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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-04
y ours truly
Z. B. Humphreys.

Attention is directed to the an
nouncement Of Mr.. 5 B. Humphre' S
in another column of this paper for
reelection to the Off e OF city asses
sor and collector of taxes. That Mr..
Humphreys has filled This position
with rare fidelity and fitness no man
can gainsay. MIR Humphreys needs
the position and his many friends in
sis, that the position needs him.
However this may be, THE News is
assured that the Office of tax assessor
and collector could not fall into better
hands.
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ron CITY SECRETARY

THE NEWS 8 authorized t. announce w. G.
Co per as c,niidate for city secretary a. tn
Aptil elect on
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Enm AhSENNOK AND COLLECTOR

We arc authorized t. announce s B..
Hnmph eeys rs - candidate for re election TO the
ONCE f assessor and collector, at the ensuing
city election, Aprilt.
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will sell at bargain fou, choice
lots on College Heights out OF block
adjoining the college campus. Call at
once, their price and location will sell
them. j. r. BENNETT.
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From and after January LIST, 1898, |
will sell and work for spot cash only.
Please do not ask credit, as it will save
you It fusal. H h AMBoLD.
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The News.

The Waco Ntws:
GENTLEMEN: We desire to thank
you for your paper, which has been
received regularly, and is always
neatly filed We hope YOU will re-
tain the association, on your mailing
list in this year Wishing you every
success, remain,
Yours truly,
A G KNEBEL,
Secy Y. NJ G. A., Corsicaua, Tex,
1t will certainly be continued.
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w anted.

Wanted.
On Bosque Farm 3 miles west
of Waco, large family with 1 or 5
good workers, for farm work by the
year. WIN l.. PRATHER.
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GIFT BOOKS.

0AA oOOAo.
l am making a leader on the fol
lowing: Golden Gems of Life,
$a.75, $3.50 and $47s; Christmas
Of the Bible, S.; Master Of the
Situation, So and $3.7s; My Wife's
Fool of Husband, 81, (buy this
book and have laugh; Christ in
the Camp, S3.25 and s.; Scenes
Abroad, $2.25 and $3.50: Bible
Companion, So, s4.2s and $5.75;
Royal Gallery Of Poetry and Art,
$2.75 and 1915; Story of the
Baptists, $I.25, reduced from S.;
Our Home, 81 and $3.50. Large,
clear print Family Bibles from s.
to SIS,
have large stock of the
above and am selling them during
the holidays at 20 per cent. dis
count Call around and examine
my goods. Respectfully,
r. A. BURLESON.
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r. A. BURLESON

To the front with an elegant
assortment Of all kinds of presents
and, Christmas toys of every de
scription.
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Orders Jeff WiM Ed Strauss. South
Fourth street. ,ciH receive prompt atteMti0n.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
Air Castle for the Antwerp Exhibition
of 1894,

Since the invention of the Fife
Tower and Chicago's great Ferris
Wheel, every man manufacturing a
Worlds Fair deems it necessary to en-,
dow it with some ky-piercing struct-
ure transcending and eclipsing any
previous effort. The wonder herewith
depicted is the result of the profound
study Of Belgian engineers, and is des.
tinedto adorn the Antwerp Exhibition.
Tobiensky, the engineer, has i'm.
agined Gigantic captive balloon. com,
posed of two hemispheres and three
cylindrical compartments Of triple
China silk. Its volume will be 74,079
cubic metres and its dimensions 9311
square metres. The weight, including
the castle in the air and its accessories,
with that of 150persons, will be 35, G20
kilogrammes, OF about sixteen tons.
The balloon will be anchored by four
great vertical cables.
Two balloon elevators, capable OF
carrying ten to fifteen persons, con-
meet the castle with the ground. This
elevated platform and edifice is to be
built Of steel and bamboo tubing, COW
cred with China silk and sheet iron.
According to the strength of the wind,
it can rise to q height of from 900 to
1900 feet, The platform is ninety feet
long, with o surface Of 200 square feet.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

This was in the early part of the sew
enteenth century, long before the rub
Der coat, or ~tarpaulin, was heard of.
Then the fishermen stood in tubs for
protection against the waves, and a
strip OF canvas was placed along the
deck, which served as a wind break.
In those days the fishermen had a hard
time of it. Their quiet little settle
ments on the coast of Newfoundland
were always in mourning. In all the
Nations of fishermen aquatic life was
made easier as time went on With
each year wen yet the dangers de-
crease and the trade Of the sea toilers
is increased. The yawls Of the cara
vels of Columbus were identical with
those Of Newfoundland fishing boats.
These French fishermen laid the founda~
ton OF all the trouble which even now
makes them enemies of the native fish
ermen, Now the natives Of TIL island
refuse to sell bait to the Frenchmen.
and have appealed to the British Gov
eminent to keep their rivals out Of the
fishing grounds.
The whalers of New Bedford are not
forgotten by the commission. The
interesting part of the exhibit is
devoted to the equipments of whaling
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
A Matter of Health.

H~ousekeepers family realize tn
da niger of an indiscriminate use of tn
nu merous baking powders nowadayl
found upon every hand, and which are
urged upoN consumers with such per
sistency ~by4peddlers and many grocers
on account of the big profits made in
their sale. Most of these powders are
made from sharp and caustic acids and
alkalies which burn and infame the
a~limentary organs and cause indiges-
ton, heartburn, diarrhnal diseases,
etc. Sulphuric acid, caustic potash,
burnt alum, all are used as gas-produc-
ing agents i'll such baking powders.
Most housekeepers are aware of the
painful effects produced when these
chemicals ale applied to the external
flesh. How much more acute must be
their action upon the delicate internal
membranes! Yet INSCRIPTIONS man
ufacturers do not hesitate to use them,
because they make o very low-cost pow
der, nor to urge the use of their pow
ders so made, by all kinds of a~llurlngad
yertisemeuts and false representations.
All the low priced or so-called cheap
baking powders, and all powders sold
with a gift or prize, belong to this
class.
Baking powders made from chem
ically pure cream of tartar and bi-car-
Donate Of soda are among the most
useful Of modern culinary devices.
They not only make the preparation
of finer and more delicious cookery
possible, but they have added to the
di~gestibility and wholesomeness of
our food. But baking powders must
be composed of such pure and whole
some ingredients or they must be ia
booed entirely.
DR.. Edison, Commissioner of Health
of New York, i'll an article in the
doctor of Hygiene" indicates that
the advantages of a good baking pow
der and the exemption from the dan
gers of bad ones in which the harsh
and caustic chemicals are used, are to
be secured by the use of Royal Baking
Powder exclusively, and he recon-
mends this to all consumers. "The
Royal he says, contains nothing
but cream Of tartar and soda
refined to q chemical purity, which
when combined under the influence of
heat and moisture produce pure car
bonic, IT leavening, gas. The two
materials used, cream Of tartar and
soda, are perfectly harmless even Wnen
eaten, but in this preparation they are
combined in exact compensating
weights, SO that when chemical action
begins between them in the doughthey
practically disappear, the substance of
both having been taken to form car
bonic-acid gas" Hence it is, he says,
that the Royal Baking Powder is the
most perfect of all conceivable agents
for leavening purposes.
1t seems almost incredible that any
manufacturer or dealer should urge the
sale of baking powders containing in
furious chemicals in place of those of
a well-known, pure and wholesome
character simply for the sake of a few
cents a pound greater profit but since
they do, o few words of warning seem
to be necessary.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

gray beard and spent all hour at the
cabinet where was exhibited tbs lines
and hooks of the old cod-fshers,
frov1ncetown is the home Of homes
TOR the fishermen of the Atlantic coast,
1t is ultima thrdg of every goldfish that
swims i'll VineysM sound or tie BAY to
the West, The Vines are rough-look-
Ing and the hooks are of no recently
improved pattern. But they hook fish.
captain Lemuel Cook sent @ line to
the exhibit which he used from 1872
TO 1880. He is a famous old fisher
man, known from Hyannisport to the
lar side OF Nantucket. The old man
from Provincetown talked with a
strong flavor of Goldfish and his voice
was a husky sea voice. He Looked with
contempt at the display Of silk lines,
nlckel-plated sinkers and FURNISHED
hooks. Il tell you what" he said,
thar air not SO many Goldfish caught
nowadays Is thar was when Lem. Cook
and all of us had our way. Tharc air
too many steamships and no easy times
like we used to have"
From the single hatch bedarka of
the Alaskan natives, built Of drift
wood and covered with the skin of q
female sea-lion, to the new fishing
craft designed by Captain Collins Of
the commission, is a long step. The
evolution of the fishing craft is pic
tured in a cabinet just south of the
nn+rorao L. H. T-
building. The first of the fishing yes
sells which came to America was the
Sparrow Hawk, which met an untimely
end off Cape Cod. She sailed across
the water in 1926, struck q reef and
went to the bottom. Her old hulk,
which had been embedded IN the sands
for nearly two and a half centuries,
was uncovered in 1853 and put on ex-
i'll Boston Common.
The steamers Albatross and Fish
Hawk. which are in the service of the
States commission. are the
latest models of the fishing vessel.
Collins's model is of a fishing
schooner of moderate dimensions and
is being largely copied on both coasts.
Its hull is built after the model of q
yacht andthe rigging is adapted
TO the needs of q fishing vessel. It
combines the speed qualities of a yacht
md the eeaworthiness of q fishing
schooner. Safety is also taken into
consideration.
The United States is far ahead of the
Nations of the world in maintaining a
ish commission and caring for it's
A museum has been estab-
ished devoted to ichthyology, andthe
teamers of the fish commission cruise
IL along the coasts Of the United
to collect specimens of fish life.
.1atcheries have been established in all
he States of the Union and every year
he work grows in its scope.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

streets. A strong odor of fish ner.
Vades the place, and all along the
streets paved with cobhle stones in
the hshermen's part Of the town, are
gates made of whales jaws and gar
dens adorned with ivory teeth,
Nearly all of the exhibits If The
whaiers come from New Bedford
ihere are harpoons and harpoon guns
invented by famous old captsins of
whaling barks about which linger LONG
yarns" of varying degrees of ~veracity
and improbability. The old wbalino
vessel which sailed from New Bedford
l n years gone by has undergone a com
plete change. Now the vessels start
from San Francisco for the Arctic Sea,
where the whale abides. They are
steamers OF improved types. The
yawls are made of steel and are
guaranteed to give any refractory
whale the %toothache that takes il into
his head to crush the boat between his
massive jaws.
There is not the danger in whaling
there used to be, and the captains
make twice the money that the old
New Bedford seamen got on their
perllous ventures. The darting boom
was invented by Captain Eben Pierce.
OF New Bedford, one Of the whalers of
the old school, who knows more about
the habits of the mammoth cetacesn
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
4 Remarkable Religious City.

Pagan, one of the ancient capitals
of Burmah, is, in many respects, the
most remarkable religious city in the
world. Jerusalem, Benares, Rome,
KieT, none of them a boast the
multitude of temples and the lavish
ness of design and ornament that
make marvellous this deserted city on
the ~Irrawaddy.
Deserted it practically is, for tho
few himsv huts that stand by the i've
are inhabited by pagoda slaves and
men condemned to perpetual beggary.
For eight miles along the river
bank, and extending to q depth of two
miles inland, the whole space is thickiy
studded with pagodas of all sizes and
shapes, and the whole ground is SO
thickly covered with crumbling re-
mains of shrines that, according to
the popular saying Of the locality, you
cannot move a hand or foot without
touching something sacred. New York
Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

and can tell more stories of trips in
quest of sperm oil than any other resi-
dent of the quaint old Massachusetts,
town.
The darting bomb is about the only
instrument still in use. It has a SHARP
spear-end and is loaded with powder.
which explodes when the spear sinks
into the body of the whale. There are
darting guns, too. which shoot sharp
%projectiles and boom l~ances, which act
on the same principle. The center of
whale traffic has made a jump across
the continent and from the Atlantic
into the Pacific Ocean.
Alaska holds her own in the fisheries
exhibit. The natives are the greatest
fishermen under the protection of the
Stars and Stripes. They still use bone
hooks and all the primitive instru-
mente for fishing. Their fishing spears
are converted into implements of
offense and defense i'll wal time. The
simile touching on plowshares and
pruning hooks do not hold good i'll
Alaska. There are hooks and spears
in the exhibit which were made by the
Quilleute Indians when they first OBJ
tanned iron by trade. The natives
made use Of the copper which they
found in their mines, and their work
manship is surprisingly good. An
gahgah is a native i'll Alaska, and his
native heath is near Point Barrow.
He has a mania for collecting fish
hooks, and was persuaded by some pa
triotic American to present his collec-
ton to the Government, The hooks
are adapted to halibut fishing.
The lines are strong, made OF kelp,
called Nereocystis lutkeana for easy
reference by scientific men. The
hooks are made of two shank Of wood,
dashed together at the ends. Iron
barbs are fastened to the end of one
shank and the other shank is rudely
carved in the likeness of a fish. Some
OF the hooks are made of shark teeth,
OF splinters and others Of hem
lock knots. The materials used are of
the simplest kind. The iron barbs, or
the sharp teeth, are lashed on with
of white cherry. One kind of
line is made of spruce root and is very
durable. The singing gear and the
of the more recent halibut fish
ing instruments are made Of tarred
with slot swivels, hemp gang
ings and galvanized iron hooks. By
the aborigines even walrus whiskers
are utilized in the manufacture of
eangings. The sinkers were made of
ivory and the lines of strips Of whale
bone.
A gruff old sea captain from Prov
incetown on Cape Cod stroked bis long
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
THE LABOR WORLD.

BUFFALO,, N. Y. has 2 $1,000 idle.
THERE are 81 Molders' unions.
| CANADIAN farmers need workers.
MILWAUKEE (Wis.) clerks organized.
FALL RIVER, Mass. has 5000 weavers,
NEARLY 100 towns celebrated Labor Day.
KANSAS runs a State Employment Bureau,
Los ANGELES, CAL, has a free labor bu-
reau.
CALIFORNIA grape piekers get 81 a day and
board.
LAUNDRY hands will form a National
Union.
MONTANA bill posters formed a State
Union.
CONNECTICUT butchers held a State Con-
vention.
PORTLAND, Me-, has a longshoremen's be-
nevolent society.
New BEDFORD Mass mule s~pinners have
accepted a cut of ten per cent.
STRIKES cost Brotherhood carpenters
$25. 900 the past three months.
OUT of Albany's population of 100, 900
over Is, 900 are working women.
EUROPEAN shoemakers want our workers
to Join In an international Union.
LooMF1xERs in two Fall River (Mass.)
mills nave Deeu cut 10 @l'SO d udy lEOu
$3.50.
OMAHA. Neb., has been giving 81 worth OF
groceries and a sack of -four to the unem-
ployed.
The Spinners' Union at Fall River dis
ributed $4,000 among unemployed members
one day, recently.
A MEXICAN peon gets twenty-six cents, up
ward a Chinese or Indian coolie at home
snyeD or aiphf cents a 1aV
FRANCE was very much disturbed by
strikes last year. An official return shows
that in twelve months there were close upon
300 trade disputes, affecting los, 900 work.
men.
The two oldest locomotive engineers on
the oldest railroad in the country, the Cam
den and Amboy, were called to Chicago to
run the oldest locomotive, the famous John
Bull.
The operatives in Japan mills work every
day. there being no Sunday. Tho hours
range from twelve to seventeen, but the
pace is slow, and there, are frequent holi'
days.
The Fall River Mass mills that are In
operation are scooping in the most skilled
men of other factories, and when everything
is running again many mills will furnish
poor work.
In a recent parade in New York City
Union electrical workers carried an UNI
brella, at the top Of which was a lighted in
candescent lamp. The current zane from
the trolley wire in the street
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
Fifteen Vessels Pass a CastaWay.

The place to get an idea Of the com.
paratiye insignifcance Of the indivi-
dual undoubtedly is at sea, floating on
q bit of w~reckage at the mercy of the
winds and waves. George Upton, of
she Inflated schooner Mary Lizzie, tells
ms South Portland friends that during
the thirty-three hours he was adrift
nfteen vessels passed close to him with
out taking the slightest notice of him,
ms cries failing to attract their atten.
fion.-Lewiston MEL Journal.
There are now seventy Tines OF ocean
MAJ steamers. In 1893 there we're
9ot,l57 stean vessels OH the high seas.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
21N0 Reward. &10N.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 70
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con.
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in.
t%ernally, acting directly upon the blood and
stroying the foundation of the disease. and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. TIL proprietors nave SO much faith in
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure,
Send for list of testimonials. Address
+. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
~ Sold by Druggists. 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
Sixteen Years OF q Carriage Ride

Probably the longest carriage ride
ever made in this or any other coun-
try has been completed by Bishop
Ash, Of Sunbury, Vt. Mr.. Ash left his
home sixteen years ago and drove to
Minnesota, thence to Oregon and tc
the Pacific coast. He started for Yer
mont again " months ago, crossing
the continent in a covered wagon
drawn by two Indian ponies. -Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

entering 'he government Building
from the north is u whaling boat fullv
equipped for service ON the sea. The
hardy fisherman of New England, a
potent factor IN the early development
of the country, is given his due, In
cases all about are exhibited the abo-
riglnal instruments used in fishing in
contrast with the modern. The bone
hooks and fsh-skin lines which the In
dian used hundreds of years before the
first settler built his hut are fixed on
the walls with the FURNISHED hooks and
silk lines lust from the factory.
The evolution Of things piscatoriol
has kept III line with the evolution Of
the trades and sciences OF the world
The exhibit of the Fish Commission
has been arranged 50 as to emphasiza
this fact. Just as improvements in
boats were made the lot Of the fisher
man was made happier. Years ago.
when the Frenchmen first came to the
coast OF Newfoun lland and snread
their nets on the great banks, thew
sailed i'll vessels the general appear.
ance of which resembled a modern
canalboat, such as carry coal on the
Erie canal. They were carayel-buiIt
and had full convex bows, STRONGLY
raklng, Of round, full bilge. The
quarter deck was high and the average
length Of the queer craft over all WINS
about forty feet.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

Of all Americans Doctor Franklin
has given his name to the most cities
and towns. His list, including some
compounds, now reaches sixty-three.
Andrew Jackson comes next with
sixty-one. Washington, with forty
nine; Jefferson, with forty-seven ;
Madison, with forty-four Monroe, with
forty-three; Garfield, with twenty.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

In every community there are a number OF
men whose whole time is not occupied, such as
teachers, ministers, farmers sons and Others.
Io these classes especially we would say. if YOU
Wish to make several hundred dollars during
the next few months, write at once to B. F.
will show you how to do it.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

Needs assistance it may be best to render 10
promptly, but one should remember to use even
the most perfect remedies only when needed.
The best and most simple and gentle remedy is
the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

vessels. A whaleboat fully accoutered
is placed e the center of the exhibit
OF the commission. Over the doorway
a whaler with harpoon leveled ready
TO hurl stands in the prowof his yawI.
On the lookout, high on the mainmast,
stands q whaler with telescope in hand
looking over the waters for the
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11
German
Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist at
Blooningdale, Mich. "Ihavc had
the Asthma badly ever since l came
out of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until q
few months ago, when | used 30
schee German Syrup. l am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgoto
sleep without the least trouble" o
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

Honey dew has made its appear
ance on many of the trees and shrubs
around Paris this summer, probably
because of the drought. It is a shin
ing. gum like varnish, and hasa sugary
taste, but no smell. and cattle like to
eat the leaves,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The ordinary number of trains leav-
ing Waterloo terminus daily is 700,
with some 100, 600 passengers. From
no other London terminus do so many
general and heavy trains leave in the
twentI- four hours.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

The first Sabbath-school was instr
tuted in 1887. There are now in the
United States los, 939 Sabbath schools,
with s,649, 900 scholars. The world
has 90. O7s. sos So bbath-school scholars.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

Sir John Lubbock says that ''dur.
ing the many years he has had ants
under observation, he has never on
any occasion seer anything like a
quarrel between any two ants belong
| inc to the same community"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

1t can be lowered to the ground in
thirty minutes.
Thousands Of electric lights will
gayly scintillate from the balloon, as
it hovers in the clouds by night, and
by day hundreds of miles of the fat
Belgian country will be visible. An
Antwerp newspaper expresses a hope
that other air castles may thus finally
reach a point where they leave the
world of fancy to enter that of &C.
complishe nee facts.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

That's the way. And the cripple
on crutches spends most of his time
jamming his sticks down on other peo-
pie 5 corns. It's a sadly selfish world
New York Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-11

Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys-
tenn by Browns Iron Bitters. which enriches
the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion;
Acts like a charm on persons IL general i'll
health, giving new energy and strength.