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THE EVENING NEWS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1893. WATCH THIS SPACE -: HORNE& WILLIAMS, 419 FRANKLIN STREET, 419 We have Farms1 of Every Size and Description in McLennan and Adjoining Counties, Fr bale at prices to suit purohasern. We are Agents for 100 lots in College liu. ghts, also 100 lots in BurlcHoti addition. (Jan also sell lots in Provi dent helghtu, University Iloights or any othfjr part of tho city. We have a nutnbor of dwellings and businoss proporty lor sale, (it Bargain Pricetf, or for ront. GJEZJEUT1 Holiday Bargains ! Find, Cluito Toys For the Children at Half Price. DOLLMYc Carry the Largest Selection in Town. IPresents For Grown People of Every Description. We have received one of the most beautiful shipments ever offered for sale of Vases, Lamps, Bisque Figures, Shaving Mugs, Cups and Saucers and Accordions. In fact, anytihng you desire to give to some friend or kindred as a present. Dress Goods of all descriptions, shoes of every style and make, hoisery without equal in town, clocks of the finest make and latest style at half price, caps, scarfs, shawls, hats, underwear, flannels, fancy handkerchiefs, ttimmirgs, silks, velvets and satins, fancy sateens damask table cloths, napkins, towels, blankets and quilts, the delight of all housekeepers. Bed spreads, Marcelle quilts, baby cloaks, baby caps, white goods, and our toys arc the delight of the children. Then we also carry the finest and most elegant selected line of GENTS' WEAR IN TOWN, Such as clothing for men, youths and children; boots, shoes, slippers, hats, fancy shirts, scarfs, underwear, mufflers, half hose, caps, suspen ders, ties, gloves, overshirts, woolen underwear in fancy colors, satchels and valises, trunks, rubber coats, mackintoshes, rubber boots and overshoes of standard make and quality, and in fact anything that man, woman or child may desire can be found at the old reliable stand of S, MAKX. Corner Austin and Square. ALAJFLJSZ --"n- Display in Town! MANAGER GENERAL NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF. Dario, late premier of Sorvia, is dead. A ST.IO.OOO fire lias just occurred in lluftalo, X. Y. The capture of King l.obongula is re ported lib incorrect. Might Kev. T. II. Lyman. bishop of North Carolina, is dead. The Krankling window glass factory of niwond, Ind., is in ashes. n.-.Minister Stevens lias been lectur ing in lioston on liawaiin matter.-.. Admiral Mello'.s flagship, Aquidabau, is again blockading Rio de .Janeiro. A lire in Troy, X. Y., on Friday last destroyed property valued at S.100,000. Mrs. I'orter, widow of Admiral Por ter, died in Washington a few days ago. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road Co. advanced pig iron 25 per cent. The total vote cast in the recent election for governor in Virginia, was aio,ir. It is reported that Archbishop Satolli, papal delegate, is soon to be created a cardinal. The total number of votes east at the recent state election in New York was 1,110,40'J. A desperado and moonshiner has been captured in the mountains of Monroe county, Tenn. Admiral De (Jama, of the llra.ilian government, has declared in favor of the insurgents. Secretary (iresham thinks China is the proper field in w hieii to extend our foreign commerce A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says President I'ei.xoto lias declared Admi ral DeCiauia a traitor. Mrs. W. T. hmitli of Richmond, Ala., OBsaulted by a negro in her room at night, shot him dead. (ion. Clement A. Kv.ms seems to have the inside track on the gub.inatorlal race track in (icurgia. lit. Rev. Ilobt .Sain'l Gregg, bishop of Cork, has been elected archbishop ot Armagh and priiuatu of Ireland. A Chinese envoy has arrived in Wash ington to negotiate a new treaty be tween the United States and China. Shocks of an earthquake were recent ly felt at Mt. Vernon, Ind., sufficient to shake the goods oil' the store shelves. Rev. Vernon Oliphantsuieided in New York on the 14 inst.,as the lesiilt of an unbalanced mind caused by over-study. One night recently 1,000 unemployed, starving men were huddled shiverinir in the halls of the city hall in Chicago. The new Italian cabinet is now com plete, with .Signor Crispi as premier, minister ot interior and interim foreign uflairs. Our ambassador to Kngland, Thomas V. Ilayard, g'nes assurance of a paeitie policy by President Cleveland toward Hawaii. The Spanish cabinet council have ap proved the conduct of (ien. Campos at Melilla, and decided to renew his pow er in full The (ieorgia legislature has declared for the coinage of both gold and .diver without discrimination and for state banks of issue. A gunpowder explosion recently oc curred at Waltham Abbey. London, killing one person and fatally wound ing nine others. Recent opinions b3' noted geologists place the duration of the earth upon which we now live at from 23,000, 00U to 05,000,000 years. Secretary Carlisle lias appointed Al bert H. Matthews of Pine Muff, Ark., and Wing Ching Foo ol Xcw York, as iinnc.se inspectors. Canada, it seems, is trying to estab lish and monopolize the trade between the Hawaiian islands and the United States to her own sea ports The New Yurie legislature, as it now stands since the recent election, rates: Senate, lepublicans lit, democrats 13. Assembly, republicans 71, democrats 5 J. .Seventeen thousand women in Cali fornia have signed a petition begging the newspapers to give less space to criminal new sand matters of immoral tendency. United States Consul Horkc, at Per nanibueo, wants a vessel as a precau tionary measure, martial law having been deehued by that government. Henry Cochran, former weigher at the mint in Philadelphia, has been sen tenced to a line of U,000 and to servo seven years m prison for robbing the government of gold bullion. Cashier Robinson ot the wholesale stamp department in the Chicago post otliee, was slugged in the oilice one night recently and the olllco robbed of S3, 000 in currency and silver. Gen. Diamond, who has just returned from Honolulu, in regard to news you got while on those islands about the situation there, says: "The opinion you get depends on whom you talk to." The ollieials of the United States sen ate are taking every precaution to pre vent an attack- by dynamite from the galleries of the senate chamber similar to tho one in the French chamber of deputies. German and United States warships at Rio de Janeiro hae forbidden the insurgent naval ileot blockading nnv Hrazilliau port, as their rights as bel ligerents have been refused bv all for eign nation.s. The California midwinter exposition is at last outliued ns it will be when the gates are thrown open on New Year's day. It will cover 100 acres of ground, and have seventy-five build ings in eonueetion. Western Indian Feuds. Dueling is now pretty generally recognized as a relic of barbarism, but perhaps its most satisfactory form Is that practiced by some tribes of western Indians. Quarrels are rare In a tribe, most of the fighting being re served for outsiders, but when a feud arises between two braves of tho same tribe all their friends unite to see fair play. The duelists are stripped, and the second toss up a piece of bark. Tho winner then seizes a piece of hard wood seasoned by years of service and stained with the blood of former duels. With this war club ho hits his op ponent as hard a blow as his strength will permit. The injured man then picks up the club and hits back, and the blows alternate until one brave or the other has had enough and declines to pick up the club again. The punish ment inflicted by these clubs is fright ful, every blow bringing blood and causing deep cuts and bruises. Ilurklneliam I'alare Uninhabitable. So serious have been the discoveries in connection with the sanitary condi tions of Iluckingham palace that the question is now being discussed as to whether it can ever again be used for a royal residence. Xot only is the drain age in a shocking condition, which will necessitate the expenditure of a fabu lous" sura to set aright, but it has also been found that one of the largest of tho main sewers of the metropolis passes immediately under the palace, atnl that the gases arising therefrom permeate the foundations of the royal iibode. The proposal to alter the course of the bower in question is declared impracticable. ' The defeat of General Lee by Thos. S. Martin in the Virginia legislature for United States senator, is said by Leo's friends to look as though shady ways were used to accomplish his de feat for senate honors. Kngland, in a round-about way, is surely endeavoring to get the Hawaiian islands under her control, knowing, should she accomplish tho desired end, she would have a chain of naval ad vantage over the United States. Anarchists having been handled too severely tor their daring and boldness in the destruction of human life and property in Germany, have decided to "pull up stakes" from that country and embark for the United State-where, they claim, they will have a wider ami better Held in which to onerate. rrij'W UllJ JiEAOH of every v.onmii health and strength. They're hi ought to you by Dr. Pirrce't, Favorite Prescrip tion. Take this medicine, and there's n wile and certain cure for all tho chronic weaknesses, de raufcmcut'. and diseases peculiar to thu s!x. It will build up, strpngthen, and invigorate overy "run-down" or delicate woman. It regulates and assists all the natural i unctions, noer conflict with taem, and is perfectly harm less in nuy condition of the female Nsystem. Piw .thiiu .i.-. iiaa u, nut- mtj, a woman requires a general, as well as uterine, tome and ncrvino. If you 10 n tired or afflicted woman, vou rim find nn ntlmr - A lt.(. n-.r? (m t.AB flJ... remedy that's ymtranteeil. If tho "Pro scription" ever fails to bonofit or euro, you have your money bad:. So small Is the clinnm nf fnllnrn Tt-HJi Tm Sago's Catarrh Remedy, that its proprietors inu nuuuK iii iii.'iki. mis promiso; "it we can't euro your Cntairh, no matter how bad your ctso Is, we'll pay vou $500 in cash." I F YOU WANT TODRlN Orinls: tlxe Bets TO BE FOUND AT THE OOSMOiS Saloon and Restcurant. All night and day service. W. F ARMSTRONG, Proprietor- Mi i:uirt).s mm;. SrATEOF TEXAS, County or McLennan: n,i,rV,,,n?,of?S ori,8r of Mle Issued on, of the Honorable District Court of Ji-I eni an fffi'V", ,daV,f December, ISM , h? tSS Clerk thereof", in th? case of Galvoaton "t ;.'0"".ton. investment company, versa a ?T. .T uuuiiiiwnan , et n o ins anrl i 7" sheriff, directed ami delivered, I wllVpwcee i i? ;?.',',. witb,,n tnol'our pro.cVlbed by lawfor sberlll's laic, on tho HIRST TUKSDAV In BlUmtH' l".i,M,'.U bdn tbeSnddayor ii.i Hi1"1""1 ,lie Mlr bak door of """.f???. "' city ot Waco, the ii, , v.,"""t" property, to-wlt: Block thlrty-nlne (TJj a id forty-fonr (44) of ,QI'1 addition to the Cuv onWco In "C''.e".nJ,n.c?.V"y. Tb.. Lev od o i MttX property of W. meat amounting veston A: Houston of salt. U,9bti.R0, in favor ofGal In7ctmcut Co. and cost wiven nuclei December lb93. my hand, W. L this nth day of IlouKM, Shortfr. December 12, 1S3J t After 0ne Thing Comes Another. Now SDrinc ir hnr anA ., T...u have your system in Kood shape for the summer. Climax Blood Elixir will cure you of any blood trouble or disorder of tho stomach and bowels. dVugg" P08iUv Summee b iNEWS prints the acsooiatod "r?8B telesrama tw'trn !,.- .u-j - UI-1 I " l HE WEARiFn?: A Man Who II.. - .. Wardrobe Than mII""' f , Commander Jame, na local linsf. r.r-o.,,1 . .. "'us. nf ii LSii hcmu.V'-nenV teemed as a man of hlfel tolligence, says the , Lew&n4 J lur. uouuins has a briiii....; uourni ua ii luuruuur of tho Tlilri V. ieC( Ho has lived in th0 vfc - 1 . --"'lUUL WftHw. 111- -"MB! and is a jeweler. Til ,..:u s'ncei5 cottage on tho brow nf tuX a"i drives into tho Mliu t. ', "asod front hallway is Mr. ilo b ins- lathe and tonl .. i... ls bene him placidly worl ; ". :ly.on lad wheelsand springs. &jattlle tin u you are on sufllcientlv inti terms with at,- t-i.i.i. j ln"mi him Indulirfmr" In 1.7. ,.??.u "i one.likothomoBtn .:,?..? the hobby is startling, '," "Scs' and it mav be snf..i,- ..:. ii ' .l 'res,Hi most original man in the st,t Mnino r. .... i... l"e "ate i '". "" "' 111S curious fancvd concerned. Ho wen u: ; nc7l u-hnn l.n ,r ,1...T. - i"''115- X and to do his , r ." sr ,;,."." n.irc" Ior the mtirltntinrr mi times he slips on his mnscnline t3 loons et he does not wear h&Z At the! Rnrn len nrni.iH ,. . lul nf ,lr,,.,.t 11... "-"rSaS0 toned tightly about liiships. IIeai " ' wears a woman's nuinbur six slZ with high heels and graceful, sle2 shape. Jr. Bobbins weighs sometto w...v.., .....,-,, um, ,lls ivonsnra n.i ., n "T X .. ; "u ' "" . ,u1 $ Pound: .... .u y;, wromicen uy those shw peeping coyly out from beneath mad trouser legs is startling, to savtb ::,v ".; ,wru "h uoesn limine, ami uis buoes seem to Sill niuity veII. no reserves his petticoats for tM .sanein,.y 01 Uie Home circle, forthetai tiai retirement of his orchard andfj '-"", 'U'0" ncigiiuors with whom II acquaintance is close. Mr. RobyJ i.sn i, birucumisu auoul .sltowing himsel iii petticoats. lie enjoys wearitJ ineiii; ne nas worn them whenoppo: tuiiity lias presented all his life loni and bo wears them sciiuitificalij-.to! In the first place there's no lialf-ws uusiness anout it. livery detail ( feminine attire is there and Mr. Rol bins is rightly fussy about the defaili There is no woman in Cooper's JM wno owns so many dresses of suche: eel lent material as does theeommandi of tho Cooper s Mills post. lie takJ pride in Inlying only tjie best. Hi lingerie is elaborately tucked an milled, edged with lace and fashions according to the most approved model of any lady's wardrobe. The materii is of tho finest quality, and when Jt JColiuius lifts his skirts the eye gets vision of rallies, lace and "all sod like" of daz.ling whiteness aadimmacH ulate smoothness. A GERMAN COLONY AT JAFFA Hardships of it Hi-1Ii;1ouh Sct Thit M tli'tl In l'alrtllnr, Tlie last number of tho Gartenlanb tells the story of a religious enterpris which has all the romance of tl strange episode of Mormonism withot nny of its repulsive features, says fa Alanchcster Guardian. About the mti die of the present century a Snatal peasant farmer Christopli IIoffmanB conceived tho notion that he wal divinely called to build at Jerusalem a temple in readiness for theapproacHM ing millennium. 15v decrees tni sturdy fanatic gained considerable ii fluence over his countniucn an ii ilucnco which may lie estimated by thB fact that he successfully contested till scat for Ludwigsburg in the Germs parliament in tho year IMS, thouj the famous David Strauss, himself native of the town, was his opponen' After spending some years in prM lytizingand collecting tho necessarj funds Hoffmann made some ou'rtnw to the Turkish government for the 4 quisition of land, but the cpioae the Crimean war indefinitely postpone! any chances which lie might have W of success. In lS.IS three nienu'crs the Ront. ivi.n. f.ont. nut to the nroniW ln,l na :,,.,..c II,. ,ll 1)V tl! worn followed liv others, who travel over the country literally from Dant to Ueorsheba. Many died from K anil linrilOiin. lint, a nucleus stttl W mnini.,1. rri,..s. v,.ri killied at last 0. Hoffmann himself in lSG'J, awl a colon! was definitely founded at .Jafla, ffJ Hoffmann administered till hisdeatnil rec-. Whatever tho country may have bee in uucient iiiue.s, niu.ii.." i- , ,t:.i .. i.,.i :t 11.. i nml llmvinif"1 itflEi uiu uui iinu ii. .i -- - . .:ii .i i .. rii.m. named 'uv; luiiii mill iiunu. nj tt f thai bread at a greater cost of effort w their tam T thoy would have incurred in ttieir m tive country, and they wcro, m j exposed to the hatred of their Jiowj exposed mr1nn nnirrlilinrs. Vet. 1 ke tiie -ur mons, they showed how much can done by a community moved the: strong faith, however deiusiii treatf-H grow steadily m numuers.n." ..(tm r.nt i-nnr fiiA rnlnnv numbered "' " hundred souls and cellared no less ; threo thousand hectolitres 01 : It Is not a little due to tncir agitation that a railway has l. opened between iiau.i " aT Vho can say ho ; far-re c--. & tne results ootn oi " railway? 8absoribc for ' ae Nsw 50c R luo rb St 1 ll y reaper r Wnoc-