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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-30
The Free Wagon Yard.
Editor WACO NEWS

Editor WACO News
We are very sorry Indeed that the
reporter of the Day Globe should
attempt, with few others, who are
opposed to the tree wagon yard, o
give US the "back eye 1t seems
one saw any "olack eye" except those
who looked out from "green ewes"
Now since the "biack eye has been
given US by the reporter of the Day.
Globe, We wish to say thing or two
which we hoped would not be a he
cessi,y ~
First, out OF ninety three farm
ers to whom the questions have been
put, regarding the appreciation of the
free wagon yard, only four have ever
questioned the great bel { fits to Waco
,. The business men OF Waco, wi 0
generally give to help Waco, GIVE to
the free wagon yard.
3. Those VINO OBJECT; GENERALLY,
do not give or help Waco, and have
no, in this.
4. Tne objections offered by those
who do not want the Tree wagon yard
in Waco Female College are erroneous
and because they PRESUME thing to
EXIsT which COULD NOT EXIsT IN
WACO, and IN this obi -cton misrepre
sent the men who propose the free
wagon yard as we'll as those who are
TO occnpy the yard. They oBJKcr to
thing we do not propose.
s. If such sentimental objections
are sustained or had been sustained
Waco would not today have a single
railroad nor electric cars, nor even "a
morning daily paper, for not one o.
those have not been and is not toda y
confronted with the objection of the
few" What railroad occupies a
street in Waco today whose residents
along that street did not object
What free school building did NEE
with objections to its near residence
6. We deny that conditions coulc
exist in Waco, as given in tn
'opnon' of the few as to fret
wagon yard.
M7. Shall a few people with Al
"opinion," incorrect as to the design
intention and plan, shut out the pla
and work of the many? That is tn
whole question
s. Waco is far away now from tn
trade she ought to have. Please IL
us not push that trade further ava.
Let us invite and cultivate the bette
and higher feelings Of the COUNT
people. Let us show them that W
are not STUCK UP. l was raised i
the country and believe today tn
| am the better by that fac
and am as intelligent and clean as
raised in town, Away with you
"black eye" bosh. Let us pull Fl
Waco and one another, for the goo
of all.
The Waco Trading Company ha,
special bargains this week. Can sc
you a clean new bedstead for 81 >
!, A roll top desk: FOR SIS. Your hou
. furnished from kitchen to parlor.
j. w. RIGGINS. Prom
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
THE ONO DEMOCRAT AUGUST 1s 1893

There followed short silence, dur,
ing which the men looked inquiringly
at each other.
wal" old Sandy asked, whats Il
be done?"
BLAMED il I know" said Mart.
| Reckon we orient a. been so hard on
| Alb"
Guess we wuz aleetle grain too fast,
| Mart, an low he never stole the ore,
or he'd been gone with 1t. We ort to a.
give i'm some money last night. Does
that thar letter say Abs woman is in
need o. money, Rile9"
''lt says she is sufferin' fer means"
"Wal, means is money, I low. Is her
address thar9"
"Yas. She's over at Frisco"
Takes week to git over thar, don't
itp"
"Most week, jedge."
AN that letter says Abs woman Is
bout to die, an wants means an
wants ABB"
"Yas; that what it says"
oval" said Sandy, 1--WE got ten dol.
lars o. means for old Abs woman"
"An' so hev L." cried Mart.
'Me, too" said Jack.
Rile and Badly put down ten dollars
each.
"Fellers," Sandy said, "rll go down
to the post an send this on, an fetch
that doc up to see Alb. Flow he must
be purity blamed sick"
1t was late when Sandy returned
with the doctor, and they found Alb
much better. Two or three days later
he was able to take the stage for
Frisco and the miners ''chipped in" to
pay his fare. They also bought him
new suit and gave him little pocket
change.
"Old Abs not much force" Sandy re-
marked as the stage rolled away, but
when a feller's wife's sick blamed if it's
right to hold up agin i'm, specially
when she's sich purity, sweet creeter
as the face in that pictur. Thomas
p Montfort, in Leslie's Newspaper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19

within his arms, and she suffered IT.
this stranger, whose name even she
did not know.
Your life is NINE" he said-and she
tremblcd, and when he put his hand on
the beautiful head and drew it to his
breast she made no resistance.
"All l have loved died." she whis.
pcred. 81 have no friends-nothing to
live for"
For ne, my darling"
She drew herself from him abruptly.
II will give you that promise yor
asked for,' she said. "Come and see
me tomorrow"
lie took her home without anothe,
word. He heard her story when he saw
her the neXtday-a motherless, neglect
ed childhood, and father who trans
rnitted to her his ruling vice. 1t was ir
her blood. But she could not daunt the
chivalrous lover, who stirred all he,
dormant soul and wore her out with hi,
persistent devotion. She had scornet
all homage-it had been of SO doubtful
sort. How did this Englishmar
wake in her Il thousand beautiful,
things?
"Love is of no nationality" he would
say, smiling. you We're born for me,
and for you-the one in France, the
other in England. What matter?"
What did he love in her? Wistfully
she said it.
"You yourself The self somehow
knew" .
The marquis de Lys, who had lef,
Nice before his English friend, got Q
letter from Euston Leigh in Paris one
day.
"You wondered why l wouldn't leave
Nice,' the Englishman wrote. "You
can't leave your heart behind you, can
you? married Claudine Daubray this
morning, and we leave for England to.
night. Come and see us. Are YOU
afraid for me? You need not be. You
laughed ut me once for saying there
were twin souls-I know it is true"
But the marquis did not laugh this
time--something he guessed Of that
night at the Casino.
"Those English are fond of romantic
marriages." he said.
And "the greatest gambler in Eu-
rope" She has still only one passion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
RAPID DOCK RATS.
What Seaman Has Observed About TheI
Navigations.

sh0e " IIdS ODSerVeu ABOUT Inen
Navigations.
Look at that rat!"
The rodent was crawling up ship.
| hawser at Rush street No monkey
| could have swung himself with greater
ease or more quickly than did the rat
and almost before anyone could turn to
look it had disappeared over the vessels
bow.
''The Chicago docks are swarminp
with rats" said the man who had
spoken. He was taking an after-dinner
smoke with some friends and watching
the saucy little tugs swing the great
lake craft alongside the wharf. He
had been seaman and captain for
many years and was fond of prowling
about the docks.
Wharf rats" he continued, "get on
board ship just in the way you saw that
fellow climb up. have seen them run
on to vessel by the dozen, skipping
up the ropes SO quickly that three or
four score of them would be down the
matches before any effort could be made
to stop the invading swarm Now,
there is a queer thing about dock rats.
Sometimes they all leave the docks
here and make for other ports. l have
seen the time when you would not find
one of them on these docks in month,
and l have seen them here at other
times as they are now, in great swarms
1t depends upon the food in port or it's
scarcity at other places.
1--WE could always tell when we had
few or many of the pests on board.
The rats do not, as one would suppose,
remain on the ship, but they get off at
various ports, and after remaining
awhile ship on some other vessel for
another voyage. The water rats, or
wharf rats, are great travellers, and
make frequent voyages around the
lakes and even around the world-the
latter l discovered while engaged
in West India service. There are here
now rats from almost every part of the
globe. Why, saw four colossal
Jamaica rats, with their white bellies,
skipping about in the moonlight few
weeks ago, and only the other day I
killed two Indian male rats not two
hundred feet from where we're stand.
ing.
Rats are great climbers when they
find it necessary to do SO. Upon one of
my voyages not long ago we had a long
spell of warm weather, and there was
no water in the hold which the small
army of rats on board could get at.
One night we put some water up at the
crosstrees and waited for the result.
Well. the rats jnst swarmed up the rat
lines and went for the water. We killed
as many OF them as we could as they
came down, and some of them jumped
overheard and were downed. But we
could not kill them all, and few made
the entire voyage with us''.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
row FACE THE MORROW

n tho da,, .u,,, -. A., -. .,
Have s.c,,oJ ,n,, ,,,,rs "'. p"ss',s caro
A. =. unuer It's trivial press and smart
ahou mast failcd IN temper and lost in heart
IL 'he undiscouraged. journcying sun,
Hs ~ SINKS TO its r"W with It's travail donr
-o"Ves 'hee all Sphnt with trouble ant
sorrow
HOW shalt thou lace the harder tomorrow
.ne .h,ngs ianiiiar aaunt thee so,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
A WOMAN COWBOY.
She Is Only Eighteen Years Old, But Has
Full Charge of the Cattle.


A Chamberlain Is. d. CORRESPONDENT
OF the st. Paul Pioneer Press tells
about an interesting and picturesque
character in that neighborhood West
of here, in the ceded Sioux lands, is a
female cowboy, he writes. Her name
is Gertrude Petan, eighteen years of
age, and she formerly lived with her
parents near Kinball, this county.
Upon her parents moving to the ceded
lands she accompanied them, and has
since remained at their new home on
Bull creek, Pratt county. Her father
invested in about three hundred head
of cattle. AS her only grown brother
works on an adjoining ranch, the duty
devolves upon her to take care of the
cattle owned by her father. She does
not simply take the cattle to the range
and leave them there, but remains with
them all day, and takes care of them
as well as could any cowboy. Her du.
ties frequently take her from thirty
to forty miles from home, as the cattle
must be kept moving in order to feed
well all day. Frequently some of the
cattle become mired in the mud along
the streams where they Craze. And
then comes the hardest part of her
work. She must rescue the cattle from
their perilous positions. This she does
in the true cowboy fashion, by fasten.
ing lariat to the horns of the mired
cattle, with the other end of the rope
fastened securely to the horn of her
saddle. Then strong, steady pull by
her pony draws the imprisoned cattle
to a,place of safety on dry ground. The
young lady has been named 1.-THE Lady
Cowboy" by the cowboys in that sec.
ton. She wears wide-brimmed,
white felt hat and long gauntlet gloves,
carries lariat coiled about the horn
OF her saddle, is provided with brand.
ing irons, and rides the widest broncho
on the range. She has full charge OF
the cattle on her fathers ranch
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
IN A NOOK.

From distant prospects with their sweep
OF mountains rising to the sky,
With shadowy Wales and scenes that keep
The soul in thralldom to the eye;
From rolling clouds and landscapes wide
love, at times, to turn aside
And by the margin of q wood
In some sequcstcred nook to rest
Where wild flowers spring. gentle mood
OF sweet content here fills the breast
And violcts clustering here and there
Invite visitor to share
The peace and quiet OF q scene
That hath u beauty all its own,
Where woods and thickcts make screen
To hide the world, and hithef blown
Come breathings OF some milder cline,
Faint whigperings OF the summer time.
A chirping sound from yonder copse,
rustic in the dry leaves near.
Make known comrade; there he hops,
bush will hide all he holds dear,
And DER this spot there rests q spell
Whose meaning he alore can tell
No need has he of ANXIOUS thought,
No care TO hoard his winter store
Not from far lands his food is brought,
He finds IL daily at his door,
And IN u burst of thankful song
He ends the day, nor finds 1t long.
Here, too, would I invoke the power
OF that great Presence, felt, not seen,
Who watches e'er this secret bower
Who drew me to this place. ween.
That l might share yon warblcr's peace
While boaings of the morrow cease
Andrew Tully, in Springfield Mass Rcpub
lcan
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
Pecullarltlos of Some ar.n,

The Roman emperor who used to di
vert himself by impaliag flies on hi,
stylus or pen, has modern imitntor
in an Austrian judge. This eccentric
jurist derives great pleasure from
catching flies in the palm of his hand
while hearing arguments on the bench.
1t is always instructive to consider the
tastes and amusencnts OF the truly
great. One of Harvard's most cello
brated professors, the author of work.
ON botany with which every schoolboy
Unfamiliar, used to find keen delight il
catching mice with his fingers. An.
other Harvard professor. whose erudi.
tion has made him famous In Europe
as'well as In America, says that the
most delicious of oil odors that please
the nostrils OF man Is the incense tAss
rises from . cooks frying pan.-N Y
World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19

from one to the other till her paz
seemed to halt; then something o
panic seized her. "Rouge" iroppe,
from her, hurricdly--and red lost!
There was a sudden movement,
sweeping aside of the crowd; n sligh
figure passed through-a girl. VIII,
bowed to right and left with u ghastl,
smile, and had gone so swiftly tha
most would have sworn they did no
see her. She was in those beautiful
still gardens--a grave to so many, why
not to hc"? What was hcryouth worth.
She had lost it.--lost her beauty, he,
wealth, her all: there was nothing te
live for-'nothing!
There would be no scandal--these
things are hushcd up If she laid tha,
dainty little weapon against her TEN.
pie it would soon be over--so
man sprang out from the trees
right in front of her, and caught her
uplifted hand with a wrench that made
her shudder and cry out. He put his
other hand over her mouth and stitled
the cry.
BE silent!' he said. in hoarse, shals.
ing voice; ''do you want all the world
|
"Madncss!-to die when life is worth.
less! Let me go! I will kill myself
That pistol is miner
He drew the trigger and fired in the
air, holding the girl so close to him
with his left arm that she could moi
struggle. She knew this face with its
blue eyes. She cried.o out sharply:
ut is you who killed me!-why dio
you look at me and reproach me?'
My poor child!' the man said in an
infinite pity, and she broke into hyster.
ical sobs
why do you save me? My life is
my own. l have lost everything.
will die-I mustv'
"Hush! What have you lost?"
She started back and looked up at him
with her Wild dark eyes.
Yesterday 1 was rich," she gasped.
to-day have nothing; staked the
last had-you saw it. What is left to
me save death?"
GOOD God! child, why do you tear
my heart with such words! Deathl be-
cause you are penniless! I could laugh
it IL were not so pitiable! Who taught
you that wretched code, that miserable
cowardice? You shall not go out of
my sight till you swear to hold your
life as sacred'
~ can't live-I can't! Oh! don't YOU
understand?"
He loosened her from his clasp and
flung himself at her feet. locking her
hands in his.
II do understand" he said, but /
will come between you and dishonor.
Make your life mine, and all mine shall
be yours. Ah! stay" he sprang TO his
feet at her startled cry; don't fear
me; listen to me-"
"You insult me; because YOU save
my wretched life, does that give you
this right?" she demanded, passion.
ately.
"Claudine, listen; you shall not leave
me SO. Hour after hour have watched
you-longed to tear you from that
sordid life-1 loved you"
Loved me-a gambler! a would be
suicide! A man who talks of love to
me only means one thing"
"Yes-one thing. swear by that
heaven above us!''
Clear, unfathomable, very emblem
OF purity, that sky stretched over them:
as clear were those eyes to which the |
girl turned her own in an ut
ter bcwildermcnt. He drew her softly |
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
Imitation Laces.

Almost all the varieties of laces
named are made by machinery, with
more or less success, as already noted.
The prettiest white cotton laces made
by machine are those which initiate
Mechlin. These are sometimes hand
run; that is, the pattern is produced by
outlining 1t in running stitches with q
thread and needle. Black Spanish
laces are also hand run. Escuriai Span
ish lace Is specimen of machine -madc
lace where the pattern is outlined by q
satin cord. Genoa lace, or guipure de
Genes, Is creamy white lacs, made by
machinery in the pattern of the old
ecru laces of Genoa. 1t is also charac-
terized by the purling design of gui-
pure and is very effective. 1t is found
in ecru and pure white. Some of the
prettiest and most durable white cot.
ton laces are simply embroideries ON
white cotton net Among such may be
mentioned the varieties of oriental
lace and Pompadourla lace. Good House.
kecpinD
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
AN ENORMOUS ENDLESS CHAIN.
The Rapid Handling of Logs in tho North
west OF Maine.

The Rapid Handling of Logs In tho North
west OF Maine.
Up in the northwest wilderness of
Maine some capitalists, who have
bought the timber lands of seven town
ships, are constructing an enormous
endless chain, worked by forty horse
power engines, to convey their logs
over two thousand five hundred feet Of
decline to- the waters of Carry brook,
by which they are to be swept into
Moosehead Lake, and eventually reach
the mills at Gardiner by way of the
kennebec. The chain begins at the
edge of dam which has been formed
across the Penobscot at Seboomook,
Here the logs are collected. The chain
is of steel, with links foot long.
Every eight feet there is ''chair,'' or
bar running across the chain, and
on either end of the bar are iron stand.
ards to hold the log in place. The
chain runs in trough, and the log
rests on the chain and is held in place
by the iron standards. The motor
power will be two forty-horse-power
engines. One will be located in the
center, and one at the further end of
the stretch, and it is believed that the
chain will move at the rate of two
hundred feet minute. While this
system of handling lumber is by no
means novel, speeding an endless chain
at any such rate is new, but compe-
tent engineers pronounce it possible.
1t is expected that it will carry eight
Thousand pieces or one million feet,
every twenty-four hours. 1t is esti-
mated that it will cost not far from
twenty-five cents per thousand to carry
the logs.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
THE KINDS OF INSECTS.
Some Scientific Information on Beetle
and Bugs.

u
and Bugs.
The great majority Of persons have
no idea OF the numerous and singular
'orms of insects. They are all called
bugs by most people, yet not one.
tenth OF their number are really bugs.
These latter are classcd by themselves
and are called IIemipsera. Beetles arg
not bugs, being totally different things.
md form what are known as the Cole
'ptera, which means sheath wing, be.
cause OF the two large plates OH the
back that cover the true wings, which
consist of thin mem mbrane. These Gov.
srs are called elytra. The butterflies
and moths form another one of these
orders, being called Lepidoptera, o,
scale-wing, on account of the tiny
scales with which the wings are GOV.
cred. No doubt many of the renders
Of this article have noticed the pow.
1ery substance which comes off a but.
terhy or moth on handling it, These
are the scales, and, should any reader
possess microscope and place the
wing or part of one under it, think
he will be repaid for his trouble. The
dragon flies" and devils needles
form the order Neuroptera, which
means vein-winged. So it is with the
flies and the bees wasps and ants, the
flies being called Diptera, i. e., two
winged and the bees, wasps and ants
Iiymenoptera, or membrane wing. 1t
will probably be said by some thai
ants have no wings; but this is only
the case with what are called neuters,
or workers, the males and female.
being provided with wings. The tota
number of different kinds of insect.
that are known ut present is over two
hundred thousand, of which beetle.
alone number one hundred and twenty
thousand-this being about twice a,
many as all the other known animal.
together. 1t is estimated that the
actual number of different kinds OF in.
sects in the world is over one million.
William j. Fox, in Popular Science
Monthly
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
ships and Dogs.

II suppose it is all right to call ocean
greyhounds marine canines," sa.d the
Horse Editor.
Perhaps so,' replied the Snake Ed.
itor' but the swift steamers must not
monopolixc that term
"No?'
'oi course not. Beside the ocear
greyhonnds, there are many othe,
parks on the sea. a."-Pittsbureh ohron.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-19
puNcENr PARAGRAPHS.

--Judge-"At what age were you
mnrricd?' She-"At the parsonage"
- a, 'iansaw Traveller.
---"These trousers are awful shot
"Well, you told my collector the otaef
day that you were awful short your.
elf elf'-Stonington Bulletin.
"A Good Way Customer what
kind of story is this? 1t regins in the
last chapter" Clerk-"It was writer
exclusively for women" = Yankee
Blade.
WHO snys two heads are better
than one?' exclaimed Jaggs, as he
Yoke up the next morning and took
dose OF bromo-soda. da.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
"A Man of Ability. --Chollie-. "Can YOU
recognize ability when you see 1t, Miss
Ruth?'' Miss Ruth docking around)--
Certainly; where is any?'
Free Press.
-Maude-''Yes, am obliged to have
my shoes made to order. My left foot
is larger than the right" Ethel-"Is
it possiblep" Transcript.
Personal friend of author-"The
ode to the Columbian Exposition is not
bad, is it?" Cautious critic-"Well---
not in the sense of being immoral.'--
Worlds Fair Puck.
-She-''That dress she had on at the
ball last night ruined hundred-dollar
bill" He-"I thought it must have
been cut out of something about that
size. Inter Ocean.
-Hills-"How are you succeeding as
an amateur photographers" Hulls--
"Capitally. l have taken seventeen
plates so far, and only sixteen were
failures. IN. Y. Times.
First cranls-"Where do you sup
pose that pitcher ever acquired such
slow delivery?" Second crank-"It
isn't acquired. It's natural. He used
to be messenger y."-Troy Press. :
-Bertie-'You say he called you
donkey! What did you do?'' Fred
Nothing" Bertie-''Well, if man
called me donkey I'd kick him with
both feet Fred-"Just SO. Any
donkey would do hatv'-Tit-Bits.
-Skiggs-"Must be something inter-
esting you are reading. What is it?'
Skaggs-"Long account telling how a
man was robbed on a car" Skiggs-
"Humph! Wagner or Pullman?''-
Buffalo Courier.
-kate-"Whyd do you encourage that
stupid Mr.. Muff?" Florence-"Fido,
you know, hasn't been well for long
time and" "Well, what has that
to do with it?" 'They are so con.
genial. Inter Ocean.
Reform in Sight.-Ten Book
What would be the result if it were
the custom for women to propose in
stead OF men""-Una Lloyd-"There
would be fewer engagements and more
marriages.-Puck.
What He Wanted.-Manager(r (rush-
ng into station house excitedly)-.sI
want a detective right away! MY star
has been robbed of all her jewelry"
don't need any detec-
tive then; you want a reporter."-
Life.
Mrs Rocksey-"My Danny wuz
agoin' to make a hot-house and he
went and asked Stubby, the carpenter,
the easiest way to do it, Mrs Dineen
did he say? Mrs Rocksey-
''He told him to give the baby box of
matches to play with. th."-Raymond's
Monthly.
Fear Conquered. Mrs Blank-sDo
you remember, dear, that before we
were married, you always offered me
your left arm?'' Mr.. Blanls-"Yes: I
to have my right hand free.
You see, l had a lovers fear that some
'ne would try to take you away from
ne, and l always kept it in readiness
or defence" How sweet! But how
S it that now you generally offer me
'our right arm"' ''Well, l am not so
lfraid as was. Yankee Blade.