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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

HOODS PILLS cure Constipation by restoring tn
peristaltic action Of the alimentary canal.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
BRIGHT AND BRIEF.

t is the street sweeper that fire.
luently "skips the gutter y onk.
ers Statesman.
A teamster often loses his back
board. So does boarding house
keeper. y onkers Statesman.
"Pa mortifes me so," said Miss
Jenkins. "lIe always will say sas.
siety instid of sauciety."- Harper's
Bazaar.
While the man who seasons sau.
sage may not be philosopher, he
often has sage air about him
Buff alo Courier.
ledger: That new fellow in first
floor front takes things rather easy.
What's his business? Landlady:
He appears to be mere idle roomer.
Detroit Tribune.
"Miggs is lucky old chap, ism t
he?' In what way" "He's
color blind what advantage is
that" "He can't tell when he's
blue. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Were you invited to Mrs. VIM
ble's card party?" eyes" "Did
you enjoy the EVENING"" eyes"
81 don't see how you could"
81 sent regrets" Inter Ocean.
Young man SO Miss Ella is your
Oldest sister? Who comes after her?
Small Brother: Nobody amt comes
as yet; but pa says the first fellow
that comes can have her. - Ed Bits.
Jinks: Don't you think that the
intentions of French duelists are
more honorable than is generally
conceded? Filkins: Oh, yes; as a
rule they aim high. Brooklyn
Life.
Man" said Mr.. Wickwire,
oracularly, views woman as a be.
ing to be looked up to-" els that
the reason he lets her stand up
when he has seat in the cars?"
asked Mrs Wick wire. Indianapo.
lis Journal.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
COLLECTING 81 SLACKMAiL.

An enterprisirg collection agency
at n ashville, a few days ago, started
out wagon bearing the figure Of a
painted devil which was intended
to bulldoze the payment of bad
debts by advertising the debtor to
the neighborhood through the pres
ence of this gaudy wagon. The plan
has met with sudden check by the
shooting of the driver of the "devil
wagon" by an outraged debtor. Tbs
y ashville Bannel commenting
thereon, says:
Debt is a curse and great inc2n-
venience, but 80 long as 1t 70
honestly entered into, and there is a
struggling intention to overcome the
same, it Is no disgrace. These are
hard times all the country over.
There are few men who could meet
face to face the importunate demand
of creditors. Certainly, therefore,
poor man, whose family and bus
mess connections are not sufficient
to exempt him from such methods,
should have some protection. The
law of the land and our postal regu
ations protect debtors from humili-
alton. The law gives that redress
in the courts TO creditors which wis.
dom deems sufficient. No collect
ing agency has right to advertise
a debtor or to offer him or his family
any indignity. The driving of a
"devil wagon" or wagon labeled
chad debts" is an insult not only to
the debtors whose senslbillties are
outraged by the visits of these
wagons, but it is an offense to the
community. The bulldozing and
Matchmaking collecting agency plan
should be tabooed. 1t is unlawful
and libelous. some collecting
agencies publish what they call
''olack list" of debtors. This is
also libel for which such agencies
should be made to suffer.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

TOPICS OF THE TIMES,

san Antonio Light: He is a poor
patriot who earns his dollars in
America and spends them in Flu
rope.
Temple Sun The rolling stone
may gather no moss but the revolv.
ing cyclone takes everything in
sight.
Appeal Avalanche If Richard
X. Fox ever offers a lynchlng belt,
Mich gan wishes TO ba considered a
candidate.
ST. Louis Republics The Greek
play in Greek was great success
as given by the Nassar girls. 1t is
understood that the young lady who
impersonated Antigone never chews
gum except in the purest Attic.
Greenville Herald Sam Jones
will shell Dallas with heavy artil
lery. When he lays out the devil
at the head of navigation, brings
Frank Holland and Bill Shaw to a
knowledge of sins forgiven, he is
advised to move on to San Antonio
where he can find useful employ.
ment for the summer.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
POLITICAL PALAVER.

Childress Star Third termism
won't 60 in Texas, and Mr.. Ross is
informed that no man can marry
the Cub ernatorial office.
Greenville Herald: Gov. Hogg
disappointed his enemies in not We,
TONG the five court bill and pleased
his friends when he again smashe d
the sugar bounty measure int
smithereens.
Corpus Christi Caller Some of
the papers mention some prominent
man for governor and then conclude
by saying, "but will he accept the
nomination" The papers asking
such questions need not worry them
selves. There is not a man in Texas
who would refuse such an honor,
for it would be an honor to any
man in the state to be thus honored
Laredo News: 1t is suspe cted
that Hon. w. A. Fields, editor of
the Hillsboro Register, who was a
member of the Twenty-third legis-
islature, would like to be comp
troller of public accounts. Mccall
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
.,yI1c, or WISE MEN.

Peace is the sentinel of the soul
which keeps the mind and heart
through Jesus Christ. Hunting
ton.
Mental activity is much better
than mental fullness. An enduring
mind is worth more than mind
that ia satisfied with its attainments.
S. S. Times.
The manly way is to treat lightly
the judgments passed on us by
others, but to be honorably sensi-
tive about the Judgments we are
compelled to pass on ourselves. -
Jas. Stalker.
Contemplate the love of Christ
and you will love. Stand before
that mirror, reflect Christ's charac-
tel, and you will be changed into
the same image from tenderness to
tenderness. Henry Drummond.
Dependency is not a state of
humility. On the contrary, it is
the vexation and despair of a cow
ardly pride, nothing is worse.
Whether we stumble or whether we
fall, we must only think of rising
again and going on our course. -
Fenelon.
The older | grow the more | am
confirmed in my faith and religion
l have been in public life for forty
seven years in the cabinet of the
British government, and during
these forty seven years have been
associated with sixty Of the master
minds of the country, and all but
five of the sixty were Christians. =
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

Chaplain Edwards prayer over
the grave Of Admiral Farragu. has
given to the world new metaphor
which bids fair to live long after he
is dead and gone. He said O
Lord, may this union of hearts last
forey er, and let the Russian bear
and the American eagle shake paw
and claw over this grave
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

Speaking of Tom Watson, pros.
pective candidate of the rainbow
chasers of Georgia for gov arnor the
Columbia, South Carolina, Journal
says:
Rec% less, visionary Watson opens
his mouth and puts his foot in it,
hits right and left and is all wrong
in politics, but always displays grit
and courage and looks you squarely
in the eve
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
Indications all point to a political

Indications all point to political
struggle in the state of South
Carolina Of almost unexampled
bitterness, the occasion being the
candidacy of Governor Tillman for
the senate in opposition to Senator
Batter at the expiration Of that
gentlem ans present term. There is
even talk of Tillmsn's candidacy
for third term as governor in
order the better to command the
situation when the legislature
meets. Should Governor Tlllman
fall into this error il would
probably prove fatal to the realiaa-
ton of all his aspirations, as the
people of South Carolina are no
more prepared for the third term
innovation than are the people of
Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

Hon. Geo. +. Fnlay's candidacy
for the Galveston collectorship has
received boost, so it is said, by a
written endorsement from Senator
Mills. A letter from Coke would
cllnch the matter and it is believe
that the letter viii be forthcoming.
Sherman Register.
Senator Cox filed written en-.
dorsement of Hon. George +. Fin.
lay for the collectorship at Calves
ton before leaving Washington and
so stated in an interview in TIE
Waco News several weeks ago.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

The most extraordinary suicide
of rec ant date was tina of Fletcher
III. Milburn, son Of the chaplain of
the national house of representa-.
tives, who cut his throat in a Chica.
go hotel few days since because
his blind father was no l)nger able
to contribute to his support. The
suicide was planned with great de-
liberation, and after his throat was
cut before the washstand mirror,
young Milburn crossed the room
carrying heavy vessel into which
the blood was flowing, and set it
down without a crash, after which
he fell upon the bed and expired.
His father is 70 years of age and
supports himself and an adopted
daughter upon a salary of 5000 a
wear.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

has not yet found anything better y
to do and he might be very hard to
knock out. Brother Fields repu-
tation warrants the assertion that
he would make a good comptroller
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
TO BUILD UP

TO BUILD UP
both the flesh and the strength
OF pale, puny, scrofulous chill
dren, get DR., Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It's tho
best thing known for a wasted
body and a weakened system.
1t thoroughly purifies the
blood, enriches it, and makes
eiiective every natural means
OF cleansing, repairing, and
nourishing the system. In re-
covering from LA Grippe"
pneumonia, fevers, or other
facilitating diseases, nothing
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

Houston is lucky in having a
graf newspaper to upbuild her in
dustries, conserve her morals and
look after her general welfare.
In the last month the Post has I'M
proved an hundred fold. 1t is con.
servative, yet progressive, and, az
real newspaper is decidedly the
oest In the state. Its policy is not
dictated solely by dollars or cold.
blooded trimming, and pleasant
vein of geniality runs all through
its broad pages. The Houston Ev.
enlng Squirt gun will please copy.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

The Only Democratic Daily In Cen.
tral Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

And so the Bean will case at
Sherman goes over for another
term, There ought to be change
Of venue to Boston.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

There's no uncertainty about DR.. Saoe's
catarrh Remedy Its proprietors will nay
you $500 cash if they can't cure YOUR Ca.
tarrh, no matter how bad your case.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01

restorative tonic to bring back health and
vigor. Cures nervous and general debility
Purify and rid your blood of the taints
and poisons that make it easy for disease
10 fasten its hold
The " Discovery is the only blood cleanser
flesh builder, and strength restorer so thor.
ough IN ITS effects that it can be guaranteed
II 1t doesn't benefit or cure, in every case
you have your money back
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-01
HARD w ARE.

RIVERSIDE FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
SHOPS. Store Fronts. Iron and Brass Castings
OF all Kinds Made ct Short Notice. Repairing
Engines Cotton Gins, Presses and Farm I'M
PIGMENTS Il Speciality. o, CANUTESON.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
Yawning Witnesses.

A few evenings ago half dozen men
were sitting out in front Of the Capital
hotel discussing various topics, when
Judge Yost, of the supreme court, in
telling an anecdote Of trial, remarked
that the witness yawned and he knew
he was lying.
"How did You know" was asked.
"Well, sir, have seen witnesses lie
and not yawn, but never knew one to
yawn that he was not telling lie."
Judge Sims, the member of the legis-
lature from Trigg, remarked, "Yes, l
always know a witness is lying when he
yawns."
Senator Dave Smith said, lit is al
most invariably the case"
Judge Wall, the senator from Mason,
came up and corroborated the state
ments of the others, and just then Judge
Brent, of the superior court, joined the
group. when a witness yawns he is
telling lie, and he knows it,
Several other lawyers were appealed
to, and all bore out the statements made.
None, however, could explain the phe-
nomenon. Judge Yost was the only one
who had a theory, and that was that
when fellow was swearing to lie he
could not face the music, and his en-
barrassment found expression in yawns.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
4 Young Child Wife.

The conversation had drifted to early
marriages, and Allan Thompson, oe
Dubuque, said: The youngest wife
ever knew lived at Fairview, La. Her
maiden name was Ella Hotchkiss, and
at the age of eleven she was married to
youth of eighteen, whose name I can
not now recall. l frequently saw her
after her marriage playing with other
children about the village, making mud
pies, etc. About year after the mar
riage little daughter tiny thing
weighing but three pounds-was born
to the youthful couple. The ladies of
the neighborhood then persuaded the
child wife to don long dresses aud quit
jumping the rope in the street.
Louis be-Democrat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
Ouinine by Proxy.

Not long since, said the drummer, !
was down in one of the ague districts Of
Indiana, and in front of my customers
store saw native sitting on the horse
block. He seemed TO be suffering and
I went to him.
whats the matter" inquired.
''Nothin much, mister" he replied
with a wan smile. ''Tm jest a settin
here in the sun shakin."
SCOT the chills?'
'sThat's what, mister"
"Why don't you take something for
them"
81 do, mister. That is, Sary does. She
takes all the quinine for the family.
Sary's my wife"
That was a new form o. woman's de-
votion, and / was somewhat surprised
st Its discovery.
"Thunderatien, man." / exclaimed
''that won't help you any"
Il guess you're mistaken, mister" he
said, with stolid confidence. ''Fve had
the chills fer twenty-five years an they
amt killed me yit. Detroit Free Press
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
TWO DIALECT POETS.
THE LITERARY WORK or }. w. RILEY
AND S. w. TOSS.

Each Has Gained Fame and Both Are of
National observation-disclosures Why the
Hunorist's Work Is Not Sure Of Per-
manent Place In Literature.
OF all forms II literature the humor-
Gus Is notably evanescent. And II
makes the admirers Of James Whitcorn b
Riley and 8. W. Foss-the men now de-
lighting us-grieye TO add that Of hu-
morous poetry the dialect kind is usual
ly the most evanescent. II is irnpossi-
bic for the spirit Of one age to be repro
duced in the next, and he who is not in
the spirit misses the subtlety Of the
humor. 1t is only the very finest that
VIII even bear transplanting, for IN an
other country the jokes must be ez-
planned, and huInor that requires foot
notes is dead already. Instance Hing
st0n's English edition Of Artemus Ward.
To an American the explanations are
almost as funny a. the text
Yet how rich in suggestion some of
the lines Of Riley are; how delicately
suggestive are the sly illusions Of Foss!
But Indian summer" Is season un-
known in England, and 50 Britons can
but wonder at American enthusiasm
over those richly suggestive lines:
folders in the shock
In England there is no "husky rustic
OF the tossels ON the corn" no ''raspin
Of the tangled leaves, as golden as the
morn" no forest hues that ''no painter
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08

has the colorin to mock" and while
there's frost enough, alas! there is no
'fodder in the shock" So, incredible
as it may seem, this poem an English
man can appreciate little more than the
labored jokes in Punch amuse US.
Mr. Riley is but thirty-nine years old,
yet he has been poet of local note for
twenty years and OF national fame
nearly as long. He got his experience
early, and got IL fresh from man and
nature. Born IN Greenfield, Hancock
county, Ind, and designed by his well to
do father for business or professional
man, he good naturally kicked over the
traces while still in school and took
mp the trade Of a travelling sign painter.
In this line he acquired all the phrases
of the streets, the woods and the fields.
He started in literature the master OK
two languages-English and ''Hoosier."
Perhaps the most elaborate joke he
ever perpetrated was a poem IN imita-
ton of Edgar 4. Poe, which went the
rounds as newly discovered produc-
ton Of that poet, and deceived as cute a
critic as William Cullen Bryant. II
was in 1856 that his pieces began to at
tract attention in the papers, and he has
since 1890 been recognized as the lead
ing dialect poet of the country.
Mr.. S. W. Foss, The Yankee Blade
man, as he IS called, is admittedly the
foremost rival of Mr.. Riley in the line
of dialect poetry His biography is as
yet brief. He was born in Gambia, y.
H, June 10, 1853, and was graduated
from Brown university in 1882, stand
ing. as he says, Every near the end of the
class" He was also class poet. While
editing the Lynn (Mass.) Union he was
compelled 10 get up humorous column
in great hurry one day, and to his as
constituent, as much as any other mans,
it took" He became editor of The
Yankee Blade in 1887.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
S. W. ross.

His poetry is best described as serio-
comic, but it goes. The reader must
not consider his Sebastian Morey'
Poem" as in any sense his own expert
ence. In it he says:
The 'Lantic. an The Century. an Lippincott,s
an Harper's,
Scribner. an all the rest of 'em, is all set er
sharpers.
Wen they fin son er genius in reg'lar ten
stroke poet
An colosseum er the muses. they don't know
enough TO know IL.
writ a roarin poem an sent it to the 'Lantie,
An then, wen it come back next mail, il near
ly driv me frantic
sent it then to all the rest to see how they
would find it,
But they, with their burned printed slips, re
spectfully declined it,"
There is ring of Hosea Bigelow and
Bird o Freedom Sawin in this, and in Mr.
Foss' most humorous poetry there is a
marked tendency to the use of long
words terminating long lines, which
combines the sublime and ridiculous in
style irresistibly funny. Riley and
FoSS-the dialect poets of the day
more than sustain our national reputa.
ton in that line.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
gltENUMHS
~Y~H
The Fo-nafIon of Heat.

VI. Lagrange has communicated 20 the
Belgian academy paper on the forma-
ton Of bodies In the universe. In this
paper he expresses the opinion that, be-
fore any expenditure Of work, the guam
tity Of heat Of the universe was Ill, that
the temperature was gradually raised
above absolute zero az the expense OF
work done by attraction, and hence the
formation Of solid bodies must have pre-
ceded that Of liquids and gases; that,
through the gradual condensation Of
matter and consequent enormous deyel-
opment Of heat, the earth would attain,
at least in the parts near the surface, the
state Of fuidity necessary TO its form and
geological characters; then, as the tenn
perature gradually rose with gradual
agglomeration Of matter, very dense
atmosphere would form, with pressure
diminishing outward, and in a more ad-
vanced phase, the temperature OK this,
after reaching maximum, would gradu-
ally diminish, causing liquefaction or go
idifcation Of certain matters at first
vaporous, while other solid bodies might
remain suspended in the atmosphere.
Briefly, u. Lagrange, in calculation
Of the basis of his original and remarka-
bic theory, as thus set forth, declares
that space is occupied by two substances,
namely: One, attractive, which is mat
ter properly so called, or material atoms;
the other, repulsive, which occupies the
interatomic space, and from which re-
suits between any two atoms variable
repulsion exercised at the surface Of the
Iatter.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
Caste Broken Down by Street Cars.


Street cars in Bombay are mostly Of
American manufacture, and the pro-
meters of the street car lines are Ameri-
cans. When it was proposed, not many
years ago, to start such lines Europeans
prophesied their failure upon the ground
that such common public conveyances
could not be profitable in caste ruled
community. 1t was believed that the
high caste man, who will not eat or
drink from the vessel used by low
caste man, would refuse to ride in a
public conveyance beside his humble
brother.
In spite of these doleful prophecies the
railways were built and equipped, and
10! the high caste man complacently pays
his fare and rides untroubled by the
side of any sort of man. The cheapness
and convenience Of the street cars were
too much for even the hard and fast
rules of caste.-Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
A Military Doubt

Did you see a boy about my size
round the corners" a boy inquired Of an
elderly gentleman who was passing.
eyes, 1 believe I did," said the man.
did he look uglyg'
"Tdidn't notice"
"Did he look scared:n
~ don't know. Whyr
why, heard he was round there,
and don't know whether he wants to
lick me, or whether he's afraid I'm go
ing to lick him. Wish didr-Ex-
change.
10 Prepare Yarn for Knittinr-
The Belem hosiery factory in the City
OF Mexico is putting in complete ma.
chlnery for preparing yarn for knitting
The factory is worked by steam. and
when the new alterations are finished
1t VIII turn out about 1900 pounds of
yarn per week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08
One Taken aud the Other Left.

In 1871 coachman was killed by light
iing while driving, and the footman sit
ing by his side was not injured. The
lightning struck the coachman's head,
destroyed his cap and tore his clothes,
passed through his body and tore hole
through the cushions ON which he was
fitting. No damage was done to the car
Iage except breaking the glass, and the
occupants were not injured. Exchange,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-08

a peculiar green worm. less than one
n'cn In length, has made its appearance
ID some parts of Laporte county, Ina.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-13
Reply to "Reader."

NR EnITDr-Hay., r.a,j rar,,f,i|ly th.
ariicl. in yollr last Issue. stoned "Erad
er." Hay. also read yo,,r rom,ncnt, on
said article. Nv conclusion, are tha,
tl,.r. j. u, much irony thrown INTO ,ha,
article =. m. writer va. ah',. ~ ar,n,n-
never been a menD... - TIE buodIr
gang. bat i, une who would rejoice t.
know that a real. not a sham. iny,,tj-
cation wa, to l,, had. and tha, every
violation Of law hy ON. coun1y official,
uliyl.t meet il, ius1 ..r.,yard ",y.n if il
shuuld cause some Of them 10 become.
boardet., al tn. cx,,eu,,, o. the state.
think "R,ad,r" aimed 10 ridjcY1i,.
the idea Of an Investigation hyur ilnd,r
the direction Of those believed !, h,
connected or in ,y;l.pathy with the
ganr. If We are to nav. an inycs,io.,-
ton. Let II not b.. for t:,,. ull,,,o,e ot
,yhitewa,hiny any set OF ,u.rai. I'm, f,,.
the purDo~,. Of uuiuu 10 the hp1,p,n of
til. whoI. lry.in.,, and H., ali fla. a,-.
OF our l:,tr and nr,..n, coI1n1y ott;,i.,rs
if oi;jlt,. az ,t,.l,,,ir,... l.,.xn,-,.I and
nlopcr]y ru,,i,n,.J if such :, thine j.
po,,il!, un,l.r m, pr,.,,.u, ,r.,;,n,
10 wnjIrwn,hiur if Won n,.a,.' i,
,,,,u, =. if,b. ..,,u,, ,.,,,,t !. l...i,,,,u
uf naEinu AN att,mn, ., an invas,i,.-
tioa in such :. WAY =, !, shield from,
harm In, o.1;,ial, bx rut,inr in ,n,.. nf
the lat. officer, of the county and the
acknowlcdr.d tool Of tn. bondhold.is
to make the Investigation. Is,h. hon.
IS, man on the commi,tr. will prob, to