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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-18
AN ORDIN a nee

Requiring Scavengers to Perform
their Duties Between the Hours
OF 10 p, m. and a a. III.
Belt ordained by the city council of
the city of Waco
Section |. That it shall be the dut,
of scsvengers, and persons engaged
in scavenger work, to perform such
work between the hours OF 10 p. nj
and a. m, and ii shall be unlawful
for such persons to do such work a,
any time except as herein allowed.
Sec . Any person violating any
provision of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction shall be punished by q
fine of not less than five nor more
than one hundred dollars.
Passed September lIth, A d. 1898
Approved
c. G. McCUILoCH, Mayor.
Attest: w. C. CoopER,
City Secretary.
BY X. w. JABLoNowsKI. Deputy.
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DENTISTS.
N. T. HARRIS,
DENTIST.
office 4O5Na A : sttm Arende.
PERSONAL.

Rev. M. L. Davis, of Robinson.
vile, is in town.
Mss Sallie Long, of McGregor,
is at the Pacific.
Miss Jammie Anderson, of San
Antonio, is In the city at the Pa
citic.
Misses Goodrich, HigginsoD,
Warner, Anderson and Standifer
are attending the M arlin fair.
Mr.. j. Blocker Thornton, of
Tuscaloosa, Ala is in the city, the
guest of Mrs. r. j. Brooks, South
Fourth street.
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WACO ART CLASS.

At 10 O'Clock, a. M, every 1"esddU
Thursday and Friday, under the dtreo-
ttOn of Mons. deGtssae. Reg"tdr technical
tuition ia every branch. Good and COM
Portable Studio.
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Special Notice

10 the Students and Patrons of the City Schools
Don't forget hat find full complete line of all
will
Monday the lS'h inst r. A. BuresOn Book Store lie
South Fourth Street.
good selection the
Satches Companions Book Straps all kinds States Pencils Pens Inks,
Mucig fenhoders Chaks oted Leads
on Books Note Books Copy Books Your trade will appreciated
and Is respectfully solicited Prices cheap cheapest
place r. A Burleson s Book Store, l15 South Fourth
Street, Waco, Texas.
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AT COST.

All hats, bonnets and
frames at actual cost and
trim mings at great y re-
duced prices. Summer
corsets, hair goods and
wigs Of every description.
The Sylvan toilet goods.
Hair dressing by Mrs.
Gibson.
MRS II. j. DOSSs
100la Austin St, near Fourth.
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USED COINS AS SHOT.
How n Hunter in Ceylon Saved Himself
from n BufIaIo.

How n Hunter in Ceyion Saved Himself
from n Buflalo.
The buffalo of Ceylo carries his head in a
peculiar manner the horns thrown back and
his nose projecting a level with his forehead,
thus securing him from fatal front shot. This
renders him a dangerous enemy, as he will re-
ceive any number Of balls from a small gun in
the throat and chest without showing the least
distress. In THE Rife and Hound in CeylOn."
account of dangerous encounter with this
animal is given. The writer had fired without
killing the buffalo. and had not a single ball
left. With a stealthy step and short grunt
tho bull advanced upon the man, seemingly
aware of his helplessness.
" Suddenly a bright thought flashed through
my mind. Without taking my eyes Off the
animal. put double charge of powder down
the right-hand barrel, and, tearing off piece
of my shirt. | took all the money from my
pouch, six shillings in six-penny pieces, and two
anna pieces.
Quickly making them into roll with the
piece OF a rag. | ranmed them down the bar
rel. They were hardly well home befnre the
bull sprsng forward. had no time even to re-
place the ram rod and threw it in the water.
bringing my gun on full cock at the same in
slant.
I" now had charge in my gun which, If re-
served till he was within few feet of the muzzle
would certainly floor him. The horns were
lowered, their points were on either side of me,
and the mnzzie of the gun barely touched his
forehead when pulled the trigger, and three
shillings' worth of small change ratified into
his hard head.
Down he went. and rolled over with the
suddenly checked momentum of his charge.
Away went b and ! as fast as our heels
would carry US through the water and over the
plain, knowing that he was not dead, but only
stunned.
There was large fallen tree about half
mile from us, whose whitened branches, rising
high above the ground. offered a tempting
ASYLUM. To this we directed our steps, and
after a run OF 100 yards turned and looked
behind Us. The buffalo had regained Ills feet
and was following us slowly. We now expert
enced the difference of feeling between hunt
ing and being hunted
BY degrees the bnlPs pace slackened and he
fell. We were only too glad to be able to re.
duce Our speed. hut we had 10 sooner stopped
tn breathe than he was up again and after Us.
Al length. however. we gained the tree and be-
held him stretched powerIess upon the ground
within 200 yards of u.s."
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vigiiant blockader, and riddled with shot
and shell, rendering them useless for further
service to either friend or foe.
That the blockade of the Southern coast
was in the main success the extreme want
and destitution throughout the South al the
close Of the war will bear ample witness.
Again, the fact that there lay ready for ship
meDt at all the principal shipping points of
the South COT ton and Tobacco representing a
value of over oHe thousand millions in gold,
all of which fell into the hands of the viclo-
rious North because the block kade-runners
were prevented from carrying it away, is the
NEST conclusive evidence that the blockade
was vigilant and effective. Upwards of
1900 vessels were captured ard destroyed,
representing value of not less than $4,000
000
1t was the capture and destruction Of the
enemy's property combined with the efficient
blockade maintained that finally broke the
backbone of the rebellion.
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sNow the gorilla, being sweet on the strong
est woman himself. aud shs hating him as the
devil does soda water, The aying IS, grew
sulky. He took to getting angry at what the
public said about him, and when a man would
say, What a horrid ugly beast he is to be
sureI' the gorilla would want to talk back at
him, though. of course. he had sense enough
not to do it. However, began to get uneasy,
for / was afraid that the gorilla would take to
drink aud do something that would create a
scandal or that ne would break out into IAN
guage, and slang tho public till they would
lose confidence. not only in him, but in all the
rest of the show. The fat woman, who sat
next to him ut table, was good doal worried
too, for she was afraid of him. and as she
afterward told me, was always expecting to
see him try to ease his mind on the living
skeleton, of whom he was naturally jealous.
Tho poor woman, who was as kind hearted a
soul as ever lived, was so taken up with the
affair that she could think of nothing else, and
often she would forget to scream when boy
would stick a pin into her ankle, which, of
course. led to doubts as to her genuineness.
''The gorilla was always saying aggravating
things TO che skeleton; which was contemplate,
seeing the skeleton was as weak as a cat and had
nothing of the fighting man about him. When /
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overheard anything of the kind of course gave
the gorilla my views on his conduct, and warned
him that would discharge him if he made
trouble in my happy family; but for all that
saw the day was coming when he would be sure
to break out. and more than half made up my
mind to discharge him without waiting for
any outbreak. But there again my cussed be-
nevolence stood in my way, and / couldn't
quite bring myself to discharge really eff
cient gorilla just because he didn't happen to
like the living skeleton. Well, the crisis was
bound to come, as a crisis always does except,
OF course, it has something to do with politics.
This morning the gorilla went out early and
bought bottle of whisky and snuggled it into
his cage, where he hid it under the straw. He
would go and take hack at it every half hour
or so, aud when the show opened he was about
as full as he could hold
"At first the public didn't notice anything
peculiar. and probably thought that the gorilla
had been fed pretty well and was in unusually
good spirits. The fact was that he was fighting
drunk, and was cussin' the public to himself
In way that would have led to somebody's
getting insulted and drawing on him If he had
been understood. By-and-by a fat. big. stupid
looking politician came along, and after stand
ing awhile in front Of the gorila's cage re-
marked to a friend that the gorilla was almost
as ugly as a Digger and he wondered he didn't
have place on the Republican General Com
mittee. The gorilla happened to be Demo
crat of the p'isonest kind, and to be compared
to niger and called a Republican all at once
was more than he could stand. He shook his
fist through the bars of his cage at the man and
said: Look here! If you're man enough to
tako off your coat I'll smash the Hgly face off
you with all the pleasure in life!' The man
WAS so much astouished to hear the gorilla
speak that at first 1t took his breath away. but
being fighter from way back. as an active
politician has got to be, he said after about
minute: Come out of that cage, you dirty
beast, and we'll see vino is the better man.
With that the gorilla threw away the stick he
always carried, pretending that he needed it to
help him to stand upright and opened the door
of his cage and jumped down.
wasn't there at the start, and they tell
me that missed one of the prettiest fights that
Chicago ever saw. The politician kept his end
up middling well, but the gorilla was too much
for him. and in three rounds knocked him clean
out. BY that time the excitement was tre-
mendOus. The women were screaming and
fainting and making for the door all at once
aud the men were trying to get in front of the
ring aud betting on the gorilla or the politician
according as their best judgment dictated, and
yelling with as much enthusiasm as if they
were attending political convention. When
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THE
YAKIMA COUNTRY.

JUST ACROSS THE COLUMBIA
RIVER, ALONG THE LINE OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
IN EASTERN WASHINGTON, IS A
REMARKABLE VALLEY. ONLY A
FEW YEARS SINCE IT WAS GIVEN
OVER TO SAGE BRUSH AND JACK
RABBITS. NOW IT IS ONE OF
THE MOST FERTILE AND PRO-
DUCTIVE VALLEYS IN THE
WORLD. IRRIGATION HAS DONE
1T. VAST SUMS HAVE BEEN
SPENT UPON LONG LINES OF
IRRIGATING CANALS, AND LARGE
AREAS ARE NOW PLANTED IN
SMALL FRUITS AND ORCHARD
PATCHES, III GRAIN FIELDS, AND
ALFALFA PASTURES. THE YIELDS
OBTAINED ARE so GREAT THAT
LITTLE FARMS OF 10 AND 20
ACRES ARE ABOUT AS MUCH AS
ONE MAN CARES FOR OR NEEDS
TO OWN. IF YOU THINK OF FIND
ING A NEW HOME, LOOK INTO
THIS REGION, WHERE THE CLT-
MATE IS AS PLEASANT AS THE
CROPS ARE GOOD.
Send to Chas. s. Fee, Gen. Pass. &
Ticket Agent, Northern Pacific Rail-
road, st. Paul, MINI, for maps and
information.
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we'll az anybody else that a Californian who
says he never drinks is)only saving up his
thirst till it gets gossi and strong and then you
just iook out for him! | hired that fellow then
and there. aud had i'm measured for q suit of
gorilla skins that very afternoon.
He took to the business quite naturally,
and as had good comfortable cage made for
him. he led pretty easy life. He enjoyed
pulling OFT the wonen's bonnets when they
came too near his cage. and the other women
VINO had the sense To keep outside of his reach
said it was just too sweet for anything to see
the solemn way in which the poor dear beast
would SIT and pull those vulgar, ridiculous
bonnets 10 pieces. After the show closed, and
the gorilla had got his skin of, and washed the
paint off his face and hands. he would sit down
with the other freaks and make himself gen.
orally popular, being in the main good-tem-
pered chap. with lot OF good stories and two
or three pretty good songs.
"Jhere was one Of our company that didn't
like the gorilla and nothing he could do would
make her admit that there was any good In
him. This was the combined female contOr-
zionist and strongest woman in the world. She
WAS genuine, aud corresponded in every par
tIcular TO the small bills, which is more than
you can rightly expect in any show. To see
her standing on her head and balancing the
dwarf on one foot and the living skeleton on the
other. was sight TO draw tears from the eyes of
any one that knows what real genius is. Then
you shoul! have seen her hold the fat woman
in her teeth Sine would stand on II raised plat
form, aud after a belt WAS fastened around the
fat woman s waist, she would take it in her teeth
and swing her clear of the floor. The fat woman's
weight genuine. too. for she wore lead
corset to bring her up to 700 pounds, she being
naturally plump and weighing a good $50
without her pads and her corset She was a
good girl. too was the strongest woman,
and her whole soul WAS in her profession. She
didn't want to get married nor any such
nonsense. and she u-ed to say that sine had
rather be able 10 balance the fat woman on
her feet, she standing on her head at the time.
than to be married to Jay Gould, and have him
die The next day. That Was what she try.
ing to work up to- you understandable bal
ancing of the fat woman on both feet-same as
she balanced the dwarf and the living skeleton
and believe that she would have fetched it in
time. What she will do now nobody knows,
and he won't tell.
"The living skeleton had never seemed to
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The Camel is "A Soldier.
tEceaing WisconSin.l

The camel is a good soldier
1t may be stupidity and il may be bravery,
but camel is steady under Ere as tower.
The Persaus mounted small commons OIL the
backs of their cainels. and called them zamb-
wahs or little wasps." This fashion was
adopted in India, and after the battle of
Sobraon 1000 of these artillery camels were
captured. In the Indian mutny the British
had camel corps of $50 beasts. and on the
back OF each camel set Scotch Highlander in
his kilt. In 1Si5 Sir Charles Napier had a
camel corps in Sindh, and in one day ne
marched - miles, defeated a hrigand chief,
and marched home again. In 1878 the British
used camcls against the Afghaus and tho
Government paid for $4,000 camels that lied in
those campaigns. Many of these were driven
to death by their owners, in order that they
might claim the Government bounty
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1864, of Hatteras, and sent into New York
for adjudication. Ship and cargo sold for
S9Ss. 300. The Vance was bought in by the
Navy Department, and used as blockader
attached to the North Atlantic Squadron.
The "Ad Vance las she was best known)
was a fine sife-wheel steamer of about 600
tous, purchased by Goy. Vance, of North
Carolina. 10 run the blockade in the interest
of his State She had made a number of
successful trips. On her last trip she was
bound from Wilmington to Nassau, but
RfUer an exciting chase was overhauled and
captured. The Santiago de Cuba's next
valuable prize was the paddie-wheel, Clyde
built iron steamer Lucy, which was captured
in the latter part Of 1864, and sent into Bos-
ton for adjudication. She was sold, with
cargo for S269.000. Her next prize, in point
of value. was the Ciyfe-built paddIe-wheel
steamer Britannia, captured in the Summer
OF 1858 and sent into Boston for adiudica-
tion. Cargo aud ship sold for $4,000.
The Government purchased the Britannia,
and placed her
ON THE BLOCKADE
off Wilmington.
The Santiago de Cuba next captured the
steamer Columbia, and sent her to Key West,
Fla, for adjudication. She was sold, with
cargo. for SI51 900. Her next valuable prize
was the steamer Ella Marley, captured early
in 1864. and sent into New York. She was
sold with cargo, for $102 200. Among other
of her pr yes were the schooners Bee, Lucy
Holmes and steamer Lizzie. which were sold
for $4,000, $4,000, and $4,000, respect
lively The sum total of tie proceeds of her
prizes aggregated nearly s1,5O0,000.
The Santiago de Cuba terminated her bril-
liant aud Efficient war record with the
bomhardmeDt and capture Of Fort Fisher, in
which she took an active part, under the
command of Capt. o. S. Gibson, gallant
officer, who is now Rear-Admiral on the
Retired List
Next on the list of successful blockaders
one of the Southern steamship lines. Her |
most valuable prize was the steamer James |
Battle, which she captured early in 1864, !
and sent TO Key West where she was sold, |
with her cargo for S240000. Her next im- |
portsRt capture was The steamer Alice Wv
ian, which was sold for $237, 900. Then came
the steamer Cumberland, which was sold for
$153 200. Among other captures were the
schooner William, sold for S95, 600 schooner !
Maj. Barbour, $4,000; schooner Mississip- |
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| ment and transformed into gunboat, and,
under the command of Acting Master C.. j.
| Van Alstine, joined the South Atlantic
| squadron in the latter part of 1862. She
made several prizes, among which were the
! steamer st. John, valued at $4,000; steamer
Diamond, valued at S29, 600; and the steamer
Aries, which was sold for S147,00O:
The Government purchased the Aries, and,
after arming her, sent her to blockade duty
off Wilmington. She was large screw
steamer, bark-rigged, and under the COM
mand of Lieut.. E. F. Devens she rendered
good service. She did. considerable damage
to the enemy by driving n number of block
| ade-runners on shore and destroying them.
The U. S. steamer Kansas made a valua-
bic prize in the capture of The Clyde-built
iron padGle-wheel steamer Tristram Shandy,
which was sold for S4IS,000
The o. s. bark Pursuit made an important
capture in the blockade-runner Florida,
which led to the capture of several other
valuable prizes.
The Florida was sold for S91 900 in Phila-
delphia. She was bought in by the Govern
ment, armed, and sent on blockade duty,
which resulted in the capture of the block
ade-runner Calypso, valued at $4,000, and
the schooner Hattie, sold, with cargo, for
$64 400.
The Calypso was purchased by the Gov
ernment, and also sent on blockade service,
and, in company with the steamer E0lus,
captured the next most valuable prize of
the war, the Lady Sterling, which was sold
for S509 600.
The Eous also captured the blockade
runner Hone (sfeamer), valued at S271 600.
The .. s. steamer Rhode Island (side-
wheel, which lost the Monitor while towing
her IN the memorable gale off Cape Hatteras)
made
A VALUABLE CAPTURE
in the blockade-runner Cronstadt, which
sold for S301 900.
The U. S. gunbeat Somerset, attached to
the East Cuff Squadron, captured the reamer
Circassian valued at 1852 600. She was pur-
chased by the Government, and III turn
captured the steamer Minna, valued at
$4,000.
The U. s. gunboat Unadilla, while block
aiding the mouth of the Savannah River,
Ty bee Roads, GA, in September, 1862, capt
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arri we'd just as they were picking him IN,
and as soon as / knew how things stood made
the people speech. / ask ed them il, as honest
men aud gentlemen. they could deny that they
had had their full moneys worth and they
owned that they had said: Gentlemen /!
there's tricks in every trade, and don't pre-
tend 20 say that my gorilla and my fat woman
are not to certain extent works Of art. But
tell me In what other show you ever saw such
heavenly fight. such a magnificent display of
the beauty, nobility, and purity of woman?'
Well, they were pretty middling sensible
people, will give them that much credit and
they agreed that they had no reason to be lis
satisfied, and after talking the fight over for a
while, and taking mp collection for the strong
est woman. which panned out more than $50,
they left, giving three cheers for the strongest
woman and for me-
u consider that am we'll out of a bad serape,
but for all that my losses this day have been
pretty heavy. pvc lost my gorilla, and, what
is worse, the public has lost confidence in
gorillas, and shan't be able TO exhibit another
for at least year. Then, the fat woman's
reputation is gone, and she can never show
again IN Chicago until people have forgotten
her and she has changed her name Besides |
shall have to get genuine fat woman to take
her place, and they come high, there not being
enough of them TO supply the demand. Taking
one thing with another, / calculate that this
days work will cost me, in the course of the
year. not less than $500, not including the cost
OF burying the gorilla's remains, if il comes 10
that, as 1T probably will. If ever you 20 into
the show business, you take my advice and
never have anything TO do with an American
gorilla, no matter what State he comes from.
Get Il good, sober German. They make the
best and the most reliable gorillas in the pro-
fession.-StrG3ld Magdzine.
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As he was ordinarily q total aGstaiuer. 1t was
evident that something very unusual had
happened to disturb the even current of the
doorkeepers habits, and asked him what was
the matter.
III you d been up to my museum an hour ago,
you wouldn't have asked what was the matter.
You'd have seen for yourself the biggest row
I've struck since Tve been running dime
museum in this town, and I've been here now
going on FIVE years"
How did it happen ?" ! asked.
1t didn't happen. 1t was the natural con-
sequence of my cussed softheartedness. That's
what's stood in my light ever since went into
business for myself Never you do a kind ac-
ton that is, unless you're q millionaire, and
don't have to depend on your own exertions Tor
a living. What's that song the Sunday-school
children sing?-' Kind words can never die =
That's just what's The matter with them. They
keep alive, and keep a-getting even with you all
the rest of your lie. Why. I'd have been rich
man 20 times over If I'd had sense enough to
be little less darned benevolent.
About three weeks ago chap from Cali
fornia-sO he said-came to see me in my office,
and wanted a situation as a gorilla. He was
ragged and thin, and said that he was starving.
When ! asked him if he'd had any experience
as a gorilla, he was honest enough to say that
he hadn't. but he said he had been a conductor
on a Chicago streetcar, and he calculated that
the gorilla business would come middling easy
to him. Well! l couldn't help feeling sorry
for him. and then ] knew that good gorilla
is one of the strongest attractions a dime mu-
scum can have. | hadn't any gorilla, Tor the
last one | had died OF deIirium tremens, and
was waiting till could find one who was a
Bue-ribbon man. l asked the man il he was a
steady drnker. or only periodical drnker
and he swore that he had never touched drop
of whisky in his life. and had medal at the
pawnbroker's that John B. Cough had hung
around his neck with his own hands. I was
fool enough to believe this, though / knew as