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II. A. IVY, Business Manaokb.
WACO, TEXAS, MARCH 20, 1880.
Have you taken stock in the
cotton mill? If not, why not?
This should be a week of work
with the subscription committees.
If Waco is ever going to raise
the money for that cotton mill it
should be done this week.
When that railway rate and
classification bill gets back to the
senate that body would do well to
try its postponement tactics again.
Bishop Thomas B. Lyman, of
North Carolina, claims to have dis
covered that freshly roasted pea
nuts, eaten before retiring, is an
effectual remedy for insomnia.
An English doctor advocates the
sting of bees as a remedy for rheu
matism. He claims to have suc
cessfully treated 173 cases, using
in all 39,000 stings.
Railway employes in various
parts of the state are petitioning
the legislature not to pass the sen
ate rate and classification bill.
They think their living is at stake.
Let every citizen of Waco who
has a spark of town pride and pub
lic spirit about him come up like a
man to the help of the city in its
present efforts for the cotton mills
and Grand Trunk railway.
Tho tallowing tablo tnkon from tho
Houston Post gives tho official rates
on freight of dlfforcnt classes foitho
dlstnnco of 100 miles, as provided lu
tho Lnno-Flold bill, mid as charged
In four states In which railway com
missions prevail. These figures spoak
for themselves and show tho bill now
pending in tho legislature to bo far
moro objectionable and lnjurous to
tho railroads than the defunct com
mission bill:
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third Class,
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Can'd goods
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Flonr m'l
Grain, wheat
Orsln, other
kind
Hideo, dry,
in bales..
1forc&m'l
trulls dried
iron Flpo.
I.lme
Lumber..
Marble,drs'd
Machinery..
l"ktnghouse
products..
Pecans
Salt
Stoves
Husrar.......
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Wool
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We have seen things take form
and effect more rapidly than docs
that Waco cotton mill. ; Victoria
Advocate.
Slowly but surely is Waco's
motto now, Colonel.
The Chinese minister is said to
be the most liberal patron in Wash
ington of the cable companies. He
spends more money for telegraph
ing than the United States govern
ment. Telegrams to China cost
$4 a word.
President Harrison is represent
ed as determined to break up the
little cliques of republican bosses
in the South. If he will accom
plish this he will be entitled to the
eternal thanks of the South, even
if he does nothing else for it.
At the recent celebration of the
eighteenth anniversary of the Paris
commune, in Chicago, Lucy Par
sons, the chief speaker of the oc
casion, shouted " We want a rev
olution. Whether peaceful or
bloody makes no difference. A
revolution must come."
An exchange says a bill has
been introduced before the New
York legislature to amend the
criminal code of the state so that
readers of newspapers will be eli
gible as jurors. Juror material
must be exceedingly scarce in that
state of newspapers without such
a law in operation.
The Water Problem.
Editor Evening Kews.
Free water seems to bo tho qncstion
uppermost in tho minds of the people
of the present and sonic one asks will
tho City Fathers prove equal to tho
occasion? That question must be de
cided by the people themselves by pub
lic mass meetings, and througb discus
sion of the subject. But there is only
one way and only one, by which tho
people can have free water and that
way is this : by assessing an ad valo
rum tax, the same as school or county
ad valorum, for the purpose of paying
interest on bonds and to create a sink
ing fund to run 20 years to liquidate
the bonded indebtedness ot the city.
We can do this easily, and I do believe
that it would bo the best thing that
ever occurred for the welfare and pros
perity of Waco that is, to have free
water ior all manufacturing purposes,
for hotels, livery stables, barbershops,
planing mills, flouring mills and for all
domestio purposes mere would be
no necessity lor a water superintend
ent at a fixed salary. There would be
no waterworks rings as there ususally
are supposed to be. There would be
no competition. Tho poor of the city
could get all the water they wanted by
paying a nominal tax. The hotels that
pay now trom ttireo to six hundred dol
lars would not pay one-third as much.
Allow one to illustrate for instance
tho McClelland hotel, I have been in
formed, pays six hundred dollars for
water per annum. Suppose the tax
assessor places its valuation at $50,-
000 dollars, and the city assesses it 25
cents per $100, tho whole amount of
tax for water purposes for the McClel
land house would he $125, and thus be
a saving to that hotel of $475, which
seems to me to be an item for the rent
er or landlord; but the tax on the poorer
man's cottage, assessed at $1000, would
bo just $2 50 instead ot $12 for family
use and $12 for the cow and $24 to
sprinkle the yard, garden and flowers.
Howcvor, I would state that the only
dan for freo water the above one out
Ined and by the artesian system. But
as the city owns no artesian well the
city government would either have to
buy Mr. Bell's well or dig wells of its
own I would favor tho purchase of
Mr. Bell's well if it can bo had at any
thing reasonable. This is really a se
rious question which concerns the
whelo people of Waco, and they ought
to come out and disouss tho matter
thoroughly. D. M. Whelan.
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All About a Valeatlne.
Brady, Tex., March 22, It is re
ported here that a day or two since Jako
Lindly lay in wait for ono Stansel, and
when stansel, on bis way trom Urown
wood, reached a point near the Colora
do river, near the line of Brown and
McCullooh counties, Lindly fired upon
him. Stansel sprang from his wagon
and began to nre at Lindly with a Win
Chester, and continued to do so, while
Lindly ran away. Lindly's finger was
shot off, but Stansel was not hurt. The
shooting is said to havo occurred about
a valentine sent bv Stansel to Liiidlv's
mother. It is said they had met do
fore and exchanged several shots, with
out either being injured. This is" as
accurate a report as can bo had of this
affair. All parties concerned rcsido
in McCullooh.
ANECDOTE OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
Bon i Tit President of the United State
qenrcil an n Private) Soldier.
"Pid ybu over know," asked a gen
llcnun nt tho Union Lcaguo club ban
quo t, "that Hannibal Hamlin onco
served this government in a dual ca
pacity, holding a position near tho top
of tho ladder and another near tho
bottom -nt ono and tho samo timo?"
Tho reporter admitted that ho had
never heard of tho incident.
"Well, ho did," said tho club man.
"Whilo ho was vlco president of tho
United States ho served for a timo as
a privnto in tho Volunteer army.
Queer idea, wasn't it? I'll tell you how
il happened.
"You seo ho was an honorary member
of 11 littlo company of militia in Ban
gor, Mo., and when Lincoln issued his
call for troop's it promptly responded
and cnuio to Washington. Thcro.it
was ordered to thornavy yard to 'do
guard? duty, und' to tho surpriso of
ovcry ono Mr. Hamlin announced his
intontion to go with iL Tho olllccrs
rather rebelled at tho idea of having
a vico president under them, but Mr.
Hamlin was determined.
" 'Why not?' ho nsked. 'If I'm a
good enough man 'to bo an honorary
member of tho company I guess I'm
good enough to bo a private.
"And ho shouldered a gun and went
with them. Well, at tho navy yard
thero were, of course, moro complica
tions. Tho olllccrs decided that it
would not do to put tho distinguished
private on guard duty, but ho objected
again, and pertinently inquired:
" 'What am I hero Tor to look
pretty 1'
"And tho result was that ho marched
up and down as u sentinel in his reg
ular turn. Odd, wasn't it? Imagine
the vico president of tho United States
rcceiviug orders from a sergeant of a
milita company.
"Then when tho company was mus
tered out ho was offered tho regular
pay of a private for tho timo ho was at
tho navy yard, but ho declined to ac
cept it.
" 'Why?' ho was asked. 'You served
with tho rest of us.'
" 'Well,' ho said, 'I don't think it's
right for a man to draw pay twice
from tho government, and, taking all
things into consideration, I believo I'd
ratner uraw tho vico presidents sol
nrr.1 " Chienirn Trihiinft.
-Chicago Tribune.
Toads and Snakes.
Toads in tho presence of snakes usu
ally remain perfectly still; in this is
their only safety, for did they make
tho least movement they would im
mediately bo caught I havo known a
hungry snako lio in waiting over an
hour for a frog to move, and even
push with "tho noso to stir him up.
This has been called "snako charm
ing," and indeed it looks liko it, but
tho toad is tho charmer, tho snake the
charmeo.
I remember ono day I dropped a
toad in tho midst of a pit of snakes I
had in my back yard. Ho at onco bo
camo perfectly still, though surround
ed by moro than a dozen hungry
snakes. Thero was a circlo of fierce
heads and glaring eyes around him,
but he would not move. The circle
narrowed, until tho protruding tongues
almost touched him, yet ho was im
movable. Just then I was called away
for over half an hour, but on return
ing found tho toad, in grave dignity,
still holding tho fort by most masterly
inactivity.
The senses of seeing, hearing and
smelling are very defectivo in garters;
they can seo but a few yards at most,
ana oven at short distances of but a
few inches thoy aro often at fault
A snako was seen pursuing a frog in
a saw mill yard. Tho sawdust and
open snaco were greatly in favor of
tho snako and against tho frog. Tho
frojr mado long jumps and tho snako
mauo a direct line to tho spot where ho
alighted, but before reaching it tho
frog had again jumped in another di
rection, ana so tho hunt wont on for
about half a minute; tho snako quite
unablo to trace tho frog in his aerial
progress, was directed only by tho dis
turbance made in alighting.
At last tho frog, mora by accident
than design, alighted on tho flat sur
facoof a rough board, which stood
leaning against a pile of lumber at an
anglo of about 80 degs., and sat per
fectly still, about ten inches from the
ground. The snake was quite puzzled ;
no looked, listened, sniffed and poked
about for several minutes, passingcloso
to tho end of the board several times, but
tho hunt was an utter failure, and he
slunk away toward tho brushwood, a
very mad and disgusted specimen.
Forest and Stream.
The Grand Sloftl.
Ho is nominated by the sultan, but
ho can only chooso ono of tho thrco
highest functionaries; these, again,
aro nominated by tho sultari. but
under a similar restriction; and so
progressively uown ward, the sultan al
ways nominating, but only from tho
eligiblo persons determined and pre
sented by tho hierarchical progression
01 mo oouy nseu. it llnally rests upon
tho students in tho different colleges
who are raised tho first two steps by
collegiate degrees. Tho grand mufti,
tho cazaskicrs of Anatolvnnd Rrmm.
oly, tho threo cadis of the first cities,
and soma other dignitaries from tho
supremo council of Ulema, or learned
men. Tho ordinary functions havo
refercuco to their own corporation,
but in all extraordinary or doubtful
occasions thoy aro consulted by tho
government; they aro not invited to
join tho divan, but tho caso is sub
mitted to them, Thus, for instance,
Alexandre says never boil coffee, ah I Hi wcra" adopted TheTwraanSd1
ways drip it. Ho says r. person that 1 to, and it was on their felva itself , re-
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TO EXCH'ANGEi-Furniture,
Stoves or Household
Goods of every description for
a good horse.
TO RE NT-Good seven-room
house on DuttoiAtreet, also
two-room house.
ALL kinds of Household arti
les to buy,sell, exchange or rent
TO SELL Good seven-room
House, or exchange it for
Fort Worth property.
EVERYBODY to call on G.
L. Gooch at Curiosity Shop
and buy goods on the Install-
in ent Plan.
CHEAP COLUMN.
:Fovr Sole.
Nice Pnrlor Sett.
Mnrble-Top Bedroom Setts.
Walnut Office Desks.
Marbleitop Dressing Cases.
Bureaus, Chalrs,-Rockcrs.
Mew nnd Secoml-linnd Stoves.
Books of every description.
Musical Instruments.
Union Sewing Machines.
Wardrobes, Safes.
Extension & Kitchen Tables.
Rattan Bookers.
Qucenswaro and Glassware.
Lamps and Lamp Chimneys.
Knives, Forks and Spoons.
Squirrel Cages.
Nice Geese Feathers.
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Waco Curiosity Shup
Will buy second-hand Goods, or
exchange new for old.
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JNO. T. BATTLE,
Rill Eilili, Riqt Mjufi
boiq gonf."v
Block No. 0, Bell's Hill, near tho artesian
well, and overlooks the city,
li lots on Tenth street.
10 lots on Anstln street.
6 lots on Franklin street.
37 lots on West avenue
' lots on Starr street.
0 lots on Boss street, near artesian wall.
7 lots on Clay street, Bell's Hill.
7 lots on Burnet Btroet, Bell's Hill.
Buy Now and Make Money.' Buy
Now and Secure a Home.
R. H. Gray
.SCALER IN
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Hay, Corn, Oats, Bran, Etc.
ConmrY Prodoce Bouclit and Sold:
TELEPHONE CONNECTION.
fils ill
A couple in Bridgeport, Conn.,
have prolonged a courtship thirty
years for the reason that the will
of the young lady's father disin
herited her if she married her affi
anced. ' It might be satisfactory
to a yankee beau for his best girl
to keep him waitine thirty years
before she could make up her mind
whether she thought more of him
or a fortune, but it would never do
a Texan lover.
Naval Secretary Tracy writes to
a discharged employe : " For ap
pointment to a position under the
navy department ability to perform
satisfactorily the duties of the no-
clfinn V.ol1 ,-..- oon.:. n .. K I l.l I COSO IS not rirCSOntefl in fhom in iha
a condition precedent to favorable ' . 7i " . JufSSSSSS tc2F&i!i?
comnderation of an application for d&" "h
i:Vtention or appointment." This "rig busincB,D ''Sle "is av, ffi:&S5 "SS&
IQrT ls Bou enougn 11 me secretary fir8t ,n his lino, sollinK the richest, the tho nenaltvl" ThU i. !-, ZZ. -
,'l.wiU suit his official acts to ms I fattest and juiced of jucat at tottom 1 which cases with foreign powert aro
took prices. - 1 uuuuu, j.ne nauowu KerMw.
will boil coffeo will eat with their knife hearsed in tho firman, that ho was"de-
corauut some otnor mortal sin. cmrcu an ouuaw, or. according to
Alexandre's Bakipg Powder ia the their, expression, a 'Firmanli." Ttoe
:TO THE:
Fipmira ol Molnnnin irjd Adjoining
Countlii
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WAGD LUMBER GO.
WILL EXCHANGE
StiVSII, DOORS,
Blinds etxxcL Builders
HARDWARE -
For Corn delivered to us at our
Lumber Yard in Waco, oriji
Oar-load Lots delivered at
any of the following
points, to wit:
McGBEGOR, SOUTH BOSQUE, AXTELL, Mt.
, OMM, HUBBARD and DOWSON.
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WACO -:- FENCE :-: COMPAMY,
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Write for circulars and prloee.
Agents wanted.
This wire and picket fence la not
only cheap, but the best fence made
for yards, gardens and orchards, be
ing stroug and durable. For house lota
no fence can compare for price. Only
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pointed and made of beat heart pine
WE HAVE A VERY HEAVY STOOK AND
tWILL EXOANGE ANY AND ALL KINDS OF
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DuiLiiina mm tniAL
Including rough and dressed Lumber, suoh as
Flooring, Celling, tiding Moulding and Ithlngles
Also sash, Doora, Hinds and Hardware.
Our PrtDM will bi PPHluly im urn.
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