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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16
Appeal 10 the south.

Robt. + Lee Camp No. /, Confeder-
ate Veterans, an association similar to
the Grand Army Of the re publi,', form
ed in Richmond, Va, April, 1883, for
the purpose OF assisting their sick and
disabled comrades of the late Confeder-
ate army, aud their families, many OF
whom are in dire peed, TO establish q
soldiers home for the INDECENT and in
firm Confederate veterans, propose
holding u grand fair the latter part of
February and during the month Of
March in order to raise fund TO car
ry out their benevolent mission.
We have had kindly greetings from
the people of the Nor,h--particularly
from "the boys in blue" aud we now
call on the people of the South and
'lhe boys in gray" who may be dis
posed and able TO contribute in money
or merchandise 81 as 10 make our
laudable efforts Il success.
Donations can be sent TO II. III. Fox,
chairman of committee on fair; II, II.
Lee, camp No. l, q. ", No. 1912 Main
street, Richmond, Va, aud will be
duly acknowledged and gratefully ac-
pppfpd
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16
Personal.

! DIR. j. w. Turner of Shackleford
county was in the Fort yesterday.
The festive Joe Littleton is in tn
city, to make brief stay With hi
| friends.
Messrs Lacroix Bros. of st. Loui
have moved TO the city and will engag,
in business on Main street.
j. b. Joiner of the h. G. Evans dry
goods company is in the city enjoying
"A brief rest from his business labors
abroad.
Mr.. w. b. Stickney, manager of the
Henrietta opera house, came down to
the city yesterday evening TO take in
the Chimes of Normandy.
Mr.. b. j. billiard left the city this
morning for Galveston, where ho will
spend "A few days prospecting" He
will then go TO Nashville, and from
there TO Cincinnati, where he thinks
of locating.
A large detachment of Abilene citi-
zens visited the office yesterday. Col.
j Il. Berry, real estate man; G. c.
William, meat merchant; M. Hemp
hill, livery man; Ohio Durant and ].
Nj. Dougherty, cattlemen, and DR..
Gartrell, sheepman.
Mrs. A. $. P.ttus returned to Ten
nessee this m5rning, leaving many
friends in this city 10 regret her de-
parture. Last night she scored great
success as Serpolette in the Chimes of
and the music Of her voice
will long be remembered by all who
were ut the opera.
In the report of the complimentary
hop. given TO the S. Z. c. club i'm yes
,erdsy's issue there were inadvertently
omitted the the following names OF
visiting young ladies who were pres.
mt: Miss Fannie ID. Rboulac of
Florida, Miss Carrie Hershey Of Phila-
lelph a, and Miss Leila Terrell of Ter
ell. The omission is all the more re-
,retted from the fact that the young
aides are justly popular in this city
rom their grace, talents and beauty.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16

was received with applause on the
Republican side. The second resolu-
ton, declaring that Manning is enti-
tied to the seat, was defeated by yeas
%, nays l57. The majority resolutions
We're then adopted by 1870 to So These
discharge the committee on elections
from the prin'a .facie case, and leave
the seat vacant until the case is de-
cided on its merits.
Adjourned until Monday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16
Put Down Your Names.

Mr.. Max Elser, manager OF the
opera house, Informed GAZETTE
man yesterday that he had secured
about one-third the number Of names
necessary in order "a get the great
prima donna Minnie Hauck to come
TO the Fort. All desiring 10 hear her
sing should goto Mr.. Elser's and leave
their names with him. Let US have
Minnie.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16

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plye Immediate relief? Price l0c., soc. and 81.
L. N. Brunswig 4 Co, Wholesale and retail
agents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
where Counterfeits Are Detected.
A


In the counting and handling of pa
per currency, the treasury women have
almost superseded men. They count
better and faster, and in the detection
of counterfeits are unequaled. Notes
which circulate freely through every
bank in the country are readily de-
teeted the instant they come into the
hands of the women operators in the
treasury. It will be noticed by any
body who ever gave any attention to the
subject that the warnings to look out
for counterfeitS invariably come from
the treasury department. This means
that the counterfeit has circulated with
im mpunity until it reaches the fingers Of
the women experts in.the treasury; then
it is instantly detected.
AS an example: A counterfeit of the
last issue of So bills was known to be
floating about some time ago: the trea-
sury sent out the alarm, but the officials,
Judging from experience, knew that it
would probably not be detected until one
reached the treasury in a package Of
money from one of the banks At last
Iit came in bundle from big New
York bank. The young woman counting
the bills in the treasury picked it out
instantly. The note s7as traced and
found to have passed through half the
banks in New York without suspicion, to
be spotted at the first glance by this
Young woman, who, it is said, has never
yet passed a counterfeit. Not one single
cent has ever been stolen by women since
their employment in the treasury. When
the work was done solely by men, dis
charges for small thefts were frequent.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
Japan's Professional sfory-Tsiler.


/ have seen in Japan, on many a
warm summer evening, under tree by
the roadside, a group OF half-clad cool
les and even better class people In cir
Gle round man in the middle who was
relating the old legends of the race in
a homely, graphic, interesting style. He
had the gift of the CAB very gallopin =
always, this romancer He had good
voice and a great deal of expression.
He brought in little bits of jokes and
light touches of frivolity to tighten the
serious interest of his tale. He grew
animated, he gesticulated, he acted
scenes so vividly that his auditors would
unconsciously rise and want to take
part. He interjected every now and
again bit of song, and when he had
wound his hearers up to point he would
stop and say: ..Let US have pipe, !"
deliberately take his smoke and thcn
proceed.
When it was all over the crowd wonld
rain tempos and even bigger coins on to
his little mat and 60 home delighted.
There was always to me strange charm
in the man, and I have often thought
that he was a more influential individual
and led happier life than the Daiinois
or the Samoural What a fascinating
existence, wandering through tho loveli-
est country under the sun, among the
most simple. kindly people, spending
ones evenings telling stories to grateful
audiences.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
a Fuli-Grown Man.
New York S,1nl


HUXLEY gives the following table Of
what a full grown man should weigh,
and how this weight should be divided:
Weight, 154 pounds. Made up thus:
Muscles and their appurtenances, sixty
eight pounds; skeleton, twenty-four
pounds; skin, ten and one half pounds;
fat, twenty-eight pounds; brain, three
pounds; thoracic yiscera, three and one
half pounds; abdominal yiscera, eleven
pounds, blood which would drain from
body, seven pounds.
This man ought to consume per diem:
Lean beefsteak, 5000 grains; bread,
5000 grains; milk, 1000 grains; pota-
toes, 5000 grains; butter, 600 grains,
and water, %, 800 grains. His heart
should beat seventy.five times a minute,
and he should breathe fifteen times a
minute. In-twenty-four hours he would
yitiate / 1,750 cubic feet of pure air to the
extent of per cent. A man, therefore,
of the weight mentioned ought to have
800 cubic feet of well ventilated space.
He would throw off by the skin
eighteen ounces of water, 300 grains OF
solid matter, and 400 grains of carbonic
acid every twenty-four hours, and his
total loss during the twenty.fonr hours
would be six pounds of water, and a
little above two pounds of other matter.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
Emperor and workingman.
fChicago Herald

a favorite amusement of Dom Pedro
II, of Brazil, is to leave his gorgeous
turnout in a side street, and, accom-
panied by a gray-haired chamberlain
and a stalwart lifeguardsman, wall the
distance Of a square or more to q manu-
factory or other establishment and sur
prise the proprietor and employees by his
sudden and unaE nounced app aranee
among them. OF course he is given the
liberty of the establishment, and he
takes his time in examining the ma
chinery aud modus operandi. With q
kind word of encouragement and com
mendation, be goes away, perhaps to
pay similar visit to another establish
ment. These visits he makes impartiaily
to the mechanical and mercantile estab-
lishments, controlled By foreigners az
well as natives.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
A Departed Industry.
TBaltimora News !

Two old sea captains we're standing on
the wharf when reporter came up. One
Of them remarked: 81 miss some familiar
faces that used to see on this wharf, .
and turning TO the clerk in charge, he
inquired: Where are the old Dutch
women who used to pick up coffee
grains h re2'
The other captain echoed the inquiry,
saying that he had always seen them
as thick as bees when he arrived in port
with &c go Of coffee, sugar or mo-
lasses.
Gentlemen, replied the clerk, with
a serio-comic countenance, that is one
of the departed industries of Baltimore.
It went with our sugar refineries, great
cooper shops and other things connected
with our lost foreign trade Ten or
fifteen years ago, these coffee pickers
piled their trade regularly. They started
out in the morning and made round
of the wharves. The coffee imported
by the merchants was then taken to
private warehouses and on its arrival, it
was sampled by running a .tryer' into a
bag as you see that clerk over there
doing As a matter Of course, some Of
the grains fell to the ground The
steyedores also dropped some grains in
handling and sometimes bag was torn
and more grains would fall out Again,
| when the bags were thrown en- the drays
more grains would be spilled and these
women. Ruth like, would CLEAN
after the laborers. When the draws
reached the merchants store, the women
would be on hand and gather what
grains would fall. Often a clerk would
sample the sacks to see that the coffee
graded all right. This gave them an
other chance So you see they followed
-the coffee from the ships side to the
merchants store.
Now you can well imagine that one
/ industrious and lively woman could
gather from five to ten pounds a day.
They had no expense; they brought their
meals with them, and ate when the men
stopped work for dinner. Some of them
| got on the right side of custom house
men, who, as there was duty on coffee
then, had to be around, and they often
got good cleaning from an extra large
/ rip in bag. Now, ten pounds of coffee
was worth at least % then, and, by count
ing that up in year, you viii see that
/ I was not wrong in the statement that
the business was good one. Besides,
coffee was not their only commodity.
They did very well in sugar, too. !,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27

Of q scrape / had got myself in. The
train would come presently, and go fly
ing by, and then those cut.throats
would murder me just for the fun of it.
/ had thoughE the thing all over when j
heard sharp whistle and roar. The
men ran out TO the platform with masks
on and rerolYers In hand. One of them
had the lantern. which he swung vigor-
ously. In Koing out on the platform
they had left the door open so that
could see things pretty WE'LL began to
hope that the train would stop, for ]
knew it contained men enough to do up
that crowd II not taken too much by
surprise. The roar came nearer and
nearer, until at last knew by the sound
that they were not going to stop. With
the whistle blowing at full blast and the
dust flying in clouds, she swept by like a
streak of lightning. It was all up
with me, thought. The robbers
dropped the lantern and began to swear,
Then I could hear them talking,
and pretty soon made up my mind
that the train had stopped down the
road way, and that they were watch
ing it. Before long they took to their
heels, mounted their horses and were
gone. When the train men came up to
the depot, all armed with Winchesters,
was the only occupant. They released
me, and told them what had happened
A couple of them staid there with me,
and the train went on. If an express
ever came any nearer being robbed
without going through the mill than
that one did, I'd like to know it. =
Tk,s1 s1oa{ olrxsvsv x4yEn \,
hair on his head, but who said in re-
sponse to an inquiry that no scalping-
knife had over taken it off. 1t was
just scared off, z he exclaimed, down
toward old Julesburg. One day ] was
at my desk when the man up at Hooper's
siding, ten or twelve miles away, tele-
graphed down that he was surrounded
by redskins and that they were whet-
ting their tomahawks on the wires. /
thought 1t was pretty good joke until
he telegraphed that the station was in
flames, and that lot of Indians had
set out for my place. Then began to
prick up my ears. There was not many
OF us there just then, and we were in no
condition to fight Indians anyway. We
threw up breastworks and got every
body who had gun, pis-
tol, club, or a knife to fall
in. 1t was about snndown when we
got all ready for them. While we
we're waiting neryously for the on
slaught one of the citizens, saloon
keeper, came riding up in mad haste
and shouted that there were iust mill
ions of them coming You fellows are
all as good as massacred now, he said
There's only just one thing to do, and
that is to telegraph up and down the
line for l1sp. Put it strong, now, he
said to me. Beg, implore, exhort
them, Well, could rattle key pretty
well in those days, and I eyerlastingly
begged for help. was thoroughly
scared, an6 threw my whole soul into
| the work After about an hour of ag-
ony Cheyenne broke in with, eOh, turn
yourself out, you big calf What's the
matter with You, This cooled me off a
little, and / looked outside and saw the
people going and coming as usual They
had put up gorgeous joke on me just
because was a telegraphio tenderfoot.
My hair fell out soon after that, and it
has never grown since. =
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
The Rope Dancers strange Custom.
ESan Francisco Chronicle

A strange custom prevails in the Him
alayan districts. It is a ceremony per
formed by the Badis, or rope dancers, to
bring prosperity to the villages to which
they belong a rope is stretched from
the summit of acliff to the valley be-
neath, the ends being made fast to-
stakes driven into the ground. The
Badi, seated astride on q wooden saddle,
well creased to make it run freely, rides
from the top to the bottom of the rope.
The pace, Of course, varies according to
the degree of inclination given to the
rope, but as may be imagined, it is always
very rapid and sometimes terrific.
Precautions are taken to prevent acci-
dents. The saddle is fastened, for in
stance, so that it cannot slip round the
rope Gas saddles on horses have some
times been known to do, to the discnn-
fort of their ridersl, and the Badi's feet
are ballasted by sand bags to maintain
his perpendicular, and the only danger
is from possible breaking of the rope.
This is usually made Of bhabar grass,
and naturally the Badi takes great care
to see that it is equal to the strain it has
to bear. The remuneration paid to the
Dual 1OI ILLS AOt El III III vi 4lkOuuf1kck11
is rupee (50 ceHts) for every 10a cubits
of rope traversed, and the longest jour
ney of the kind on record is one for
which 81 rupees were paid, and which
accordingly measured 2, 100 cubits, about
8, ,675 feet.
The practice is not so dangerous
nowadays as it was in the good old
times" of native rule, when to the risk
of a fall was added the certainly that
such q mishap would entail death,
because it was the custom, whenever a
Badi fell, for the surrounding spectators
to promptly dispatch him with swords.
The rope or bast used for the ceremony
is supposed to be endowed with remark
able properties by the successful ac-
complishment Of the feat, and it is cut
up and distributed among the people of
the village, who hang the pieces to the
caves of their houses to serve as charms.
The Badis hair is believed to have
similar properties, and is cut off and
preserved, and he himself is supported
by contributions of grain from the vii
layers, in addition to the monetary re-
ward for his feat, the theory being that
his share in propitiating the gods to se-
cure fertility to the land of others
makes his own land unlucky and any
seed he might SOW would be certain not
to germinate.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
4 locomotive for Tannel..
Chicago Herald.l

Honigmann's locomotive is to be in
trodueed in the st. Gothard tunnel.
it can be charged from q stationary
boiler with steam and hot water sufficient
to make the twenty minutes Journey
through the tun.el without requiring
any Gre. It, therefore, does not vitiate
The atmosphere with smoke. The err
haust steam is taken up By an alkaline
solution in q special chamber.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
He Got Trough the Crowd.
rEfo,.a;e-,, + a<ko,. \

A good story of the Viennese carni-
val is current in the Austrian capital.
At ball given by the Viennese Choral
society, which is always sure to be SO
thronged that it is the work of hours to
reach the entrance, member of we'll
known financial house hit on an origi-
nal but successful mode of conveyance.
He arranged with four bearers to carry
him through the crowd on hospital
stretcher. OF course the crowd made
way, and great was their astonishment
when he threw off the covering and
jumped out alive and hearty.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27

Lovers of the edelweiss, who ray in
late years have noticed that it is no
longer so common as it was among the
mountains of Switzerland, will be glad
to hear that specimens of it have re-
Gently been met with on Mount
Tacoma-or, as it is otherwise
called Mount Ranier-in Wash
ington territory, at height Of
8, 900 feet above the level of the sea;
and, near at hand, fourishes another
Alpine fayori' e, the vanilla scented man-
nertreu. A quarter of a century ago
edelweiss grew plentifully but few
hundred feet above Zer1natt; now,
owing to the thoughtless greed of the
Swiss peasantry and the rapacity Of
cockney tourists, it is only to be seen
upon the higher and more inaccessible
SUBMITS of the Alps.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
Sfeno-TeIegrapIay..
(Chicago Tribune. ]

Michela in Italy has constructed ma
chine by which signs corresponding to
various sounds can be telegraphed.
Thus we have practically telegraphic
shorthand, to which the name asteno-
telegraphy' is. given. Miehela's ap-
paratus has now been in regular use for
some period in telegraphing the debates
of the Italian senate, and it is claimed
that by this method 10000 words can
be transmitted per hour.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
should Take the Chances.
TDetr.,it Freo Press i

When Darwin was asked If it were
not more plausible theory to affirm
that apes were descended from man he
was silent Great men should seldom
Ftand in the center of the board to
teeter, but take one end and run the
chances.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
rhe Future 81 Dlplomaey.
Chicago Herald. j

Lord Dufferin is of the opinion that
the diplomacy Of the world will soon be
in the hands of the Americans. Nearly
every member of the diplomatic corps
that gets to Washington, be says, tries
to bring home an American wife. The
wives, in most cases, become embassa-
dresses. Result: No diplomatic secrets
any moro, war and peace at the will of
the wives, and all wives American.
Hurrah for America!
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27

We are soul bound What though through
prison bars
Wa hear the distant roaring of the sea.
And catch the golden glory Of the stars,
| And dream, like clouds and ocean, We are
free!
| At best we do, with foolishest intents,
| But gild our chains and call them ornamentsl
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
what Is Your fayorite amusementg,,

y Hltts y V01H ~ AtC g n tz1sc IN1t51IVs
asked friend once of Charles Kingsley.
Sleep, was the short reply. This
answer, says writer, absurd as it
may at first seem to US, has in it germ
Of sound physiological truth, especially
if we substitute the word recreation for
amusement kecreation primarily,
means re-cyeation-the creating aneW.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27

Evaporated peaches are said to be sup
planting the canned fruit. They are
much cheaper.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27

Tho silver dug out Of the Comstock
mine in Nevada would load wagon
train 54Y miles in lsngth.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-27
SELECTIONS

Love that doth count its gifts Is weak prop
Whereon to stay 8 weary human heart
Eliza Calvert Hall
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-14
Farm for Sale !!

The home farm OF II. @. Jones. late of Barre, de-
ceased, containing about hundred and fifty acres
all Of which Ia suitably divided into tlage pasture
wood land. Said farm ia situated about two miles
easterly OF Barre village There good sugar orchard
the place. and excellent running wster to both house
and barn. The buildings In good repair. and the
farm Ia In high state Of cultivation Terms easy. In
quire OF C0RNELIA u, JONES, Executrix, or OF
W. A. a. o Is. B0YCE.
Barre. w., November 7, 1883. 2l-tf