Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 22, 1888 Page: 2 of 4
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Waco Evening News.
the newb coivri'A.isfsr.
Kntcrc 1 nt the poto lice at Waco lui5 09
sccon 1-clms mnll mnttLr
J II. rHJUVVOIIll. lluliir Mnnnjrr
sunscuii'Tiuv run ctsrs v month
Waco Tiws - August HJ 188S
Immigration into Clinch from Lu-
rope thus fir this jetr has retched
45 ooo Of this number 40000 have
proceeded direct to the United Sti.es
'1 he city authorities of Pluhdelphia
have figured it out that the) wilt need
$18505697 to run the town next ear
an lncrcise of ibout $4000 000 from
this jeir
The totil debt of Mtsbichusettss
stile -ind municipal upon which it is
piling interest is $91283913 of
Pennsjlvimi $1 1 034759 and of
New York $318823314
A Nebrabki mm named Mickel-
wait who is traveling to Washington
weighs 400 pounds and has to be ear-
ned in the biggage cir being unible
to enter a pissuiger car He is in
robust health but is fasting to reduce
his flesh
Guy's Hospital the richest of the
endowed chanties of London his
been obliged to ask for a share of the
Hospital Sunday Tund The agricul
tural depression is the cause. 'Ihe
endowment of the hospitil consist
cl lefly of landed propert)
Ihe Prohibitionists have just com-
pleted a canvass of Illinois and the
result gives them great encourage-
ment Ihe) claim that their vote will
reach 40000 Complaint is made
that rrany of their meetings are dis-
turbed and the speakers assaulted
with stones and rotter eggs
The King of the Belgians lutes to-
bacco never wears gloves and goes
bareheided as much as possible He
is fond of bathing but does not swim
Geography and languages are his fa-
vorite studies and he has travelled in
almost ever) Asiatic countrv. He is
a handsome man slightly built but
muscular with clue e)es and a big
brown beird touched with gray
The will of John Robinson the
veteraii showman v-as probatea in
Cincinnati Tuesda) He bequeathed
property alued ar $1000000 to two
grandchildren sons of his daughter
Kate and Robert Stickne) the famous
bareback riders are left 815000 each
in trust The rest of the estate goes
m eaqual shares to the testator's three
sons Gilbert Charles and John
Benjamin Franklin's son William
was in 1770 governor of New Jer-
sey. He remained at his post and
loyal to the British nov ernment till the
commencement of the revolutionary
war when he was seized by the Amer-
ican govenment and imprisoned for
neirly two ) ears when he was liber-
ated in exchange for an American of-
ficer He remained loyal to his mon-
archical principles till his death in
18x3
Rev Robert Mclntyre who has
been called to the pastorate of Grace
Methodist Church in Chicago is only
thirty years old Robert Mclntyre
was once a jolly and first-rate brick-
la) er He wis working in Philadel-
phia as such when that awful blaze
swept over Chicago. Then there
came the loud-voiced demand for
Phihdel)hia "pressed brick" and
for skilled hands to lay it Robert
.Mclntyre owned a pair of such hands
and out he went to the smoking city
in the west H.- laid brick at $7 a
day and those who paid it consider-
ed he had earned the high wages.
Still he thought he was getting alto-
gether too rich and one dav he dared
his fellow workman to throw down his
trowel and quit vvork-and both did
So they came traveling South to spend
their earnings and they did. While
in the South the light broke on him
as it once did to Saul of Tarsus
And he saw the folly of his ways and
(repented and was converted
Frenchmen of to-diy are about to
erect a splendid nitionil monument
to Mirabeu tint very Comte de
Mirabcu whose bones their progeni-
tors disintened as the carcass of an
instocrit unworth) of repubhein
burial 'I he legend it is to beir Ins
not been selected but it is hardly
likely to be his reply to Sie'yes
"frenchmen are three months squib-
ling ibout sjlhbles and only tikes a
single night to overturn the whole
vcneriole structure of the moil irchj "
nor his mdiRinnt outburst in the Na-
tional Assembl) "I did not require
to be reminded tint there are only i
few steps between the Capitol and
the 1 ipenn Rock "
There ire more societies in Chirles-
ton S C perhips thin in any city
of its size m the woild '1 here are so
.man) in fact that the new ones find
aome difficult) in inventing names
I he latest organization and perhaps
the most ongmil as fir as names goes
is "Ihe Sens and Diughters of I Will
Arise "
The mother of the present Geman
Empress is confined in a mad-house
She wanted to become the wife of
Louis Napoleon when he was presi-
dent and would have done so but for
the opposition of Queen Victoria
Dcnth ntn Bun Ball Cuine.
Waxahachie lex Aug 19 Yes-
terday at the old lair Grounds while
the Waxahachie ball club w as playing
the Chamberi Creek club a hd ?4
)ears old mmed Ha)nes living in the
count) stabbed John D Thompson
son of Dr Gus Thompson ol this
cit) also a )outh ot about 14 ears
It seems tint young Thompson wis
cheering the town club and Hiynes
becime offended when a quarrel en-
sued which resulted as stated T he
wound is in the left side between the
ribs and just beneath the heart
Ihompson is not considered in 1 dan
gerous condition
Till Mil OHRLA! NT0KM.
Immense Diunnffc to Shipping
New Orleans La Aug. 21 The
storm which visited this vicinity )es
terday has been even more distructive
thanjat first supposed the damage' to
shipping having been verj great. The
small steamers W. C Little Laura
and Baratana have been sunk The
steamboat Ed Richardion went adrift
had her chimneys blow.i overboard
and sustained other damages There
w ere hundreds of minor losses through.
out the city thit will in aggregate
amount 10 mousanas ot dollars The
storm drove the waters of the tnilf nn
against and over the Louisville and
xxasnvuie rauroaa embankment ex-
tending from Micheaud to T.nnknnt
station a distance of tiventy miles
causing many washouts and suspen-
sion ol traffic over that nortion nf th
road The loss on coal barges sunk
is now estimated at $300000 The
crops along the river for a distance of
over twenty miles have been entirplv
destroyed A number of vessels
are over due and undoubtedly en-
countered the storm in the gulf The
Future City with seven barges and
the Oakland with six barges both
from St. Louis due here Sunday have
not yet arrived and nothing hn lwn
heard from them
News from Morgan Ot is tn th
effect that dozens of houses are whnl.
ly or partly unroofed and fully fifty
uuiiuiugs arc on meir loundations
The floatine elevator Gilrhnst vi.
ued at $415000 was destroyed.
--mong me neaviest losers of property
along the river are coal ow ners When
the last news was rprpivpHirrVituio.
ed coal barges and boats and one
uoai 01 coKe was sunk a number of
others were reported sinking The
Pittsburg and Southern Coal Com-
pany lost forty at Willow Grove
twenty-seven at Nine.Milc inmi n
ten at Brown & Jones' coal yard at
Algiers ine total loss is $240000
A steamer was wrecked at Baton
Rouge last'niEht valued at .mn.nnn
insurance $iooo.
At Baton Rouge the steamers Teche
and Warren were both badly damaged
The up coal fleet if a total wreck
Woodbodly & Co lost fifty-seven
barges and Coylc Wilmot e. Co
twenty-five entailing a loss at about
$290000 Woodbodly & Co also
lost two coal elevators at the Wharf
T he steamship E B Ward Jr from
Truxillo.arnvedat 8 o'clock last night
Within four miles of the passes she
encountered storms and was driven
seventy-five miles beyond Mobile bay
She threw over a portion of her cargo
but sustained no damage.
THF MEADOW LILY.
Th nit n low Illy U n m n
II el iiil the h art f gram b mcen
Tlmil ilk) upt-essof liwn i! t
IIt lIi vltn In lnan a iaii) spot
fl r rotn-nniit of a rait bos drawn
Orcnl ml I iminellttiiiliiMlnwn ii
riiw tl uilitig lu tlan quet 11 uts on
To km 1 1 1 r lov the roj ill sun.
lie irtM tl Illy h a lid t
Sn II 1111 s hi il i) an I jJowm Iij night
Tin iriiHil xKtrtlch toloiuh liirbroas
An I nt hi r del tl 1 lark doth re-it.
Thl' q 1 1 n of lilies drink tl 0 heat
Of AuMistmai fUnrmwt
An I IIU koiiii n. I lit r quit 11 of old
'V u) la) s tl e miu di maiidlng col I
CONCERNING PHYSICAL BEAUTY.
W'iut nn Old I iilntt r Mild In n tlilruc.o
ltpiirt! Vn rllxtlo lmv.
Thooll 1 nintcr ininbleil nlong pleasantly
until tin. m rllio nlirui tly askitl
1 V lint N Unlit) rofeworf
"llcintjl In iM.liIim.-il nitoulslicj as If
the i)in stton linil boon thu slinplist 0110
Wliv tlin Iiumnti limine U tl'o most trul)
biatitiful nnrkof iieition jiisln.stlioGnx.lHn
toniplo U tho most scientific specimen of art
Uuuit in tlio nlstrnctf Unlformlt) nni
nrii ty rivo rise to two distinct kinds of
ix iut according to tlio rt toniliuuiio of
)i t 01 tlio otlitr of these ) rind) lis in t)i
utjtt-U Hiiro is a sriuimtrltul un lu piet-
..utxqiiotenut) The (oritur nui) Ihj taught
Kit riling to what 0110 ma) call geometrical
rultw. Ihu latter class of bcmifj while per
ivivetl bv tlio generulitj of iimnklixl anil
tnakinc its effect felt can onl be produced
in works of urt b) men of genius. H10 high
estdttrco of perfection is the result of nu
quill Imlanee of loth classes of beauty
Son tdo nudu Iiumnti llgtire.nell doveloped
. miu oxani) lo of this beeausotho symmet-
rical lie inty bears to the plcturevpiu beauty
an 11 p arently espial ratio for instance the
lateral halves art) pirfcctl) uniform to tin
ejo and the prlneipil divisions In a realty
beautiful form ought to have certain rela-
tions to each other
' Thus from tlio crown of the bond to a
ino which in the terrestrial (lolo Hould lie
.alloc! tkeetpintor is 0110-half of thouhiflt
eugth. I rom the thich joint to tlio kneo
joint from tho latter to tlio heel and from
bo elbow joiut to the end of tho longest
Qngtr is each one fourth of tho nholo length
from the iron 11 of tho Ilea I to tlio chin is
ine-ctghth ind from tho elbon joint to tho
itoul ier jiint isoue-tlfthof then hole length
Tho s) mu etrical beaut) of tho facial sur
faco when viewed in full front shonsslmilar
kinds of proportions. Uou the conjugal
liameter of the oval form the ojes are hori-
toutnll) plaieii from the eyes to the end
if the nose from the Jitter to tho chlr and
rom tho top to the bottom of each ear should
10 one-fourth of tho whole length Tho
iiouth shoul 1 be pi iced at one-third of the
-eugth between nooand chin and the mouth
uid each of tlio e)is should bo horizontally
ino fifth of the conjugal diameter
itiscntirel) different with tho plcturcq la
-r-aM of the ttutnau form There are in the
I place light shade and color becoudl)
in re are the etr var)lng undulations of
forms of theextel nil muscles and the changes
if these foi ins b) the iuuumerablu poaitioiu
mil motions of tho members to which them
uuseles belong and in the third place there
s tho OTprchsion of countenanco depending
jfn the ox.ratious of the mind and tb
)i respondc nee between this enprcslou auo
(hnt of tho attitude mid motion of the whole
Jure All fieso wlnts form tho picturesque
beaut) with which gonius alone can deal for
.he) are subject to no rales that cob tw
aujht and belong exclusively to the imita-
wn art ' Chieiuo Herald.
Til Indian anil tb TelaplroiiK.
In a Rmall town clnsA tft nn InHfnn nKniv.
Ion one of the doctors has his office con-
nected with his house by a telephone. A
gnat man) Indians are in town almost every
jlfie ntlH it tllna mi ctdaraKIa nnw In tjn
Ish them as they are very observant and hav
jooci meniories.
An ininnrtjint ohiat tmmml ftsih 1 ufl fw
was in town a short timoago on somo bust
oese as 110 coma not talk Unglish an inter
picter was needect None could tie found.
Finally somo one suggested that Charllt
dlank tho doctor s stepsou could talk Crow
do was down at tlte bouse but the ofllee be-
lnT hatlllv tllH tflpnlmnD uaa nnWati ln
retiuisitlon Charlie who was acquainted
nun iui turuc-uiur inuiaii was notineel or
nrllllt WAS WAlitntl Tha laBtlMttnnil n.nm
plucod ill the Indian's bands and he was in-
itrucicu now 10 uoia it un placing It to V
tar he was greeted with a question in Bb
va language. Consternation and astonUb-
icnt werodepictdon his countenanca lit
tsked i .0 it was. On being told that it wm
Chut lie Blank he raise! his hattd carefully
examined the tranai itter and everything
souuected with it anil then burst out with
8how Charlie be talk talk talk me no sea
him fabow Charlie" Ou being shown
rom the window where tiie bouse was and
lie wire stretched (rom pole to pole his os-
onLshnient knew no bounds. He onuld only
ejaculate Ugh" and left the ofllee fully
convinced that tbe spirits bad something to
io with U. His respect for the white man U
Increased and be never tires of telling bis
fellow ret) men alxxit tbe ' talk lug Irou" as
they call it. Detroit Free Press.
HOW TO IV HEALTHY AND WEALTHY
Bo cheerful. "A light heart Uvea long
Dont worry "Seek peace and pursue it'
Merer despair "Lost bop is a fatal die-
lasa."
' H ork 111 a a jyan but dont bo vwked to
doath."
bpend less nervous energy jen day than
you make.
Dont hurry ."Too swKt arrives tatard
as too slow
Bleep and rest abundantly Bleep is na-
ture s benediction.
Avoid passion and excitement. A mo-
ment's anger may be fatal.
Associate with healthy poonjfc Health It
contagious as well as disease.
Court the fresh air day and ateta. "Oh.
K you knew what was In tbe airl"
Dont overeat Don't starve. "Ueyour
moderation be known to all men."
Think ouly healthful tboufcta. "At a
man thinketb In bis heart to U he "
L W. MITCHELL X
will REMOVE from
RAGLAND'S . OLD . STAND
TO THE STORE BEING REMODELED
At 402 Austin Avenue.
WHERE HE WILL CARY THE FINEST LINE OF
AND DIAMONDS
WACO GREENHOUSE.
)
ETC.
I have to oiler tills jonr tho finest
fruit und oruaniontiil trees Jiidudlnj:
all tho. Tnrmii novelties In trees nnd
choicest Lurotienn bulbs 1 ruit trcos
will bo lroiu flo to sl foot well
branched and guaranteed absolutolj
true to utimo and at prices lower on
an tvorago than sold ly ngonts Ev-
or thing is extra soloct in kind I
oiler In
Prnchc.
llod IU or A kxandcr 11 110s Sur-
prise Yellow bt John Chlnes.0
Honcj II tnU Tarlv MounUln Itoso
Gon Lee an Improved Chinese
Cling Mrs Ilrott old Chinese Cling
Old Mion Cling Princess Infant
onder and Itaison Cling an iru-
prood Iudlan Blood and all othor
arletios called for
1 111 111 K.
AVild Goose Lono Star Marianne
(now) Weaor.Goldon Iloauti
Jnpnn Plums.
Trunus Sluionll. Ogon Eotan Kel-
sey's Japan and Primus Pissardl the
latest noeltj and thoonlj ornamont-
al plum.
Aiirlcotn.
Me ers Early Eureka Early Gold-
en BusMan Apricot Jackson and
Moorpark
tnrlous Frulta.
Almonds cherries apples Siberian
and other crabs llga and mulberries
and in small fruits quinces straw-
berries raspberrios and blackberries
and In garden roots asparagus pio
plant and horseradish
Jnpnnese Persimmons.
Among Daidai Maru Halchlya
Hlgake Katsuke Hiyakume Kuro-
kumeMasuguta Mino Seedless f.nd
ZmjiMaru.
Grapes.
Champion Mooro's Early Early
Victor Goethe Norton's Virginia
Cynthiana Black Spanish Herbo-
mont Concord Mission the truo El
Paso grape Zlnfandel and Niagara
(new.) " '
Ornamental Trees.
Arh box elder American elm. cat-
alpa diamond willow Wlscouslu
woepl.ig willow Russian mulberry
soft maple (not suitable lor Texas)
sjcanioie umbrella china Lombardy
poplar hackberry.
Fuerarreens.
Chineso arbor taos golden arbor
yltae pyramidahs arbor Mtae Irish
juniper mock orange etc.
Flowering Nbrtibs
Altheasof all sorts crapo myrtles
deutzla oronatu double flloworing
peach and almnnds honeysuckles In
all -varieties lilacs syriugas roses
ever blooming Japan quince spireas.
amolopsis wj starlas w olgellas etc.
nnibs.
A largo lino of European bulbs this
year s prop hvaoinths tullps.freozlas
and lilies In every varioty from Bor-
muda Japaa and the West Indios.
will be ready In September and Octo-
ber. All orders placed with mo are illed
with tho most scrupulous caro.
J. H. Humv ood
Waco Greenhouse N. 14th street aud
Barron. . 1
Great bareiiiiisliln iiiiro.o..-..i
pledges at your Unfile Du(rnnmn..
opposite the Mclielland hotel.
umuug 0 scissors and
shears at Horslull A Cameron.
IN THE CITY.
Moure's Hamulus In Ileal Islnlc.
Ono lot with four-room liouso on
tho comer of Slxtoonth nnd Webster
street. Prlco?(350 Monthly install- .
msnt $10 50
Ono lot with throo-room house In
East Waco near Paul Qulnn college.
Prico $100. Monthly installment $12.
Ono lot with throo-room liouso on
North Sixth street In roar of J. T
Wllon's placo Prico $300 Mouthlv
Installment $9.
Ono lot with throo-room houso on
Rl er stroot Enst Whco Prico $2o0.
Monthly installment $7 50
Ono lot with five room houso on
North Tonth stroot near West A-ve.
Prico $1000 Monthly installment
180 '
Ono lot with four-room houso on
South Ninth street near Clo eland.
Pneo$!)00 Monthlv Installment $J7.
Ono lot with throo-room houso on
South Sixth Btreot in rear of the old
unUorsity. Price $750. Monthly in-
stallment $2J 50
Vacant lots ou Wobstor nnd Clay
streets on Boll Hill. Price lrom $150
to $300 each on monthly Inst illmont
plan ifdosired.
CHEAP COLUMN.
3 TICK M NTA nice seven room hoisi oon-
.' venlintto buslnessi etablo and good well
water Kent cheap Apply to t red it Bock
w
111 n . "' t'u i'ct nunureu lor
old baling lre.u wires lnoroll
ATin l.rlll.... o. 1 . .
UKO Jl XiMfimiV
PAKTIJ S building residences shoaldexam-
amino Mr Ilewett s cast Iron lire places
tor burning wood lias also a cast Iron grate
tifSiTn1!1. 1 n "rAnrul"R col They ara Bcau-
tirul ind will last forover Cnn see samples In
CooL's or Larmour & Herbert's office
"W'Yw ur Vyo."k h0r8e for llls fi Ap-
00 ll EurtU Jlcwett' ort" l"u street
"TTIOR KKVT House of flyo rooms corner ltth
lly tSW I?" rS2y troeU 00d tMeTa ftp-
3TO?.?.lV.On0bo0k(:a30ilseP ladder i
2 tables 1 (our horse engine four heating
stoves ami 1 lpe 1 desks Bowl and 1 pltehS?
wash stands half dozon chairs tollgraph tyvl.
niesCi' ?flne.1SLU"f '!d conntor- iSeSt KtSr
mes 1 Hall safe I store counter. 20. 000 old
papers and a largo amount of otfier second-
hand furniture Sq t Klqik
T mV3fr:The ontlro "PPer tory of my
now building 10. Austin Avenue 7
W illtcholl Joweler
L wtol.5a.k7cJdM wm 1Ie"8
COWS Fon Rt NT-I have good milch cows
I will rent to parties who n ill take Z
care of them at the low price of one dolfJpS
mont" Geo Lambdln tf
"F0SJ?T"vl0.l.M of sevon roon on Frank
Curtli h Btrcets A'P1J' to C N.
"WVn.i?Sw ?.ula.r. borders at 937
AuiiTn tt J Buar -"oaruors at 37
nt VSiSf00' o'l.Pleasant und con-
vonlcnt location
miu u
L WlLIT.
Jftl O tl'Jr l0.in Gold fr the greatest
lftmct"Umb0T2f.YorUsmaa8fto"'f'l-lnies
uemocrat Send a Idrcss on stamped envel-
o'rleans l" AnUer80I. Lo Uox'nM New
EM.INGNW8 0lllco '5 0) Austin Aie
corner Uh street oer Goldstlln Mlgel';
P?U??anb5faRylfof.snSfcr
TTIOB Itf NT-Handsome furnished rooms
H.JacoDstno Austin aenue tailor
nasjust received or magnificent line
of new goods for tho fall trade f
latest styles and all tho novelties.
If ou want nobby suit of latest
and best fit call -Mice.
-- .
The Waco Laundry has established
a branch at It. N. Pnim. va t-.
. . u.vio .i-ccu niurv
corner Eighth and Franklin street. ;
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