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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22
PERSONAL.

w. b. Clarke, of Baltimore, is
autogl aphed at the Pacific.
MIR. Il S. Thorpe has recovered
from an attack of la grippe.
A. B. Armstrong the we'll known
and popular drummer, is in the
city.
O. b. Caldwell came up from
Houston and spent Sunday with his
family.
Messrs. r. b. and John T. Mol
10y, of Corsicana, are regis cred at
the Pacific.
Hon. John d. Mccall came up
from Austin last night. He il at
the Pacific.
MIR. w. p. Rogers, of Rockport,
is in the city. He will reside here
and engage in the produce business.
Mr.. S. b. R'caby, business mana.
ger of May Smith Robbins Little
Trixie Co., is a guest at the Hotel
Royal.
DR.. Ellis and a party of forty
persons from Bal's, Texas, will pass
through the city on the 2alh on
their way to Il 'ckport. At that
date the Sap will sell round trip
tickets to Rockport good for ten
days for -.
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Does Advertising Paw?

We were astonished at a state.
ment made in the "Dsy-G ODE" a
few days ago, that only about Is
per cent of the business men of
Waco advertised their business. Is
1t possible that So per cent of the
business men are 30 far lost az to
recognize the most valuable means
of getting business as not to utilize
the newspapers of Waco to adver
tlse what they are doing to the pub.
lie. We talk about subsidiziug our
newspapers If any newspaper in
Waco was backed by $50 600 it
would be useless to our city unless
sustained by the business men as an
advertising medium by which to
reach the people Of Waco and
Waco's trade territory. The papers
In Waco, all of them, are much
better than their trade justifes.
The three papers combined, as we
are informed spend about 500, 900
per annum, mos. of which returns
to the very pockets from which ii
was taken. Not TO sustain your
paper, or not TO advertise your
business is like hotel which
begins to economic by set
ting a very poor table
This article is not written in the
interest of any one of the news
papers, but in the interest of right
We believe it pays to advertise, anc
our increasing business jus,iiies thu
statement in every particular. Mer
daily walk into our store and say
81 have been reading your adver
tisements for a long time, aud mad
up my mind that whenever l wanted
anything in your line, you were tn
man was going to-"
Advertising pays, and we stop t.
remark that the w AGO Trading com
i pany is still furnishing houses from
kitchen to parlor.
j w. RIGGlNs,
Prop, Waco Trading Co,
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No. 4 Is Esau's Telephone.
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice Is hereby given that the
regular meeting of the stockholders
and the directors of the Texas
Central Railroad company will be
held at the general Office of the
company at Waco, Texas, on
Wedn= sday, the l4th of February,
1894, at 10 o'clock noon, for the
purpose of electing directors, and
trans acting such business as may
come before said meetil g.
CHAs. HAMILTON,
Vice President.
RICHARD OLIVER,
Secretary.
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No. 4 Quickest delivery.
A New Years Gift.

With every dozen cabinet photo
graphs, at 81 per dozen, cash, l will
give to each and every customer a
l4xl7 inch water colored picture
something new and tine-made from
the same negative aud mounted on
card ready for framing. Remember,
the large picture is absolutely free
with every dozen cab net photo.
graphs at 81 per dozen, cash Call
on w. d Jackson, the old reliable
photographer, and see specimens.
No. ll2 North Fifth street, Waco,
Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

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. If you have
any of these symptoms, your Liver is
out Of order, and your blood is slowly
being poisoned, because your Live,
does not act properly HERBINE will
cure any disorder Of the Liver, Stom-
ach or Bowels. 1t has no equal as q
Liver Medicine. Price, Is cents.
Free trial bottle at Fl c. Risher's
Drug Store, Waco, and J. B Cornish'l
Drug Store, East Waco, Texas.
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Hewitt Happenings.

r,rr Ian. 22.-The long dry
II vas broken Friday night by a
lsod rain, which Taste d about three
49,. and which is highly appre.
..d by water haulers and those
(so have to drive their stock 30 Tar
) water. e
,oomplished during the bright
Gather of this winter than is
.uallv done up to this date. This
t"ws an increased interest in
,,;culture, and an ability on the
ert of the farmer to do work at the
roper time.
III the weather continues favor
ble, Mr.. Perry Sterling will plant
brn next week.
Mrs. Womsck, of Waco. who has
hen visiting her son, MIR. John
Ievis. for several days past, re
brned home Friday.
Miss julia Burrows, who ha:
peu Visiting her sister, Mrs
[lexsndre, at Temple, came in on
he O'Clock tram Friday evening.
| Ole of our most prominent young
len, after spending few hours in
most pleasant way few evenings
DO with his best girl, started fol
bme, but found his horse gone;
so a good portion of the yard
knce. However, repairs have
zen made, and all is right.
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Prop. Waco Trading Co.

For the Intelligent Voter the Coming
Year Will Be Fraught with More
Interest Than Campaign. By
What is-Donc This Winter the
Fate of Parties and the History OF
Government Will Be Determined
The most valuable paper that comes
to this Office is The Naw York World
Fearless and independent, working at
all times for the best interests of the
people, and never Tor the selfish ends
Of any ring or individual, supporting
the right and conde inning the wrong
wherever found, it becomes a great
power for good throughout the land
Its policy is defined bv its we'll
known motto: equal Rights to All,
Special Favors TO None" The repu
tation of The Weekly World as an
incompatible newspaper is fully
established. breaches for the very
best and fullest news Of the ertire
country, and gets it. The celebrated
Tariff Mule" articles ere again run
ming in their weekly and are creating
widespread attention Its miscel
laneous pages are replete with arti'
Giles of valuable and interesting infor.
nation to every one. 1t is a large
u page, s column paper for only
sl00 year. We have succeeded in
making special arrangements by
which we can furnish THE SEMI
WEEKLY News and The Weekly
World one year both for only 81 SO.
Address,
SEMI WEEKLY NEWS,
Waco, Texas.
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CITATION

THE STATE OF IENAS-
To the sheriff or any Constable OF McLennan
County GRKErlSG!-
You are hereby commanded to cause to be
published week for three Buc cessive
weeks in some newspaper published In your
comfy this citation
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To all Pertons Interested In the Est to OF
IIeaiue T.. Dunklin Minor.
W 7. Watt, guardian o aid minors estate,
has nled in the County Court Of McLenr an
County Ills application for leave to sign the
gusrdia ship and has accompanied the same
by an account for 1nel settlements thereof,
which vii be acted On at the Regular March
term Of said County Court, 1894 al he court
houae Of saidCOunty OF Mel man In the CITY Of
Waco, Texas, said term beginning on the 9Th
| day If March 1884. at viii h time all persons
intereaie in sold estate may appear and con-
| feat said account If they proper
| Herein fall not under penalty Of the the law
| and Of this wit make due return.
Given under my hand and zeal OF
| ONO this the 22nt day OF Ja nuary
l.. s. A. D., 1894.
| T H. Bow,
| - Clerk County Court Mclennan
County, Texas.
By C. c. LAsriNeEa. Deputy Clerk.
Issued January q lsyA
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PHYSICIANS.
DIR. BALDWIN,,

RUPTURE AND RECTAL SPECIALIST.
guarantee to cure Rupture. piles. FITS
tulN ia AUo. iccrutcd Kectum, lily.
drrCclc aUd 'icOccIc. without knife
nr detention from business No pay Wufu
curpd.
Why wear truss or suffer when cure iB
offered You OIL such fair terms. Hundreds OF
cases treated i'll q around Waco the past
three ye rs, Some you may know. Write or
cal for reference list Oilice, rooms 81, 80. ~,
Proyident Butldiug. " ace. TEXAS,
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22
THE CITY CAMPAIGN.
higgins on the Situation =
Answering a Question.

Two questions have been asked us
ery frequently lately. One is;
Cannot we induce you to run for
bayor?" The second is: "What
|art are You going to take in the
resent city campaign?" We
bswer the first by saying we are
|ot an aspirant, nor have we ever
kked for the preferment of our
blow men, but have always wanted
} deserve it, if fairly won upon
bane Of principle and right. We
ositively define TO run for any
f,e. We have good business,
bcreasing in it's demands upon my
|ms, and believe we are discharging
pr duty full y TO the public, both ia
ur capacity as a citizen and as
resident Of the Waco Commercial
lub
q We do not expect to have
ouch to say in the present city cam
|Pign. We will say every principle
Ought for and announced for the
st several years, and especially
20 years ago in the Clown
|alker," are our principles, and will
/ fought for today as vigorously
bd held to as tenaclously as ever.
The question before the people is
IMPLY This, do you approve the ad'
illustration of the present mayor,
what yOu believe has been sn un-
psiness-hke, class,favoring, legal
Duplicating and law-violating ad-
Illustration? His record is before
Ou. The accounts show for them
Plves' We have no objection per
Pnally, or prejudice to the present
ayor. We have never believed
ability was commensurate with
e demands of the city of Waco.
e have said 80 plainly, and we
eIleve so yet; so the whole ques
ION Is divided into two parts, ad-
lnlstratlon and anti-administra-
|on. If the present mayor and his
tends propose to boost the present
pmlnlstration upon a sentiment,
ecked by the sporting element of
oco, then let the people under
and 1t plainly
Simply bee: use the mayor salary
raised Is no reason for re.electing
present mayor, no more than
y other sentimental boo! boo
ould influence us to voting for a
iatlve who is incompetent to hold
oiilie. If we want to give
rarity, let US give charity. Ii we
ant to vote for man on account
merit, that is a clean patriotic
pncy. A $4,000 salary will no.
axe the capacity or ability of q
AN 10 NIL the Office any better. II
= people of Waco will unite upon
anu adm nistration business man
0au eject aim; but If four or hive
eu come out the present admins
a''on Will be about one fifth o.
e votes, and we will have another
'aofily mayor. This is about the
san' clear statement of the prop
ll'on' What do the business
en' as business proposition thinl
me present ad L inistration? i
~ are pleased and want to sus
III 1t, the proposition is befor'
l III, we have every evidence tt
1--we mat nine tenths of the peo
VI 'nis county sustain our view
~ our methods, and thus we &C
"A' lor our many friends and tn
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

Mrs. WlNsLow's SooTnlNa SYRUP
has been used for children teethipg
1t sootnes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind colo, and
the best remedy for Dlarrhua
twenty FIVE cents bottle.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

For the tenderest and greatest
variety Of meats see Crippen, corner
Fifth and Franklin.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22
The Turf French Restaurant.

The Turf French rtstaurant is first
class, and the best equipped IN the
city. There is seen all the delicacies
from all the markets Orders taken
for parties and bal qnets,
10 connection, model delicstessen
lunch counter Best and most exper
fenced chef and caterer in the south
Satisfaction guaranteed
p. N LEPEsH, proprietor.
400 Austin Avenue
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

large patronage of the Waco Trad.
ing company, which has been fur.
nlshing houses from kitchen to
parior. j. w. RlGGlNs. Prop.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22
Vnmnt.hlnc Fresh daily from
ttStIdDicS, the growers.
w. X FINKs q Co.
For Sale.

One five room house, two lots,
5Oxl5O, good well water, buggy
house and stall; corner of Peach and
Earl street, East Waco.
T. G. X KIRKPATRICK,
COS ,oAth Eighth ST.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

To our lady friends: Is your
hair falling out? If it is, 60 to
Dismuke and get a bottle of "471l."
He will guarantee to stop it.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22
Just Imported.

A thoroughbred Jersey bull, and
will stand the season at the old
Martin place, on Park avenue.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

leave your orders at s aceys',
the leading bakery of Waco, for
your bread and cakes.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

Wood 1915 per cord; stove
wood, 81 so al G. b. Lanes, corner
Eigth and Kentucky avenue.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

Staceys' bakery, the leading bakery
of Waco, sells the best cakes.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

Home made bread at Staceys'
bakery, 600 Austin street.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or household cares.
Browns Iron Bitters Rebuiids the
system, aids digestion. removes excess OF bile
and cures malaria Get the genuine.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

Tender steak and rossts at Crippen's,
corner Fifth and Franklin.
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A Sound Liver Makes a well Man.

No. & Best coal in the market.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22

CrncnrinS Best Bottom Prices.
WlVOOIlUN, w. X. FINKs & Co.
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Phone Lacy for McAlister Coal.

No. 4 Is Egan's coal yard.
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Lacy'S Brier Creek Cool is all lnmp.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
Drew the Line nj Colonies.

Colonel William NJ. Olin, the see
rotary OF the commonwealth, distin-
guishcd himself the other evening
ut the dinner of the New Eng
land Club of the Delta Epsilon,
by telling half-a-dozen really excellent
stories. The one / most distinctly
remember has never appeared In
print, so far ms know.
Mr.. Olin was speaking of the ease
with which the soldiers of the great
armies of both the North and the
South returned 10 their homes TO take
up again their regular pursuit, after
the war was over.
zone summer, ''snid he, "a few years
after the war. Colonel Higginson was
travelling in the South, and he got TO
talking with farmer in some little
town, who employing n considerable
number of men at his haying. The
farmer told Colonel Higginson that
most of them were old Confederate
soldiera 80
I" You see over there, whore those
four men are working?' asked he.
We'll, all Of 'em fought in the war.
One of 'em was private, one of 'cm
was n corporal, one was major, and
that man way over in the corner was
colonel.
Are they good men?' asked Colo
mel Higginson.
"Well," said the farmer, that pri-
Yates u iirst-class man. and the corpo
raj is pretty good, too"
"But how about the major and the
colonelP'
"'The major so-so, said the farmer.
"But the colonel?
"Wcll, ! don't want TO say nothin'
against any man who was colonel in
the war, said the farmer, but I've made
up my mind won't hire no brigadier-
generals. ~ Boston Herald.
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ut was he who had opened the

ut was he who had opened the
vault who had wounded and robbed
my child and then abandoned her;
for he could not efface all trace of
his deed; and he had not even taken
the trouble TO return the comm 10
its niche: AIre, besides, OF not being
suspected by me, who trusted him SO
fully. We are truly very unfortunate
people, monsieur"
He was silent
Meanwhile night had come on, en-
velOping in the gloom the still and
solitary little valley; a sort OF mys-
terious dread seemed 20 fall upon me
in presence OF these strange beings
this corpse come 10 life and this
father with his painful gestures
'Let us return" said /; "the nj ht
has grown chill"
And, still in silence, we retraced
our steIs back TO the hotel, and
shortly afterward returned to the
city. lost all further knowledge OF
the two peculiar visitors 10 my IA
vorite summer resort Chicago Post
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14

forced upon them. They soon learned
to stand erect and hop along rs easily
as their more fortunate four-footed
companions would.
Lart July Mary became mother,
and her offspring proved to he also of
the understanding" variety. This
pup was named Colonel. The Colonel
became quite famous, and hundreds of
visitors went 10 his kennel To see the
youngster and his biped parents. He
grew to be quite husky youth, but
departed his two-leged life on the 3lst
of last December in n fit of hiccoughs.
Mr.. Zinn felt his loss very keenly,
but last Sunday his grief gave way to
JOY, for Mrs. Mary, like the good
mother that she is, presented her mas
ter with three puppies, two males aud
n female, each one having only two
legs. They have been named Pat,
Dan and Bridget. Pat is brindle,
the exact counterpart of his father,
John, while Bridget is pocket edition
of her mother. Dan is n sort of COM
posite of the parents-neutral, rs it
were, in color.
The parents of the queer little fam
lily are brother and sister. John is II
brindle, and Mary's hair is delicate
shade of yellow, They are quite small.
Their mode of locomotion is remark
ably graceful, and from all appearances
Mary and John are never inconven-
fenced through being short in the
matter of legs.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
FEW BOOKS LIVE.
To he Forgotten Is the Fate OF Great Ma
jority of Writer'S

tOrgOtttn rate ot ~ sreat Mh-
jority OF Writers
The day is far distant when such
poets as Homer, Dante, and Shake
speare, such historians as Gibbon.
Hume, Macaulay, Prescott and
Parkman, and such novelists as Sir
Walter Scott, Ballac, Thackeray, and
Hawtho ne will cease to be read,
writes A. II. SpotIord in the Forum
The constant Consum ltion by the
reading world OF new ed .tions OF
standard authors in ever more at
tractive styles of printing, binding,
and illustration is proof OF the ulti-
mate soundness Of the public taste.
Our leading publishers OF the con-
servatiye class are continually bring
ing out and working over in differ
ent STYLES of manufacture, the books
OF their best writers, thus tending
both TO create and 10 supply the de-
mand for the choicest literature
which all should delight in fostering.
Publishers who neglect this perma-
nent mine CT rofit, and are contin.
ually on the alert for the newest
books often find such enterprises
more productive OF experience than
of pecuniary profit The publisher
who is ever eager for "a great hit"
commonly makes many costly mis-.
takes, and reaches his aim but sci.
dom, II ever.
or the publication OF any PERIOD
how many ever arrive at the honor OF
republication? How many are found
worthy OF reprint by the genera
tion Immediately succeeding: And
will any one learned in the history OF
literature tell us how many, out OF
all the Candidates for immortality
ever reach it hy the suffrage OF sue
ceeding centuries calling for new edi
tions? Is il not the fate Of at least
ninety-nine in a hundred writers To
find place among the myriads OF
forgotten volumes that slumber upon
the shelves OF the great Libraries OF
the world?
1t is the melancholy fate OF most
write S TO survive their own literary
reputation. Not the least among
the evils or that eagerness TO be seen
in print which lets SD many writ
ers, is the utter Inconsistencies OF
its sub ects As 10 the ephemeral char
ter OF the Irodu ,tionS
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
The Dcath Plant Of Java.

JAVA. the land of the famous and
much-exaggerated Death Valley,
has many wonderful curiosities in the
shape of ornithological, geological,
geological and botanical oddities, the
chief among the latter being the
kali Mujah," or "death plant IL
grows only on the sterile soils OF tho
volcanic regions of the Java and the
adjoining islands, and is even there
reckoned M IA curiosity on account OF
it's extreme scarcity, being rarely met
with even by those having knowledge
of it's haunts and general charncteris-
ties. II grows from two and onc-half
90 three feet in height, with long slen-
der stems, well protected by stout
thorns nearly mn inch in length. The
ground leaves are of delicate satin-
like smoothness, heart-shaped, emer-
AID green on one side and blood red,
s,reaked and vcined with light buff on
the other.
The flowers of this death healing
beauty are even more beautiful than
the plant itself, being very large ana
cup shaped, and Of color almost
deathlike in its whiteness. The name
of the plant Is from characteristic oil
these splendid flowers, which, beauti-
full though they are, continually drip
with deadly poison.
This poison, which IL distilled IN
the bottom OF the cup-shaped blossom,
has the sickening odor OF chloroform
intensified n dozen fold, IL being pow
erful enough 10 overcome full grown
man in few seconds, even when in
hailed in the open air. The perfume,
if such a pungcnt odor can properly
, be 40 called, produces iusensibility IN
the form Of commissions, distorting
the face, especially the mouth and
owes, into a horrid, crazy-looking
grin. Recovery from the effects OF
inhaling this odor is said to be very
slow, aud TO be followed with violent
headache, ringing in the ears, and
sometimes even partial or total deaf
ness Mrs. Madison Black of Savan-
nah. Ga, owns the only plant OF tins
peculiar species ever brought alive to
America. ST. Louis Republic.
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please tell me what you consider
tn best way TO win case" said the
young attorney to the old lawyer In
a con ntdential way.
Well" said the latter. as he
"leaned back in his chair and let his
memory dwell on the past, ''as you
a,e young and mex erienced and a
friend Of mine, ! will tell you with
out the expectation OF $500 or 81, 900
fee.
THE biggest bluff TO win a case
perhaps fairly bad o e. is TO make
the offer TO the opposing counsel TO
submit it without argument This
catches the jury, and, perhaps, the
Court, every time. You know how
irresist ble the inclination is to make
a spread-eagle speech, and especially
in young attorneys. The latter will
imagine that even though their cause
is bad they can win over the jury by
burst OF eloquence. The conse-
quence 1, that their opponents, by
their Interruptions. calling on the
Court occasionally for assistance con-
fine them TO the point at issue, and
before they get through they spoil
what little hope they had OF success.
"The Jury, who are prejudiced in
your favor from the time OF your
bluff, for they think man must
have good case who will deprive
himself OF the chance TO make a
spread eagle eech, bring in verdict
for you almost before leaving the
box. have won many "A case by that
bluff, and put many good fat bill
in my pocket, but the blum must be
exercised with care. lie careful how
you use IL with old and wiry attOr-
neys and courts who have sized YOU
up 10 every thought OF your shrewd
brain 1t goes nine times out OF ten,
however -Lincinnati Times-Star