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WACO, TEXAS, DEC. 81, 18S8.
It is a customary roni ark that wrink
lcs como from worrying, but a phi si
cian savs most of them como from
laughing.
A movement is on foot at 1 Paso
to send 100 delegates to Washington
to participate in the inaugural ceremo-
Tho now bagging factory, days the
Galveston Tribune, will, when running
to its full capacity, employ not leas
than 350 mon.
A 'North Carolina justice of tho peace
fined a citizen $5 for contempt of court
in not bringing out a pail of water for
tho justice's horses while ho was travel
ing.
Titus county in coming to tho front
as ono of the richest counties in the
State in mineral, coal, iron lead and
copper, as they are to be found there
in rich deposits.
A London author has written thirty
novels in three years. This beats the
record of any living man, but the wri
ter's enormous labor has brought him
only $1000.
A law in Prussia provides that any
person carrying a stick or an umbrella
in such a way as to bo dangerous to
other travelers may be punished by
fine or imprisonment.
A Mineapolis girl, if the Mineapo
lis Tribune can bo believed, turned
from whito to black and then to red in
less than three minuses. She went
through tho tunpel with her sweet
heart. - A health writer makes the point
that while the good cigar has only one
poison, the cigarette has five the oil
in the paper, the oil of nicotine, salt
peter to preserve the tobacco, opium
to make it mild and the oil in the fla
voring. The department of labor at Wash
ington has undertaken a big job in the
investigation of the wages, hours of
labor, and the condition of the em
ployes of the 700 railroads of the
United States, who, it is estimated,
number about half a million.
A now dynamo with a capacity to
run eight incandescent lights has been
invented by a Vermont electrician. It
has some novel features, one being a
slow current obviating all danger,
whilo one light can be shutCoff with
out affecting the others on tho same
circuit
The city of New York has agreed to
spend $75,000 as its share of the ex
penses to bo incurred in celebrating
the centennial of the inauguration of
President Washington. That is a
large turn, but not too large, taking
the whole subject into consideration.
Tho entire cost of tho celebration is
estimated at $175,000. It is proposed
to raise $50,000 by private subscrip
tions, and to ask tho state to contri
bute $50,000 more.
At a recent meeting of tho Amer
ican Ornithologists' Union, Ernest E.
Thompson of Canada said that some
birds, especially sparrows, have yen
triloquial powers. Birds', when sur
prised in tho act of singing, will be
silent for a moment and then give
forth a faint song that seem to come
from a distanco though the singer be
not raoro than ten feet away. Thrush
es and robins, the lecturer said, also
have this power.
Cheap Shopping: Mrs. Bliffers
(reading)-'An elegent winter wrap,
the latest Paris style, can now be
bought for $75." Mr. Bliffers (greatly
interested) - "Does it say anything
about tho price of overcoats?" Mrs.
Bliffers (looking over the paper)-"Let
me see. Oh, yes: here it is: "Go to
Cheap John's celebrated miofit empo
rium for an overcoat; elegent garment,
prico $5, worth $8. AIbo freab.lv as-
sorted stoolc of second hand goods,
slightly soiled, neatly patched, $3.'
iTftl? v"luB" " now-
days. Just think. A wran for e
J?"0T k for you can l.e got for
fia. -. X. Weekly.
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Young Politician "Papa, is there
any dlnerance between a Bourbon
' straight and straight Bourbon?" Old I summoned, and every effort waa made
jJPaUtleUB (sighing) Yes. my ton,ltq revive the wobWs lost power, but
7"ktisaditferenceof afUeaortwto-litwaaof noavail, and "sit did two
NBWSNOTBB.
John Chinaman's great holiday, cor
responding to Christmas, falls on Dee
20, and was celebrated in New York
by the dedication of a grand new Joss
house.
The yearly inconio of tho great
Kimblcrly diamond mines in South
Africa is $20,000,000, and besides this
it iff estimated tLat fully $10,000,000
worth of diamonds arc stolen ovcry
year by tho natives who work in the
1U1UUS.
Tourists traveling overland in Pull
man coaches should beware, savs a San
Francisco special, of invitations to
play cards with new acquaintances
Many poker "sharps" aro traveling
along tho line, and several passengers
nave lost sums of money recently.
In Norway it has been discovered
that snow is a considerable resistanco
to projectiles A colonel had a snow
trench 2 metres 60 centimetres thick
built, and threo shots were fired at it
from a distanco of S3 metres. Tho
balls only penetrated to the distance of
1 motro 20 centimotres, and were
found entirely shapeless.
Mrs. Tammisin Harper, widow of
Col. Jno. Harper, founder of Harj er
& itrothers, Has just died in Mow York
City, aged ninety-two years She was
the daughter of Abner Higgins, a
prominent Nov York merchant. Mrs.
Harper was a leading member of the
Methodist church and greatly inter
ested in all benevolent institutions.
Mrs Cleveland's latest evening dress
is a stunner bustle or no bustlo. It
is a Directory gown of pale pink erepe
de chine, embroidered with roses and
green leaves outlined in silver. The
coat is of moss green velvet. For the
waist thero is a belt of coral cut ;n big
cameo medallions, and with coral col
lar and bracelets to match.
A Cincinnati establishment each
year beats out 21,000 gold dollars into
gold leaf, and as each dollar can bo
mado into a sheet that will carpet two
rooms sixteen'and one-half feet square,
some.ideam&y be formed of its tenuity
It requires 1400 thicknesses of gold
leaf to equal a sheet of thin paper, and
280,000 to form an inch.
Kate Field, who is now engaged in
booming California wines, has been ar
guing with tho committee in charge of
President-elect Harrison a inaugural
ceremonies, she claims that a party
devoted to the protection of American
industries should drink nothing but
native wines at an inaugural banquet
The committee is willing to compro
mise and divide its order for wines be
tween native and foreign brands.
Senator Ingalls is generally spoken
of as a poor man. but S. B. Glazier, a
banker of Atchison, Kan , tells a' re
porter "1 know that he is by no
means a poor man. IIo has $100,000
worth of real estate in Atchison, whioh
brings him in handsome returns.
This, with his salary as senator and
tho fees he receives for legal advice,
must bring him in more then he spends,
for he lives plainly and his family is
not given to extravagances."
Cardinal Gibbons has just completed
a new literary work, entitled "Our
Christian Heritage, and has handed
the manuscript to his publishers It
will make a book of about 500 pages,
and is purely religious in character.
One chapter of it is devoted to the la
bor question, whioh is treated from a
humane and religious standpoint The
nrst number will be issued about April
1. The cardinal began this work
shortly aftsr his roturn from Rome in
1886, but its completion was neces
sarily retarded, owing to multifarious
duties of his office.
The Indians on the island of Old
town, Me., have a novel way of bridg
ing Penobsoot in the fall, after the ice
prevents the running of the ferry
boats. The water being so swift in the
channels on each -side of the island
that it would not freeze early if it
wero not aided, they obtain a large
cake ot ice and swing it aorops the
channel in a narrow part on the Mil
ford side. In a few nights that bo
comes frozen sufficiently hard to bear
the weight of persons crossing, and it
comes into use for a number of weekB
before the other ico is ready.
Mary Scelwig and hor husband lived
near Halifax, Pa. A few days ago the
wife complained to her husband that
she was suffering with the toothache.
Finally the husband became angry and
declared that the offending tooth or
teeth must be taken out by a dentist
near at hand. When Mrs. Soelwig got
into the operating chair she was verv
nervous and almost fainted. She oould
not take an anrosthetio, and when two
or threo of her teeth had been taken
out she pulled violently to escape. It
was necessary to have thirteen teeth
removod, and the husband was deter
mined not to permit his wife to leavo
the chair until every one had been
taken out To make the work easier
anaarms so that she could not move,
and the work continued until all tho
i..i.i..j i.. .. j t ,
time the woman was exhausted and
unable to rise from the chair. The
1 two men realized that she was in a
I dangerous condition, and they at onoe
I annUed restoratives. A nhv.im.n -.
"sbd dbd two
The Soap Mine of Nevada.
In Novodn aro several deposits of min
eral soap. Olio of these has boon worked
for threo or four years. Tho soap is
sometimes mado up into cakes 'as it
cornea from tho mlno, but usually It Is
toned down by admixture with various
other soaps. In Dakota and Wyoming
are also deposits of natural soap. In re
gions whero soda, borax and mineral oils
abound it Is only necessary to bring these
ingredients together and a soap mlno is
tho result Hot springs assist materially
in uniting and concentrating tho mate
rials provided by nature. Tho soap
found about hot springs is, therefore,
generally harder and more perfect than
that produced in the dry way In and
about tho basins of extinct lakes.
Tho waters of Owens and Mono lakes
are so thoroughly saturated with borax
and soda In solution that tho addition of
any oleaginous matter produces soap.
The waters of Mono lake produce myriads
of grubs (which after a tirno bocoino flics)
which aro washed ashore, and in somo
S laces form beaches n foot or two in
epth. Tho oily matter contained in the
grubs or flies, uniting w 1th tho alkali in
tho water of tho lake, forms a deposit of
soap an Inch or two in thickness each
year. Thus, in tho courso of ages, n de
posit of natural soap of great depth has
been built upon tho cast sldoof tho alkali
lake's, where tho worms aro stranded
prevailing u inds being from tho v. est.
Theso particular grubs aro the only living
things found in the waters of Mono ana
f Owens lakes.
At certain seasons an insectivorous
duck, called tho spoonbill, frequents
theso lakes, and, feeding upon the
aquatio flics and grubs, becomes so fat it
can hardly fly. llunters kill theso spoon
bill ducks for their oil, as tho grub on
wliich thoy feed imparts to them a flshy
tasto so strong that thoy cannot bo eaten
except by Indians, who cat both worms
and ducks. Ducks Lilted by hunters and
lost aro sometimes found In tho waters
of tho lake. All tho feathers am eaten
off the fowl by tho alkaline, solution, and
tho layer of fat beneath tho skin, on
inch in thickness, is found to bo changed
to soap, hard as tho best castilo and beau
tifully white Virginia City Enterprise.
Ioet micy'a Key to Success.
"Do you want to succeed in life?" asked
James Whitcomb Riley, tho hoosicr poet,
of Nelly Bly, whoso book of poems has
been most flatteringly received by the
English public and press.
'I do, oho replied, w itli an earnestness
that might have been felt a block.
"Then dress w ell," ho said. "Tho secret
of success Is a good personal appearance
Why, if I struck a town with only CO
cents in my pocket tho first thing 1 d do
v. ould bo to go to a barter shop A bar
ber shop is tho intelligence ofllco and
newspaper of every tow n. So, you sec,
my first movo would bo to go there I'd
havo a shave and givo tho barber my GO
cents, and when he offered mo back tho
change I'd toll him, with a knightly
wavo of tho hand, 'It's all right' Ho
would tell everybody else, and it would
help me to get an opening somewhere.
But about dress. Now wouldn't you
rather give a nickel to a beggar who
was brushed and had a clean face
than to ono who was not? Any
ono would. When ono goes to a hotel
doesn't the clerk take an Inventory of bis
guest before he gives a room, and doesn't
tho room always match the appearance?
If I want to sell some verses tho editor
glances at mo. If my clothes are shabby
o thinks, 'O, ho Is in hard luck and will
be satisfied at any price.' If my appear
ance is that of prosperity ho'll bo of raid
to offer mo a small prico, or if not afraid
at least ashamed. A woman should be
even moro particular. Her gowns givo
her ploco more than a man's coat Men
always look at tho women's dress, and
in almost ovcry instanco judgo accord
ingly. To bo successful ono must look
successful. Good clothing makes every
thing easier. Tako my advice if you
want to succeed never look shabby."
Chicago Herald.
Surprising BU Palate.
"Speaking about stimulants," said Ben
jamin F. Hitchcock, tho musio pub
lisher, "reminds mo of a curious habit
of Fernando Wood, onco mayor of this
city. Somo time in tho '50s he addressed
a literary society of which I was a mem
ber, in the old Broadway tabernacle,
which was then situated on Broadway
near Lispenard street Mr. Wood talked
about Alexander Hamilton, and as it was
my duty on behalf of tho society to
thank him for his kindness in addressing
us, I sat on tho platform. Upon tho table
besido the speaker stood a pitcher and
two tumblers. At frequent intervals
during his talk Mr. Wood poured a little
of the contents of the pitcher into the
tumbler and tossed it off. I noticed that
after each drink Mr. Wood became more
animated, his periods were moro glow
ing, his manner more assured.
As tho timo drew near for me to moke
tho speech of acknowledgment I becamo
very thirsty. My tongue clovo to tho
roof of my mouth. I stood it as long as
I could, and then, fearing that I should
be unable to talk when my turn como, I
boldly stepped up besido the speaker,
poured a tumbler three-quarters full of
the liquid, raised It to my Hp3, and
astounded my potato. Half of tho con
tents of tho glass had gono down tho
littlo red lano beforo my palato tele
graphed to my brain that something was
wrong. Howover, I finished tho glass
and eat down. Then I felt an Insidious
influence stealing along my blood and
pulsing in my brain. My courage, which
had becomo weakened, now was endued
with a now backbone. I could have faced
a Numidian lion. I havo had considera
ble experience as an orator einco then,
but nover havo I equaled that attempt
Tho liquid In tho pitcher was gin." New
York Evening Sun.
The Lady of the Lninb.
Thlfl TOflfl A foativnl twilllflf. f nn .
rient English tnxvn iiml iwtimul In
June, on tho first Monday after Wliitsun
weuje. a tut uwiu was proviueu ana at
a given signal, with Bcorcs of lookers on
in rli(vr. tin flrmht. tlm mnMan. 9 i.i
town, having had their thumbs tied bc-
nina mem, siarcea in iuii cnaso after the
harmless creature. Well frightened littlo
woolly coat must havo been at such un
usual merriment and with such a bovy
of swift footed hunttrs after him. Tho
damsel that with her mouth did catch
and hold tho lamb wi3 declared "Lady
of tho Lamb." After it was dressed it
was borne aloft on a long polo to the
8ubllo green and closo behind followed
ao fair prlzo winner, attended by her
companions in tho race, w hllo a bond of
uuuio nop step Dcsico them. Tho noxt
day camo tho grand feast, presided over
by tho "Lady of the Banquet " who
with great decorum and rare show of
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WE STILL HAVE ON
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CHRISTMAS GOODS IN TEXAS
FURN I
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WACO
Sideboards by the
dozen, Parlor and Bed
room Furniture of
Every Description.
Rocking Chairs &;
Fancy Tables. Hall
Racks by the
Hundred, and Every
thing Calculated to
Make a Handsome
Present from
Fifty cents to $500.
COM
PANY.
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EVERYTHING
BRAND NEW
and of the
LATEST STYLE
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Holidays for, the be-t
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