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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-24
And Buckle Right Down to
Their Work.
BRIDGE SIDEWALK SPECIFICATIONS
Other improvements on the Bridge and
Streets Discussed and Referred.

The aldermen met in the council
chamber at /. O'Clock last night and
on, killed. right d 1wn to business.
An invitation 10 attend the en-.
tertalnlnent TO be given tonight by
Baylor Hose c mpany was sc.
cepted.
J e S. Mandsy' petition to BIZ
allowed tue use OF the city hall
, Ahoreln to deliver lecture was
gan ed.
Ed NJ pore as guardian of Ed
ortham, k ID for correction Of
figures on tax assessment on lot
on Sorth Seventh street. The com
mlnication was referred TO the
mayor aid finance committee.
CITIZENS doing business on South
Fifth and Franklin streets near the
intersection Of Franklin and Fifth
presented petition for an arc
light at the corner eff Fifth or at
tie alley between Franklin and
Austin streets. The petition went
to the gas committee with instruc
ions TO investis ale and bring in a
report.
The police committee reported
dVersely upon the petition If A.
j. W allace for return Of impounding
fees. Adopted.
Similar action was taken upon a
similar petition from I. l.. Honea
Alderman Herbert, from the
special bridge committee, reported
that the coun y commissioners re.
q1ested the committee to procure
plans aud specifications for the con.
struction of wa ks on either side of
the suspension bridge. lie said the
plans would probably be ready be-
lore the next meeting of the com
nlssioners. He stated in this con.
nection that the beams at the
western approach to the bridge
we're in q bad condition, and moved
the pubic improvement committee
be Instructed TO look into the
matte, with power to act. Adopted.
On motion of Alderman Herbert
the street commissioner was in.
structed to put down plank walks at
The corner of Dallas aud Sherman
and D alas and Tyler streets.
Alderman King called attention
to the condition Of North Sixth
street between Washington aud
9 iumbus, and proposed that il
should be graveled.
On molten of Alderman Poage
The matter was referred TO the stree,
commit ee.
Alderman Herbert called atten
ton to the fact that the sa aries of
munlcil a officers for the ensuing
year would have to be fixed next
month, and moved that the ordi.
nance committee be instructed to
prepare an ordinance to that effect
AID pied
The gas committee made a
report recommending that tn,
electric light account of $50 for
October be scaled $40 10, for time
the lights did not burn, and the
remainder laid. Adopted.
Council then adjourned.
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SHERIFF CABELL TALKS.
He Makes a Full Statement Re-
garding the Parrish Case.


The Fort Worth G za.te's Dallas
special says:
DALLAS, Nov % To-day Sheriff
Ben h Cabell aud Chief Of Police
j. c. Arnold, gave out the follow
ing statement, which contains a
great deal of the evidence which re.
suited IN the arrest of w. G
Parrish for com plicity in the
assassination of Young NJ Lang1on.
The assassination Of Y Nj
Langdon is still fresh in The minds
of our people. AS sworn officials
it became our duty to track The
assassins to the a'a-h. At ii st
suspicion pom ed TO paities in the
lumber regions of East T,xas. A
letter was sent to Captain Thomas
NJ. Furlong of st. Louis, asking
him # he had courageous and
Trusted man who would undertake
the task. He replied that he hai
the man and would come himself
aud lock DER the ground. Before
this, loSever, the gas pipe had
been located ami description OF
the negro obtained.
can important discovery was
made at this time. a negro girl,
Florence, was discovered carrying
notes to W. q Parrish fran John
Paris to the flee of Langdon, G i'll
u Parrish. She >acled as the go
tween, All at once John blossome d
out in new clothes, and bearing
evidence of having plenty of money.
Suddenly he disspp AIRED. Then
Captain Thomas Furlong arrived in
the city, and the East Texas lum Der
theory was abandoned. We ascer.
tanned tha. John Paris was at San
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Wherein Higgins Writes ill.,, !,
AN INyITAr,o

Wy ALTON.
we hereby, in the ~, 4
cltlzons Ct Waco, and "a sa % a,
, mefclal Club espec allv " .t sasC'
III mos ~, nearly and cordii,,l ';a .'i
s 70 al the people, wheth ,a'''Si
railroads. in towns or i IN 81 Oh
t try to visit Waco and IL v tas %
Trades IT Display on Dso sl'asa'
We have assurance fr venSs'
roads .at Of a very low ra, teu ala
will be glad to see Won and
you spend one day Of t fuu "h
ton and pleasure. 'Nu' 'su
Please take this as -.
invitation to visit Waco t ~
day Yours very truly, 20
p.o.;,. wv j. W. Risely,
and Chairman Comma Y
rangements.
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The Next Boom.
HIGGINS ANSWERS A QUESTION

HIGGINS ANSWERS A QUESTION
"Riggins, what will be The I
boom?" We have been asked
question a great many time. 1
information jastities the stsss
that since the monied men III
East and all over the count
disgusted and tired of inyesti
railroads, in large Non]
factories, in banks and in BID
because of the unproductiveneal
instability of such investments \
will now turn their attention
agricultural lands, and We bid
that one of the direct results Of
money panic, will be to induNn
of mi ans to turn their attention
farming lands. Already mani!
the most sagacious business men
w AGO are investing their moa
and hunting bargains in lands 4
lands in this country are priced
nothing like their value. Sagsa
men arc realizing this fact, snd'
may look for a boom in the pllN
lands in the territory sdj,esa''
Waco. Nor will aly Of thsn 2
forget to furnish their homes m
kitchen to parlor during our s.
clearing.out sale Of Waco Iria1
company?
Yours truly,
j. w HIGGINS, Prop
Waco Trading
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The Railroad Strike.

BY Assoc 'ated Press to The News.
EAsToN, Pa. Nov. PA car,
load of engineers and fremen sr.
rived here from the comrauy's
emf loyment agency in New York
The officials are more confident
than +. A Lahigh Valley freight
train was delivered into the New
Jersey Central yards, but the Cen.
trail crew refusing to handle, it was
side tracked.
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Traitors to Your Own Town and
Own Interests.

Do you send away from "'
your clothes? A. !.
Do you send away from w"
your printing? ,r :.
Do you send away from "~ ~
your furniture or any g0oo'
need?
Do you send away from "S'
anything you can get at home ~
Do you fail to pa'ronlze your "
faotoriess :.
If GU do any of these, you :. =
traitor to your own town ana Nv. w.
own interests. Keep your :. a ~.
home. Give home the nFs' ~ :,
Be true to your own town, ~ ~, 4
own people, and don't l9 11s,,,p
Waco Trading Co., TOT 'u'
carpets and stoves. p,on
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Cigarette Popularity

is embodied and emphasized in the
Ola Dominion brand. Photograph
IN each package.
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Eyerybody Pleased.

Who use Climax Pills, because they
are purely vegetable aud do not gripe
but act mild. Try them if you are
bilious. 20 cents box. Sold every.
where
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A Short Card to the Publl s,.,i

Our Fourth Annual Cssn ps
Out Sale is now going On ~ ,hi,b
call the peoples attention Nv !. ;alas
They will thank you for ,us het
ion. }. W. h'''
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

Advertising in this column charged = IA,
oote Ofone cent per word Tor each insertion
Cssh must accompany the order, except whe,,
ordered by q regular advertiser
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pikOtt>.iu> AL4Aitai..
DIR. j. w. HUNTER,

Ofice, Foam y, Prorident B"iiding. hfat'
at Oid CORNER DrUy >tOre. Residence ifOt
y. SIN st. Teiepione at ojie did resitsnc
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:: HORNE g. WILLIAMS, :
4lo FRANKLIN STREET, 4lo
We have Farms of Every Size and Description i,
McLennan and Adjoining Counties,

prices purchasers We College
also 100 lots i'll Burleson addition Can also sell lots Po
dent heights, University Heights other part of the city,
We number of dwellings and business property Bsrgair
Prices. O for
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
Ar.couor's PLACE iy NATURE.

Does alcohol exist rcady-mndc in nn.urr.
or is II formed within the body ns the result
of changes in tho food taken for nutrition
The only scicntiic answer to- these questions
must bc. No. IL II not found rcady-malc In
nature, nor is II formed in the DO ~ ns thrrr-
suit OF decomposition OF the taken I;
on the contrary, nature would senm to hny,
especially guarded herself against such
possibility, for any sugar formed In the PRO.
cess OF digestion IL not converted into alco-
hol, but passed out Of the system through
the usual channels. II we look to the PROV
critics Of alcohol we find scientists. both
hoxsr- and fe.eign,- .greaipg- thR ~, ,lgY,''
doses II Is narcotic poison, kilnrSoy s1.f5-
cation through lis pAralysinc influence on
the respiratory ncrye-rentcrs ;and In smaller
but continuous doses, by tho structural
changes which II cXerts In the several orsans
and tissues Of the body. Chemically 1t j. u
hydrocarbon, devoid OF nitrogen. hercc can
give no real or permanent strength. Is it,
action on the blood-cels II checks oxidation
by limiting their power of absorbing oxygen
aud eliminating carbonic acid. uul by it,
strong affinity Tor water IL dries up IN"
tissues, causing thirst hence. is own r..
newod and repeated consumption. Alcohol
therefore, In any quantity intorfcres moro or
less with the purlilcution OF IN" blood aat
the healthy oxidation Of the TISSUES. SurH
an action cannot hut be- u cause %. disease,
ana injurious In many diseased conditions.
Now food Is that which nourisars repairs
waste and builds up tissue, and must there.
fore contain product, or c.cmcats allied to
those OF the body that II Is intended to uour.
ish our bodies aud our foods consisting cs.
scntlally Of the same materials By the OK.
dation Of alcohol In the body, IL is without
doubt source Of energy, hut II does not
therefore follow that 1t Is u source OF food.
To establish such proposition. 1t must hs
shown that the energy thus liberated is uscl
60 aid the performance of a normal junction.
Il is not enough that chemical potential
energy is transformed into kinctic energy
the Transformation must occur ~ the right
time, in the right place, and in definite parts
of the tissues, which themselves arc not 50
constituted that they can bn fed with any
and every combustiblc material. w cstmin-
Itcr Review.
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rrMrrnANcE NEws ANn Nnrrs.

II is stated that l72 member Of the British
House Of Lords own 1889 liquor shops.
The W. c. T. L., OF Hartman, Tenn, has
erected u Temperance Temple at cost OF
$4,000.
Tho seniors OF Brown University voted 20
| exclude all intoNicants from their class ban
| quet this year.
Brattlcboro, VT, has no saloons, and dur
! ing the entire year OF 1892 had but twelve ar
| rests for all causes
| The British Medical Temperance Assocla-
tion has now ilS members, and cighty-slx
| student associates.
Government detectives in somo of tho
| "moonshine" districts carry kodaks with
| them TO secure evidence
In Lockhart's cocoa-rooms. OF which there
ARE siXty-eight In London, 3jij pledges were
voluntarily taken last year.
There were forty-four counties in Kansas
| last winter owning poorhouses, In which
there was not single inmate.
| The New York sun declares, after making
search into police hospital and inebriate
asylum records, that drinking habits are in
creasing among women OF station in this
| city.
ARock Island Railroad engineer arraigned
| for violating the rule OF the company In tho
matter Of drinking, denied the charge, but
was confronted with photograph OF himself
in the act OF drinking glass Of beer, which
tho kodak had caught.
The report OF tho Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1892, shows that the amount OF beer produced
in the United States was fifteen gallons per
capita in 1892 against three gallons twenty.
four years ago and whisky holds It's own
The number of arrests for drunkenness In
New York City for 1890 were 81 ,5si in Phila.
delphia, 2i,G6l in Boston, 1889, q, 900 In
Chicago, 81, ,l64. Over 500, 900 persons are
annually arrested for drunkenness In this
country Is the estimate OF tho census depart.
ment.
TaE fro loss OF the United States and
Canada In July was estimated at over sl2,-
900, 900. This makes the total since January
lst over 5000, 900 against 76,0OO,OOO the
same time last year.
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rrMrrnANcr rAHK.

Tho following short talks from tho
Rams Horn contains many Thoughts worth
trctsuring up
\ moderate drinker Is worth more TO tho
devil than druukari.
\ thirst has often boon started with
teaspoon that barrels could not quHnrh.
Tho man WHO has temperance prin 'iplcs
should not keep them In thr DARK
The man who T. not against the slloon Ia
not against the devil
Every druukari usol 10 boast that he
could drink or let Il aloe.
Tho man who forms good hnbits hclps
God.
Npu can spnctimcs toll where man
stauds by his breath.
Nine drunLlrds out 81 ten are 50 to-day
hcrausc they did not resolve IA youth to
lead u sober liir.
The man who Is not against the liquor
trnilir with all his weight. - in favor oI
giving tho dryil u license TO do business un
earth.
There are people VINO claim not 10 believe
in n he'll who live IN plain sight OF %
druuknrd's home.
Putting screens in the saloon doors is tho
dcvl's way OF saying that he Is ashamol OF
himself
Whenever you soc n drunleu man Il
ought to remind you that every boy In the
world l. In danger.
When somebody appears 20 Prove th1t
there IL no hell. whisky men are the first 10
throw up their hats.
when man takes IA drink OF wIis.,y no
bids God goodbye.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
rfrcursa row,nns snnox


We often meet with individuals whose con-
Duct leads US to say within ourselves, they arc
pitching their tents towards Sodom,
Inc man who In any way sacrifices moral
good and spiritual ends for physical and tenn
poral advantages Is pitching his tent towards
Sodom.
The man Of family. who leaves Religions
community and Christian privileges; and
carries MS family merely for purposes OF gain
into country where there are no Sabbaths
nor sanctuaries, where the influences are
against religion, where his children will have
the children OF vile and profane men "a their
only companions, and will Of course, marry
ungodly husbands and wives. will find aftera
while, that he has pitched his tent towards
Sodom.
Agentleman, ruling elder in the Presby-
terian church some years since opened hotel
In country village He did 1t to support his
family and II was right but then to secure
custom he departed from Christian princi.
piles, and Kept an open bar. In n few years
he died, leaving widow and seven sons
The,hotel was kept up, and his sons attended
the bar.--The sons Of that man all became
drunkarue, they squandered his property,
and his widow IL now sustained by the be-
nevolence Of the church. He was good
man. but he pitched his tent towards Sodom.
The young man who commences the indul.
gence OF bad habits is pitching his tent to-
wards sodom. lie may love q social glass.
lie may prefer thc society OF the vicious. lie
may indulge In an occasional game Of cards
He may go To the house ~ her whose steps
taSc hold on hell. In all this he may see no
great evil. But after IA while. unless arrested
by Gods providence aud grace, lie finds him.
self bound in the strong chains of habit.
yexed by evil passions-a suitable subject to
have dwelt In ancient Sodom and. ere long,
TO take MP his abode in those regions of
which sodom AID Gomorrah are bat an en-.
bcm.
Finally, every impenitent sinner has pitched
his tent towards Spdom, because he chooses
TO dwell In the cities OF the plains; bccatsr
he ia travelling 20 II place over which the
storms of Gods wrath are gathering and
because he must soon 10 east into the lake
that burncth with fire and birthstone, unless
he fee into the mountain, and tarry not in
all tho plain. Render! hast thou pitched thy
tent towards Svdom2-Watchmau aud Re
Hector.
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KEYSTONE STATE CULLINCS
pREPARING TIE BLANKS.
srArE DEPARTMENT cLrRxs xErr BUST NJ II
CoNINU TfptvTfONa

srArE DEPARTMENT CLERKS xErr BUSY NJ rus
COMING ELECTIONS.
HARRisnURo. clerks at the state de-
portment have been busy preparing the
forms Of BLANKS made necessary by the
Baker ballot law as amended at the last ses-
sion OF the legislature. The forms sent TO
each board OF county commissioners on
Saturday are as follows: Official ballot
(ballots for the same voting place must be
bound together In convenient numbers in
books In such manner that each ballot may
be detached and removed separately. speci-
men official ballot, certificate Of nomination
nomination paper, letter TO county com
missioners and sheriff certifying nomina-
tons, letter OF transmittal TO sheriffs,
watchers certificate. card OF instructions
containing directions to voters, card con.
tanning penalties
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cuRIsfIAN, NJ EARNEST ~ poryd ooop.


Blessed nre they who sow beside all wnters.
Oh, Christian time, time is passing away
opportunities are going, will soon bc gone
We shall soon be at the bar Of God. The
Christian who means 10 do all he can will
say, "What can / do this week.-Mrs. day
this hourE' This Is the genius Of earnest.
ness. Are there any sick To be visited? Are
there any poor TO be relieved? Are there
any seriousp Go, my soul. and see Delay
not tospeak word OF announcement III.
rect THAT soul To Christ. Does the sabbath
school need n teacher2 hero am | ready and
willing. What can | do for Jesus my Savior?
Whatever thy hand lndeth 10 do, DO 1t with
thy might"
Nettieton was man OF power with men,
because he was so much In earnest. Ho sui.
icred no opportunity to slip till he had said u
word. They were nails fastened in n sure
place. Soon after his conversion he had the
most intense desire to be instrumental In the
salvation OF his fellOw-men. He would often
say to himself. "If | might be the means Of
saving one soul, should prefer II to all the
riches and honohs OF this world" He was in
the habit OF frequently looking forward to
eternity, and saying, "What shall | wish
had done thousands and millions OF years
hence?"
80 should we live, that every hour
Should die, rs dies the natural flower
self-reviying thing OF power;
That every thought and every deed
May hold within itself the seed
Of future good and future need. Yer
mont Chronicle.
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ruE wonLD's GREATEST noaazn.

There is a robber that takes not only meas
homes, their farms, their bank accounts.
their reputation and their friends but their
manhood as we'll which robs wcr,a~ .,ot
only OF all the beauties nri comforts OF life.
Du. y. their wUinanhood as well. and witch
robs innocent little children %; their child
hood before they are out OF their first swnd.
ding clothes. Who Is that robber! Theirs
Is hardly any reason to name him. De-
scribe him, and the civilized world rpcor.
niscs him at once "a the drink tralIlc the
Greatest Robbcr on Earth. There isnt n
woe that all the other robbers can innict that
this chiefest OF robbers is not innicting to.
day upon the unnumbercd thousands and
In addition he is innictlns far worse woe,
than amy VI the other robbers can in..ic..-
Voice.
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A great deal Of misdircctcd effort in this
laundering world is due to the fact that people
are compelled to engage In work which they
dislike, when Just around the corner, so 10
speak, Is work which they might love. Am
bilious parents decree that the lad who would
be painter, who's" eye for color and form
Is true, or whose soul responds and fingers
thrill To tho vibrating chords of mcludits
shall instead enter IA cuuntng-room, and be-
npprcnticcd 10 n business for which he has I'D
aptitude. Similarly, Rpuy who would succeed
In farming or in the carpenters shop IS d,~-
tined 10 aliberal profession, aud compelled to
undergo long course Of training for this
which, owing 10 his luck OF fitness, IL almost
abortiye In its results. Half the failures
and defeats in life may be- attributed TO the
placing Of tho round peg In the square hole.
Men and women are forced to work at that
which they dislike, and which does not enlist
their highest powers.
We ought never To forget, In our estimate
OF success as opposed 10 failure, that there
- ., a higher standHrd than tho m.rely mai"giG
morally and In our ardent, pushing, CONNER.
cial country we need constantly to set before
our boys and girls the love Of work for the
work'sown sake. The immortal words of Agas.
si2. when invited to undertake certain cn.
tcrprisc, with the induccment that So doing
would be financially very profitable, cannot
be too often repeated-'I have no time TO
make money"
All noble work Is consccratcd work II In.
wolves sacrifice, self-denial, pain 1t requires
and over its victories no song Of triumph may
be- raised. But II the worker love 1t, and his
toiling Is hallowed by sincerity, by generous
Impulse. by unselish devotion to others wei.
fare, the work will DO its own reward lIar.
per's Bazaar.
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NY own PICTURE.

Suppose all Christians were just liko MOI
What would become of the world? suppose
none prayed more, or more fcrycntly, how
many sinners would be awakened? How
many rcviNals srnty suppose mono wcrC
more faithful in oNhOrtingthc imucnitcnt, how
many woul6 be- led to Christ? Ifnonc cyinccd
more OF the power and spirit Of holiness In
their lives, how many gRnsaycts aud HkCptics
would be convinced and put to silcnccY II
none We're moro liberal than am, how would
the pastor bo sustained, the gospel spread the
kingdom oi the Rcdccmer extended 10 the
ends OF the curhy In short, II all Christians
erejust like me, when would the millennium
come-the day ot Xion's triumph. when thcrc
shall be one Lord, and his name one. every
knee bowing. and every tongue coufcssing To-
Him alonc2 Alas have not too much rra-
son TO fear that happy day is yet far distant
II ho one II To be- more efficient In bringing II
about than | nmf o. il my laith. and my
zeal. and my lbcrality, were the measure for
tho whole church, there would hc a sad pros
pcct for this dark. ruined world! Who would
take care of our country, II no one was more
willing to sacrifice his own cnsc and comfort
for II than amp Who would give the water
Of eternal life to furnishing millions in heather
lands, II no one had moro bowels of compass
sion thnn hayeI And why should any one
feel more responsibility In these matters than
j do? III can free myskiris, why not others?
Have we nst ql one Master, one Judge, TO
whom we must render our account? II, thon,
/ can answer for my dclnquenc:es, others will
have 10 mafe difficulty. There Is no just
ce IN asinx one, while all the rest are bur
dened al lean get a dispensation TO serve
Mammon, or Belinl, or self, why may not
others? II / may love the Lord with less
thnn my whole n Ind and strength, and my
neighbor less than myself So may every dis
ciple OF Jesus. And II may seek the graft
fcation Of my own desires ~ the first end OF
my being. so mny all the world beside. And
Satan may riot amid universal ruin and death.
till the last trump shall wake us all to receive
according to our deeds, whether good or had