Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-19

settle in Jasper, Ala, shipped hi:
goods there by rail, and then, witt
his wife and two children, drove the
whole distance, 1000 miles. They
had splendid time and saw more Of
the country and people than years Of
railroad travel would have permitted
The Princess Tewfda Hanem, the
eldest sister of the khedive Tewfk
Pasha and wife of Mansur Paha, died
recently at the age of thirty-eight. She
emancipated herself almost entirely
from oriental manners, dress and
ways of life, and was a great favoritc
among the Europeans residents of
Egypt.
In England the fight against the
salt trus. is rapidly assuming a parti-
san aspect, with the tories supporting
the trust and the liberals organizing
the worklnemen against it. This
will be an interesting struggle; and it
may furnish in its course some in.
structive teaching for the opponents
of monopoly on this side of the Allan.
tic.
Cora Belle Fellows, the Washington
girl who married the Indian Chaska,
made SIS 900 by dime museum exhibit
tons. With the money she bought
diamond earrings costing $500, seal.
skin saque and an outfit of dresses;
also several suits of clothes tor her
husband and fine gold watch. They
have returned to Dakota as poor as
ever.
A novel watch is beng manufacture
ed by the Naltham Watch company.
The case plates are of Brazilian peb.
bic or rock crystal Holes are drilled
in the crystal plates for the various
screws and fittings, the pivots are set
in rubies and saphires and the plates
are held apart by sapphire pillars.
The dial is skeleton of gold. Diam
onds mark the hours and rubies the
minutes. The watch is, of course,
transparent.
The European Jews claim a Flor.
ence Nightingale. The Jewish Stand.
ard says that Coralie Cohen, who was
an angel of mercy during the late
Franco.German war, and who passed
unframed among the wounded in the
two hostile camps, belongs to the
Hebrew race. She is Knight of the
Legion of Honor, and has just been
elected president of that patriotic
body, the Association DIES Danes
Franchises.
The Bismarck of to-day is thin and
bony, and the doctor has, it is well
known, disencumbered him of the I'M
healthy fat merely by preventing him
drinking with is meals. He is looking
remarkably well; his gait is swift and
denotes real vigor, his complexion is
clear and almost pink. The features
are softened down; you scan them in
vain to discover that harshness, not to
say ferocity, which is SO apparent in
his photographs.
The Alabama railroad commission
ers show by their report, filed with the
governor of the state recently, that
there is in operation in Alabama 3ao5
miles of railroad, including branches
and sidings. There are seventy.fve
miles of dummy line track in the state.
Five hundred and thirty miles of new
railroad were constructed during the
year which ended June 80. The
report points with pride to the rapid
increase in railway construction and
its resulting benefits in the develop.
ment af every interest and industry in
the state.
The Shah of Persia, who, by the
way contemplated visit to this coun.
try, has peculiar ideas regarding Ger
tain public questions. Not long ago
a riot occurred.at the Teheran Rail-
road station. The Shah is nervous
and objects to riots, and he ordered
that all traffic on the road be suspend.
ed. AT the same time he compels his