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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
THE USEFUL SIDE OF THE TORPEDO,

THE USEFUL SIDE OF THE TORPEDO
Webster defines the torpedo as ian engin
or machine invented for the purpose OF ds
stroying ships by blowing them up" an
this is the idea most persons have of the q
pedo. Few know that torpedo is pre-
nearly as peaceful an implement and aim
useful an one in supplying the wor
wants as spade or hoe. Spades at ii
baYe forsaken their farm-yard abodes,
listed and helped 10 build miles of forti
tions and dig thousands of military gr
And so to reverse matters, torpedoes -
vented" as Webster says. "for the purr
destroying ships by blowing them ~
used by the score every day in
the Old Region to help fill the Is
world with petroleum. As
things. there are torpedoes and -
but it seems 10 US that the lesser M "N
the word should not predominstg.k - ~
do has far more to do with p
war, and one might just rs c 49,
spade as - vsrlike i'm
that meaning to the word tori -
On August 20, 1889, twenty. ivo
Colonel Drake completed drilling o.
near Titusville. Pa. the first oil we'll n
in the United States. 1t was, oomu =
some of the great wells afterwsr
cred, small affair" pumping OF
five barrels OF oil day, but it va
to cause an influx of adventures
parts of the globe, rivalling anyt
IN the gold excitement OF 40. T
wells were put down along the
Creek, and every day brought !
phenomenon in the new indus
other things IL was disc
sunk within few feet
ready producing, was
Often one dry hole
space between two
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24
SOCIETY in JAPAN.
A Surfeit of CeremonY--Musica and Dancing
The Rights of Wife.

The Rights of a Wife.
Social intercourse in Japan IS chaEN
acterized by surfeit of ceremony
When two people meet in the street
each bows low, exchanges some hearty
compliment, and bows again, when ne
takes his leave. A morning call is
distinguished by the host and visitor
sitting face to face, bowling and com
plimenting frequently, and smoking
the friendly pipe all the while or sip
ping sociably a cup of tea.
The japanese assign to music
divine origin and they are passionately
fond of it in their peculiar styles. 1t is
related that the Goddess of the Sun,
resenting some unkind treatment by a
brother, retired to a cave and left the
world in absolute darkness. Confu-
sion reigned everywhere. 1t was in
this hopeless condition of affairs that
the gods dubbed together and in
vented sunshine with which to lure her
sullen majesty from her cavernous re-
treat. The device succeeded and the
world enjoys the sunshine to this day.
Whatever may be said in favor of the
goddess reconsideration of her hasti-
ness in turning the earth over to dark
ness, it can not be said that her music
al education shows any signs of care,
for nothing more diabOlically heart.
rending than japanese music can be
encountered anywhere.
The Oriental style of dancing COM
pletely shades the accomplishment of
our most experienced racket" dam
GERS. The Japanese terpsichorean
losses his hands vigorously and works
his body into every possible and i'm
possible form of contortion. Their
dancing is pantomime, and is used to
represent passion or characteristic in
life.
The better class of Japanese women
approach nearer our ideas of the true
lady than do those of any other coun-
try in the East. They are submitted to
no jealous seclusion, and are permitted
all the recreation enjoyed by their
husbands. The consequences of viola
ton of wifely duty are known to be
terrible, and infidelity is hardly known
among the women of Japan.
Education has become general, and
the women enjoy equal advantage
sprightly and quite easy and elegant in
manner. A japanese husband may in
troduce as many unmarried females as
he chooses into his house, and the wife
will utter no word of complaint. She
is entirely in condition of total
dependence upon her husband. The
latter has the sole voice in the matter
of divorce, and only expediency is to
restrain him. While the wife is mis-
tress of her home, in other respects
she is merely toy in the hands of her
lord, and lives only for his amusement.
She would be held guilty of the boldest
presumption should she venture to in
quire concerning the affairs or business
of her master.-Sdro Francisco Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24
The jewelers. Notebook.

The round brooch pin is coming into
fashion.
In pins the long bar lace pin will
be sold, but the disposition is to
shorten.
sJeweled settings are in demand, as
well as Roman and Greek coin pins.
Fancy pins. with floral designs enam-
eled in natural colors of the flowers
will be worn.
The ruby is now considered the rarest
of colored gems. Fine rubies are
scarce. They will be clustered with
white and tinted pearls, sapphires, opals
and other stones.
There is not so much superstition as
formerly about the opal, which is being
used in pin designs. one of the prettiest
of which has an opal for the central
stones, surrounded by diamonds, with
arabesque sides also formed of dia-
monds.-H 7. Graphic.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24
High Farming.


An interesting example of what may
be accomplished by ''high'' farming is
reported to the Agricultural Bureau
from the neighbored of Milledgeville,
Ga. Mr.. F. g. Furnham had nearly
worn out field of sixty acres that was
accustomed to yield eight bales of cot
ton. He was not satisfied with this
and set about securing a better result.
He took five acres of it-sandy soil
with stiff red clay below-and with a
shovel pillow ran burrows ten inches
deep at distance of three and a half
feet apart. The spaces between were
then plowed with an ordinary turn
pillow, the soil being thrown each way
against the deep burrows, leaving
water furrow in the middle of each
seyen-foot sections At planting time
the water furrow was deepened with
ten-inch shovel pillow, filled with COM
post and covered with a turn pillow,
The compost applied was composed of
cotton seed, stable manure, phosphate
and kainit-five hundred pounds to the
acre. When the plants came up they
were ''chopped OUT to eight inches
apart, and several days afterward
chopped out again to sixteen inches
apart, and the field cultivated with fire.
quent light plowings. The crop was
twelve bales of four hundred and
seventy pounds each, worth, at ten
cents a pound, five hundred and sixty
four dollars-St, Louis Republican.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24

"A Bridgeport woman recently at
tempted suicide owing to neighbours
noisy children. 1t is rarely that you
find woman SO sympathetic as this.
Most women usually take pleasure in
their neighbours n1isfortunes. - Hart
ford Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24

The skins of young ostriches make
beautiful robes. which are very highly
priced and difficult to obtain, as only the
soft short feathers of the breasts of the
young can be used, and each robe rep.
resents the slaughter of from fifteen to
twenty young birds. Il. 7. Sun,
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24

Further, my text tells us that God
sometimes shaves nations. Sin the same
day shall the Lord shave with the razor
that is hired" With one sharp sweep he
went across Judah, and down went its
pride and It's power. In 1851 God
shaved our Nation. We had al.
lowed TO grow Sabbath dissertation
and oppression and b1asphemy and fraud
and impurity and all sorts OF turpitude.
The South had its sins, and the North its
sins, and the East its sins, and the West
its sins. We had. been warned again and
again, and wesdid not heed. Atlength the
sword Of war cut from the st. Lewrence to
the Gulf, and from Atlantic seaboard to
Pacific seaboard. The pride of the land
not the towards, but the heroes-on both
sides went down. And that which we took
for the sword of war was the Lords razor.
In 1852 again it went across the land. In
1883 again. In 1854 again. Then the sharp
instrument was encased and put away.
Never in the history of the ages was any
land more thoroughly shaved than during
those four years of civil combat, and, my
brethren, il we do not quit some of our
individual and National sins, the
Lord will again take us in hand.
He has other razors within reach
besides war, epidemics, droutlls, deluges,
plaques -grasshopper and locust
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From the Oartersyilie, QGa) Advertiser.
A more romantic spotthan the ruins
of Cooper's iron works cannot be
found in Georgia. Great rocks rise
pin rugged grandeur, bearing on
their sides clambering vines and RI
pening berries. Old houses are
crumbling into ruin and trees are
growing through decaying floors.
An ancient mill stands on the rivers
bank and the wafer goes bounding
over the old rock dam. II is a place
where civilization and the busy hum
of machinery aud of human voice has
given place again to nature. Far up
the mountain-side is little plateau,
where once lived, in n rude rock
house, an early pioneer. IL is with
much difficulty that the place Is reach
ed but when there the scene that
meets the eye Is grand and pictures
que beyond description To sit there
and watch an autumn sunset Is
better than to be in the vine-clad hills
of Italy. Looking out from under
the muscadine vine that had climbed
up and arcbed the doorway, the scene
down the river was too grand for a
pOOlg Wthh pth lIht uniiics luz Olu
liking Of Day" was almost touching
the tree tops in the western horizon.
halo Of golden glory flooded the
world. The white clouds that lay Off
toward the south seemed to be catch
ing on fire. The river, under the
touch of the sun, seemed to be rising
TO meet the yiolet-tinted sky. The
hills were glorionsly radiant under
the bewitching touch of that grand
light. The old Blue Ridge noun
tains lowered up far IN the east, and
their stern faces seemed almost TO
smile as the sunlight kissed heir brow
From the south there came the soft
est touch of evening air, bearing on
its bosom the last sweet essence of
summer. From far below there rose
The low musical murmur of the river
as II splashed over rocks aud dimpled
IN the zephyr-like breath of the air.
Above US the sad pines gently swayed
in the breeze and gave out sweet,
soft song that spoke of peace aud
rest. u was good to be there. The
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From Berlin Funny Paper.
"You might as well own up that
you stole this woman's things. The
silver spoons aud the jewelry were
found in your pocket" said Judge
Duffy, of New York, to noted sneak
thief.
"a know they were, but WIS not
trying to steal them, your honor"
what were you doing with the
jewelry and other articles found in
your pocket?n
"You see, judge, she is a clsiryoy-
ant. have always had my doubts
about those kind of people. l don't
like spiritualism and all that sort OF
thing, but still was willing to give the
matter a test, SO just took those
things when she wasn't loo ling, just
to see if she could tell by the mystic arr
where to look for them. was worL'
ing in the interest of science, your hon
or"
"For six months you will work in
the interest of justice"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

WE give the following as a matter
OF Justice, with regret that we should
have fallen into the error. Our cor
respondent at Warren simply sent the
matter TO both papers;
The WACO EXAMINER does the
Gazettee Injustice. That communica-
tiOn was sebt us by our correspondent
al Warren. Had Il been printed as
soon as received the article would
have appeared on Sunday, the day
before. When the Gazette steals, IL
purloibs from outside sources-not
from fellow Texans.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17
EPITHELI0MA!


For seven years suffered with csncer On
my face All the simple remedies were APP
Piled to alleviate the pain, but the place con
tinued to grow; finally extenuiug into my
nose, from which came yellowish discharge
very oaensixe In character II was also In.
eighi months ago was In Atlantis at the
house Of friend, who so strongly recon-
mended TIE use of Swifts Specific that de-
termined to make an effort TO procure IT. In
this was successful and beyan ISIS use, The
influence of the medicine al first was TO some
what aggravate the sore; but soon the inha-
after The iiTst few bottles. nv general health
has greatly improved, ! am stronger. and
able to do any kind OF work. The cancer on
neal, until there Is not vestige Of 1t left.
only n little scar msrks the place where II had
been, am ready to answer all questions rel
MRS, JoCIE A. MCDONALD.
| Atlanta. Ga, August
have had a cancer on my face for some
| Yeas, extending from one cheek bone across
The nose to he other, II has given me a great
deal 4 pain. at times burning aud itching TO
| such an extent tn at 1t was almost UNI earAble
! 0ommenced using swifts specific In May,
1855, and have used eight bottles. 1t has given
the greatest relief by removing the infiama-
ton aud re- toring my general health,
Knoxville. Iowa Sept. s. 1855
For many years was sufferer with cancer
| OF the nose, and having been cured by the use
rs. S. s feel con trained by u sense of duty
4
OF my case. With the fourteenth bottle the
| cancer began to heal rapidly aud 500 disap-
| peared and for several months there has been
no appearance OF sore of any kind on my nose
or face, neither IL my nose at all tender to the
touch. have takeu about two dozen bottles
| of s. s. l., and an sounilv cared, aud know
that s. 5. S, effected the cure after etery known
| remedy was tried and had failed
| ROBERT sMEDLEY.
| Fort Gaines Ca, May I. 1876.
| had heard of the wondered cures OF Swift =
/ Specific aud resolved to try It. commenced
| 'aking II tn April. 1854. My general health was
much Improved yet the ca Ger which was In
| my breast cOntinu a To grow slowly tut surely
| The bunch grew aud became quite heavy !
| felt that must eithrr hove It cut or die But
| It commenced discharging quantities OF al'u :
black. thick blood. II continued health
| around the edges until FebruOry. when IL VA
| entirely healed up aud we'll BETSY WOOD
| Cochesett Ply mouth Co, Mass, July IS, 'S
swifrs Specific is entirely vegetA lie. an I
seems To cure cancers by forcing out the III
| purities OF the blosd.
| Treat Sc on blood and skin diseases male
| free. The swirl Specific Co. drawer g. Atlantis
| Ga N. Y. l57 W. 23d street
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

GENERAL w. l.. CABELL, marshal of
north Texas, is in the city in attend
ance upon the United States circuit
court. General O.. "Old Tige," was a
devoted soldier during the war. Since
its close he has lived in Dallas, and
has been mayor of that city for many
terms. lie is n gentleman everywsy
worthy OF the confidence of the gov
eminent. We warmly commend him
to the good people of Waco.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

WACO merchants and dealers buy
large amounts of cotton, pay money
and goods for them and make their
profits ont of them too, which never
see Waco, being shipped direct from
the point of purchase TO the big ports.
These are not included in the reports
of daily receipts, but we are not sure
that we do right in excluding them.
In this way our receipts could be in
creased enormously.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

REAL, genuine success, properly
based and fairly won, is always u test
OF merit, but men often grow rich by
dishonest means, and the penitentiary
and not palace should be their place
of residence. Success, SO won, has no
merit in il, and is not entitled to any
consideration whatever.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

FROM the london Truth
Some little scandal has been caused
it seems, by the Prince of Wales at.
tending some races at Buda-Pestl
ON Sunday. But afier all to do al
Rome as Rome does is an essential Il
international courtesies, and for til,
the Prince of Wales not to have gone
TO the races at Buda-Pesth woulC
have been as churlish as if the Grown
Prince Of Austria, on visiting Lon
don were TO decline to go to church
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

AN able article in the New York
Star is "a terrible arraignment OF the
clerical Lothario of Boston, whose
dirty case has been dragging its weary
length througb.the papers for month
past. Governor Dorsheimer, the edi-
tor, believes in personal purity, aud,
like the good democrat that he is,
hates Shiny hypOcrite.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

THE Workingmen's Mutual Aid 80
ciety Of Waco, is a useful and honor
able combination OF wage workers.
The body in session presents as many
able and olear.headed men as any
other Of equal numbers, which may
be assembled in the city. Its session
on Sunday last was a very interest
ing one. Their talk is not of boycott
ting those who assume to manage
their own business, in their own way.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17
They slip out.

THE recent escape Of yarneu from
the U;l,sboro ia;l while n ia no re-
Election mon sheriff Bell ne We nm.
ders,a,d u calls nub,ic attcnt;on
AGAIN "a tho vast pumhor of oscanes
from custody which are made in Tex.
as and also IN the other very unoom.
Portable fact that few men having n
considerable sum of mopev are ever
brouobt To iustice Mt all Attbe on
nortnne moment n lock "a convent.
emily family. n wire CAGE ont of fix or
n holt drawn. The most diabolical
crime was committed nv vonng Var.
nall ue has snsnnad bis fngers Mt
the law and in almost perfeot securi.
~ has revisited and even shadowed
the baunts he once freo,,ented. since he
wan, forth with tho marx of Cain on
his brow Every effort was made to
can,ure him Money was freely
snept for This purpose He Ia caught
returned IN the SCENE of bis crime
and vet he oets of, ia gone and nm
less Inv some ito HIM mn fortunate
accident. Texas. or at least Hill coun-
ty has seen the last of him. Perhaps
he had concluded to stand his trial
and ret legal yind1cation as so
many have done before him. or he
would never have trusted himself
in the Magdalena mountains. How.
ever that was. when he was captured
the papers all over the state spoke
out with one accord in quick and not
demand for speedy trial and abso-
Lutte Justice. He then concluded that
IL would not do. and he is of. We
cannot saw If he should have been
heavily ironed and chained to the
floor. or not. Yet we can say he is
gone, and he should still be in jail.
This ia but a typleal case. and vet
ouiet and good citizens wonder that
40 many murderers escape. so few
rich ones are ever tried or ever con-
victed
We have able brave and bonest of.
6cers and thev are alwsvs infant unon
the full DISCHARGE of their dn,ies lint
attn tho mo,;.d criminal s,;ns out no.
twee, tho coprt.bouse door and the
scaeo,d aud NO ono seoms IN blame
.nd No ono on,or,o;,s ,ho ,.os, doph,
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o.;,,;na, = ,,ona Thoro a. h.rdlv a
n,,son 90 ae, ~ rrrono w,oro onob
r. 80 ,sa..o -, - - ,,anaaoa
-, ~ a. a,,or $50 ,ho nr;aeno
,ri;lo 40, - oos,Iv than 80 o..
Co. 49, soonra and ,ho.o nader ,h,
ho, of .he law or awaiting trial
novar GO, .,ysv IN ,his w.y
mr. &c Il on. iaus aro 80,
;naoouro 90 a,;,,S, 81 a.,
oonclrs;or Tho, roform "a made,
+, ,h,s .oanoa, q ;,ou;,a,ia u,,,o
- 49,, oxnonaoa T., ,his no,
mon,, .o,5ar aaoano ,mnoos;nIo
Tho TO-, ao,,a shon,a ha s,roroor az,
oonsnon,on, 90 ,noro ,;a;d wou
ohopld no marc mos.;ve and hsrde
90 a., ,Sson,h
Tho ,nanono. ., ,h;s ono osoon
will hs f,It for n ,ono limo and N
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

WE cannot see the differe ce be-
tween saying man shall not sell
whisky, by law, and saying he shall
not drink. Can Mr.. Speaker Foster
explain the matter? 1t is all very well
to say that local option does not pre-
vent man from drinking what he
pleases, when local option puts it out
of his power to procure what he
pleases. and il it don't do that, OF
what use is it2
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

+ TnIn The BuHhIO ENprcss-
The belle of Park Ridge, ILL.,, has
eloped with n man who leaves behind
a wife and two children. The viii
lage glee club brought them together
lie sang tenor, and of course she
was an alto. Why, of course /!
Because when the soprano elopes,
not be important, but 1t is usnslly
true.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From the Maquoketa Sentinel
More liquor was sold in Iowa last
year by one-third than ever was sold
any year before. There are more
liquor sellers by large per cent. than
have taken out government license
before, and some of the secret sellers
are selling without government IL
cense.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

FROM the Philadelphia News.
DIR. Curry's brothor-in-law, Calder
on Carlisle, happens to be the attor-
ney in Washington of the Spanish
government. It Is hoped that the
barrister's eloquence may eiiace Cur
RVS "cannibalistic" flavor at the Ro-
man Catholic court at Madrid.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From the Courier-Journal.
The Americans are the proudest
people on earth. with the exception
perhaps, of the Britishers. We have
national pride, family pride and
piide of purse. There can hardly
be found in America, however, q man
who is so proud as 10 refuse to allow
bis aged and impecunious parents to
go and live with his brother-iu-law.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

THE Marlin Ball sizes up the two
farmers who are running for COVER
nor very neatly. 1t says that while
Swain sat in his law Office and farmed,
Ross made a full hand in the field"
That represents the difference, to a
hot
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From The Atlanta Constitution.
While Sherman was slandering the
Democrats of Mississippi yesterday,
in his Petersburge speech, the negroes
of Mississippi were receiving pre-
miums from the hands of Democratic
judges for their proficiency in school,
farm and handiwork.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From the London Truth.
Miss Fortescue would be at present
the fashionable attraction in the pro-
vinces, where she is making a theatre
cal tour. Not only is there rush to
take seats whenever her performances
are announced. but there are crowds
outside the theater to catch glimpse
of her.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

From the Burlington Free Press.
An exchange says that nothing will
improve woman's complexion much
as early rising. Anybody who has
ever seen the average female early
riser. with big patch of SCOT across
her nose and ghastly dab of ashes
under her left eye, will be prepared
to agree with the writer.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

THE time is coming when Texas
land titles are going to give us no end
of trouble. II 1t were only possible
to do something to clear them up, 1t
ought to be done, and done without
delay.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

THE weekly EXAMINER this week
will be an exceptionally good num-
Der. You ought TO send it to your
friend in the old states. Only $3.50
per wear.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

For an intensely prohibition or
gan, as It is, the Tyler Democrat and
Reporter, is too glib with the words,
straight" sugar in it," etc, to be
entirely above suspicion.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

THE crisp cold mornings and the
subsequent warm sun-shiny day,
makes the weather, now, simply glo-
rious. 1t is now deprivation, sure
enough, 10 be sick.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

WACo's reports of cotton receipts
glitter in the sum of the states pro-
ductions.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

THAT scoop on the Dallas News,
under all circumstances, was cruel
indeed.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

Waco will not lag behind in relief
for Galveston. She will do all that
may be done, and all that duty re-
quires.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-17

A oLIrrERING dry goods palace ia
that Of Sanger Bros, Waco. They
always manage to lead in all lines
There is not another such a store in
Taxag