The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-22
STATE PRESS.
AN OLD VETERAN CONE.


the S0th year of his age. Deceas d
came 10 Texas at All eally dav, served
III the eltire war between Texas and
Mexico, was at the bat la of San
Jscinto and many other engage
meAts.-Luling Signal.
ENTIRELY roo FAR.
Donkey sDciabies, ksffee KIash and
| pink teas are some OF the innovations
gotten up by the church people to
vary the mono'ony of oy str suppers,
lotteries and strawberry Y festivals. Al
recent pink luncheon gwen in
Chicago, the New \ ork Herald says:
"rhe young adde's wore pink slippers
with hose aud gartcrs to match. This
is as tar as our Information goes"
Which is quite rs far a, WAS admissi-
ble under the circumstances, and
even that, as al exchange suggests,
may not be considered the pink of
propriety Breuham Banner.
COMPETITION IN FUEL.
An extraordinary offer-the Bulle-
tin will give to the person who will
secure the largest number of subscrlb-
ers before the lst of April a car box
tull Of congressional records. We
will state in advocacy of the Record,
that they make the best kindllng ex-
tant, and we have enolgh to set the
Brazos on fire. .-Alvarado Bulletin,
HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN.
The San Antonio Express fell down
and worshiped Roger q Mills during
the prohibition contest III Texes last
year, but now it calls HIM the Bene-
dict Arnold of the South and the Esau
of Texas. And all because he is an
advocate of free wool! "Principal
before principle" is evidel tly an EG
press motto.-Belton Reporter.
THE REASON WHY.
Denison and Greenv lie have the
best weekly papers In the state. Deni-
son also has the best daily papers of
any town Of its size in the state. Rea
son-Those towns have II class of mer-
chants who don't mind spending one
dollar TO make dozen, hence they'ad-
vertise libera'ly Paris Post.
PROSPERITY ASSURED.
Reduce taxation, give our people
cheap raw materials, liberalize com
merce, stop the nonsense of retail a.
ton and prohibition, give our people
free ships on free seas, and they will
regain fair share of tine worlds
trade Hon. James b. Beck, of
Kentucky, in the United States SEN
ate, April B, lSS4,--IieIton Reporter.
WHAT WE IMPORT.
Sugar loads the list wi h $1O0. GOO
00C, hemp flax, ramic trgetner. $50
900 600: m"halr and wool, 10000 600;
ric", 81 900 000 ten, I20,0000OO; coffee,
500 600 600; fruit, 1920 O0OO0); raw silk,
/ $4,000 900, maklDg a grand total OF
1921 0J0000.
WHAT MAKES A TOWN.
Sulphur Springs w Ii soon have four
newspapers. Once upon a timo u
trauger entered q smoll W. stern
vllagc, and tonnd that there were
three tiue weekly papers published
there. He wa astOuished, aud asked
now ii WAS that the town sustsined
three such papers. The reply ctme
pers to sustain the town. Paris
News.
WHO TO TRADE WITH
a very good rule to follow is to
always trade with those merchants
aud business meu who advertise lib
orally in their home pap r. There
are men who are not so close fsted rs
to squeeze nickel until he rose Of
the Goddess of Liberty resembles a
war map OF Europe; but they are will
ing to spend some OF their profits III
polit ly asking the people to trade
with them Our word for it, better
bargains eau be had from the libe raj
advei tiser than from the man whose
name never appears i'll print--G reen-
Vile Herald.
WANTS TO KNOW HIS RATING.
George Clark only wants to know
where he stands. He would like tor
a democratic convention to tell him.
There is nothing in tais desire to
merit the abuse hesped on him by u
few goddess last-9ummer prohibition
Journals. -TImes-Herald.
CLOSE COMMUSIONEsTs
1t remains to be seen what win be
the outcome of the effort of Clark 10
run the prohibitionlsts out of the
democratic party, and of Crantill to
draw them into the third party. Ii
would not be surprising il these two
extremes should at last be und hola.-
ing close communion over the little
game they are playing. Iron News.
NOT MUCH RACKET
Neither George Clark nor j. B..
Crautill Is going to cause much of a
racket i'll Texas politics this year.
The people have too much good seuse.
Fairfield Recorder.
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