Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 206, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 9, 1889 Page: 2 of 4
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WACO TEXAS MARCH I) 18S9.
Tho future Waco is destined to bo a
manufacturing center and a railroad
center as well as an educational center.
This prophecy is direct from tho aged
Jscer who watches with eaglo eye tho
omens of tho central city's destiny.
An upright French judo has been
found to vindicat6 the sacred right of
elopement. Tho London doctor who
eloped from Nice to Paris with a beau-
tiful American has been ordered to bo
set at liberty. Sixteen is tho mini-
mum ago at which young ladies in
France aro permitted to elope; and as
Miss Wilcox has passed that ago sho
can do as she pleases and no chargo
lies against the enterprising doctor.
NOllTlIEliN views OF the
SOUTH.
Among the contributors to the Pur-
ncll fund in this city says thi New
York Sun aro people who aro neither
of Irish birth nor of Irish decent but
who sprang from other races than
those of tho Green Isle. On some of
tho subscription lists arc to bo seen
the names of old Puritanic families
and old Southern families besides Ger-
man names French names Jewish
names Italian names and names be-
longing to other stocks of humanity.
From parts of the South we hear of
contributions being made to tho fund
by colored people who have heard tho
story of Ireland's wrongs and sympa
thize with Ireland's sufferers. These
facts may well interest Mr. Parnell
and the people of Ireland. They hear
of the kindly feeling toward them in
other countries than the United States
They hear of it from the British prov
inces of tho new Dominion and from
Australia and New Zealand and from
the East and West Indies and from
South Africa and from many other
parts of the globe. It must strengthen
their spirits enlarge their hopes and
gire them assurance that the day of
triumph will yet como.
It is difficult saya the Boston Trans
cript for the editors of magazines and
newspapers to got decently written art-
icles even from college graduates. A
college education nowadays does not
seem to make any vast amount of dif-
ference with a writer's use of the Eng-
lish language and in some instances
thcro is reason to believo it has unfav-
orably affected a student's style.
Probably no ono who laments tho slip-
shod English that finds its way into
magazines and newspapers and books
both in England and America cares
for nicoty of expression or for strict
adherence to formal rules. An occa-
sional grammatical error can bo par
doned to the best writers indeed has
to be pardoned to them and to Shakes-
peare along with them. There is
plenty of room for individual peculiar-
ities of expression in this free plastic
English language. It is not grammat-
ical nicety and formal exactness that
tho editors of magazines and newspap-
ers and the readers of tho publishing
houses so much desire and find such a
plentiful lack of; it is clearness and
cleanness and consistency of expres-
sion with a fair adherence to the fun-
damental requirements of grammar and
absenco of slipshod ways.
EXCHANGE OHAT.
CONSIDER THE MEN.
During tho past year 7191 divorces
were granted in Kansas. This is not
bad considering the kind of men that
the Kansas women have to marry.
LOOK OUT FOIl A LIHEL SUIT.
Tho statement that but one United
States senator smokes cigarettes is
wholly unexpected. Ever sinco it has
been known that cigaretto smoking
tended to weaken the mind the impres-
sion has existed that a largo number
of cigarettes were smoked in Washing-
ton. e can't tell.
Now York World: By the way
what were the reuons "largely person
al." whioh constrained Mr. Blainn fn
decline tho Itopublican nomination for bo Plft0 of BCclional prejudice and
tho Presidency but which do not we- Joaiy- ua P we oay
A Southern man traveling in the
Northern states is astonished at tho
erroneous opinions that prevail among
the people there concerning tho South
and tho Southern people and nnro es
pecially regarding Texas and Toxanr.
Tho average Northerner believes to
this day that tho spirit of robellion
still rankles in tho Southern breast
and that tho hapless "yank" who ven-
tures among them is liable to do duty
as a target for some unrcpenting reb's
pistol practice. Texas is esteemed a
wilderness and Toxans aro supposed to
be a raco of cowboys outlaws thieves
and cut-throats. The typical Texan
of the Northorn imagination is a walk-
ing arsenal going about soaking a
chanco to slaughter his fellow-man
especially yankecs.
Nor arc such mistaken ideas by any
means confined to tho unlettered and
ignorant. They aro entertained to a
surprising degreo by the publio men
the politicians and statesmen of that
section. Abundant cvidenco of this is
furnished in the speeches of Northern
politicians in congress and in political
campaigns as well as in the sensation-
al utterances of some Northern papers.
We believe tho misrepresentations and
abuso of tho South from such sources
is more frequently the result of ignor-
ance concerning the South and South-
ern peoplo than from a deliberate do
sire to do them injury.
Tho fact that our Northern cousins
are woefully ignorant concerning the
true character condition and tern
per of tho Southern peoplo
is patent not only to one who chances
to visit the Northern states but also
to him who has oven casually
noted tho utterances of the North-
ern press and Northern politicians.
It docs seem remarkable that in this
enlightoncd ago such mistaken views
concerning ono section should prevail
in another section of tho same country;
and tho philanthropic observer begins
to cast about for tho "reason of this
thusness."
Concerning this we have an opinion
of our own which we beliove to be cor-
rect It is thai the newspapers po
tent agents as they are fur moulding
publio opinion are responsible for per-
petuating in tho Northern mind the
impressions concerning tho South and
Southern people that were formed dur-
ing the civil war. The .Northern peo-
plo read only northern papers. South-
ern papers would be genuine curiosi-
ties in the North and one never thinks
of finding them on salo at news stands
there. Tho northern papers confine
their attention almost exclusively to
northern interests and foreign news
and when they chance to discuss mat
ters pertaining to the South their
treatment is from a northern stand
point is partisan and nearly always
tinctured with prejudice. It then fol-
lows as a matter of course that publio
sentiment formed under the exclusive
tutelage of a sectional press is
distorted and ono sided.
Not so in the South with reference
to the North. Not only do Yankee
publications find extonsive circulation
among our people but the headquar-
ters of our news-gathers the associat
cd press-being in the North our South-
ern newspapers contain a largo pro
portion of news from the Northern
states prepared by Northern reporters.
In this way wo Southerners aro in-
structed by Northern teachers in mat
ters pertaining to that section. Hence
it follows that the Southern people be
ing better posted concerning the North
their views aro not so illiberal and sec
tional.
The sectional prejudice against the
South which prevails in the North is
to a large extent tho offspring of igno
rance concerning our section. It is
this that makes it possible for the
demagogue to inflame the Northorn
mind against the South and renders tho
waving of the bloody shirt tolerable in
this day of peace. When tho day
comes that Southern papers will be as
extensively circulated and read in the
North as Northern papers aro in the
South then will tho craft of the
Northorn bloody shirt demagogue be
effectually destroyed and tho people
of the two sections of our country
being bettor acquainted with caoh
other fraternal good feeling will take
vent him from aooepting tU'o Premier
ship? And what has become of that
"ill-health" whioh according to some
persistent newspapers prevented the
' real leader-' fsom re entering activo pub
lio life?
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Reward for Fraudulent Voters.
JSt Taso March 7. The board of
trade convened to-night and offered a.
reward of $100 for the arrest and eon-
vieiion of everv nerson votincr frandn.
lently at the ensuing municipal elect-
"Is Marriage a Failure."
No report hai gneniiso to more
commont and more desorvedly so
than that of Mr. Carroll Wright. Com-
missioner of Labor on tho subject of
divorce. Tho neswpapcrs havo dig
cussed this matter beforo and fre-
quently expressed tho opinion that
dhorccs were getting far too frequent
in this country; but they wcro ham
percd in their discussion by tho fact
that they did not have sufficient data.
They knew that divorces had increased
but as to what tho increase was they
did not have tho slightest idea. Mr.
Wright supplies the missing informa-
tion and gives tho figures as to divor-
ces from 1867 to 1880.
This report shows a very bad con
dition of affairs. Divor.cea arc in-
creasing instead of falling off and to-
day one out of every twonty marriages
winds up in a divorce court. In some
of the States and Territories it is
evcu worse. In luano one in ton mar-
riages is a failure; in Maine llhode
island and Vermont one in oiclit; in
Nevada and Wyoming one in six. Tho
question "Is Marriago a Failure?"
might well be asked in these States and
Territories and tho situation is grow-
ing nioro senons every day. In New
Hampshiro and several other States
divorces doubled during tho decade be-
tween 1870 and 1830.
Viewing tho matter geographically
it is seen that the South makes a far
better showing than tho rest of the
country. South Carolina is first Dela-
ware second North Carolina third
then follow New Mexico Virginia aud
Louisiana in the frequency of divorce.
We notice with somo regret that di-
vorces aro becoming more fashionable
in this section than formerly and that
tnrce times more people aro seperatcd
in Louisiana to-day than in 1870.
The West and particularly Illinois
and Indiana was regarded of old as
the hot.io of the divorce buf New En-
gland now enjoys that distinction and
it is in "tho land of steady habits"
that husbands and wives find the great-
est difficulty in living together.
Tho subject is a serious one. In
nineteen years tho number of divorces
has increased 157 per cent or twice
as fast as the number of marriages.
If this rate of progression is kept up
and tho indications aro that it will be
the coming century will see a major
ity ot marriages prematurely ended.
It is scarcely to be wondered at in
v:ew of these facts that tho New York
Herald and other papers should be
calling for a Federal law on this sub-
ject. The better course however.
would be to induco the several states
to pass more stringent laws. The
world recognizes the necessity for di
vorco and nearly all countries grant
these separations. The danger is that
tbey may be made too easy and thus
aid to break up marriages instead of
affording the relief they are intended
to grant.
As things stand now this is one of
tho greatest national evils tho most
destructive to home life in America.
Wo are worse infinitely worse in di-
vorces than any country on the globe;
and no other nation looks with so little
respect upon the sanctity of marriage.
Germany comes "next to us in this
matter but all Germany gives but
twice as many divorces as the single
state of Illinois. Chicago alone sep-
arated more couples than are separat-
ed in England Scotland Ireland Italy
Sweden and Canada; and the United
States exceeds all Europe in this mat-
ter. It is time to call a halt.
One of the more encouraging fea-
tures of Mr. Wright's renort. viewed
from one standpoint is the fact that
an immonso proportion of these divor-
ces are granted for trival reasons in
compatibility of temper quarrels
drunkenness etc. While it is to be
regretted that trivialities should de-
stroy so many marriages it is some
satisfaction to know that greater evils
are not at ihe bottom of this trouble
and that crimes and social demoraliza-
tion are not helping to break np tho
American home. Times-Democrat.
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Waco Curiosity Shop
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QUICK MEAL GASOLINESTOVE
SAVES WOOD TIME & LABOR.
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TO EXCHANGE Furni-
ture Stoves or Household
Goods of every description for
a good horse.
TO RENT Good seven-room
house on Dutton street also
two-room house.
ALL kinds of Household arti-
les to buysellexcha.ge 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-
ment Plan.
CHEAP COLUMN.
Iioj? Sale
Nice Parlor Sett.
Mnrblc-Top Bedroom Setts.
Walnut Office Desks.
Marble-top Dressing Gases.
Bureaus Chairs Bookers.
New and Second-hand Stoves.
Books of every description.
Musical Instruments.
Union ScwltifrMnc1iin.es.
Wardrobes Safes.
Extension & Kitchen Tables.
Rattan Bookers.
Quccnsware and Glassware.
Lamps and Lamp Chimneys.
Knives Forks and Spoons.
Squirrel Cages.
Nice Geese Feathers.
THE-1
Waco Curiosity Sliup
Will buy second-hand Goods or
exchange new for old.
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la Favor or Oam-Cbew far.
"How do von manage to keep awake
all night long?" inquired a reporter of
the 1'ittsburg Dispatch of a lady who
had beon sitting beside a aiek bed for
days and nights recently.
"I cher gum" sho repljed with a
very serious air.
"Truly?"
"Yes so long as you're ehowing
gum you can't go to sleep. Profes-
sional nurses have found out this vir-
tue of gum and I know from experi-
ence that no matter how drowsy and
weary I may be sleep never overtakes
me so long as I havo gum in my
mouth."
No particular kind of gum is de-
scribed and tho chewing gum can be
kept between watches in the usual han-
dy places on tho back of a chair un-
der a mantel or behind tho clook.
Collection Utecao Cuptnrea
Denison Tex. March 7. A man by
the namojof Meets appeared in the city
a day or two ago passing around a sub-
scription paper to build a uhool houEO
at Cook's Springs a few miles south of
Denison. It is estimated that Meets
collected 1200 of our business men.
The collection was unauthorized.
Meets was arrested to day by Deputy
Sheriff Bud East. It is learned that
he buoked the 'tiger" last night los-
ing considerable of the money whioh
he had fleeced from our citizens.
Waco Curiosity Shop.
Lotteries.
Louisiana State Lottery company
of New Orleans La. and ''Original
Little Louisiana" of San Francisco
California. Order your tickets from
D. Domnau & Bro. Austin avenue
opposite AfcClclInnd hotel or at Dallas
or Temple. Special rates to clubs. All
winning tickets cashed without dis-
count. m
If jou want a perfect. fitting boot or
shoo and ono that will wear forever
call on S. Johnson boot and shoe
maker Franklin street between Fifth
and Sixth.
Go to vour Uncle Duff Dormau to
buy your jewelry or to borrow money.
Opposite McClelland Hotel and south
Biao square.
Fresh vegetables and fruits at Taul-
man & Yivrett's corner S. Gth and
Austin streets.
..iCALEB IN
STAPLE AND FANCY
DrocBPiBS
Hay Corn Oaf Bran Etc.
Countr? Produce Bonnlit and'Sold:
TELEPHONE CONCEPTION.
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FinniPB of Mcbcnnin iqd Hdolnlng Counlln
THE:-
WACO LUMBER GO.
"WILLEXCHANQE
H.TJ3SIB:E3RJ
SSH. DOORS
Blinds and Btdlders
HAED WAEE
For Corn delivered to us at oi
Lumber Yard in Waco or in
Car-load Lots delivered at
any of the following
points to wit:
McGregor south bosque axtell m
CALM HUBBARD and DOWSON.
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FENCE MANUFACTURED
M-f o AT o ! M-
117 S. Eight St. Waco Tex.
WACO -: FENCE xCOHPAHY.
E.O. COWED. XlllfH
Write for nlrnnlnra nml nnl
Agents wanted.
Thlg Wlro n'llri nlnknf rnniu ...
only cheap but the best fence made
for yards gardens and orchards be.
no fence can oomparo for price. Only
12.60 to 3.60 per 100 feet. All ploketi
pointed and made of best heart pine
j WE HAVE A VERY HEAVY STOCK A
WILL EXOANGE ANY AND ALL KINDS OF I
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BUILDINGMATERIA
Including rough and dressod Lumber such aa
Flooring Celling tiding Moulding and Phlnglea
Also Sash Doors Blinds and Hardware.
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