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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-02
"The Coming War with Eng.
land" n Popular Toast nc
Russian Banquets.
The Arab Is still i'm the Rinr
at sOudan, bIt Very
Badly Disigured.
The Afghan Ameer Puts Faith
in England and watches
Russia's Movements.
EXCITED FRANCE.


THE SITUATION AT PARIs.
London, April IA Paris corre-
spondent of the Times SAYS the ma
jority against Ferry consisted of 22O
republicans and Sc reactionorics, and
the minority was made up mostly of
oportunists. Great opposition Is
manifested against any of the old
ministers taking office in the new
cabinet. Defreycenet's task is a diff
cult one, as the chamber has not the
clements of n working majority, but a
dissolution will give France parlia-
mont able to legislate and a cabinet
competent to guard its forces. The
luminosity against Ferry continues at
its height, but the crowds on the
street are calmer.
THE FRENCH IN CHINA.
Hong Kong, April 1.-The position
OF the French at Chu is extremely
precarious and Gen. Ncgrier's wound
has assumed a dangerous character.
The recapture of l.angson is difficult
if not impossible until next year.
DE FREYCENET WILL FORM A CABINET.
London, April la Paris dispatch
says De Freycenet has now acceptc 1
oltI anu VIII lOIlll
a cabinet Immediately.
A CHINESE AMBASSADORS OPINION.
Berlin, April 1.-The Chinese EN-.
bassy at this post thinks the chrnge of
ministry at Paris viii induce the Chi
nese government to renew serious ne
gotiations for peace between France
aud China.
CRITICAL POSITION OF THE FRENCH
ARMY.
Paris, April IA dispatch dated at
Hanoi this morning states that the
situation of the French army is very
critical. a large Chinese force under
European leaders, the dispatch says,
is endcavoring TO cut of the French
Gen. Negrier has arrived at Hanoi
and is making good progress toward
recovering from his wound.
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Democratic Rule REEVES the Iron
Hustuess.

Chicago, April 10. w. Potter,
president of the North Chicago. Roll
ing Mill company, announces that the
mill in south Chicago will be put in
full blast next Monday when 500
new men will be put to work, making
the total force 800 men, and the nav
roll 100000 a month.
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Arkansas City, Ks, April Item.
Hatch has received adyices from Gen.
Derolls that number of Texas boom
ers have been removed and are on
their way to Fort Reno. Capt. Couch
has encouraging advices from Wash
ington to-day and expects to move
soon. Thirty persons arrived in camp
and several more tents were erected
yesterday afternoon.
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Winnipeg, April 1.-The latest dis
patch from Battle Ford last night was
brief announcement oftho killing of
ten citizens ana the burning of the
town., No particulars have been re-
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-02
THE soUDaN WAR.
osMAN pIaMA IS RErREArrNo.

Snakim, April 1.-The report that
Osman Digma is in full retreat is con-
firmed by several more deserters.
THE ARABS ACTIVE AGAtS.
Suakim, April 1.-The enemy sud
denly appeared to-day in large force
IN the direction of Handaub, aud the
men at work on the railway were
rapidly withdrawn.
TUE ENGLISH ADVANCE ON rAsiAI.
Suaklm, April LA detachment OF
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Washington, April 1.-The presi-
dent sent the follow ing nomination
to the senate to-day; A. Leo Knott,
of Maryland, to be second assistant
postmaster general.
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New York, April DIR. Newman
says that Gen. Grants condition is
serious, and that it is believed the
worst is nenr.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-02

New York, April 1.-Gen. Badeau
telegraphod to Col. Payne at Wash
ingtcn concerning the consultation of
the physicians of General Grant this
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Fargo, j. T., April 1.--All the re-
peating rifles aud ammunition in stock
have been sent from here to Winni-
peg on orders from the authorities
there.
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THE OLD SOLDIER is DYING.
General Grant has Another BAD At
tack,

tack.
New York, April 1.-Soon after 3
O'Clock this morning Gen. Grant had
another one of those dangerous at
tacks, and the family were gathered
at his bedside. Messengers were
promptly dispatched, at the sugges-
ton of Gen. Grant, for the physicians
and for the Rev. DR.. Newman, and the
latter has just arrived The dread is
just now that the general may die ut
any moment.
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Everything Brand New in Spring Styles and Late NoveIias

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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-02

Draw-poker is much dearer than a
draw ON an Opera Pan Cigarette.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-02
Cameron, Castles & Storey,
WhoIesa| GrOCers.
w AGO..

WHY is 1T WE CAN DELIVER GOODS TO OUR CUSTOMERS
CHEAPER THAN THE MARKET OF GALVESTON OR NEW
BECAUsE-WHEN GOODS ARE AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES WE
GO INTO THE MARKET WITH CASH PURCHASE IN LARGE GUAM
Titles DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERS AND PLANTERS, AND
wHEETHE ADVANCE COMES GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS BENEFIT OF
SAME.
OUR THREE COMPETING RAILROADS ENABLE US TO OBTAIN AS
LOW RATE OF FREGHTs INTO WACO AND THREE FOuRTHS LESS
FREGHTS TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAN EITHER OF THE ABOVE
CITES.
BY PURCHASING OUR c0FFEEs IN RIO ANERIo AND POSSESS
ING THE LOWEST RATE OF FREGHTS ENABLES US TO SELL AT
NE PRICES AS GALVESTON OR NEW ORLEANS
OUR RECENT HEAVY SALES DEMONSTRATE THE ABOVE FACTS
Yours Faithfully,
CAMERON. CASTLES g. STOREY.
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no movement TO cross the border has
been made by the Indians.
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London, April Private adviccs
from st. Petersburg say that the gov
eminent, on the advice of the military
council; will spare no efforts to avoid
a war
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
A FALL AMUSEMENT.
INC llme When q Humorist Wanted q
Fafteen-E Foot Arm and Courape.

NJ oAkA
Nature must have created me with the
Ouilp or susceptibility to the Establishments
OF hotorlety fully developed. L have i'll my
tlhle owned a saw-mill without a wafer
power. a last horse that couldn't trot, a sa-
Don Without a license, a mortgage without
a foundation, a Florida farm under the
water, a Western house on paper. Besides
TINS stupcndous array, Pve backed pugilist
who couldn't fight, I've bettcd heavily on
a bull-dog that turned tail and fled at the
first srowl of his rival, I've taken my prize
pumpkin to the county fair and gazed with
envlous eyes upon the other fellows diplo-
ma I've painted pictures that didn't sell,
written BOOKS that no one read, I've been
manager OF y baseball club and ran once
for p~ath-master, I've hired a man to weed
my garden and he stole all my onion seed
'llngs, was disappointed in love, but got
there, Ell, after the other fellow Canadiated
during the financial upheaval of his bank,
I've dabbled i'll stocks, but as a stock
dabblist do not not toot my bazoo in STEM
torian eclat. l have all this to answer to
when the great book of the worlds peram-
bulatlng failures shall be opened, and Bill
.Nye, | and two or three other fellows shall
be called up to the bar and asked to give an
explanation in Choctaw why we got left
during the great scramble.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
WASHINGTON STATUES.

Fortunes Invested in Stone and Bronze
Statuary.
Washington City has a great deal of
money invested in statuary, and some
of it may be looked upon as a mighty
poor investment. Greenough's naked
statue of Washington cost $40, 900, and
the statue of Liberty away up there on
the Capitol dome cost S25, 900. Clark
Mills, the sculptor, received great sums
from the Government, though he died
comparatively poor. Fifty thousand
dollars was the price paid him for An
drew Jackson, who sits upon a rearing
horse opposite the White House, and
he received another $4,000 for his
equestrian statue of General Washing
ton in Washington Circle. Another
$4,000 statue is that of General
Thomas in Thomas Circle, and it must
make the taxpayer happy as he looks
at it to remember that Congress paid
1926, 900 for the pedestal, and that the
four bronze lamp posts around the
base cost 81, 900 apiece. Away off to
the east of the capitol, in Lincoln
Square, three thousand pounds o brass
represent Abraham Lincoln givingfree-
dom to the negro. The Statue cost
$4,000, but it was paid from contribu-
made up by the freedmen of the South.
General Nathaniel Green stands in a,
park northeast of the capitol at a cost
of $50. 900, and in Scott Circle, General
Winfield Scott has been embodied in
bronze for $40, 900. Winnie Ream's
statue of Farragut cost SIC, 1000. The
statue of Mcpherson, together with it's
pedestal, cost about $4,000, and down
in Rawlins Square, southwest of the
White House, there is a bronze statue
of General Rawlins which looks just as
well, at a cost of So 900. In addition
to these there is the statue of Prof.
Henry in the Smithsonian grounds,
which cost a small fortune, that of Adj
miral Dupont, opposite Blaine's, which
represents a large enough sum to pay
several times a Congressman's salary,
and the beautiful bronze statue of Mar
tin Luther in front of the Lutheran
Memorial Church, which cost but
$4,000, and is as fine a piece of statuary
as you will find this side of the water.-
Carp, IN Cleveland Leader.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
CRIMINAL NEGLECT.
An Improvement Whose Construction
Should BE Made Comoulsory.

An Improvement Whose Construction
Should BE Made Compulsory.
When we reached Toledo 1 looked at nv
watch. We had barely ten minutes to get
across to the Union Depot and catch the
Canada Southern train. It looked like an
impossibility, but to an old traveller there is
no such word as +, a, !, e. I tossed my boy
into the nearest carriage, hurled my sister
in after him, ran down the platform like q
mad man, tore the checks from my baggage
Il always call my room my apartments,
the check on my trunk, my checks, and my
family physician, my physicians; there is
so much embonpoint and coup d'etat in a
plural), dragged my trunks to the carriage
myself, and shouted to the astonished
hickman: can extra dollar if we catch the
Canada Southern" How that man did
drive. Rackety swat over the pave,ncnts of
Toledo, over a telegraph messenger boy on
this corner and within all inch of going
over a wheelbarrow at a crossing, but the
wheelbarrow, being alone, was more act
i've than the messenger boy, and so got out
of the way. Over the bridge, like an ar
row in spite of legal prohibition, down to
the Island House and here we are. I thrust
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
A GORGEOUS TRoussEAu.
Mile. Nevada's Incompatible Bridal and
PrOfessional Outfit.

Mile. Ncvada's Incompatible Bridal and
Professional Outfit.
Mile. Nevada's bridal and profess
slonal trousseau was, a few days prior
to her wedding, On exhibition at the
%tlancee's apartments in The Hotel de
Patience, All the American ladies in
Paris and the French fashionable world
attended this exhibition. There are, he
writes, dinner, ball. concert, visiting
and travelling dresses, and various
easy-titting and picturesque toilets to
be worn at home-that is to say, in the
railway car in which the G$c0 will re-
side during her tour through the United
States. A blue satin robe, with long
Train and trimmed with m%arguerites
and long, silvery grasses and blush Jet
with silver sheen, excited the greatest
admiration. 1t had a moonlight effect.
A travelling pelisse of blue velvet, and
hat, mulf and wrap to match, were of
royal blue velvet, lined with soft satin
quilted over eiderdown and trimmed
with a soft, long, gray fur of a
beauty. Each of Mile. Nevada's con-
cert dresses is to accord with the char
acter of the operate heroine whose
melodies she is to sing when wearing it.
All are elegant and costly, but some
aim at an air of girlish simplicity.
Others are of regal magnificence, and
with the footlights shining on them will
afford delight to the American ladies
who go to hear the California canta-
trice. The pocket handkerchiefs bear
the names Of the characters Mile. Ne
vada has %personated. Thus one set are
marked Gilda, another Lucia, a third
Mignon, and so on. Under garments
of cobweb fineness, in which cambria,
muslin, delicate linen and Valencien-
mes and Mechlin laces were artistically
combined, were heaped on the side ia
bles. The shoe and stocking depart
ment was remarkable for variety of
designs, colors, elegance Of finish and
smallness. For each dress there was a
separate pair of shoes and set of thread
or silk stockings. Mile. Nevada's num-
Der is seven, a fact which will give
some notion of the Cinderella-like as
pect of her foot. In the Jewels was a
back comb with a large spiral orna-
ment in diamonds, the gift of Nine.
Mackay.-CoT. London NeWs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04

green, do what you please to tantalize the
game of chance, but a blind pool to a green
jap paper weight you don't mount a reclin-
ing stove pipe with any degree of success.
I was nov determined to get that bit of
pipe If it took all fall and part of the win
ter. l pulled off my coat and crawled up
the ladder. All! l espied a clothes pole
lying on the floor. l took the pole, poked
it through the innocent pipe and lifted it
up slowly. l once got out of the way of a
mad dog; I also managed to escape the
ing to reach a couple of men fighting. l
never tried to get out OF range of a stove-pipe
slipping down a clothes-pole before. Be-
fore I could say scat! that pipe struck both
hands, barked my fingers, performed a rico
chet movement and stabbed me over the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04

left eye, not forgetting to slice off The Lobe
OF my right ear, and scalping me from
generation" to ''language." With my
LIES blood oozing from my abused body
and nose, l snatched up the two first
lengths OF pipe handy and backed down the
ladder. Now, a man who will attempt to
back down a steep ladder in a narrow pass
age way, with four feet of rusty stove-pipe
under each arm, ought to be shot. l was.
The end Of one pipe caught against the
round of the ladder, and l was shot clear to
to the bottom. 1t was a clean fall, and
when L recovered, my wife, my children
anu my sister-in-law were weeping over
me. a man from the stove store put up
the stove and pipe. I've come to the con-
cl1lSlon never to sort any more pipc.-H. s.
hetlcl, IN Boston Globe,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04

the hackman's pay and extra fee into his
honest palm, had the trunks off the car
riage before he could touch it and whirled
it up to the baggage-room. ''Troitw I
yelled. Lively now-have tick't in min'tys
Away I flew to the ticket office, knocking
people right and left, followed by the in
spring cheers and pleasant remarks of the
multitude. "Tick't, 'Troit!" l shouted to
the agent, snatched up my ticket, threw
down my money, ran away without my
change and found my trunks checked. 1
seized it by the remaining handle, yanked
it off the truck, and hauling my now
atfrighted family along with the other
hand, 1 flew toward the track where the
Canada Southern should be standing. But
a quiet, grave looking mar with a railway
uniform on stopped HE.
"Where are you doing?:" he said quietly.
"Detroitw l yelled. "G'out O my way,
r I'll ride We down."
but your train is not ready" he said,
persuasiyely; sit doesn't start for nearly an
hour yet. You should not get so excited.
The baggage master will take care of that
trunk and 1 will call you when the train is
ready. The waiting room is just at that
further end of the station"
Any mans watch is liable to run down
and stop, but that is no reason why the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
KILLING.

A Villain in Maine Who Invented Machin
to Abolish Husking Bees.
The romance of corn-husking has
gone. In the good old times when the
corn was ripe for the harvest the
farmer would gather It in great heaps
around his barn, and while the moon
was at the full invite the neighbors to a
husking party, The farmers girls and
boys would come from far and near,
and in a few short hours the bushels of
ears would be slowed away in the corn
house, while the boys searched eagerly
for the red ears that, according to Gus
tom, gave them the privilege of claim
ing a kiss from some one of the blush
ing, r~osy-cheeked damsels of the COM
pany. Then, after the work was done,
the happy couples enjoyed the ample
feast of pumpkin pie, apples and cider,
while the joke and merriment went on,
often ending in an old-fashioned dance
in the ample barn or on the we'll
scrubbed kitchen floor. But.now, after
years of labor. an inventive genius
''down in Maine" has invented a corn
husking machine which is said to do
the work complete, making no pause
when a red ear ONE along, doing the
work Of twenty-five men. Thus is pass
ing away one of the rare and radiant
occasions fo* fun in country life, about
which the rustic dreams and the farmer
lass paints lovely mind-pictures framed
with red ears and kisses.-Bost0n Globe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
RETIRING Roon FoRFooL PkssENssas

people who loiter about railway stations
should be fools. There is too much broad,
glaring publicity about our American
railway stations. There should bo
more privacy, more eXclusiveness.
At every railway station where peo-
pie OF the upper classes are liable
TO be misled as to the standard and running
time of inactive watches and thus be led
into somewhat ~extravagant action, there
should be a long, deep, dark hole, abont
nearest range Of mountains for the citizens
of the upper classes to retire into until the
coarse hilarity of the vulgar crowd should
have expended itself.-Burdese, in B1ook-
Ign EQgIc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
! F..
"a respectful pcrversion of swinburne.)

"A respectful Pcrversion of Swinburne.)
If dalnse!s fair and youthful
But meant the things they say,
All, then what JOY to listen
When eyes OF azure glisten.
And tender words and truthful
Our fears and doubts allny!
If da1nsels fair and youthful
But meant the things they say.
If maidens never h;rted.
And men were never false;
IT mntrons never chided
And Wall-t1Owers He'er derided.
Ones cares might be diverted
BY gliding through q waltzs
If maidenS ncVer tiirtcd
And men were never false.
If bores were never present,
And Doors were never seen;
IF girls in their tenth season
Would only list to reason.
'Twould render much more pleasant
Society, ! ween.
IT bOres were never present,
And Doors We're never seen.
-RdmbLeN
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
A Doubtful Case.

The frequency with which Pete Beasely
ness has caused considerable excited COM
ment, ~unfavorable to his veracity.
"Have you not been guilty of perjury in
your testimony in this case?:" asked a law
yer on the cross-eXamination.
May be so, but l can't swear to it," was
the pert repiy.-Ie.ras SUtings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04
Stocks Would BE a Picnic.

First Tramp-Ye look down in yer luck.
Bill. Wot we doin'?-dabblin' in stocks?
Second Tramp Gust from Delaware)-
Nav. I amt dabbled in 10 stocks. I
toyed wild de whippin' post. though; an
stocks d be a picnic aside o aat-TAs
Rambler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04

The case of Mrs. Langtry is one
for the advanced women of America to
consider. If woman is the superior
person and, as in Mrs. Langtry's case.
can pension off a husband. why should
she not pay off his debts? Men. so
long as they held to a superiority,
made laws against themselves in this
respect, and were liable for their wives
debts. Now that women make all the
money, do they still wish to shrink all
responsibilities. Y. World.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-08-14
Mr.. N. N. EVANS AS He GOES INTO
TIE CONVENTION.

Oar seacoaSt candidate, whose
popularity has been increasing and
widening, will go into the State
Convention at Jackson next We'd
nesday with the best encourage
ment and committed support of any
other candidate in the field for the
same Or any other Office below Gov
ernor. The counties that have in
structed and are pledged to an en-
ergetic support of Mr.. Evans, from
first to last, are as follows: Jack
sou, Harrison, Hancock, Marion,
Perry, Greene, Jones, Wayne,
Clark, Smith and Leake-11 in all.
Many other counties that have not
instructed at all as to this Office
are certain to give him their undi-
vided support from the beginning.
This will swell the column on the
first ballot to an extent that will
make bis opponents tTemble and
cause many other counties to drop
to his support, and, we predict, car
ry him triumphantly through. So
much for the outlook, and the result
will soon be known. :
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-08-14
MICH ABOUT n
Hancock County, Miss, Aug 7, 1856

Hancock County. Miss, Aug. 7, 1885.
Editor Democrat-Star:
Not long ago Il circumstance oc
Cured in this county which was suf'
GENTLY remarkable and the like OF
which is sufficiently rare to render
it quite interesting as well as laugh
able. Sometime past the wife OF a
gentleman residing in Harrison
county, departed from the roof of
her liege lord and came to the resi-.
dence of her brother-in.law in this
county, having obtained possession
of Il mare that had been a bone of
contention between her and her
husband. One morning about day
light she discovered her husband
in the act of leading the animal
away hOmeward, and quickly went
after him, calling to him to stop.
We suppose he thought she had
decided to return home with him
and therefore Obeyed her summons
by halting until she reached him.
AS soon, however, as she came in
arms length of the rope which was
tied around the mares neck she
seized it. He pulled aud she pull
ed-and there they remained, pull
ing, hauling, Juggling and contend
ing until the sun was fast sinking
toward the western horizon, when
the rope broke and the poor mare
evaded both and made her way
back in the direction of the lot.
They, with one accord, started in
hot pursuit, but the gentleman'S
sister-in-law met him i'll the lane
with a paddle which she wieldel
upon him vigorously awhile. He
finally succeeded in reaching the
lot which the mare had entered, but
was there met by his b%rother-in.
law with IA pole in band, who kept
him out. In the meantime the
padding continued, aud the poor
mare was faring as badly, having
come in contact with Ii pack OF dogs
aud by them was puIleddown to
the ground. SOmshsdy went to her
reliet and beat the dogs off, where
upon she arose and attempted TO
get away. The dogs renewed the
attack aud again pulled her down.
This time IA sOn-in-law appeared
upon tho scene with a shot gun aud
killed two of the CANNES.
Now, so far as heard from, the
days work ended for that little
family with the man outdOne, The
old plded mare badly dog biz, two
dogs dead and a gun empty.
Yours, CRANE POND.