The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 41, Saturday, June 26, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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VW--At
Waco, Brann, the editor of
the Iconoclast, had a difficulty
with an attorney by the name of
Vaughn, who knBocked him down
f'or the alleged uise of profane
language in tLhe presence of the
lady stenographer. Brann, in the
Waco Telephone, says he was
wholly to blame and says he had
been drinkhing too heavily.
Dr. Henry 3J. Field is enthusiastic
over the beauty of sol,,thern
-women, and well he may be.
Amnerican -women the country
over are better
looking than those
of other nations, we latter ourselves.
But the northerner who
suddenly comes upon a bevy of
bright, merry, refined southern
girls is apt to be, rather dazzled
by the sight. There is a frank
ness and kindliness about thema
lack of the somewhat stiff conventionalities
he is accustomed to.
They are supremely charming, to a
northern person.
The termination of the long
drawn out dispute between Venezuela
and Great Britain is a
triumph for peace and civilization.
Diplomatic relations between
the two countries have
been suspended for ten years.
They will be resumed at once.
The next step will be the
appointment of commissioners to
decide the bo undary. The United
States may congratulate itself on
bringing about this peaceful solution
of what might have resulted
in a disastrous war to the South
American republic. Arbitration
costs much less than fightingy.Ex.
____
The N-ews advises democrats
to come together on something
better than the calamity howl
which the Bryan~ites are now
sounding,.-Dallas News.
The Newis is respectfully referred
to the following: r
T. G-. Peyton, a well known
Virginia gold democrat, thus
sizes up the present situation:
b It seems to me now that those
of us who contributed to the success
of the republican ticket have
Leen the victimfls of a confidence
ganme. As I view it now, a very
g:oreait mistake was made last
November. It would have been
much better for the country tohave elected Mr. Bryan. I have
not become a convert to free
silver since the election, my belief
in sound money is as strong
as ever, but I am satisfied that if
Bryan had been elected, the country
would have recovered more
quickly from the ills that have
afflicted it."5
Various mleasures have been
tried in different states to stop
'the ume of cigarettes by the young
but without much success. The
most common plan has been the
passage of a law forbidding the
sale to boys under a certain age,
as 1-6 or 18 'years. It has been
found impossible, however, to
e n forcesuch statutes with lany
vigor and in most cases small
boys seem to smoke as much sixSuCCErSS,,Oi -O Tn)E
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at the postoffice at Ferris, Texas, as
s c Co nd--lass mail matter.
Loc-lis '),. por liue and display ads
*J'~c }2cinch, per insertion. Liberal
cuLts, on a~ds for large space or long tirme.
H1 ssee enthusiasm.
When a fellow has to
look down a weedv and grttssy cotton'
row, corn needing attention and
grain to be harvested, it as enoug-h
to make anybody's enthusiasm wvrane,
regardless of where he wfls born and
had the first stone bruise.
The floating, stone is, one of the
wonders of Coreft that travelers have
spoken so much and often about.
The stone is of great bulk atnd is
shaped like an irregular cube. To
all appearances the stone is resting
on the around and is perfectly free
from support on any side. If two
m-en standing at opposite ends of it
hold each the opposite end of a
thread, they will be able to pass the
thread under the stone without encounteringr
any obstacle. The natives
consider the floatingY stoiie one of the
greatest wonders of their land and
have erected a temple iji itLs honor,
known as the Fon Shin AMiao.
Tie a string about a yard longr to
a common door key and take the
strings in the right hand, holdingr it
so the k-ey will clear the loor four or
five inches. If you. can ho,)-,d the key
steady enough the kely wvil begin to
swing back and forth in a straight
line. Let another person take your
left hand in his and the key
will
change from the pendulum-like .swing,
to a circular swing. If a third person
will place hi
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 41, Saturday, June 26, 1897, newspaper, June 26, 1897; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18835/m1/4/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ferris Public Library.