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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-24

Groc cries of any one in Waco, he
sells the best
Sugar Cured Ham at S .104
Best Patent Flour lao
3 Id Tomatoes per can 10
Lion aud Arbuckle Coffee 224
Fresh Butter per ID 20
Mormon irish Potatoes per bk't 20
Yellow Yam Sweet Potatoes 40
also he has full line of Garden
Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Onion Sets
he also has fine line of Can goods,
evaporated fruits of all kinds, Rsls-
ems 10 ID for $500 Turnips, Cabbage,
Krout, Pickles and many other goods
too numerous to mention and all these
goods will be sold at reduced price for
Spot Cash.
Remember the place 205 South 3rd
below Franklin. j. H SHoPE,
Proprietor.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-24
A GRAND RUNAWAY BUT NO ONE
HURT.

But benefited by going to j. H
Shope, the Spot Cash Grocerman, he
has the Lowest Prices on the best
Groc ,res of any one in Waco, he
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-24
c ONFEDERATES.
General Orders Issued by Major
General.
w. G. BLAIN AND ADJT. KIRv1N
of the south East Division OF Texas
United Confederate Neterans-Ex-
tracts From the Constitution o;
the Org aDizatiOn.
GENERAL ORDER NO. l.

Headquarters, S. E. Division Of Texas
United Confederate Veterans.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29

A curious Indian legend was told to
.ome people way out in Omaha by a
full-blooded Sioux who lives at Pine
Ridge agency. He said the belief was
that every time new moon appeared
it was signal for all the mice in the
country to gather themselves together
in one spot When they assembled they
then separated into four great armies.
One army went to the north, another
to the south, third to the east and a
fourth to the west. These armies OF
mice travelled until they reached the
point where, from the place of starting,
the heavens seemed to touch the earth.
Then they climbed up to the sky until
they reached the moon, which by this
time was what we call full All of the
four armies then commenced nibbling
at Luna, and when they had eaten her
all up, the mice would scamper back
down the heavens to the earth and
wait for her to show herself again,
when the journey and the nibbling
would be repeated by the mice; and
this is what the Indians of early days
believed was the cause of the moon
growing old and finally disappearing,
Chicago News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
F0R" GIRLS AND BOYS.
SOMETHING FOR CHILDREN.


There's enough for you children to do in the
"A house. Gs ~. 4 ~
To keep you rs busy as any old mouse,
There are pyramids to run,
Little tasks tote dope } fIfV
That will do much to tighten your mothers
hard work u l'stj . r4lllui f1
So, children, don't shirk,
But do what you CAM ,.
You'll be glad when you're grown
Toa woman or man. .i u 800 IW
There's enough for you children to do all
about; luH iI.E LyHfliituta
If you try, youwill very soon find some work
ont
There are chickens to tend.
Little tasks without enl
You will find you can do II YOU just take a
start It.E
So children, be smart, 1866
And do what you can!
You'll be glad when your grown
To q woman or man. r.
There's enough for you children to do any
where, -.r #rIl
80 hurry around aud each do your full share.
And just see how bright h
You will feel when at night
You can think you have done what is honest
aud fair
&c. children, take care
To do what You can;
You'll be glad when you're grown
To a woman or man.
And. children, whatever you do, do II well;
People always, In looking II over, can tell
II you hurry right through
Whatever you do,
Not caring at all II It's done III or vol;
So whatevery you do,
Do the best that you can;
You'll be glad when you're grown
To woman or man. ..
The Young Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
TWAS EVER THUS.
There Ia Always Some Drawback to VI
allowed !iDuDiuess,

There Ia Always Some Drawback to I'M
alleged Happiness.
She was beautiful girl, upon whose
lustrous curls twenty summers had
la id their roses in showers of color and
fragrance, and upon whose fair Shout
ders the decree of fashion had placed a
pair of suspenders.
If any who read these lines have not
yet got themselves up on this fad, they
should at once look up the latest fashion
plates.
She was radiant in her loneliness.
and the young man who sat beside her
when the shadows of the evening fell
was as happy as she was beautiful.
1t was an iridescent combination.
He had proposed and had been ac-
copied and he had just concluded a
wild, impulsive embrace that now was
tapering off gradually in tender, one
armed hug as lingering as n case of the
grip in a hard winter.
George she murmured, Twill you
do me a favor?" r.ar ,......
"A millionv' he exclaimed, with
tropical luxuriance; "a million times a
million, darling"
zone is enough, deary," she said with
a soft little smile of joyous content
ment.
"What is it. darling?" he whispered,
drawing her closer to him.
"Will you lend me horseshoe nail p
she lisped, blushingly. =" We have
busted my galluses."
And Georges great heart yearned
and broke then, for he had come to the
trysting place without horseshoe nail
-ChicapO Journa1
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
CATS LOVE THEIR HOMES.
sent to New York by Steamer, One Finds
- His Way Back Again. t'-.

Sent to New York by Stenmer, One Finds
t- His Way Back Again.
That the old saying Faithful as a
dog is slur on the cat kingdom is
well proved by the following little in
cident: The tabbie in question was
raised by Mr.. Miller's family, and is
about four years old 1t has always
been called Tessie, and is a great pet
Tessie has for the past two or three
years been in the habit of waiting on
the street for Mr.. Miller to come home
to his meals. She will go two or three
blocks to meet him, and on his approach
bound out from a fence as ticlSled as
though she had killed a dozen rats
She always follows her master home,
or rides back on his shoulder, and stays
by his side while he cats his meals.
Then she will see him off again and ro-
turn home.
Tessie is also very fond of the other
members of the family. When Mrs.
Miller and her daughter are away from
home, Tessie becomes lonesome, and
generally sets up such crying that
she is nuisance to the neighborhood.
Last summer for this reason Mr.. Miller
decided to get rid of her. He is the
freight agent of the Starin Transporta-
ton Co., and gave her to one OF
the teamsters at the dock The man
took her away over on the hill and kept
her shut up for several days. After he
thought Tessie had become accustomed
to her new quarters he gave her little
liberty, and that evening she walked
into Mr.. Miller's Office on the wharf.
Tessie was delighted to find her old
master again and never lost sight of
him, and when he went home followed
after.
A short time ago Mrs. Miller and her
daughter were again going away, and
another attempt was made to dispose
of Tessie. This time Mr.. Miller gave
her to a captain of one of the steam
boats. Tessie was put in closed bas-
ket and taken to New York. There
she was allowed to wander about the
/ freight-house. Nothing was heard of
her by Mr.. Miller for day or so, She
had been taken to New York on the
Monday night-boat. On the following
Friday morning Mrs. Miller looked out
in the yard back of their house and
saw Tessie sitting there washing her
face and getting ready apparently for
her reception home. Mrs. Miller let
the faithful little animal in and the
latter almost went wild with joy.
When Mr.. Miller came home she was
just as glad to see him, and the latter
made up his mind that Tessie had come
to his house to stay.
Tessie is an unusually pretty tiger
cat, and one that would anywhere at
tract the attention of cat-lovers She
can do nearly all the tricks of dog,
and is justas faithful to her master as
the best of st. Bernards. New Haven
Register.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
BossY AND THE MOSQUITOES.


She Didn't Understand Little Marie's Ef-
forts, and So Ran AWAY.
Carl and Minna did not come home,
and it was getting late, and who would
milk the COW?
"rll lead her in from the meadow,
and hold her" said Myo.
an milk her. said papa. i
'And Well look on, said mamma and
Marie .v,a.
SO Myo brought the COW into the
yard and held her by tho chain, and
papa brought out the three-legged stool
and the tin pail and began to milk; but
the mosquitoes were SO troublesome
that Bossy kept switching her tail
about to drive them away, and the tail
bothered papa as much as the mos
quitoes bothered the COW. u
You'll have to hold her tail" said
papa to mamma. p-l4 2 dE
"Oh, Ican't," said mamma. ttu
ooh, yes, you can" said papa.
Mamma wore very large apron, so
she took it up in her hands and with it
held the tail fast. ott
Little Marie felt sorry for poor Bossy
and thought she would drive the mos
quitoes away with her sun-bonnet, but
Bossy did not understand, and thought
she was being driven, and SO away she
started. 'cHH 3'
She kicked the pail of milk over o''
papa's shining boots, and off she wei
Myo held fast to the chain and maid
ma held fast to the tail. but Bossy was
stronger than both of them, and pulled
them along faster than they cared to
go. At last mamma gave up trying to
hold the COW back, and dropped the
tail, while Myo and Bossy went on
around the barn.
Papa still sat on the stool, spattered
with milk and laughing as hard as he
could. Mamma. came back laughing so
that the tears ran down her face.
''Oh, shall die!" she gasped as she
sank down on the wheel barrow.
Little Marie looked very sober at
these words, and crept close to poor
mamma, and frowned at papa, who
laughed so hard when mamma was go
ing to die.
just then Myo and Bossy came round
the barn, Myo still bravely Juggling at
the chain; and now the milking was
safely finished, but mamma and Marie
let Bossy manage the mosquitoes her.
self.-Mary A, Allen, in Our Little
| Oupa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
A FURRY.
why splitter and Pogy Didn't Get Their
Pictures Taken.

why spitzor and Pogy Didn't Get Their
Pictures Taken.
Splitter was big, "double-toed" cat,
with tail that, when held aloft, as
was his favorite habit, quite over
Swallowed his mottled-yellow back.
Splitter was beauty, Polly thought,
and she took him, one fine August
morning, in basket to have his pic
ture taken at little travelling saloon"
that had been stopping in the neighbor-
hood for a week.
His fur was a good deal rumpled, as
well as his temper, when the picture
man pulled him out of the basket by
the tail, and he clawed everything
within reach of his great paws. For
once Polly could not smooth him out.
But the man squeaked wooden mouse
behind the camera, and quick as wink
Splitter sat up on his high stool, priclsed
his ears and smiled little, !" ,
Now was the time to catch good
expression" when stamp rattle =
whoop.-in plunged Tommy Hicks with
his big fat pug Pogy to have his picture
taken, too. iiA .la3a~
Dear! Dear! What furry! Over
went the high stool, and Splitter, with
green eyes and big tail, flew over the
saloon, growing and splitting, with
Pogy after him barking and jumping
and knocking over everything in their
path "ar i."s ta, 1880
The picture man hung on to his
camera, and shouted Scat! Get outr'
Tommy lodged about trying to seize
Pogy's sleek tail, while Polly crowded
her fingers in her ears and got behind a
door.
In minute the storm was over.
Splitter, after scurrying over and under
everything in the saloon, jumped
through high window and ran home,
while Pogy was so beat out that he just
stritched himself out on the cool floor
and lolled.
"He wasn't fit to have his picture
taken till he could keep his tongue in
his MOUTH the man said, rather cross
ly, so Tommy took him home The sa-
loon went away the next day, and
neither Splitter nor Pogy have had
pictures taken as yet.-Youth's Com
panion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29

Z He had big bundle Of newspapers
under his arm, but he was throwing
dice for nickels as contentedly as II
there was no night before him, with q
possibility of unsold stock.
1 asked him if he did not think he
was in bad business, and if he did not
think 1t would be more profitable to
stick to his trade.
'.Oh, don't We fret about me-" said
he, diving into his breaches pocket and
producing q handful of nickels and pen
nies 81 know me business I've
broke four boys already, and it's only a
question of time when sends young
Vanderbilt here home on his uppers.
Dere's more money in bones nor dere
is in .papes, if We only know how to
t'-av dana Seem. Y. R~rAlA
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
One Dollar Per Year.

this far, though, perhaps We had better
go the rest o. the way ,.,...a
ayes, for how wonld mamma get the
first strawberry If we didn't. bring 1t to
her?" ttttstr,.~.,., s,rrs
When they came near the House,
feeling of guilt caused their steps to lag
They watched lanxiously Tor the first
signs Of the disturbance caused by their,
absence. Surely, they said that could II
MT be Maurice and Jack still at their
bows and arrows. Winnie sliced Ma q
rion's hand firmly and hurried-herintorp
the house, Their mother met them in
the halt with her usual smile.
Have you been out for waikiki she
asked. Marion ran and kissed her ID
Here, mamma; it's for you" she
said, opening her hand, and disclosing
n crushed strawberry. '"The first ones'~
Would you like me to mind baby for
you?" Winnie asked, holding out her
arms for him.
mo, dear. Lunch is Just ready.
There is the bell.' a0H Sass .Yiff
Marion gave rapturous sigh. So.
I'm so glad we came back, she said
softly to Winnie. Margaret Wilson, IN
American Agriculturist. 70
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
.ThE egsr pERsIMMon.

rs...
en- ~ lest little younester In a rae.eea
ol'cheek shirt, "f''"s 'a'a,
o. dirt, -' (" 'iDoh yoss
now 4 ust to wait impatient fer The tlho ID
pupne around '''"' W
emit NC walnu,s an persimmons I'd BIZ tnhbl
IN to the ground, ~ ~ 'snN''1
ou' found the very biggest was the very last
an 'pp pcst ones on the tree was benton grow.
50 had g thrash the branches lii nis;s.brSia
was fairly swimmin -, :. E ~ 4 isIt1nIt'
~ alluz took the longest mole 10 a,a sLstss
Sss pe' s''''uon' % bsiq
wen pcrhaps The world has changcd since then
lnseycrl minor ways
nut the truth o that oil sayin is preyailin, now.
a-days;
Nause II makes but little difference whether
ones u boy n man,
INC world Jest keeps a runnln' on sort o.
common plan, ...
An the only marked exception IN this r,,bor
wen the teacher nst TO wallop me fer cuttin'
up in school
with six-foot, hick'ry ox-gad he'd administer
trimmin'-- 77f'
III l think the longest pole had knocked y
mighty green persmmon
first started out acourtin' wen is long bout
seventeen, R To II
Thought I'd ketcha gal an marry-but rs 80
tarnation green
That the gals ed set and litter as they see me
sidlin' past,
TIL got so ALFRED bashful that most give
up at last t4-.a.
So Nv found by sad experience II feller hopes
10 win,
o. sin; N
Cause Their amt no use fer backward chaps 70
hang around tho women
An " takes pretty steady han TO fetch the
best persimmon.
OH This truth hol's good, l tell you, in regard
10 mans condition,
Whether he's O humble, low estate r ruther
high position.
II you see man ascendin' t'ward bright an
glittcr'n' goal,
Then you'll find the people boostin' i'm by push.
in on the poe;
Vile the poor, detected mortal wat hangs
tremblin' DER the ditch, fnt
III be dubbed OF the lowest limbs by some one
strong an RICH
SO the book o. everlasting fate with good an bad
Ia brimmin'--
An the longest an the strongest pole rakes IN
sa the best persimmonl
$50. Lapius, In Ohio Farmer
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
PIN AND POINT.


Sheets she your summer girlP"
He Qang,idlyl-HN she is my last re-
sort girl. IN y. Herald. sg 70
When the opportunity Of a mans
life presents itself, he usually waits for
an introduction. Texas Siftings
The earth sometimes appears to be
decidedly fat to the mortal who is too 1
poor to go around it.-Dallas News
Ono reason why some people never
do much good, is because they are not
willing to do little at a time.-Ram's
Horn.
The fellow sitting on the fence can
always see the furrow straighter than
the man behind the plow.-Columbus
Post.
-She-''Do you love me for myself
alone" He-"Yes; and when we're
married don't want any of the family
thrown in."-Tit-Bits.
-"She is inconsolable for the loss OF
her husband, believe? "She is. Since
his death she has had four offers of
marriage and she refused them all but
one."-N Y. Press.
Another Way Open. --Young Mr..
Dolley (tenderly1--'It is SO hard to say
goodbye, Miss rMunn."-Miss Num-,
"Then don't say it. Go home and write
it."--Detroit Free Press. ,ssa..ras
Man never outgrows fairy stories.
When he reaches maturity, however, he
wants the man who tells them to be
called professor" and have access to
telescope. Washington Star.
~ hate SmithwiclS," said Brown
stone, land I'm glad his boy is musci-
ALI 'Why?" asked his friend. "Be.
cause I am going to give him an
accordion. "-Boston Transcript. 70
When a young man pawns his win.
ter overcoat to obtain bouquet for
young lady friend it is no sign that he
isvery much in love- He may be just
an ordinary fool. -TSomerville Journal,
t-Nursemaid-"Jamie is out playing
with those wicked boys that live in the
alley" Mamma -"rhat don't matter,
Mary; he went with his father fishing
three times last week.p--Chicago Inter.
Ocean. i4G iE Jise u0 Hur 1Ia t....
-Twitter--"What's this hear about
your falling in love with girl at your
boardipg-house?" Jack Birdsall - 81
had to do something; and heard that
love took away ones appetite. EN-. Y.
Herald. ~ To- ~. ..h'I .h-i
"A Diplomat Smith ian old friend)
Your plan sexcelient-capital! But
do you think your wife will agree to
it?" Robinson = "0h, dear, yes! I'll
tell her someone else suggested it, and
I'll call 1t an idiotic idea. brakes
Magazine. 40 ~ .r.
1T was a Sunday-school class, says
the New York World and the teacher
believed in asking questions to see how
clearly the scholars understood their les
sons. The widow of Ham was the sub
ject, and the teacher thought she would
be quickly answered when she asked:
what is a widow" There was a
silence until she nodded to the small
boy at her left, and said: "You know
what widow is, don't you?" for she
knew the boys mother was one.
"Yes'm," he answered: cts lady
what takes in washing"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
A MEAN MAN.
He Put Up Painful job on His Poor Lit
tie wife.

He Put Up Painful job on His Poor Lit
tie Wife.
A crawfish is constructed similarly to
a lobster, but is very much smaller. His
pincers operate ordinary when touched
by any foreign substances and they are
tight squeezers. One night recently
the meanest man in Rochester procured
half-pound of crawfish and tied them
up in a paper. He reached home at
midnight and in the quiet of the parlor
undid the package. The fish had APP,
parently gone to sleep for the night,
and to give them some animation he
poured few drops of whisky on them
from a convenient bottle and then
tied the creatures into his pantaloons
pockets.
Soon all was quiet in his sleeping
apartment and he successfully counter
feited his accustomed Scandinavian
snore. Then the partner of his bosom
quietly arose and proceeded to do some
banking business with his trousers
which hung on their usual peg.
1t is said that Freedom shrielsed
when Kosciusko FELL" Well, if she
ever shrieked as did the wife when she
got a couple of mad crawfish on the
ends of her tapering fingers it would
have scaled all the whitewash off of
every ceiling in Poland. When a woman
can yell so as to cause towpath mule
to fall into the canal and curdle all the
milk in the neighborhood you can rest
assured that, as the saying is, there is
something in the air. She continued
to shrek until she exhausted all the
atmosphere there was in the house, by
which time the crawfish got frightened
and let go of their own accord. -Roches.
ter UNION.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29

off or crippled most OF his fingers; but
by and by he accomplished it and held
up photographs photograph of a
typical Boston gal"
'She's the onev" he whispered, as I
took it from his grudging hands. 81
shan't never see her again, and I'm
nuthin' but rough old cuss fit to mate
with wolves, but femme tell you thar
amt money huff in all this land to buy
that of me! I've carried it fur three
years, and I'll carry it to my death,
and when the boys plant me that's goin'
to be laid right here on my busum and
be kivered in with my carcass"
And by and by, after we had driven
a mile or two in silence, his hafid went
up in suspicious way to his eyes and
he said:
Queer about gals, amt itP Jest hear
how.them angels inside is enjoyin' their
selves. IN. Y. Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29

party of six young women inside who
we're doing" the west in crowd at
excursion rates.
"How do you mean"
"Why, how they'll run from COW,
and yet show more nerve in a pinch
than most any man."
"Is that the case?" ia
II found it so about four years ago"
he replied, as he turned round to face
me. "Guess you amt looked at me
very clus or you'd be aslSin' what had
happened"
had not given him second look,
but now that got fair sight of his
face / held up my hands in horror.
The right eye was gone, one corner OF
the mouth cut down to the chin and his
cheeks were mass of scars. The
flesh lay up in ridges, and there was IA
horrible scar across the forehead.
"Why, man, you must have got tan
gled up with buzz sawp' said, as he
opened the front of his shirt and exhib-
tied even worse scars.
"A leetle wuss nor that stranger,
he replied, with a shake of the head.
II got tangled up with a grizzly bar.
Pm scars from head to heel. Nobody
expected me to pull through, but the
Lord was on my side fur once"
"Tell me about it.
"Thar amt much to tell. It's mostly
in the feelin' instead of in the happen
in. You see, l wus drivin' fur the
hotel back thar that summer-takin
excursion parties up to the mountains
and springs and trout streams-and
about every week thar'd be women OF
gals along I'm rough old chap,
without kith or kin, and don't mino
sav;n' | was allus down on 'tother sex
till this we're calamity happened.
Sorter seemed to me that gals didn't
know nuthin' except how to giggle, and
thew was the sort of critters you'd have
to treat like so much wax. l used tc
RIM a wheel over rock on purpose to
sheer ,em half to death, and If they
axed me questions, or wanted to be
friendly, bluffed 'em off. Now and
then what they calls a bridal couple
would come along, and felt mighty
sorrv fur the husband fur gittin' SIGH
baggage tied to him. Mebbe you've
felt that wayP"
"Well, hardly" !,
.Tbat's because you wasn't fool,
while was! II anybody had told me
,hat one o. them gals knowed fir tree
tror, a cottonwood or had the nerve tc
face a COYOTE I'd have called him liar
One day the Lord opened my eyes In
,,;tt;n, ;em open got one shet forever
/ took a party of five gals-ail IRON
,hs oast-who were in charge OF one OF
EMS father, up to the mountains &c
ash fur trout. AFTER awhile they go'
.aattered. and was lynn in the. shade
"a tb;nIsin' how much better it wouio
he Il thar was more jack rabbits an
fewer gals when sumthin' growiea II
a.r l,nowed what it was afort
Slammed M to face one of the uglies'
.;vzl;es YOU ever sot eyes on nee
aan wounded by some hunter ant
thar was great patch OF blood on M
s;ds He'd been lynn clus in the bushes
s "s rocks along the creek, and the
ahouts and giggles of them gals ma.
snuted him ont and got his dander up.
Owe swere you armed'" asked as he
paused for minute LIE.
"sartin,. had gun and a Kniie'
.,lus 90 heeled for scrimmase' gu.
aaser had one aiore or since. yeiiee
n ns. when saw what II was and wNh'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-29
strange. wondrous Strange.

Mollie-I wonder why they married.
He isn't rich, nor foreigner; not even
an English lord.
Dollie-No; and she hasn't any
money, nor been on the stage, nor done
anything like that And her father is
only common American, not even a
Knickerbrocker. can't understand it.
Mollie with a bright thought)-Per-
haps-perhaps they were in Lowell
Brooklyn Life.