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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-09
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4 Scottish Inilurs

GLASGOW, January .-llardcastle
Rule & CO., cotton traders, aud the
lilanlyrcn Weaving company have
failed. Liabliliosoi llardcasllc, Rule
& Co., $4,000, and those of the Blan
! y rem Weaving company 100000.
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A victor, for III. Miners,

COLUMBUS, o., January s,--Jndge
Thurman to-nay rendered his decision
as umpire in the arbitration between
coal operators and miners IN Ohio
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II fixes the basis at GO ccnts per ton,
which Is the amount asked by the
miners Tho operators only wanted
To pHy 30 cents.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-09

II does Us good to talk about Shoes,
hut We Uc so busy This week taking
inventory and putting the knife into
priceSthat we have no time to quote
prices generally.
Ladies' Kid Button Shoes at ~, were
80; at So, were $3.50, at $3.50, were
$40.
We have some odd lot, Of Mems
line lland-scwcd Shoes that are worth
$50 uair. We make one lot of
ihrm aud offer them al AT ~ pair.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-09

CmCAdo, January s.-t'eoghan 4
Co, furniture dealers, were Closed by
the sheriff this morning Tho firm
did Nh extensive business.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-09
Special Clearing Sale
In ChiIdren's Suits.

In Childrens Clothing We Away
have been headquarters, both for
prices cut, style and ~
In Childrcn's Clothing we have
made general cut Of % per ccut.
We are going to close out all Tho
Winter stock of them in January
Buy early if you want choice.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-09
SpsCiaI Clearing Sale
In Overcoats.

You never saw such cutting of
lricos,
Look AT our Overcoats at SIS.
LOOK nj our OvtrcOats at SO.
Look ut our Oyercoats at 81.
Look at our Overcoats at SS.
Look at our OvorcOats at $40,
And YOU will see values the like OF
which has never been offered before,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-09
J lnuary Clearing Sale
IN OUR
MILLINERY DEP'M'T

Our entire stock of FALL Millin-
cry must 90, oil marked down to half
price. Handsome laucy Birds aud
Wings nj 25c., 35c., soc. each.
Imported Felt shapes reduced to
81 from S2.25. THESE are few incts
and give only AN idea OF the many
bargains We Oilrr.
HATS AND BONNETS
Trimmed Hats and Bonncts Below
Cost.
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Household Hints;

In using cloves for pickles or preserves
the blossom end should be removed, as
this darkens the liquid with which it is
cooked.
If roses are wilted before they can be
placed in water, immerse the ends of the
stalks in very hot water for a minute or
two, and they will regain their pristine
freshness.
A little bag Of mustard laid on the top
Of the pickle jar will prevent the vinegar
from becoming moldy if the pickles have
been put up in vinegar that has not been
boiled
If anew broom be immersed in boil
ing water until it is quite cold, and then
thoroughly dried in the air, it will be
far more pleasant to use and will last
much longer. Frequent moistening Of
the broom is conducive to its usefulness
and also to the carpets.
All housekecpcrs know with what per-
tinacity the flavor of onions clings to
the utcnsil i'll which they were cooked,
even after the most persistent of boiling
off AMI securing out. Therefore, if you
have kettle with q notch broken out or
q Skillet with half the handle broken off,
DO not rclcgatc it to the cellar, but keep
it expressly for cooking onions and
nothing else.
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Stumbling Horses.

The Pittsburgh StocEman says: "Some
good horses are addicted to stumbling
while walking or moving in slow trot.
A well-vcrscd veterinarian states that
there are two causes that would tend to
produce this faulty action; one, q gene
raj weakness in the muscular system
such as would be noticed in tired
horse; the other, a weakness of the ex-
terror muscles of the leg brought about
by carrying too much weight on the toe.
To effect cure" he adds, 'fightcn the
weight Of each front shoe about four
ounces; have the toe of the shoe made
of steel instead of iron, it will wear
longer; have it roundcd off about the
same as it would be when one-third
worn out, in order TO prevent tripping !;
allow one weeks rest; have the legs
showcred for few minutes at time
with cold water through q hose, in order
TO create spray; then rub dry, bris1ly,
from the chest down to the foot. Give
walking exercise daily during this week
for about an hour twic. day. When
You commence driving again, omit the
slow jog; either walk or send him along
at sharp trot for mile or two, then
walk away, but do not speed for at least
several weeks. By this means the habit
of stumbling from either Of the above
causes will be pretty we'll overcomc."
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Don't Magnify Troubles.

Robert Southey, the poet, once wrote
to a friend: II have told you of the
Spaniarl WHO always put on his specta-
Giles when he was about to cat cherries,
that they might look bigger and more
tempting. In like manner l made the
most of my cnjoymcnts, and though do
not cast my cares away, 1pacls them in
as little compass as l can, and carry
them as conveniently as l can for my
self, and never let them annoy others. !"
There are people who seem to follow OK
actIy the opposite plan-put on their
spcctaclcs when they look at their trou-
blcs to make the troubles look bigger,
aud pack their cnjoyments away in as
small compass rs possil'
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Recipes.

BAKED PoTAroEs. Select large, fine
sweet or Irish potatoes; wash them and
bake in the skins in steady oven until
soft, turning them often as they cook.
Send to table wrapped in napkin.
RICE PUDDING, -One-half cup of rice,
salt and one cup of raisins boiled until
the raisins are tender and the rice dry.
Add custard and pour into pudding
dish set in pan of water, and do not
bake too long. The rule for the custard
is four eggs to quart of milk.
FRIED Pres FEET. Boil them slowly
in hot water, slightly sailed, for three
hours Or until tender. Take them out
of the liquor when cold, not before, and
lay in enough vinegar and water half
and halo to cover them for half day !;
wipe, rub with mustard, pepper, and, if
needed, salt; dip in beaten egg then in
crushed cracker and fry in hot lard,
Drain well and eat hot.
TURNIp PUREE.-A dozen large white
turnips, three tablespoonfuls of butter
rolled In one of flour, cup of hot milk,
pepper, salt, stalk of celery, two
quarts of boiling water; peel and slice
the turnips, boil with the celery in
sailed water until soft, rub through a
colander back into the pot with the wa
ter in which they are cooked; stir in
seasoning and Toured butter; simmer ten
minutes, add the hot milk and turn into
the tureen.
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Massaging by Machinery.

The principles of massage treatment
have been known ever since cannibals
were discovered kncading each others
stomachs to help the digestion of big
dinners, but the process was never SO
popular as it is now. The reported treat
mcnt of the President by masseur has
given the business boom and massage
artists are in fair way to get rich. But
while the masseur is wearing the flesh
off fat people, he is himself losing
strength and flesh by the hard and slow
work. Necessity has just become the
mother of another invention whereby a
sort of massage treatment is applied by
machinery run By steam. The principal
machine consists of two rubber pads
about five inches long and two inches
wide, placed parallel TO each other and
fastened so that they adjust themselves
to any part of the body. They vibratc
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is, like shoe
brush, 1900 times minute. The
patient, without removing his clothes,
lies down on lounge and the masseur
applies the rubbers without OK rting his
own muscles much. -Ne,o York Letter.
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A British blockade. Runner.

The late Hobart Pasha's recently pub
lishcdbook Of "reminiscences gives q curious
account of thc trade of blockadc-runniny
during the American war; Hobalt's
first personal venture consisted chiefly of
corscts and pills. A thousand pairs of
stays were readily sold at profit of
100 per cent; but in spite of his elo-
qucnt recommendations of their virtues,
the crosses OF pill-boxcs were left upon
his hands, while sundry parcels of tooth
brushes were an absolute drug. He
carried the pills back to Nassau, where
lie swooped them for chests of lucifcr
matches, which went off we'll at Will
limgton on his next cruise. And he
sent heavy order to England for coffin
screws, which seem to have fetched fancy
prices in the South in those days of sad
mortality, --Pnis Neacs.
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How to SnYe Annlea.

The Illinois state cntomologist, Prof.
S. A. Forbes, says, in bulletin just
issued, that elaborate experiments made
in the apple orchards with arsenical
poisons show that an average of at least
70 per cent. of the apples now destroyed
OF injured by the codling moth may be
saved to ripen by one or two sprayings
with paris green, made in early spring,
while the fruit is not larger than halle
nut. Taking one year with another, the
codling moth is found to infcst about
one-half of the apples which set on the
trees, and making all reasonable allow
ances it is estimated that the general use
OF the spraying method must effect a
saving to the state in the increased value
of the apple crop of at least $500 an
nually. The cost of the application
would be practically nothing. Obscrva,
tons and analyses have shown that there
is not the slightest danger to the con-
sumcr of the fruit from poisoning the
trees thus carly in the season, when the
apples are very small and before they
have turned downward on their stems
The experiments show, however, that
late poisoning is dangerous, and, further
more, is without effect upon the cooling
moth.
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The First Strike.

1t is said that the first strike on record
in this country was in New York city in
1903 when numb.r OF sailors struck
for higher wages. 1t was settled by the
arrest and imprisonment of I'll, ring
leaders. Beginning with the present
century, the first trades union formed
on the present basis was that of the
Journeymen Tailors, in 1906, although
those who came from England were al
ready members Of the union there. The
same is true of the hat;ers, whose Amer
lean union was founded in 1919, while
in England it dated back 10 1900. The
shipwrights and calkcr' date back to
about 1926, while the printers started a
local union in 1891. Between 1926 and
1851 unions came into existence in many
industries, having for their objects the
securing of fewer hours of labor and
higher wages, which have continued to
be their principal aims until the present.
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Tho Length of Step.

DR.. GILES dc Ia Tourctte has recently
published monograph upon normal To-
comotion and the variations in the gait
caused by diseases Of the nervous system.
He found from q comparison of large
number of cases that the average length
of a pace is, for men e5 inches, for
women 20 inches. The step with the
right foot is somewhat longer than that
with the left. The feet are separated
literally in walking about 1-2 inches in
men, and about inches in women. The
ataxic gait is characterized by an actual
shortening of the pace coinciding with
an apparent frightening, and by con-
siderable increase in The lateral separa.
ton Of the feet.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Scared Musicians.

Christina, the Queen of Sweden, never
wore night-cap, but used to wrap her
head in large servicttc, which gave to
her by no means handsome features q
monstrous and forbidding aspect. One
night she could not get to sleep, and
ordered her musicians to be sent for to
play at her bedside. The curtains OF
tho bed had been drawn closely, but,
being charmed with the music, and
more especially with the singing of q
young choristcr, she sat up in bed and
suddenly popped her head out of the
curtains, exclaiming, "Pcr Bacco
What splendid voice he's gotl' The
singer and other musicians were so terri
fed at this unexpected appartion that
they broke off in the middle of bar and
scampcred away head over heels.
From tie German.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Acting Postmaster General Stevenson has
appointed the following fourth-class post
masters: Mrs. Mary Batchelder, Windsor,
Me-; Miss Eta Gates, East Lee, Mass !;
Burnes w. Pattes, Enfield, N H.
The House committee On public buildings
and grounds ordered favorable report
upon Representative Milliken's bill for the
sale of the site of the public building at
Eastport, Me-, and approprating 800 900 for
the purchase of new site on the water front,
and the erection thereon Of a new custom
house.
Senator Conger, from the committee on
postoffices, has reported favorablv the bill
recently passed by the House to extend the
free delivery system to towns having a popu-
lation of 1000 or gross annual po,tal
revenue of $4,000; also the House bill
authorizing the employment of mail
messengers in the postal service
The Senate bill providing for the admis-
sion OF Washington territory into the union
committees on territories and amended by
aiding section including Montana territory
within the scope Of the bi /. In this shape
1t wi be reported to the House.
The following among other fourth class
postoffices, will be raised to the presidential
class Jan. ], 1887 Plttsfeld, Me-; Mans
field, Mass. Walpole, Mass. Bristol, N. H.
Eight workmen were recently injured by q
fall ng wall of the oil Carroll buildings in
Washington
A bill has been introduced in the Houae
providing for the appointment of commits
sion to inquire into the the losses inflicted
upon American fishermen by British authori
ties.
The secretary of tho treasury has trans
m ted letters 10 Congress, alleging Yer
m nts Indebtedness to the government to
til extent of S553, 7So for arms and equip.
m nts furnished in the late war, for the pro
lection of its frontier. This is in response
to Vermonts claim for SG6, 800.
add domestic
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Women OH California Ranches,

The women often show the wear and
tear of their isolated positions, without
compensating social interest, more than
do the men, who arc surrounded by men
interested in the same pursuits. Love of
luxurious clothing amounts to a passion
in the women of all classes. About their
homes they go dressed as elegantly as if
in the fashionable streets of San Francis
co. This is the results of the wishes of
husbands, sons and fathers for the visi-
BILE display of their wealth speedily
shown. Too hurried to build the good
homes which they need, all rushing along
the heated race course that leads to sud-
den wealth, they deck their women as a
means of establishing their claims to
social importance, and to compensate
them for the real hardships of their lone
ly lives during much Of the time.
The religious, educational and moral
tone of the community is largely upheld
by women, and a reverential bearing is
adopted toward them, which is bcauti-
full and very gratifying without doubt.
The immense size of the ranches, how
ever, tends to isolation, and the mad
dening monotony of the Life is very try
ing to the moral stamina--one day is
much like another for months during the
heated term, day after day, week after
week, Sunday included. With the
nearest neighbor five miles away, what
cheer is to be found in the last Partisan
styles, eighteen months late; or in tigers
eye Jewels in bracelets and brooches, all
the way from the Cape of Good Hope
and "too lovely for anything" just sent
as the latest thing cut from Tiffany's OF
chased silver tea service with accom-
panying pottery of the Doulton make; OIL
lovely pug King Charles, with trap
pings to match the Partisan suits, when
the Jewels and dresses are to be seen only
by the Chinese cook and Mexican and
Indian vaqueros, neither of whom can
speak ten consecutive words in English
and the tea service to be used on a pine
table built in the dining-room, ungrace-
| full as Gothic death's-head and cross
bones; or of King Charles, when there
is not even one feminine heart to bt
wrenched by the black beak Of envy =
--Brooklyn Magasine.
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Pretty Denartmsnt Girls.

The pretticst girl in the employ of the
government, says a Washington letter to
the Detroit Tribune, is copyist at the
Navy Department. This is saying a
good deal, as about 1000 women hold
positions in Washington, and probably
1000 more in other parts of the country
are receiving salaries from Uncle SAM.
Some OF the ''countcsscs," as the girls
employed III the Treasury Department
are called, are very pretty, but the belle
of the navy is claimed to BE- entitled to
the apple of Paris. She is niece to
our minister to England, Judge Phelps,
and her family reside in this city. For
about four years the young lady has
been employed rs a type writer in the
office of Commodore Walker, the chief of
the bureau of detail, receiving salary of
5000 year. She is adark-eyed blonde,
with a beautiful figure and the officers
Of the navy arc all her devoted slaves.
She was SO much interrupted in her
work by them that Commander McCalla,
in whose room she is, was compelled to
prohibit the officers from interviewing
her in department hours, and got large
screen, behind which her attractions are
now hidden. If the commander leaves
his room for a moment, there is certain
to be some bold young tar about the
building to run in for chat with the
beauty, and when McCalla returns the
culprit is profuse in his excuses. The
number of officers who have typcwriting
to be done is astonishing. and they all
want to superintend the work. The
young lady does not appear to be aware
of her attractions, but cannot but notice
that the other typewritcrs are not in such
demand as herself. When she leaves the
department at night there are generally
two or more officers accidentally waiting
in the corridor to escort her safely down
the elevator and see her to the street
car
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-23

Will the Garibaldi waist displacc the
Jersey from the place which it has occu
pied for seven years, or is it possible for
two garments so entirely unlike in effect
to exist together9 The new Garibaldi is
very long, and the wearcr might as well
have no belt as to wear the cestus OF
Venus under its dropping fulncss.
Around the neck and wrists are plaits
forminga cuff and species of yoke, and
the shoulder-strap of the Old Garibaldi,
its collar and wristband, are left off.
The color is avivid red, which should
be carefully chosen, for there are some
scarlets among the fanncls of this season
that have painfully vulgar effect, while
others are not exquisite in hue. The
English version of Garibaldi opens at
the throat over plated chemiscttc and
has wide plush collar and plush cuffs.
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Farm aud Gardrn Notes.

Winter is one OF the best times to
build post and board fence, provided
tho ots are set before the ground closes
up; tlcn the boards can be nailed OH at
any time during the winter and the posts
will be firm as a rock.
To destroy poison vine the plant
should be cut just the time the young
leaves are forming. If not cut before
the leaves are firm enough to gather
food from the atmosphere, the roots get
strength to put out again. 1t is no use
to cut down noxious vines at this season.
Wait till they arc sprouting in spring.
The incr ascd use of commercial or
,i.izcrs by the farmers all over the
country would seem to prove the fact
that the money laid out for them yearly
is a good investment, yet We find now
and then a farmer who says it docs not
pay to use them, but the number be-
longing to this class is growing less
each year.
Farmers often complain that potatoes
are an exhaustive crop. This can hardly
be otherwise when the entire crop is
taken from the soil and no part of it re-
turned. Potatoes draw largely on the
supply of potash in the soil, hence lib
eral supply should be given this crop, in
order that the soil may not be robbed of
this particular element Of plant food.
In storing away garden seeds place
them in wooden bags, with a piece of
gum camphor in each bag, and also dust
the seeds with insect powder. These
methods will protect the seeds against
insects, which destroy many kinds, such
as peas, beans, etc. All seeds should be
kept in dry place, and an examination
of them should be made several times
during the winter.
Cornmeal is convenient, and we
might say staple, article of food in the
barn yard and poultry yard, yet it is not
the best food for chickens. 1t is a very
good food in winter, as it is heating,
but for young chickens, ii is not sufficient
lygrowing. Very young chickens that arc
fed on cornmeal exclusively are liable to
be troubled with bowel diseases. Give 9
variety of food, give plenty of range,
and, above all, give clean quarters.
Chestnut wood is almost despised by
some PEOPLE and considered fit only fol
summer use. 1t may be surprise tc
many to know that chestnut wood is ont
of the best kinds for heating purposes
it burns quick and free and will heat ;
room very quickly, but it requires {
larger amount to last through the yea
than when hard wood is used; but i. is
easier to work up and less in price, ant
thus the cost is about the same as 70
hard wood.
The crossing of breeds should be don't