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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
Rnskln,s NfethodlcaInesa.

Never has a man been more method
zeal in his work than Professor Ruskln,
nor more precise in obedience to the
rules he has laid down for his guidance.
His working hours have always been
from 2 in the morning until noon, and
on no account whatever would he ex-
coed the limit. Within those FIVE daily
hours has all his work been produced
books. lectures and business, public and
private corr, spondence. Work in the
afternoon has always been by himself
forbidden, unless it took the form of
reading. His earlier works, OF course.
were written at Herne or ut Denmark
Hill or while on a our ON the conti-
nent. His later Ones have been wrought
in great part at the flower deczed table
of his study, overlooking ConistoD lake.
A wonderful room. that long study of
his, with his Turner's upon the walls
and ranged in ranks in the great Turner
cabinet upon the floor, with its book
cases Of wonderful missals and manu-
scripts and early black letter hooks and
the original manuscripts Of a half dozen
Of Scott's novels, with its superb Lucca
della Robbia "Viigin and Child" over
the fireplace at one end and the mineral
cabinet at the other. With what pleas.
ure did Ruskin show them to INC on my
first visit-the unrivalcd collection Of
agetes and the equally perfect collection
If gold ores and tho rest. -McCIure's
Magazine.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

The following rules OF conduct for
ervants are said to be found in a Liv-
erpool household:
Servants who have the good fortune
to reside in my house must cooperate
with the following rules;
They must be up punctually at @.
Have all meals punctually to time.
Must be clean and tidy in their per-
o and at their work must not be
spoken 10.
Must not speak at the doors to any
Of the tradespeople.
Must not sing.
Must not wear heavy boots.
Must close doors quietly.
Must stand meekly while being 10
proved.
Must not answer back,
Must be obliging and cheerful.
Must be willing to stay in any Sun
day or day out when required. and when
asked to do anything to do it quickly
and we'll and show no impatience or i'll
temper, as Mr.. - hates that.
Must put mp with fault finding and
complaining whenever Mr.. - wishes
to fault find or complain.
Mr.. - likes to le called at z.
Takes tea ar 20 past z, towel at 90 to 8
and breakfr~t at 8 prompt, and will not
wait a minute, and no nonsense.
BY order, NJ. -
London Million.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
A wEleaIY YOUTH.
\ Virginia 10y UhS l. Only Fihecn Ccl
Old, but Weighs $3.50 Poruls.

\ Virginia 10y Who L. only Fifteen Ccnrs
Old, but Weighs $50 Poruis.
Wyth9 county numbers within its
population she greatest man in the COM
monwcalth, If one considers his dead
weight-Melyin Grubb, whose wondrous
girtn and pOnderous limbs make him the
daily wonder Of his neighbors. He was
born something more than 10 years ago
and has ever since that event kept his
neighbOrs wondering at his growth.
Each year since he was 10 has seen from
80 to 100 pounds added to his weight,
until he is believed nov to be the hoav-
lest youth alive, Rud should his ayoirdu-
pois appreciate at the same rapid rate he
will soon break all the heavyweight rec
Ords since Adam. At Is years of age
he weighed 40 pounds; at "A. 400, aud
now at - the scales cgCak at ~63lpounds,
and the end is not yet.
Grubb is not merely a mountain Of
flesh, but an active and intelligent boy.
He can follow a plow all day without
unusual fatigue and is bright and in.
teligent pupil Of the public school near
his fathers farm at Walters Bridge,
"a miles west Of Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
cordlte Yer.u. ounnowder.

The days Of gunpowder as a charge
for naval guns are numbered. as some
experiments just concluded at The gov
eminent proof butts, Woolwich, appear
to prove a decided superiority for cord
tie. A o inch qVick firing gun was
loaded with 20 pounds 70 ounce Of the
ordinary black %gunpowder and yielded
a velocity Of 1880 feet per second, with
o pressure strain on the gun Of IS tons
per square inch. The same gun was
charged with IA pounds3 ounces of cord
tie and gave a velocity Of 2,274 feet per
second and a pressure of 1873 tons. More
important still, after 250 rounds had
been fred, there were no signs of ero-
sion.-London Telegraph.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
Fnot ana Floilon.

Burglars recently broke into a jewel
~ store in New York and stole among
other things a gold snuffbox that once
belonged to Queen Isabella Of Spain,
The newspapers seriously announced
that the snuhbox was given to Queer
Isabella by King Ferdinand in l462.
The longer we live the more we unlearn.
We imagined that tobacco had some
thing 90 do With snuff, and, as school
boys were taught. that tobacco wac moi
known in Europe till many years after
ferdinand presented this snuifbox L
bis ueen.-JeweleTs' Circular.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

A remarkable sight to be seen from a
balloon is the bottom Of lakes and ponds.
While over Lake Erie Carl E. Myers,
the balloonist, says he saw clearly a
wreck lying under Is feet of water. It
was that Of a schooner, sunk 40 years
ago. At a height OF half a mile the en-
tire bottom Of a small lake or pond can
be clearly seen. and Mr.. Myers believes
that ON a clear day an aeronaut of good
vision could see from a height Of a mile
submarine objects at a depth of 400 o.
300 feet beneath the water.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
The Khedive.n Fnrnr.

II Is well to be on good terms with the
khedive Of Egypt This young monarch
nas lately presented a beautiful bracelet
TO a young English woman who took his
fancy, the value # which is beyond cal
culation. Il is gold set With scarabei,
and each ton is upward Of 1900 years
old. Some Of these belonged to high
priests in the days of the pharaohs. aaJ
the inscriptions on them relate to magic.
Alexandria Letter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

Do 10 what
DOL.
ia WRITINGS
rr i.r 1n. TIE
.n huue
csUI Nl'. a
u in iar ana ng WlattI.
pearei o. be q litt 90 emcua Il, baran
with s1 Incomplete rceuaui " what tie
munti' had m store tyr l,. Tie was
o. follows
qcb-AtrtO.G
juno. l.
Aur-Good.
Now
Below this was a statement OF what
the letters meant. This was as follows:
Hood. deal freely.
E-Not 70 good 20 woman ns man.
O-Ycry bad.
s-Unp,easant news from a distance; sur
Prise.
A-Good; male or female.
p-Good.
Ivory good: male or female.
k-Gocd; new friend.
View friend; good; fair man
Don't marry In 20; &c good.
Gor 81. Sous
BIS very good; deal freely.
W-propostion; good for hirtetOn; never
aarry.
Good; male or female.
M-Bctter woman.
T-kew friuuds good.
every Eocd.
Mot quite 20 eood; be carotid.
She had drawn a rude circle, aud there
were dots in it as if q pencil point came
down in many places. The supposition
Is that the letters were placed inside a
circle, like the numbers on the face Of n
clock. and she then let the pencil held n
her fingers drop wherever chance brought
It. The letter on which it hit signified
the outcome OF Whatever she might have
been thinking Of. In this manner doubt
less sac found whether tho months were
to be good OF bad for her.
She had marked February as a month
to avoid and with the letters 20 s." Ac-
cOrding to the mystic dictionary, go"
meant that February was very bad for
her and IS" that she would receive un-
pleasant news from a distance. Curl
ously she did get some news from New
York lately. which is presumed to have
been unpleasant, aud February proved
to be the month Of her grievous exit
from the world.
A spiritualistic doctor fingered around
the Baldwin theater yesterday until he
could tell Mr.. Presbrey. manager Of the
Palmer company, that he had received
knowledge Of the reunion Of the souls Of
Lovecraft and Miss Brooklyn. The spirit
ualistic theory is that when her efforts
10 establish communication with her low
Rr's spirit failed she felt the necessity Of
taking exactly the same terrestrial route
that ne had j]ourneyed on. To employ
nf,y other poisonthan carbolic acid might
serve to keep them parted forever, and
90 che submitted herself TO the scorching
liquid, She bought the deadly draft in
Columbus, o., on Nov. 90 and treasured
II until she felt impelled to put tho bot
tie TO her lips.-Sau Franclsco Chronicle.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

Mrs. G. r. Routon, wife Of a West
Newton pioneer, was buried at that place
a few days ago. She was 50 years Of ago
and was an exceedingly large woman,
Weighing 1859 pounds. This necessitated
O casket 8 feet long, % inches wide and
% inches deep. A few weeks ago an at
tempt was made 10 rob a grave at West
Newton, near the lot in which Mrs. Rou-
ton was buried, and this lcd the relatives
of MIS-. Routon 10 have o ghoul proof
Krave vault Of iron made. -
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
Tho Chinese uunchbaok.

l am reminded Of a picture | pur
chased some time ago. l bought it be-
cause l thought it was tho ugliest pic
ture l had ever Geeu. 1 tried TO find out
the history or meaning Of the thing for
some time without any success until a
few days ago, while studying Taoism, l
found the ugly man was one of the
Taoist gods. In his early days his spirit
had the power of leaving his body and
roaming over the universe alone. When
of ON n of these trips, wolves came
and ate his body. So when his spirit re-
turned it found only a few bones. After
hunting around for awhile the spirit
found the body of a dead hunchback
beggar who walked with an iron cane
In his lifetime. The spirit craw led in
this body and has lived in it ever since.
Tih Kwalei for that is the gods name,
carries a gourd ON lis back, which, If
the breath were blown ont Of it in the
heavens, would bring back his original
body. According TO last accounts, the
breath has not flown out of the gOurd.-
Canton Cor. Louisville Courier JOurnal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
The Canon Smokes Cigarettes.

Those who delight in discovering In.
constituencies In personal conduct are
pointing out that Canon Wilberforce.
the new canon of Westminster, is an in
veterate cigarette smoker. says a Lon.
don correspondent. He has for years
waged a fierce crusade against intern
perAnce. the opium trade and vivlse
ton.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

There are more than 5000 articles of
various descriptions, that were lost by
visitors during the Worlds fair season.
stored away in a Of the old Service
building at jackson park awaiting claim.
ants.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

Gazzam-W What made you lend BilkeI
q dollarl Yum never get It back.
Harduppe-No, bnt II puts me In q
position I've been trying for years 90
occupy.
whats thati''
I'm somebody's creditor uowgp-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

Deiblcr, tho French cxecutioner, Is said
10 be the angriest man in Paris. A
prisoner IN the Rcquettc Jail. under SEN
fence Of death, cchimitted suicide after
NJ. dc Paris had specially sharpened
the knife for his No. II neck. Then the
eHecutiouer is much disappointed be-
cause he has moi received the ribbon Of
the Legion Of Honor in common with
all others who have distinguished them
selves in the suppression Of anarchists.
he argues that he risks his life more than
the man who drives the bomb wagon,
who has been decOrated.-Paris Letter.
The latest fad among the ladies Of the
English royal family, including, 1t is
said, the queen herself, Is TO beguile the
winter hours by plating straw for the
fabrication OF hats 10 be presented to
their sons and husbands at the approach
ing season. A well known halter has
Just finished a handsome straw hat Tor
Prince Henry Of Battenberg, every inch
Of which was plated by Princess Bea-
trice's own hands, 1t is said to be a re
markably delicate piece Of workman
ship.-London Letter.
Agent--Ah, good morning, Mr.. Talk
ed-to-desth. I've called to see you
about insuring you In my company. l
want TO-
Mr.. Talked-to -death-Oh, 20 away!
/ don't want any assurance. I'm al
ready
but, sir. you don't understand.
This
mo, tell you! I've been nearly
talked into my grave by insurance
agents, and"-
"Aha, now we're talking businessl
That's just why you orght totske a poll
Icy In my company"
What Is your companyf'
why, Il insures ycu against being
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals addressed to the
mayor aud street committee, will be
received a, the Office Of city secretary,
to be opened at 3 o'clock p m. Febru
AIRY 22nd, 1894, at the city hall,
Waco, Texas, by the mayor and street
committee, for furnishing all labor
and IN lateral, and paving North Ninth
street, from Columbus street to Yer.
mont Avenue, with native stone and
gravel, according to plan, profile and
specifications on file in city engineer S
office; approximate quantities 10000
square yards, certified check for
two hundred and fifty $3.50 00) dol.
lars, payable to the mayor OF Waco,
Texas, must accompany each proposal
before it will be considered; the right
to reject any and all proposals is
hereby reserved by the city council
OF the city OF Waco, Texas
ATTEST:
G c. MoCULLoCH, Mayor.
W. c. COOPER, City Scoretar y
February Sth, 1894.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
A Fight with Morsrthievc..

Ell RENO Q. r.. Feb. 49, News has
reached here OF "A serious conflict seven
miles from town between a band of
eight horsethieves and posse of Of
ficers from kingfisher. The officers
overlook the fleeing bandits, When a
running fight with Winchesters took
place One OF the band was wounded
and two horses We're shot. Two Of
ticers narrowly escaped. The bandits
took refuge in n deep canyon and held
the officers at bay. Recruits have been
sent from here to kingfsher. The
bandits are thought to be mem beers of
the famous Dalton gang.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19

LOUISVILLE. Feb. 10 Joseph Holley,
"a miner from Pueblo. Colo, is at the
city hospital i'll a critical condition,
caused 10y being half starved and from
exposure resulting from n fearful ride
from st. Louis to Louisville during the
late blizzard. Surgeon Young ut the
hospital says that the recovery Of Hol-
ley is extremely doubtful The man
says that all of the miners are starving
at Pue bio, and are leaving the country
i'll crowds in hopes of making living
OueWuere else
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
lIsPERA7E BATTLE.
.,hias Defeated by Gov
eminent Troops.
,rsrqy.rIvE REBELS ARE KILLED.

Are Caught In a Canyon and sho'
:" same Few strung Up to Trees
wv" ,,,i,paI Disgrace-AbOut Fifty
~ Government soldiers Killed
md wounded
o.,,xc n NJ, Feb. 19.-Reports
Msx,co which have reached here
l that the Temochians have been
~. wired out OF existence. In adj
(s,r to the battle, which occurred out
tho City of Chihuahua, the gov
1 ant troops to the number of 200
che rebels south of Elvia, about
.,,ss south of Casa Grandes and
allies south of Deming, and killed
:, the Teinochians. Immediately
=, the hard fighting many were
,su ont and shot, some few being
| Inn TO trees rs additional dis
sce
Tho details of the battle are very
,scre the information alone being
wont into the Mormon colonies and
urn to Deming. The country III
l,;cb the fight occurred is very wild
4 mountainous. and. like the Chihua-
r. defeat. the rebels were caught and
! lied in canyon
Tho Temochians were composed OF
. small bands which have been hid
mt in the mountains to the south
polomas. but which recently concen-
ksed for the purpose OF meeting the
koOps Santa Ana Perez was in com
and Of the bells but is reported to
ave ESCAPED. The soldiers had about
hkled ana wounded and several Off
rs The Temochians were completely
4
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man

Are you Bilious, Constipated or
troubled with Jaundice, Sick Head
ache, Bad Taste in Mouth, Foul
Breath, Coated Tongue, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Hot Dry Skin, Pain in
Back and between the Shoulders,
Chills and Fever, etc. Ii you have
any of these symptoms, your Liver is
out OF order, and your blood is slowly
being poisoned, because your Liver
does not act properly HERBINE will
cure any disorder OF the Liver, Stom-
ach or Bowels. 1t has no equal as a
Liver Medicine. Price, rs cents.
Free trial bottle at H. G. Rsher' s
Drug Store, Waco, and J. B. Cornish's
Drug Store. East Waco, Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19

LOUISVILLE, Feb 10. Billy Plimmer,
4 English featnerweight. who is play
u an engagement in this city. has re-
F'eu challenge from George Dixon $
Etahager for fight to a finish for $40
wa sue Plmmer regards the chal-
[use as bluff, rs he says Dixon If
' 4 ,M OF his inability to accept the
'4a''ehge owing 10 his theatrical en-
|'seh'eits booked ahead for some time.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
WHEREIN HIGGINS
Writes an Open Letter to City
aldermen.

GENTLEMEN; Why do you not
wake up to the fact that we have a
city, and that we pay about 5000 900
taxes per snnum, and have very few
things to show for our money?
Take some of the bond totlng"
and big city hail foolishness money
and
l. Put drinking fountains at all
the important street corners, with
the sign; "Pure Artesian Water
From Well 800 Feet Deep. Free
to Everybody"
2. Build sewers, first of all, to
all the residences of Waco. No
city can be healthy or clearly with.
out sewerage.
Arrange to sprinkle the streets Of
Waco. Thousands Of people viii
visit Waco soon tc attend our
Cotton Palace, or conventions in the
convention Cotton Palace Hall.
We want the dust settled.
4. Keep our streets clean. We
want clean town.
5. Buy park. We need park
and each year you put this matter
off will only make it cost the city
more money.
6. Let all your plans be looking
to city, for the Cotton Palace
will make city out of Waco soon
We are children no longer; we have
put off knee pants. Treat US like
we were somebody and wantet
something for our money. RISE u
the 'IDEA" GET TIKI IDEA, ant
push Waco, and all the people viii
call and get their homes furnished
from kitchen to parlor
BY Waco Trading Co.
! J. w. RIoGlNs, Prop.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
Reward Offered.

WACO, Tex, Jan. 90, 1894.
The city government of the city
of Waco, Texas, will pay $3.50
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the murderer Of l.. Lipshitz in
this city on the night of January 10,
1894 G G. MCCULLocu,
Mayor of Waco, Tex.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19

witnesses whom he is charged with
having suborned and arraigned on the
charge of subornation of perjury. One
of the witnesses squaled directly after
the trial, and the other three a short
time since weakened and turned state S
evidence to save themselves All the
bribed men were from New York city
and are young men formerly in How
ards employ.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
A Gold Brick Investigation.

loLkDo Feb. 1.-THE grand jury is
['esNgailng u gold brick case. The
at" S.'i M, Is John Groil, farmer, and he
Ia" 'oo'' Tor the two brass bricks,
t wei tney had been tested by govern
[ ! asSayer, last week. The swim
N was perpetrated In the leading ho-
'o' 'his city Officers claim to have
Important clews
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
THE SILK STOCKING DUDlNE
Wherein Higgins Hits a Few
Blows.

WtloToln HISSinS TITUS q rev
Blows.
Say, Higgins, amt you afraid
to hit certain big bugs and goldfish
aristccrats SO hard? Won't such
things hurt your trade?"
Thus spoke a "policy' business
man. We replied
"No, sir. These silk stocking
big bugs don't buy goods from me.
They go to Chicago and get what
they want. You may take niue.
tenths of the high.faluting Goldfish
aristocracy, both male and female,
in Waco, and they send to Louis.
vile, New York or Chicago for
their things, except what they buy
on long credit in Waco Take
Sanger Bros, Goidstein IL Nigel,
j. Hsnsel Wood and others in the
clothing business in Waco. They
have plenty of names now on their
books of these very people who are
sending their cash out of Waco to
buy the very things they now owe
for here. The same is true of many
other lines.
"ls this MIR. Riggins?' es sir
what can l do for you?"
Here the party presents his card.
IL am from Dallas; make shirts,
collars and cuffs, and all sorts of
uuderwear; can l take your order?"
| fTh,o u,l,,i, I
this article.
CHOW, my friend" we said .'you
have the appearance of nice m IN,
bat do look like | WAS q traitor to
my town? Please excuse me- We
have as nice shirts, or any other
thing in Waco as | need
A few days ago a Santa Fe man
came to me, saying:
mir. Higgins, you have couple
OF cars OF goods coming from
Michigan, can't We route them via
the Santa Fe railway" ono,
thank you, / am for Waco, a strong
believer in reciprocity. We have
plenty of IA lroads sustaining mer
and depo,s in Waco. When the
Santa Fe runs into Waco will
chez rfoliy divide my freight will
them, aud LOT until then"
carried $50, COO lie insurance
| changed $50, 600 from a foreign
company, represented in Dallas, tc
i Cot. PARROTS company IN Waco
because Col. Parrot is part o
~ Waco and the foremost in his worl
fer Waco.
q would buy baggy from Ton
8 Padgit,, because he is Of and fo
v Waco, first, last and all the time.
n It's the sNoBs who send ava,
II from Waco, and WHO talk agains
!. Waco, who are the traitors u GU
4 town.
Now HOWL, and when your nos
S turns up too high to live and bu,
S what you need In Waco, will con
tribute something to get you out o
town.
The Waco TRAILING Co. has good
nice enough for any family in Wac
to furnish your home from kitchen
t to parlor. Cheap for cash or cas-
o payments.
, j. w. RIGGINS
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
Beer shipped as Groceries.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills Feb. 10. Walter
Il. Hartmann, manager of the Star
Brewing company at Bellevllle, was
arraigned in the United States court on
"A charge of violating the revenue law
by shipping packages of beer AS grocer
les 1t is said that the otfense was
really committed by an employe of the
company ami that Mr.. Hartmann knew
nothing about it until afterwards.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
Money More General.

NEW YORK Feb. - The bank
statement shows that the flow of cur
rency from the interior to this financial
center has about come to stop for the
present and that the distribution of
money is becoming more general all
through the country. The statement
is considered good one as showing
that money is getting into more gen
eral use
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
Lacy's Brier Greek Cool is all lump.
A Fine Business Man.

Wanted, a position, by expert
bookkeeper and accountant, who
has had 20 years experience in
me, antiie business, United States
internal revenue department and
state comptroller's office. Reads
and writes English, German, French
and Spanish. For information adj
dress M. NJ, So. w. Tel. and Tel
Co., Waco, Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19
I'LL We Better.

NIAGARA FALLS, Feb. 10 Bill Nye,
who suddenly became III here Satur-
dav. is somewhat improved Hls man
ayers say positively that he Will MI his
next date, which is tomorrow night,
while the doctor who is attending HIM
is not so sangulne.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-19

In autumn, winter and spring colds
ora ,be rule rather than the exception
Hence it is the part OF every wise
and prudent mother to keep on hano
n .urnlv Of DR. BULBS Cough Syrup
The ore.t domestic favorilc and ln'ai
liable cure for all affections o' '"'
throat and chest