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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-16

THE queen of llaly is about TO take
up the study Of political economy under the
well-known stat sman, Har n NlughettI.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-16


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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-16
FnnNcm farmers commence to adopt

French farmers commence to adopt
the Go man plan OF the wool clip-that Is,
several owners associate to classify ilccces
according to llnencss. Generally, five classes
are made. Lambs are shorn at six In prefer.
G &c 10 eighteen months old, but then there
Is q special demand for their wool for cash.
mcres aud morlnOs. The Romans were so
particular about excellence of fleece thRt
they covcrd their best sheep with skin Iack-
e 4 10 protect the wool from external injury.
The plan rendered II inner, more easily Sc
gu ed and dyed, and IL fetched hiAher
price. In respect 10 washing sheep, France
to-day adopts some OF the practices OF the
carly Gnuls.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-16

AN old lady nam II hc,'roy, living
near % donshurg ~ T., met with horrible
death the other day. She went IL au open
well To get u pail of water After she had
been gone some time some of the family
looked out of the window aud saw the pail
standing Ivy the we'll, but thought she had
len 1t there and called at ono of tho neigh
bors. Afler hree hours had elapsed they
sent 10 Inquire FOR her, but she was moi,
there they then looked IN the well ana
Jaw I,r lodged in the well with head under
the Snior aud her heels up, dead. She was II
very henyv woman ana 1t requi cd 0, tramrn-
dous Hort to pull her out. The limbs were
almost pulled Oh before the body was releas.
ed from It's p 'sltIon In the we'll. It WA a
ghnSlly sight.
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The Monitor., 1884-11-14
NARCOTICS.

Talking of poisons, tie use of mar
cotics is not confined to civilized people.
The Peruvian Indians are SO fond OF
narcotics that they have several beside
the coca, the principal substitute for it
being the thornapple. OF this the fruit
is employed, and from it is prepared a
drink which throws the drinker into a
deep sleep in which visions of the most
remarkable character are seen. The
thornapple was formerly much used by
the Peruvian priests in playing upon the
superstitious fears of the people, as the
latter supposed that by its use the for
mer were transported into the imme-
diate presence of their deities; and
though the teachings of the monks have
tended largely to dissipate these fancies,
there is still large element of the su-
pernatural intermixed with the beliefs
about the thornapple Sometimes it
produces strong conyulsions Or fits OF
nervous excitement similar to the has
chisch, rendering the drinker dangerous.
The common thornapple is well known
in Europe and in Germany and France
has often been usel for criminal pur-
poses. In India there is class of men
very dangerous to travellers, since they
make a practice of haunting the COM
mon resorts of travel, and whenever they
find an unwary stranger whose appear
ance indicates wealth, will take an op-
portunity to drop into his food a small
quantity of the seeds Of the thornapple
In ,oxication OF Il whole days duration
then follows, when the unfortunate man
is robbed and left to die or recover, as
the case may be, without further concern
on their part In Siberia common
fungus, common toad-stool, is used as
a narcotic, being found in all parts of
Northern Europe. Il is gathered during
the hot months and dried. then used as
an infusion. Sometimes the fungus is
e ten raw, when first gathered; but this
is wastefulness that no true Siberian
drunkard will tolerate. The toad-stool
brings out the natural dispositions of
the individual to remarkable degree,
the talkative man being unable to keep
STILL nor the qual1elsome man to refrain
from fighting. So extensive is the
variety and so wide the geographic dis
tribution of narcotics i'll one form or an
other, that it would seem as if they were
intended for some good use, though the
tendency thus far, it must be admitted
has been to their abuse rather than to
render them of any benefit as a medicine.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14
WHISTIiNG.

Whistling is a habit that probably.
everyone has indulgel i'll at some time
since the reign Of Adam and Eve in the
garden of Eden. When a man is salts
fled with himself and the world he
generally whistles i'll low, soft, con-
tented sort OF way. Then there is the
little child; long before he is able to
talk he will pucker up his little mouth
and knock everyone silly by giving forth
consumpive little whistle. As he
grows cider the whistle grows stronger,
and by the time he is able to toddle
around the whistle is the biggest part Of
him. 1t is now that the nervous mother
wishes that the whistle was in Chicago, 4"
but there is no way Of getting rid of it !;
it IS the child's best friend, and he always
carries it with him. Slould he be i'll the
pantry with piece of mince pie in each
hand, and happen to hear his mother
coming, the pie will suddenly disap-
pear, an innocent expression will come
over his f-ce and lie will begin to whistle
some Sunday school lynn. No matter
how timid boy IS about going in the
cellar after dark, send him down with a
coal scuttle after some coal, and you can
tell the minute he gets into the dark
He will begin to whistle as loud as he
can, and when he emerges into the light
again his face will be calm. He has been
whistling and forgot all about the ghosts
and bears. 1t IS amusing to hear half a
dozen young men as they leave the
theatre attempt to whistle selection
from some opera They never keep in
time, and their whistling sounds more
like a flock of geese that has been shot
into than like a time
The Monitor., 1884-11-14
AN UNSTEADY ISLAND.

Once during a heavy gale from the
cas-, a party of spongers III an open
boat were driven off shore, and so fierce
was the hurricane that their only hope
WAS to keep the boat before the wind and
rnn out into the Gulf For four or five
hours the headlong race was kept up ;
but finally the wind abated, and by
early morning the sea was as smooth as
glass a popularity often noticed there
after a gale They had been carried far
out of sight of land, and We're well-nigh
worn out, when one of the spongers ex-
claimed that they were nearing shore,
and soon the entire party saw reef-a
flamingo standing motionless i'll the
water. AS the boat drew near, the bird
raise its graceful neck, Strengthened up,
and stretched its wings as if TO fly; then,
seeing that they were not going to mo-
lest it. it resumed its position of secui Y.
perceived that, instead of resting on a
reef, the bird had alighted on a huge
leather turtle that was asleep upon the
water. Indeed, the hamingo was in dis
tress, like themselves, having been
blown off shore by the same storm, and
it had evidently taken refuge on the
sleeping turtle. The men did not at
empt to disturb it, and their last view as
they pulled away to the east was of the
hamingo attempting to lift one leg aud
go to sleep, an act which the undulating
motion of the floating turtle rendered
will-nigh impossible,
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

Lettuce says the Lancet, is a neglected
vegetable, although it constitutes prom
inent ingredient in every good salad
AT one time the lettuce was supposed to
possess soporofc properties, but of late
years it has, perhaps too hastily, been
disestablishedas adrug in the repertory of
the therapeutist Some are now strong
ly insisting that lettuce should be used
more generally as food and suggesting
that the leaves ought to be boiled, after
which treatment they are said to be as
palatable as spinach. If this be the fact
it is worth knowing, as spinach is neces-
sarily excluded from the diet OF the
oxaluric patient, and it is precisely in
this class of cases the soothing properties
Of the lettuce, if it have any, would be
valuable
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

OF all the remedies, readily aad easily
applied, the fluid extract of serpentaria
is perhaps the most eficaeious in cases
of rhus poisoning Cloths well mois-
tened with it are laid without any fric-
ton upon the parts affected. Immediate
relief is experienced and two or three
applications generally effect Il cure.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

From the data supplied by Mr.. Thomas
Schwarz the manager Of the Cologne
Central Towing Company, Il writer on
stream wire rope towage feels justified in
saying that altogether the results OBJ
tanned on the Rhine show that in rapid
stream the current to be contended
against the greater being the advantage
of wire rope haulage A similar system
has been employed on the Erie Canal i'll
this country.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

TIE mercantile marine of Russia, the
Minister of Finance reports. consists Of
6 1888 vessels, of which 5,779 are sailing
vessels, with capacity of 6j7 574 tons,
and GOA steamers, with capacity of Ill.,
802 tons and propulsive energy of 3O,-
Gl2 horse power. In the foreign trade
are engaged 1887 vessels, including 1OS
steamers; the White Sea contributing 10
steamers and COZ sailing vessels; the
Baltic, 81 steamers and 27l sailing ves-
sells, and the BLACK Sea and the Sea of
Azof, G7 steamers and 3O6 sailing vessels
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

You swear positively that it was on
Sunday morning that you heard the woman
shout for help?'' eyes, your honor pos
itiyely." This affair occurred some
months ago. Couldn't it have been Satur-
day morning or Monday morning instead of
Sunday morning?'' Impossible, your
honor But why?" insisted the Judge
"Man's memory is not infallible. Why
are you so positive that it was Sunday
morning? Because when | first heard
the cry for help was ont in the back yard
digging angle-worms.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14
T HE M N T @ r
Scientific.

A tricycle. postal delivery system is to
be tried by the Postmaster General of
Victoria at Portland, Sale, and Ararat,
with the view of extending it. if it proves
successful to other districts of the
colony.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

A German paper trade journal says
that waterproof paper which will shine
III the dark can be made OF 40 parts
paper stock, 10 parts phosphoreseent
powder 10 parts water, 1 part gelatine
and part bichromate of potash.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

1t is said that the practice in factories
i'll tenpering coiled steel springs is as
follows: An iron POI filed with lead is
heated so that the leal is full red, or
sufficiently hot to raise an immersed
spring to the temperature requisite for
hardening. The spring when hot
enough is quickly plunged into water or
lard oil. Then, TO draw the temper, a
small vessel of linseed oil is heated to its
boiling point. The spring is dipped in
the boiling oil for a few seconds and i'm
mediately immersed in cold oil.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

Particulars have been published re-
earding the proposed ship canal across
Ireland The length is intended to be
1877 miles, with so locks. Navigation
wouid be effected ly towage system,
and it is estimated tat the passage from
Galway Bay to Kingstown would be ac-
complished i'll 80 hours. For ships of
/, 500 tons the cost would be $40. 000, 900 ;
for ships of $500 tons, $50, 600, 900, and
for ships OF 5000 tons, 500, OOO OOO
The projected width at the surface is 200
feet, and at the bottom 100 feet.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

Sir f A Abel. Profs. Gryll Adams
aud S. P. Thompson, and Mr.. Thomas
Burt. the adiudicators in the Ellis Lever
competition for the prize of $500 for a
new safety lamp have been unable to
make any award. OF the electric lamps
and the 104 oil lamps that had been en-
tered not one fulfilled all of the pre-
srr.bed conditions. The Marsaut with
three gauges and lamp designed by
NJ. W. Morgan, of Pontypridd, were
deemed worthy, however, of special
meution.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

NM. Delune ct Gle have undergoing
trial at Toulouse method of laying sub
terranean telegraph cables. The ar
rangement consists of beton pipes, hav-
ing a longitudinal opening on the top,
and connected with cement sleeves.
After the cables are placed in them, by
simply unwinding as the work proceeds
the longitudinal opening is cemented up.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

According to the Kno,0ledge there is a
sulphur deposit at Djemsa Suez, in a
perfectly rainless de ert on the African
coast very near the sea, and constituting
hill 600 feet high, whose sides are
blasted down as in quarrying stone
Some 200 Arabs, employed under French
engineers, succeed III mining 10 tons q
day A similar deposit occurs at Ronga
500 miles from Suez. also near the coast
of the African continent which differs
only in being buried under other strata.
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

I'm sorry to say my dear said the
bank official TO his wife that ! must leave
theeountry." 'Isitpossible?" 'Imust,
he sighed my defalcation has been dis
covered. and | have received a note from
the detectives saying they will be herr in a
day or two to arrest me"
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

4 gentleman who was about to marry
plain girl said to his friend, 1T is not for
her exterior but her inward beauty that
marry her" ''Then for goodness sake,
he replied, 'turn her inside out"
The Monitor., 1884-11-14

The sign in front of clothing store on
one Of our side streets reads: "Cast-oH
clothing of every kind, and every one
who notices it feels that the advice is excel
lent.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09

The July crop report Of Msssrs.
Hill, Fon'ains y CO. is printsd IN
the Avalanche 10 day. They ssts
al improvement sin the growing
Gotten srsp lArsngkSut the Men +.
phiS district, especially in Arkan.
sas and Tennessee. TAey say: "Tts
critical psriod has now been rsacb.
ed, and it is safe Is predict that viii
~favsrahlo seasopI frOm new on the
."ield in This district will exceed
that Of last year. An early frost
wCuld, hswevor, curtail the yield
materially. rae corn crop promis.
Is well, and there is no doabi a full
supply will be made-msrs than
vill DO necessary for home cen.
Avalanche.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09
nIss.
Meeting Of the sscosd District Congress
sloeAl C~onvestlea.

II eeting Of the second District CorEFes
sioHal conveztrca.
to the Appeal.
OXFORD, Asgust 8,-The conyea
lion for tho Second congressional
District met in the courthouse at ii
o'clock this morning, all lhe eOun
ties except Union being presSps TED.
The cOnvsntioa organized persia
nsntly at ence, With UOl. ", D.
Holder, Of Lafayette. chairman, and
F. A. Tyler, Of Holly Springs, sGcre,
tary.
The committee en- platform re.
ported resolutions indOrSing ClSve-
land and Hendricks, the national
democratic platform, highly Gem
mending the appsintmsn Of the
Hen. Van Il. Manning as elsctor for
the state at large and the patriotic
action Of Ed. N. Watson in viii,
drawing from ths caHyass after UR-
ioA county had Instructed against
him.
After the selection Of a new Dis
trict Executive committee, K. Al.
Watson, in a NEST eloquent speech
placed the Hon. J. B. Morgan IN
nomination, which wal ably second
ed by the Hon. Q. B. HewFy, sf0z-
ford. There being nc sther neisi-
Nations, Oh the call Of the counties
Judge Morgan was unanimously
nominated amid great enthusiasm
A Gsmmittss was appreciated to
wait en- Judge Morgan aud Invite
him to address the convention
whish he did in a telling speech o.
al hOnr's length.
The resolution commencing Mr.
Watson was thea read and passed
AMID vOciferOuu applause by thu
esBvsntisA and audience.
Mr.. Watsen's speech In respsns'
was brilliant and eloquent, and
powerful arraignmeRt Of Gen. Chal
mers's desertioa 10 the Republican
under the prstsRse of being an In
dependent.
The cOAveAtioA tAsn adjourned
in the: best Of spirits and harasSy
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09
FOR CoNaRESs--2D DISTRICT,
JOHN 3. MORGAN,
MORGAN, THE DEMOCRATIc NON
NEE, FOR CONGRESS.
OF DEB0Te COUNTY

1t will be sssn by reference to-
anaIhsr co!ama that Hen. J. B.
Morgan, of DsSoto CouAty, was
unanimously nominated for Cen
grsss by the democracy Of this, the
9nd Mississippi District, in CSRven-
ten at Oxford, On the 9th inst, his
only democratic competitor, Ed. N.
Watson, having previously with
drawn from the canvass, Judge
Morgan is a true democrat; socially
he is an excellent gentleman, and
intellectually be is eminently qual-
lied for the position to which he
aspires. His nomination gives the
greatest satisfaction, and his tri'
umphaat election we regard as
next to a certainty if the proper eff
forts are pat forth by his friends.--
We run up his name at eur mast
head as Sths democratic nominee,
and nov let every democrat 60 10
work and elect him by a handsome
majority.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09
SHOPPING.

hoNrs before the counter
staod
A lady yoaAg and fair,
Her cheeks with painted blush a,
glow,
AAd banged her golden hair.
Despair sat on The clerks pale
brOY.
But Gu his lips a smile,
A. smptisr grew the ry.goOd
shelves,
And higher grew the pile.
OF lacss. lawns, bsrsgsS, bsOta.
OOrsstS, and c~alicOes,--
And hats, apd hair2lnS. combs
ksrchisfs,
Kid gloves, aud STR ped hose.
OF each she'd ask the elerk the
price.
Aud when be did reply,
She merely raised her pretty brows
And sOFtly said, 10, my'
IKE hotel gspgI aHnosncsd hist
AoOn;
"0;I Msst 60" she said,
BNtsrs sho quit that dry,gOod store
She bOUght--a spool Of thread
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09

We publish an able address this
week from Hon. q. j. Frederick,
Chairman Of the Democratic Exec
ntive Committee Of Tippsh County.
Read II attentlvely. He makes
seine wise suggestions to which the
democrats in the different precincts
~ HE coup,y would de we'll to give
earnest heed. MUCK can be &C
complished by thorough organiza-
tion. Ths candidates Of the opPo-
sing parties for congress in this
district and for president and vice
president. ore all In the field, and
the hour for work is at hand. Much
depends apea the efforts made by
The different contestants as t.
whick shall be successful. "Bter.
nal vigilance is the price Of liber.
"
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09

The most delicate psrsons ehjey
taking Emory's Little Oathartlc
Pills, They restore color, give a
wholesome appetite, put new life in
a breksa-aown body, they are pleas
AIT 10 take and their action is very
mild. Druggists sell thOn.-15
cents.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09
Mr.; EDITOR;

Mr.; EpIToR:
Herewith l haAd you let
ter from Ed. n. Watson, Esq, to
myseit, in reply to sns had writ
ten asking him to be with US, at
eur oOaA4y convention on the 28th
inst, and, while tits private and
was net inteaded fer rablicatiOn,
yet 1t is se like the true democrat
that the writer has evsr been, that !
take the responsibility Of giving it
lie yOu for pablicaliaa if ysu see
proper.
CHAS. N. THURMOND.
Holly Springs, July 24lh, 1884.
CHAs NJ. THURMsND, ESQ,
Ripley, Miss,
Ny DEAR SIR AND FRIEND:
Yepr latter OF y%ssssr.
day just to hand; | wOuld CERTAIN
:LY be with yOa on Monday bal for
my duty here. Our convsntis"
meets en- thai. day and eeme Of my
friends are little hard 10 bo recon
siled to MY defeat. / have written
asking Judge Morgan to be with as,
so that | might introduce him to
my friends and aid him 10 win their
hearts. l think ! can do mere good
here than with yes. With thanks
to all nay friends in Tippah fer their
cordial support and with the asaur,
abcs 70 the ptucky democracy Of
Tippah thai ! am heart sRd band
With them in the campaign this fall
for Cleveland, Hendricks sad Nor
gan, ! amysur friend, sincerely,
I'D. II. WATSON.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09
A TYPICAL STUMPER.

RSmlRlsssacss of 8 5. PFsnGiss, the El-
oqssnt MisansipplaR.
From The CAiaRgs Saturday Herald.
sarxsnt s. PrsAtiss, Of Mississippi,
was undoubtedly the mSst elSqusRt
man whe aver addressed the hDnsS
Of Representatives A carpet bag
ger frsm Maine, he WsRt to Al'SiS
|SiPpi poor and fEisndlsSS, AID net
oniy became foremost among. her
sons, but acquired a national rspu
tatioR. Edward Everstt, after haV-
heightened 10 OAs Of AiS iaPASsion.
cd burssS Of alsqnsnse in Faneuil
Hall, turned to Daniel Webster,
whS sat near him, and SAID: "Did
Iyou svsr hear anything like iU"
"Nevsr," said Webster, "sxcspt
trOa Mr.. PrsatiHs himsslH" He
was indeed = remarkable orator,
his intellectual sndewraOatS pre-
ssuting a remarkable example in
which great logical power and the
most vivid Imagination were NEST
happily blended. As Drydsa said
Of Halifax, he vas a man
OF piarciAg Wit aad frequent
thought,
Endowed BY naIarO and BY learning
taught
To M0vs assemblies.
The great secret Of his ~sPatSrisal
sHecoSa vas his rSadinOaS-ho
seemed never alta less for an cpl
gram or a rstsrt, ard HE inprsmpta
speeches were the best.
Prentiss used to tell a good story
abost his second canvass OF the
State of Mississippi. He had ar.
ranged = route, and oRS Of his
friends had soMs ahead to make ar
rangemsnts fer a hall in each races
sive tswn and to advertise the meet
ing there. Tho proprietor Ofa trav
sliAg msHagoris tsok advantage Of
iASsO cSngrsgasieAS, and followed,
exhibiting al each place on the day
that PreAtiHs spoke. The Frat in
Gimalien that the authsr Mad Of this
rivalry was in a small town In the
norihsrA part OF The State, near the
Alabama lins. After PreAtiss had
bssa speaking abeut an boar, hold
ing ths,atisaiisn Of.ihS audience, he
observed soRS Of the outsiders
BLOCKING ever their shoulders, aRd
4lhiS movement Was gradually fol.
lI1cwsd BY mere Of his aHeIsnss
he began ts think ne was craving
adull, and sAdsAvoreG TO reuse him
sslt Up to msrs animation; but ]
was all in vain. He At leRg,h lesk
ed ia TIE popular direction, aRf
There, to his hsrrsr, jRst csniAG
Asysfths hill was the elephant dress
. ed in his scarlet wraPplags and Orr
eAtal spIsnd"r. A fOo.ish feeling
Of vanity, net TO I've sutdOns by thu
elephant, came ever him, and h
} cOAtiAuSd ts talk. He fouHd j
vas ne use: Sc he said: "Well, Ia
! dies and gsAllsmsn. ! am beaten
BntI hare the sensolalica Ofknew
it was net by my ceMpetitOr
will not knock undsr ta any two
he eyed beast, but ! yield 10 ih'
Elephant"
! Prsnliss afterwArd made an ar
rasgsMeAt wilh tho proprietor .
ths msnagsFis so divide time will
The monksy and the clown, The frs
hoar beiag Z yea 70 politics. On
OF The cages WAS used as = reslrum
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09

The New York Herald is ast
alarmed at the position Of the south.
1t says;
tWThs sStid South" is at last on the
side Of the nation, and deserves
great credit for getting there.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-09

The Beard ofSupsrvissrs afssr be
ing in session three daystAis wsek
aaioarasd WedAesdsy e~enlng. A
synopsis af their proceedings will
be iouad IN snsthsf column.