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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-15
LIVE s'EOCgl.

ST; LouIs, March IS The national Live
stock Indicator reports:
Catte-R Receipts, LOO; shipments, 600; mar
ket dun and lover choice heavy native steeis
iil@ 3 fair to good ,tNe steers NiGl ij;
butchers 5 GERS, medium to choice, g l1ml Is;
Nt"ckcr~ and fee'erN, fair To sooi OOG3 50;
rangers, ordiuary to ZOO. 2l0} 20.
Hogs -Reocipis,Z IS developments 1900 market
active aud firm, ranging rom ~ to T..
sheep Receipts, ,tu'; shipments, 3,lOO;
market steady fair to choice oOa5 10.
KANSAS CITY, March i3--rhe ave ;siocp
Indicator repOrts:
ke $ oW ma G0Gl0 10 lower for cloice aud
l'Col1 lower f, common aud medium: good I,
choice corn fed l6-Ui gj stocllctS 20 az 81
feeding steers, > 0ON} on; common to medium
3 2inl i0 cows 00tJS 10
Hogs Receipts O,r00; shipments, go; mar.
ket ~ I'M dium ANA choice steady: pi4s veal,
and &c lower, ranging from -90 IS: medium
'NN 0; pigs ANA 81 ips, g Goa TO.
Sueep-ltccelpts, 1000 shipments lO0; marke
active for good to "hoice, mutton 75aj So
common TO medium dam, , UO'UIOu.
CHICAGO, Mach - The Drover4 Iourna
reports:
ttle-Keceipts, 1000 shipments 2oo0; mar
kel weak extra 3 to; Steers lU,D5 p; stock,
ers fud feeders > l5@l5 81; COWS. bulls an,
mixed, 0UH{ p. Texas cattle 3 25Utl 20
special CHulegram from LONDON quotes de-
m1nd for cattle very weak and prices shad,
! lower. 1T Anne ricAu beeVes 51.c a pound
estimated dead weight.
ltoGs- Receipts, $500 shipments mar
| k"l steady: miSed,j l1gj 30; heavy, 30G5tO
Hght, . OCaj 20.
sheep--keceipts,e 010 shipments, 600: mar
ket strong; natives, 000IG Un; western, 25C
D 70; Texans, OEGi %; lambs, B 2llg6 p.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-15

Wheat No = roH i r our unchanged. steady.
at SIS, 'N'.@ ~ - no. corn, ~ q,
mess ss pork per Dbl, $!S go 14oo.
slu per ltO pounds, $50.
shoulder, boxed, 6.ootNI0: ,yo-, .,o,.
sides boxed, ,oOG5.G5 snort clear
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-15
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.
.i ,uefes opened steady. ruled dull, closing
!! WI, 10 points higher.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-15

Garden and flower seed in every
variety at Wholesale or retsil, in bulk
or by patkage at d. +. SEARS.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
Fight With an Alligator.

Lazaretto Creek, a short distance
from Tybee, Ca, was the scene recently
of q fearful combat between three fish
ermen and a monster alligator. The
fishermen had been down the creek
fishing, and were on their way back to
the city. They drew their boat to the
place of landing, and as they did they
were confronted by an alligator meas
uring nine feet in length. AS the boat
landed within three feet of the saurian
he dashed the sides and edges of it
fiercely with his tail, and was only pre-
vented from capsizing it by the prompt
ness OF the fishermen in seizing their
oars and beating him over the head and
body. The contest lasted fully a half
hour before the animal was captured.
Mr.. M. G. Russell. who was one of the
party, secured a lasso, and in the
struggle succeeded in fastening it
around the alligator's upper jaw. He
struggled to escape at first, but was
finally subdued, and the fishermen car
ried him to a hotel and put him on Ok
hibition. During the combat he snap
ped one of the men on the leg, severely
woundinp him.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
THE KINNDOM OF ANIMALS.
Interesting Stories Concerning AL
Kinds of Qaudrupeds.
A CATS TASTE FOR MUSIC.
Horse Hair Snakes-A Dog That
Whipped a Bird-A Queer
Fight With an ALI
gator.
Snakes.

Golden Argosy: Have any OF our
readers ever thrown n horsehair into a
basin of water and waited patiently for
il to turn into a snakep This seeming
absurdity is Illus explained by a writer
in the Hartwell Sun:
''Our friend asked us il we didn't
want TO see % horsehair that had turned
into a snake. We did, and he drew a
bottle from his pocket filled with water,
in which was what appeared TO be a di--
minutive snake, five or six inches long,
writing and twisting, as if anxious TO
escape from the bottle. When put in
the bottle it was nothing more than a
hair from Il horses tail.
at was then explained nat the hair
does not undergo change, but that in
visible animalcules that generate in the
water collect on the hair and make it
twist and squirm after the manner of a
snake or worm 1t is held by good au-
thority that many Of the so-called ami
malcules have been shown TO be plants,
having locomotive powers something
like animals: the motion, however, is
not supposed to be voluntary. But tho
horsehair makes a first-class snake all
the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

Gladstone Bros. & Co., Douglas st,
Grosfeld E., No. 1905 st. Mary's ave.
Gentlemen & Hunt, No. sol N. 10th st.
Hughes & Evans. No. 1920 Saunders st.
Hammond & Co., No. 12l N. 10th st.
Hirt M, No. 1920 s. 10th st.
Hnll, Edwards g. Co., 2713 Leavenworth.
Huntzinger j. F., 1911 st. Mary's ave.
Hallauer F., No. 800 S. 10Th st.
Hensell & Klouse, 10th and Farnam.
Hess j. G., No. 2S04 Farnam.
Hetzell g. Sass, 9th and Cunning St.
Kuhn & Co., 18th and Douglas.
Kinsler J.. T., No, 1907 Farnam.
Kuhn Fred, No. $40 S. 10th st.
Kelly ]. A., No. 1919 Farnam.
Lang A., 18th and jackson.
LEM Christ, No. 419t S. 10th. st.
Lipshitz j., No. 100 S. 18th.
Lind & Christianson Clark & Saunders.
Mostoeller g. Scott, 18th and Vinton.
Murphy j. A., No. 120 N. 10th.
Mulligan T. F., No. 1923 Saunders.
Melcher Agt. G. A., South Omaha.
Mcdonald G. c., Saunders & Caldwell.
Mcleod E., No. 1924 N. 10th.
Mickey c., South Omaha.
New NJ, No. 606 S. 9th,
Owen 81 Co., No. sos N. 10th.
Pryor w. A., No. 1901 Park ave.
Powell M. b., 18th and jackson.
Parr NJ, No. 423 S. 10th.
Prince j. S., No. 214 N. 10Th.
Postal d. c., cor. Blonde and Goth st.
Redle VIM. No. 1906 S. 18th.
Ross & O'Hearne, No. ALP N. 10th.
Reuther g., South Omaha.
Rehfield & Co., Is, Farnam & Douglas.
Rubin & Co., No. 1905 st. Mary's ave
Richard Henry, Farnam, bet. 10 g. IL.
Sander A. H., cor. Saunders g. Cummings
Saville j. j., No. 1104 N. oath.
Spafford T. W., 18th and Howard.
Spettman J. H., No. 2S12 Leavenworth.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
The Bloodthirsty Weasel.

Youths Companion: The common
weasel or ermine is M of the most
bloodthirsty of all animals. 1t hasIbeen
known to kill forty well-grown fowls in
a single night. Ever victorious"
says DR.. c. II. Merriam in his "Mam-
mails of the Adirondacks, " ''of pre-emi-
tent assurance, this indomitable little
animal is, in courage, ferocity and
%audacity almost without a parallel
among the mammalla." He describes a
scene which seems to prove his state
ment.
II once put a very lansso rat into a
square tin cage with a weasel. The rat
had been caught in a steel trap by the
toes of one of his hind feet and was in
no way injured.
He was very ugly and bit f~iercely at
the trap and at the stick with which l
assisted him into the cage, but no SOC
had he entered the cage than his whole
n and bearing changed. He i'm
mediately assumed an attitude of abiect
terror, trembled from head to foot and
crawled into the nearest corner.
1.-THE weasel advanced toward him at
once and as he did SO the rat rose upon
his hind legs, let his forepaws hang
helplessly over his breast and squealed
piteously. He showed neither DISPOSE
ton to fight nor to defend himself when
attacked.
1.-THE weasel did not sieze him at first,
but cutfed him with his forepaws and
drove him from one corner of the cage
to another, glaring at him continuously.
Then suddenly he sprang upon his vic
tim, already paralyzed with fear, laid
open the back OF his head with a single
bite, ate the brains and left the CULVER
ing carcass untouched"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
Cit Y

Aberly II. j., No. 213 N. 25th st.
Anisfield Ed, No. 800 S. 10th st.
Antilles Geo. g. Co. No. 1872 S. 10th st.
Anderson A., No. 2213 Cunning st.
Askwith w. s., No. 1908 Saunders st.
Barkolow Bros, Union Pacific Depot.
Ball |. s., No. 27O5 ~Leavenworth.
Bell Ed, No. 1907 Lake st.
Becht Max, Cor. 18th and Harvey.
Bonner II. j., Cor. 10th and Vinton st.
Brown A., No. 2601 Cunning st.
Bennett j. s., Cor. Clark and Saunders.
Bergen J. E., No. 902 N. 10th st.
Bell b. G. e. Co., 18th and Jackson st.
Beatty Chas., 18th and Leavenworth st.
Brown N. H., No. 1920 S. 10th st.
Brown g. Cronk, No. GIL S. 18th st.
Chandler F., No. 1926 Leavenworth st.
Cavanaugh p, No. 1874 Seward st.
Conrad Max. 10, bet. Douglas& Farnam.
Cummings & Murphy, S. 18th st.
Gates Bros, Goth and Walnut.
CaJori A, No. Sol Pierce st.
Cunningham p, No. LOT s. 10th st.
Crum & Bishop, Cor. Gath and Lake SITS.
Dalzell J. A., No. lis N. 10Th st.
Dygert G. A. & Co., Cor. 80 81 Corby st.
Engelman r., No. 424 S. 18th st.
Grancisco G.. o. g. Co., No. 2206 Farnam.
Frank M. j., Cozzens House.
Floodman p. e. & Co., 16 81 Davenport.
Fruehauf j. l., No. Ais S. 18th st.
Fields G. c., 26th and Cummings st.
Feenan M. j., Park ave.
Fentsch F. H., 10Th and Howard st.
Gentleman VIM, cor. Lake & Saunders.
Goodman Drug Co., Farnam st.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
Electricity on ShipbOard.

While the question of the most COM
pact form of engine and dynamo to be
used OF board ship is one that applies to
all vessels, the application OF electric-
ity, and the electric motor in particu-
lar, is especially convenient in wal YES
sells, lii airecent article appearing in
the Army and Navy Journal, Lieutenant
Bradley A. Flske points out the great
convenience of the electric motor and
its eminent adaptability to replace the
large number OF small steam engines
now employed on shipboard for a va
riety of purposes. But in addition to
this he points out hat a new use for
the motor can be found, not only in the
training of guns, but in elevating
them for firing in a seaway. With an
electric motor to aid him, the gunner
can keep the piece on the target indie
pendent of the rolling of the ship. In
the article referred to, Lieutenant
Fiske mentions the fact that at least
one of the new ships, the ''Chicago,''
the dynamo, which generates current
for the lights and the electric motor to
be employed in traing one of the guns,
is placed above the water line and eX-
posed to the enemy's projectiles. Why
such an important part of the equip
ment of the ship should be placed above
the water line any more than the boil
erS and engines seem difficult to under
stand, and we venture to hope that in
future this oversight will be remedied.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

Schillei j., 10th and Nicholas.
Schaefer Aug, Sherman ave g. Corby.
Sweeney S. L., South Omaha.
Sobotker G.. H. South Omaha.
Stevens Henry A., 18th and Vinton.
Southmayd & Runnell, No. 1910 N. 10th.
Schubert H., 816 N. 10th.
Smith e. Owens, South Omaha.
Sims G. D., Saunders st.
~Slobodisky L., sos N. 10th.
Thompson Geo., cor. 10th g. Henderson.
Torbitt G.. S., 2208 Farnam.
Toce D., 1120f Farnam.
Van Kroge & PAIL, cor. 18th g. Clarke.
Vangreen & Helm, 1902 Cummings.
Wilrot c., Sl4 N. 10th.
Wolfer W., cor, 26th and Decatur.
Whelan James, 1925 Saunders.
W~hitehouse II. B., cor. 10th 81 Webster.
Waller Emma, 104 s. 18th.
West g. Fritcher, 1909 Farnam.
Westrande a. Weber, 1908 Cummings.
Wilson Clayton, AGA s. 10th.
Ward w. j. 81 Co., COL N. 10th.
Wilke & Sautter, Cor. Goth and Pierce.
Worthy Wm., Cor. Corby and 18th.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
The ELECTRIC Light and Gas.

AT a meeting of the Western Gas asso-
citation, held in Chicago recently, the
president, Mr.. Emerson McMillin, made
a remarkable address as to the manner
in which the sentimentof gas engineers
has changed in regard to electricity.
He said: More than one-fourth of the
companies responding to a circular of
inquiry were doing electric lighting,
and more than half believed that gas
companies should do electric lighting.
Both the arc andincandescent systems Of
electric lighting were growing rapidly.
But few cites or towns were now with
out arc lights in the streets. While it
was yet far from being the most economi-
cal mode of lighting, it was rapidly sup
planting other modes in the denser
parts of citet and towns, and the time
was coming when the public would de-
mand arc or other powerful lights on
most of the public streets. Incan-
descent lighting was making equal
progress with are lighting. 1t was the
most convenient, the most Clearly and
the least Objectionable, from a sanitary
standpoint, of any light now in use. 1t
would not do for gas managers to longer
expect TO fight it OFF by proclaiming its
unreliability. 1t was more reliable to-
day than gas was during periods of low
temperatures" AS to the electric
motor, it was reported in 81 per cent of
the replies that it had not replaced gas
engines, while 8 per cent said it had.
Another year will bring hat 6 per cent
up to a much higher figure. Mr.. Me-
Millin expressed his belief that gas
would remain the light of the masses.
The convers to the electric light, be-
ing hat electricity is getting the cream
of the business. And yet we have
heard of many instances in which the
electric light is in use in ffth-rate bar
Der saloons, cheap eating houses, out
side peanut stands and in modest lager
beer saloons, where the masses" are
seen and do cougregate..
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
A Cat with a Taste for Music.

A young girl at Mercer, Pa, has a cat
with decided musical taste and discrim-
i~nation. She listens to the practice of
her young mistress with much enjoy
ment. but to one piece puss has a de-
cided aversion. This is the Dying
Nun" and anyone who has heard its
dolorous notes will credit puss with
good sense. Sometimes she lies on the
rug fast asleep when her mistress be-
gins the despised air, Immediately she
lifts her head, listens a moment, then.
rising, walks to the performer and be-
gins n most positive remonstrance She
reaches up, takes her mistress by the
arm and with mouth and paws tries to
pull her from the piano. Failing in
this, she next mounts the piano and
walks on the keys. But the teasing
young mistress still persisting, puss
finally despairs and beats a retreat, if
the door is ouen; if not, she begs with
piteous news to be let out. She has
been tried again and again, but never
will she allow that piece to be played
without decided remonstrance.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
A Oats DismaY.

In a garden near this city, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch, a young cat was
prowling around yesterday, trying in
her sweet natural way to look as much
like n tiger as possible, when a ''mee-
yah" in a high key fell upon her ear.
She stopped, held up n paw, and
opened her blinking eyes to the widest.
No other cat could she see in the gar
den, nor in the adjacent orchard. She
looked at me, and I'm certain she said
to herself something like: THAT man
thinks he's doing something smart, i'm
itating my ~voice!"
But | had o taken such n liberty
with my feline friend, a trustful young
tabby, hardly a year old, by the way.
The initiative genius was a catbird,
whom | could see swinging on a slender
branch weighted heavily with superb
blossoms of white in the center of q
large cherry tree. The dingy catbird,
with its muddy coat, was rejoicing in
the sunshine just as heartily as the
bluebird or the black and orange oriole
piping neal by among the fading mag
nolias and budding apple blossoms. To
show his JOY he sang, and, as everybody
knows, his song was like the cry of a
recently weaned kitten who is suffering
from n severe cold.
~ Wv lNhSoSN " q WV iilCill
tree ultimately just as the catbird gave
vent to a ''mee-yah" of unusual clear
ness and %piquancy; repeated the cat-like
cry several times, in fact. The cat was
intensely interested at once, and throw
ing up her head she examined the tree
branch by branch. | could almost see
her wrestling with the problem of
a cats voice coming from a tree where
there was no cat. 1t was a terrible puz-
2le for a young cat. But l was power
less to help her.
Then the bird again sang
out defiantly: "Mee-yahl Nee
yah! Mee-yah!' and the cat
seemed for the first time to SEQ the bird,
though hardly recognizing in the feath-
cred thing a talker of cat language.
But the cat fastened her eyes on the
bird and climbed a little way up the
knotty trunk of the cherry tree as if TO
get a closer view.
The finale was very funny. The bird
began its song again, and at the first
sound the cat slid down the tree and
RAJ into the house, tail high in the air
and fur bristling, as badly scared as she
is likely TO DO if she lives out all her
nine lives. She had heard for the first
time a bird sing with a cats voice.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
The Bird whipped the Dog.

There was a big time IN q Ridge aye
nue. car recently, says the Philadelphia
Times, in which n dog, a crane, the
conductor, Two men, three women, a
broom and a boy participated. William
Jones, IL news-agent on the Reading
railroad, got on h n at Twenty-fifth
street in company with a huge crane
about three and one-half feet tall and
with three stripes down its breast, The
crane had n light chain attached to its
right leg, II when Jones sat down he
fastened the chain to a puttonholo of
his coat. The crane stood up in the
centre OF the aisle and went to sleep.
At Twentieth street three got
on and awoke the bird with their laugh
ter. At Eighteenth street a small boy
and n big brown terrier got on the car.
The boy looked at the crane and laughed.
Then he looked at the dog and said:
Isle him, Carlo" Jones quickly un-
fastened the chain which held the
crane, and said: shake him, Bis
marck."
The dog made a rush for the bird, and
for about n minute nothing was seen
but flying hair and two long, skinny
legs which flashed in the air like
streaks of light. Then there was a yell.
The dog went Aying and bowling down
the aisle, followed by the bird, shaking
with rage and uttering "A shrill, piping
noise, ana dragging his ownery who
held on TO the chain. The conductor
stopped the dog at the door, and as he
came back, followed by the crane, the
IN jumped upon the seats, gathered
up their skirts and screamed.
The driver stopped the car just as the
bird caught the dog at the real door,
and, making n snap at Hmm, ripped
about six inches of hair from his back
with its back with its bill and SEN him
yelping into the street. Then the crane
shook itself and made a desperate at
tack on n broom which laid beside the
seats. 1t shook the broom up and was
beginning on the conductor when its
owner lassoep it with a piece of clothes
line and threw it on the floor.
BY the time Green street was reached
Bismarck was taking another standing
nap and mad no resistance when his
owner lifted him of the car. Jones
called the bird n ''mountain crane,n and
said it was caught in the woods around
Williamsport. He has been keeping il
chained up in his back yard at Twenty
fifth street and Ridge avenue, but il
whipped his dog so badly last Saturday
and gave him so much trouble on Sum
day, when it broke loose and gave him a
chase OF four squares with a lasso before
he caught it, that he decided to return
il to its mountain home. He was taking
it TO the depot for shipment when the
tight occurred.
He Died ofGrief.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

graph to the public by means of the ex-
hibition of it, accompanied by Mr.. E. T.
Gilliland's paper, before the New York
Electric club last Saturday evening was
a memorable occasion. The paper,
which will be found in full in our col
umns, is not only an admirably succinct
narrative of the manner in which Mr..
Edison made his invention and of the
nature of his exclusive claims to it, but
gives also an excellent idea of the va
rietv of uses to which the monograph
will be put.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
A Peculiar Cat.

A farmer by the nam of Thomas, who
lives near Wakenda, Mo-, has a moth
erly old cat that just now, in addition to
raising a large family of kittens, is
tenderly nursing a young squirrel and u
mink. The latter two were captured
this spring by some of Mr.. Thomas bows
and brought home. They were per-
mitted to run free around the house,
and in the course of their travels ran
against the old cat. The latter took
kindly to the two motherless little ami
mails and conducted them to her nest
of Young ones, where she has since
guarded them with great care. The
family get along very well.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
An Electric Woman.

Pail Mall Gazette: DIR. Fere, of the
French society Of biology has discovered
an electric woman! The name and ad-
dress of this phenomenon are not given,
probably to avoid her being got hold of
by some en%terprising Barnum. 1t ap-
pears that both her hair and body emit
electric sparks. The electricity is more
visible when her hair is combed. The
hair then stands on end. When she
puts on her underclothing it's contact
with her skin first produces a crepita-
ton, then the clothes adhere as it were
to the body, and finally her movements
are partly paralyzed. These phenom-
ena are particularly observable during
dry weather. The electric tension also
increases under the influence of emo
tions--such, for example, as the effect of
music, which augments the c%repitation.
This extraordinary creature, however,
is not unique. Dr. Legue mentioned
the case of n woman who during an
aurora borealis was suddenly charged
with electricity, which manifested
itself when she passed her finger over
the face of her brother; she remained
electric for two months.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
An Absolute Cure

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT
is only put up in large two ounce tin boxes.
and is an absolute cure for old sores, burns
wounds, chapped hands, and all skin erup,
lions. Win positively cure all kinds of niles
Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
AENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. at Is
cents per boX-by mail 80 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
Rome,s Antique boosters.


: The extreme antiquity OF pedigree
boasted by the domestic fowl bag gone
far to excite the favorable regard of
Boston people in its behalf, says the st.
Louis Globe. 1t is supposed to have
originated in eastern Asia, whence are
derived, even to the present, many of
the finest breeds. The primitive bird
of 5000 years ago was, probably, some
thing like what is known to-day as the
"Cochin"-a variety still common
among the Chinese, who have always
been great fanciers of poultry.
The ancient Egyptians kept hens and
are familiar with the principles of
artificial incubation, for which purpose
they employd ovens, heated by lamps
to an even temperature of 100 degrees.
The old Greeks and Romans had
famous strains of chickens. In their
time cock fighting was much in vogue.
OF the dantams they raised, Pliny
speaks, referring to them as "a dwarfish
kind of hen that is extra little, and yet
fruitful"
In Rome the poultry did not lack re-
spect and consideration. No magistrate
would open or close his doors before
their pleasure was known, and upon
their direction the imperial faces were
advanced or contrariwise. Accounts
~extant, in languages long dead, of
woody hens, which are said to have
formerly existed; of hairy hens also,
and of wingless and tailless fowls; of
horned BOOSTERS and other %barnyard
curiosities. Unfortunately, however,
like the dodo and the great aux, these
are all extinct.