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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-01
A Happy New Year,
To One And All.
Mrs. B. j. Doss,
400 IL Austin street.
What Know About Hardware and
Christmas Follies.


When considering the great inven-
tons of modern tines we must not
overlook the fire works. They are of
vast benefit to humanity. Without
them Christmas could not be celebrat-
ed. The fact that they endanger the
lives, limbs and property must not be
taken into consideration, for the chill
dren and fools must have their fun on
Christmas. While the fire-cracker is
only capable to set your clothes, hair
or house on fire, whiskey comes to
the rescue and sets your stomach and
brain on FIRE. The social and legal
approval given to drunkenness and
gluttony on Christmas is rather pecu-
liar. | doubt if Christ feels proud of
his followers who honor his birth day
by shooting and yelling, overlooking
their stomachs and getting beastly
drunk.
am prepared for spring trade in
my saddlery department. | have a
large stock of brides, collars, cotton
rope, pillow lines, back bands with
common aud Fuller hooks, names,
hame straps, trace chains, doubletrees,
slngletrees, both wood and steel,
plows, steel shapes, pillow stocks, dou-
BILE shovels, etc, all at bottom prices
retail or wholesale.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-01

of the elder son. The older daughter is
married to a druggist in Americas, while
the two younger children are still at
school.
Mrs. Crisp has always spent the winters
in Washington with her husband since his
first election to congress. She is rarely
seen at any but the most important events
and it is not likely, owing to the recent
bereavement, that she will feel like assum
ing the social position and accompanying
honors belonging to the speakers wife,
She is thoroughly domestic, and cares
most about being in her Georgia home,
where she is accustomed to dispense real
southern hospitality. She is about me
dunn height, has dark eyes and hair slight
ly tinged with gray.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-01
The Sneaker,s Wife.

The wife of Speaker Crisp was born in
Ellaville, near her present home in Amer
icus, Ga. Her father was planter before
the war. She was married to Mr.. Crisp
while quite young, and four children, two
daughters and two sons, blessed the union.
The greatest grief the Crisps have yet
known came few weeks ago in the death
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-01
OPEN ALL NIGHT.
THE LEADING DRUGGISTS
CAN'T e. POindeyter,
NO3Ie AUSTIN AVENUE

I ,OST-Pocket book containing $50, Four
"a ives and one 10. Liberal reward for
re urn TO News Office. "
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
Curing an otter skin.

A full grown sea otter is from fou1
to five feet long and perhaps foot
or more wide. When a hunter Sc
cures one he loosens the hide from
the nose and head and, without cut.
ting it lengthwise at all, he pulls the
skin down over the body, the hide
being so elastic that this is not a diff
ficult job. 1t is then stretched over
q smooth board 81 feet long, inches
wide at one end and 10 at the Other
end. Each end of this board is
tapered to a point. Another board
exactly the same size is then inserted,
and the skin is stretched a foot or
eighteen inches longer than its orig
inal length.
"A third board, half the length OF
the other, is wedged in and the skin
lightly tackled at the ends to hold it
III place. If any flesh adheres to the
skin it is then cut off, and the hide
is cured and dried in this condition.
In few days it is taken off of the
boards and turned fur side out, when.
it is ready for market. Cor San
Francisco Chronicle.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
Men with several omces.

A good many business men Of this
city have two, three and some four
different Offices. Sometimes these
are four or five miles apart. There
are well known lawyers here who
have two Offices and handle wholly
different class Of business at each.
Interested in big corporations, a live
business man often necessarily has
Office hours at the corporation Offices
of the respective concerns. This not
only enables him to discharge his
mind of all other branches of his
business while attending to one, but
it enables those who have business
with him TO transact it without In
terfering with those who are bent on
something else
The mental strain thus put upon
an active business man soon sends
him to Florida or some more perma-
nent resting place, so that tits doubt
full if anything is gained by doubling
up in this way. The matter is inter
esting, however, as illustrating the
peculiar qualities of brain power and
training. New York Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
The origin Of Humbnr.

Edward Nathaniel Lever, who was
all his life connected with the Lon
don Stock exchange, and died on
May 7, 1876, aged eighty, once said
in all seriousness that during the
Napoleonic wars go much false news
Of politics and army movements
came through Hamburg that any
thing that smacked Of the incredi-
Bile was received with the derisive
phrase, That's Hamburg " whence
is derived by corruption the word
.shumbug.' If the word does not
date back beyond the period referred
to, it seems more reasonable deri-
walton than the very labored one we
get in Webster's Dictionary. Notes
and Queries.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
A High Tunnel.

A remarkable piece Of engineering
work is the tunnel of the Parana
Oroya railroad through an Andean
mountain peak at Galera, Peru 1t
is at an elevation of 600 feet above
the perpetual snow line, and is 3,S47
feet long. 1t is the highest railroad
tunnel in the world, and is located
in the highest inhabited region in the
world. The town of Galera is Is, 635
feet above the sea level, nearly 1900
feet higher than the hotel on the top
of Pixies peak. Philadelphia Ledger.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
Jerked Beef.

A remarkable instance Of the ten
dency to change and even mutilate .
word in order to give it a familiar
and suggestive appearance is found II
the expression ''jerked beef which
is a ready English substitute fol
stcharqui, the Peruvian word fol
meat cooked in smoke, or .jerked
Such a liberty taken with a foreign
word may readily be pardoned when
50 happy in result, but the necessity
for changing "lustrine," French
word for silk, into '1utestring" may
be questioned. seeing we have many
words. such as ''luster" and 'lus
trous," from the same root. But
there is no accounting for fancies. z
Chambers Journal.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
why NEGROES Can Bear Hea,.

The function of a negro's black
skin is supposed to be the conversion
of the suns light into heat The heat
thus generated remains in the skin
and does not penetrate to the deeper
tissues. Being thus provided with a
sun proof armor, the negro can stand
an amount of heat that would be
fatal to white man and run little
or no risk of sunstroke. st. Louis
Republic.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11

4 rl<Il.t - - Lee L1.11s 80.
I1InU ~ Do 10 K1e9 Delure-
"Xes. he's friendly old char. ,
said the hon keeper He was born
lin captivity ct Barnum's headQunr-
tens IA Bridgeport Conn, and hen
let even 3 stranger scratch him b.
hind the ears"
The stranger tried the experiment
cautiously. and the hon seemed
pleased.
NOW, hen lick your hand for
thanks, II you like, ' added the keep
er. Don't be afraid; his teeth are
nearly all gone, anyway"
The stranger put his hand through
the bars again, and at the keepers
word of command the well trained
lion gave it gentle lick with his
tongue.
ssWowi Great Scottfr exclaimed
the owner Of the hand, as he jerked
it out and looked at it ruefully. liza
piece of sandpaper had been applied
to il vigorously it would have looked
and felt about the same. Lost his
teeth, did you sayl His tongue is
covered with them
well" said the keeper, with d
good natured grin at the success Of
his practical joke, you're just about
right. A lions tongue is covered
with strong horny little hooks pap
pillR is the scientific name for them
and they all point backward.
When he ticks hard he can scrape the
meat and cartilage of the bones Of
q tough horse quicker than you could
with a sharp knife
''Isuppose you have to feed a lion
as old as this one on what the others
would regard as daintiesf' said the
visitor.
NO answered the keeper, las q
general thing lion won't eat at all
or he'll eat anything in the fresh
meat line. The whole cat tribe has
a low sense Of taste. You have often
seen cat lick herself, haven't youg
She gets handfuls of hair in her
mouth without Winding it at all
Consider what discomfort one hair
produces in the mouth Of human
being whose sense of taste is deli
cate
This old fellows claws are pretty
well worn down, said the visitor. Il
suppose by constant use ON the floor
and walls of his cage"
He has one claw not worn down
at all" answered the keeper. but
I'll bet you can't detect it.
The visitor looked at all the paws
and could see nothing but well worn
claws. Where is it?n he asked.
AT the end of the tail, said the
keeper.
s'Oh, now" remarked the visitor
mo more jokes on me today, thank
YOU
The keeper put his hand between
the bars, caught the patient ex-mon-
arch Of the forest by the tail and
showed the visitor a sort of horny
hook concealed among the long hairs
at the end Of it. What use it serves
there, /" he added, 'naturalists don't
know, / believe. Some say he uses
it to lash himself into rage Next
time you look at any books ON Nine
veh, notice how the old Assyrians
exaggerated this hook on the tails Of
lions carved upon their funny old
marbles. New York Tribune.
Il
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
When Nails Came High.

An ancient Eastport account book
shows that tobacco was sold by the
yard in that ancient settlement in
1897. A somewhat extreme illustra-
ton of the limited purchasing power
Of a days wages at that time is shown
in the price Of nails which were then
made by hand tcut nails not having
been invented, and sold at is. gid.
twenty cents per pound; an ordi-
nary days wages would pay for four
or five pounds. Lewiston Journal.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
KIDsAPrED THE WITNESSES.
Cattlemen Try to Make Way with Thei
Chief Accusers.

CHADRoN, Neb., May 11.-Jones
and Walker, the kidnapped witnesses
against the cattlemen for the killing
of Champion and Ray, have told the
story of their escape. They say they
were compelled to mount horses in the
middle Of the night by armed cattle.
men and, in company with an agent
ride to Grand Island, Neb. They
were arrested on their arrival here and
will probably be returned to Wyom.
ing. Jones has since learned that an
attempt was to have been made tc
assassinate them during the ride, but
it was frustrated
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11

p-eckG, ~ draatr,1ss k><per. op<1.i 49,
n d3nrurum 80. % \. he vcll.,i thronrk.
Hi MI 90 U1n 1Gnn1In< ~ his 111n
Abo4o HoN.Io FIIr<. tnrp and blua
Viii n - 11ll.nta. nke moAn q pain
Wa hsHrd ~ whistle q TIE coming train.
A. ooss brave Drssksr vurksd . swing .,
rAs s..slIas bridss thas ss.ns s.,s q
Ne.rsr ard neArer. On he .lsndsr track.
Cane Ne svifs engine, puflng H. uhite
Fhcn, with : shrsek. ne loving father ~
HIS darling boz tan headlons nom the draw.
Either ~ once down in The stream 70 spring
And save hin son. and let the living freight
Rush on 70 death. Or 70 his pork 70 cling
And leave his bog unheipcd 70 meet his fAte,
which should he do, We're you. - be WA.
tried.
Would MOI your love outweigh All slss bssidep
And yet tho child 70 him was fun a. dear
As yours may Be 70 you-the Light Of eyes.
presence like : brighter atmosphere.
The household star that shone In loves mid
Yet side By side with duty. stern and grim.
Even his child became ~ naught to him.
For Drecler, being great Of soul and true.
Held 20 his work. and did not aid HIS boy,
Who In the deep. dark waters sank from view.
Then from his fathers life went forth al
Joy:
But Is he fell hack. paIlid with his pain.
Across the bridge In safety passed tho train.
And yet the man was poor. and In his breast
Flowed no ancestral blood Of king or lord;
True greatness needs no title and no crest
To win from men Just honor and reward;
Nobility Is not OF rank, but mind;
And q Unborn and common in our kind
He Il most noble whose humanity
Is least corrupted. To be just and good
The birthright OF the lowest born may be;
Say what we can. we are one brotherhood,
And rich or poor. or famous or unknown,
True hearts are noble. true hearts alone.
Henry Abby.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
4 place Tor 8 Bigger man.

Rev. DR.. Boyd tells a delightful
story against himself in his reminis-
cences. It is of the senior wrangler,
who. when the parson told him of
his intention to leave Edinburgh for
the highly desirable incumbency OF
st. Andrews, naively said: Bless
mel are you going theres Why,
that's place for one of the first men
in the church! y
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY ii. 1892.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
National Bank.
Fiery,s shoe Store,

National Bank.
Fiery's Shoe Store.
T. Scheu, Millinery.
John Heller, Carriages.
Peoples National Bank.
Dern q Ritter, Groceries.
John W. Neer. Groceries.
J.W Roberts, Furniture.
j. II. Bristor, Real Estate
j. /. Mcdonald. Groceries.
@. Al. Mantz, Tabacc0nist.
Geo. r. Mann, Barber Shop.
g. G. Bennett, Photographer.
II. /. Doll & Co., Hardware.
RI. Hunter. Photographer.
Vim. b. Walters, Hardware.
Emmert & Fiery, DRY Goods.
L. M. Hoke, Boots and Shoes.
J. w. Bishop, Coal and Wood.
Philip II. Sayles, Tobacconist.
John w. Thompson. Groceries.
NJ. L. Dorm. Tailor and Clothier.
II. II. Fitz, Flour and Mill Feed.
II. T. Cushwa & Bro, Hardware.
6. G. Crawford, Boots and Shoes.
p. Nicklas. Bro. q Co., Furniture.
G. III. Wolfes, Stoves and Tinware.
John w. Homrich, Boots and Shoes.
A. M, Gilbert, Drugs and Chemicals.
j. W r. Fisher, Stoves and tinware.
Baker q Rearick, Tailors and Clothiers.
L. W. Robinson, Groceries and Provisions.
A. II. Russler q Bro. Groceries and Provisions
J.Wm. & C. A. Miller, Agricultural Implements
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
The Dimere,nce,..

I There are BARRIERS in India whose
touch is so light that they can shave
you while asleep. There are men in
this country who can skin you be-
fore you find it out, while you are
wide awake. - Rams Horn
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
THE PREDICTIONS.

For Eastern New York. New Jersey and Eas.
tern Pennsylvania, showers s. 3. wind, slightly
warmer.
For the District Of Columbia, Delaware and
Maryland, Showers followed by fair, winds be-
coming South.
For Western New York, Western Pa. and
West Virginia, showers, winds becoming s. W.,
slightly cooler
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
Add Your Name |
The Best Offer Ever Made tOOur City
to Obtain a Manufacturing Plant.

Hosiery and Wooden Mills coming
that will give our city payroll Of
from sSO,OOO.OO to slOO,OOO.OO, per
annum. This factory has an estab-
lished trade for all their goods, and is
well backed financially.
The following gentlemen haye each
subscribed $780, 90, for this enterprise,
and the names will be added to this
list as fast as they come in. This will
show our citizens who have the good
of our city at heart, and not selfish in
helping the laboring classes.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11

TEMPERATURES: At O'Clock 4. NJ, $50.
Maximum $50.
Minimum-57o.
WIND: Force Gentle
Direction from-South.
Safe OF SKY: Partly Cloudy.
Rain fall 80 inches.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
"A Horrifying\ Discovery.

Little Girl-Oh, mamma, you'll
have to send dat new nurse off. She's
awful wicked
Mamma Horrors What doesshe
dot
Little Girl-She tells us Bible
stories ON week days. Good News.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
A. Enaoed Personality.

Was your name ever in printa
No, I've been an editorial writer
on one Of the big New York dailiea
for forty years. Kate Fields Wash
ington.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11
wEATHER BULLETIN.

Observations taken at
Martinsburg every morning
,g.,.. at o'clock by GEoRGE w.
-. VANMETRE, the representa-
/ tive Of the United States
Weather Bureau. THE
WOMB viii use the same
flags as displayed at the
f- Court House and the people
can come very near know
! ing what weather to expect.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-11

THE WoRLD at 10 cents per week.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-06-03
LAKE CHARLES, La.
TAXEs.


We learn that deputy tax collectors
are riding all over this parish serving
notices on delinquent tax payers to
come forward aud settle.
We saw one Of these notices( wheth'
OF 10 pay or notice Of seizures itWonld
be hard To tell) on Wednesday, whert
poor darkey is called on to pay
$l3.55 taxes and Sl.45 costs, or a Ger
tam gray mare named Dolly will be
sold to pay same on Saturday, June
18th, 1899. This amount, $3.50
must be for a good many more thai
three years taxes, and as delinquent
taxes become prescribed after three
years, we would like TO know how the
collector is going to enforce the col
lection.
In q great many instances the en-
forcement of payment of five, six Oh
eight years back taxes would amonnr
10 con6scation. So we would say tc
al from whom back taxes are de-
manded, examine into the matter, and
II more than three years back taxes
are demanded, refuse to pay them, for
you are entitled to the plea of pre-
scFiptiOn of three years. But If you
pay the tax, as demanded, you will be
too late.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-06-03
4 NEW ELECTION LAW.


A few weeks ago we gave short
synopsis Of the Australian ballot sys
ten, which has been adopted, With
some amendments sad changes, by a
great many Of tbe states Of the union.
This beiug somewhat Of a hobby Of
Ours, We have watched the papers
from drfIersBt parts Of the state with
some Curiosity 10 see what wss the
sentiment Of others On the subject
We End from every quarter Of the
state, and from every political faction
IN the state. whether Foster Democrats
MeEnsry Democrats, WRrmoth o.
Leonard Republicans, Third Part1
msn1or plain Farmers Union men, thl
demand for a remodeling Of the cleo
ton laws; but none, so far as we bsvO
seen, have proposed spy particuIa
form or system Of baIIoting. 1t is t
be hoped that the general ussembl
viii take hold Of this matter and Civ
us a change.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-06-03

Only two preVI4ns Mays in the past
wGnty two Years have recorded d
temperature As low as was experienced
At the NV Orleans station during the
past week. May, 1876, 1889 and
1892 have each experienced mlnI,
mum temperature of 81 degrees at
thus point. Shreveport reported a
minimum during the late cool spell
that was bat htlIe above the possible
frost point, while the voluntary OBJ
server at Liberty Hill recorded lighr
frosts on the 22nd and 23rd. The
temperature at New Orleans averaged
eight degrees below the normal for
each day in the week, while the daily
deficiency for the first four DAYS
ranged from ten TO fifteen degrees.
There has been about an average
amount Of sunshine, with a deficiency
At various reporting stations: Homer
90, M'Dden 90, Shreveport 90, Mon.
zoe 30, Delhi 90, Liberty Hill 90,
Winnsboro trace, Coushatta 90,
Natchitoches 90, Alexandra rs,
Obeneygille, 90, Marksville 10, Gin.
ton trace, Amite 90, Roseland 90,
Hammond trace, Melville 10, Baton
Ronge 90, 0pelousas 90, Grand Co.
team .04, PlaquemiRe 90, RayDe 90,
Lake Charles 80, DonaIdsonvItle. .O7,
Shell Beach 100, Emile oil, Painconrt,
vile 90, Camp Parapet 90, New Or.
leans trace, JeaneFette 90, Franklin
90, SehrieVer .l9 and .Thibodeanx
.05. .
The effects of the recent cool wave
and driving northwesteEIy winds have
eyeryRhere been detrimental to grow.
ing crops. The cotton aud corn lands
have been crusted and require imme.
diate narrowing. Corn, cane and rice
have Turned yellow and the growth
has been checked. 10 0uachita parish
the ice have done some damsge 10
cotton bpt have not appeared else.
where.
While allfsld products have suf.
fered cheek, it is probable that The
sRleRdid appearance that has prevailed
since the first Of April in al fields has
lrd the farmers to indulge ID q more
gloomy gelp as to the effects Of he
pat weeks weather than IS proper.
The less hopeful reports come from
the river parishes, loWegef, wheFethe
nnfavorabIe aeather has combined
with the threatening condition Of The
aater 70 completely discourage The
planter, who has been compelled 10
pnt Tie labor on levees that should
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-06-03


The New Orleans Republican, the
organ of the Wurmoth faction of the
Republican party, has this to say Oh
the subject which beads this article :
"It is fast becoming ohvious that a
qualified and limited suffrage is abso
luteiy necessary in this state, and that
all elections shall be held under the
protection of the Australian system
The right of suffrage is fast becoming
an article of merchandise, and is placed
upon the market with about the same
eagerness that the fruItvender betTsyr
in the disposal of his fruit. One thug
IS certain, that there is very larg"
proportion Of.voteFs in this state who
never vote unless they succeed in get
ing some mercenary consideration for
their votes. At the late election in
this city, it Is asserted that entire
gangs of voters refused 10 vote afler
going TO the polls, because no one Wa
found williog to pay the price they
Isked. AT numerous polls votes were
paid for at dollar apiece, just THE
same as one buys eggs at 20 cents pei
dozen. 1t does not seem possible thai
good government can be secured where
this condition of affairs prevail. When
It is taken into consideration that near
" 40 per cent of the total number Of
votes are illiterate, unable to write
their names, and goodness knows whaD
per cent are PurcbasabIe, it ought tC
convince any loyalty disposed persOr
that qualified and limited suffrage ii
the only salvation for onr state gov
ernment."