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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

THOMAS MONTGOMERY, one of the
largest cattle owners In the Pan
handle, furnishes the Houston Post
with the following facts concerning
the cattle outlook:
There is plenty of grass and water
for years to come. The price OF
young cattle is very satisfactory. One
company sold 1000 yearlings few
days since for Sl2 per head. Some
10000 head of cattle are going into
Chicago daily. A large number of
cattle are being shipped out Of the
Indian Territory aud thrown ON the
market on account of the of the re-
cent action of the government. Cat
tlemen are very mucn dissatisfied
with the political outlook of state af-
fairs. Many are securing ranches
elsewhere. Over $4,000 head of cat
tie have been driven to New Mexico
within the last three months. BY
next spring 100000 head will have
been moved out from the Panhandle
alone. Clay Mann has purchased a
100000 acre ranch in Old Mexico and
is moving all his stock cattle there.
The cause Of this he gives,is the fenc-
ing up of the country. The wealthy
cattle companies are buying all the
lands aud enclosing them. This forces
the small owners o move.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
Death OF General George u. McCIel.
II = l. Ian.


From the Houston Post i tI
The kilograms of last night an
nounced the sudden death, yesterday
morning at Orange, N. j., OF General
George ID. Mcclellan, of neuralgia OF
the heart He was In the enjoyment
of his usual health few hours previ-
ously, and his death was unexpected
and startling. George Brinton Nc
Clellan was born in Philadelphia, De-
cember 8, 1926. He studied atthe
University OF Pennsylvania and en-
tered the military academy at West
Point in IS42, whence he graduated
second in his class In 1916. and was
assigned to duty as brevet second
lieutenant in the engineer corps. He
served with distinction during the
Mexican war, and was snc~assiualy
preyeted as first lieutenant and cap
tain. In 1929 he served as chief en-
gineer in the department of Texas
and had charge of the coast surveys
of the state In 1856 he was a mem
Der of the military commission to
visit the seat of war in the Crimea.
He resigned his commission as cap
taid of artillery in 1857 to take the
position OF chief engineer of the ILL
nois Central railway, of which he was
chosen vice-president in 1858, aud in
1860 he became president of the Gin
cinnati h st. Louis railway. AT the
opening ofthe civil war he was COM
missioned as major-general of Ohio
volunteers, and was placed in COM
mand of the department of Ohio. He
was made major-general in the regu-
lar army May IA, 1861. He was sub
sequently given command of the army
of the Potomac, and upon the retire
ment of General Scott was made com
mander-in-chief of the armies of the
United States. He commanded in the
celebrated Chichahominy campaign,
but shortly afterwards he was re-
lievcd by General Burnside and took
no further part in the war. The
democratic convention held at Chi
cage, August 20, 1854, nominated him
for president. Since the war he has
served one term as governor of New
Jersey. Many people, both north and
south, classed him as the ablest COM
mander on the union side during the
war. His death will cause sorrow to
the whole country.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

At the sale Of lots at Pecos city,
farm exhibits were made from the
farm Of a Mr., Gordon who has an ir-
rigation ditch three miles long. Corn,
1t is claimed, will yield fifty bushels
per acre; oats, 100; wheat, seventy
five, and alfalfa has given four crops
season, two tons per acre per crop.
Brick of best quality was exhibited
also. The fuel supply of that region
is mainly from the roots of the mes
quite which grow to great size,
almost the entire tree having its
growth Under the ground.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

The other evening there were sew
eral visitors at Col. Gradson's honse
The colonel takes great delight in
showing Off his little son. aud when
the boy appeared at the parlor door
the colonel SAID:
"Come in, Henry. Speak to the
ladies and gentlemen. All, that's d
man."
"He's fine little fellow" said Mrs
Graftney, one of the visitors. "Come
here, my little man."
The boy approached her and per.
mitted her to lift him on her lap.
"Why, you are heavy. How old are
your"
"Six years, goin' on seven"
Eyes, and you'll soon be n man
whst a,~ you gvlng 10 do when you
become MANI
"Do like pa does"
allow does he dor
sob, sometimes when he comes
home at night he falls over chair
~Henryw exclaimed the colonel.
"Falls over chair and when nav
gifts mad he says its pretty way Tor
a woman to go on just because a man
takes two beers and"
The colonel had seized him.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

There was curious practice among
the Indians on Puget Sound in the
early days. 1t was the lecture or ser
mon that, at stated periods, was de.
livered exclusively to the Indian wo-
men, An important member OF the
tribe, the big chief or the medicine
man, would select promontory or
island remote from the mainland and
paddle himself there solitary and
alone on fine day. Soon all the
squaws would be seen following him,
padding vigorously, toward the COM
them; they all remained on the MAIN
land. The preacher, instructor, ex-
horter, or whatever he was, often
stood in the water up to his
knees fox a full hour or
more while he delivered his
discourse, but the luaws aud the ln-
dian maidens gathered as close around
him as their canoes would permit, SO
as to catch every word that fell from
his lips. Savonsrola was never more
in earnest than this dusky preacher;
his face and action showed he real
lied abe importance Of his work. lie
was supposed TO be instructing the
women as to their proper duties in
their savage life; hut whatever he
said they were eager to hear IL ali.
There was no noise save the occa-
sional chafing of ono canoe against
another as they moved with the slight
swell Of the water.
II was an exciting spectacle to see
the dusky women, when the service
was over, start in an cumulative race
for the mainland. their dark, sinewy
arms plying the fishing paddle as the
white canoe cut swiftly the placid
waters OF the Sound until with laugh
ing banter the prows touched the
shore and they rejoined the bucks,
who were idly awaiting them.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
Conta gious

Diseases are Prevalent all over the World.
I am nat We of England, aud while I was in
thai country contracted a terrible blood poi
son, and for two years was under treatment as
an outdoor patient at Nottingham hospital.
England, but was not cured | suffered the
most agonlzlng pains in my ones. and was
covered with sores all over my body and
tia loss OF sight severe pains In my head aud
eyes, etc, which nearly ran me crazy. lost
all hope In that country, aud sailed Tor Amer
lea, and was treated at Roosevelt in this ity,
as well as by prominent physician In New
York having no connection with the no spitals
saw the adv rtisement Of swits Specific
and determined TO give II a trial as a last re
sort ihad given up AL hope OF being cured
as had gone through the hands the best
medical men in Nottingham aud New York.
took six bottles offs. 4. s. and can say with
great Joy that they have cured me entirely
am as sound and well as | ever was In my
life. l.. FRED HALf0RD.
New York City June 18th 1884,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
A story ne Didn't believe.

From the Chicago News
"Now, there's a story | don't be.
lieve," said the colonel as he laid aside
an exchange.
"What story IS that, colonel p asked
the erudite and industrious assistant,
"Why, that paper says that Gotta
paxi can sometimes be heard 500
miles"
"Don't you believe it?'
"Of course | don't believe it. I'll
bet there isn't singer In the world
that can be heard that far"
"But Cotopaxi is volcano, colo
nell"
as II? thought II was one of
those Italian fellows who go about
with Patti"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

Tho annual report of the chief sig
nal officer Is made public by the sec
rotary of war to-day. The report
states that the course of instruction
OF Fort Meyer has been improved ana
enlarged, and now provides for a
full education OF the officers aud the
signal corps In the duties required of
them IN time Of war. The report ex-
presses regret at the fact that IL has
been impossible 10 drill the men In
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

"Have You lived good hfc?" said
st. Peter to a trembling female, who
knocked timidly al the gate of beauty
II was only good at one thing"
said the sprite before him with dole,
iu! Shake of the head.
"And what was thatF' inquired st.
Peter, in a voice of blissful sweet
ness.
Cooking" responded the timid
one, in wOeful tones.
"Come right in, them" said the sen.
tinel saint. you've saved more men
from perdition than dozen mission
aries, aud | don't believe you can find
anything around here In the shape of
blessedness that you're not entitled
to-"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

MAJOR PENN, the Baptist revivslist
at the solicitation of many persons in
Scotland, will visit that country and
bold revival meetings. He, with his
family, was tc ave left Palestine,
Texas, last night for New York.
where they will at once take vessel
for Scotland.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

A STRONG movement, with the
chances of success in its favor, is on
foot In Fort Worth TO secure great
English beef contract which will re-
quire to be filed, the annual slaugh-
ter of 3s3,25o head Of cattle. II the
contract is made, large refrigerator
works will be erected and 2i0 cattle
slaughtered a day. IL win be big
enterprise for the Fort and give
an immense impetus to the cattle
trade In northern and western Texas.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

should have equal civil and political
rights. These rights had been de-
MED by the democratic party in 'ss
and by that means Cleveland had
been elected. He concluded by urg-
ing the people of Virginia to break
the sectional line.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

THE Hon. Sam Randall is enthusi.
astic over New York, declaring that
the democrats will carry the state
with whoop and forty thousand ma
jority. It is hoped that Randall is as
good prophet as parliamentaria
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

JOHN SHERMAN opened the cam
paign in Virginia by a speech in
Pittsburg to avery large audience,
mostly colored people. He denied
that he was waving the bloody shirt
or had been waving It in Ohio all
that he wished being that every
citizen, rich or poor, black or white,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

, VIRGINIA win determine day after
tomorrow. whether she will forever
shelve Malone and his clique,with the
probabilities that there will be great
political funeral and Malone furnish
the corpse.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

A SPECIAL to the Gazette of yes
terday recounts railroad accident
on the Gulf Colorado Il Santa Fe
road, four coaches being thrown
down an embankment by means OF
defective ties, and number Of per-
sons seriously injured.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

THE st. Louis Post Dispatch de-
clares that there was nothing in the
Pail Mall Gazette's disclosures over
which such howl was made half SO
scandalous or indecent as in the testi-
mony in the Walkup trial in Kansas
CITY. .f|
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

A BOY of Erie, Pa. was sentenced
ten years ago TO the penitentiary for
life, for killing his step-father, and a
few days ago was pardoned out and
is now again under arrest for trying
to kill his grandfather, an aged
preacher Of seventy-five years.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
Blood

Is the life, and he is wise who remembers IT,
But in March OF last year QssD, l contracted
blood poison and being In Savannah, Ca, at
the time, | went into the hospital there for
treatment | suffered very mu h from rheu.
matism at the same time did not get well
under the treatment there, nor was l cured by
any of the usual means. have now taken
seven bottles OF swift's $ .eoihc and am 5 und
an well. It drove the poison out through
boils on the skin. DAN LEAHY.
Jersey City, N. J., Aug. !, 1855.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

WHILE Sherman is catching thunder
out Of his own state, within IT. Gin
cinnati is going for him for having in
a speech said of thatplace, that 1t had
the mark of Caiu on Its brow and
ought to be boycotted.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
Poison

had produced great holes Ia my back and
chest and had removed all the hair OF my
head, yet began TO improve In aweeks time,
and the sores began to heal, and were entire
ly gone Inside Of eight weeks.
WILL JONES, Porter Union Pass. Depot.
Cisco, Texas, July 10, 1885.
Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed
free
THs Swift SPECIFIC Co. Drawer 3, Atlanta,
Ga. n. Y. l57 W. 48d 81 a..t at
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

BELToN is holding public meetings
and getting up great enthusiasm with
the purpose of securing the removal
of Baylor University TO that place.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

THE Rusk penitentiary, the peni.
tentiary board approving, will fur
nish 10000 pounds of iron work for
the new capitol building.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

CIVIL service reform seems to be
the platform of the president, and
himself to be determined to stand or
fall in 1t and with ii.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

THE Houston Post boasts that
Houston has the largest cotton buy.
ing firm in the world.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

THREE billion five hundred million
cigars and one billion cigarettes were
smoked in the United States last
Year,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

Two years ago contracted blood poison.
After taking prescriptions from the best ply
sicians here and at Dallas. ! concluded to
visit Hot Springs, and on reaching Texarkana
a doctor recommended me TO try Swifts Spe-
cifc, assuring me that II would benefit me
more than Hot Springs Although the
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
WACO. TEX, NOV, /, 1885.

WARD Joins Fish in the penitentia-
ry for a term of ten years.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

MONEY 10 LEND-AMOUNT FROM $1,000
4Nl TO $1,000 on farming or pasture lands on
long time. at easy forms, interest annually. Ap
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01
DYEiNa AND SECURING.

MISCELLANEOUS.
THE NEW ORLEANS ExPosITIcN-CoM
Portable rooms ut No. 2lh Camp street con.
yenient TO business and exposition grounds.
w NJ. SLEEPER, JUSTICE OF THE
w. Peace. has located his ONCE In the old
Lyceum Hail. over $. A. Rilloush's, on Austin
INLLIS GENERAL DELIVERY WAGON
~ Moving furniture q speciality. Leave or
ders at Fifth and Austin streets.
GALL AT l. COHEN d BROS RED FRONT
~ Store for cheapest and best dry goods,
ciothing boots and shoes; also a good line OF
groceries At cheapest pricts i75 South Plaza.
PEMoyAL.-Dr r. W. White has removed
~ his ONCE TO az Mary street. between
Fourth and Fifth, where he will hereafter be
found. Calls by telephone, or left at william
son COS drug store, promptly attends 10.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-01

MONEY TO LoAN-oN LONG OR SHORT
lNl time.
Land notes or deed OF trust Sc.
curity required. ~
TEXAS LOAN AGENCY,
IorsicanA. Tex.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-10-03
Bread Making in Spain.

The bread in the South of Spain is de-
iicious it is white as snow, close az
cake, and yet very light the flour is
most admirable, for the wheat is good
and pure, and the bread well kneaded.
The way they make this bread is as fol-
lows From large, long panniers filed
with wheat they take out handful at a
time, sorting it most carefully and ex-
peditiously, and throwing every imper-
feet grain into another basket. This
done, the wheat is ground between two
circular stones, as it was ground in
Egypt 2, 900 years ago, the requisite ro-
tary motion being given by blindfolded
mule, which PAGES around and around
with untiring patience, a bell being at
tached to his neck, which, as long as he
is in movement, tinkles on and when it
stops he is urged on to his duty by the
shout of "arra mula" from some one
within hearing. When ground, the
wheat is sifted through three sieves, the
last of these being so fine that only the
pure flour can pass through it; this is
of a pure apricot color. The bread is
made in the evening. 1t is mixed with
sufficient water, with a little salt in it, to
make into dough. A very small quan-
tity of leaven or yeast in one batch of
household bread, as in Spain, would last
a week for the six or eight donkey loads
of bread they send every day from their
oven. The dough made, it is put into
sacks and carried on donkeys' backs to
the oven in the center of the village, to
bake it Immediately after kneading. On
arriving there the dough is divided into
portions weighing about three pounds
each. Two long, narrow, wooden tables
on trestles are then placed down the
room, and curious sight may be seen.
About twenty men, bakers, come in and
range themselves on one side of the
table. A lump of dough is handed to
the nearest, which he begins kneading
and knocking about with all his might
for about three or four minutes, and
then passes it on to his neighbor, who
does the same, and so on successfully
until all have kneaded it, when it be-
comes soft as new putty and ready for
the oven. OF course, as soon as the
irst baker has handed the lump to his
neighbor, another lump is given to him,
and so on until the whole quantity of
cough is kneaded by them all. The
bakers wives and daughters shape the
loaves for the oven, and some of them
are very small. They are baked imme-
diately.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-10-03
Moisture in the House.

In all the dwelling rooms of house,
says a writer, winter brings increased
use with less ventilation. Consequent
ly, little defects of cleanliness that quite
take care of themselves in the summer
may cause much trouble in winter. Ty-
phoid fever is more of winter than q
summer disease. Most of the epidemics
affecting the skin are more apt to pre-
vail in the winter or early spring. Their
relationship to confined dwellings and
to the aggregations both of persons and
things during the cold months is no
longer doubted. Whether filth will Or
iginate this or that disease will long be
a question of doubtful disputation but
that filth is the nesting place of disease
and chiefly gives it extension and viru-
lence is no longer doubted. Some of
our physicians are now turHing close at
tention to questions OF winter salubrity.
1t is claimed that much of the value of
Florida in the winter is owing to eli
mate which permits one to be much in
open houses. To those at all disposed
either to pulmonary or bronchial all
ments our modes of heating and of
winter ventilation are very embarrassing.
Carbonic acid mingles too much with
the other gases given out from coal, and
produces irritation of the breathing np-
paratus. The dry heat parches the
skin, and so embarrasses the functions
of interior organs. The value of the
bath is as great in winter as in summer.
Indeed, in city life it seems almost in
dispensable as means OF overcoming
the undue dryness and restoring the
proper temperature through the skin.
In the last few years there has been
much discussion as to the need of moist
ure, as provided in the furnace or on
stoves. The only certain way is to test
the amount of actual moisture In the
room atmosphere. 1t is hardly possible
to provide so much moisture in this way
as to get those effects which we get in
summer from excessive moisture in the
atmosphere. Often stoves are surmount-
ed with urns so bright that the water is
scarcely at all evaporated by the heat.
We are satisfied, after careful looking
over the evidence, that we should gen.
orally in winter have some artificial
plan for adding moisture to the house
atmosphere. The great problem of how
to have warm and moist air, and get
pure air where persons are living close
ly, still has many unfulflled conditions.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-10-03
American Wine.

A great deal of American wine
is now bought and used as such.
and great deal more is probably
consumed under the impression
that it is imported. The statistics
of wine production and importa-
ton are interesting. Since 1910
the total consumption of wine in
the United States has increased
about 400 per cent, but the i'm
portations have increased only
III per cent. From 1870 to 1876
the average annual production of
American wines for the market
was a little less than 5000, 900 gal
Ions, and the importations were
almost as large. The average an
nual production from 1877 to 1884
was nearly 100000 gallons, and
the average annual importations
fell off to about 100000 gallons.
Only about one-fifth of the WINE
now consumed in the United
States is imported. California pro-
duces considerably more than half
of the total product. Missouri,
Ohio, New Mexico, Georgia, New
York and Alabama follow. New
Jersey is not a large producer,
though her vineyards enjoy a,
high reputation for quality. In
1880 the acreage in vinesin the
United States was 181, ,583 acres,
and the product %, ,454 1927 gallons,
valued at $13, ,426, l75.-Philadel>
phia Ledger.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-10-03
YUMA, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1885, =.
Mines of Precious Stones.

Gems of all kinds possess a curious
interest to human beings. From the
earliest times precious stones have had
strange attraction for the wealthy and
powerful of the earth. So far, no dia-
mond fields have been discovered in the
United States, but precious stones are
found in several localities. In New
Mexico there is famous turquoise mine
which must have been worked literally
a thousand years ago, for it yielded up
its treasures to the Aztecs and to other
prehistoric races which dominated in
Mexico and adjoining countries. 1t is
believed this mine can still be used for
bringing out its peculiar treasures. but
in the eager hunt for gold and silver
mines, the mining of gems is overlooked.
In Alexander county, North Carolina,
they are discovering emeralds, and in
such quantities that the mining of them
is likely to become profitable industry.