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70 vie for dominance even with the overs"'''
n'ss ucb are the principal fora Of this VICE less
,s 1anna are not less interesting. thouEih nd
i,idenf But there pike and pckStIeI' hnt
coiden perch. and the forbidding -looKlisi onths
en,bsonie catfish abundant In the grassy ueP 90,
~ n,, are auiet of and quick OF eye ,,
may now and then see wood-duck gnu 80, a
Id IN shade like fugitive ray shot lIOii "
,rism and in season you may shoot. II you ~
dnck teal brant and goose. as they ny ,riih
,ba tidal meadows. kingilshcrs blazing W.
emerald and ruby. dart about hummls - n,ier
rival in dainty grace the flowers they nov ~ IN
',rG hawks and now and then osprey Oh an
lie glide above all with Omincus CAIN. &,
1nere Is something more than beauty hv"cn.,a'cn
c.,ch a region. There H. much Of commonplace
rractical value. The timber OF course, - cFlH'Iie
t'cU soft woods are more valuable FOR DuilihI Pui
,,ses than this cypress and arbOrvitac 50 llsht
81 strong, workable and so durable are IVY ;
and even sticks OF only six inches thickness nav
their commercial worth. So many OF the s"aIiPs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

Shis information adds: have seen al" oS ~,
shell that would hold pint. which was "'9
Of the marsh at fifty feet deep In digging d ".'
4. The barrens produce little else Du, N"'
oaks and yellow pines These sandy iahus S''iu
an immense quantity of bog iron ore, ""i' .,@
worked UP TO great advantage In the run
In these counties" This iron industry Is III"
thing OF the past. but 1t has left us inaih w.
the country. What is now Lakewood was ~
inay a great centre OF iron manufacture anu
other settlements the names of which are eo'.'
pounded with Forge or Furnace. bear wi'heSo ~
the same former fact Other industries. however
have here and there sprung up to take i's pc ,
In one district the sand Is well htted ioi ''dn man.,
glass; In another clay beds make possipie So
potteries; In a third the culture or smaii iu''
Is probably pursued; and numbering and chareo"i
burning widespread industries. Yet IL reiha.,
true that vast proportion of this area Is sum
an unimproved wilderness.
Pine barrens the land is called. 1t Is not now
ever. wholly covered with pine. Perhaps nearly
one-half the trees are oaks There abound ioui
kinds of oak conifers. The former are
= the chinquapin or dwarf chestnut oak' - ffi'u'
hunilis; blackjack. O. nigra; the black SCRUB oaA'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

the azalea. the sand myrtle. and various others.
fun dozen of the heath family: that it is not
inappropriate to dream of resemblance be-
tween these gray green plains and the heather
clad moors of the old country.
1t is evident then, that such country, despite
its desolation, cannot be altogether mbeautiful,
nor destitute of value Perhaps If some Of the
fierce and persistent energy that has been ex-
pended in the far West had found its object here
rose and the New-Yorker might regard it with a
practical interest apart from fishing. Cunning and
deer-chasing. There is scarcely a spo. that does
not betray some beauty to the cbscr,ant visitor
and offer some promise of development. Especial
~ is such the along and the water
courses and lakes. which everywhere abound.
These are in the pine barren country but re-
gon this side Of the tropics could be less barren
more luxuriantly clad with worthy vegetation.
One stream, familiar through the virtue OF
hundred unhurried visits. may be taken a type
portion to it's volume a couple of niles at most
Where enters it from the lake into which It
empties it is a dozen yards wide ana dozen feet
deep. And at that depth you can see not only the
pebbles, but the very sand grains at the bottom,
and almost count the scales on the pike that floats
below you half hidden in the waving grasses.
Three feet from the shore IL Is as deep as In mid
stream. and from the waters edge the cypress
and arbor vitae-both called cedar here-rise sheer
a dark green. moss-hung hedge. twice high as
the stream is wide and dense that IT shuts out
the light of the declining utterly as would
a wall Of stone For that hedge is not only dense
with clustered needles and heavy fstoons Of moss
al the margin of the stream. II Is itself only the
margin of an unbroken forest of noble Expresses.
extending perhaps for miles. AnC now and then.
as you float along on the crysal current. you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
CCCUMBER SNAKES.
ErOm The Baltimore American.


Down I'm Miles River Neck, Talbot County. there
Is a spot where the average Chinese would delight
To dwell. 1t Is place where Chinese cucumbers
To enormous size. This vegetable. how
ever. assumes sometimes shape which frightens
the natives Of the neghborhood. in spite OF the
feet that Talbot is a local option county. The Gu
cumber grows long and slim, and ut times twists
Itself into coils resembling snake. man going
from Easton the other day To Miles River Ferry.
in passing a little clearing In the woods. noticed
a green looking object in patch OF vegetables,
aud he got over the fence to make closer exam
nation lie almost tainted. Another citizen came
along soon afterward The first man had revived
and leaving the patch at a Nancy Hnnks
gait. When accosted he said to his friend. ljeen
Lit 10y a snake; woods fun Of EN- - Citizen NO, n :
persuaded the frightened man TO go back ana uon
examination the snake proved TO be Cn,hh, cb
cucumber. about twenty seven inches long: VIII an
in the course of growth had twisted ltseii M 70
the form OF "A snake. The cucumber was SEN =, Gas
The American Office by express YESTERDAY. ,,ver
grown on the farm Of L. ". Trail, OF nii ,,r Mr.
Neck. and It's shape Is perfectly sna se ~ them
Trail. IL liz said has quarter OF an ~ axtent
The Chinese cucumber Is not eaten " o.; a few
In this country. except by Chlnese , aro them
foolish COWS The former however inpvd. and as
IN "A dried condition from their ndurc ''"t'rss
they DO stale eggs and other ouoIous IVA ,ha,
The Chinese like cucufnpers sroM' ~ Ill,
often cultivate them in their yards VI '. 49,, ~.
over here. The snakelike appearance OF , ene ues
etable does not frighHn the sant-eyed Ioreisneii
as he would eat with relish a green gartersnake
he didn't happen to have anything else nancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

like snow, or glow bood-red with the iron that
mpregnates these sands
Nor does the scene lack the minor accessories
of decorative art. Here and there are foaung the
waxen blossoms OF the sweet-scented water
lily. now all priest white. now with the outer petals
tlnged with pink. and now. very rarely WIN
all the petas bushing like rose. Every loot
OF the banl Is fringed with pltchei-pldiills, OF
monkey-cupA or sidc-saddc flowers EniGheycr
Won NAV ell the purple sarracenia thclr leaVes
ranging from an inch TO six or elSht lhches IN
height and from the palcst golden green 10 deep
crimson ami dusky purple in hue Here 100. me
boatb FANNY abounds chiefly represented by the
nronotic .;lntergrccn (Gaultheria), mere caHei
deaberry and priced for both fruit and leaves s.
zee ,he 'c;o,lussacia or true huckleberry with It's
p pssce n IF glossy black berres-rarely snow
White: b, two of the vaccnii, the oXycoccus' OF
era MERRY and the cyanococcus, or burberry mere
as eIsewlere not distinguished from the huchle,-
berry; By the ppsissewa or prince Pine Inf IN
aar33s r. DEFY the moisture. and 10 nouilsh III III
- suanp as well in the uI,ands py IN
,hai,,ia or pale laurel: by the white anu puIPir.
haIn"s and bv the rhododendron, or great iaure
IA n you look Alright you will find In the dilc
an. ~, tte spicy epgaea. or trailing arputus WIN VIII
ne Gals mayhower and another mayp'lihdi vet YET
isawbre shrubs of fragrant clethra, am hnus 81
gs,n'' in some dense shade. the waxem ped on
,ndian pipe Indeed, the heath trioe II others and
he uiiand barrens. to outnumper @N o''''"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
IN TIKI PINE BARRENS.
THE BEAUTY KD THE WEALTH OF A LAND
o. DESOLATION.
SCENE OF THE NREsr FIRES IN NEw.JERsEy-
uPLANDs OF nIRUB OAK AND PINE Avn
swAMps Or cEDAR-GLIMpsEs OF
WOODLAND. STREAM AND
VILLAGE.


You may still cal it, of old the Province Of
Camden and Amhy; or. in newer phrase. the
realm OF the Duk OF Gloster; or yet you may
resuscitate the antique joke about It's being a for
eign land out of he Union Under anv of these
names the southen part of New-Jersey still re-
mains. In great measure. an unknown land. There
IS 1t is true. an Outpost of exploration at Lake
wood. Hardy fishermen. well armed with bottled
bait have skirted he coast and made landings
here and there Thee is, moreover, q well-marked
"trek straight throgh the wilderness from Pha-
delphia to Atlantic City, and another to Cape May
There are prosperou towns and cities, too, well
known 10 1ame Mlville and Bridgeton and
Vineland and Hamnondton and others. But Of
the great expanse 6 territory that makes the
southern half of the state. what man hath knowl-
edge? what idea is conveyed TO a New Workers
mind by such a nam as Lower Bank. Tulpe-
hocken, or Marthas furnace. Repaupo. Blue
Anchor? Now and then an item appears in the
papers, as several tins within the last few weeks,
about forest fires in N,w-Jersey. We hear of fires
that burn thousands acres, that rage for many
miles, and that threaten and sometimes sweep
away whole villages md one wonders that such
things can be- so close TO the metropolis. Yet it
is true that right here between New-York and
Philadelphia, lie many hundreds of miles Of will
derness, almost as free fom civizing touch as the
widest parts of the wild West
From the window IF the railroad train one
looks hour after hour a panorama of almost
utter desolaton. Meeting the sky on every hand
spreads an almost level e;panse of stunted wood
land. dark green and gray Much of it reaches in
height. scarce TO the wintow-s: but here and
there it rises to goodly f,rest standards The
ground, you see ii the track where not
covered thicky with leaves, is snowy white, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

white OF beached and gllttering beach sand
Where the road runs through cut you see that
this white sand is one two, sometimes three feet
deep. gradually blending into pale yellow MKT
of sand and loan and gravel For miles the
woodland is absolutely unbroken. Then you come
to narrow wagon road winding through. geam-
ing white as the wake of a steamboat Again you
pass an implanted pine cabin. with a small clear
field about it. in the white soil of which some
stunted corn and few hills of sweet potatoes are
growing. Often the eye is gladdened by the sight
Of a brook or river of the clearest imaginable
alter flowing bed of sand, perhaps white,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

CALLS EPoCHMAKING7-A PROPHECY
OF HANS MAKART FULFILLED
When Hans Makart, the famous Austrian painter.
stood one evening. not many years ago. In the
salon of S s Tauber, the Niennese poet and
banker a child presented him little painted
plaque for criticism He looked at the artistic ar
rangemcnt of the colors and the well-drawn lines
for a moment and then. turning toward the black
eyed and beautiful haired girl before him,
said:
You have n great future"
Nakart's words were prophetic. The child was
Hcnrictte Taubcr. the poets daughter, nov Nine.
Maukiewicz wife Of the Servian Consul in Dresden,
an officer of the Academy OF Fine Arts In Paris,
and virtually the creator of a new branch of art.
European critics pronounce her needlework I'M
rivalled in modern times. When her famous SIX
tapestries covered with the most beautiful and
delicate figures were shown ut the exhibition in
Paris Sully Prudhommc called them "phanasies
in silk; Anton Proust wagner In necdlework,
and Sarrcy. Experimenting" 1t was then that the
Academy of Fine Arts in recognition of her work
and talent. made her officer. In Berlin, London
and Vienna the combined products Of her needle
and brush have excited the wonder and admiration
OF critics AMI laymcn alike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
PTETRO NJSC4GNI.
\ TALK ABOUT HIS OPERAS.
From The Pan Mall Budget.

From The Pan Mall Budget.
"Prima Lsciatemi sforarni." says SS.s, Mas
cagIi. poi fate di me- che voete." "Sfogatevi
maestro IL the answer. and in the next moment
the young composer drags his interlocutor to the
piano, sings numerous fragments from II Rant
Eau and asks after each. What Is wrong with
that? Is this ugly? Is not this melody" etc. For
II easy guess: 10 sfogare was all on account
OF the severe criticisms passed on AIascagnrs last
production at Covent Garden Not that he minds
being criticsed-he pretends TO rather like IT, and
what pains him most is that the majority OF his
judges have found nothing whatever in his work
to praise Dear me-" said he you
Judge RantZau' as an opera: 1t never meant
for one. l. is aimply domestic drama with musical
acsompani nent. There are two movements only in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
HER NEEDLEWORK FAMOUS.
TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF NINE HEN
RIETTE MAUKIEWICZ.

THE CREATOR or TAPESTRIES WHICH sARREY
CALLS EPoCH-MAKING'- PROPHECY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

Your ola and sincere friend,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

NV Dear Mr.. II gives me great pleasure 70
r,e YOU and YOUR friends the opening Of my new
cafe and wine ROOM No. Ave, near -s%'
an Friday Saturday evenings.
uonor 10 have the pleasure OF cordially welcoming
you 10 my place promising YOU enjoyable evening.
| remain.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
BRIGHT AND BRIEF.

"Your cook is a very handsome
girl" 'She is She mashes The
potatoes by smiling at them. y
Amusing Journal.
Speaking of hollow mockery,
doesn't a hungry parrot come pretty
near answering that description
Buff 40 Courier.
Mrs Banks: | do hate to dis
charge my servant. Mrs. Rivers: l
wish you had mine. You'd enjoy
it, Brooklyn Life.
There is just one way to get
walters who will not consider it a
hardship to do without whiskers."
"What?" Hire girls. ," Truth.
Hicka: One of the stores adver-
tises a list of / coo new names for
girls. Mrs. Hicks: Stop in and get
1t; I've called ourn all can think
of. New York Times.
Neverpay: Say, old boy, lend me
sl3. Eyetooth: Wel'-am don't
know about that. Neverpsy: Su'
perstitious, Ell? Well, make it
sl2.-Ne~ York Weekly.
Street Car Chat. ''Miss Blank,
who eloped with the Chlnaman, has
returned home" Chow did her
father receive her?" every coolie."
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Houser: | don't think there
is anything 70 awfully wicked about
horse racing. Houser: Humph
Y ~ never heard fellow who has
failed to pick the winner swear,
then. Troy Press.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

1t is the high tsntf and wildcat
speculation in inflated values and
secureties tia. can yield no return
that has done more then all else to
bring about the existing depression
and strngency. Let congress re,
duce the tarif to q revenue basis
and capital put it, money in legiti-
mate enterprises and investments
and you will have no more of 1t,
even though the Sherman law msy
rot be repealed
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
Senator Coke. Interview by wire

Senator Coke's interview by wire
with the New York World vas pub
| shed ~ TIE News !. day ahead
o. any Texas paper. IN comment
ing on the interview the Houston
Post says. Senator Coke is emf
nently correct in the views express.
ed by him upon tlis su9jsc. and in
urging tha. The approschipg extra
session Of congress should take up
the silver question aud the tariff
question sud advance them With
immei a.e agd ,qnsl steps for the
relief Of the country ami the re-
s.oration Of conf leuce
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

Let it pot be torg 'tten by the
friends Of silver that the only law
which gives silver its pur-
chasing power and stamps upon
it the character of money Is EN-
bodied in the Sherman act.
L nconditionally repeal this and
silver, both coined and in bullion,
becomes a simple commodity, worth
only what it will bring in the mar.
ket, as other merchandise.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
Off for the Mountains Of Tennessee

For fifteen years | have been in
constant toll for living in Waco.
60 now TO take one months rest with
my family into The mountains of old
Tennessee! Waco people have been
good to me. have had hard work
but always rewarded with reasonable
success and compers ation. l will
take material with me which shall
speak for Waco
After spending a month in rest |
will visit the markets for bargains for
you Have ways made it pay both
my self and my customers to visit the
markets. Have always believed that
there Was a long distance between the
fellow who would sell and the fellow
who had to sell.
We hunt the fellow who has to sell,
and often find him We have ordered
all the Waco papers sent US We
Will write e'ter each week to THE
News and Telephone, and some other
week y papers. My brother, N. B
Higgins, will be in charge of my
business during my absence, with Bob
Mason, Bert Hutchinson and others
They will follow instructions so often
gwen: Sell goods, get money, fur
nish homes from kitchen to parlor,
cash or inssllments." New or second
hand, fine or cheap. Trade in every.
thing. Good bye.
Yours very truly,
J. w. HIGGINS.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

This district needs and must have
in congress an able, conscientious
and fearless representative, one that
is in thorough accord with the best
interests and wishes of this section.
Such man may be found in quite
a number of prominent gentlemen
in the district, among whom may
be mentioned Judge Eugene Will.
liams.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

From several counties in this
congressional district the informa.
ton comes from reliable and infu-
entail sources that Judge Eugene
Williams may be our next congress
man if he will accede to the solicit
tations of his friends and enter the
field.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
OUR SCHOOLS. -
observation-disclosures Gives
the Idea
And Leaves for Tennessee
Mountains.

Editor News.
When | was boy with "big ideas .
and awkward and dis,as,eful ways,
when | did a sort of smart alec
thing people in that day and time
would say: "You are TOO big for your
breechesl" In those days men mostly
taught schools and it seems to me
that there was not so much "too big
for your breeches' tom foolery as now
In the old "Boy Blue or Blue
Stocking Age there was a society
called the Round Table Club y
This was literary club; one of the
leading ideas was conversational and
literary improvements. The leading
attainment was TO express everything
in the most complicated way; the
longest word was always to be used,
1t was regarded as vulgar to say it
rained, but you must say: "There
was precipitation of celestial humid
ity," and the party who could utter the
most meaningless, complicated and
bombastic sentences, was awarded the
highest degree Of perfection.
Does not our efforts at education
today partake of much Of the same
character?
The provisions for common or
free school education never contcm.
plated such loose extravagant course
OF study as is followed today.
What we need is an "eficient,'
everyday practical English education.
Our free schools are presumed to
"make better citizens rather than
make disconnected shams, fit only for
tramps and high headed, wall flower
shsms. We have too much bread for
the butter. The policy is 20 take q
knife full Of butter and spread on so
slices Of bread, then you can't taste
tie butter. Give each boy or girl 8
good efficient English education. Let
what is done be 'well done" and
this training is valuable all through
life, in any vocation. We do not
want Celestial Humidity" Say
plainly "rain"
Our schools undertake too much
and accomplish nothing! Either to
tlatter the vanity of some System
leader" or for an excuse to spend lots
Of money in such mysteries as that of
the tax payer can't "get the idea" A
great lawyer once said: II am never
afraid of the man who brags on his
big library; its the fellow who knows
"well' what is in a "few books,' that
makes me tremble" Give US a full
grade eight year ward or district
school, we don't want all this expen
sive, high.priced, "highfalutin," cen.
trail school.
The Waco Trading Co. will treat
you right, 90 furniture, carpets and
stoves. j. W. RIGGINs, Prop.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

This congressional district must
maintain the prestige and high
standing achieved for it by Hon. r
Q Mills. This it cannot do under
present conditions.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
For over Fifty Years.

Mrs WINsLow S SooTnlNa SYRUP
has been used for children teething.
1t sootnes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for Dlarrhna
Twenty FIVE Gems bottle.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

Let congress reduce the tariff 70 a
revenue basis, restore the free coin
age of silver and this country will
witness a period of general pros
perity unknown since the outbreak
of the late war between the States.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
Do You Want d New dome?

The New Home Sc ing Machae
Company ARE STILL HERE and have
Just received three carloads of ele.
gait mach mes in antique oak and
walnut furniture. They would be
pleased to have the la lies visit them
in their new office at roc Austin
street, which has recently been
fitted up in handsome style.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

Ii is the high tariff and the un.
certainty of the action of congress
relative thereto, and not, silver that
makes trade dull and times hard.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

THE News does no. like to com.
plain, but the aft airs of this post
office could be mucn better managed
than they are.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
The Only Democratic Daily In Gen.
trail Texas.
Waco banks are solid, thank you

Cleveland would do we'll to name
the ppccessor to take charge of the
the Waco post office.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

The unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law means the demonetiza-
ton of silver; nothing more nor
less.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

For the tenderest and creates
variety OF meats see Crlppen, corner o
Fifth and Frar kiln.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
What Next?

Climax Pills act on new princi.
pie through the nerves and stomach
and regulate the whole system.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

The largest, newest ana cleanest
stock of carriages, buegies and phae-
tons and carts in the city at
T. P SPARKS e. Sons.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

]. B. Cornish has several SINAI
houses for rent in East Waco.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

Wfo can take yoar p cure best?
Jackson OF course. He leads the rest.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24
saexonrA, kansas d Texas
'sseengeY TYAins--south Bound

No. +. has through Wagner sleeper TO sal
Antonio via Lockhsrt and Luling.
j. E.sMlTr
Ttrket Agent, No. liz South -Four : rect
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

"Your cook is very handsome
girl" 'She is. She mashes The
potatoes by smiling at them. y
Amusing Journal.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

sanA Antonio and Arkansas Pass
,oufH youED-So. 82.--HoRTH BOUNDING
~ Waco Ut 8. IN. Arrives $50 .. II
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-24

We. OWENS. Ticket Agent.
Jnd.r Pacific Hotel Block. Opposite Postofhe