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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-11-09

The following is a list of the unclaimed let
tiers in the Burlington post otiicc for the week
ending October 81
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
Hroiler. Eoaster aud Capon.

Among passing notes on poultry topics
The Fancier's Journal gives expression
to the following:
To Judge by the amount of capon lit
eratn"o now occupying many agricul-
tural and poultry papers, the unsophisti-
Gated reader would suppose that capons
are a veritable bonanza. Such is not the
case. Years ago the broiler business
was doomed is The haven for every de
crepit person who was seeking Il fortune.
The boom exploded and the wrecks are
strewn everywhere. This was TO be eX-
pected by all except the victims. The
capon is now being trotted over the cir
cult with the usual tempting bait, and
the usual nibblers viii take hol,s
There is ii handsome profit in broilers
and capuns, but considerable experience
is required III both branches before the
balance Is ON the right side of the ledg-
CT, The chief danger lies III the fact
that the inexperienced people viii make
a speciality of either 10 the exclusion of
the regular bread winning poultry cul-
ture. Before persons attempt To raise
capons they should be qualified TO raise
common poultry successfully To fat.
ten ana prepare cockerels for market is
an art, and when once possessed will re-
aize good returns, II capons are more
profitable than other poultry we have
failed to discover ii, but a shrewd poul-
try raiser Will always keep several irons
IN the fire, and the bYoior, roaster and
capon form successful trio in the mar
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
Judging the Age of Poultry.

If for the table. says the agricultural
editor Of the New York World, examine
the feet and legs; the size and appear
ance Of the spur form a guide. The skin
of the pullet OF cockerel is smooth and
has "A fresh appearance, while that of the
adult fowl yearly grows coarser and
shrveled Place the thumb and fore
finger on either side of the back near
the ''pope's nose on oil receptacle, and
press. In young birds that part is supple;
in old birds it is difficult TO bend. An
other test is feeling Of the tip end of the
breast bone If the grizzle forming
there is tender and supplc the bird is
young. 1t is IA more difficult matter to
Judge the age of ducks. Those ducks
that have arrived at . and 3 years have
a deep depression down the breast feath-
ers, and their waddle becomes more
and more ungainly.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
san Antonio and Arnnsn
L. D. Ashby.

Dealer in granite and marble, and
all kinds of cemetery work. Iron
fencing n specially. | have now on
hand the LARGEST stock of finished mar
bic and rough stock ever before
brought to this city, which propose
to sell twenty five per cent. less than
ever before offered in the market |
am running no branch shop and sell
ing my work on lis merits alone. To
be convinced call and examine ma
terial, workmanship and prices and
you will find for the first time in seven
years there is honest competition 10
this line, and hence the low prices
which l will offer you. Mr. f
Groth or myself will be found at the
office at any hour in the day. Office
Franklin street between Sixth and
Seventh, south side
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
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FALL FLOWING.


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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
storing Squasl,es.

There is a growing demand for squashes
that keep we'll into spring. Success
full specialists who make money out Of
winter sluashes have houses with double
doors and WIudows to prevent change OF
temperature. They are filled with Stat
ted shelves. allowing free air circulation
about the huit. Perfect dryness and
frequent inspection To govern tempera-
ture and remove squashes that begin To
decay are requisites If three tons per
acre can be Kept until u glutted market
subsidies and three cents per pound can
be realized sometimes higher price
PREVAILS $50 results-not a bad profit
considering low little real labor and eX-
pense are needed in the production
writes a New York correspondent III The
New England Homestead. He says:
Squashes with hard shells have been
kept successfully until the following
summer in my cellar with Il cement bot
tom, glass windows and Il warm air fur
mace. They lay on the bottom and We're
turned occasionally Only very small
per cent. Of the quantity spoiled after
the first month of storage, u fact at.
tributed largely to a drying and harden.
ing of their outer cover The stems
were left attached to the squashes.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
No Murc picuro-Pncumonia.

Sept. 2G Secretary Rusk, of the de-
partment of agriculture; issued il proc
lamation removing the only quarantines
existing for the suppression of pleuro-
pneumonia among cattle, and with their
removal he announced that 1.-THE United
States is free from the disease known
as contagious pleuropneulnonia." He
states that no case of the disease has oc-
CURED in Illinois since Dec. 2S, 1887; no
case in Pennsylvania since Sept. %, 1855;
none in Maryland since Sept IS, 1880;
none i'll New York since April 30, 1891,
and none in New Jersey since March %,
1892 No case has occurred III amy other
part of the Union within the past five
years. The centers of infection have
been around New York city, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, and these have had
the special attention of the department
since the suppression of the outbreak III
the west. Six months have elapsed since
the last case occurred in New Jersey.
We are assured also that the seaboard
and frontier inspection and all necessary
cattle quarantine will be strictly en-.
forced, and rs there Is no possibility OF
the occurrence of the disease except by
its introduction from abroad, the coun-
try may congratulate itself upon the re-
moval of all apprehension for its cattls
interests ON This account.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Ohapped
hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded, Price 20 cents per box
For sale by w. b. Morrison x Co.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Parties who nave houses to rent can
secure good tenants at once by p'ac-
ing them in the hands of J t.. Horne
N Co.. as they have demands every
day for houses. Call on them at their
office in The News building, 4l9
Franklin street
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
1s4455;s19::FARNHzsA
FlELDA'Ap gRRrEN
COLD FRAME.


| HOW by VhrIr Employ tn"ut the truck
Cardcn May BE Made to Pay.
The frs use of cold frames is in win
tcring cab5i-e. caulifloWer and lettuce
/ plants for lhe extra early crops Sons
/ gardeners sow the seed directly into the
/ frames IN Rows II few iucho- apart. and
/ thin aiterWard. Grciher recommends
rs u better plan the tran-plantng of
| plants from seed sOWn III The open
ground. Bv whcheV,@ alan it is of
great Importance that 1..r-h plant have
its fnll allowance OF space. Following
Is what ''reiner has To say ON the sub
Jccj III ms book, How to Make the
Garden ray;
'ahbaIe' cauliiloW"r and lettuce
Pidn'0 are qulc haid} ana can endure
c"nsldrrablt cola weather without in
lurN ne SaSh's must h' put on by the
uihe wlliterset7 lh' ana Inc chlef point
81 importance alt'lWard Is unceaoln5
ana uhtltlns attention to proper Nenll-
I"tloh. w e. shollid belf IN lnlnd mat
the oDJoct Is lpt i" grow plants during
lh' WIH''I' p"O 20 Keep lhchI on It per-
lecI S'"ld''ll ldotmaht)' ana make
'il'ih s." h@raI '"'t lhel WIN al once
start mo 'NeIy grown Whch planted
o"U III SIfIhS' even III rainier cool
"o"'i'i' anu o' |pie 10 onuUte iale Sc
ic"So" hl"''' '"iciN low n"V " warm
'e'l' Is require" VII 'ne lrail'es'
anu "iSo c"''S'''' I"p'c amount ol eA-
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
The Star Wagon Yard

win sell you feed as cheap as can be
bought in Waco and delivered at your
door. First class accommodation for
the public. Call and see us; between
Fifth and Sixth street, on Franklin.
Waco, Texas
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
Real Estate.

On and after January %, 1898,
Mr.. j. f. Horne will be found in his
Office, 4l9 Franklin street, with fine
list of bargains. If you want to buy or
sell, call on him. Don't forget the
place, ll9 Franklin street, in the same
building with TIE EVENING NEWS.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
10 all Agents.

February 10Th to February l5th,
inclusive, you may sell round trip
tickets at one fare to New Orleans and
Mobile Mardi,Gras. Tickets good
until the 18th.
NJ. l.. ROBBINS,
Pass Agt.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

In autumn, winter and spring colds
are he rule rather than the exception
Hence 1t is the part eff every wise
and prudent mother TO keep on hand
supply of Bulls Cough Syrup, the
great domestic favori,e and infallible
cure for all affections of the throat
and chest
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Fine wines, liquors and cigars at
the Palace Saloon, corner Of Third
and Franklin streets, w. w. Beardslee,
proprietor. Free lunch everyday
from 10 10 IL. 80 a. IN. Restaurant in
connection.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Good, live men, wide awake men,
can make money soliciting subscribers
for the DAILY and WEEKLY News
Such persons can secure a job on
liberal terms by applying to this
office.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Com.
plant you have printed guarantee
on every bottle of Shiloh's VitAlizer.
1t never falls to cure. For sale by
Williamson Drug company.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
Cotton Belt Route

The M. X. 4 II. is the only line t tss
has Pullman palace sleeping Ksr.
from Texas points to st. LOUIS, . ,
sas City and Chicago without cn Snun
arriving in Chicago twelve Mn
ahead of any other line. Eiega ~ III
clining chair cars, "seats free, wyo Va
trains. The only line via ~ O m
or Dallas and New Orleans, .T.ths,t
port or Memphis, for the .a nIas
Before purchasing your tlcStefiTTE
call on or address J. +: SM W, soub
Ticket agent NJ. K. q l. IN
Fourth street. Wac.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
A Valuable Book.

One dollar added to the regular
yearly subscription price Of the daily
or weekly News will secure COPY
of the memorial volume Of Jefferson
Davis, compiled by authority Of Mrs.
DAVIS.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Jackson is offering gold medal to
the prettiest baby under two years Of
age and life size crsyon to the pretti.
est child between two and three years
Of ago
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
MEXICO and CALIFORNIA

The direct line to Memphis, New N.
leans, Birming ham, Atlanta sndsn
points in the Southeast, as well A.
all points in the North and East,
For Routes, Rates, Maps Tims
Tables or other information, call ON
or address:
} E. SMITH, Ticket Agent, No. 70.
South 18th Street, Pacific Hotel, Waco
G. II. BoARDNAN, T. ?. A., Fort
Worth, Texas.
w. ID. LAWSON, T. p. A., Houston
Texas
Fl. P. HudnEs, G. ?. AndT. A.
Denlson. Texas.
A. FAULKNER, G. p. & Y. A.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas MAway
system, 800 Chestnut street St. Lais,
Missouri.
E. b. PARKER, Asst. G. ?. A. 5t
Chestnut ST.. St. Louis. Mo-
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
sausage Factory.

All kinds of sausage made fresh
daily, and delivered promptly to any
part of the city. Mail and telegraph
orders filed without delay. 420
Franklin street, Germania House.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

The best pork and finest beef to be
found in the city at Bennett & Co.'S.
market, corner of Franklin and Sixth.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
New Feed Store.

Hay, corn, oats and bran delivered
free to any part OF the city. Bring
send or teleI hone US your orders
BRoNN x MOORE,
No. 1926 Austin avenue.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
New Bakery,

Grocer and confectionery, just open
ed. Everything fresh and clean. 627
Austin avenue.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

All kinds of spring wagons and
family hacks at
T. p. SPARKS & Sons.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Farmers, remember that Tucker
has received for your planting large
shipment of Backeye peas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Go to the Lion Drug Store for your
garden seed You always get the
best.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

The largest, newest and ceanest
stock of carriages, busgies and phae-
tons and carts in the city at
Il. p. SPARKS IL Sons.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

THAT HACKING COUGH can
no so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure
We Guarantee it. Sold by William
son Drug Co.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Digger & Wilkes, bakers, grocers
nd coniectioners627 Austin avenue.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Leave orders for coal at Brown &
Moore's feed store, 726 Austin ave.
+. M. BYRD.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

BHILOH'S COUGH and Con
sumption Cure is sold by 10 On
guarantee. 1t cures consumption
Sold by Williamson Drug 90.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
All Kinds

OF saddles and harness a, T. P.
I. =. Sparks X Sons.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

The Old reliable Blsmark Restau-
rant keeps fresh fish, oysters and
game served at lowest price See
them No. ll5 South Third street,
corner square. jim STRUHAIL,
Proprietor.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

n. H. Cheatham, l22 South Third
street, delivers hay, corn, oats and
bran to any part OF the city
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

WE. OWENS. Ticket Agent.
Under Paoino Hotel Block, Opposite Postothr
San Antonio and Arnnsas Pass.
eouTH BoUED-ro. 32.--BogTH BoUND.-no.h
Nv Waco at 30 a. N. Arrives II. 80 o. M
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25

Between " 200 and ~ Louie solid train Vi
Paragould to st. Louis on Iron Mountain tyac'
into Union Depot.
W a. GILLAsPiA
City Ticket once OF No. ~ south Fonrt st
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-25
Local Time Gard.
Missouri, Kansas a Tpxae.
rhesenRer Traino--south Bound.

J. K. SMITH
Ticket Agent, PeciHo Hotel Bloch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16

at him, and the judge displayed a CLEAN
Of sympathy in his usually emotionless
face
! There was a hush in the courtroom
when the boy took the stand. The jury
After Il few questions had been PM
| TO him Brownrgg turned deathly pale
His imprisonment in the bridewell ha1
robbed his cheeks of their bronze, and
there were hOllows undel. his eyes.
Your honor" he said raising his hand
to his throat, L can lie no longer-it
chokes me. Those men are murderersr
His voice rose to a shrek. and he trenl-
bled like a leaf.
They killed Captain Thornby and
Mate Roberts. They scuttled the Vine
yard and stole a fortune that was a.
board her. For promise of pay 1 have
lied. Now I am telling the truth Dawes
helped scuttle the vessel l saw him
get an ak. The bags of silver We're tied
up in old clothes and put aboard the
boat. 1t is all buried in the beach now =
The confession delivered. the naked
truth known, Brownrigg fell in a swoon.
He was removed and the trial went on.
Dawes cOrrOborated his story The
The agents of Stephen Girard of Phila-
delphia. to whom the money on the
Vineyard belonged, testified as to the a.
mount 900 in Mexican silver. Then
the jury retired and brought in verdict
of guilty against all but Brownrigg
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
BATTLING UNDER WATER.
The Question How to Get Under Hostile
Vessel and Blow 1t Up.

The Question How to Get Under Hostile
Vessel and Blow 1t Up.
The greatest question in naval war
fare to-day is not about the big battle
ships or saucy torpedo-boats, already
pictured and described, says ST. Mich
olas, but how to get boat that will
safely dive below the keel Of hostile
vessel and blow her to destruction with
charge of dynamite or gmcotton.
This mode of attacking an enemy is
not entirely new, for. nearly twenty
five hundred years ago, divers were
lowered into the water in a simply con-
suucted air-box, to perforate the wood
en- bottoms of an adverSary'S war
galleys, in order to sink them, and
drown or capture their rowers and fight
ing men.
The diving warrior and his box did
not outlast the great galleys they had
tried to sink, and the history of these
boats passes over 1000 years to the
American Captain Bushnell of the revo
lutionary army. and his diving-boat
This was tiny, walnut-shaped vessel
sculled by a single oar, and having q
crew Of one man. The boat sat low in
the water while on the surface, enabling
it at night to get near its intended vic
tim without detection. Then the hatct
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
TO GUIDE THE MARINER.
Six Thousand Lighthouses ihe World
1899 in America

Six Thousand Lighthouses The World
1899 in America
The lighthouses of the world are III
round numbers 5000, with about 25U
lightships. Of these lights Europe has
5000; North America, 1929; Asia, 47G;
Oceanica, 319; Africa, PIG; South Ameri-
ca, 169, and West Indies, JOG. The
coasts of the United States are illumin-
ated by SO2 lights, distributed as fol
lows: Atlantic coast, 467; gulf coast,
70; Pacific coast, SO, and the northwest
ern lakes, 21S. OF these lights thirty
two are displayed from ightships, near
ly all of which are on the Atlantic coast
The most famous lighthouse of which
history gives any record, says the Bos-
ton Globe, was the lighthouse of Pharos.
on the eastern end of the island of that
name in the Bay Of Alexandria. 1t was
begun by Ptolemy Softer and was finish
ed by his successor, Philadelphus. Ii,
is said to have been 400 feet high and
to have cost 800 talents, equivalent to
$1,24O,OOO.
The oldest lighthouse in the world is
at Corunna, Spain. 1t was built in the
reign of the Emperor Trajan, and III
1864 was reconstructed. England and
France have towers erected by their
Roman conquerors, which were used as
lighthouses. Contrasting them with the
light-tOwers that have been built for the
benefit of commerce we see that the
art of building has lost nothing with the
lapse OF time. The great improvement
OF the later towers over their predecess-
ors is that the stones of each course are
now dOve-tailed together laterally and
vertically. Formerly metal or wooden
pins were used Or dependence placed
entirely in cement. The modern method
was first used at the Hanois kock light.
on Guernsey. On the upper face and at
each end Of one block are dove-tailed
projections, and on the under face, and
at the other end, are dove-tailed linden
tations. The upper and under dove
tails fall into each other, and when the
hydraulic cement is placed on the sur
face it so locks the dove-tailing that
the stones can not be separated without
breaking. So, when the cement is set
and hardened the whole Of the base Is
literally one solid mass Of granite.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16

dead. She had recovered from the self
inflicted wound, but had been kept close
prisoner in her mothers house. She
finally made her escape and, penniIess
and friendless, started on her journey
Of 100 miles TO crave my protection
She had begged her way, walked, and
stolen rides on freishts, slept in the
woods with no covering but the sky, no
sentinel but the stars. She reached me
footsore. bcdraggled, weary, but happy
as the empress of the world
What did / do with her? l took her
back TO New Orleans, called her rela-
tives about me. and brought her and
my own immunity for an annuity of
$500 a year. l have placed the girl at
school and if she doesn't make her mark
in the world Of music 1 miss my guess.
You may head that up as The Romance
of a Married Man."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16

was closed. shutting in air enough to
last half an hour, and by letting in a
little water and turning an upright
screw-bladed oar, the boat was sunk Ia
near the keel-level of the enemy's YES
sci, and Sculled under the hull. \ tor
pedo outside the boat carried heavy
charge Of gunpowder. and was provided
with clockwork to fire the charge after
the little torpedo-boat should have re-
treated to a safe distance The torpedo
had pointed screw stem. by which it
was to be attached to the doomed yes
sci, the screw being turned from inside
the torpedo-boat. Except for the break
ing of this screw, it is possible that the
British adniraTs flagship might have
been blown up as she lay at anchor in
New York harbor; but that is mere
gueSswork. for, as General Washington
said Of the boat, too many things were
necessary to be combined in it." Yet
it was ingenious, a credit to American
skill and daring, and its arrangements
are still studied by those interested in
submarine navigation.
Twenty-Five years later. RobelI Full
ton. who did SO much for steam navi-
cation. took the Bushnell boat for a
model, and greatly improved upon it.
He made the hull Of thin copper sheets,
instead of wood, and changed the
sculling- oar into a paddle-wheel worked
by hand. He forced into a copper tank
enough air to supply a crew of four men
while under water for six hours For
use while at the surface, the boat was
provided with removable masts and
sails. His experiments lasted some
twelve years, the governments of
France, Great Britain, and the United
States successfully supplying the means.
But naval experts everywhere secuted
the serviceableness of theboat, and the
higher authorities denounced it's mode
OF warfare as no better than murder or
The device however.
was employed without official permission
against some of the British vessels
the New England coasts in
the war Of 1912. Though no actual
damage was done, the blockaders were
badly frightened by the attempts.