Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-09
DANGYOU!
This is Not an 0athi is the Latest
Fort Worth Sensation,
Denguc Shall Reign Where'cr the sun
Does His Successive Jour.
neys RIM.
ITO" Fort Worth Druggists are RECON-.
ing nuilionaircs-A months
Medicine Bin.

Medicine Bnn.
In ancient times the people were o,ten
startled by the appearance OF n comet IA
the heavens, which they deemed a nyste.
rlous fororuuner of future events. Tho
erndition Of their grcat.rreat.a
of the nineteenth century has ais
covered that comets are very harmless
things which rcdden the sky to the yermil.
lion hnes OF a painted cheek, but that be
You'd The tact that neither Is safe for KISSING
purposes no danger need be felt.
Old representations will croD ont how.
ever, as Is evidenced by the dread which
Is ielt of the pestiferous plague thai
Is now marching northward through
Texas. The very name of dennue
blanoheS brave mems cheeks, and forces
prayer from lips hat have been serving
the devil for hall century Pearson aid
nothing like the eyangelistic work that
dengue Is accomplishing in iort Worth
among those who have not had il. These
we fear are like one of Ben Buffers prom.
ises, ifTedeemable. Once let dongue i'm.
plant its vlce-like grip In the small of
mans back and earth or heaven then has
for him
NO temptations, no charms,
No visions OF pleasure"
Dlu you ever see man two DAYS wone
with the dengue? The first day II OK.
perimcnts with his feelings in a sort OF
tanalizing manner, bunting for Ills soft.
est spot Then II permits hin, to sleep
over night as peacefully as a babe In its
mothers lap, and he wakes IN TO ana
himself Just aching for TIT with Snlh.
van, Jumbo or some other prodigy of
muscular talent Executing a somer
sault into the middle of the floor, he PRO.
cecds TO get up sparring exhibition with
the pillows. This becomes tame after
moment and then am idea strikes him.
Sometimes IL hits him in HI roof of his
head, sometimes Il takes gentle twist
on bis spinal column, and sometimes IL is
delcgate-at-arge, and strikes go-as.
you-please gait, ranging over his anatomy
at pleasure. No matter how stubborn he
IS, 1t Is dollars 10 mcasly peanuts that
that man will acknowledge himself con.
WINGED IN two and thrce-qliarter seconds.
In rare cases, a little longer time has
been required, but no case has vet been
reported where the argument was not de-
cidcd in favor OF the Affirmative.
The victim may seek solace In bed, I'M
less he had too much cayenne pepper In
his liver to give up at the first Knockout.
II he gets down 1t seems that the pains
of shcol gather about his particular rest
ng-pace aud he struggles To his feet and
fees, as he hopes, from them. Like the
phantasmagora OF his last spree, or the
shadow of the bill collector, they follow
and always in speaking distance. Neck
and neck they enter the nearest drugstore
and II the unfortunate runs nu Old
Alcaldc cash balance, be charters Il on
the spot. II not, he has prescription
illed which includes, among other things,
the following
lIydrg. chlor, mite,
Ext. hyoSiani
Salicylic acid
TinCt. OPT damph
Pill hydrag,
Fcurl carb
Cordia.
Carefully deposited In gallon oisplrlts
frumenti
II this is we'll shaken and re-
ligiously guzzled, the patient RECEIVERS in
ten days. If the Jug should happen to
get broken at the outset he may possibly
pull through In week.
The effect OF denguc on Fort Worth
has been something ike the result OF a
collision between Il small boy and an
electric battery. In every household il
has left pleasant memcnto.
MIR. A., well-known citizen In the
Third ward, has a wife and six chill
drcn attending the dengue matinee. The
hired girl has gone off on wedding tour
and he is learning to cook.
MIR. j., on Second street, was observed
early yesterday morning making his way
home with brunette looking Hour sack
under his arm. a friend who got glance
at the contents found three pounds Of
cheese, two dozen lemons four cans Of
peaches, an ounce OF quininc, six loaYes
of bread, four bottles Of soothing syrup
and sundries.
MIR. Is. is a young married man who has
lust gone to housekeeping. His mother
in-law Is now Installed az mistress OF the
household, his wife IS sick and he says he
wonders why the devil was oyerpcrmltted
TO nut matrimony into the head OF Adam
Mr.. b. lives on Rusk. Nidower
with four small. lovely children. AL down
with the denguc. II there is any unmar-
Iled lady in town who can ind
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