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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12
CnnI, NnaI, CnnlI

The celebrated Indian Nation coal,
the best IN the market, for sale 10y l..
a. Holt &Co., corner Fifth and Main
streets.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12
/ Say

Have you seen the new electric lamps
at II Main street?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12

Go 10 Kellcr's for your wagons, bug.
gies aud other vehicles.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12
Dissolution Notice.

The co-partnership heretofore exist
ing between the Undersigned, under
the firm name of VIM Brown d Co.,
las this day been dissolved by mutual
consent w II. Brown assunps all the
liabilities of the late firm and he alone
is authorized 10 collect the debts due
the firm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12

THOROUGH COURSE of Ackcr's
.ood Elixir will remove all faint from
the blood. II cures Ecrofnla, Ulcers,
boiis and Pimbs. Sold by Il. N.
Brunswig d Go.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12

Buy your 10y a Keen Edge pocket
knife at Henry g. Peaks.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12

French and German wines at scheu.
Der & HochstadteI's.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-12
Here's "a
OPPORTUH
G. "a d g In O m g.

Having completed task Of stock-takng have H.
of IS per cent all goods in establishment In
lust begun in earnest and heretofore you have had
very heavy clothing you now outfit yourself at just
than you could have done two weeks ago
ducon of the fact that carry goods
to another refer you to past dealings guaram
y to you that this reduction bona
stocked in winter underwear and direct your atten
this branch stock We have besides this good linz
Boots and Shoes etc. and all at reduction Of twenty va
rmzxuu vsEscyg cZA mm - hs
WASHER & AUGGE
Corner Houston and IOlsl.th re
ONE PRICE CLOTHHERS AND FURNm
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
The Manufacture of Chinese Idols.

The manufacture of the Chinese
loss. or idol which the Celestials wor-
ship, has attained vast proportions in
San Francisco. The joss may be
found in every wealthy Chinaman's
house and in all their temples, while
the one ambition of dying CELESTIAL
to have a joss burned for his soul
after death, is another cause for the
great demand on the ef1igy manufac-
turer. The head being of wood or PHI
able cardboard and the body of cheap
though gaudy material, there is moth
ing about one of these images which
may be considered of value; the inge-
NOUS workmanship, in which such a
display of details is made, may be
noted as of far more consequence than
the useful or extraneous stuff which
goes to make up the potent and mystic
joss. Even the paper finger nails Of
extraordinary length, are finely carved,
and the thick-soled shoes and fan are
not omitted. On completion it is
consecrated by high priest, who, with
his acolytes, goes through prolonged
and apparently recondite ceremonial,
winding UP by dauhing a little red
paint in each of the black eyes of the
joss, who is then enable to see into the
mysteries of the world and the hear
after. 1t is sold for S25.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
The Wonders of Lava.

George II. Barton states in Science
that the lava stream which burst from
the side of the Hawaiian volcano of
Mauna Lea on the 9th of November,
1880, continued to flow slowly down
the mountain and across the country
for more than nine months, at the end
Of which time it had extended over a
distance of about forty.five miles.
A part of its course passed through
forest, where the lava became sufH-
GENTLY solid before the large trees were
burned to retain complete moulds of
their trunks, and from these perpen-
dicular moulds the lava was found to
average twenty feet in thickness at
this point.
Mr.. Barton roughly estimated tht
quantity of lava emitted at something
more than 100000 cubic yards. The
rapid cooling and solidifying of the
surface of the lava while the interior
was still flowing caused considera-
bic part Of the stream to take the
form of tunnel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
The Mobility Of the Brain.

1t has long been kCown that the
brain in normal conditions undergoes
certain rhythmical movements. The
powerful vessels at its base cause the
cerebral mass to rise and fall with each
ystole and diastole of the heart. The
brain also rises slightly with each expi-
ration and sinks with inspiration.
These phenomena are dependent, it is
presumed, upon the presence of the
cerebro-spinal fluid, since when that is
withdrawn the movements cease.
M. Luys, in a paper recently read
before the Academic de Medicine,
states that the brain is subject to still
other changes in position, dependent
upon the attitude of the body. If a
man is in the dorsal decubitus, or lies
upon his side, or stands upon his head,
the brain undergoes certain correspond
ng changes in position in obedience to
the laws of gravity. The movements
take place slowly, and the brain is five
or six minutes in returning to its first
position.
From these anatomical data NJ. Luys
deduces some striking conclusions of
practical interest. lie explains, upon
the theory of these gravitating move
ments, the symptoms Of vertigo and
faintness which feeble persons expert
ence when suddenly rising from hori-
zontal position. He asks if the pains
of meningitis are not due to to an in
reference with normal movements.
In cases Of insanity he calls attention
to the excitability and agitation which
often come on when the patient lies
down at night. AS practical point
in mental hygiene, NJ. Luys advised
against prolonged travel during most
of the day, aud urged the value of CIV
ing the brain the change produced by
a horizontal position at night.-Medical
Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
Tremendous UpheayaIs of tho Sea.

A submarine eruption which oc-
cured recently off the east cape of
Hawaii, was witnessed by Charles N.
Spencer and others. 1t consisted of a
terrific explosion, by which a column
of water was thrown six hundred feet
into the air, accompanied with most
terrific detonations, as if Il battery of
cannon had been discharged. These
noises were so loud as to have been
heard forty miles away and continued
for several hours, and it is probable
that the water was disturbed during
he whole day. But as dense smoke
and steam, which came from the sub
marine eruption, filled the air and pre-
vented any further observations. moth
ing was afterward seen of it during
the day. The occurrence was followed
by a storm of wind and rain, which
lasted only few hours. The next day
was clear and pleasant.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
staniey's Great Work In Africa.

Henry M. Stanley has completed one
Of the greatest civilizing enterprises ever
undertaken without war. He has in
four years established a continuous chain
of commercial stations extending from
the east to the west coast of Africa; each
station thoroughly furnished with its
central building, its offices and cottages;
manned by working forces, provided with
arms for use in extremity, and managed
by an agent-all under the flag of the
International African association. There
has been no haste in the work. Stanley's
first return to Africa, after his rest in
England from the original journey across
"the dark continent by way of the be,
fore unknown Congo, was made in 1880,
and in that year he founder Vivi, nearly
at the head of steam navigation from the
ocean. Before the third year was finished,
ne had established Leopoldville on Stan,
ley pool at the head Of the lower cata-
racts, the key of the upper Congo, and
had launched four steamers on the great
river. Last December the station of
Stanley Falls, thousand miles up the
river, was founded, and these are the
principal centers of the complete system
of communicating stations which now
stretch across the continent from the
mouth of the Congo to the island of
Zanzibar, in the Indian ocean. Mer-
chants have within six months made the
journey from Zanzibar to Leopoldville
without hindrance. Nearly three thou
sand miles of navigation of the Congo
and its tributaries have now been opened
to commerce by this chain of stations.
and thousands of miles more are sure to
yield to their tribute so soon as the
associations peaceful entrance and pur-
pose becomes known among the tribes.
Such conquest for civilization has never
been before known, and it is a work
whose dignity honors Stanley and the
international association of kings, princes
and merchants, who have been wise
enough to appreciate the opportunity of
the world, and to employ the extraordi-
nary genius of Stanley in improving it.
--Sp1tngtield (Mass.) Republican.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
ROumanian fortunes.

Recently there was lawsuit at Bor-
deni Roumania, between landowner
and some peasants. The magistrate
lodged at the landowners. The peas
ants believed the latter would bride the
magistrates, and about two hundred of
them armed with cudgels went to the
landowners and struck him dead, and
would have set fire to the house had not
help come. AS in the inquiry they re-
fused to tell who committed the crime,
many were tortured in different manners.
Some were bound to trees without their
hats, their faces turned to the sun, and
water was refused them. Others had
their hands tied on their backs and a
large piece of wood set in. The magis-
trates threatened to set fire to their
boards if they did not stand upright.
Other sorts of cruelties are related with
ether prisoners. A similar case also &C.
Cured recently. The mayor of village
tortured few inoffensive men to make
them confess that they had stolen. One
of the tortured men, Costache Negoitse,
said that the mayor, Gavril Neculan,
not only whipped him without ceasing,
making his body black and blue, but
gave him during five days neither food
nor water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
Slave Selling in an African city.

Sunday, | learned, was the day on
which these human chattels were
generally disposed of; so on the first
Sunday after my arrival in Tangier /
went for walk, and presently found
myself in the crowded little market
Just ahead Of my conductor was tall
turbaned Arab, with fine, face and
long gray beard, whom l recognized as
one of the auctioneers who patrol the
High street of Tangier, carrying pieces
OF calico, horse trappings, knives, or
other articles on their arms, and cry
Ing the price at which they are offer
ed to the public. He was moving stol-
idly about through the crowd of mar
ket people, who were all too busy to
spare so much as a glance at him. My
guide pointed to him. "Voi!a" he
cried. "But where Is the slave?" l
demanded. "Voila, monsieur VOLTA"
he repeated, pointing again to the auc
tioneer. and then l saw walking wear
lily behind him, pausing when he paus-
ed. moving on when he advanced,
looking with eyes of pathetic apathy,
upon the busy throng around her, a
girl, child of IA years or thereabout,
with uncovered face, clad in single
scanty garment of white cotton. She
was black, but not uncomely, and she
had evidently been carefully prepared
in the bath for the ordeal Of this morn
ing. The little girl looked up with
dull curiosity visible on her features
when she observed my European dress.
Then she looked away with the same
sad face of hopeless detection. ask
ed her price. "Thirty-five dollars"
(seven pounds), was the answer.
Seven pounds as the price for this lit
tie bit of humanity! She had been
brought from Soudan, the auctioneer
told me. She had been captured there
by slave dealer, who carried her to
Mogador and passed her on to another
dealer, by whom she had been taken to
Tangier. She was a pagan, absolutely
ignorant. but was healthy. She was
active, she was good-lool1ing, she was
but no, my pen refuses to chronicle the
list of various qualities as they were
glibly enumerated by the salesman
He might have been talking of horse
r a sheep; nay, he would hardly have
talked so coarsely Of either of these
animals as he did of this fellow Great
ure of mine. Presently he turned away
disappointed, finding that no bid was
Forthcoming from me. followed him
a little distance along the narrow,
winding street. The girl was ever
treading closely in his footsteps. Sud-
denly woman beckoned him to the
door. He entered it, still followed by
the girl, and when, a few minutes af-
terward, he emerged, he was alone.
Through my conductor | learned that
he had sold the girl to the woman of
the house for s pounds.-Leeds eng. }
Mercury.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
Pride OF n Cow.

A correspondent writes: While on
a visit at the country-house of lady
it one day happened that they were
passing the cow-house just at the time
when the dairy maid was driving home
the cows to be MIXED. They all pass
ed in quietly enough with the exception
of ore, which stood at the door and re-
sisted every effort of the dairy maid
to induce her to enter. When the
maid was Intercepted as to the cause
Of this obstinancy she attributed it to
pride. explaining that whenever any of
the other COWS happened to get in
before her this particular cow would
seem affronted, and would not enter at
all unless the others were turned out
again and she had an opportunity of
alkiny in before them. This state
ment having excited curiosity and
wish to ascertain its accuracy, the
maid was desired to redouble her ex-
ertions to induce the cow to enter; on
which she chased the animal through
every corner of the yard, but without
success, until she at last desisted from
want of breath, declaring there was no
other remedy than to turn out the
other cows. She was then permitted
to make the experiment, and no soon
er were the others driven out than in
walked the gratiiied COW, with a state
ly air, her more humble. minded COM
panions following meekly in her train.
The Eye.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
Cutting the Horns Of Cattle.

The society for the Prevention
Cruelty to Animals in Ireland recently
prosecuted Mr.. Thomas McArdle for
cruelty ill-treating thirty-four bullpcks
by causing their horns to be cut off
close to their skulls. On the trial it
was shown that this was quito gen.
eral practice in some counties of Ire
land, and one witness stated that he
dishorned 200 head of cattle every year.
and thereby obtained better prices for
them when ready for market. The
Society Jailed to convict McArdle, be-
cause the practice of dishorning was
too general in the district where the
case was brought into court. If no.
horned cattle are SO superior to those
with horns. the polled breeds certain
~ ought 20 come into general favor,
snI be bred TO the exclusion { 9th rs
for beef. Horns are certainly al
objection in large herds, or where cat
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
Alcoholic CONSUMPTION,

DR.. Richardson, T. r. S., of England,
was the first to discover that while
consumption, in the majority of cases,
is due to hereditary faint. or to i'm
pure air and bad surroundings, in
certain proportion of cases it is due
solely to the drinking of alcoholic
liquors. He gathered his views from
the careful study of two thousand
cases in hospital, of which he was
the physician. This discovery publish
ed by him in 1864 has been confirmed
by other observers since.
The victims are in middle life, Of
great natural endurance, often models
of organic symmetry and power, and
active in mind and body. The very
perfection of their organization makes
them feel wholly safe in their indul-
gence. Though they can drink hard,
they are not, in the ordinary sense,
drunkards. They look the picture of
manly strength and robust health.
Says DR.. Richardson, "More than half
of those whom l have seen stricken
down with alcoholic phthisis have said
hat they had never had days illness
in their lives, but when closely
questioned it was found that none had
recently been quite well,' The all
ments, however, were such as the al
cohol had already induced, an addition
al quantity of which had seemed to set
them right again.
The countenance Of the alcoholic
consumptive differs as much from that
Of the ordinary consumptive, as it does
from that of the confirmed sot. His
ace to the last seems full of health.
Says an authority, 81 remember being
actually taken aback on finding,
in man who seemed from his face in
perfect health, a complete destruction
of the lungs"
The disease is often developed after
the person has for some time aban-
ed excessive indulgence,-a point hav-
Ing been reached in which the excret-
ing organs had exhausted their power
to eliminate the poison from the sys-
tenn, and as consequence, the desire
for the liquor had largely ceased.
The symptoms of the approaching
consumption are pains in the side; then
real pleurisy; after that, difficulty Of
filing the chest with air, the lungs hay
ing grown to the side; and at length,
hemorrhage Of the lungs, the walls of
the ergorged blood-vessels giving way.
The result is often fatal. Youths Com
pa1aion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
IIOI'is.

In former days, and not so long,
since, either, the horn industry was Of
Considerable Importance in this coun-
try. There are, indeed, plenty of peo-
pie who are by no means willing to
confess themselves old, who remember
when this material was used for null
titule of purposes for which glass and
various metals are now employed. We
are apt to think with pity of our fore
fathers, who used it for their lamps,
and lanterns, and windows; but it is
well to remember, on the other hand,
that it possessed several recommends
ons, by no means to be despised,
True, it was not so transparent as
could have been wished, nor in those
earlier days was it turned out of hand
so artistically as it has been by the skill
of more recent times. But then it re-
quired good deal of breaking, and so
our ancestors were spared some Of the
irritations which we unfortunate NOR
tails have to endure. In other direc-
lions the substitution of glass for horn
has more to be said in its favor. The
modern tumbler, for example. is a dis
tinct improvement upon the drinking
horn which it has supplanted. At the
present time horn is used for the most
part in the manufacture of combs
knife-handles, and mouth-pieces Of
pipes, although it is employed also, tc
a limited extent, for fancy articles. II
Still utilized, too, for the hunting
horn, but the orchestral instruments
denominated "horns," are now made
of brass. Strange to say, one of the
best kinds of horns for artistic pur.
poses is that for which we are indebt.
ed to the comely and graceful rhinoc.
eros, and it is 50 because it is solid in
stead of being hollow, as most other
horns are. 1t is worth noting, too
that although the breeder has done
much to improve the flesh of domesti.
Gated animals, it does not appear that
any Improvement has been superinduc
ed either in the size or texture of the
horns. 1t is suggested, indeed, that
the horns of wild animals are more
permanent than those of the domesti
Gated races.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
No Need to Drown.

81 always dread the return of the
season when sea bathing is INDUCED
in" said gentleman. "My family
have had several narrow escapes, and
still they have perfect mania for the
water"
"Why,there is no need to be afraid"
answered his friend, "if yon but retain
your presence of mind. When you
find yourself in deep water you will
sink at first, but if you do not strug-
gle, you will come quickly to the sur
face again. On reaching it immediate
ly draw full breath and throw your
head back. This will have the effect
of placing you in a recumbent position
on the surface of the water. Now,
this is the most critical moment for
those who do not know what to do
next. Extend your arms at once on a
level with your shoulders, with the
palms of your hands downward, and
begin gently padding in the waite
with the movement of the wrist only
Extend your legs quietly and slowly in
a line with your body. If you raise
your arms, your head or your legs
above the surface of the water you
will sink, but if you have the presence
of mind not to do so and not to strug-
gle about. you will never sink, so long
as you keep padding gently without
exertion. So you may float on unit
you are picked up, or until you are
numbed by the cold."-Ne,o York
MN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30

haps that very first night the leaden
clouds shake down the thick-nying
flakes, and for days and days it not
once stops showing; but the bear never
looks out to see what is happening. She
is contentedly asleep and sucking her
paws-so it is said, but / won't vouch
for that-and let's the snow drift over
her until she is buried q dozen or more
feet deep in that heecy mound. But
the snow by no means lies close upon
her, as it would upon buried log.
The heat of her body keeps it thawed
for little distance, so that she is in
a snow-cave rather than immersed in
drift, while the warmth of her breath
keeps open little chimney up through
the roof, so that she is in no danger OF
suffocation.
Do you think she is too cold theret
Not a bit of it; too warm, no doubt, at
first. l have never been so uncom-
Portable from heat as some nights in
sleeping out of doors when two or
three inches only of snow had spread
its blanket over my bed, and l did not
dare move until l was ready to get up
for fear of spilling lot of it down the
back Of my naked neck.
In the spring, when the advancing
sun begins to weaken the icy shell over
her, the female bear, now a mother Of
two little fellows about as big as Spitz
dogs, rouses herself, breaks out through
the snow, and leads forth her little
cubs into the world; but sometimes,
when repeated MEETINGS and freezings
have caked the surface of the snow
above her unusually hard, she is too
weak with her long fast and the suck
ling of her BARNS to break through
and so all three starve to death in their
snow prison. This is the extreme Of
Information. The grizzly and black
bear are not pushed to such hard con-
ditions, finding plenty of shelter in
hollow trees and hollow, leaf-strewn
spaces under fallen ones.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30

"'fes, but you are only a brlgadier
general. Well, rs did not specify
what rank of general, suppose it
would be better to yield, Remember,
sir, that | am soon to be a candidate
under the United States government
for Justice of the peace
I've have been marrlel for years,
The old man lives with US, and is con-
stantly engaged in copying opinions
delivered under authority of the Con-
federate government,-ArkansaS 7fac-
eLLer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
How the Polar Bear Spends the
Winter.

An Arctic traveller says: As soon as
the winter shuts down, when snow
begins to fall heavily and the shorten
ing of the days indicates the
approach of the long night which
reigns in the frigid zone, the female
polar bear seeks some nook where
there is comfortable carpet of moss
and lies down. She has had long
summer of seal catching and cranberry
picking, and under her hide are thick
LAYERS of fat. She feels fatigued and
drowsy. and stretching herself on the
lee of rock she goes to sleep, Per-