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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of city secretary, to be open
ed at 3 O'Clock p. m. March 18th
1892, at the City Hall, Waco, Texas,
by the mayor and street committee,
for furnishing all material and labor,
and contracting approximately, 1900
lineal feet of six inch sanitary sewer,
between Fourth and Fifth streets
from Jefferson street to Marlboro
Avenue, 1850 lineal feet eight inch
and 1850 lineal feet of six inch SAM
tary sewer, between Mary and Frank
lin streets, extending from terminus
of sanitary sewer between Seventh and
Eighth streets to Fourteenth street
Protiles and specification on file ct city
engineers office; the right to reject
any and all bids, is reserved by the
city council of the city of Waco.
Attest: c. MCCULLooH,
JoNEY JONES, Mayor.
City Secretary.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

"Why is Waco called the Geyser
City of Texas? Because of its ar.
tesian wells and phenomenal heat Of
their waters.
Why is Waco the Geyser City of
America? it has the gre atest number
OF OVERLOOKING wells of any city on
this continent, and can show we'll,
whose daily output, initial pressure
and heat exceed that of any in Amer
lea or Europe.
The first we'll overlooked March 10,
1889 aud the sixteenth was developed
February Is, 1892. Neither has af-
fected the flow of the other. The
minimum distance apart is feet, the
maximum is four miles. Fifty minimum
diameter is six inches; maximum ten
inches; minimum depth, 17OS feet,
maximum, 1865 feet, mean, 1910 feet.
Minimum temperature, o6 degrees F.,
maximum, 106 d grees f., mean, 1O3
degrees f. Minimum initial pressure
to the square inch, 40 pounds; maxi
mum, 50 pounds; mean, 60 pounds.
Minimum daily output, 100000 gal.
Ions, maximum, 100000 gallons;
mean, 600, 900 gallons.
ANALYSIS.
Silica, 1856, AlumIna, trace; Iron
Sesquioxide, 1893; Sodium Chloride,
60267, Sodium and Potassium Sui
pilates, % 9583; Sodium Carbonate,
and Bi. Carbonate, 20 6587; Calcium
Sulphate, 10000; Calcium Carbonate
1859; Magnesium Carbonate, 1892.
Total solids by calculation, SO 1901.
Probably no event of such far reach
ing effect has occurred, in the history
of Waco, as the discovery Of hot water
and the development Of a number OF
artesian wells, phenomenal in heat,
output and initial pressure.
Captain j. ID. Bell, with an unusual
display Of perseverance and COM
mendable zeal tapped the hot reser.
voir l $50 feet below the surface and
the crystal fluid gushed forth In large
volumes. His unexpected success in.
spired confidence, others followed suit
and to-day Waco can boast OF sixteen
overlooking artesian wells, the most re-
markable on two continents. The water
is soft and almost chemically pure, the
minerals held in suspension are inn
ponderable and without taste. 1t is
used for mechanical and domestic
purposes. 1t possesses remedial pro-
perties equal to any of the thermal
springs OF America.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
R.T. DENNIS g. BRO.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Judgments of $50, AGO have been filed
in New York against the Mexican and
Monterey railroad.
The report is once more abroad that
the sugar trust has gobbled up the
Spreckles plant at Philadelphia.
Miss Belle Davis of Ware, Mass.
niece of the director general of the
Worlds fair, eloped with her fathers
hired man.
The steamer Guiding Star caught fire
on the Mississippi above Vicksburg.
Little damage done. Mrs Belle Shad-
niger of Cincinnati was scared to death
The committee of the New York SEN
ate appointed to investigate the Reading
deal reported that the transaction was
eminently regular, but at the request of
coal dealers the committee was con-
tinued.
Secretary Blaine still improves.
The wheat crop in Kansas is all right
Gold was discovered in Reno, New,
by the chain gang.
Max Strakosch, the celebrated musical
composer, died in New York.
The Missouri state Democratic con-
vention will be held at Sedalia May IL.
Two fine saws were found in the cell
of Train Robber Perry in the Syracuse
Jail.
The New York legislature appropri-
ated $500, 900 for an exhibit at tho
Worlds fair
The Chicago and Erie railroad has
closed its shops at Huntington to cut
down expenses.
Only 224 newspaper men will be adj
mitted to seats in the national Republi-
can convention.
Chicago aldermen have been indicted
for boodleism. They granted the Chi
cago Power Supply and Compressed Air
company the right to use any and all
streets of the CITY in any manner the
company saw fit. One alderman owned
up.
Near Ashland, Wis, Conductor Mon
roe put two tramps off the train The
tramps opened fire. The conductor re,
turned the compliment. Over twenty
shots were fired. The tramps ran out of
ammunition and were captured. Both
under 20 years OF age.
Pension Commissioner Raum was Sc
verely handled by the house special in
vestigating committee.
The cabinet manifests impotence con
corning Lord Salisbury's dilatory policy
in the Boring sea discussion.
Congressman who accompanied Rep
resentative Kendall's remains to inter
ment in the Kentucky mountains re-
port having experienced serious hard
ships, chiefly cold and lack of food.
Senator Teller says Blaine is not in
the presidential race.
New Mexico saw big balloon pass
ing over with "a bright headlight.
Temperance fanatics in Ohio staryr
and freeze saloon keeper in Jail so that
he died.
Ex-Governor Buckner of Kentucky
said Hills policy was for self-advance-
ment.
A Kentucky sheriff. after a desperate
fight with two moonshlners, shot them
both.
Two farmers Of McDonough county,
H.. in digging well unearthed VEN
of silver ore.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
Fine Work.

Never in the history of Waco was
there such stock Of buggieS display
ed as can be found at Tom Padgitt's.
The finest work, the latest styles and
the lowest prices. No trouble to
show them. Call and see for yourself.
One hundred vehicles in display room.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

Deputy Constable Harry Crowder
had the misfortune yesterday of being
kicked on the hand by his horse. No
bones were broken, the back of the
hand is badly bruised and larcerAted
from which today he is suffering much
pain.
Clark club tonight at court house.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

Telephone or call at o. J. Miller's
for fresh strawberries, bananas,
Florida orar ges, California oranges;
for vegetables, such as asparagus,
caulafower, celery, ripe tomatoes,
beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, greens
etc. Fresh salt water fish every Tues
day and Fridays. No. III Austin
street.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

Dockery & Co., Assurance Agents
represent first rlass companies only.
Every attention paid to placing risks.
Give us call at our new quarters in
the Provident building.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

Egan's black diamonds will soon
give way to "coOl comfort" try him
ere it is too late.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
WACO THE GEYSER CITY,
WHY rs 1T SO CALLED-SOMEIN IN
TERESTING DATA FROM

Col. POpe's "Wac0 Gcyser,-we
Clip the Following from The
Waco Geyser Published Recently
by Col. s. H. Pope, Seer. tary of
The Waco Board OF Trade.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
For Sale.

Three horses, one ten-horse power
engine and boiler and a lot of shelving
and store fixtures. Cheap and on
good terms. MOORE BROS.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
Buy Egan's "Black Diamonds"

Straight dinner from IL to 2 and
anything you want at any hour at Joe
Lehman's.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

Joe Lehman's for Ice cream and
confectioneries 1T South Fourth
street.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18
Lost.

Lawson's dog "Mike." White
pointer, crooked tail. Please return
to Warren Lawson.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

For sale, cabbage plants lot next to
postofice.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

~ IN to Kellum & Lawson 113 s. 4
w aDst. for lots in Col. Heights
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-18

Prof. Fulton's entertaipm ent at the
ity hall tonight rain or shine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
Physic and Politics.

DR.. Clemenceau, the eminent Pa
risian physician, is also a member OF
the French Legislature. and divides
his attention between the political
maladies of his country and the phys
ical ailments of his patients. He is
a brisk and busy man, keenly cogni-
zant of the fact that time is money;
and the other day, as he was in at
tendance at his Montmatre consult
ing room, two men simultaneously
solicited an interview with him.
One of them, when admitted to his
presence and asked to state his case,
complained of pain in his chest,
whereupon he was asked to take off
his shirt, and was then subjected to a
careful examination. But before the
Doctor sat down to write his pre-
scription he rang the bell and ordered
his servant to show the other patient
in. AS the latter entered DR.. Glenn
enceau, without looking up from his
writing, said to him:
"Just undress yourself too, if you
will be so kind, to save time"
By the time the Doctor had finish
ed his recipe, taken his fee and dis
missed the preceding patient, the
second. stripped to the waist, was
ready for inspection. Turning TO-
ward him the Doctor observed:
"You are also suffering from pain
in the chest, are you not?"
The man smiled.
well, no, Doctor" said he; Il have
called to beg you will recommend me
to the government for a place in the
pOstOffice."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
Wanted the Other Bellows Menaed.

The fine organ which Edward J.
Searles is about to give Grace Church
in San Francisco, as a memorial to
his late wife, is rather more
expensive gift than Mrs. Hopkins
Searles would perhaps have been
willing to make to her old house of
worship. Once before her marriage
to Mr.. Searles a vestryman of the
church asked her if she would not fur
nish the funds for a new organ, but
she declined to do so.
"But our organ is so old that it is a
continual expense" urged the persist
ent vestryman. ut is always out of
repair. >"
aI'll pay you literally if you'll have
the bellows in the pulpit mended, /"
replied the feminine Croesus, whose
admiration of the rector, the Rev.
DR.. Foute, was not excessive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
The Word sFur.:

Eur" is word we'll understood
and so is father" Outwardlv oh.
served there is very little in common
between them. Inwardly considered
they are related closely-both mean
ing professionalism from the Aryan
root-word pa, to protect, to feed. tt
cherish. Through its paternity ful
mas many sister words, such as posse.
hospital, hotel, fodder, papa, pope.
despot, panic, pantry, palace. pastor.
potent, and many more. 4 slight
knowledge Of letter changes that
come from varying pronunciation ia
different languages makes the rela.
llonshlp perfectly clear Davenport
Democrat-Gazette
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
Josh Billings Outdone.

The following is a copy Of rathe r
complicated and oddly spe1t petition
through which Judge Durfee, Of De-
troit, had to wade recently:
BRADFORD, Oct. 20, 1892. TO the most
onarabal mr.. durfee JUICE of proba dear sir
was APPOINT garden over my husban on
december secth 1887 at that time is propete
anOunt to three hundred and fortey-five
dollar in money and twelve acers of land
ten of wich is farther as life lease and
couples it my husban as been an inmate OF
pontack asiliam for 10 years of wlch time
have saported my self and four children
the oldest is known II years old have re-
served the $345 with the intrist and the
rent of the ten acers of land amounts to
$543 witch il it please your honour DO
wish to youse the money to buie horses
and wagan and cows and implements to
cultervate the land my fathr as mad me
preaSent of twenty acerS OF land.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
Her Windows.

Anybody who has ever looked out
of one of the old-fashioned windows
with sixteen or twenty-four panes OF
"bubbly'' glass, knows the peculiar ap.
pearance which objects present when
seen through such medium.
"Old lady Hawley," who had lived
seventy-two years in a house literally
supplied with windows of this kind,
and who spent a good deal of time
looking out Of them, was filled with
amazement when she first sat down
to view the landscape from her niece
Mehitable's "best ROOM" where the
old-fashioned panes had been replaced
by new ones of good clear glass and
modern size.
"Well, I do declared" she CALCULATED,
after about five minutes. at does
beat all how folks look through this
winder! Makes sight O. difference
in their gaits, seem S eff. It's allus
'peared to me s eff my neighbor, Mis-
Spofford, he'd a kind of hobblin
walk when she got out onter the
road, but she's jest gone past, step
pin as straight as ken be.
But there" she went on. II dunno
but I like my winders on some &C
counts, livin' in kind of lonesome
spot, as / do Fer I notice man
goin' past here looks like just one
man, but through my winders he allus
looks like gin'ral muster!!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
She Did Not Forget.

Everybody is familiar with the sto.
ry Of Queen Victoria and the old
peasant women with the umbrella.
Elk Mayor Smith of Philadelphia, had
an experience Of somewhat similar
nature with the conditions reversed.
He loaned his umbrella to an old
woman on crutches who was hobbline
along in the rain, and friend with
him at the time intimated that the
parachute was as good as lost, but
Col. Smith expressed his faith in her
honesty. A short time ago the aged
borrower received d heavy award from
the spoliation claims committee. and
her first act was to send the ex-
Mayor a magnificent gold-headed silk
umbrella.-New York World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
The Mothers of Great Men.

A great deal has been written about
1.-THE Mothers Of Great Men. We
imagine, however. that the folks of
Loenberg, in Wurtemberg, have
started precedent by erecting mem
orials to a series of mothers Of great
men. This little township Of about
1000 inhabitants was the birthplace
of Paulus, the famous nationalist
theologian: of Schelling, the equally
famous philosopher, and of Hoch-
stetter, the naturalist. It was also
the dwelling place of the mother of
the poet Schiller from 1896 to 1901,
and of the mother of the astronomer
Kepler two centuries earlier, though
three villages in the neighborhood
contend for the honor Of having been
kepler's birthplace. The Town Coun-
Gil Of the Town Of Mothers, as it
proudly calls itself, has affixed tablets
to the walls of the old castle Of Duke
Ulrich the Well Beloved, where the
Magma Charta of Wurtemberg lib
critics was signed by the Duke in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17

small and uninhabited, and the larg-
est, Tapouteouea, is only thirty miles
long and one-half mile wide. The
natives are said to be peaceable and
are we'll inclined toward Christianity.
In some sections cannibalism occa-
sionally occurs. The people depend
for support on fishing and on the CO.
coanut and pandanus trees. They
have sometimes substantial wooden
dwellings, but generally their houses
are Of a primitive order. Govern
ment in the larger islands is by he
reditary kings, and one of these, King
Tebareimura, who recently visited
this country, we present an illus
tratiOn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
A. Curious Cave.

The cave temple, of Karli, India,
is rightly considered one of the
greatest wonders of the world. This
gigantic recess in the mountain
ledge has been chiseled by human
hands from porphyry as hard as the
hardest flint. The cave is 124 feet
long, IS feet broad, and 46 feet from
floor to ceiling. Before the entrance
to the temple stands monster stone
elephant, upon whose back is seated
a colossal goddess, all heWed from
one solid block of stone. Like the
temple walls and the outside orna-
ments, every article of adjoining
sculpture on the inside is hewed
from the native rock.
There are aisles on each side
separated from the nave by octag-
onal pillars of stone. The capital
Of each pillar is crowned with two
kneeling elephants, on whose backs
are seated two figures, representing
the divinities, to whom the temple
is dedicated. These figures are per-
feet, and of beautiful features, as,
indeed, are all the representations of
deities and divinities in this peculiar
temple.
The responsiveness so characteristic
of modern Hindoo and Chinese
pagodas is here wholly wanting.
Each figure is true to life, or rather
to art, there being no mythical half
horse, half man, or beast birds de-
picted in this underground wonder
of Karli. This wondrous under
ground pagoda or cave temple has
been a standing puzzle for the
learned archaolagists of both Eu-
rope and Asia for the last twenty
five hundred years, and is as much
of an enigma to-day as it was in the
time of Confucius.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
No Silver Wanted.

A gentleman who last winter Wis
listed in the South relates that upon
one occasion he went with some
friends to a colored service. At the
close of the sermon contribution
was taken up, and as the plate was
passed to him he dropped into it a
half dollar, meaning this to do for
the whole party. The colored deacon
who was passing the plate regarded
it an instant with a stupefled air,
and then said, in a hoarse whisper;
"Take out dat ar silber."
isn't it enough?" the gentleman
asked, much amused.
"Lor bless ye," responded the dea-
con, eve don't put silver inter dis ye1
plate. Dat old niger preacher get
so pulled up dat we uns couldn't libe
wild him nOway."
The argument was too con vincing
to be resisted especially as by this
time the whole congregation were
watching the colloquy between the
deacon and the stranger, and the gen
tleman hastily exchanged a handful
of pennies for the silver piece. Tho
deacon passed on, smiling, with the
air of a man who had skilfully
brought the church bark past dan.
gerous rapid, while the visitors ex-
changed secret glances indicative
rather Of amusement than devotion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
Idea-Trading.

If two men, or a community OF
men, were to set about exchanging
goods and commodities right among
themselves, no matter how long they
traded, they would not get any rich
er as a community, Some would come
out at the little end of the horn, hav-
ing goods of less value than before
"swapping;" all would be out the time
spent in trading. But with ideas it
is different. Ten men start out ex-
changing ideas, and although some
may have better ideas and more facts
than others. all are benefited by the
exchange; no one is in any whit the
poorer. The time spent in swapping
is a clear gain to every member of
of the community taking part in it.
I have gone about good deal, and
find that it pays to absorb other
mems ideas and give out their own
and my own. Each year / know more
than I did the year before, and my
neighbors find it pays them, too.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
Manly IndeDendeuce.

There is an attorney in town who
is telling of little experience he
lately had with an odd character from
the rural districts, says the Mime
apolis Journal. 1t seems that the
granger went to the lawyers office
for the purpose of getting a deed
made out for some swamp land he
was selling. The listener of woes
heard the old mans request, and
then, picking up his pen and paper,
he proceeded to jot down the particu-
lars in the deal. your name?" from
the attorney. "Philip Ward" from
the farmer what is your wife's
name?" ELIZA A. Ward" ELIZA A.
What does A stand for?" Il don't
know-never asked her," replied Mr..
Ward, unconcernedly. Don't know
your wife's middle name, and you an
old man and married to her for a
good many years, as you say? Why,
this is rich. What's the reason you
never asked her what her middle
name was?" well, see here, young
fellow" returned the uninquisitive
Ward, "I'm a pretty independent
cuss-allus have Eeen and allus in
tend to be-and the fact is, I'm too
independent to ask her."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
The Laughing Plant.

A curious plant grows in Arabia,
called the laughing plant. 1t is of
moderate size, with bright yellow
flowers and soft, velvety seed pods,
each of which contains two or three
seeds, resembling black beans. The
natives frequently dry the seeds and
reduce them to powder. 1t is said
that dose of this powder produces
a similar effect to that of laughing
gas. IT causes the most sober person
to dance, shout and laugh in an ex-
tremely boisterous manner, and to
run about doing the most ridicu-
lous things for an interval of half an
hour or more. CAS- the effects of
the powder wear off," says the
Worlds Progress, exhaustion sets
in, and the person falls into a deep
sleep. When he awakes several
hours later, he has not the slightest
recollection of anything he did while
under the influence of the drug"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17

PERRY, the famous train robber,
who tried to dig out Of Auburn
Prison, to which gloomy abode he had
been sentenced for forty-nine years, is
evidently ambitious of emulating the
exploits of Jack Sheppard. His latest
feat is clearly marvellous, although
finally unsuccessful, and shows that
he must be regarded as one of those
specially gifted criminals who require
constant watching. 1t is apparent
that he still longs for the freebooting
life which he led with such reckless
ness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
A Famous Palace.

The ruins of the famous palace OF
St. Cloud have just been sold at pub
lie auction. There were only eleven
bidders, and the imperial residence,
or what remains of it, fell into the
possession of one Kassel, contrac-
tor. His bid was 3, 1926 francs. At
present St. Cloud is an interesting
ruin. The roof is gone and the walls
are partly demolished. In reality
little remains of it. Its magnificent
reception rooms and the private
apartments of Napoleon III. ard
Eugene are now covered with rich
collection of wild weeds and shrubs,
the growth of twenty-five years. and
all around are heaps of stones black
ened by the fire of 1871. Here and
there are fragments Of the ornamen-
tai work, the junk that constitutes
the only present value of the once
princely palace.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
but homage for a no'le woman, VINO
lives in the hearts Of the people.

THE State of Idaho is acquiring
a reputation very rapidly. Within
few weeks it has yielded up from its
interior an opal field, giant glacier,
a forest of petrifled redwoods and
bones of extinct races of man and
beast. Meanwhile a party of pros
pectors has returned after three years
in it's remote businesses laden to
the point of exhaustion with gold
dust. A little further exploration 1T
is hoped will disclose a race of pig
mics, the missing link and a lake OF
milk embarked with honey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
In the final encounter at Boston

In the final encounter at Boston
between the champions of the first
and second series" of the baseball
year the bean-eating professionals I'M
mistakably proved their superiority
over the professionals from Cleveland
by winning their fifth consecutive
victory and the pennant. Thus ends
the base ball year of 1892. Now that
it is over, the most obvious comment
is that it hasn't been much of year
after all Indeed, unless the next
year shall offer better things we shall
have very small hopes for the future
of the national game. We leave the
"magnates" to diagnose their own
case: but so far as can be judged by
the uniformed public there has been
a little too much fine figuring and too
little Old-fashioned baseball to suit
popular taste.