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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06
A BucOLlc STORY.
Az Old Farmers Adventure with AN En'
ragged Bull.


lBiughamton Republican.
One day last week there occurred IN the
town Of Brookdale, Su.quehanna County,
Pa, on, q. the most exciting incidents We
have been called upon to narrat"' Charles
Adams, an elderly but sim powerful
farmer of that place, with his sou, lad
seventeen years of age, was going along u
lane some distance away from his house,
leading by a ring aud rope FLOODED
bull, which, though three or four years OF
age, had always been considered perfect
ly docile. Near the end OF the lane is =
hay barn, and as they passed beside 1t
father and son chatted together, when
suddenly, with hOarse below, the bull
turned, and catching the Old gentleman
on his horns pinned him against the barn
The boy was almost frightened out of his
wits, but the old man kept cool
The angry animal, when 1t turned an
caught HIM, had, instead Of gOrlng hun,
pressed one OF its long horns on either SIDE
of his legs, just below the hips, and, with
deep, reverberating bellows, Ma hing
eyes, waving tail and curved
spine, stood pressing its sharp horn'
deeper and deeper into the boards at the
old mans back, while the hard earth be
meath its feet was torn up and thrown TAI
to the rear by its furious efforts t. crust
tn. object of its blind wrath. Thus mat
tiers stood for ten seconds. The frightened
farmer did not expect 10 escape alive, bu
the board held, and he shouted to his sol
to run to the house for the gun. The boy
started few steps, but as the house wa
q quarter Of mile away the old maj
called him back and told him u run 10 th
back OF the barn and get stout for
there. He ran and coming back, went "a
Oh the lett side Of the struggling animal
/ placed the fork tine a. near the region g.
/ the heart as he knew aud as the iathe
gave the signal pushed with might an
main. ID ep sank the sharp tines and ia
animal dropped to it, knees, aud vito
/ gasp Of agony, rolled over onits side. Ia
tine had gone through its heart. The oil
man hobbled 10 the house saved, bu
bruised. weak aud faint. Tho boy L.
Aaxu aud orisA
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06
Our Five ScnSeS

We speak of five senses. and perhaps
have never thought there could be any
other
But we have others. One of Of these
may be called the Sense OF Direction. ~
This is possessed in but slight de-
gree by men who live in cities. but men
who live Il wild life On the plains or in
forests, often have it in n high degree.
There are many animals whose SENSE
of direction lie wonderful. A pigeon,
of what is known As the "homng' vari-
ETY. taken from New York City to Co
lumbus. o., In II box within n ear. aud
released, will rise in the air, make n
circuit or two. and Immediately com
mence, with the most uuerrng Ger
taiuty, "A Decline for its little box in
New York A cat, put in aclosc bag
and taken ten or twenty miles from her
home at night, will appear AT her former
haunt; early next morning. This
sense of direction" is common amou-
animals. 1t is rs unerring as the sense
Of sight.
In attempting 10 explain the SENSE.
of direction" it has been suggested that
the animal observes and keeps track Of
all the wandcringS and turnugs and
thus determines the exact direction Of
his home.
When "A man is riding in the ears. il
he shuts his ewes, he cannot tell in what
direction he is going. With his eyes
bandaged. let him stand hctwccn Two
seats aud turn round dozen times,
then sit down upon one of the seats,
and he cannot tell whether he is going
II pigeon. shut in close box within -
ear, take notice of the scenery and make
calculations about directions?
During one of our camping trips IT,
California | t,.inI Ia sInW hprtN al
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06
HE W As NO CLIFTON,
AND olsLlkEo SECTIONAL APPEALS.
An Atkansaw Patriot who Had Had
Enough nt war aud Opposed tho
Rehabilitation OF Military
Sentiment


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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06


The Republicans are making a great
pretense of carrying, or OF trying to
carry west Virginia. The protnbili-
Ties are however, that they will make
little or no effort to carry that State.
Their consultations in that neighbor-
mood are merely feints intended TO
orlhg uneasiness TO the minds of the
Deiuocratlc, leaders and to draw them
attention away from Ohio, where Steve
Elhins and his gang propose TO make =
ues perate struggle for victory in the
october elections This is amatter that
Is Oh exciting interest 10 i'emocrats. and
yet 1t is not OF vital importance. There
Is little doubt that we shall he able TO
carry West virginia by a large ma GRITTY
~ usual, and II we do not carry Ohio
there Is nothing lost
1t must be borne in mind that Ohio
is not a pivotal State so far AS the Dem
ocratic party is concerned In other
words. "A Democratic victory ia Ohio is
not essential to democratic victory in
other States. We hope and expec, to
carry Ohio, but if we do not there will
be no occasion for gloom. ohio is
Republican State in Pre- ,ilential wears
or has been heretofore, and if il should
prove to bc Democratic in October the
people would undoubtedly accept il rs
an omen of certain victory. But il tho
Republicans should carry the State in
October the fact would have no signiii-
canoe 50 far AS Democratic success is
cnnr,rnnd
+, l. III s;,,,,i,,n ,i. ,u.,
,bai ,r;,.s ,h. n.,,,,,.,r,,;''
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in OHIO viii 1,o fat,I T., H.. p.n,iJia'
ana and ~ f,,, ,,,iil ,,,.,.. H., n,'',.
rr,ts in that Stat. 10 nnt tn,,b ,h.jr
hos, .tynr,s IN ,h. ntj,or hnnI n.,m,',
rrsiic d.f.,t in ono in ortnL.,. ,,,,,lJ
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d.nti,I r.ny... VIII ,h.,,,, f,',,. s,.,
;nv them in ,he tans !, - n', MI.
,h.t ,hn R.,,lJica, .,,rru,,,:,,,,i.,, ,,,',
b.,a cl,r,,a 90 ia pI.i,in ,.,.,.,,..,'
viii w.s,s any .,,,,r, w. ...r,. ~,
VIRGIN. whiic ~ .ir OH, sirn,ghnIJ
il in d.ng.r. auJ ,h,t il i. in Inner
W.. have ,he bes, r,..s,,,s fnr L.,inyinl,
Thar. are ,lsnuthnr St,,n. tb,thrnai
en- TO 90 Demo ratio. tho,,rh they h,y.
been in the Republican column for say.
eral wears. The truth is. il i. innns.i-
BILE to estimate the drf,ction, from the
Republican ticket. since it is made up
of two elements diametrically opposed
to each other the German element
which has revolted from the Republican
tendency to prohibition. and the Prohi-
bitioni.ts. who declare that Republican
whisky is as bad as Democratic whisky.
That the detection OF these two elements
is very ser,ons is not denied by the
la. h,,t lu.i, =.
offset by gains among Irish Democrats
and working meu. We think. however,
that this claim Will prove To bee prepo,.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06
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There i no member of science To Whoh tlt
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06
- y
- -

The late John Cox, who was n
black smith at Norwich, Conn, built
the first bicycle ever used in America,
il not, indeed, in the world. 1t con-
sisted Of one large wheel in front and
the little wheel Mr.. Cox rode the
bicycle more than sixty years ago. -
HdrtfOfM Posi-.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06

Every smoker should Try Littlc 10 kel
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06

n ,.I'.ia', Farming Lands-on five 10
Auu a. lHWr Interest nine per cent per un
ijn.N tp.} To- GEu " JAcK~uS,
! '-"'A huA 49, Waco TrXns.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06
ANTiooTE TO MALARIA.

HE FEELS LIKE NEW MAN.
81 have had Dyspepsia. with Constipa-
kinds OF pills, and TUFTS are the first
hat have done me any good. They have
cleaned mo out nicely. Ny appetite Is
-plendid, food digests readily. and now
lave natural passages. ] feel like new
man" w..D EDWARDS, Palmyra, o.
-oldevery where. 25c. Office, a Murray ST. NY.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-06

To scent. \ desirable second
story front room adjoining my store
suitable FOR law yer or doctor
Tow fApOlT,
Juiy2l-lm
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

sIogEs ASD RASSEs risf- sans. Elr.t
P4.rlr. 8 n4.fsl. " - -iD.- frn. tt-.- ~
hzs-4i l.isi4 alaa-tls il5f.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26
e1rnrral advertisements.
HRUM S BIN DE RY.

THIS POPULAR BiNDERv, located at
1907, Fort Street, will be able IN It's set
tied quarters todoevenmore satisfactory
work than thai which has gained ii such
liberal patronage and such willing ap-
probation from the Honolulu trade.
Ir ADVERTISERS No SPEclALrrIEs,
but is able to do ALL sorts, sizes,
and conditions OF Book binding,
Ruling, Lettering, and Paper cutting
as well as in san Francisco, and at
moderate prices.
Ar Tins COMPLETE BINpEaY
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and
sheet music are neatly and SIMPLY or
elegantly and sump,uo'sly bound, as
taste and poke, may demand. Old
books are carefully and FIRMLY rebound
All DESCRIPTIONS OF BLANk
Booss are made to order at ~ low
rates as are consistent With FIRST class
work. The Bindcry is now using
Weslon's Record and Ledger
paper ior all first class work. a large
invoice OF this Justly celebrated stock
has just been received nom New York.
Tnr MAcnlNRRy USED is all OF
improved pattern. The ruling ma
chine with is new patent " sirlkeL
is equal 10 any in use in el,her The
United States or the Colonies, and iis
recent work speaks lor 'tseli, being
also, complimentary to The workman
who runs The machine. The Other
machines used in the Bindery are FOL
cutting paper raplily, for paging and
numhes,i.s, ,nr peIiorailns, tor car,
and l,asieLoaId cutting, and ior press
ling,
\ ORDERS l.rFf Al rus MERcHAAi
Srsser SroRs WILL hAsE fxoAf'
! s>gsISssoS
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

a table prepared 10y the excise commissions
ers OF Brooklyn, which has jus, been submitted
to Mayor Low, showing that in 1888 the po.
lice made a,S+i arrests iordtunkcness. The
number OF saloons in the eiiy i set down Al
2,o53. Estimating the population OF Groohlyn
at 64s 500, the commissioners figures show
that in each hundred Of The people there were
two arrests for drunkenness, and thl, ior each
| saloon very nearly five arrests were made. There
are al people in the city to each saloon. Ia
one sub'precinci, with a population OF 5, 100
and 6i saloons tshere the beverage wendell
is mostly whiskeyl, the number OF arrests Tor
drunken IS was I,715 in another prscinci,
with population OF 7a,5oo AMI 3si SALOONS
(2I6 Of which are beer saloonsI, 800 arrest
were made ior drunkenness.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

As stated las, week, Madame Anna
Bishop the once famous vocalist, died
recently in New York. She once sung
the "Stabat Mater at the Crystal Pal
ace, London, To an audience OF $4,000
leoplc. Her health was good until
arly the last, and, though over seventy,
her hair was still black.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

FRENCH RzSi5t--aras rssanrsaft. t..si-. 80
Psa.4-r 5ssi 4rIr - ai-ii - -li...tsf 81 s.f.f
90 iiafia. t-~sfs-
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26


There /, q prescription in u|e in England
forthccfe ol drunkenness, by which thousand,
are said 10 have been enabled 10 recover them
| selves II is given on the authority OF Mr..
John Vine Hall commander of the
Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen into
such habitlal drunkenness ih.t his most ear
nest efforts to reclaim himself proved uDayail.
able. ~ lastho sought thcndyice Of an eminent
physician, which he followed faithfully ior sc,-
cral months, aud II The end OF that time he had
lost all desire lor liquor, although he lad been
for many years led captive By most deblsing
appetite. The recipe, which he afterwards
published, and by which so many other drunk
ards have been assisted TO REFORM is as follows;
Sulphate OF iron, 20 grains magnesia &C
gains p.ppermnt, ~ drains spirits Of nut
meg, drains. Dose, one tablespoonful
| TWICE a dpV
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26
81 UEL xoTr,

- n II T. l. L = OF 7,
>
..,-rs vt~.,
'TH' -"
lpEi rlF
hoy anli i'~alr
. grDrcrs-r rfsrft-BF.e
t+,..s. ~. 49,. p-..f.-- rrsts- f,ss, 8
.3.,. -
i.lsas Hsli,s y, ,e-iss c.4.i.as.s.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26


White uIs W 4sm Loi.u I,l,gflpb om
piny tud ita eppIotr ir 1uifcliog about an
incrrasr in eag.. ud , decrease In ihe
number ~ softing bous tlie tugish Gp4cn
mont b. gun,iy Ut vutt reducing he cost ~
lelcgum. ON and anct lbc bri of neat On
'9b,f til gnu. ,au bc seni TO any pant n ~,
United Kingdom o., .is p'o.e. ot twelve cents.
i,p went, tod, uoi Including lhe address. M
! English contemporary iu speaking ol The
I reduction .syas This ia step ~ the tight
direction. but MS po enough IclrRtrm'
/ should bc Transmitted a. halpcnny VOID,
and tie oharg, W. Aili tuh.t lowefcl ~ e.
p,nencc s COINED u there bc one CONNER
,Ial reform ihat should be- insisted upon more
than another, b b. that all the money made by
he po.tulh,c should o. spent DO improving
and chsapennp hc cryiec. Il this v'rr dom
| there b. me- reason why the penny pu.ing'
| .hpuld not br reduced tpa hllipHnny one.
| Nh,sdy p,st card. are ourd OF hallrenny
and lhrte b. uprc,son why letters fhpid not
be also. while "a AN ,isrg nov papcis should
be citHrd Tor , iuhlnr or even zoe. All
hi, could be- c,,ly done, and many others In.
pro,emcnts made, i The absurd doct'inc we're
exploded that The poso0ice must make up q
certain phd 81 the revenue Of The countty.
Fancy mailing such . proposition to III,
We,ietn Union DircufN " J. Uony.
A wreck on the Alantic j, bal enough, but
q wreck on the Pacific Is almost hopeless. On
a recent passage of one ol these steamers the
louk out discovered ~ On The lee What iooked
like IN abandoned wut. Roaring down upon
IT, signs uf lie wcrrnptcl, AMI IbOlt wa pre-.
pared ~, the rescue, The steamer, bearing
| close dom upon ihr junk and having to-
much way on lef, pia,rd H. Nhcrcupou eight
half starved Japluc,c who had been watching
her approach believing The steamer was aiirr
all abandoning them, flung Themselves upon
| the deck with despiirng shrek. and all thai
could he seen was h1i.a dozen skeleton hAndl
waving over the buiw1rts ol the junk mute
appeal 10 rclrni and rescue them, When the
| japanese we're taken off they could scarcely
crawl across the deck OF the steamer, and one
died the same night dcniou, with his hr,t meal
| II was junk, ncc laden, and had been driver
out to ,,a by q lyphoon. Thee long month,
they had been tossing ahou, on tho lonely Pacific
hunghy scanning the horizon, aud never q sai
had they seen TIL the steamer hove in sight
They had subsi,tcd wholly on raw rice, and, i
fortunately being rainy season, had found .
| lar. btt .ulltricut ,upply of water Under The
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

An orders sli.sjsi - wah l.sanltns,>. and sol
exes,sis ssh aisEateh D,sss soa. Ms .ashrs sl@ni
~aasusd- 4 al Ard essiulls. asa
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

A Rfisrs MATERIALS wsI.Iss : Ns-spa''l
| ~ i ~ a -s4ss>ss f-sssA- cs<s~., s'>.. a.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

Gilbert and SullivIns new opera
princess Ida, the fifth IN number,
is spoken Of as meeting with great sue
cess wherever operated. 1t suggests pre-
vIous works, and has strong marks oi
patience upon 1t, especially in the
female chorus work. The music Is
bright and attractive, but not "catch
ing" Us WAS that OF Pinaiorc.'
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

Sims Reeves the great English tenor
dcnes cmphatlcaiiy that his frequent
failures to fulfill his engagements were
due to his over-indulgencc in strong
drink. He says the govt from which
he suffers much, has gone to his throat.
He intends to so on grand concert
tour through the United States, as a
wind up to his artistic career
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

ORDERS l.rFf Al rus MIscHAsi
Srs.er SfoRE VIAL hAsE fxoAff
AyskAssoS
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-01-12

never known it TO fail. AS a general
thing it does hot pay either the land.
lord or the tenant to rent land. While
the renter usually makes hut a poor
living, the land owner does not receive
as a general thing, enough to pay for
the wear and depreciation of his land
Renters do not always take that care
of rented land they would we're it their
own. There are very few renters who
are willing to take the trouble to keep
up fences, houses, and the fertility Of
the soil that they would were the land
their own. AS Il general thing land
owners would be much better off to
SOW their farms in grass and grow
stock to eat it, and not rent at all. The
profit Of the growth Of stock and the
improvement of the lands by sowing
grass, would he much more satisfactory
than tho annoyance of renters. While
it does not ply the land owner, it is
generally the same way with the renter.
He, in many instances, barely makes a
living, while if he had a home of his
own, though an humble outage with
few acres, he would accumulate some
property around him that he would
not have on a rented place. There is
no healthy industrious young man who
cannot soon own home of his own if
he determines to do so. Young man,
no matter what your occupation is, get
home you can call your own and
with it get wife and determin to make
life success, and ninety,nine out of
every hundred will succeed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-01-12

a majority of the prominent men in all
departments of life today are self made,
self'educated men. No other class of
men have better opportunities or more
time to devote to selfcuture than far
mers. 1t is not absolutely necessary
Tor man to tread the classic halls Of
palatial universities to gain knowledge.
Any man who is heir to ordinary BRAN
capacity can gain greater or less de-
gree of prominence in the world with.
out being heir also to princely for
tune. In the farmers life there is
many golden moment through the
long winter evenings, and during the
noontide rest of midsummer, which
can be well improved in the acquire,
ment Of knowledge that will help to
elevate him aboye the rank Of medi.
ocrity.
Let every farmer supply himself
well with frst,class newspapers and pc.
riodical publications, with useful and
instructive books ; let him spend no
idle time, but devote all his spare mo
ments to selfcutivation. BY this course
he will not only be wiser, happier, and
more prosperous, but will gain for him
self prominence in the void, and be
enabled to make the most intelligent
selections in casting, his vote for the
rulers of the land
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-01-12
FARMERS IN POLITICS.

"As to the farmers standing in the
body polite, one thing is certain: 1t is
not now what it was at the beginning
of this century. Our first Congress
was composed almost entirely of far
mers. Now he is almost unknown in
the councils of the Nation. Our first
President looked forward to the time
when he could retire to the farm, his
home. Now farmers are seldom or
never put in places of honor or emolu.
ment. Some professional man, banker
or merchant has time to manage
things and such places are received
not by farmers. He has too much to
do TO find time for such business and
less time for mental culture to fit him
for such places. He has become the
dupe of designing knaves in more ways
than one, as the multitudinous frauds
practiced on the farming community,
published in the papers, amply attest.
Such things were almost unknown a
few years ago. Persons, not farmers,
iously currupt or incompetent, are
nominated for important offices which
pay well, and draw their pay from
those they assist in robbing, and those
unfortunates vote them into power and
can give no other reason for so voting,
than "he is on our ticket" One hon.
est, good soul, gave me as the reason
for voting for certain candidate, in
years gone by, II used to take care of
his horse and he always treated me
we'll" did not ask which treated
him well, the man or horse. This,
however, was much better reason
than the one usually given, and l honor
the good brother for ia. D. S. in
Grange Bulletin.
The above is but fair sample of a
great deal Of the silly cant that con.
stanily meets ones eyes in the news
papers, The simple fact that a man is
farmer doesn't entitle him to any
more consideration than if he was u
lawyer, banker, merchant, or anything
else. As general thing men are not
placed in prominent positions without
possessing more or less of the qualiica.
tons necessary to fit them for the posi-.
tons. Of course there are exceptions
to this rule, and men sometimes get pc.
sitions they are unworthy of, or incom-
petent to fill. Again, the shortcomings
of men in public positions are generally
made known, and very few misdeeds
will often give man more notoriety
than a whole life time of walking up
to the full measure of his duty. Man
is prone to seek out the errors of his
fellow mortals, and overlook a far
greater proportion Of good deeds;
very little sin will often obscure a large
numbers of virtues.
If farmers wish to rise to prominence
and places of public trust, they must
found their claims upon a more solid
basis than The mere fact that they are
farmers. If they wish to become any
thing else hut farmers, they must first
make themselves successful farmers, and
then by hard, earnest, persistent study,
fit and qualify themselves for other pc.
sitions. A very large per cent, if not