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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
LAYING IN LARGE SUPPLIES,
Thousands of Bales of Cotton at Fall
River.

Thousands of Bales of Cotton at Fall
River.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 11.-Great
quantities of cotton are being received
here, and the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad is being over
whelmed with cotton freights. There
are 1S5 carloads now in the local
freight yards, and 500 carloads are
an opportunity to be unloaded. The
boats of the Fall River line are bring
ing in the largest freights ever known
here, the steamer City of Taunton dis
charging 2,648 bales of cotton alone a
few days ago. Most of the mills have
purchased years supply of the raw
material on account of the ruling low
prices, and this fact explains the inn
menSe deliveries.
1t is now discovered that three
months ago the Manufacturers
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
WINSTON TOBACCO MARKET.
The Tobacco jour- ais Review for the
Week Ending Dec. Sth.

Another very active week on the
Winston leaf market. The receipts
were heavy, and the warehouses well
filed every day. Double sales were
run.
The quality of the offerings was
poorer than that of last week, and
the quality last week fell short of
that of the week previous. 1t seems
to be gradually going down the
slope.
For wrappers and good working fill
ers there is much demand, and prices
are well maintained. Other goods are
easier.
Most of the Winston manufacturers
and number from the neighboring
towns were on the market this week.
The low price of cotton continues
to work injury to the manufactured
tobacco business. 1t is hoped that
there will be some improvement with
the opening of the new year.
The internal revenue collections at
the Winston Office last week ran as
fOl1nWS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
Warner Miller Thinks it Dan Pass
Both Houses.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10.-Warn-
er Miller says he is confident that the
Nicaragua Canal bill can pass both
houses of Congress. There is little
objection to the bill in the Senate.
The difficulty Will be to get sufficient
time in the House from the commit
tee on rules.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

1t is now discovered that three
months ago the Manufacturers
National Bank, of Brooklyn, was
robbed of $1,000 by false book-keep-
ing.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

sparent mucus, and in other cases an
Opaque membrance as thick as visit
ing card. Behind this the animal con-
structs other walls, which serve like
so many partitions to protect it against
prolonged cold or dryness.
1T is believed that just as the seeds
OF plants are distributed by winds. so
likewise the eggs Of snails are scattered
abroad on the breezes. thus dissent
mating their species. They are very
prolific animals. Some of the great
land snails of the tropics which live
on trees and weigh pound apiece. lay
eggs that look strillingly like those of
pigeons, being quite as large. The
eggs are deposited among decaying
vegetation, the heat of decomposition
Matching them.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
DENTISTS.
N. IT. HARRIS.
DENTIST.
Office 1854 Justin .lUemde.
PERSONAL.

Hon. Monta j. Moore, of
Cameron, is guest al the Pacific.
Ed. Stephenson, now res dent of
Chicago, is spending some time in
The city.
Mr.. A. G. Hendrick. the agent of
the New York underwriters, is still
i'll The city.
Sam B. Thomas has re,urned
from q visit TO his old home in
Mississippi.
Mrs. X. w. Martin, Of Gatesville,
wife of Editor Martin of the Mes
senger, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. j. d. McMullan, Of this city.
MIR. S. X. Mcclellan, one Of Mo
Lennan's county's most prominent
citizens, paid TIE News pleasant
visit today. MIR. Mcclellan is one
of the largest planters in this county.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
ETIQUETTE IN JAPAN.
Requirements OF Society 1uccnvenient to
an American Visitor.

Requirements OF Society luconvenient to
an American Visitor.
"The chief of police, ut Fujieda,
hearing of my arrival" writes wheel
man in Outing, 'called at the hotel
with his daughter, who had learned
some English at Kyoto. OF course
there were no chairs. Every Japanese
sits on his knees. I could not stand
the pressure long, and usually put my
feet straight out. The young lady in
formed me it was impolite, so in defer
ence to the COMPOUNDED customs of the
country ! painfully got upon my
knees again. The bowling and salaam-
ing were very tircsome to me. and |
pinned for the social atmosphere of
America.
1.-The chief remained an hour evinc-
ing interest in my eating with knife,
fork and spoon, and mixing sugar with
the rice In the morning he called
again with two more Japanese ladies'
The entire group dropped on their
knees in turn, putting both hands on
the floor. and bowling until their fore
heads touched their hands in front of
them. thought to myself: %, Lord,
here's more of i'll! and as soon as de-
cency would allow, ! bowed myself
out, and was off for Shimada and
Kanaya."
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
FOR SALE.

The finest black waxy farm in the
county, 1888 acres, l6 miles west
of Waco, 3 miles east of Crawford;
$50 acres in highest state of cult.
walton, balance in pasture, and 4
wire fence, mountain cedar posts;
tenant houses, we'll water at each
house, good barns, granaries, cribs,
ETC.; 1900 acres good tiliable land on
this place; 1000 bushels corn, 1000
bushels oats, 1000 bushels wheat;
80 head horses and mules, 8 yokes
of oxen, 100 head of hogs; farm
ing implements, such as sulky
plows, walking plows, mowers,
harvesters, all necessary farming
tools. All the above go with this
place if sold by lst of January, '94,
at $40 per acre, one.third cash,
balance on 10 years time if desired
We know this TO be one of fines
places in the county. Very healthy
close to school and church.
We have other good farms in
the county.
HORNE d WILLIAMS,
4l9 Franklin Street, Waco, Tex.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
POINTS ON sNAlLs.



terestins, in Their Career
The Smithsonian institution has hit
upon something extraordinary in
snails. The creatures may be slow,
but they hold the record over all other
animals for prolonged vitality under
adverse conditions, says the Provi-
dence journal. Stories of toads dug
out of rocks in which they had been
imprisoned for ages are 'apocryphal;
but recent discovery has established
The credit of this humble mollusll as
No. / in the tenacity of life.
Only the other day "a specimen from
an island off the coast of Lower Cali
fornia, inclosed in drawer with part
of the molluscan collection. was found
to be alive. 1t had no food or water
FOR more than six years. When placed
in the box with moist earth it pro-
truded its feet, began to move about,
and seemed to be as well as ever.
Some time ago few snails of a differ
ent species, gathered in Mexico,
reached the Smithsonian institution
and were placed in box. They re-
manned undisturbed for two years and
three months, at the end Of which
time they were put into jar of glass
with some chickweed and small
quantity of tepid water. Pretty soon
they walked up and appeared quite ac-
tive.
Pond snails, which are sometimes
found alive in logs of mahogany from
honduras, possess equal endurance.
Specimens carried from Egypt to
Paris, packed in sawdrlst, have arrived
uninJured. Other kinds have been ex-
perlmented with by shutting them up
IN pill boxes and dry bags for years,
out they have survived. The limit OF
Sheir vitality is yet to be ascertained.
Land snails in cold climates bury
themselves in the ground or under
oead leaves in winter; in tropical re-
Hions they become torpid during the
NOT season. When about to start in
on period of sleep they seal up their
suelis with close-fitting door, which
sometimes is a shield of thin, tran
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
THE YANKEE BIRD.
x,aota About the Origin of the
Christmas Turkey.
Dur Barnyard Gobbler is Not tho Direct
descendant OF American Stock,
But a Relative Imported
from Mexico.

Among the Injuries belonging to the
nigh conditions of civilization exhl-
,,ited by the Mexican nation at the
time of the Spanish conquest was the
nossession by Montezuma of one of
tbe most extensive geological gardens
on record. says the Washington Star.
II embraced nearly all of the animals
of that country, with others brought
Mt great cost from distances. 1t is
stated by historians that turkeys
called by the Spanish adventures "a
kind of peacocls"-were furnished in
lorre numbers as food to the beasts OF
prey in the cmpcror's menagerie.
At that time the bird had been do
,nesticated and reared in Mexico for
hundreds of years 1t was carried by
tbe Spaniartls to the West Indies,
whence it was taken to Europe early
in the sixteenth century. Before long
II became in Europe highly appreciated
for its flavor. Being known to be of
foreign origin, a report gained ground
chat the fowl had been obtained from
Turkey, that being u region little
known in western Europe In this
way it obtained the name by which it
has since been designated
People coming to the United States
from Europe brought this Mexican
fowl to the United States, and the
progeny of the stock thus imported
and fetched back to the continent
whence it was originally derived fur
nishes Yankee tables to-day. In fact,
the contemporary turkey of the barn
ward did not belong here originally.
1t is not derived from the wild turkey
of the United States, which is quite
another species, with dark meat on
the breast and other differences plain
Nv distinguisha BILE. On the other hand,
the wild Mexican turkey has white
meat on the breast and resembles our
tame turkey in all other points.
There are two species of wild turkey
in North America One is confined to
the eastern and southern parts of the
United States, while the other is native
to the Rocky mountains, parts of
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, Arizona,
and extends along eastern Mexico
southward. biologists were long
time finding this out, being puzzled
meanwhile to account for the marked
difference in color and habits between
the wild and domestic birds of the
country. That dark-meated fowl
should acquire white meat through do
mestication would seem indeed surpris-
ing
In its wild state the Mexican turkey
derives nourishment from plants and
insects, scratching with its feet for
food. 1t is very shy. The birds live in
families like wild geese, keeping sen
tinels on the watch when the flock is
feeding. They are so heavy that they
are not fond of taking flight, but the
swiftcst dog cannot overtake them IN
running. The female lays from three
to twelve roundish, red-spotted eggs
and matches them out in thirty days
In Yucatan and northern Guatemala
this bird is replaced by third species
less in size. hut more striking in APP
pearance, the tail having spots some
what like the ''eyes" in the tail of
peacock.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
London's First Police.

The London police grew out of the
night watchmen established in the
metropolis by Henry III. in 1858, an
order of things which continued down
to the first quarter of the present CEN
fury. Many persons still living can
recollect the Anticipated individuals
who did duty in that force in the early
days of the century, and whose chief
duty appeared to be to disturb the
nights rest by calling out at each
hour the time and state of the weather.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

Little Johnny-Our new teacher is
just as pretty as she can be, and gets
taken out most every night to thea
ters and concerts and things. It's just
lovely!
Mother-You like pretty teachers,
don't you. dear?
Little Johnny-Yes'm; they always
has good time, an don't feel so much
like givin bad marks. Good News.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
A Card to the Public.

We have pictures and toys
For the girls and boys.
We have door. mats
And rack-hats
For all.
We hereby proclaim that our
goods are better and our prices
lower, and our stock is larger than
ever offered before. We make this
confession, and we talk right out in
meetin', all the goods we have are
for sale for we don't need them, but
we do need money. This is no
secret, but if your house is not
furnished call to see US and we will
relieve your wants Immediately.
We have many things we can sell
you at a price far below your
expectations. Come and make as
an offer. This you can all do. We
are not easily offeaded, and if we
don't like your offer we will tell
you so.
Yours very truly,
j. w. RIGGINs,
| Waco Trading Co.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
Might Begin at Home.

Aspiring poet-l'll set the world
ablaze yet
His Wife, do hope You will, dear.
Would you mind making Il fire in the
kitchen stovc-just as matter of plac-
tice, You ow.-lndianapolis Journal.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
Nothing to Brag About.

papa, did you ever see lSing?"
"Yes, my SON."
80, did you honestly? A real king?"
Yes"
''My, how did you feel when you saw
him? What did you do? Anything?"
II didn't do anything, my son-the
other man had aces "-Boston Globe.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
Dead EATISM.
Moss-baCkism, Land Lords
and Brick Blocks,

MOSS-OdCkIS"p Lana kCTOS
and Brick Blocks.
To THE PEOPLE OF WACO:
Do you know a "dead beatp"
Did you ever see onep A few
years ago | saw very suggestive
picture: A COW was lying down.
A big boy was creeping up with his
wood sleigh to tie onto the cows
tail. That fellow was a "dead
beat" We have them in Waco
They are seen collecting their rents
on brick blocks aud houses, yet
never give one dollar to help the
town move forward or help the ten
ants Dtraie grow better. "Moss-
backism and Dead. beatism" are
twin brothers. The moss.back is
the worst dead beat in town. He
has his sled tied onto some cows
tail; wants to ride at the other fel
lows expense. If he has any re
pairs they 60 undone unless he can
paint or carpenter himself. He
reads his neighbours newspapers and
complains that our home papers are
no good.
If he wants anything he sends
away from Waco. Oar printers,
our papers, our mechanics, our
wage careers, our merchants, our
medicine, our waterfall are not
good enough for this MOSS BACK,
DEAD BEAT. This dead beat, moss
back stands on the street corners
when not collecting rents) and
talks down prospective factories, or
any public enterprise; finds fault
with the men who are the pushers
of Waco. Thinks our hotels are
very poorly kept because he is not
invited to eat FREE. DON'T sup
pose this dead beat, moss-bark il
poor. Oh, no! He owns brick
stores and mayb be- blocks. He col.
lects rents from his tenants and
then, if he spends dollar, hunts
some about to burst or bankrupt
stock to buy Whist he wants, if he
cannot wait to send away from
Waco to buy it. He is CURE tt
hunt some cows tail, asleep, to ti'
his sled to. This dead beat rides
on, yes! he always rides but al
some other fellows expense.
We saw al article few days age
F like this: "Mr. So.and-so had ;
big blowout in New York. Th
flowers alone cost $40, 00O." Thel
the writer moralized on this grea
sinful extravaganza. Now we sa.
this $4,000 was Justly spent.
went into the hands of many wag
earners; filed many hungry mouths
Men who have money ought t
! spend it. We have men in Wac
who ought to pay out more fo
factories and more to help Waco
L1BRRALITY is death to deadbeatisr
G and mossbackism. Let us hel
kill both in Waco. The Wac
Trading company will give as muc
to kill and bury mossbackism an
Y deadbeatism as any firm in Wac
:. and can furnish your home frol
: kitchen to parlor, cash or eaa
payments.
j.. w. RIGGINs,
n Dro, Waoo TRADING 10
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
Orirln OF an old SAYING.

First Travelling Man-Who was the
originator of the saying that there
is always room at the top, | wonder?
Second Travelling Man ! dunno;
speaking from experience, though, l
should say it was some confounded no.
tel clerk. Buffalo Courier.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
just as Good.

"Aw-have you such a thing as-as a
full-dwess cigah?" inquired Fweddy,
who was on his way home from re-
ception.
II think not, sir" said the tobac-
conist, reflectively, but we have some
in very elegant wrappers. Chicago
Tribune.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
A Napoleon of Economy.

Friend--l don't see how, on your
income, you manage to winter in
Florida and summer in Maine.
Smart--Iou forget that by that plan
| dodge both coal and ice bills.-N. Y.
Weekly
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
She should Not DO So.

did you see May Dinwiddie kiss her
fingers to Harry Van Braam?" said Sue
to her friend, the high school girl
yes, did" was the reply, land
must say that heartily disapprovc Of
digital OSCILLATION. "--pittsburgh Chron-
icle
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
His Only Chance.

Whitley Ito small boy)--IIere, sonny,
if you collect me lot of insects I'll
give you shilling.
Small Boy-lnsccts! What do YOU
'em for?
Whitely--I want to put them on my
plants. She won't let me smoke in the
house except to kin insects on the
plants.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

What Climax Oil will do. 1t has
relieved more suffering humanity
than any other medicine sold today.
Try it. Sold under positive guar
antee nv all druggists
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
Valuable Object Lessons.

Little Dick don't see how any toad
can get up on that big toadstool.
Little Dot-Toadstools isn't for toads
to sit on. Aunty said so.
"Then what is toadstools for?"
"Aunty didn't say. | guess they is
to teach people that folks ought to be
very particular what they eat."-Good
News
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
The Point of View.

Mrs. Bright-Put your drum away.
don't see how You can say it isn't a
horrid noise you're making.
Bobbie Bright--lt must be because
am making it.-Judge.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
No. 4 Is Egan's coal yard.

Climax Pills cure liver ills, jaun.
dice, biliousness, sick headache and
constipation. rs cents box at al
drug stores.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
Are You Bilious?

If 80 take Climax Pills and be
relieved. They are the true health
pills sold by druggists.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
A Crucial Test.

81 always wait for snowstorm if |
want to discover the characters of my
neighbors.'
CLOVIS that?"
81 notice how closely each one OBJ
serves the line dividing his sidewalk
from his neighbours when he is shovel
ing snow. Chicago Record.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
No. 4 Is Egan's Telephone.

If you want nice fresh churned
milk and butter every day, stop at
the Commercial House, corner of
Eighth aud Clay streets.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

Frisco Coal company has coal
from So so to Sc. so, all grades.
Yard Thirteenth and Jackson.
Phone 1913
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
sUPERFLUoUs CAUTION.

Mistress Ito new girl who is about
to take walk with the two children)
Now, Nina, be sure not TO let any
strangers kiss my Elsa or dear little
Charley Fliegende Blactter.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
FOR DYSPEPSIA.

Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, tako
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
All dealers Keep 1t, 81 per bottle. Genuine hA1
trademark and crossed red lines on wrappox.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

For rheumatism, eoat and all pain
use nothing but Climax Oil.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

To our lady friends: Is your
hair falling out? If it is, go to
Dismuke and get bottle of "47ll."
He will guarantee to stop it.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
An Organ For Sale.

An excellent new organ-no second
hand affair. Call at "'HE News Office.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01
EVERYBODY Pleased.

Who use Climax Pills, beoadse they
are purely vegetable and do not grippe,
but act mild. Try them if you ar
bilious. % cents box. Sold every
where
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-01

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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-05

For generations the politicians of
this country have agreed in almost
every campaign that the tariff should
be the issue. They have always
found it a convenient bone of con
tention over which the masses would
easily divide. It is a question that
is very complex to the average voter.
1t is a splendid issue upon which to
appeal to sectianaism and arouse
party spirit. The leaders of the
democratic and republican parties
have mutually agreed for SO long
that the tariff was the great issue in
American politics that the average
voter in these parties, without Sc
riously considering the matter and
without any study or investigation
upon his part, has settled down to
the idea that the tariff is really the
issue. The politicians have one half
the people attribuling all their griev-
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-05

ten bales of cotton at that time, at
90 cents per pound, would net the
farmer 200. The same ten bales
OF cotton now at the present price
OF 6 cents per pound would net him
$500. We find from these figures
that somehow or somehow else the
cotton farmer has been robbed of
$500 on his years production Of cot
ton. The crop that he produced in
1872 cost no more labor than the
crop he produced in 1894. Then
why is this difference of 500?
Let us see now how it is with the
wheat raiser. Take 1000 bushels
of wheat as the average crop. In
1872, the year before silver was
demonetized, wheat was worth from
$l.65 to $40 per buahel.
The loco bushels at $1.75 in 1892
would have netted the far ner $3.50.
Today the price of it is fifty cents per
bushel, and the | ,000 bushels brings
the farmer 5000. lie gets $l250
less for his weeat crop in 1894 than
he did in 1872. Why is this? What
is it that robs the farmer of this
$3.50? Is it the tariff?
From the above facts we see that
the cotton farmer paid $38.07 tariff
in 1872, and received $1,000 for his
cotton crop, now in the year 1894
he pays $37,75, just 80 cents less
than in 1872, and receives $500 for
his crop, a loss Of 500.
The wheat farmer paying the
amount of tariff as above, received
$3.50 for his crop in 1872, now he
received $500, loss of $3.50.
In other words these farmers have
been fighting over that &4.8l tariff,
the difference to them between the
democrats and republicans on that
question, while the money power
has stealthily stepped in and robbed
the cotton raiser of $500 and the
wheat raiser of 81, $50. To the cot
ton raiser the money question is as
much above the tariff question as an
issue of 500 is above $4.8l; and
to the wheat raiser as $3.50 is
above $4.S1.
When the farmers of this country
study the financial question, and re-
alize how they have been robbed by
the decentralization of silver and the
destruction of the greenbacks, there
will be but one issue, and that will
be the money question.