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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-11

- Inc Loon Lords of Lofty Atlas
Scores of Reptilian Terrors.
~ y. The darkest Africa's amphi.
oious sensations.
m me Natural Kingdoms Teeming
y as the old Tropical Aquarium.
Is the finest Horses
'ps 90 Ornate Cages of Wild
p one hundred Musicians in the
| f. 4. llvlng River Horses of the Nile
b. H. .le haest trains of special cars
|ss s ,ne largest Heard of Elephants.
F. more Capital invested.
laSI's more miles in a season.
T. ea'0lts to more people.
az more friends,
T. Better Facilities.
i, al the great Riders.
Is al all The great Leapers.
|as a ~ inc great Aerialists.
Es al III u. me great Gymnasts.
|as al '4e great Acrobats.
- tue great Characters.
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Hard Time PriCes!.
Call and be Convinced

may Nohng Boots and Shoes Dry Goods and Blankets
DC had at prices that asonish the people at the old stand If
Marx corner Austin the Square We are sclj
aoe Misses and Chidens Coas prices to meet the times
Ou S'ocK OF haw OF the selected lines to he found n
town as to color and texture prices within the reach Of all
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-11

Gorgeous Parade absolutely pses any pageant ever seen
iuphc Streets takes place at 10 the day OF exhibition
Sn Reduced to Cts Two ,p a on .y R.osd
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II has all the great Gladiators.
1t has all the great Dancers.
1t has all the great Racers.
1t has all the great Bicyclists,
1t has all the great Clowns.
1t has all the great Performers.
1t has all the great Specialists.
1t has all the great Arabs
1t has al the great Samoans
1t has all the great Msoris
1t has more remarkable Curiosities.
1t has more animals in its Menagere.
1t has more races in its Hippodrome
1t has more ac's on its stages.
Ii has more mid air Sensations.
1t has the largest Tents-twelge in all.
1t has more elegant Equipments.
Ii presents the greatest number of
acts in its Circus Rings,
It has one thousand People.
Whirlwind Races in Roman Chariots
Gladiatorial Combats In the Arena
Pugilistlc events on its Stages,
Broadsword Combats on Horseback
Knights in Silver Armor
Great Zouave Drill Exhibitions.
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IM Houston s Texas Central
rs the Railway Texas and FOp TIN1p AMI
! STANDS AT THE HEAD 1,NrI,n.I NJ a., f1rD

Itfs niasS WlGNEh IHROUGH
UnUrs
ton ma austin
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Double Daily TRIMS Boween houdN North Isao
WIN Eiegan CIL4IIt CARS On Dan Trains
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For The Coming Holidays

we nave bought line Sca Fascnato rs that cannot
duplicated in Waco Don't fail to ask to be shown orr
he OF Ladies Underwear and Bamoras We are giving ex
special prices in all Dress Goods s ~
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-06

"Whcrc'S hc?" asked Matt
"Mcanin' Mr.. Monk Matt - he be
gone" said William Jones.
Gone for good?" demanded Matt
impatiently.
No, he nin't, Matt; he'll be down
here tomorrow, he will; and you'd best
be at home!"
Matt said nothing this time; she onlv
turned away sullenly and shrugged hegTs
shoulders.
Matt" said William Jones, pres.
emily.
"Well?"
"Mr. Monk seems uncommon fond of
you, he do"
Matt reflected for IL moment; then
she replied:
81 wonder what he's fond o. me for.
William .Jones?"
well, dunno; cause he is. sun,
pose" returned William Jones, havino,
no more logical answer at his com.
mand
"Tain't that" said Matt; she don't
love me cause I'm me, William Jones.
There's summat else, and should lust.
like to know what that summat Is r
should"
William Jones looked at her. con-
scious that there was new develop
mcnt of sagacity in her character. but
utterly at a loss to understand what
that new development meant
Cro be continued next Sunday
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examining its contents. But William
pushed him impatiently away and
closed the lid with bang.
'Thccr, enough o that. old nm. You
hold the light while | carry the box in
and put ii away"
"All right, William dcar-all right =
returned the old man. obcying glce-
fully. Il knowd we should have luck,
by that beautiful dream
The two mcn-one holding the light
and the other carrying the trunk
passed through door at the back of
the kitchen and entered an inner
chamber. This chamber, too. con
tanned window, which was SO blocked
up, however. by lumber of all kinds
that little or no daylight entered.
Piled up in great confusion were old
sacks, some partly full. some empty,
coils of rope, broken oars, broken frag-
ments of ships planl<s. rotten and bar
naclcd, small boats ruddcr, dirty
sails, several oilsliin coats. bits of iron
ballast and other fotsam and ictsan;
so that TIE chamber had Il salt and fish
like smell, suggesting the hold of some
vessel. But i'll one corner OF the room
was small wooden bed. with a mat
tress and coarse bed clothing, and
hanging on nail close to it were GER
tain feminine attire which the owner
of the caravan would have recognized
as the garb worn by Matt on the morn
ing of her first appearance.
Placing the box down, William Jones
carefully covered it with portion Of
An old sail.
TITS summat, but it amt much" he
muttered, discontentedly. Lucky them
coast guards didn't see me come asho re-
If they did, though, it wouldn't sig.
nifty; for what's floating on the sea be-
longs to him as finds it,"
A sound startled him as he spoke,
and. looking round suspiciously, he
saw Matt entering the room loaded
with broken wood. But she was
not alone; standing behind her in the
shadow was man-none other, in
deed, than Monk. of Monkshurst.
While Matt entered the room to throw
down her load OF wood Monk stood in
the doorway. His quick eye had noted
the movements of father ana son.
more plumber. William .Joncs?" he
asked, grimly.
In n moment William Jones was
transformed. The keen expression of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-06
A HOPELESS CASE.
After Pulling All the Strings. the BARBER
Gives 1t Up.

After Pulling All the Strings. the BARBER
Gives 1t Up.
His wife had told him that he needed it
badly, and after thinking it over for Il week
he decided to have his hair cut.
lie had been sitting in the barber chair
for the last half hour. All those little at
tentions for which BARRIERS have become
noted had been showcred upon him with
lavish hand and tirelcss tongue The bar
Der laid down his scissors
deep drawn sigh of incffable relief an
pcarcd to come up out Of the inncrmostup-
holsternE of the chair, for the little man
fancicd the ordeal was nearing its end
Then through half closed lids he saw the
barber arm himself with Il long haired
brush. Memories of the past were waited
back to him, and shutting his eyes he
groaned aloud and shuddcred
'Pomatum on your hair, siri" inquired
the barber in his oiliest tones as he jabbed
the long haired implement of torture down
the little mans back and wiggcd it around
In manner particularly eXasperating
mo, sir. never use the stuff snapped
the victim, with look of disgust.
"A shave, sir!" suggested the barber in
an offhand way as he slammed a greasy
hand familiarity over the little mans
mouth and proceeded to pat his face affec-
tionately with sloppy towel
selfr' came the reply in voice trembling
with indignation.
Shampoo" continued the barber, with
logged perseverance, as he muflied up the
little mans head in n hot towel
"No-Ol Heaven forbidr' came the half
smothered answer.
"Or foam, sir?" went on the per-
sistent barber us he fondled the throbbing
head between his clammy hands.
NO, no! Nothing!' gurgled Il flint voice
in reply.
You'll want bath, SIR" exclaimed the
barber after lapse of a few moments, in
brisk. husinesslikc tone, rs though he were
commencing all over again
40, sir; won't I've bath in my own
house" quickly rciointd the little man,
shaking himself dctiantly and putting like
IL donkey engine
Shoe shine?" laconically suggested the
barber
mo, no. shine my own shoes aways!'
fairly shrieked the little man testify as he
wiggcd to get free.
Before you go, sir" softly whispered
the barber in IL confidential and persuasive
tone as he combcd the little mans hair in
like to sell you bottle of my patent hair
restorative. Your hair, sir, is coming out
by the handful"
Il know it tsp shouted the little man
gleefully, land Pm glad of It. I've been
using Jinks' Hair Remover for the past
five years. and l hope soon, sir, to have no
need of your services whatever"
"Yes, SIR" answered the barber in IL
dreamy, mechanical way as he released
the victim from his clutches. ''N-e-XtW
Puck.
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CIIADI'I!R Y
CONCLUDES WITH A KISS.

CONCLUDES WITH A KISS.
Not far from the spot where William
Jones had landed, and removed some
little distance from the deserted viii
lagc, with its dcsolate main street and
rootless habitationS, there stood a low
onc-storicd cottagc. quite as black and
forbidding looking as any of the aban-
doncd dwellings in its vicinity. 1t was
built of stone and rooted with slate.
but the doorway was composed of old
ships timber. and the one small win
dow it contained had originally formed
the window of ships cabin. Over the
door was placed, like sign, the
wooden tigurc-hcad of a young woman
naked to the waist. holding Il mirror in
her hand and regarding herself with
remarkable complaccncy, despite the
fact that accident had deprived her of
nose and one eye. and that the bean
tifui rcd complexion and jct-black hair
she had once possessed had been en-
tircly washed away by the action of
the elements. leaving her all over of a
leprous pallor The rest of the build
ing. as have suggested. was of SIMS
ter blackness, though here and there
it was sprinllcd with wet sea sand.
Sand, too. lay on every side. covered a
small patch originally meant for Il
garden, and drifted thickly up to the
very door.
TO this cottage William Jones ran
with his trcasnre-trove, and, entering
without ceremony. found himself in
almost total darkness; for the light
which crcpt through the blackenee
panes of the small window was only
just sufficient to make darkness visible.
But this worthy seaside character,
having, in addition to a cats predatory
instincts, something of a cats power of
vision, clearly disccrned everything in
the chamber he just entcrcd-a rude,
stonc-pavcd kitchen, with an open
fireplace, and no CRATE, black rafters
overhead, from which suspended sun
dry lean pieces of bacon, a couple of
wooden chairs, a table and. in one
corner, sort of bed in the wall, where
a human figure was reposing. Setting
down the trunk he marched right over
TO the bed. and uncercmoniouslv shook
the individual lying upon it, whom he
discovered TO be a man, muttcring in n
heavy sleep. Finding that he did not
wake with shaking, William Jones
bent down and cried Justify in his ear:
Wreck! wreck ashorer'
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Inc erect was instantaneous. The
hgure rose up in bed, disclosing the
mead anu shoulders of very old
man, who wore a red cotton nightcap,
and whose hair and beard were white
as snow.
"Eh? Whccr? Wheer?' he cried. in
n shrill treble, looking vacantly around
him.
Wake up. old UNI scizing him and
shaking him again. Its me, William
Jones"
william? Is it my son Willinm?"
returned the old man. pecring out into
the darkness.
Yes, father. Loot, We now. YOU was
a-taliing again in your sleep. YOU was.
n good thing no one hecrd Won but.
your son William. Some q these DAYS
you'll be letting summat out. Won will
if You go on like this"
The old man shook his head fceblv
then. clasping his hands together in u
Kind OF rapture, he looked at his son
and said
Yes, William. was a-dreaming.
OH it was such Il heavingly dream! [
was a-standing on the shore, William.
and it was a-blowing hard from the
east. and all at once see Il ship, as big
rs an lndlaman, come in wi all sail
set. and go ashore: and looked round.
William dear, and there was no one
nigh but you and me: and, when she
broke up. ! see gold and silver and
jewels come washing ashore Just
like tloating weeds, and the drowned.
every one of EN-. had rings on their
fingers, and gold watches and cheens.
and. morc'n that, that their hands
were full of shining gold; and one of
'cm-a lady. William-hada bright dia-
mond ring, as big as a walnut: but
when tried to pull it off, it wouldn't
come; and just as pulled out my lcetle
knife to cut the finger off, and put it
in my pocket, you shook me, William,
and woke me up. Oh. it was a heav-
inglv dream
William Jones had listened with i'll
disguised interest to the early part of
this speech, but, on its conclusion. he
gave another grunt of undissembled
disgust
"Wcll. you're awake now, old 'un:
so jump mp. I've brought summat
home. Look sharp. and get a light"
Thereupon the old man, who was
A''" N'S''S'. III d PAIR Ol Olu WOODEN
trousers and guernsey, slipped from
the bed and began fumbling about the
room. He soon found what he wanted
IA box of matches and rude. home
made candle. fashioned of Il long.
coarse reed dipped in Sleeps tallow;
but owing to the fact that he was ex-
cccdingly feeble and tremulous, he was
so long in lighting up that his gentle
son grew inpatient.
Here. give 'un to me-" said William
re wasting them matches just as
If they cost nowt. A precious father
you are and no mistake"
The candle being lighted and burn
ing with feeble flame he informed the
old man of what he had found In
moment the latter was down on his
knees, opening the box and greedily
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FASTENED thither, following footpath
across marshy fields.
In due time she came out upon n
narrow and rudcly made rond. which
wound along the rocky promontorv
at low water skirting the sand, at high
water the sea. The first house She
reached was wooden life-bont house.
lying down in a creek and, it being
then low tide, at some distance from
the waters edge. On the roadside
above the house was Il narstaff. and
beneath the Flagstaff Il wooden scat
All was very still and dcsolatc. with
out sign of life, but q little further
along the road was row of cottages
which seemed inha bited, and were in
fact the abodcs of the coast-guard. In
stead of lingering here Matt proceeded
on her way until she reached what at
first sight looked like the beginning of
village or small town. There were
house on each side of the road, some
OF them several stories high; but close
inspection showed that most of them
were roofless, that few of them DOS
sessed any windows or doors, and that
nearly all were decayed and dilapidat-
ed from long disusc, while not a few
had blasted and sinister appearance.
as If blackened by fire. And still there
was no sign of any human soul. Sud-
denly, however, the street came to an
end, and Matt found herself on q sort
of rocky platform overlooking the sea:
and on this platform, shading his ewes
from the blazing sun and looking out
seaward, was solitary man.
So intent was he on his occupation
that he was unconscious of Mats an.
proach till She was standing by his
side. He turned his eyes upon her for
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-06
MAT r, :"
a TALE OF A CARAVAN.
By ROBERT BUCHANAN.
Continued from last Sunday
CHAPTER ".

Nii.Nl IN.
INTRODUCES WILLIAM JONES AND HIS FATHER
My story is now bound to follow in
the footsteps of Matt, who, on quit
ting the presence of hen artist friend,
walked rapidly along the sand-encum-
bered road in the direction of the sea.
Skirting the lake upon the left hand,
and still having the ocean of sand hills
upon her right. she gradually slack
ened her pace. A spectator, had he
been by, would have doubtless observed
that the change was owing to maiden
meditation; that. in other words, Matt
had fallen into brown study.
Presently she sat down upon con-
venient stone, or piece of rock, and,
resting her elbows on her knees, her
chin in her hands, looked for some
minutes at vacancy. At last she rose,
flushed warmly, and murmuring some
thing to herself.
The something was to this effect:
His hands are as white as lady's,
when he pulls off them gloves, and he
said was as pretty as my picture
can only guess at the train of
reasoning which led to this soliloquy,
and express my opinion that Matt had
well developed ideas on the subject of
the sexes. True. she was not above
sixteen, and had little or no experience
of men, none at all of men who were
both young and good looking. Never
theless, she was not insensibe of the
charms of white hand, and other
tokens of masculine refinement and
beauty.
By a natural sequence of ideas, she
was led to stretch out her own right
hand and look at it critically. 1t was
very brown and covered with huge
golden frecklcs. The inspection not be-
ing altogether satisfactory, she thrust
both her hands irritably into the pocls-
cts of her jacket and walked on.
Leaving the lake behind her she fol-
lowed the road along swampy hollow,
down which the very shallowest of riv-
ulets crept along to the sea, now los
ing itself altogether in messy patches
of supicious grcenness. again emerging
and trickling with feeble glimmcrs
over pebble and sand. Presently she
left the road and cameupon u primitive
wooden bridge. consisting of only one
plank supported on two cairns of
stone. Here she paused. and. seeing a
red-legged sand-pipcr running about on
the edge of the water just below her,
made gesture like boy throwing
stone, whercon the sand-piper
sprang up chirping and flew along
out Of sight.
By this time she was in full sight of
the sea. Dead calm. and covered with
rain-colored shadows. it touched the
edge of the fiat sands about mile
away, and left one long creamy
line of changeless foam. The sands
themselves stretched away to the west
ward as far as the eye could see. But to
the left and eastward. that is to saw, in
the direction toward which She was
going, there was long, rocky promon-
tory. with signs of human habitation.
Breaking into a swinglikc trot, Matt
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An Adjournment.

Ioppers lin the balroom) = What in
thunder is that paper Mrs Richley's got
pinned on her dressp
Mopps-Well, you see Mrs. Richley's dia-
monds are SO valuable she doesn't dare
wear them in society and so she wears that
paper It's an affidavit that she does have
'em.-Chicago Record.
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A Possible Attraction.

Little Girl-Your sister is real pretty,
isn't she?
Little Boy-Guess not. Inever noticed it.
Little Girl-Then what's the reason so
many gentlemans keeps calling on her?
Little Boy-Don't know. Maybe it's
cause we haven't any piano.-Good News.
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A Sudden Attack.

Employer-Mr. Redink, you got off yes
terday afternoon under the plea of being
ill; l saw you afterward going to the races,
and you didn't appear at all unwell
Clerk-You ought to have seen me after
the second race, sir. l was bad enough
then-Tit-Bits.
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Pipkin-Docs Chappic belong to the
smart set?
Potts-IIe did, but they kicked him out.
Pipkin-What did he say about thate
Potts-Why, he said that there WAS such
thing as being too smart.-Truth.
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u momen, and then once more gazcd
out to sea.
A short, plump, thiclS-sct man, with
n round, weather-beaten face, which
would have been good-humorcd but
for its expression of extreme watchful-
ness and greed. The eyes were blue,
but very small and keen; the forehead
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-28

cording to Sheedy, Mr.. Comiskey saw
the kilograms on the train.
"Another thing l would like to say
something about is the gloves Cnr6ett
wore in his fight with Sullivan. They
were padded so as to protect his hands.
l will bet SIS, 900 now that he will not
wear padded gloves when he fights
Mitchell"
Corbett's manager, Brady, has this to
saw in reply: my offer OF S., 900 to the
effect that l will bet Mr.. Sheedy that
he cannot prove Corbett bet a cent on
sullivan, still goes. Mr. Sheedy can
also have $4,000 of Harry Corbetts
money"
Brady then showed dispatch which
he received from the Champions
brother at San Francisco. 1t reads as
follows:t
"Wln bet Sheedy $1,000 that he does
not tell the truth. Will forward aftida-
Wits"
Brady also offered to bet IS, 900 that
Mr.. Comiskey did not come home In
Coroett's train.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-28

disturbances Of digestion and progressive
innutritiOn ana snnemla
Subsequent events prove that at this
time changes were going on in the arteries
Of the BODY. which resulted later in symp-
toms of obliteration Of vessels, and in
chronic disease Of the kidneys. The at
tack of paralysis in 1887 was connected
with similar alterations in the blood yes
sells Of the brain. During the summer OF
1892 the evidences Of falling health were
more decided, aud in November after his
return 10 Washington, his symptoms sud
denly assdmed an aggravated form. From
this time, although there was periods OF
apparent Improvement, nc continued 10
grow worse from week to week.
The symptoms were, IT Irst, more di-
rectly connected with the kidneys. and ex
aminatiOns of the urine sbOwep that there
was a progressive interstidial change go
ing on in the organ, and that he had
form Of chronic Bright's disease. In De
cember signs Of lung complication ap-
peared, which were no doubt connected
with the general disease; but as tu0ercle
bacilh were found in the sputa, IL is prob
able that there was some tubercular infec-
ton as well.
Much Of the distress which Mr.. Blaine
suffered was associated with this disease OF
the lungs, and his death was certainly
fastened oy IL. Towards the end Of De
cember the heart began TO show signs or
unusual weakness from cardiac degenera7
ton and 6ilation, and on December lSsn he
had an alarming attack Of heart eXhaus-
ton; from this he rallied, but Others Of the
same nature required on sevStal occasions
From the middle OF January these at
tacks ceased and the action Of the heart
was more uniformly good. There was,
however, a daily loss Of flesh and strength.
For three days before MIR. Blaine's death
there was no marked change in his condi-
ton; each day he seemed somewhat more
feeble than on tho day before and on the
night before mis- death he did not seem 10
be in any immediate danger.
Towards the morning of the 9th inst,
his pulse was observed to be very feeble,
and his breathing more embarrassed. AS
result OF the failing heart action, Oedema OF
the lungs occurred and he died without
much suffering at IL o'clock.
During the whole of Mr.. Blaine's illness
the digestion was we'll performed, and
liquid food Chiefly milk was taken in full
quantities. His mind was generally clear,
except when clOuded by uremia and dis
turbed brain circulation. Although unable
TO express himself in words, he recognized
all the members of his family up to within
few moments Of his death.
Doctors Janeway and LOOMS, of New
York, were called in consultation, and rem
dered important service by their advice.
WILLIAM w. JOHNSTON, NJ. d.
FRANK HYATT, NJ. ID.
This statement OF the physicians will
not be supplemented by an autopsy upon
the body OF Mr. Blaine, the members Of the
family being thoroughly satisfied as to the
cause Of death. The body will not be en-
balmed for burial, the family obiecting to
any disturbance of il.
The casket will be Of red cedar covered
with black cloth and the solid silver plate
on the top will contain the following in
scriptiOn: