Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-07-16
THIS AND THAT.


bound together, making u raft 700 feet
long, with spars from rs to 175 feet in
length 1t will be lowed, but will
also be manned and rugged TO sail.
Gus on tine enue)--"What' your
hurry, Jack?" Jack (breathless)-
"For Gawd's sake, Gus, don't detain
me; it's o'clock and I've got my z
O'Clock suit on."-The Epoch.
A great deal has been said by GER
tain writer's in The north about the ex-
cessive penalties imposed occasionally
in the south by courts upon petty law
breakers, and in this connection the
attempt has been made to show that
the majority of cases the colored
offender is always the more severely
dealt with. Now let us look at II case
just reported from Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, and see if anything quite so severe
can be charged against any of our
magistrates:
On the Fourth of July u girl, Is
years old, named Cora Eldridge, was
arrested in Red Hook on complaint OF
Mary Il. Williams, who charged her
with larceny in stealinga canary bird
valued at S1.50, Cora asserted that
the bird was given to her by John w.
Coon, who died a month or two ago.
Justice Martin, however,. sentenced
the girl to five years confinement in
the House of Refuge.
First Chicago Anarchist-"Py gum!
You hear dot? More inquisitions:
More tyranies. We must revolt"
Second Anarchist - "Not happen
now?" "You hear uboud does Waits
mission cruelties?" "Nein." Ids
awful. Last week does peoples caught
500 newspoys and Washed 'em.-Oma-
ha World. A ,f,
The Y1s'nnagers of the menagerie in
Central Park, New Y0Sk, say tnae u
good male lion is worth ,9Vo, t'gep
II 200, leopard $3.50, ana H me nh;:n
from so upwards. The fealMe cii II
panzee costs $500. g,
On July IA about 200 members a..
DR.. i@lmage's congregation expected
to start on Il continental trip. They
will visit England, Scotland, Ireland,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy,
and perhaps Spain. The entire eX-
pense Of each individual will be be-
tween $3.50 and $500. The tour will
extend over period of seven weeks.
Nurse Ito father of triplets)-"Ah.
sorr, they are perfect little gems!'
Father carbohydrates, but give
me soltaires in p. reference to clusters
every time." York Evening
sun.
lis estimated that the railroad
mileage, in Mexico owned by Ameri-
the capital invested is upward of
SS0,000.000. The amount OF American
capital Invested in mines is. thought
to oe nearly Sl0,000,000.
Ed. entering club)-"Old Smith is
beast" Al.-"lndeed" Ed
He said he'd remember me in his
the will read yesterday and in the
distinctly remembered to my friend.
Mr.. Edward Smith. '"-Times.
On the 10th instant the members of
the New York City branch of the
Travellers Protective Association as
sembled in the upper parlors ef the
Morton House, and Vice-President
Carbierre reported to them the pro-
ceedings of the national convention
recently held at Minneapolis. Hesaid
that the Lake shore railroad had
agreed to issue to them 5OO0-mile
tickets, good over fourteen other lines
north and south. for 500. Several
western railroads had made the same
concession, and 1t was generally I'M
derstood that the rate wonld be gen.
eral after the next meeting of the
trunk line passe nger agents.
In Zuni land the woman makes
the first advances looking toward
marriage. The woman raises. Tie
family. She transmits the name.
She sends to the youth she
chooses basket of meal or
peaches, and if he is inclined toward
her he forthwith makes "a present OF
primary consideration" consisting
of pair of moccasins ola whole deer
skin, beautifully dressed and snow
white. That signifies that she is
provided with shoes for life. The
skin is placed over the foot and then
rolled around the leg and strapped
down with delicate thongs. You can
always tell II newly married Zun
woman by the large role of deerskin
and by the small silver buttons that
adorn the leggings. Whenever the
foot piece wears out it is cutoff and
the roll is replaced. When the
woman becomessold the roll is small
! The only sanctiiication of the mar.
rage is the formal adoption of the
young men after the acceptance Of
the bundle. He is then the stepson Of
the girls father.
Author Ito editor)-"Have YOU ex-
amined my last story, Mr.. Snippit?D
Editor" Yes. 1t seems all right with