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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

DR w. r. JERNIGAN, PHYsIo-MEDI-
- cal ply stefan, Office los Main street, over
northeast corner OF square, Ofice hours, 8 TO
II a, M, to p. m. Telephone No. 26I.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

HousToN& HENDERSoN-w. b Hous.
i'll ton, N. observation-disclosures and Land
Agents. ONCE In Bank building, Wichita
Falls, Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

MO. 2l6. Two houses and lots "a rooms an d
IN SrJomsl; lots bONl2j feet each, fence and
AN additional vacant lot, NIL together worth
s2,5Oi. for sale or iradc for farm near good
town In Moth Texas.
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lxxxn--,aIscELLANEous.

fED--A COMPETENT TEACHER
|6paulAh. by two young men. Adj
feference and terms, Box 227. Fort
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
EMALE HELP.

n 4 WHITE WOMAN TO
nor & c,untry hotel; also a boy or
c On table. Good wages TO the
-, Apply To i. j. O'Brian, kop-
3 ounuiys or at this office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

MO. 2lB. Fire lot on sonth side, ON Penn.
IN sylvania avenue, u lOo feet street, the
lot l0Jx2ie feet In slzs.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
! 1Yenl61G'

of the pen. The lines are straight with
the paper, the up-strokes and down.
strokes are short, while the capitals are
small and angular. Diplomacy has a
long, supple hand, and long, beauti-
fully kept, slender finger nail. But the
handwriting of a diplomatist is not apt
to see clear;it always looks like snake
gliding away. There are no clear, gi-
gantic capitals like John Hancock's,
none of the fine curves suggestive of
generosity and expansion; all is COM
pressed and impenetrable. Certain in
flexible natures express themselves both
by finger nails and by the handwriting
both are blunt and determined. The
Chinese have such long finger nails that
one might almost write with the ends
of them. The tenacity of the Chinese
nail, which does not break, shows that
they have more lime in their bones
than we of a different race. At one
time, when good Queen Anne bit her
finger nails it was the fashion for all
the English aristocracy to bite theirs;
and in those days the English finger
nail was not what it is now Fashion
eXerts potent influence on man, saw
age or civilized. The Botecuder of
Brazil, and the Hydailr of Queen Char
lotte's island insert wooden or ivory
plug under the lip of their women,
causing a hideous deformity that re-
sembles shelf overhanging the chin.
The fashionable women of to-day wear
hustle that is almost as deforming.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
BY the Dial.


They had been sitting on the prone
made deck for more than an hour,
when she suggested that they 60 down
stairs and look at the machinery. He
agreed, and an old lady who sat near
by and heard the conversation rose up
and said:
"Young man, have you any objec-
ton to my going along? I've allus
been crazy on the subject of machin-
cry"
He replied that he would be delight
ed, and she followed the couple to the
main deck.
"This, 1 suppose you know" began
the young man. ''is called the main
shaft
"Yes-yes-came from the state of
Maine," twittered the young lady.
The old lady stuck up her nose but
made no remarks.
''That up there is the walking
BEAM"
s'Oh, is it? How nice! You wouldn't
think it would walk, but of course it
does"
The old woman put on her spectacles
to get better look at the girl.
"That rod you see there,' continued
the young man, sis called an eccen-
trio"
elbow funny! But why shouldn't it
be? There are eccentric people, and
why shouldn't there be eccentric rods?
I presume it gets cranky sometimes.
Go on, George"
81 don't believe it!'' muttered the old
"And this is called steam chest,
my dear"
'Oh, is it? I've always wanted to
see one. They put their steam in there
to keep it cool and nice. It's the same
principle as refrigerator. Yes,
George
The old woman removed her specs
and began to look as mad as cow on
a sand-bar.
"That thing up there is called a
steam dial," said George.
''Oh, how nice! I've read of it
somewhere in Shakespeare's work. ]
see the pointer is at so. My! but who'd
believe we were carrying eighty tons
of steam. George, if we blow up you
must save me-indeed, you must.
What's that glass thing?"
''It's water Indicator"
"Oh, see. 1t indicates that we are
on the water. How grateful we ought
to be to the geniuses of America fol-
these Inventions"
Here the old lady started to leave
with ''humph!" of disgust, but the
young man called:
MADAME, you are not Interested"
"Look-a-here, young mani" she ex-
claimed as she wheeled around; "meb-
be you can make fool of that inner
cent young gal, and mebbe she de-
lights in it, but when it comes to stuff
fling old hens with chopped straw ii
won't 60 down! Pass on! I'm walk
in -beam myself, and I'm going to
walk"
And away she sailed, carrying forty
pounds of steam by the dial.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
How a Monarch Died.

Of the many strange stories told Of the
oldest actors-in those days when seen
cry was but an adjunct to the stage, and
q wretched one at that-perhaps none is
more grotesquely funny than the old one
of MacreadX in Hamlet" says the
Hoosier. In the last act of ''Hamlet,"
when, as all lovers of Shakespeare know,
general slaughter takes place, ''Ham-
LETT soliloquizes for few brief moments,
uttering his sentences slowly before he
himself feels the death pangs from
'.Laertes' " poisoned blade. On the oc-
casion in question the person who en-
acted the part of ''Claudius" (the king)
had an enmity against Hamlet" and
when the latter came near the end of
his soliloquy, he noticed that should he
drop where he stood, the curtain would
not hide him from view when it fell. He
therefore gave a kick to the PROSTATE
king, and muttered to him angrily in a
soto voce the appalling direction: Idle
further back"
Of this his enemy took no notice, and
the unhappy Hamlet was compelled
again to interrupt his ante-mOrtem state
ment (f so it may be called) by again
admonishing his uncle to die little fur
Their from the footlights: To this appeal
the king paid no attention, and at last,
goaded to desperation by the knowledge
of the fact that his lines would permit of
no further delay, Hamlet administer
ed his admonition: ''Die further back, !"
accompanied by kick of great strength
and vigor. To the establishment of the
doleful Dane, but to the delight of the
audience (more especially to that por-
ton commonly known as the gods,) the
defunct king rose to sitting posture,
and with a stentOrian voice said:
I'm king here, and I'll die where
please"
Tableau!
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
A Saratoga Beauty.
Saratoga Letter

odratORa Lettcr.
The other attractive sight is that of a
young woman who comes down every
morning fresh from her room and mounts
a milk white horse almost statuesque in
its beauty, and rides away, the horse
dancing and going through more gam
bols and frisky movements than a lamb
at play, but he does not seem vicious.
The young lady who mounts him is one
of the finest horsewomen have ever
seen, and besides one of the handsomest
women. Her hair is almost red, and her
skin clear pink and white; her figure is
perfection itself, and she dresses in the
most elegant manner. Her riding habit
is of dark green cloth with tiny gold
buttons, and she wears a gold lace col
lar and cuffs, instead of the traditional
linen collar. An old gentleman of a
decidedly aristocratic mien accompanies
her on her rides and to the ball rooms,
and, in fact, wherever she goes, and she
is indefatigable as dancer, and in rid
ing and promenading. Everybody adj
mires them, and though they are both
very polite, they form no intimate ac-
quaintances, and their names are down
on the register as Mr.. Smith and daugh-
ter All the women who chat on the
piazzas have decided that there is some
thing very mysterious about them, and
that they don't believe that their names
are Smith at all, but that they are some
noted English people travelling incog.
Many attempts have been made to in
duce Miss Smiths maid to ''tell the
truth, now, about your young lady's
name,' but she is proof against all blan.
keeps it. All the same, the young lady
fairly divides hours with Vanderbilt
and Walls turnouts.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
NEARER HOME.

zone sweetly solemn thought"
Sang the maiden soft and low:
While the tender strains were fraught
With soulful ebb and flow.
81 am nearer home to-day"
And the sunlight glipts her brow,
While the thought her heart doth sway
Never nearer home than now.
Years come on with steady tread,
With their change of veal and woe
"Ive nearly left the cross" che said,
And the notes were few and slow.
"Father, perfect my trust"
Add the eyes of lustrous blue,
Soon to slumber meath the dust,
Lighted with heaven form hue.
so take me beneath thy carer'
Now the voice grows fainter yet,
And her face more sanity fair
For LIES golden sun had set.
She had laid her burdens down
On the worlds storm drifted sea,
She had gained the great white crown
Just across the crystal sea.
-[Chicago News.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
THE DE.1R CREATURES.

Mrs. Vanderbilt's last bonnet cost
$1,000.
There are more unmarried blondes
than brunettes. 1t is not believed
that it is the fault of the blondes,
though.
A woman in Canada has been fined
for persistently wheeling baby car
riage in front of neighbours door.
There is a girl in Turner, Me-, who
smokes, chews, shaves, swears and
wears mans hat. What more could
she do to entitle her to the right OF
voting?
The champion widow lives in Iowa.
She sees that the graves of eleven hus-
bands are kept green. She takes nc
note of men but by their loss.
A woman in Fultonville, N. Y, is
said recently to have forgotten he1
child while she was busy rescuing a
crazy quilt from burning building.
Probably she had one crazy quilt and a
house full of children.
A St. Louis man % years old is the
victim of queer mania. He firmly
believes that he is 20 years old. There
are some equally queer cases in Phila.
delphia, the victims being women who
are 20 years old, yet firmly believe they
are 25.
Feeding fleas in an animal show in
Paris is the occupation of Mile. Emma,
She bares her shapely arms and sets q
lot of fleas free on them. They feed
their fill on her warm blood and then
they are put at work again drawing
carriages and cannons weighing ever
so many hundred times more than theil
little selves.
An Afghan woman asked the ameel
for divorce because her husband was
growing bald-headed. The verdict was
that the head should be anointed will
sour milk; that the woman should licl
it off until the scalp shone again; thai
then she should ride through the bazal
on donkey with her face astern, and
that the husband and wife should dwell
in harmony.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

and at last, losing patience, and fear
ing that his royal master might have
been attacked by some sudden illness,
forced in the door. No king was
there. He had made his exit by a
window at the back and was away on
the high hills in pursuit of game. In
the capital his majesty often commands
an opera-generally one by Wagner,
for whom he has a strange predilec-
ton as predecessor on the throne had
for Lola Montez-and this opera is
produced in the middle of the day. The
theater is darkened, and no one is ad-
mitted to the auditorium but himself.
If he is pleased he sends the prima
donna, not bracelet or ring, but a
bouquet of flowers plucked by his own
hand. He once had "Lohengrin" en-
acted on the Starnberger See, the bor-
ders of the lake having been illumina-
ted glorino at his expense. When
the war with France broke out he was
displeased, but dare not attempt to
stem the tide of universal German feel
ing. However, he declined to 90 to
the front, and withdrew himself to his
UclONcu SOllGuucS WHllt Vic StlIIlUS
events which led to the building of the
German empire were thrilling the
world with excitement. At the close
of the duel of Titans, the crown prince
of Germany came to Munich to pass
the victorious Bavarians in gala review.
The king fled again to the mountains.
He knew the popular commander
would receive an enthusiastic greeting,
and he did not chose to play second
fiddle in his own capital to any do
nestle foreigner. He takes deep in
terest in the passion Play" and when
Josef Meyer was drafted into fight
ing contingent he gave strict orders
that he should be detained at Munich
and employed as clerk in the war
Office. The village of the Mystery lost
its own share in that conflict which
brought mourning to SO many humble
firesides in the fatherland, and of the
actual performers two or three who
had speaking parts in 1870 were killed
in the field or succumbed to their
wounds.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
His Bavar1an Majesty.

Multifarious are The anecdotes-fa-
bles, some of them, l really believe
told of the king. He is misogynist,
hater of court ceremonials, yet withal
a man who stands upon his dignity; a
passionate lover of music and noun
tain scenery and a great stickler for
the autonomy of Bavaria. He will not
have it Prussianized at any price. His
favorite seat is hunting lodge up in
the mountains. 1t is said that he
sleeps in large, lofty room with the
ceiling painted to represent the tirma-
ment, and practicable moon she'd
ding mellow light from one quarter
of the artificial heavens. The perspec-
tive is managed so as to give the illus
ion of spaciousness, and through the
distant trees cut out in the canvas, as
he reclines, may be heard the plash of
falling waters. Their lullaby bushes
him to sleep. M8cenas had friendli-
ness for the same soporific. Some
times his majesty rises in the night, has
a black steed saddled, and dashes off
at whirlwind speed up and down the
hill roads-which are well kept for that
reason-like phantom horseman pur-
sued by some relentless decree OF the
supernatural powers. The finest stud
in Bavaria is to be found in his stables,
but cattle are cast soon and often; they
are thoroughly worn out and broken
down after a few years in the royal
service. He plays practical jokes on
his retinue sometimes. 1t is related of
him that a minister arrived in hot
haste once to crave an audience on i'm
portant business of state. The king
was out hunting the chamois, but by
some chance the minister succeeded in
catching up to the party. Ludwig
preceded him to a gamekeeper's hut,
where he sometimes used to lunch and
went in, telling him to attend him. The
minister waited one hour, two hours,
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
SUNDRY SUGGESTIONS.

There is no public gambling in London.
The ''club ROOM system is extensive,
however.
By powerful current of electricity
Mr.. Edison kept his dying wife alive for
two hours.
There are not more than two or three
women whose wealth is greater than
Queen Victoria's.
Hope is like the sun, which. as we
Journey toward it, casts the shadow of
our burden behind us.-Smiles.
A woman in Canada has been fined
forp ersistently wheeling a baby carriage
in front of ; neighbours door.
Seventy-nine fires have been caused
in New York city during twelve years
by rats and mice nibbling matches.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
LIFE Is BUT Il DAY.

A blithsome maid, at early morn,
Comes tripping lightly DER the lea;
Of all Gods creatures ever born
The brightest, gladdest heart has she;
And owning by her speech the sway
OF rapt emotion, she doth say:
"How glad thing is life"
O'ercome at last by midday heat,
And well nigh unremitting toll,
A man of care lay down to sleep,
And snatch repose from life's turmoil.
He rose and with sigh he said,
As Care reigned in Oblivion's stead:
How sad a thing is life!"
An aged pair, at eve draw near.
With faltering steps, a lone churchyard;
Death long to them has lost its fear,
Although, in youth, to die seemed hard.
All hope in time has passed away,
Yet from the heart each one doth say:
"How grand thing is life!"
1.-THE Argosy.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
Six Grizzlies in q Heap.
c. F. Blackburn in Salt lake Tribune.

Not long since I was riding toward
Cloud Peak and had gone only three
miles when / discovered three enormous
grizzlies down in horseshoe canyon. l
left my pony, went to the canyon wall
and opened fire on the enemies. The
bears were five hundred yards away.
NV first shot wounded one of the mon
sters, and the wounded one Immediate
" attacked the other bear. They fought
desperately for fifteen minutes. 1t was
a terrible encounter; the beasts would
strike, bite and roll around, giving
frightful growls, enough to scare fell
low even at the top of the canyon. The
wounded bear was beaten by its antago-
mist, after which shot the victor. They
were both ferocious looking animals,
and the two would weigh over 5000
pounds. Their tusks measured three
inches. claws four inches, feet fourteen
inches, and the bears were twelve feet
long.
Leaving these two bears / walked
over a ridge not more than mile away
and came on to four more, two black
and two silver-tip bears. They did moi
see me, and my position was good one
on the lC6 anu ucstl a ulCC SiuOOlh Sld {.
of granite. Slipping on pair OF moe,
asins, was soon on the top of the gran
lite knob $50 feet above ground. l open.
ed fire Immediately, only 200 yards, and
killed two the first shot, and soon had
them all rolling down the mountain to.
gether. 1t was an exciting time; the
four bears made a terrible noise. Bawl.
ing and deep groans, mingled with keen
reports from my rifle, echoed and re
echoed, making sound rivaling the
very hall of pandemonium itself
In few minutes all was quiet save
the passing breezes through pine boughs
and few squalling ravens. l listened
closely for more bears, and could occa-
sionally hear their peculiar whistle
across on the opposite mountain. But
none were in sight After seeing large
eagle swoop down among the pines
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
The haunts of happiness are varied

The haunts of happiness are varied
and rather unaccountable, but have
more often seen her among little chill
dren, and home fresides, and the coun-
try houses, than anywhere else-at least
think so.-Sidney Smith.
Let not any one say that he cannot
govern his passion, nor climber" them
from breaking out and carrying him to
action; for what he can do before a
prince or great man, he can do alone,
or in the presence of God, if he will.
A dozen humming birds are grouped
on some important bonnets.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
Somerville journal.

Somervile journal.
1t was growing very late, but the
young man showed no signs of dis
position to take his leave. After re-
lieving herself of several yawns, the
young lady said:
"You have been reading about the
Greedy expedition, haven't your"
81 have. WhyP"
'And you have thought so much
about it that you fancy you are now in
the Arctic regions YOURSELF
"What makes you think so?"
because you seem to be under the
impression that you are in a region
where the nights are six months long. -
He took his hat.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

catching large grouse, / descended
from my rocky knob and ventured up
to the bears. There they all lay in
heap. all dead in the gulch together.
Those six bears would weigh over 1000
pounds.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

A pure black upon wood may be pro-
duced by the application of the follow
ing mixture: Pour four quarts of water
over an ounce of powdered extract of
logwood and, when the solution is eff
fected, add dram of yellow chromate
of potassium and stir the whole well.
1t may require several applications of
the mixture. Popular Science News.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

strdkes> and dOwn-strOkes cut into the
linds above and beneath them. The
heads of their capital letters are large.
Tho handwriting shows ardor and i'm
pulse. When it has markedly down
ward movement this handwriting shows
a tendency to melancholy. An apti-
tude for criticism is shown amongst
people who bite their nails. They are
cynical and severe, uncharitable and
bitter. They write small, cramped
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
A TRIPLE BOND.

Finger Nails, Character and Handwriting
Closely Linked.
Harper's Bazaar.
Since the new science of reading
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

Recently Unere were, IN San FRAN
cisco, Cal, two sticks of timber, one
$50 feet long and 16 inches square, al
most without knots; the other IA feet
long and Is inches square, practically
clear stuff. They came from Washing
ton territory.
Twenty-four parts of oleic acid,
eighteen of ammonia soap, twenty-four
of water, six of raw stearic acid and
three of tanning extract, incorporated
taaether, will render leather water
of. By adding two parts of cop
las and six of water it takes on a
lex color.
n sick rooms where there is dip
ria, measles, scarlet fever, etc., the
should be impregnatek with the
r of equal parts of turpentine and
bolic acid. Half a teaspoonful in a
tie of boiling water from time to
will be sufficient. twill be found
elieve the sufferer and prevent the
lad of the malady.
ranulated cork is an excellent nom
|ucter of heat, and is on this ac-
1 t very desirable material in the
construction of refrigerator cars. 1t is
also used in the floors of passenger cars
as a ''deadener'' of the noise of the
running gear. 1t is made by running
the scraps in cork factory through a
mill which reduces them to a coarse
powder.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

good cement for putting tickets on
work and tin is thus made: Take
meal, little solution of glue and
Ter, and make a paste, but not too
Elk; mix it with as much Venetian
pentine as necessary. 1t will stand
ter.
plan for lessening the violence of
rms has been submitted to the French
Rdemy of Sciences by M. Minard,
proposes to use great number of
timing rods elevated on telegraph
is and connected with the iron
ks of railways.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11
POHULAR SCIENCE

Statistics published since the late
earthquake in England show that a
total of 255 shocks have been recorded
in the British Isles, the severest having
occurred on November IA, 1918.
Plates of cast glass have been substi-
tuted for copper in the sheathing of an
Italian vessel, the joints being made
tight with silicate mastic. The adj
vantages claimed are exemption from
oxidation and incrustation.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

]. B. MESERvE.
ranch, Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
River, In Chase county, Neb. Stock branded
as above; also "717' on left side; '.7'' on
right hip and ''L." on right shoulder:
o. on left shoulder and "Y." on left
jaw. Halt under.crop left ear, and square,
crop right ear.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

JOSEPH ALLEN.
Ranch on Red Willow Creek. half mile
above Osborn postofdcs. Cattle branded on
right side ana hip above. al
FOB aALE-lmproved Decided Farm
and Hay Land. Timber aud water. Two
farm houses, with other improvements.
Convenient to No. school privileges. Sit.
uated on Republican river, near Aouth Of
Red Willow creek. Call on j. T. BIsek.
on premises, or address him at Indianola.
Nebraska,