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From the San Francisco Alta,
This morning, near Weldon, $50
miles west of San Antonio, a freight
train was struck by watcrspUut.
The eng inecr saw the waierspout APP
preaching, bounding along like rub
Der ball, tearing up the earth aud up
roofing all vegetation IN its way. lie
reversed the train to avoid the water
spout, whose course was tortuous,
with its column inclined and "A rotary
motion Just before the spout reach
the line of road il changed its course
and sped along parallel to the track
with irightful velocity. When oppo-
site the train the waterspout burst,
deluging the engineer, fireman and
brakeman, who abandoned the train
and climbed some trees to avoid n
feet wide. The locomotive and four
teen cars were raised bodily and car
rird nearly 200 feet from the track,
while the roadbed was completely OBJ
liberated. No one was hurt. The eX-
tent of the damage is not yet asccr-
| tanned.
| lrhe Texas champion liar has bro
ken loose again. About four years
ago he sent over the Associated Pres,
circuits a wonderfully concocted his
tory of n monstrous aereolite that fell
in that state, larger than house
The item was 50 well worked up, tina
ii deceived everybody, and man!
scientist, some from Europe, journey
ed to the far out of the way. Tn,
above dispatch, though good one, i
clumsy. Waterspouts are not seen OF
level ground. Cloudbursts some
times happen, but they never traye
oser the earth "plowing up tn
ground."-Ed. Alta
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

From the Philadelp hia Times.
MIR. ). b. Elkins' letter denying that
he ever had more than a small incl
dental interest in the Maxwell grant;
that he has none whatever now and
has not had any for some time, is Gu
rious reading to number number
in Washington. 1t is something WON
deriul that SO many should remem-
Der to have heard Mr.. Elgins expati-
ate grandly on his ownership of a
large part If not the whole of the
aforesaid princely possession. 1t is
remarkable also how many there are
hereabouts who are under the i'm
preston that they congratulated Mr.
Elkins on the stroke OF fortune that
gave him such famous bargain, rails
ing him prospectively, if not at once
TO millionaire's estate. And there
are others who but for his letter
have no doubt that they heard him
many times aud oft dilate on the ex-
tent and almost fabulous value of his
New Mexico possession. A compari-
son of notes by these different classes
OF recollector has caused them to con
clude that there is great mistake
somewhere, and that 1t will never dc
to be certain of anything if MIR. Elkins
has written according to the record
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WE need the Midland.


From the n. Y. Tribune.
New Mexico has new governor
who is certainly romantic If nothing
more. Several versions of his sun
rise in auguration have been gwen,
but the following is the correct one:
On the morning of June Is, Governor
Sheldon was awaken at about 4 o'clock
by violent ringing of the door bell
of the old Spanish palace, which is the
residence oil the New Mexican gov
errors. Hastily going to the door,
with the idcathat fire ora new Indian
outbreak must have occasioncd the
untimely call, he found two ardent
young democrats there, who said
that they were messengers from the
new governor, who sent hi- compli-
ments and would appear in person in
II few minutes. Astonished at this
strange proceeding, but unwilling to
10 suggest n delay which might be
misconstrued, Governor sheldon has
tily completed his toilet aud lighted
his Office, so rs to be ready 10 rocog-
nize his successor. Scarcely was this
done, when. MIR, Ross, surrounded by
about twenty of the "uuterriiied," ap.
pearea from the outside darkness,
and walking up to Governor Sheldon
said; "Governor, no doubt this re-
quires an explanation. You know il
is the custom among Pueblo Indians
To stand on the housetops at about
this hour and watch for the coming of
Montezuma, who is some day TO ap.
pear nj sunrise. have thought that
this would be an appropriate hour for
the new Democratic Montezuma To
take The oath of office"
Though taken by surprise by this
novel idea, Governor Sheldon prompt
ly replied that he should think il was
more important TO impress ones sell
upon the intelligent American popu-
ntion than on the Pueblo Indians. |
Undisiurbed by this practical sugges-
ion, Mr., Ross then sent !
4 young man to report |
the sun had yet ap-
Deared over the mountains. lie was
'oon informed that the prOpl
ious hour had not yet arrived. The |
'xpeectant office seekers were there |
ore compelled TO wait in solemn
,roups short time longer. Another
messenger was dispatched but
brought the same answer. A
hilly silence ensued among the TWEEN
y. Finally seminal entered with
he glad tidings that the GLORIOUS
RIB Of day" was just yisable over the
a untaln tops. A shout of joy met
his announcement, and Judge Waldo,
ddressing Mr.. Ross, said: Governor,
he hour has come for you to take the
ath." And In momeut the "Dem-
cractlc Montezumar had become
.overnor Of New Mexico. Speaking
I the ofiair later In the day, Govern
Ross said; "People are apt TO
link me a very practical man, but
ally am full of poetry and ro-
ance." Evidently the Governor un-
,rstands himself.
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Ar, tmporium.

Times are tight tits true, but the
craving for the beautiful is just rs
strong as ever. Recognizing these
facts, Mr.. W. ID. jackson appears be-
fore the public in the role of n philnn-
thropist, and practical philanthropy
ist nj that. lie has gone over his
large stock of bric-a-bra' and. objclcs
ofvertu, applying the pruning knife
to prices with free hand, and n visit
to his emporium on Austin stree,
viii both crafty and astonish you
Why not render bleak walls and un.
laden tables objects of beauty, when
it can be done at so tritling cost.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

IUIH lIt HsNIIEIOH TOaL
Sccnc-rreasnry Department.

From the Washington Post
Sccnc-Treasnry Department.
Ex-senator Pomcroy, of Kansas
Give mo your signature must
give your signature
Representative John S. Barbour:
Indeed was not aware that | owed
You anything certainly nothing
more than courtesy"
Pomeroy following barbour into
the elcyaiorE MIR barbour, sign
that for me?7
Barbour: at would do you no
good, ii | did. They don't treat me
with any too much consideration in
that place. ! can't do it. You must
excuse me-"
Pomeroy (pursuing Barbour out of
the elevator)
Il had hoped you would. You"
The sound of the pursuit hero faded
away in the distance"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

From the Eve lug Express
We don't want To enter upon the
next presidential race handicap with a
beaten horse. We don't want
to fight an other cam
paign as we did the last, on
the defensive. We don't want a man
who has been standing candidate
for president since 1876, rejected by
TWO national conventions aud indor-
sed by one, only to lead the republic
can party 10 defeat for the first time
III quarter ola century.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THE arrest of John T.. Trippe, of
Austin, on u charge Of forgery, and
swindling, is perfectly astounding.
lie is n fine-looking, talented young
man ofcxcellent family, and one who
has had every advantage of eduoa-
ton aud association. Here is warn.
ing TO young men whose tastes cost
more than their incomes. Trippe's
fail ia a bad one.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

From the Sorristown Register.
A Norristown business man who
had been reading OF the Pail Mall GA
zette's exposures, walked into the
news agency last evening, aud said
with all seriousness, give me YES
tcrday's London papor.p Louis Kel.
ty wanted to know ifhe thought Eng
fish papers were sent across by cable
or telephone, aud then the business
man realized how ridiculous he had
made himself appear.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THOSE people who are too nice to
call sin by its proper names aud too
nice to condemn evil practices when
ever and wherever found, do not
make illustrious reformers. The So
cial evil problem of Waco needs some
vigorous treatment, and it will get it
one OF these fine days, too.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

From the Philadelphia Record.
An authority ON canned goods re-
yeals the interesting fact that most of
the jellies in the market are made OF
apple parings aud cores, Sometimes
the stock is Kept so long that il will
not make jelly, then they make strain
ed honey out of II. This is called en-
terprise In America; in France they
call Il criminal, and send the men who
practice II to jail.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

BILL STERRErTs mailing clerk is a
double-dyed villain, and ought to be
hung forthwith. But one copy ofthe
Times has shown up in the ExAMI-
NER Office in over week. Punch.or
bounce him, Bill.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

From the Chicago Times.
The southern watermelon Is arrl-
wing in the north III great numbers.
But us this was equally true of the
southern watermelon during the re-
publican administration, IL canrot
Justly be charged with having been
emboldencd by democratic admin
istration in its attacks upon the
northern stomach.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

From the Altoona Tribune.
The republican platform declares
against the Importation of foreign
contract labor. Now let republican
mine operators and manufacturers
enforce that resolution by refusing 10
hire Italians and llnngarians because
they come cheaper than the Amcri-
eau workingmcn.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THE thing TO do is TO secure adver-
tising space in the daily EXAMINER
while we have IL to spare. Very soon
every available inch will be filled TO
overlooking, If the business racket
Llama nm
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

TUE Post turns on the union. aud il
is dog eat dog with n double-breasted
emphasis. We have no tears to shed
only over the tolerance of an unjust
theory by publishers who employ the
union. Correct that evil, and all 9th
er evils of unionism will correct them
selves, very promptly.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

Ir don't seem that the Afghan ques-
tion is settled securely. War may
break out on that frontier at any mo-
ment now. Indeed, we don't see how
II is possible 10 defer the fight much
longer. The war that will result upon
thai contingency will hight up sirug-
gle before which the battles Of old
Darius aud Gb"ngis Khan will seem
but the merest of mere skirmishes.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THE Marlin Ball bounces round in a
lively way in politics. But there is
one thing you can always depend
upon-it is mighty straight demo
crat at all times.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

Closing out sale of millinery aud
fancy goods, commencing Wednes-
day morning-our entire stock will
be offered at, and below cost to re-
duce stock before our removal on
August /, to the Walker building on
Fourth street.
Miss KATE SToUTE,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THE university subscription shows
up healthy condition. There are
several subscriptions which for reas-
ons satisfactory to the subscribers
themselves, are not given this morn
ing in our published list. The bal
lance must be made up at an early
day, or Waco loses the university for
sure.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THEY are hard up for lions at Sara
toga when they accept Tom Ochiltree
as regular Nubiau.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

The saints are becoming warliko
again. They should be promptly
wiped out. Uncle Sam must not be
insulted with IMMUNITY.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

POLICE officers should not be al
lowed to carry six-shooters Their
official clubs are quite dangerous
enough when vigorously used.
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commence his regular Sunday ser
mons again.--Fort Worth Gazette.

Our witty contemporary grows sac
religious in his efforts to be enter
tanning. We are not worthy TO be
named in the same day with Sam
Jones, rs a sermonizer. lie Is one of
the tall ccdars of Lebanon in the great
work of the bettcrment of the world.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

THE Pail Mall Gazette is a well adj
yertised paper.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

Ladies' shoes and slippers all going
at n sacrifice, becase b. Haber wants
to quit the shoes business. Go there
md see. you can buy Two pair OF the
rice of one pair. B. IIaber.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

WACO leads In cotton as she does IN
wheat. II is u distinction TO rank us
the first wheat market of Texas.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

The weekly ExAMISER is in de-
mand. They all buy ii, aud pay for
il, too.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

The cattlemen are still worrying
over Texas herds.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

STILL the wheat wagons rumble
into Waco daily. IL Is NICE.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

The drowning ofpoor Hancock wa'
indeed sad affair.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

If You want a parasol, remember
we are selling them below cost.
Sanger Bros.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

ID. Haber sells straw hats cheaper
than anybody. Go qSd see if he
don't.
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IF Brother Jones has not used up
a n the material, Brother Barlow will
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

Sweet-I forgive you-tho' your lovely face
Breaks upon NV lonely, uniov'd rest
have no pow'r To judge--I love you still.
Altho' you broke my heart within my breast
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Surely, she could not prove to us unkind.
Surely she would not win us To betrayi
Knowing that she can give us life or death
And turn Our darkest night into bright ia
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We see progress on all sides.

CHOLERA is still squelching Spain.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18

Smokers prefer Opera Pun because
they do moi stick to the lips.
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Aid yet It's but dream-the face ! iov'd
VIII, perfect, lie no more against my own:
The heart ha ceas'd ~ beat for me- and yet,
Ny love has never never weaker grown.
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Belov' dts but dream-yet still see
The witching beauty OF your face so fair,
watch again the light that never dies
Upon the yellow glory OF your hair.
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Waco endorses the T. b. A.
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SHAKE the "watermillion.r
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gaze into the eyes that wrought my woe,
The gray eyes flashing meath their heavy
fringe
/ watch the hue that CLOVIS upon your cheek, -
The sweetest rosebud knows no tairer tingc.
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Boston Pronunciation.


One thing however, our Boston cousins can
not yet back themselves of-doing police duty in
conversation with less benefited mortals who
have resided mostly in the purlieus of the out
side world. The habit of doing dictionary duty
for any one you may converse with must be an
unpleasant one, only assumed from high sense
of duty, which only generations of practice could
make so congenal TO the Boston mind. Neither
age sex, nor limited acquaintance will prevent
the Bostonian from correcting to your face any
error. or what he considers such, in your pro-
nunciation. 1t is the height of antique good
breeding outside Boston to pass over any
inaccuracies of speech in your neighbor, and
stories are told of the first gentle
men of their times who went so far as
to pronounce words after the fashion
Just uttered, rather than embarrass a companion
with an error. But the conscientious and criti-
cal Bostonian makes no bones of repronouEcing
the word for your benefit after his idea. Should
you say aroma, instead of ahroma or either in
stead Of eyther, or Meeonaon instead of Myon-
aon, you are sure to hear of it with no more
scruple than if you were first form boy--to
use the English Technology of uppish schools.
rather naturally polite authoress, educated
West by one of the correctest of mothers taken
up short on a certain word by critical editor
mentioned her experience to friend soon after,
and locked up the word in the Oxford dctiona-
ry, which is presumably authority even in Bos-
ton.
"Wel was he wrong:' asked the friend
mo was the answer, with the most delicate
air of politeness, 1.-THE dictionary was"
New York manners were match for Boston
then
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salt spray. and breezy thrash to windward,
head out into the open gulf until you Rave
enough of it. When you feel like a week OF
quiet camplife aud some extra shooting. moor
the yacht under the lie of an island near
one Of the many bird roosts, and shoot until you
are tired of it. If you want something novel; run
up any one of the many rivers that empty into the
gulf, and try for deer bear and turkeys or fish
for black bass of size unknown at the North
If you have taste for adventure. take a run
down to Ponce de Leon bay. and make an at
tempt to go through ''the 10, 900 islands," never
yet mapped or surveyed and OF whichit is said
that no white man ever cruised over or through
the region.
1t is hardly necessary to say that g coast which
affords 200 miles Of safe inland cruising, with
more rivers, bayous and ponds than can be
cruised over in an ordinary lifetime, must be
paradise for the canoeist There are single town.
ships six miles square lying the coast In
which the surveys show from sixty to eighty
fresh-water lakes. These lakes without excep-
ton. are we'll stocked with Dream, catfish, Cog
Legged perch and black bass. The last named
is always in the lead as game fish.
There are scores Of uninhabited islands that
are gems of semi tropical beauty, of which the
canoest may take undisputed possessi on. and
hunt, shoot, fish and loaf to his hearts content.
As regards various and varied cruising grounds,
with the sports connected Herewith, / have
found nothing equal to the gulf coast for the
canoeist and have cruised more or less in open
canoes from the Amazon valley to the upper
m1sslsS1ppl L crulSed In the Famous nortn
woods or Adrondacks for three summers. taking
different course each time They were all open,
clinker- built cedar canoes, Of Rushtons make.
The heaviest weighed seventeen pounds four
teen ounces the highest ten and one half pounds.
have two canoes with me at present of the
same make. The heavier one weighing twenty
four pounds, is a substantial working canoe that
has served we'll for two seasons. The lighter
one, the '.Rushton," is new arrival, and has
not yet been tested on rough water She weighs
nine pounds, fifteen ounces and is believed by
both her builder and skipper to be the lightest
ice. Whether can handle tarpon with her,
whether she will drown me, and how she will
behave in rough water questions propose
to settle in the near future
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New York Mail and Express.
In correct language there can only be with
drawing room when therea is another company
room in use as parlor--the drawing room being
an inner and grander apartment. Houses Of
good style content themselves with dining and
sitting rooms, and parlor for company Things
go by proportion, and small house may have
very elegant inner drawing room, still it is q
sound principle to 90 upon that drawing.room
supposes at least three other well furnished re-
ceiying rooms in common use, and it is hardly
worth while to give the name to any room less
than 25x40 furnished in handsome style. The
habit of calling by name the single apartment be-
side the dining and living room which belongs to
every small cottage is q patry affectation which
BELTS the vulgar attorneys and cheap doctorsfam-
lilies in English novels The word is mouthflling-
like gentlewomen. which ought to be written
but never spoken, for its clumsiness, and has the
disadvantage of being "droring ROOM too FREE
quently on the lips of Columbia College and
"the back of Beacon" Modern Boston, with
painstaking, signaly and neryously avoids the
ancestral fault. and you may move in its circles
for days together hearing the language spoken
with the smoothness usual to other Americans.
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In q Partisan Atelier.

Paris Letter to Boston Herald
The first visit to a Partisan atelier is to the
uninitiated, introduction TO J. veritable pam
demonlum. Snatches of the popular French bal
lads of the Approximations to the much suffer-
ing and very tiredlooking model--smart
exchanges of small wit between students at
opposite sides Of the room, and, if you are SO
ignorant of the rules of the studio as to keep
your hat on after entering loud cries of ''cha-
peau! chapeau, monsieur!" all strike your ear at
the same moment. The students will, as gener-
al thing, treat you with the greatest civity, but
they very strict as to the observance of tho
rule requiring the removal of the hat, and,
should the visitor persist in keeping his head
covered, he will, in all probability be reminded
of his fault by a shower of bread-crusts, which
process is more interesting than agreeable. No
where is the difference of temperament between
the French and the English or American charac-
ter more apparent than in the studio. The
Frenehman is always gay, always boisterous,
always ready with some bright repartee. while
the Engishman or American is but seldom
drawn into the general mirth, preferrng TO peg
away at his work, and rather more annoyed than
otherwise by the everlasting chatter of his live
lier fellOw-students
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Interview with DR.. Newman. in Philadelphia Press.
To cheer the General up, said: General, no
great man ever went up a mountain to die
You are not going to die here. None of the
great characters of sacred history went upon the
mountains to die. Moses assembled Mount Sinai
to receive the law Elijah went up to Mount
Horeb to hear the Lord, whose word was not
heard in the earthquakes and in the thunder.
storm, but in the still small voice that whispered
Jehovah's infinite love to man. Christ assembled
Mount Tabor to see Moses and Elias, who would
return to this world with fresh assurances of i'm
mortality. Moses is the only man who died on a
mountain, but he didn't go up there for that pur-
pose. He went up to see the Lord. and the Jews
say that God kissed him, and that he was so en-.
raptured that his soul followed into glory.
think, General, that you came, like all those
great men, to sea the glory of God, not to die
here