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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04
! Jo!on> n, nc-Fomnner AT INST.

,,ahe last drawing of the Louisiana
'n'e Lottery has rendered at least
IS San l.ranciscsn happy, and he is
yllIltm Leslie, of Palmer and Rny's
!pe foundry, y -. 407 SAMSON street,
zoe with his family at 2,505 Cali
~ ia str ct. He had the good for
W. TO hold a ouc-tenth ticket in the
sscohd Capital Prize of $4,000, his
fe heing $1,000 the money beiu 2
wv through the agency OF Wells,
go ~ Co.-S4n Fran cisco (Cal
aronic!e, Nov. 30.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

Nr Joe Thomas, q cattle man of
IxteIl section wss arrested yesterday
a charge Ct stealing horses aud
Vile. There were four cases against
"a and his bond was fixed at S600C0
leach case. He was not able to give
ond ard went to Jail.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

a CENTS WANTED to canvass for adyer-
~ uling patronage >mul amount OF
work done with tact ana intel i,nuco may
produce considerable income AGENTS earn
several hundred dollars Ia commissions I'm "A
single season and incur no persu al RESPONSE.
biittN, Enquire OF tho nearest uewop lppr
ONE. and learn that on Is the best known
ana best equipped eStnhli ~hment Tor pl ,clng
adycrtigcrs the Information which they re-.
qulre In order to make thclr Investments wise
ly aud probably. Men OF good address. or wo
men, u well inform and practical. may oh
tain authority TO solicit advertising pntron.
age Tor us Apply by better to Geo T.. Row
Oh ~ Co, newspaper advertising burcau. 10
spruce street Ne" ork, and full particulars
VIII be sent hy return midi
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

TEMPLE, Bell County, March l.,
1857 was taken sick last August
with slow fever and could not
get it broken up. tried several diff
terent kinds OF medicine, hut they did
mo no good. AT last bought Dams
by's Cotton Patch Bitters and they
cured me. can recommend them as
the best medicine | ever used. Two
bot les of these Bilters, also cured my
wife OF enlarged spleen. She was not
able to do her work, but now she
never complains. We cannot recon-
mend them to higtly.---R. f. Dau-
gherty
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04
r,,Ll SHEET C\SE.
.c The 3, deuce ami Arsu-
'r''' meut started i

Ia a.
meat started
4 .,rrs. O Feb. 5.-Algernon
~ Oh I ot Chicago, one OF the q. E
Han't,a and a witness for the state i'll
y an .hset forgery case, was plac-
e lal' ,he stand this morning. IL
~ har 1883, he testified that ne nat
+ ovei !, Tine office OF Montgom ry, n
90 1a -, md dill short band work
!teG ~, lie made Il tabulati ~ of the
2! nun l foI Montgomery on Wednes-
teurn' thursday following the cleo
~ " and IN de u III stake OF
!ep a." in one of the townships,
9 VV'v ontgomery discovered and
!nlcn , az, med his defeat Defendant
' tbey must do something in a
~ l., t t;me A'lon Meyers ran into
y, H .o md said that John A.. Nc
u Irss bound to be elected | nitcd
u senator. 10 difference what it
'bst the legislature was repub-
IN nv one majority, and if they
~ cure the election of Ed
ss., u from Franklin county, the
hv S.I6,urn would be one democratic,
"a ' tpat it void elect Mclean; that
:. onIy wsy to do was t. fix the re
~ IN w. that they mad done the work
p.%re tbe election in Hamilton
aDs+y hm il coul be done after
.%d h r; til + ne wanted to give
NJ renublcans a dose OF their own
~ sssa,cipe for the performance of 1876
~ I'M south. md asked him (witness)
- ahead with the work, as he was
sssyncrt peuuan. Witness said that
.Ss,,i Mi, time montgomery, the dc
ssSJ.nt came IN the office and said
w work nad to be done and sent
Ssiness to Dr. Most gomcry's office
I'm instruc ions to wait. Meyers
~ Mont gomery had private CON
m, tion IA one corner of the room.
w53ness Ia,rr N defendant at the
Ma OF DR.. Montgomery. He came
\ ma back way and had bundle OF
nm sheets, there being seven or
mn of them in envelopes. AT this
poipt the attorneys tor defen dants
Injected to the character ofthe evil
ieSce AID entered upon a long ar
ruheut.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

pa order OF sale for the attached
o. OF groceries of A Jones Tay lor
Sto' was received mere vest rday,
I III accord Herewith, the stock viii
SoIu by the sheriff to the highest
auer on February 9.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

Childreu-' shoes, boys shoes, ladies'
8 .oes at greatly reduced prices at
LEVINE BROS.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04
CHEAP COLUMN.
AZ tNsEO

w ANTEp--BN Il gentleman, u well fur
uishid rom with or without board .
Address lloN u, pohtunisc
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04
Goals and Coke.

~ ana soft, best varieties, prompt
.raeFy' Tor cash only. Waco Coal
~ John Farley, proprietor.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

l''d Week otour winter bargain
SANGER BROTHERS,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

eek only at LrTINs Bros
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

Our bargains in bleached aud
brown cott5ns, dress ginghams, blan-
.kets and ouse furnishing goods still
oontinue. Oar linen sale is the most
Interesting OF Every visitor to our
store will be well repaid for their
trouble during this sale.
SANGER BROTHERS.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

Gents furnishing goods at wonder
fully low prices for this week at
LEVI NE BROS.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

IN OF the House of Lords, is d
y aud his wines are peerless.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

Second week Of our very popular
sp cal day sales.
SANGER Bros.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

ENOR SALE-Everythin
i Waco Curiosity Shop.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04
stop That Cough.

stop That Cough.
fuckers Syrup of Tar and Wild
Cherry will do it
Ginghams for early spring wear at
I 1-2 cents per yard at
LEVINE BROS.
The House Of Lords keeps the best goods
and consequently is doing the businea.
Genuine bargains in new ana eIe-
CANT embroidery and underwear at
LEVINE BTCs.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-04

L'OR SALE-Rei rn.t proof seed oats clear
of weeds AMI lOnu~uu grass seed ~ g.
cons uer bu.hcl. WM w EVANS.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
A Common-Sense Remedy.

In the matter of curatives what you want
is something that will do its work while
you continue to do yours-a remedy that
will give you no inconvenience nor inter
fere with your business. Such remedy
is ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs These
plastcrs are purely vegetable and absolute
ly harmless. They require no change of
diet, and are not affected by wet or cold.
Their action does not interfere with labor
or business; you can toll and yet be cured
while hard at work. They are 50 pure
that the youngest, the oldest, the most
delicate person of either sex can use them
with great benefit
Beware of limitations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation.
Ask for ALLCoCK's, and let no explain
tion or solicitation induce you to accept a
substitute.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
THE WHITING OF WRITER'S.

WASHING tON wrote firm, dignlfied, man
ly hand: Cromwell a large, bold and steady
hand; Her ryVIII. 4 strong and determined
hand, Whic that of Charles II. was run
ming scraNl.
BEFORE Queen Elizabeth asccndcd the
throne her handwriting was clear, regular
and beautiful A melancholy change tool
place after she became Queen, The letters
grew thin and spitcful, the lines Irregular
a cross old maid copy of her former hand
Mary Queen of Scots wrote a graceful, fem.
mine hand, indicating sweetness and nobil-
ity. Queen NictOria's signature is wei
formed, each letter being carefully written
SOME handWritingS are unpardonab,y bad
Among these may be mentioned that Of }
Fcnnimore Cooper 1t looks as if written
with a stick instead Of pen; that of Rev.
erdy johnson, which was an illegiblc, ILL.,
formed scratch; that of Horace Greeley,
which was absolutely unrcadable James
Hogg the Ettrick shepherd, wrote like one
more familiar with the shears than with
.he pen Charles Dickens wrote a very poor
hand
Mrs NORTON wrote a beautiful and high
ly characteristic hand; Charlotte Brontos
writing, though small, was extremely neat
ard legible; Mrs. Hcman3 wrote a graceful,
running hand; Mrs. +. Lynn Lynton writes
the best hand of any living female writer,
Patti writes fine, legibc and very attract
i've hand, while that 6f Augusta J. EYaus il
bold, strong and masculine; the Southern
novelist, Christian Reid, writes a hand
which blends feminine grace and manly
strength,
POE wrote an exceedingly beautiful hand,
and was pronounced "thG first of gcnuSes
who had written lcgibly." n. p. Willis
wrote very dashiug hand, Leigh Hunt a
graceful Cne; Gray, Tom Moore and hu-
chanan Read pleasing running hand.
Keats handwriting was bold but rather
clCrky, not the hand we might expect from
the author Of the Eve Of St Agnes Sir
Walter Scott wrote hand that will disap
point all admirers of his Worl,S:.it is cu.
tirely devoid of character, being formed it
his early manhood by copying law papers
Paul H. Haync wrote veg dainty hald
with many quaint and curious little flour
iSheS.
CHESTERFIELD, who wrote a most grace.
full hand declared that "Cyary man who
has the use OF his eyes and his right hand
can write whatever hand he picascd.' This
is going little too far If Byron, wht
had tine uso Of his eyes and his right
hand" could have written "whatcvcr hand
he pleased y is itnatural to suppose that he
would have written his wretchcd schooI-boy
scrawlI or would Macaulay have written
his sprawlng hand! Or would Napoleon l..
have written the worst hand on rccord!-
so bad that his letters 10 Josephine from
Germany were sometimes mistaken for
maps of the scat Of wm. In marked con,
trast were the signatures Of the three Ma,
poleons. The first wrote mere scraWl; NC
letters formed no words completely written
out; the second wrote large, iaIH, hand
some hand: while the third wrote Il neat
running, easy and legible hand.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
Where the Fertility Goes.

In ton Of timothy hay there are
so pounds nitrogen, worth $3.50, 40
pounds of potash, worth -, and n
pounds phosphoric acid, worth Sl.2l;
total value in one ton of hay in these
elements 1872 This $792 is what
this ton of hay would be worth on the
farm for manure, provided it should
become necessary to buy commercial
fertilizers. such as bone dust super
phosphate. etc, to keep up the fer
tility Of the farm. If the farmer
sold $500 worth of hay at $3.50 per
ton, 40 tons, he would sell in nitro
gen, potash and phosphoric acid
that which he could not get
back for less than $316; $500
worth of clover hay, at so per ton,
would remove the same elements to
the value of $780, $500 worth of corn,
$3.50: $500 worth of wheat at 81 per
bushel, 1928; $500 of wool, $50; $500
of milk and butter, &3S; $500 Of fruits,
much less than either: $500 of cotton
and tobacco, more than any two of the
others.
Now, could we feed this hay and
grain on the farm in the production Of
milk and butter and wool and meat,
and get enough in the products to pay
for the hay and grain, we would retain
between 50 and 90 per cent of these
fertilizing elements on the farm, as
only about 10 per cent OF these ele-
ments are appropriated by the animals.
SO that if we pastmed sheep in the
summer and fed the hay in winter, and
sold wool and mutton to the value
of $500, we would remove from the
farm only $50 worth Of these essential
fertilizing elements, and the tendency
to impoverishment of soil would be
very little. We would tend to i'm
poverishment of land seven times
faster by selling $500 worth of clover
hay, six times faster by selling timO-
thy, 81 times by selling corn, 2!
times by selling wheat, and, estimat-
ing roughly, more than 10 times by
selling tobacco and cotton, and only
three-fourths times as fast by selling
milk and butter, and even less by sell
ing fruits.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16

field Of these pests, which take a
great delight in chewing the
slender and delicate stem or stalk OF
the plant, breaking it off just above
the ground, and you will find them
hidden under the leaves or in the
ground near the base of the stalk, and
unless they are taken IN hand early
and without mercy, they will do great
damage to your damage that can
not be remedied. If the worming is
done thoroughly and frequently during
the early stages of the growth you will
have little trouble from this source
later ON, for the second crop
that comes later and cut
the leaves, will not be numerous
enough to do any great damage. Then
in worm hunting" early remember
that you are destroying a second
"crop.' TO prevent the development
of worms a good many careful plant
erS plant jimson weeds or erect imita~
ton jimson blooms in different parts of
the field, and inject Il solution of cobalt
in the bloom, as these are favOrite re-
sorts for the tobacco moth, and cobalt
kills them. and every one killed means
the prevention Of hundreds of worms
Farmers Home J01pW0L
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
CHINESE TORTUReS
How Celestial Suspects Are Compelled to
Testify or Die.

How Celestial Suspects Are Cornpeled to
Testify or Die.
: All examinations of parties in China
charged with the higher crimes are by
torture. A confession OF the crime
will not prevent the torture as it is
applied to eXtort the names of sup
posed aCcomplices and confessions of
other probable or possible crimes
These tOrtures consist of beating be-
tween the shoulders with the bamboo;
beating the mouth with two thick
pieces of sole leather Those are fas-
tened together at one end. These
pieces of leather bring blood from the
lips, and even loosen the teeth and
cause such swelling as to prevent the
prisoner from eating or speaking for
days! These tortures being ineffective,
the ankle-bOnes are beaten with sticks
of hard wood. The prisoner is COM
peeled to kncel upon broken pieces of
stone or crockery, the fingers and ankle
bones are squeezed between sharp
edges of pieces of wood he is
suspended by the thumbs or
big toes; the bare arms and legs
are encircled with copper snakes filled
with hot water, and an indefinite num-
Der of such horrors are applied If one
days torture fails to extract confess
sion of guilt, or if the person faints
from exhaustion without confession, he
may be brought to the torture again us
soon as he has recovered sufficiently.
Ii he is innocent and prefers death to
dishonOr for himself and family he will
be tortured to death. In the great
majority of cases the accused prefers
dishonOr and even death by swift
means to the varying and agonizing
tertures.
1t is not only the suspected party who
is1iable to torture. When the suspect
has escaped his nearest relatives are
arrested, and tortured to make them
reveal the suspects whereabouts. I'm
prisonment, either before or after con-
viction, is continued and indescribable
horror. The cells are so small as to-
cramp the poor prisoner, the floors are
of brick or stone and wet, there is little
light and no ventilation, the vermin
and filth are beyond portrayal, AMI tie
food is SO scanty and bad as to produce
slow starvation and, if the imprisOl-
ment IS continued long enough, linge'-
ing death. CHICAGO NepS.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
HERE AND THERE.

A crop of wheat near COvingtOn,
Tenn, averaged twenty-five bushels to
the acre.
Farmers have to hurry to get their
crops ready for harvest this brief sea-
son, but it never pays to hurry so fast
as to only half perform the work.
A sarcastic Kentuckian recently
left a will in which he bequeathed his
remains to his relatives. What part
of the foul will you take, is the ques-
tion the executor will PROFOUND,
The peach crop of DeKalb County,
Tenn, this season, is the largest ever
known, Many trees were almost broken
down with the weight of fruit, much of
which is now ripening.
Corn may be late in planting, late
in starting and yet give very salts
factory returns, provided that it be
cultivated very frequently during all
the seasons Of growth.-HuS5andDlu1t.
Don't plant cabbage on the same
ground two years in succession, as the
butterflies will lay their eggs in the
fence and surroundings, and the young
will hatch out early, and be ready for
their prey.
Hon. Warren Brown, president Of
the New Hampshire State horticultural
Society and an extensive farmer says
that "cnsilagc Of corn is simply
cheap, easy and etfectual method of
preserving and storing corn for future
Use.
A good COW should produce pound
of butter every day in the year. and
this without making any allowance for
the time she is dry. A herd of such
COWS will bring their owner profit, and
is not among the unattainabl things by
any means, but is production that has
been many times exceeded.
Any community OF farmers can, by
cooperation in the purchase OF Il thor
ough-bred male, greatly improve their
stock in a single season, and at but u
small expense to each, while the en-
HANGED value of the stock would more
than compensate for the effort. 1t
really costs nothing to improve, as inn
provemcnt is simply adding additional
value to the stock.
The "barrens' of Coffee County,
Tenn, which a few years ago were de-
clared to be Of no value, have become
not only valuable for the timber there,
but this land has been found capable
of producing profitable crops of corn,
wheat and other grain, and hundreds
of fertile farms have been made of
land which the proceeding generations
said would not 'sprOut pears" "
If hogs are given a variety of green
food, with but little grain, in summer,
they will keep in excellent health, and
be in proper condition for fattening in
the fall. Less food is required now,
and it is not beneficial to have the hogs
fat at this season except to be in good
condition, as many diseases are due TO
the system of heavy feeding during
warm weather
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Spanish Peanut.


"The notable fact of pitching crops
in Georgia this year. said Commits
siOner Henderson, lis the marvellous
increase in the acreage Of Spanish pea
nuts. This is a comparatively new
crop in Georgia 1t has increased every
year for five years. This season many
correspondents report an increase of
800 per cent in their counties in the
acreage of Spanish peanuts and large
number report an increase of from 100
to 2jO per cent
You regard this as important?'
81 do. 1t means that in two or three
years Georgia will raise every pound
Of meat she consumes. The hog and
the Spanish peanut go together, | have
raised l25 bushels on a single acre,
and the very poorest land gave mefrOm
80 to 100 bushels per acre, The hog
is very fond of the peanut, and it is
fattening food. A farmer can get
four times as much meat-prOducing
food from an acre in peanuts as he can
from an acre in corn, He can turn a
drove of fifty or 100 hogs in a field and
let them root the peanuts up until they
are fattened and ready to kill, and
he will find next season an abundant
crop of peanuts from the same field
without replantiug, "
"Cau't the peanuts be grown as peas
are grown, in a cOrnticld?"
"Of course. An ordinary farmer may
raise from fifteen to twenty acres, and
by planting peanuts on land that will
not grow any thing else and by drop
ping them with his corn in the corn
field, can raise and fatten on
peanuts, without q dollars eX-
ira cost, every pound OF
meat that he needs for his farm. The
plant of the peanut makes splendid
forage, and rich and nutritious hay.
You will see next year, as result Of
the vastly increased acreage in pea
nuts. a marked increase in home-raised
meat, and | believe in three years
Georgia will raise more bacon than
she can consume"
"'What does the department consider
the best hog for the Georgia farmm
"On my own plantation I always
thought the Essex was the best hog,
but / am Of the opinion that, for gener-
al use. the Berkshire is as good or bet
ter. The Essex or Berkshire boar
crossed on our native sOws, makes a
handsome and hearty hog. Georgia
will save millions of dollars when she
raises her own meats, and the peanut
leads the way to the pig"
"What are the farmers doing this
year?'
"They are using $4,000 tons of
guano against 1920 for the biggest
year heretofore. This is an increase
of 900 tons, or nearly 20 per cent.
The acreage has increased very little,
so that what is cultivated will have
more gqano than ever before. As for
crops, up to June l the seasons were
not favorable for cotton, but since that
time the weather has been favorable,
and the crop looks better now, and |
hear but few complaints. Corn is un-
precedentedly fine, and the outlook is
for prosperous year.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
Pure Bred Stock in the United States.

The Bureau of Animal Industry has
compiled a series of statistics showing
that the number of pure-bred stock in
the United States is not by any means
imposingly large, The following
tables show the number of animals
that have been registered in the Herd
Books of America within the last ten
years. The numbers are not given Of
Jersey, Kerry, Sussex or Dutch breeds.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
Worming Tobacco Plants.

The plants have hardly started their
growth when the worms, developed
from the eggs deposited by the tobac-
co moth, begin their Destructive work,
especially in years ike the present,
when cold, damp weather prevails
(for this kind Of weather is especially
favorable TO their development, and
it requires very close inspection of
plants and prompt work to rid the
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
COCAINE'S RIVAL.
A Powerful New Anesthetic at Present
Known as Stenocarpin.

DR.. J. Herbert Claiborne, Jr,, Of New
York City, has written an interesting ac
count for the Nedical Record Of 4 ncWly-dis
covered alkaloid, with which he has been
experimenting, and whose therapeutic value
as a local anTstchtic he concludes will not
be inconsidcrablc, especially in eye diseases.
His own researches have been confined to
its effects on the mucous surfaces Of the
eve and nose, but he thinks it may fairly be
rcckoned as rival of cocaine, and feels
safe Il predicting for it a wide field Of use
fulncss in all departments of surgcrywhcrc
local anWsthcsia is desired.
The new drug is derived from the leaves
of Il tree very mach resembling the acacia
af1,ocaraao and known in Louisiana as the
'tcar-blUnEct tree"
The discovery of the drug was due to an
accident Mr.. Goodman veterinary
surgeon, while travelling through West
Fcliciana Parish, La, had occasion to apply
a poulticc to a swelling on the f2tlock Of
one Of his horses, He used the first leaves
that came to hand, saturated with hot
water. After making free incis'on in the
swelling he was surprised to find that the
horse cvinccd not the slightest feeling
of pain.
The leaves werc afterward maly2ed and
found to contain IN alEaloid to which
anHsth.'c properties were found to be
due : ae new drug is at present known as
Stenoca,pin.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
SotaI and PrickIy Pear.

The value of sOtal as stock food has
often been referred to in these columns.
That it is almost uneXceled for cattle
and sheep is now beyond question, but
Mr.. VIM. Landrum has put it to further
use and given it Il wider scope, For an
experiment he put up two lots of hogs,
one of which he fed on prickly pear and
meal, and the other on prickly pear and
steamed sOtal At the end of six weeks
the difference in condition was so great
ly in favor of the latter feed, that Mr..
Landrum is fully convinced of its value,
and intends to go into the hog-feeding
business extensively The sotal and
pricIlly pear cost nothing, but the
gathering where it covers the ground.
This undoubtedly will prove a success
in every way where carried ON syS-
tematically.- TEXAS h. s. J0urnaL
Sharp County record., 1888-08-16
RECENT RUMOR.

A UNITED STATES mau-of-war was sold in
the Brooklyn navy yard few days ago fol
ten dollars.
ARGoNIA, Kan, under its woman mayor
has only had two cases on its police docGeI
IN the past year