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, 1885-02-15
The Cowboy on Roller Skates
ISL. Paul Day.l


Il I'M more used to riding horseback, and
as soon as / straddle the layout I was wish
ing l had a buck rein, because / expected
them to stiffen their kneel and go to buck
ing. but they didn't / walked them over to
the other end Of the corral to gentle EN- a
little, and directly they started of at
an easy canter, and were coming
around back right through the herd; and
there was a dude there with a stiff hat
who was trying to cut out a Poled Angus
heifer in q blue dress, and j fouled, roped
both my hind legs in a hoop skirt, and it had
me stretched out, ready for branding,
q~uickr'n u spring calf can bawl with his
mouth open and his lungs stretchei. But l
got up and got on again. and you ought TO
seen me exercise them vehiclesi or course
they'd buck when l tried to hurry 'em, and
they would rear up and fall back when l
tried to stop EN- too quick: but III leave 1t
10 tho boss herder Of the whole lot II didn't
gallop EN- round there for three or four
hours and had 'em roll over and over with
me, and didn't got me Off"
, 1885-02-15

washington Cor. Commercial 0nzette.1
Just about the close OF the war, when
~greenbacks were abundant and entertain
ments In demand at points where large num-
bers OF troops were statiohed, Rev. DR..
Bartlett, who was then lecturing, received n
telegram from some one at Cairo, Ill, nsk-
ing his terms for a lecture. Five hundred
dollars and expenses, - answered the doctor,
hoping 70 get rid OF the annoyance and
danger Of SO long a trip Name your own
time; terms satisfactory" was quickly wired
back SO In duo season the doctor started
to fill his engagement He was 10 speak on
Friday evening, but owing To several acct
dents common IN those days, he did not
reach his destination till late Saturday night.
He was most cordially welcomed by the
chairman OF the lecture committee, whom
he found TO be an e~nterprising sutler. Apollo
giving for his non-appearance, he was
told that Monday night would do
quite as we'll His host asked him IL
he could not preach a sermon on
Sunday evening. The doctor said he
sGlory and Shame Of Language appro-
pirate to the occasion. To his establishment
he ound Sunday morning that he was adj
vertised In an extra bulletin TO deliver his
grandest and most eloquent lecture that
evening at a per ticket. He ex~postulated,
but in vain. He was told that he must keep
his promise
Expecting to find a small audience at such
u large tariff he was surprised with a
crowded house. and four major generals ON a
front seat It was all clear gain for the suit
tier, who had sold tickets ahead for the regu-
lar lecture, and used Sunday night service to
take in the army Of contractors, officers. and
others then thronging Cairo, who were will
ing to pay almost any price for an evenings
entertainment.
They treated me like a prince said the
doctor, but l never preached Sunday night
before or since where tickets OF admission
were paid for. The sutler got ahead Of me.
and came out with several hundred dollars
profit
, 1885-02-15

A number Of incidents occurred at
Laramie City on Friday. None Of them
were very serious. but they kept the doc
tors busy for a time. A man fell down
in a ft on the depot platform Enoch
Hamer, an employee of the Union Pacific,
fell from the top of the coal shute and
had his wrist broken Dan Callaghan, a
wheelwight, had two fingers crushed be-
meath the tongue Of a wagon and the doc
ton a~mputated them. Thomas Whalen,
a Union Pacific brakeman, lost n finger
because he neglected to take his hand
away from the dnwhead when making a
coupling. Half the people in the town
are suffering With bad colds, n woman
has rome crazy and the churches are Civ
ing debating club entertainments II will
be observed hat the people Of Laramie
are sorely afflicted and altogether miser-
able
, 1885-02-15

A~
He walked into tho Office Of Pr~othonotary
Sweitzer the other day, and when his eye lit
on the parliamentary his face frightened up.
How are you, Gen Sweitzerf"
Gen Sweitzer took the offered hand, but
evidently did not know who was at the other
end OF 1t.
"You don't know met I'm John Saunders
of the Fourth Michigan infantry-your old
brigade"
They shook again. John Saunders sat
down, and soon explained that ho had been
at Washington to look after a pension It
had taken mors time than he had expected,
and he was pretty we'll down TO the bottom
Of his pocket His old commander provided
him with transportation as far as Clevelan /,
and then they fell into that inevitable
talk over war times.
aAnd you say you
didn't go to prison when we were both cap
tured at Gaines mill" exclaimed Gen.
Sweitzsr. -How did you escapef'
at was this way. general IL was Mag
ruder's men caught me. They took US up To
division headquarters before turning us over
TO tho gunrl. Magruder aud his staff were
looking US over, AMI l thought / would make
a try to get put In the officers squad. 80 I
calls out:
"'7ello. Cen. Magruder. How have you
been those twenty yearsF
"'Who the d. are your says he.
"srm John Sanders l was In company B.
Fourth Ohio infantry. In the Mexican war
stsrn-
"'You were.f
Your captainr
@'Anderson.'
@TYour first l~ieutenantf
1'Roberts.i
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you we're.
Your captainf
Anderson.
AfYour first lieutenantf
etRobarfsf


The stories about Mrs A 7. Stewards So
clusion seem to DO well founded. She Is
never allowed to sec any one alone, and 1t 4.
a chance IL she is allowed TO soc them at all.
She Is not even allowed TO sec letters A
nephew Of hers told a friend Of mine that he
had tried for a long time to SEQ his aunt and
called repeatedly at the marble tomb on
Thirty fourth street, but without success
One day he rang the bell, and whom the
door was opened rushed past the man and
ran up the steps TO Mr. Stewards room.
She was in and delighted to sec him. She
knows that she Is a prisoner aad that there
Is no help for 1t. Her life Is not a happy
one, and l have no doubt that she would
willingly give up her millions for freedom
She must look with envy at the other mill
ionaire widows about New York.
, 1885-02-15

III
Spurious bullion has been detected at sew
points throughout the country for some
months past The counterfeit metal came
to the mint from the agent Of the Adams
Express company. The want OF specific
gravity first attracted attention. 1t looked
genuine and withstood the acid test An
analysis showed that it was made out Of steel
filings covered with fine gold, made to ad.
here by a composition OF turpentine. The
deposits weighed about ten ounces each,
Troy measure. Col Snowden says it Is one
OF the boldest attempts in gold counterfeit
ing be has known in late years.
, 1885-02-15

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., Of Marshall
Mich, offer to send their celebrated
ELEcrBo-VoLTAIc Belt and other
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on trial for thirty
days, to men young or old affiliated
with nervous debility. loss of vitality and
manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also
for rheumatism, neuralgia. paralysis. and
other diseases. Complete restoration to
health, yigor and manhood guaranteed.
No risk Is incurred ar thirty days trial is
allowed Write them at once for illustrated
pamphlet free.
, 1885-02-15

Mr.: 8. b. Walker. a leading citizen
and druggist Of Calamus, Iowa. who buys
Chamberlain Cough Remedy in gross
lots, says Of it. Il have sold Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for eight years, and
it has given universal satisfaction to my
customers. / use no other in my family
and have never called a doctor for any
lung trouble. We could not keep house
without II. Sold by W N. Hunt
, 1885-02-15
IDowN + YEARS.


Robert Lor~nap In Texas slfflnn.l
Perhaps l may
Have gone amisa
To steal one DAY,
From her a Kiss.
But heaven knows,
I'd suffer pain,
And dirs<t woes,
To kiss again
TWAS long ago.
And yet ! VOW,
II thrilled me 70,
IL seems ~ now.
And through ths mist
OF many years,
The girl ! kissed,
SEQ IN tearS-
That she slould cry,
AMI nail n fats
Wa&rplre than
Dafe cpmlemplatss
SO On that day
Adown the years
1 kissed away
Her pretty fcark
Sing. Poei sing,
o. what you will
The sweetest thing.
Il loves INT thrill:
And Of all jlys
The height o. bliss.
Is hut n boys
First loving kiss.
, 1885-02-15

Manufactured only by the California
E6grup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
NS5> u Own Ture Laxative. This plea
sent niuid fruit remedy may be had Of
Hunt 4 Whipple druggists. Sample bot
ties free and large bottles at fifty cents or
one dollar. 1t is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse the system, 10 act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yet thoroughly
to dispel Headaches, Colds and Fevers; to
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
rcd ills.
, 1885-02-15

Do you know that every window or door
has from Is to IS feet of crcvices OF open
ings, around which the cold air comes in.
and if they are effectually closed with
the Perfection Metal Moulding and Rub
Der Cushion Weather Strip. the saving
Of fuel each year iaside from comfort)
will more than pay the cost Of weather
stripping. This strip is for sale by the
+. f. Warren Mercantile Company.
, 1885-02-15

A chemist Of Munich has invented a process
whereby a white powder, which has all the
properties Of quinine. may be produced from
coal It always happens this way. Just
about the time a product OF nature becomes
30 essential that apprehension Is excited lest
the natural supply may fail. or It's price DO.
comes so high that tho poorer man can not
buy II, somebody comes 70 the rescue with q
sufficient recourse.
, 1885-02-15

@Lend me your ear a minute, = remarked
Mr. Brown to her husband the other even
ing.
@Wm you give it back to meF7 he inquired,
with mock anxiety.
@Of course l will, you IDIOT Do you sup
pose I want TO start a tanneryi'
She got the ear.
, 1885-02-15

II was very much debilitated with con-
srant pains in my chest from a severe
cough, writes Mr.. Lewis Edwards, Sex.
ton Mt Vernon Place Church, Washing
ton, ID. 9. and after trying various 10
nedies, l used Red Star Cough Cure, and
it gave me entire relief,
, 1885-02-15

As well as the most effective method Of
dispelling headaches, Colds and Fevers or
cleansing the System is by taking a few
doses Of the pleasant California liquid
fruit remedy Syrup Of Figs. Sample
bottles free, and soc and 81 bottles for
sale by Hunt K Whipple.
, 1885-02-15

Mr.. II. !. Ward. d leading grain and
stockman Of Craig, Mo- relates his ex-
perience as follows: Our baby has snf-
Tered with a severe cough, and we tried
several remedies without effect We
then got a bottle Of Camberlain's Cough
Remedy, which produced immediate relief
and a permanent cure." Sold by w. N.
Hunt.
, 1885-02-15

Sam, you are not honest Why do you
put all the good peaches on the top Of the
measure and the little ones belowl' Same
na on sab, dat makes de front OBJ your house
all marble. and de pack gate chiefly nlop.
har1
, 1885-02-15

Prof Swing; Optimism is the perpetual
youth Of the world 1t Is the sun shining
after the storm; a smile shining through TIM
rain Of wesping; 1t Is music heard in the
night
, 1885-02-15

The average glass Of whisky. for which 10
or Is cents Is paid, costs one-sixth Of a cent
at the distillerv.
, 1885-02-15

Ask for Wells Rough on Coms.1 Is
cents Quick, complete cure. Hard or
soft oorns, warts, bunions,
, 1885-02-15

K Conway's.
, 1885-02-15

This evenings topic at the Congrcga-
tionnl church will be Dynamite Thun-
, 1885-02-15

The LADIES' approve of your smoking
, 1885-02-15

Those who have been there can appre-
ciate the sickening sensation that steals
over a man in a skating rink when his
legs begin to spread and he don't know
which one 10 follow.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15
The Gambling Mania.

The love of gaming and its unwhole-
some excitements is disease as is the
nnconquerable thirst for strong drink.
In medicine, where the faithful, skilled
physician finds patient suffering
from the inordinate use of opiates,
arsenic or any Of the sedative. drugs
now so much used, and which also do
30 much injury to the human family,
he at once sets about removing the
temptation. His struggle is made
against the yitiated and deprayed APP
petite. His care is to remove the drug
to safe distance from the sufferer.
so il is with the moral diseases, and
surely the attempt ought to be made
to remove the means of their indnl-
gence as far as possible from the
tempted. In this good city of Waco
within the last five years, has grown
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

Piles are frequently preceded bya
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen. causing
the patient to suppose he has some
affection of the kidneys or neighbor-
ing organs. At times, symptoms of
indigcstions are present, iltulcnsy, un-
caslness ofthe stomach, etc. A moist
urc like perspiration, producing a
very disagreeable itching, after get
ting warm. is common attendant.
Blind, bleeding and itching piles yield
at once TO the application of DIR. Bo-
sanko's Pile Remedy, which acts di-
rcctly upon the parts effected, absorb
ing the tunors, allayiug the intense
itching, aud cilrciing II permanent
cure. Price 80 rents. Address the
DIR. Rosauko Medicine Co, Piqua, Co
Sold by W. a. Williamson II Co.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

up a passion for gaming which is per-
tectly astounding to the men who
knew Waco ten years ago. The vice
comes to us in thousand taking and
very seductive ways, and so widely
diifused and so general has IL become
that its exhibition excites no unusual
remark. The triumph at a game OF
poker, or the downing" of the tiger is
a subject of conversation and COM
ment next morning at far too many
respectable breakfast tables. The
disease is far too prevalent, and some
strong remedies must be speedily
used. DIR. Wilkes expresses himself
as strongly in favor of using all that
has been supplied him. lie now
declares that the dead let
tier ordinances of the city
are to he resurrccted and put in ac-
tive operation. If the people don't
want them enforced they must repeal
them. Enforce the ordinances and
not only gaming but the illegitimate
whiskey trade viii be well-nigh stamp
ed out.
The Sunday laws are to be enforced
in Waco. That will close the drink
ing business and billiard halls on thai
day at least. While we are in prirci
pc opposed to sumptuary laws, as =
rule, yet so widely prevalent are The
vices becoming at which they are
levelcd, that we conquer our disrelisl
and call for the enforcement OF til,
laws. In announcing this policy Nav
or Wilkes gives an earnest of the de
: sire to stand by the demands of tn,
men who elected him, and he will vii
> from the citizenship of Waco tn
! plaudit, swell done.' n vast amour
of the gaming done by tile youth o
Waco is done on Sunday, am, ifa clos
: watch is kept on the games and gam
ing houses on that day, the work o
its suppression will become yer
:, simple one indeed.
Gaming is vice which ought to b
@ suppressed entirely. In Waco ther
= ought to be no two opinions on thi
c subject. especially when we recall som
G of the dreadful events which have o'
r CURED here of late, which are clearl
u traceable to this awful passion. Ii
/ the intelligent and virtuous publ
Al Mt In "A
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

Times are tight tits true, but the
craving for the beautiful is just rs
strong rs ever. Recognizing these
facts, MIR. w u. Jackson appears he
fore the public in the role of u philan-
throplst, and practical philanthro-
pist at that. lie has gone over his
large stock of bric-a-brac and object
of vertu, applying the pruning knife
to prices with free hand, and visit
to his emporium on Austin street
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

IT is the universal opinion of all the
best informed farmers Of this section
that the cereal crop this season viii
far exceed that Of any previous year
In our history. II the war between
England and Russia really does take
place the farmers of Texas win BIO the
largest beneflciaries. at is an i'll
wind which blows nobody good, and
We say heartily; Let 'em fight. The
cattle-growe.s win find this far east
arn war no y1ry bad thing for them,
either.e
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

For impure blood the best medicine
known is Rosadalis. 1t is the great
southern time tried and true remedy.
Take it ut all times for cancer, scrofu-
la, liver complaints, weakness, boils,
tumOrs, swellings, skin diseases, ma.
laria, aud the thousand ills that come
FROM impure blood. 70 insure a
cheerful disposition take Rosadalis
which will remove the prime cause
and restore the mind to its natural
equilibrium.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

In addition to my large stock of
farm implements have added well
assorted stock of hardware consisting
of shelf goods, cutlery, nails, trace
chains, names, collars, garden and
farm hoes, hay forks, spades, shovels,
wagon and buggy wood work, iron,
steel, etc. | thank you for your kind
patronage in the past and desire a
continuance of the same as am now
prepared to sell my friends a greater
variety of goods, and as low as they
can be bought. w. NJ. KELLETT.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

Health is wealth. Wealth means
independence. The keynote is DIR.
Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup,
the best cough syrup in the world
Cures coughs, colds, pains in the chest
bronchitis and primary consumption
One dose gives relief in every case
Take no other. Price so cents aud 81
Samples free. Sold by w. A. Will
hanson II Co.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

Mr.. 4. ". Atkins, Girard, Kan,
writes: 81 never hesitate TO recon-
mend your Electric Bitters to my
customers; they give eutire satisiac-
ton and aud are rapid sellers" Elec-
trio bitters are the purcst aud best
medicine known and will positively
cure liver aud kidney complaints.
Purify the blood and regulate the
bowels. No family eau afford to be
without them. Tney will save hun
dreds of dollars in doctors bills every
year. Sold ut fifty cents II bottle by
Castles a. Morrison,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

familiar to almost every one who eau
read. as their advertisements appear
in all the leading journals. Their
sales are steadily increasing, because
people who buy it once continue to
buy it, for the very reason that it does
just what is claimed il will do. II
will cure the most stubborn cases of
pain aud Inflammation, and its con-
troll over hcmorrhagcs of all sorts is
surprising. he careful to get the
genuine.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15
Waco. Texas. March Is. 1885.


w. Il. Brimmgham's fine carriages
and phTtons have arrived, so If YOU
want TO buy something that is stylish
aud nobby in the way of carriage or
phmton. call around at w. Il. Brim-
ingham' Carriage Repository, and
you viii see the finest stock of car
ring =. and phptons, aud jump-scat
bu gus that ever were brought to
Waco aud the beauty OF it is that hc
is selling them 20 per cent. cheaper
than ANY house in Texas.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

Special attention is called to the
very fine selection of watches, jewel
ry, diamond etc, at w. NJ. Ragland's,
ordered especially for this week.
Fine gold and silver chronographs,
split seconds and fly backs, A cor
dial invitation is extended to the
stockmen and visitors to the city to
examine the largest stock in this line
in Central Texas. Prices guaranteed
the lowest. Remember the place.
w. NJ. RAGLAND, the jew eler,
800 Austin Avenue.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

FoRT WORTH is an excellent cross
roads town, but when people are in
earnest about settling permanently
in Texas, they try to get within trad
ing reach of Waco. Waco's immense
cotton business is the attraction to-
gether with her safety from bonded
indebtedness other advantages.
The Fort will do to camp at until one
learns just where the rich heart OF
Texas Is located.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

Propositions to donate suitable
site of not less than 200 acres of land,
100 of which shall be tillable, in some
healthy, thriving community of
schools and churches, for apermanent
widows and orphans home in Texas,
may be submitted to Jno. r. Walton,
grand master, at Waco, Texas. On
or about LIST July, next, the sub-com.
mittce will personally examine all
offers and determine the site of said
home.
NJ u. HERRING,
Chr. Sub. Com.
Waco, Texas, March 10, 1885.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

There are 1900 dentists in The
United States. Every year they pack
one ton ol gold into the peoples
teeth. But thoy cannot put iron into
the peoples blood. This is done in
the most efficient manner by Browns
Iron Bittcrs, which contains the only
preparation of iron that is safe to use.
Nearly eight hundred thousand bot
ties of this valuable medicine are sold
i'll the course of "A year, aud each bot
tie does benclicent work. Browns
Iron Bittcrs cannot injure the teeth.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

THERE is no such luck as that the
Chicago syndicate iatend to give up
their capitol contract with the state.
When did ever Chicago man volun-
tarilly turn loose so good thing as
this ever blessed contract uuques-
tiopably is.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

ONE hundred andthirty-four thous-
and majority seems like small thing
to q man who polled one hundred and
ninety-six, as Cleveland did for gov
ernor of New York. The difference
10, in Texas the majority was purely
democratic, while ia New York IT was
very badly mixed.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

The best salve In the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
corns and skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required,
1t Is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by Castles
~ Morrison.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

AN entirely new alignment of
parties is not very improbable event
in the near future. The attitude asst
sumed by Mr.. Cleveland on the
silver question makes the demand for
new alignment almost an impera-
live one.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

THEY ought 10 hurry up matters at
the U. S. treasury department and let
us know where the federal building is
to go. We begin TO want TO see the
work commenced. he only stipuls-
ton we make is that none of TerrclPs
doggerel be placed in the corner
stone
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-15

u. Habcr announces his new and
fresh arrivals of mems youths and
boys clothing from the best manufac-
tory of the United States. New goods,
new styles. perfect iii, and AT prices
that cannot be matched. Come and
get one of them and you will be
pleased.