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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.
And a Brave and Chivalrous Yellow
Jacket, Too.
Philadelphia Times

Philadelphia Times.
The act of taking fellows part or
helping to defend him against an enemy
is not confined to man. Nearly all of the
lower animals have this particular in
stinct. But it is. believe. an exceedingly
rare occurrence to find creature of one
order pitching in as the boys would
say, and exerting his efforts in behalf of
a creature of another order. 1t fell to my
lot not long ago to witness an act of this
kind.
Outside a grocery store there stood
a sugar-barre emptied of its contents.
There was one particular fly near the
bottom Of the outside of the barrel. and
right beside him stood good-sized
yelOw-jacket. All of a sudden a great
gray spider hurried out of his web and
sped straight for the fly. In another
moment the fly was in his grasp and
struggle began.
The fly tried so hard to get away that he
must have attracted the attention of the
yeEow-jacket. for that worthy turned
around and looked right at the contes-
tants. Then as quick as a dash he flew
into the fray himself, and the spider
found that he had two enemies to deal
with. The yellOw-jacket seemed very
careful not to hurt the fly. but it was q
caution" the way he put it to the spider.
At last the spider released his hold on
the fly and directed all his efforts to sub
DUNG the yelIow-jacket. Then the bat
tie began in earnest. Time and again the
spider sunk his fangs into the yellow
jacket. and time and again was he pierced
through with the enem'ys terrible sword.
the fly all the time buzzing over the heads
OF the two cOmbatants. Finally the spider.
unable to withstand the trusts any longer.
gave up the ghost and died. The yellow
q i,No nd
died off with a torn wing and wounded leg.
the fly following him.
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I v.
SEPARATED OR DIVORCED :?

About this time the actress began slowly
to succeed in her profession. and about
this time. too. the conductor OF New Or
leans orchestra, in a tbeater where she was
PLAYING, Robert Stoepel. was very polite.
respectful and kind to her. They met
again at Waiaek f:r N ,o olg 9Ik
and he hin tod marriage. She sought John
Hopper. the lawyer. and asked him about
"Yon are a free woman" he told her {;
..marrv Stoepel if You want to-"
He even engaged his brother-in-law.
Rev. Mr.. Gallaudet, to perform the cere-
mony. and she was married to Robert
Stoepel IN ST. AIMS Church..
After several years certain obligations
called the actress to San francisco agan.
The day after her arrival rs,,i lawyer, sent
divorce She was annoyed and requested
TO see MI Byrns in per psrsSp which was re-
such usage as unfair ami cruel and as plac-
ing her II, false light before the pu bic.
The agent wanted the matter settled
secretly somewhere up the country. She
replied that she did not know that was the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
He Is Also a Politician of
Influence.
AN HONOR TO JOURNALISM.
Interesting Incidents in the Event.
full Career of Senator
RanC.
Correspondence OF THE MORNING CALL.

One of the bright French evening jour
nails is called Paris, and its editor, NJ.
Ranc, holds prominent position in tina
French political world.
NJ. Ranc is Senator, and 1t is subject OF
wonder to those vino know his talent that
he has not yet been appointed Cabinet
Minister.
Ee is known as an honor to the journal
istic profession, and as NJ. Ranc is one OF
the few politicians uninjured by Panama
scandals he may low be called an honor to
the Government.
Sincerity is NJ. Ranc's chief chara cter-
istic. aud from the age of is, when he began
writing foI the press. no matter as to the
result, he has never failed TO give his hon.
est opinion. He has been imprisoned, ex-
lied and condemned to death, but never has
he heSitated TO express his convictions.
During the siege, when Sir Richard Wal
lace gave III. Ranc. then one of the Mayors
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
LOST YOUTH.

Sing, till the glad world wake again,
The sweet. glad world OF long ago.
Where sunbeams slid athwart the rain
And wild winds set the seas aglow:
Sing the old songs that held the ways
Enraptured in the vanished days.
Sing, so perchance the swans may glide
O'er their white shadows as OF yore
And far along the brown hillside
The purple heather glow once more;
Sing. for the heaven Is lin and strange
And all the earth has suffered change.
Alas, no song hath now the art
From out the dead past to recall
The Joy of eye and ear and heart
That made our lost worlds coronal.
The sweetest song man ever sung
Hath not the power to make us young.
Chambers journal.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
Cheating at Dice in Elizabetflan Days.
Notes and Queries.

The following passage from Ascham's
Toxophilus, 1916 explains the various
methods of cheating at dice IN the Eliza
full for the benefit of commentators on old
plays, etc +: "What false disc use they +? as
disc stopped up with quicksilver and
heares, disc of a vantage. fiattes, gourdes
to chop and chaunge when they lyste, to
lette the trew disc fall under the table and
so take up the false; and II they be trew
disc. what shyfte will they make to set We
one of them with slyding. with coggng,
with foisting. with coytinge. as they call il. I"
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token. After the first shock was over she
wrote TO Mr.. Byrne calmly. and under the
advice of her brother asked for divorce.
An immediate reply came:
place this letter in the hands OF law
yer and it will make you as free as the
day you were born"
She asked John Hopper of ITO Broad
way to attend to the matter, whicn he
promised to do.
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TUE ACTRESS.

On the 26th of December, 1853. there ap-
peared at the old American Theater. in
this city. one who came friendless and un-
announced Miss Matilda Heron. She had
left Philadelphia for San Francisco in
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
The American Newspaper Annua:
for 1892.
Tn1RTsRNTH EDITION.


The best ob.ainable kuowle dye of
the American advertising field is
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This single purpose furnishes the
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We invite careful consid Grafton
of the following synopsis of its con.
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Catalogue of newsE apers and pc.
riodicals arranged by to- ns in
states in alphabetical order, EN-.
bracing, beside the list of papers
aud the usual inform ion concern
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A Gazetteer d description of every
place in the United States aud
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published. Railroad and water
communications. Location of
counties ard places. Distances
from prominent points. Telegraph
i, fiji les. Express routes. Bank ing
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ewspapers arranged by counties
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publications.
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tables, &c.
We also invite attention to the
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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
It stand. to common sense and res-

1t stand. to common sense aud rea-
son that the public schools should be
entirely scotnected with politics,
and the scuffi. and scramble for office,
which is fast becoming the trade OF so
large portion Of the people, The
mayor and council have their hands
brimful of municipal business, and
therefore have no time to devote to
the public schools OF the city Again,
as the mayor and aldermen are more
or less politicians, and usually are
anxious to be endorsed by are election,
they are under strong temptation to
employ teachers and to run the public
schools with reference to strengthen
ing themselves. Hume uttered a
solemn truth when he observed, "there
WAS a great deal of human nature in
every man" aud this truth should
never be lest sight Of II private OF
public aft airs The public schools Of
Waco would be more efficient, were
they managed and controlled by a
board Of five members, elected by the
voters of the city, and all should de-
sire and seek to impart the creates
efficiency possible to our public
schools. What harm could the
change do? None at all. On the
contrary, it would he highly beneficial
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The objections urged by the senate
committee to the proposed plan OF
making the Brszos river nsvigable, are
plausible, on the surface and at the
first glance, bu, they cannot staod a
candid examination By what other
plan and mode of proceeding can the
BRACES be made nsvigable? II the
plan, now pending before the legisla
ture, is really fatally defective, what
more efficient aud proper plan can be
devised? The work must, of course
Re prosecuted by corporations, by the
state, or by the United States. In no
other way can it be prosecuted to
completion. The state of Texas will
not construct it out of appropriations
from its treasury, as New Y,rk did the
Erie canal. This fact ia quite certain
Nor is there the least hope, or proba-
bility OF the work beng undertaken
aud prosecuted wholly by the Uuited
State. Such being the plain stare Of
the case, it, necessarily, follows, that
the work must be prosecuted by
corporations, chartered by the state OF
Texas. They require such authorize
ton by the state in order to clothe
them with a legal existence and legal
power. If such corporations can pro-
cure aid from the United States, SO
much the better Tor the success Of the
sche me, and in default Of aid from that
quarter, they will have to borrow mon
ey on bonds.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The subserviency OF public men to
power is rap 6ly building up Cmsarism
in the United States. Louis the XIV
said: 81 am the state, and our presi
deuts say, by actions, if not in SO
many words, 81 am the republican
party or, 81 am The democratic
party as the case may be, and the
public men Of neither party can
muster up manliness enough to pro
test against this unwarrantable assump
ton of autocracy. Congress has
almost ceased to be an independent
and co ordina'e departm' mt of the
government, as the constitution made
it, and is becoming as obsequious to
the president, let him be whom he
may, as the Roman senate was to Au-
gustus Caesar. "Straws, when thrown
up into the air. says Lord Bacon
show the direction Of the wind II
is crime, or suicide, to disagree with
the dispenser Of the leaves and fishes
In the executive pantry, so mum is
the word,' is the cry of public men
and the army Of hungry office seekers
behind them. Cicero said: Caesar
had his party, Crassus had his party,
and Pomp'y had his party, but the
republic had no party"
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The negroes Of the north are get
ting up anti. lynching societies, with
the view of enlls'ing pubic opiaion
against lynching negroes for raplng
white women and children, under the
most bru al circumstances, but they
have begun their reform at the wrong
end. The rape is the cause OF lynch
law being resor,ed to as a remedy for
terrible and appalling evil, and the
negros 10 the north would be more
usefully employed and be rewarded
with better success, were they o de.
vote their tffJrts to teaching southern
negroes, that rape is one of the most
brutal aud heinous crimesi in the whole
catalogue Of crimes, and persuadlng
them to desist from it in the future.
The negroes thu mselves provoke lynch
ing by their brutal crimes, The News
does not approve Of lynch law, but, at
the same time, it maAes allowances
for the acts of men maddeued b.
passion and outraged feelings The
Homestead affair exceeds, IN its hor
lible details, any lynching case that
ever occurred in the south. SO did
the colo blooded murder of DR.. Cron.n
on mere political, or tac,lonal
mounds
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
store.
Notice..

Is hereby given that regular meet.
ing of the stockholders of the Texas
Central Railroad Company will be
held at the Office of the company at
Waco, Texas, on the Slh day of April,
1898, at II O'Clock noon, to adopt
bylaws and authorize the issue Of
bonds secured by mortgage, for not
exceeding $2,000,00O, to be used to
pay liabilities and for betterments,
extensions Of railroad lines and gen.
eral purposes OF the company; and for
the transaction Of any other business
that may come before the meeting.
HENRY X. McHARG.
RICHARD OLIVER, Pres.
Secretary
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The opening bud of Waco progress
and prosperity consists in the bestowal
of liberal advertising patronage on
the local newspapers by the business
men of the city. A newspaper is a
most excellent thermometer to indi.
cate the life, enterprise and progress
Of city, and the patronage bestowed
on newspapers is like dread cast on
the waters, to be be returned, after
many days, increased an hundred
fold"
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
2.228.672.

These figures represent the number
OF bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, which were sold in the United
States from March, 81 TO March, 1872
Two M,llior, Two Hundred and
Twenty Eight Thousand, Six Huudre d
and Seventy Two bottles sold IN one
year, and each and every bottle was
sold on positive guarantee tina,
money would be refunded if salts
factory results did not follow its use
The secret of its success is plain. 1t
never disappoints and can always be
depended on as the very best remedy
for Coughs, Colds, etc Price 500. and
81 at w. B. Morrison & Co.'S drug
store.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

To the Sher' Il or any Cons'ao'e"
Ccui ty. Greet 6; j., On cNRl
You sre h reby commanded 70 sTs.1
rub lshei for ut lie ,st twenty ,Iwci tpss|
paper prlnted In said County "
citation. H., the eisR }
To all persons interested N f, nnu M
widow and exerulrix OF WIN h cosuiy n
has filed ant pre- 'sn,e, int . oOfWn Z
McLennar County the nc o, ~ Of The y
Ia'e guar l!an O. the etsle nd fol- ~
Minors, for fipal sett emsn' a suyosi
OF a b, lance duet 5 id gu !. ss.lW trl
DIRE and tirt, -four sng s,ou I'D
estate a, d to be discharged an an be dx,
i trat on, and that hi boLds sa IN iihia'
which will be heard and acte az ~ COurs
Term lss, of id Court. :! w, he CNd
sail WcLe nan County in I s,h iae,
sai term beginning on ths , s W.
1888. and a. VIII h term al, md coaH
account IL, ey Sc. proper. r, ofthf
Herein fail not under PEI
Of this writ nj AXE due return hand ~
" .' Give un g. ny reoru,s!
L. S. office this llth Gay II 4,
Clerk couat Court H'I''
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
New Enterprise.

Mrs NJ. A. Harper,Mr G II. Harper
aud Miss Sallie McCulloch have Is.
tablished conservatory for the pur.
pose of teaching vocal and instru-
mental music, ply steal culture and
gymnasium exercise, at room No.
90, "a and "a Provident building
Terms reasonable. Rates ON appli.
cation. Call and see them
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

For cure of slrained back a
coml tie success MIR. Jerome NJ.
X LEY, Massillon, O., says; 81
have been using Salvation Oil for
my sprained back, have found it a
complete success, and am perfectly
satisfied with its results "
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The snake laboratory at Calcutta
will soon be in wo king order. The
properties of snake poison will be
investigated, and so.called cures
vii be test, Il under scientific condi.
tions.
The remarkable observation has
been made that the most civ ed
of ancient races lived in dry dis
tricts. Pr f Hilgare attributes
this to the fact that neces. airy min
eral plant t)od is much more abund
ant in dry soil than in wet. Ia dry
regions simple irrig alton yields a
bountiful harvest, while moist soll
is quickly exhausted.
A KNTIFIc KETTLE A new
German invention Tor boiling and
distilling is likely to prove of i'm
portance for many purposes. 1t
provides boiling vessel which
does not come in contact with the
fire, and in which may b, boiled,
melted or distilled explosive, com
bustibe al d other substances which
require heating to a temperature
that must not be tNceeded AMI is
above that of the ordinary ste am
bath. Strong pipes are cast into
the wells of the vessel. These are
connected to pipes heated in suit
alb e stove or furnace, which may
b. placed at safe distance away,
and hot water under pressure Is
thus caused to circulate around the
vessel. The pipes may be made to
bear a pressure of 30) atmospheric,
and the confioed water may be read
lily given any do sired temperature
up to 700 deg. Fair or more.
AIR AND OXYGEN AS LIQUIDS
L'qnld ,xy gen Doils at 266 deg. be
low zero Fair. Yet Prof. Dewar,
speaking at the Royal institution
the other day, astonished his audi
ence by exhibiting little bulb OF
this substance in the h, a ed hall
throughout the lecture with an
evaporation OF only one fifth. This
important result of preserving lique
fed gne, for examination at leisure
wss accomplished, after unsuccess
fultrials for non conducting devices
by surrounding the vessel contain
iIg the liquid with very higt
vac ,um, the Ii fl TX of heat from tn.
air eng reduced by this means tt
one. eyenth. Liquid air was alst
sho wn and manipulated like water
In color the q i'd air is a much
less deep blue tnan the nd oxy
gen, it ls not so strongly magnetic
and in the spectroscope it appear
simply as diluted oxygen. The nj
lrogen and oxygen Of the air liquef,
as whole, but on evaporation, tn
nitrogen distills off first.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

Col Parrots proposition is the only
business offer before the people of
Texas. By it fund can be occurred
to pay for the building at once.
Those who wish to see Texas repre-
sented at the Worlds Fair should
press the acceptance of the offer upon
the people
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
ONE ENJOYs'

Both the method and re,n,.
Syrup of Figs is taken; i ;.as
and refreshing to the TASTE S !! ps
gently yet promptly on the R 80
Liver and Bowels, cleanse, a y
tenn efiectually, dispels cold, %;
aches and fevers and c,,rss i u!
constipation. Syrup of Fi,,a l y
only remedy of its kind a.
duced, pleasing to the tasts ' u
ceptable to the stomach, nna
its action and truly benefrri..I
effects, prepared only from n
healthy and agreeable sub,t,a'
many excellent qualities CONN.,
to all and have made t tSs
popular remedy known. ~
Syrup Of Figs is fa Nh !,
and 81 bottles by all Id, !
gists. Any reliable d.
may not have it on hads
cure it promptly for any
wishes to try it. DO not ssn
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG SYRUP
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
LOUISVILLE. XII. NEW yoas
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
The Only Democratic Daily In Cen
trail Texas.
THE NEWS CIRCULATION
THE pREssMANs STATEMENT.

|, Anthon Pouson, state under
oath, have been connected with THE
NEWS since it started, almost five
years ago, and it's pressmau since it
bought its first press, about four years
ago, and to my knowledge The
EVENING News Is now printing reg.
ularly several hundred more papers
than ever before
ANTHoN Poison.
Jan. II, 1893
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this the 9Th day Of January, 1898,
Seal. h f FITZHUGH,
Notary Public of McLcnnan
County, Texas
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

Now, let the commercial club get to
work earnestly, energetically and
practically, and push Waco right
ahead. And let every citizen aid in
the good work, and it will be accomp
lished to certainly. Cracking is out
Of order, and out of fashion, in Waco
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

Parrott's proposition is plain
business proposition, and if adopted,
II will create fund sufficient to
enable Texas to be creditably repre-.
sented at the Worlds Fair. Mrs.
Tobin and the press can make it a
success if they will push it.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

When the legislature goes to Wash
in gton to the Inauguration, vote
should be taken to show how many
Office seekers are 10 the crowd, hoping
TO "kill two birds with one stone"
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
THE STATE OF TExN
To the She rifl or any Constable OF A'
Comfy, Greeting: al

County. Gfeetlns III
W. NJ. Sleeper, Administre tor or
of +. G to- deceas d hav ne III dineI|
Court his FL nj Account OF the CO..
the Est.te of said +. Gates deceasea,
with an app iratioh to be schargei1
Administrator hip
You are Her by Commands d, tna'
cation of tn rit tor tHrnty o,ys
paper r. euIarly lub ished n ths
McLennan yon 81 due not CO 70
Interested N the Account for + ns,
nfsa, Il tate to iil- 'eir OBJ c"oI,
If any they have. On or before ths
1893. of said county Court CONNIE I
be holden the curt House a. |.
IN Waco on the first dond y N n
when said a. count and At plica' W
COZ sidered by laid Court. .,a
-,> ~IrNE = my hani sI
office at Waco this / ia" pposl
(,) '' Clerk G unity Court VI
County. Texas. .,t1
Endorse, on back. Issued lst qa!syR,f1
1893 i. n, an
Clerk County Court McAen'''
'Ueyas
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The hot wells In Waco are as cura
tive in their effects as are the Hot
Springs Of Arkansas. Let invalids
make note of this as Capt. Cutie
was wont to say.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
THE cIRCuLAroR's STATEMENT.

l, J. B. Daniels, city and general
crculator ct The WACO EVENING
NEWS, state under oath, since the frs:
Of September last have known the
circulation of The News, and since
the first of October have had exolu
sive charge of the city and mail circn-
lation and that the regular circu-
lat:on is more than double what it was
on the first day OF October last
b. DANIEL
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
this the Eth day Of January, 1898.
[seal f h FlrzuroH,
n otary Public Tor McLennan
County, Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
New GePmania

Restaurant and boarding house. Bes,
meals in the city, 20 cents. Country
trade solicited. 400 Franklin street
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The United States are becoming 4
nation of Office seekers. The poorest
Office is snapped up.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

To "shun evil and do good is prac
lical religion, and it is pity it is SO
rare
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

See Kirkpatrick for good building
lots in East Waco.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
New Enterprise.

We are selling feed and produce
cheaper than any store In the city,
for cash GOODRICH & SToUD,
COB South Fifth Street.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
Something New .

Through Sleeping Cars between
Dallas and San Antonio via Hesrne,
are now being run by the Hous.on &
Texas Central and international IL
Great Northern railways Only
through car service between North and
Southwest Texas d j. PRICE,
A. G. p. A Palestine, Tex.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

The largest, newest and cleanest
stock of carriages, busgies and phae-
tons and carts in The city at
Il. p. SPARKS & Sous
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23
CLASSIFIED ADYER7ISEMEIl

Advertising in this column ohsrfa
rate OfOne cent per word for each ~
Cash must accompany the order, eIcsu
ordered bv regular advertiser
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-23

Fresh onion sets at the Lion Drug
stnre