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Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13

no EXCHANGE-Sewing machines
for corn, oats, hay or wood at the
Waco Curiosity Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13

no RENT OR SELE-Sewing ma
l chimes. Waco Curiosity Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13

TOR SAI.E-Large stock of trunks,
1 at Waco Curiosity Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13

TOR SALE-Stoves and tinware, a,
1 Waco Curiosity Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13

WANTED-To trade new trunks for
ii old ones at the Waco Curiosity
Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13

TOR SALE-Cheap, window shades,
L at the Waco Curiosity Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13
CHEAP COLUMN.
,WANTED-To buy a good saddle
ii Waco Curiosity Shop.

FOR Cheap, patent swing
l frame and cover for hammock, a
Waco Curiosity Shop.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-13


CHEAP COLUMN.
Waco Curiosity Shop, 7O9.71l Aus
tin street, Waco, Texas, buy, sell,
rent or exchange all kinds of second
hand goods. Nearly new cook stoves
very cheap; every thing sold on the
installment plan.
New goods, new goods, new goods;
stoves and tinware, stoves and tin
ware, stoves and tinware; cheap,
cheap, cheap, cheap.
Chairs and rockers, chairs and rock
ers, chairs and rockers, all at bar
gain, all at "a bargain.
Mattress common, mattress good,
mattress the best. All the best for
the money, best for the money.
Those window shades, those win
dow shades, are cheap and good,
cheap and good.
Buy the Union machine. 1t is the
best, the best.
Trunks. trunks, trunks. A very
large stock of trunks.
A little of everything, great deal
of many things.
1 will furnish every article you
want new or second HANDY for house
keeping, from $40 to 81 900 on weekly
payments.
Furniture moved or packed for
shipping. Waco Curiosity Shop,
Waco Curiosity Shop.
FOR SALE.-On the installment
plan, two second hand pianos.
Waco Curiosity Shop.
FOR SALE-Cheap, nearly new
Charter Oak cook stove, No. Z.
Waco Curiosity Shop.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
GONCERNInG SECRESY.

| Hopeful Suggestions Farpis1ied by the
Author of "Tre Way of Fortune
We are sometimes told that the only
way to keep secrets Is to have no con-
| fidants-a safe course, yet often al i'm
possible one. And, generally speak
ing, the suggestion is contradlcted by
experience. The greatest actors or
| the worlds stage have VIGOROUSLY had
Gonfdants-1nen who were essentially
the alter ego of their masters; admitted
| into their tncst secret plans, and, by
entering, become essential to the real
izing of them. ParadOxical as it may
appear, the greatest men have had no
secrets in the sense that is meant. Ma
polnon had his Bourriennc, Bismarck
has his Busch, precisely as johnson
had his Boswell. And this fact
brings rs back to a point on
which we have frequently dwelt in
these pages-that the secret OF success
in life is the perception Of talents and
characters, the knowing whom to
choose and whom to reject. And, in
deed, the whole philosophy of the men
who have observed, and made special
record of their observation on this
point, may be summed up in this, that
great plans invariably imply complete
trust in immediate helpers-an express
Illustration or the general good faith
by which society really exists, and
without which, as we have given many
instances to show, it passes into decay
and dissolution. To this purport writes
Sir Arthur Helps in one of his most
delicious essays:
with respect to the kind of persons
to be trusted, it may be observed that
grave. proud men are very good con-
fdants. Secresy is very much a mat
ter of habit; and it may be expected
that those who have ever had to con-
duct any business in which secresy was
essential will acquire habit of reserve
for all occasions. "
Sir Henry Tay lor-whose official ex'
perience is as extended as his power
of literary expression is felicitous-
has some very pregnant remarks about
secrets and secret keeping. We quote
a paragraph:
"a secret may be sometimes best
kept by keeping the secret of its being
secret. 1t is not many years since
state secret of the greatest Importance
was printed without being divulged,
merely by nending it to the press like
any other matter, and trusting to the
mechanical habits of the persons en-
ployed for their printing the document
without knowing what subject it relat-
ed to."-Wny of Fortune.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN,
The Latest Styles in Wraps Coats. Jack
cts and Dainty Millinery

The Latest Styles in Wraps, Coats. Jack
cts and Dainty Millinery
The wraps worn by tiny babies Of
three and four are shaggy little coats
of soft gray, suede color Or white,
called king Charles" beaver, posi-
bly, from its resemblance to the shaggy
coat of the spaniel. These coats are
ddub1e4bfeasted and have short shout
der capes striped with bands of brown
velvet set on and graduated almost to
d point at the neck where it meets a
standing plush COLLAR. Tiny bell
sleeves trimmed with plush complete
| the coat
The Direetoire coat is a kavorite
model for older children from SIX to
ten. These coats are made of dark
green gobelin blue and terra Gotta red
cloth, and are TRIMMED with black
astrachan. The material of these
cloaks is usually a smooth-faced
beaver. They are long coat shape,
fitting to the figure at the back with q
bunch of shirring below the waist to
allow fullness. The front of the coat
is rolled back in a large revers or
rolling collar, which is faced with
black astrachan and displays vest of
black astrachan. The coat il simply
fastened below the waist line at
the point of the huge collar
by three frog lops Of black cord.
in hnfr
ifcation of the Dtrectoire coat Or
a long ulster of fine cloth, trimmed
with handsome black passementerie Or
black braiding. The use of black as a
garniture of chfldren's clothes is an
innovation of the season. Black trim
mings are seen on terra-cotta red,
gobelin blue and the dull empire and
Divine greens which are in special de-
mand this season for ch1ldren's wear.
Fine felts in low-crowned, broad
brimmed shapes trimmed with silk or
velvet ribbon and tips are worn by lit
tie children. A novelty is felt which
may be caught up at the rim, and is
light in weight and flexible as Leg
horn straw. There are also some close
mt beaver hats for little children, with
Wide fat brims These are especially
in red beaver, trimmed with black vel
vet ribbon and a cluster of small shiny
black tips. High Alpine-crowned hats
are shone for older girls, in white and
in light and dark-colored felts trimmed
with loops of ribbon to the crown or a
wreath of bright wings. Helena Roa0e,
IN Good Housekeeping.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
TWO HONEY-MOONS,

1915.
A GREATNESS gallop DER mount and moor:
Fast we ride-tis for love and life:
And never draw rein till safe and sure
At Gretna Green we are man and wife
Over the border too late-hurrah!-
The furious steeds of the kinsman come.
The bride is mine by the lands good law.
Be tongues that threaten forever dumh
Nay. sweet nor tremble, nor pale; hold
My own by might of a strong right hand.
Till the heart that nerves she arm grow cold
Thy shelter against the world stand,
1888.
He,gn-ho. The event of the season, they say
IhahH IeaVen, the fusss over at last!
Such p. crowd at the church! 1t was good nc .
play,
Soto gocs remarks that we caught as we nast
Such crush at the house! and Just every thing
swell,
or course, when both sides are supposed n
have money.
fancy we carried it off very well.
And now the world thinks we are feautfne m
honey;
But a little of solitude quite nils the bill
When billing and cooling to boredom have
grown;
One comfort Is, surely, let happen what will.
we need not, too often, have evenings alone
-Hdrper'S Bdzar
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
WONDERFUL. FLYERS.
Toads, Snakes and Fish That Sa
Through the Air Like Birds.

| Toads, Snakes and Fish That Sail
Through the Air Like Birds.
Some years ago a naturalist was
wandering in the forests of Sumatra,
when he observed a curious object
dashing away through the air. 1t was
soon followed by another and another,
all seeming to swoop down from the
trees, and rising, to alight again.
Anxious to discover what these curl
Gus animals were he concealed him
self in a bush and awaited their ap-
pearance. Soon one came dashin g
along, and as it reached him he fired
with small bird shot, and succeeded in
bringing the flyer down. To his aston
ishnlent it was toad; not an animal
like a toad, but regular toad; not so
different from our ordinary tree toads,
but provided by nature with remark
able webs between his toes, which
formed parachutes of sufficient spread
to bear up the little creature in it's
flights from tree to tree.
The most wonderful flyers In the
worlds history are found among the
reptiles, especially among the strange
fossil forms of the prehistoric world.
Imagine a bat with wings twenty two
feet across from tip to tip, and some
idea may be gained of these remarka-
BILE creatures that flew through the air,
spreading terror everywhere. Imag-
inc this bat, with d beak like a bird,
armed with ferocious teeth, and we
have q veritable dragon in all that the
term implies. Their wings seemed like
huge pieces of parchment stretched
from long, attenuated fingers. These
creatures were known as pteranodores,
and in America were found ranging
from pigeons in size to the gigantic
creatures described.
In a trip out from the Golden Gate
in almost any direction one may see
some of the most interesting of all
flyers, the flying fishes. The writer
has watched these little creatures in
all waters where they are found, and
those of our waters between San Fran
cisco and San Diego are by far the
most interesting, making the most re-
markable flights. During a recent
trip in the vicinity of Santa Catalina
these fishes were constantly leaving
the water in front of the vessel and
soaring away with their wonderful
wing-like pectorals and ventrals spread
TO tho breeze. -Ssss francisco Caroas.
&C.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

Ar last we arc treated to 4 novelty in the
way OF allnanac-making. DR.. J. 6. Aver &
Co, the Lowell Chemists, send US their
Almanac for 1889, in the shape of a good
calculated for various sections OF the
United States, tho Dominion of Canada,
India, South Africa, and Australia; also,
editions in nine other languages. yhe vol-
n,me contains also, specimen pages of Paps-
phlets Issued by the company in eleven Ian
guages not represented by the almanacs -
tWenty-one languages in all. From the
preface I've learn that no fewer than four
teen millions OF these almanacs are printed
yearly, thus placing the work as far ahead
of any other Of the kind in circulation and
value as Ayers Sarsaparilla is ahead of all
others in merit and popularity. Be sure to
secure a copy of this fayorite almanac at
your druggists. 1t is species of yellow
covered literature' which no family should
be With0ut.-GOOd Fellowship
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

| favor an extension Of the time for the
| Payment Of Such indebtedness, In at least one
! ua5G 3hs-s the corporation appears 10 DC aote
| to comply with we'll guaiGeo ard exact terms
of such extension and the reintorceH.cr' ri
their opinion by gentlemen OF undouoteo pusl-
| ness judgment and experience appolntea !, 10
protect the interests Of the Government as a.
fFttrrs o. said corporation, may Wen ieao 70
the belief that stcH al. extension would be 10
the advantage Of the Government: me SUD
Jet should be treated as Il business yfCPosl-
debtedness ~ the Government; rather than as
a question to be decided upon preJudlce OF by
way 81 punishment for preVl5us wrehg-oolh8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The Ifspart ct the Commissioners OF the Dis
trict of Columbia WIZ ts aeeompanyftb H. e eeu
eral departments of the District GoVeIEtnen !,
and furnishes evidence that the nnancl a.l
affairs Of the District are at present in such
tim sseet for desirable aud aeeaed Improve
Hehts The comm ssloners rscomiheh y n ner-
faid legislation which IN tnelr c2ion,i IS ie
invite your special attention to their request
fcf elicH. legislation rs viii enable the com,
f3{ssi0I5f5 Ti3fojit clay to Collect, digest ana
prcpg rn a fn9 h aI p n T' e abr
in several collections, making therr asalabls
only with great difficulty ard labor. ING spS
t5Estf6ns they make touching desirable amenn,
granted for carrying - the retail trraf.
tc in spirtuous liquors; to the os-ery nee ,e Oh
Sunday; to the proper assessment anu 80,
ton OF taxes; to the speedy punishment OF
ri Offenders, ana to the management and
control Of the reformatory and charitable nn IN
Stitpiidns s9ppGrIsa ~ 10 esreful consdera
The consciottsnase THAT have presented but
en- imperfect Statement: ef re cenaitiot too Oh
our country and it's wants occasions ne Tear
that any thing omitted is not known ItG ap-
f'reaihted BY the Congress upon which rests
the respoSib'1ts of iGtetligent legts{aelo e , IN
ME As nnblic servants we shall ID SHr duty
we'll if we constantly guard the rcctituds OF
our intentions, maintain unsullied our love OF
country and with unSetish purpose strive ior
ths public good. GROVER CLEN ELAND.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

among these are yellowness of the skin
ana eyebaEls, a fnrred tongue, nausea, pains
in the right side, sick headache and consti
patton. They Enthusiastically indicate liver
disorder, for which Hostetters Stomach
BitiG;+ze is a superlatively fine remedy. Use
it promptly and at given intervals. Malaria
complaints, dyspepsia, rheumatism, debility
and trou BILE with the kidneys, are also rem
edied by it.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
the bulwarks as we'll as possible, and

the bulwarks as we'll as possible, and
then rugged signal spar TO the stump
OF the foremost, which offered the best
hold. When we had run up signal Of
distress there was nothing more for lie
to do but wait until help should arrive:
We were, as every one must know, Of
the Brazilian Banks, much frequented
by whalers: There was a good bit OF
coasting trade as we'll; and we won
dered greatly that some craft or ether
had not already fallen in with us.
When we had rugged our signal our
strange voyage may be said to have
begun.
1t was agreed that all should live Oh
the eatih Stores as long as they lasted,
and two of the men occunied ~ III. state
rooms O. 9. ,lie mates, without objection,
While we we're d free End esst tdrt-
h4.tfity in one way, can say for the
men that sailors never behaved better.
BY common consent We flung DYER
| board MI Intoxicating liquors, ana no
man sought to take advantage of
my doubtful authority to issue
orders. By night We hung 2 lantern
in place of the flag, and we took turn
and turn at keeping the deck; There
| was nothing Mhate.eF alse I'd do, is
tha Weather continued fair, and the
men slept ill the night and q good
share Of the day: I wilt r5t gt:G
scnnie extracts from the diary | kept
and have ever since preserved:
Sixth Day-Not a sail has been
sighted since our accident. All well.
From the set at the wind and currents
! tnl certain we have drifted long
way to the east-out into mid-ocean.
We start the pumps twice day
Eleventh Day-We have been drift
ing to the northeast for The last three
days: No Sign ol d sail yet. Pebbles,
abla seaman, is quite i'll
Fourteenth Day-Pebbles died yes
terday. 1t was a great shock to Us, as
no one thought him seriously i'll, He
went off very quietly, and his death
nahes all Uneasy. We are now drift
ing to the west, tow ard the coast
Eighteenth bay anson,. able seq
man, died last night. He had been
helping himself to the contents of the
medicine chest, and it is believed he
poisoned himself. We are only three
now, and Waters is broken down. We
are drifting down the coast, as make
out"
"Twenty=frst Day-Waters and the
steward were both missing this
morning. | have hunted the brig
from end to end, and as they can not
be found ] believe they ended It By
going Overheard during the nj ght. The
boy weeps all the time, and refuses to
hope for rescue. l thought | saw a
sail early this morning, but was not
sure. 1t is only by the greatest effort
| can Keep my splrits. We are drift
ing seward
"Twenty-seventh DAY. have been
all alone for three days, the boy hav-
Ing gone overheard. There are times
when want to follow him. | made |
out distant sail yesterday. But for
that | should have ended it last night
would give my right arm to hear the
sound of a human voice. We are
drifting to the east very fast,
s'Thirty-first Day - Rescued this
morning by the whaler Lucy and Jane
of the United States after drift of d
full Month, during which time. us
computed by the captain of the whaler,
the hulk has drifted fifteen hundred
miles. Only one sail sighted in the
whole time. ~ 7 ,salai i
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
A STRANGE SHIPWRECK.
On the Ocean Thirty Days in O.
Leaky Old Hulk,
Killing of the Mate and Mysterious Dis.
appearance of All the Crew
Extracts from the Diary OF
the Sole Survivor.

When You read of a shipwrecked
crew being picked up after six, ten or
sixteen days of drifting about on the
Atlantic in yawl, you are surprised
that they were not sooner sighted.
Novelists would have It's believe that
the ocean is dotted with sails. and that
every square mile of it is plowed over
at least Gree day by craft of some
sort, let one look at the shipping In
TIE harbors of New York, Boston and
Philadelphia, and he will almost WON
der how they can avoid each ether
outside. 1t is hard for enc to realize
the immensely of the Atlantic until
they voyage across it. made voy-
age from Cape Town to Australia.
clear across the Indian Ocean without
one Single sail being sighted. made
one from San Francisco to New Zea-
land and sighted only two. I made
one from the Sandwich Islands to Lima
without passing any craft close enough
to see her hull. was once wrecked
off Santiago, and during the seven DAYS
we were on a raft twelve ships came
within sight, and three or four of
them almost within hearing of our
voices, and yet none noticed us. No
craft except whaler keeps lookout
aloft. A ship may therefore run with
In mile of raft or within two miles
OF dismantled hulk, and see nothing
unless by accident If the way ahead
is clear, the average steamer, ship, or
brig has no eyes for any other point of
the compass.
In the year 1860 | left the island Of
Trinidad on the English brig Duchess,
bound for Parnahyba, coast of Brazil.
An English syndicate. had been boring
for coal Oil near that port, and with
such indications of success that we
were taking up large cargo of tight
barrels to hold the stuff. These bar
rels had come to Trinidad as salvage
from wreck, and had been bought in
by the syndicate. Each barrel had a
hardwood bung, and each bung wac
driven in place as the barrels came
aboard. state this because these
simple details had D great bearing on
the length of our voyage. Having sew
eral thousand barrels aboard, any one
OF which would have foated two men
In the water, there was no danger OF
the brig going to the bottom, no matter
II she started half dozen planks. It
was, doubtless, for this reason that
the captain, whose name was Kimball,
left port short two men. Indeed, we
had crew which would have passed
Tor shabby on any sort of a craft.
There were only three of us who dared
rate as able seamen, and the captain
was allnoSE asa1nk to walk when Wa
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

A CoCGH, Cold, or SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. bh9WN BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. 25 cts. a box.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
Cal Liver DIV

Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver OiI'
Has done more to relieve and cure Con,
sumption, weak lungs and general weakness
Co., Philadelphia
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

HALE's Honey of HorehoJDd and Tar cures
Coughs and bronchitis and consumption.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

The girl who seeks to marry for the
sake of a bank account is quite likely to
be check mated. -Ncrchdnt TrdUeler.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
Near the soda sprinrs at Asblan,

Near the soda springs at Ashland,
Ore, there is one which emits gas so
poisonous as to kill whatever may
breathe it, and it is said that there is
almost constantly ring of birds,
snakes, lizads and such small deer ly-
ing dead about it. The same deadli-
ness is claimed for a sping somewhere
in Idaho, and in both it is thought that
q concentrated form Of carbonio acid
gas is the active agent of destruction.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

, The revivalist says that men have 20
faitf2 Wonder I'D he ever see man bite
into store pic4-Ph1i,>d elphid Call.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

a SOCIAL proverb-man proposes, but
woman mustn't. --Judge.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

A w1THERED buttercup is butter little
faded flower.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
EinHa One Can't Mistake,

LEARNING and wisdom do not always 60
together,
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

had freddie. A big negro who had
shipped before the mast refused to do
duty. Some mates would have knocked
him down off-hand and half killed him,
but Hastings was afraid Of him, and
went down to consult the captain
That official was in drunken stupor,
and could not be aroused. The mate
returned to the deck and made threats,
and the result was murder before our
eyes, and before ono of us could lift q
hand TO prevent. The negro was the
only mutineee, and ali the rest of US
were for the aatss Had he ordered us
to seize and bind the negro not nan
would hare hesitated, While he was
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

People call it putting up, At a
hstel. because there is mach that thay
have to put Up with,
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

A MYSTERIOUS proceeding-going ahead
In fog.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
r0OD INTERPRETATIONS.

An exhaustive study has also, within the
food adnItrration and the best analytical meth
DDS for detecting it, part of the results OF
this work has already been published ny the
department, which, with the matter IN course
Of preparation, will make the most complete
treatise on that subject that has ever been pub
lished in any country.
LAND GRANTS I'd RAILROADS.
The adjustment of the relations between tns
Government and the railroad companies Wnicn
have receised land grants and the guaranty OF
the public credit in aid of !he construction OF
their roade should receive early attention.
The renors of a majority Of the commits,
sioners apsssnted ia examine, the affairs ana
sadehteaaesx Of thass Eoaas in which they
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

he, was Walters, made
confessing his unfit
never been any thing
hate of a coal schooner
b coast.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15

De the pest sailor aboard, and when all
the other men joined in I agreed to
take the responsibility of acting as
commander. We had now steward,
who vas also cook, three men and a
boy, making five souls aboard. The
masts We're old and rotten, and had
gone OF. close to the deck, playing
smash with the port bulwarlzs as they
crashed down. We first tried the
pumps. The brig was leaking, but
not to alarm. / believe we could
have rugged up jury masts and
got some sort of sail on the craft, hut
the stineinass of the owners took that
hope away. There were no spare spars
or sails. or at leas. nothing to suit aur
purpose, We went ut Ii and repaired