved the
brawny arm of Marc Antony. She was
wrapped thousand times in linen bands
and seemed bundled up to keep the
cold air out. On the outer covering
was a portrait of the woman as she APP
cared in life. The colors we're nearly
as bright as when put there. The
cheeks were full and rosy, the hair dark
as the ravens wing, and there was a
look of inefable grace in the face,
blushing with an expression that be-
spoke knowledge of her beauty and
power as a woman rather than that Of
a queen. There were the charms
before me that had seduced a score Of
lovers, and the lips that it was a delir-
ium to kiss. / stood there, and thought
and thought until thinking became a
burden and the gloom of my feelings
warned me from the spot. But a
strange fascination held me there 10
hold communion with this awful thing. :"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31
A Test Case.

In 1869 the Louisiana national bank
shipped by the Southern Express COM
pany at New Orleans $l3,52S to the
bank of Kentucky and SO, 900 to the
Planters national bank. The money
was delivered by the Southern Express
company at Humboldt to complete the
transportation, and the last named COM
pany was bringing it to Louisville on the
cars of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, when, at Budd's creek, in Tennessee,
trestle gave way while the train was
passing over it. This precipitated the
express and other cars in the bed of the
creek, the cars caught fire from the en-
gine, and all express matter, including
the money mentioned above, was burned.
In the receipt taker by the Louisiana
national bank for the two Louisville
banks there were various printed condi.
tions, among which was condition that
the express company was not to be liza
BILE for loss occasioned by the damages
of railroad transportation or by fire.
Various interesting questions arose in
the case, but the most important one
decided was that if the express agent
was not himself guilty of negligence in
caring for the money, if the express
company was not itself guilty of negli-
gence in selecting the Louisville and
Nashville railroad as the vehicle with
which to complete the transportation,
then the express company was not liable
to the banks, although the falling of
the trestle and the consequent fire may
have been the result of negligence on
the part of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad company.
For the banks it was contended that
the Adams Express company having
undertaken to complete the transporta-
ton to Louisville, it would have been
responsible for. any negligence of its
own employees whereby the money was
lost, ard was necessarily responsible for
lie negligence of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad company, whose cars
it employed to do what it was bound to
do, viz to complete the transpo, tation
to Louisville; that the loss occasioned
as stated was not to be deemed loss by
the dangers of railroad transportation
within the meaning of the receipt, un-
less it appeared that the loss could not
have been avoided by proper diligence
on the part of the railroad employees.
But Judge Ballard has ruled otherwise.
The case, we learn, wilt probably go
to the Supreme Court of the United
States. .-LO1tisViLIe Commercial.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31
By HQRSLEY BROS. & FIGUERS.
A wOMAN,S BIRTHDAY.

1t is the summers great last heat.
1t is the falls first chill: they meet.
Dust in the grass, dust in the air,
Dust in the grave-and everywhere.
All, late rose, eaten to the heart;
All, bird, whose southwark yearniDgs start
The one may fall, the other fly;
Why may not II Why may not ?
oh, lifei that gave me for my bower
The hushing song, the wOrm-gnawed mower
Let drop the rose from your shrunk Oreast
And blow the bird to some warm nest
Flush out your dying cOlors fast;
The last dead leaf-will be the last.
No? Must wear your piteous smile
little while. little while?
The withering world accepts her fate
OF mist and moaning, soon or late;
She had the dew, the scent, the spring
An upward rapture of the wing:
Their time is gone, and with it they,
And am I wOOing youth to stay
In these dry days, that still would be
Not fair to me, not fair to me2
If time has stained with gold the hair,
Should he not gather grayness there!
Whatever gifts he chose to make,
If he has given, shall he not tHke2
His hollow hand has room for all
The beauty Of the world to fall
Therein. I give my little part
With aching heart, with aching heart.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

IlD ALEXANDER,
VI Attorney -at-IAw and Solicitor in Chancery,
Columbia, Tennessee.
Ohice: Whitthorne BLOCK. Jany. l6 1y
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31

-" Yes, George Washington was
purity great and high" said a Missouri
steamboat captain, L" but then, stranger,
he never owned a steamboat which
could hitch past the White Queen"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31

Tim not in mourning" said a
young lady frankly to a querist but as
the widows are getting all the offers
nowadays. we poor girls have to resort
to artifce,"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-06
STORY OF A FouNDLiA6,
BY ROBERT CHAMBERS.

About eighty years ago Mr.. Gordon
of Arnoch, in Aberdeenshire, tall
castle situated upon rock overlooking
the sea, was one stormy night alarmed
by the firing of a gun, apparently from
a distressed vessel. Collecting his
dependents and furnishing himself with
lights and ropes, he hurried down to
the beach amid the peltings of one of
the severest storms he had any recol-
lection of. On arriving there, he and
his people could discern no ship; they
saw no light; they heard no cry. But,
searching about, they found an infant
lying in kind officiating crib or cradle,
as if it had been brought ashore from a
persisted vessel by the force of the
winds and the waves. The young
stranger was removed to the castle and
taken care of, and in the morning there
were indubitable signs of shipwreck on
the beach, but no other person seemed
to have got ashore.
Mr.. Gordon, unable to trace the his
tory of the infant lit was female),
brought her up with his own daughters,
auO OcCdTlc as IuUCu attached TO Qer as
to any of his children. The founding
received, in all respects, the same treat
ment and the same education as the
young ladies with whom she was ass J.
ciated, and in time she grew to woman's
estate. About that time a similar
storm occurred. Mr.. Gordon hurried
as usual to the shore, but this time was
so happy as to receive shipwrecked
party, among whom was a. gentleman
passenger. After a comfortable night
spent in the castle, this stranger was
next morning surprised by the entrance
of the young ladies, upon one of whom
he fixed gaze of the greatest interest,
SIS this your daughter, tool" said
he to his kind host. "No," said Mr.
Gordon; shut she is as dear to me as il
she were" And then he related the
story of the former storm, and of the
discovery Of the infant upoRthe beach
At the conclusion the stranger said
with much emotion that he had all rea
son to believe that the young lady wa:
his own niece. He then stated the cir,
cumstances Of q sisters return from