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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
A Proposition to You.

After using Climax Oil for any pain
if it does not give perfect satisfaction
return the bottle aud you can get
your money back We know what it
will do. Don't try any other. Sold
by all druggists.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22

Climax Oil should be IN every
house, the bsst family medicine on
the market for all pain, collie and
nervous troubles. For sale by all
drugg ats.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
Good Taste.

You will always have it if Climax
Pills ara used when you are bilious
or troubled with indigestion. rs cents
box. Try them.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
What You Should Do.

In the spring take Climax Blood
Elixir and get your system in good
shape for the summer. For sale by
druggists.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
Waco Won.

In the game of baseball played yea
terday afternoon between Corsicar a
and Waco, the latter won, the
score being lG to 4.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
vAco FIRE DEPARTMENT
location Of fire Alarm Bo1e.

3 Wooleu NILS 18TH ana mary llleiiIt a.
81 corner 10Th and Jefferson r1I-IIIIiD
All boxes numbered above strikes thus
5sI IS strikes | and stops, then strikes III
making Box Is, then repeats FOUR times.
BOZ Is strikes II and stope. then strikes Hill
uAking Box IS and so on
DIRECTIONS FOR GIVING ALARM.
Keys will be found 10 residences on each cor
car where boxes are located. Open Fire arm
Boxes and pull Hook down and let go. Leave
Turn alarm II only for hres. 1000 fine for
'slsa alarms
slow tapping OF bells signify compsn,
sAlls.
second Friday in each month each box IL
appel twice, testing poves and circuit line
When alarm o. fire is gfve4 the Fire Depart
nent has the night Of wsy on all streets: All
vehicles must dr1v. nesr :he sidewalk and Keel
away from the fire. ESQ tne for running over
-ose.
Repor. Of any careless irving going 20 OF
from fres by the Fire Department Will DC
Thankfully recei ved BIZ Tia Chief IS fast snc
careless drtvinsis strickly forbidden
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
Don't be Deceived

If you want to drink the Best
Whisky, Smoke the Finest Cigars,
or eat the best lunch in the city,
GO TO THE OLD PACIFIC SALOON
GEO ID. LAMAR, Proprietor.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-22
Letter List.

Letter List.
The following is list of adver'
tised letters remaining in the Waco
post Office goth dag of May, 1893
To Oh ain any of these letters the
applicant should call for advertised
letters, giving date of list.
If not called for within two
weeks Trey will be sent to the dead
letter office.
HELEN A. CoNGRR, p. NJ.
LADIES LIST
Blackstone L Mrs Bernstein S Mrs
Bryson 4 X Mrs Bailey RADIO Mrs
Biier Ida Mrs Banks Lizzie Mrs
Brown Annie Miss Bell Betty Miss
Benton Matte Miss Careken B Miss
Collins Dora Miss Cowden \ A Mrs
Cox Willie Mrs Chatham Marv Mrs
Camp Flora E Mrs Fillingame j Mrs
Garyaway Hattie Greer Nancy Mrs
Green NJ a Mira Griffin Ellen Miss
Hubbard J Mrs(2) Hill Judieth Miss
Harrison LulaMrs Jaener Mrs
Jefferson l. Mrs Jurdon Harriet
Johnson ClaraMiss Johnson Ether Miss
Jones Laura Miss Jones Della Miss
Mellish Irs Mills ElizabethMrs
Nelson w. T. Mrs Oliver Savannah
O. ConnerMAMiss Pool Amanda Mrs
Peters Allie Richardson > Mrs
Rose Celia Mis- Rusal Emley Mrs
Reddick A Miss Rogers ? Miss
Sullivan NJ Il Mrs Schaieffer G Mrs
she pard Betty Mrs Shuley Eva Miss
Stevenson D Miss Thomas Mary Miss
Taylor Kate Miss I'pshire Lila
JTmphrey A Mrs Woods j NJ Mrs
White H Mrs (2) Wardelow l. Miss
Washington P Mrs Webb Woley
MISCELLANEOUS.
Blaire Lille NJ Deadly Annie
Hawkins Annie Halsey | J Mrs
Miller Mary Rhodes L'zNe
Radford Matte
GENTLEMEN LIST
Anderson K L Ashford Ben
Allen Charley Brooks J B
Blocker Bonnie Blocker Geo
Blake w H Blaekman NJ |.
Brown Robert Bird Z
Brooks r Birmingham ID
Branham John Bead Jas
Beatty S Y Bass Morrow
Barlow W n Bod James
Barner Geo Bittiugham w F
CLARK Mr. Calvert Henry
Childers Wash CAMPBELL G. "
Clark b Cooper John
Cravens T p Cranmore J 5
CumminsGranville Conner jim
Cooper & Hon Day George
Dusenbery 4 l. Dozier Dennis
Duncan G. O Davis r l.
Eastorliug f E Egan JohnS(photo)
Field George Fisher King
Fields ] 7 Forrest T J
Gamble ] T Gallagher Chas c
Garrett Thomas Gibson G FOB
Gregg c " Huffman A
Head Willie 6 Head John NJ
Henry John Hall M c
Iinkens HUDSON Jones NJ c
Jerccman Bill johnson John +
kea!ingH I Prof Kunball G c
krotz Lincoln G
Lewis Jno P Lyneo B A
Lcngmore J Il Manning q Cloud
Marlborough B Y McGray Mr.
(2) Mosas J H
Mum T J Morgan M "
Mohler w (2) Morris T R
Mcdonald Mr. McKindred Alex
McKeehan Jas + McBroons Fl w
Miliner les Miller w d
Mittetstaedt LeeJMann George
Norwood w K Nichols Oliver
Oliver j G. Owen Cornoin
Owen ID b Penn Z W Prof
ProwdJ ohm Runge Rudolph
Roberts Joshua Roach J M
Reese George Redding W d
Scurlock I G SelIa,s w J
Schanchey Mack Shelton Jemore
Shpp j A Singleton Ellie
Simmons King Smith 7 B Dr.
Smith + Solinsky H
Sparks w B Stainback & Nc.
Scott S A Motters
FInkhamJ oe Uncle league ] A DR.
Turner Addison Thomas John
Thompson b D Thewlis Albert
Taylor Zachary Taylor Will
TAYLOR A Rev Warren IL
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
The Moons of Mara.

The most interesting of all moons are the two that attend Mars, each about sixty miles in diameter. That planet is just one-half the size of the earth; its surface is divided into conti- nents and seas, having as much land as water; it has an atmosphere. clouds frequently concealing it's face, and it's seasons are about the same as here, though the winters are colder Be- cause one of the moons travels around it three times as fast as Mars itself turns, it appears to rise in the west and set in the east, while the other, really circling in the same direction at speed comparatively slow, rises ln the east and sets in the west. Thus both moons are seen in the heavens at the same time, going opposite ways.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
The Books of Confucius.

The Chinese scriptures or sacred books were compiled and partly com posed by Confucius himself. They are divided into five books-viz.: l. The Viking, which treats wholly of cos mogony. 3. Shu-King, the acts and wise naxims of Yaoa, Sh6n and other Chinese kings and philosophers, who are now held in great veneration. 8. Sinking, which contains 311 sacred poems. 4. Ee-King, or 1.-The Book of Rites, which is a repository of max inns and directions for everyday life of all sorts and conditions of people. 5. Chun-Tsien, which is history of the time of Confucius. These books, taken collectively, are usually referred to in lists of Bibles of the World" as ''The Five Kings" The word liking" in this connection simply means ''book."
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
The SciInitar Snake.

There is little reptile belonging in Madagascar known as the scimitar snake-that is, the curling sword. Running along the back from head to tail is a blackish, horny substance, which bends with the convolutions of the snakes body as readily as would well-tempered steel spring, and throughout its entire length it bears an edge as hard as flint and sharp as razor. They are not poisonous, but when one of them springs on man, which he is very likely to do, he will soon have leg off unless cracked on the pate. Some snake specialists claim that the presence of this reptile on the island is the reason that there are no large quadrupeds to be found there at present, the curling sword in back ages having taken off legs faster than they could be created
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
HOW AMERICANS CHEER.
To Britlsher tke Plaudits of a WorId'i
 Fair Crowd Sound Like Kisses.

To a Britlsher tke Plaudits of a Worlds
 Fair Crowd Sound Like Kisses.
 The arrival of the president and his party called forth what to my British ears was a most unexpected vocal Review of Reviews. The people not only cheered as British crowds are wont to cheer. They indulged in sounds which are to us expressive of strong derision. They literally cater wauled. was almost as surprised as Milton makes out his fallen hero to be when, instead of the applause he an- ticipated, he was greeted with one vast hiss. l suppose every nation develops its own style of plaudit The Ger mans have their short staccato "hoch," the British their sonorous ''hurrah," while the Americans have selected the shrill feline yell. Asking a fair Chi cagoan the reason of this strange pref erence, l got for answer: ''I guess they want to make as mnch noise as they can; and they find they make most noise that way"
 Making allowance for this peculiarity in cheering, no royal parsonage could have been more rapturously received than was the plain citizen, Grover Cleveland. In the simple morning dress of the ordinary citizen, without ribbons, or medal, or other decoration on his breast, with nothing in his garb to distinguish him from other men, this ruler of more than three score mil lion men stood out in instructive con- trast to the brilliantly-uniforme rep resentatives of European royalty be- hind him. It was an object lesson which could hardly be lost on the hun dreds present from monarchical states.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
BIG LOBSTER POUND.
A Million of the TOothsome Shellfish
 Shipped from It Yearly.

Shipped from It Yearly.
 There is a lobster farm-or pound, as it is called-twelve acres in extent at Southport, Me. The Boston Globe de- scribes this pound, the most successful on the coast, whence one million lob sters are shipped each year. The pound is formed by building a solid dam across a tidewater cove. This dam does not quite rise to high water mark, but across the top is placed a fence of iron rods, permitting daily change of water, and preventing the Holsters from escaping. In the spring and fall busi- ness is most brisk. When the fisher men bring the Holsters to the pound the fish," as they are called, are hoisted to the dam, measured, and those which are more than ten and one-half inches long, the legal limit, are thrown in. If lobster is clever his life in the pound may be long and full of joy. If he is stupid he will be fished out with drag seine and packed in a barrel, with a piece of ice for pillow, and sent to Boston. The seine is made of stout twine and is weighted dO SIC OOIOOh NAIh ~ AC1NN Along the top is a row of corks, which sustain the weight of the seine while the chain drags on the bottom of the pound. A single cast of this seine will bring up Holsters enough to fill eleven barrels. The chain as it sweeps along the bottom stirs up the Holsters, which immediately shoot backward into the slack twine. In taking them out the men wear heavy mittens, though even then they are often nipped. In the pound the Holsters are fed on salt her ring, men rowing about in sl1iffs and pitching the herring overheard. This is called feeding the chickens" and it takes about six barrels to make a light luncheon for the flock There are said to be a number of old hard shells in the Southport farm which for years have evaded the casts of the drag. Two of enormous size have be- come quite tame and crawl about in the shallow water. The age of the lob ster is a debated question. The small marketable specimens are generally supposed to be from four to six years old, but some Holsters are believed to live to the green old age of twenty-five years.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
TRUFFLE HUNTING.
An Interesting Account of the Way It Is
 Done in Southern France.

An Interesting Account of the Way It Is
 Done in Southern France.
 While the author of "Wanderings by Southern Waters was in the south of France he engaged an old man to show him how truff1es were gathered. At the appointed hour the man appeared with pig walking by his side-an ugly-looking beast, with an arched back and a long, turned up nose. 1t was four years old, and in the language of the place, was quite serious" As mark of distinction it wore leather collar. The three hunters-the two men and the pig-climbed the rocky side of steep gorge, and came out upon plateau. Here, under the oak trees, they were to find the trufles, which grow only near oaks or hazels.
 At sign from the old man, the pig began snifing about the roots of lit tie tree, and then proceeded to dig with her nose, tossing up the larger stones as if they were feathers. She had smelt truffle, and the man seized her by the ear, for her manner was sus- picious. This was the first time they had been out together since the last season, and the pig had forgotten part of her education.
 She manages to get truffle into her mouth. He tugs at her ear with one hand, and uses his stick upon her nose with the other. The pig screams with anger, but will not open her jaws wide enough to let him slip the stick inside and hook out the truffie.
 The prize is swallowed, and the old man, forgetful of all decorum, calls his assistant pig, which in France is al- ways an insult. The game has opened badly, although one of the parties con- cerned is of a different opinion.
 In few minutes, however, second trufie is found, and this time the old man delivers whack on the pigs nose at the right moment, and seizing the mushroom, hands it to me. Then he takes from his pocket an ear of corn, and picking off few grains. gives them to the pig by way of soothing her injured feelings and encouraging her to go on with the hunt.
 We move about in the dry, open wood, keeping always near the trees, and truff1e after truff1e is turned up from the reddish light soil. Her for gotten training soon comes back to the pig. At mere twitch of the ear she retires at the right moment, and waits for the corn which is invariably given her in exchange for the truff1e.
 Before we leave the ground, indeed, she has got so we'll into the work that on finding a truffle she does not at tempt to seize it, but points to it, and grunts for it's equivalent in maize.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
SEALING IN TIE ANTARCTIC.
Hunters and Sailors Up to the Neck in
 Blood and Blubber.

Hunters and Sailors Up to the Neck in
 Blood and Blubber.
 1t was with the produce of seals that we were destined to fill our ship, and till February F we were literally up to the neck in blood, says a writer in the Popular Science Monthly. All the sails are slowed; the captain sits in the crows nest from early morning till late in the evening; the two en- gineers, relieving one another, take charge of the engines; the cook or the steward is on the lookout on the deck or on the bridge; and the doctor takes the helm, unless he can manage to get away in the boats, in which case some other noncombatant has to take his place-all the rest are away after plum der.
 Now full boat is making it's way to the ship. We steam toward her. As we near the engines are stopped and she glides alongside. The cook or the steward rushes from the lookout, the doctor from the wheel, one working the steam winch and the other un- switching the skins, while the boats crew swallow hasty meal. The boat being unloaded, they are off again for another fill. The greatest rivalry ex- ists between the bC'.ts' crews, each en- deavoring to get the greatest load for the day.
 Another boat is seen approaching, and away we go again, lodging this piece of ice, charging that piece with our sturdy bows, boring away where the ice lies closely packed; rounding this berg and on to the next until we reach the boat, which is down to the gunwale in the water, with it's crew cautious, plying their oars as they lie crouched upon their bloody load.
 So it goes on from day to day Hay is made while the sun shines, and the pile of skins and blubber rises high upon the ships deck. Then comes a gale of wind, accompanied by fog, sleet and snow, and we lay to under the lee of a stream of ice or a berg, The deck becomes busy with life, the blubber is made off, and put into the tanks and the skins are salted. When the gale is over, at the end of two or three days, the next few days of calm weather are again taken advantage of in the boats. Thus the period of gales and calms which alternate in this part Of the world come in quite convenient ly for sealing, the produce obtained in the calm weather being made off, during the gales. We never expe- much swell, being sheltered by the land, our work lying only lit tie east of Erebus and Terror Gulf.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
Antiquity of the Peach.

The peach is an improved variety of the almond. The almond has a thin shell around the stone, which splits open and exposes the stone when ma ture. This outer skin has simply be- come feshy in the peach, so that is all that gives it its specific character. It seems now clear from investigation in the history of ancient Babylon that in their gardens, now nearly four thou sand years ago, the peach was cultivat- ed then as it is now. It must have been many years before this that the peach was improved from the almond, and this fact goes to show the great antiquity of the fruit.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
Climbing Fishes.

Although one naturally supposes to and generally does find the genus pisces inhabiting the water solely, there are curious exceptions to the rule. An in- stance may be cited in the species known as the climbing perch" which not only travels long distances over dry land which separates one stream from another, but is likely to climb a tree whenever the opportunity affords. The curious creature has peculiar ar engagement of the upper part of the head, which is provided with water cells, the fish using this store of water to keep his gills moist on travelling expedition or climbing tour.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
An Exaggerated Bird.

The imperial woodpecker is an ex- aggeration of the ordinary red-headed woodpecker. It is nearly two feet long, it's plumage black and white, with gorgeous scarlet crest, its bill white. It lives in Mexico and in the Sierra Madre mountains. These birds are always found in pairs and are de- stroyers of trees, as they devote their entire energies to one tree for as long as fortnight. injuring it so greatly that the tree dies. In Europe and Asia there is a gray-headed woodpecker The largest European woodpecker is seventeen inches long, black, with scarlet crest. It is called the great black woodpecker. The little brown woodpecker of Ceylon is not five inches long. The white-headed woodpecker is wise-loo5ing little creature that lives in the pine woods of the Pacific coast. There are some two hundred and fifty species of woodpeckers, and they inhabit almost every part of the globe
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
MAKING A NAME.
Something About Titles of Honor Among
 the Europeans.


 In the old world distinguished men are often honored, or supposedly honored, by being given titles of nobility; but it sometimes happens that the recipient of the honor does not value it highly. Recently the famous Italian musical composer, Giuseppe Verdi. whose name in English would be plain Joseph Green, read in the papers that he had been created marquis of Busseto. The composer literally leaped for his pen, and wrote the following note to the minister of public instruction:
 '.I read in the Perseverance, that have been appointed marquis. l beg you to do everything in your power to prevent this appointment from taking effect. I may be remembered here after; but 1 shall be remembered much more if I am not made a marquis"
 Verdi is said to have expressed the opinion that, after having spent sixty years in making the name of Green illustrious, it would be rather hard luck to lose it for the unknown desig- nation of the marquis of Busseto.
 Not long ago Prince Bismarck, who might easily have passed for the most famous man in Europe, was dismissed from power by the young Emperor William. At the same time he was ere ated duke of Lauenburg.
 He did not, like Verdi, refuse the honor, but accepted it with the sarcas- tic remark that the title given him by the emperor would be "a handy thing for him to have when he wanted to travel incognito."
 One great European statesman, Mir. Gladstone, might have been an earl or marquis long ago if he had not pre- ferred to remain a 'Mr." His fame, the world acknowledges, would be less if he had exchanged his name, as his great rival Disraeli did, for a title of nobility.
 Really to have a great name, one must have made it himself To inherit such name is a good thing, but to make it is much better.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
SNAKE CHARMING.
A Talk About the Art and Its Dangers by
 Professional.

Professional.
 ~'Snake charming has become com mon thing nowadays" said a profes- sional snake handler to Philadelphia Times man after reading the account of Dot" Sonwell's mishap, "and the danger about the work is just sufficient to attract some people. Yes, there is always danger unless the poisonous fangs are extracted. It is almost inn possible to charm, or rather drug some species of snakes so that they can al- ways be depended upon. They are a treacherous set, and more so when they have the poisonous fangs in their mouth. They know right away when these fangs have been extracted. They seem to lose their pride and ferocity, and they will try to sneak away rather than to offer defiance. I have known the fercest diamond-back ever brought from Florida to cool down as tame as a lamb when the poison fang was taken out. Most of the snakes handled by charmers on the stage are harmless so far as poisoning anyone is concerned. It should be crime, too, to let those with the fangs in be exhibited.
 "What are the secrets of snake charming? Oh, well, they are simple simpler than most people imagine. In the first place the snake has to be handled gorged with food so that it is sleepy and quiet. Then it is drugged so that its senses are dazed and quiet. Sometimes they are put in boxes con- taining ice and the cold puts them into a semi-torpid condition. In either case the snake is very gentle and only half in possession of its senses. Then the snake charmer uses certain motions in handling the reptile, and by dint of dexteritv and strength the snake is easi- lypassed from hand to hand and allowed to coil it's slimy lengths over arms, legs and body. The exhibitor, however, must be constantly on the alert. When the snake becomes too lively it is time to replace it in the box. The hand must always grasp it at certain places where the head can be guided and held from the body. This is the hardest thing the charmer has to learn, but it comes with practice. If handling reptile with the poisonous fangs in one must be strong and in perfect health. Any nervousness or temerity might cost him his life. The grasp and movements must be precise and ac- curate. There is no room for hesitancy or uncertainty, and the strain on ones system during the performance is great. The charmer is really toying with death-and death in one of it's most horrible forms.''
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-19
Moon Myths.

People the world over have used the dark lines and spots on the face of the moon as a basis of conjecturing all sorts of fanciful pictures. To some they appear as an aged man, bearing a bundle of sticks or fagots on his back; to others they represent the face of a beautiful woman. The one hundred and one other moon myths cannot be considered in this ''note," which is solely intended to explain Indian be- lief. The red men, who inhabit the whole western continent between the Rocky mountains and the Cascade range, believe that the spots on Luna's face represent the form of gigantic toad