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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13

We offer absolute cost entire stock Of Mems suits OF cloth
ing from the lowest TO the best.
We offer absolute entire stock Of Boys clothing, all
qualities and Sizes
offer entire stock Of Ladies' Conks Cir
Cua Jersey Jackets &c We bought the goods December LIST ut
sixty the dollar. Among them Silk Plush at S2O
worth S4O Black Satin at $40 worth 500.
We for sale absolute cost entire stock of Ladies'
WOrsed Dress goods.
NYprr
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13
A PnhIIo School Burned.

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. I2.--The Grew
street public school building was de
stroved 10y fire last night. The loRs Ia
SIS 900. Six hundred children are
thrown out Of school. The fire ~ he-
lIeved to be incef diary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13
A Freight Train Deralled in Louisiana
Special.

MARSHALL, TRx., Feb. l2.-The re-
port "a current that freight train WAs
aersiled when near Marthsvllle, La''
on the Texas & Pacific railway The
engineer and fireman were both killed
and twelve fisight cars were wrecked
a yail had been removed. The perpe,
trstora OF the crime were tracked
through tho snow 10 house near oyl
s sLheTe ihey were arrested, They proved
~ Ia two tramps. II was their pur,
:, cos ~ TO wreck tue passenger train on'
ma being delayed the freight was sent 70,
o M tirst AND was caught in the trap
nh MI. TeTas a Pacific express ana pas
ssnger train has been delayed IN coz on,
ssnSenee hence we are unable 70 se
inftner particulars lust now
III NNfAl
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13

We offer fer sale Mt absolute cost entire stock of Ladies' and
Mems WOODEN Underwear
We offer for sale a absolute cost entire stock or Ladies'
Mems and Chiidrens Wooden Hosiery.
We offer for sale mt absolute entire stock White
ColOred Blankets and Bed Comforts
Persons sendng mail orders for suits of clothes will please give
breast and waist measure and length Of inside of ntaOOns
We make speciality OF Mems Cashmere Pants; oil
them thany In exa and buy them lowers sell Of
them than any store In Texas, and sell them lower
We make speciality of Mems Shirts all and every kind and sell
them very low prices.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13
StoneMare.

The Fort Worth ChinE company
have just received large lot Of Jugs,
jsrs. churne, inlik erocks, hover poth:
ard vases, etc. This ware - OF
superior quality and was bought low
enough 70 enable them 10 make sRtis-
factory prices 70 purchasers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13
mo- . Plsasant Won gyrup R0ver ~
ThR PHILADELPHIA Times

Aims 10 cover the wboi' teld OF progressive
Journalism. No subject isEo great for Il t.
discuss lDtelligently and without bias, and
none 80 insignineRnt 90 70 escape itH notioe.
IL lays the world tributary To ~ wants, and
everywhere itB agents may be found nleri To
gather the particulars Of all passing events
aud send them by telegraph up to The Last
moment OF going 10 press. IL brief and
abstract chronicle OF tho lime, and contain
al that IA worth knowing In tho history
the woridfur the past twenty .fOuT hears
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13

Every smoker shouid try Little
Joker
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13

Aa-Hone genuine without q bun-h Ofgteen
hops on tie white Label ahunsl the Vie pol'
sonOua atpd With Hop Or "aops' In theh
name.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-10

SIT is question often asked me, and
a very hard one to answer. have GUS
toner that has worn leg for twenty
one years, and know men that would
not wear leg two years. It is just as
it is with everything else. Some take
care of them and others stave them out
very quickly.
1.-THE government, you know, allows
soldiers a new leg every five years, or
$75. That looks as if they thought hive
years was the average, but good legs
will, in my opinion, average at least
eight years. The price the government
sets on 'em is about the lowest they can
be made fors though some manufacture
ers ask twice as much as that.
Chow long does it take to make q legF
Well, I'll tell you. In war times they
said if a man made a leg in eight days
they was satisfied. '-BostoD Globe.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-10
BANGKOK.
The Watts of siam-Curious Structures Used
as Temples.


There is nothing like them elsewhere
in the world. They are very curious,
those temples or watts as they are called,
surmounted by their towers and sur
rounded by their prachedees, which are
sephulchral pagedas or spires, rising
sometimes to the height of 200 feet.
And as the temple sometimes combines
the prachedee, and the prachedee APP
pears in indefinite number and in vac
riety of forms, it is hard to give de-
scription of the combination that can be
understood. A wat, like the temples of
China and Japan, comprises many
buildings usually covering several acres
of ground The two main buildings
may be sixty or seventy feet long by
about the same height, narrow and with
a sort of semi gothic windows.
So built they resemble
Episcopal chapels in England and
America But the roofs, or the series of
roofs with colored borders that lie closely
on one another, each superimposed one
little within the one below it, sometimes
run over and are supported by columns,
WHICH enClEcle Inc putting anu gFeaGIy
change its appearance. OF buildings of
this class there may be several in the
group. From each end of the ridges
rise long slender ornaments like huge
claws, which are fantastic but effective.
The prachedees are irregularly disposed
about the main building, the lower part
like pyramid or dome, the upper like
a tower or spire, which tapers to mere
thread if hight is desired. The altitude
of the majority, however, does not ex-
coed twenty or thirty feet. I am not
attempting to describe the wat, but to
show its lofty towers, the clear outline
of its painted roofs, its prachedees show
ing their graceful needles against the
horizon, it makes its fine presence felt in
a graceful and conspicuous way. There
are over a hundred watts in Bangkok
Cor. San francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-10
How the carolines Are Governed.

The Caroline Islands may be regard
ed as practical exhibition of most of
the various systems of government that
are just now in favor. zap and Kusaie,
two of the largest islands of the group
are kingdoms; and considering that
zap is only Pacific kingdom, it is
very advanced place, its chief town
possessing a well-paved street, and
there being on the island no less than
sixty-seven villages, each of which is
semi-independent commune. Unfortu-
uately, consumption is rampant, and
the population is rapidly decreasing.
Kuasie is less enlightenedmonarchy;
but, ON the other hand, it has no con-
sumption, and it has number of gi-
gantic ruins which have no rivals in
zap. Ponape, third island, is an Oil
garchy governed by five princes. Like
Kuasie, it contains remarkable pre-his-
toric ruins, and thirty years ago it had
a population of $4,000 souls. At the
present time, owing to recent rayages
of smallpox, there are only 1000.
These, however, are well-to-do and
fourishing, and they are noted for their
intelligence and physical beauty, Other
Islands are Republics, elective despot-
isms and declarations of petty prince
doms, but none is SO prosperous as Oil
garchical Ponape. London Nea08.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-10
veritable Curiosity Shop.

Four miles west of Thomaston, Conn.,,
on an unfrequented road, stands house
which shows evident signs of age. In
front, beneath a shady maple, are two
tombstones of persons who died in 1776
and 1878. A long, lank individual
named Worrel1 lives a sort of hermit
life in the house. which is reached by a
long pair of stairs. The house withinis
a veritable curiosity shop, the wall be-
ing covered with huge hornet nests,
wreaths made from potato bugs, all
grasses of the field, besides innumerable
butterflies and insects fastened to the
walls with pins. A room in the rear is
a museum in itself-cases of stuffed
birds and snakes, frogs, owls, hawks,
pigeons, minerals, chair 100 years old,
q wreath of snake skins, another potatoes,
"a third of eggs, whisky bottle 160
years old, lizards of all species, frame
enclosing wreath made of the claws
of animals, 1900 in all, and all sorts of
odd things from the woods. IN. Y. Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-10

The sea-shell business of California
is little known to the public. The pro-
duct consists of mother-of-pearl. pearl
oyster, brilliant or curious shells FROM
Japan, China and the South Seas, and
the several varieties of abalone.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-10

1t is claimed that the free use Of
sugar with coffee will obviate the inju-
rious effect on the organs of digestion
which coffee sometimes produces.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
LITTLE FOLKS.

Here 10 pretty conoeit OF aobild. rpted
by an exchange: What does God send the
tnow forY" asked one little girl OF another.
why, the snostiakes are the umbrellal lie
covers his flowers with" was the snswcry
"Can You give me ths definition OF 10Th
mgr inquired q school. teacher. 'fes
mum It's a bunghols without q b. rel
around H." shouted little Ted saunterp.
whose father IL a cooper. Pro ud< 200
Press.
A little girl was taken by her mother 20 o
dentist, VINO removed tooth. OF couvsG the
operation caused good deal OF pain. How
deeply the feel ngs OF the little one wer6 In.
volsed appeared when In repeating her sten-
lug prayer she said: Forgive us our debAs ~
We iorg We the dentists"
Little Jlm-Ah, hsl I've heard some Ink
awful bad about your pop. Little JACK
Who cares for YOUR What did ye hear Fay-
'Poohi Guess yod forgot what they dops To-
your pop last year "WhatY "Your pop
got sent to the Legislature"
Tins teacher was trying 10 initiate kim
into the mysteries OF fractions. Said she :t"n
q thing IL divided into eight parts, what
portion OF the whole do We call each pastY
Tin didn't know. why" said the teacher.
III your mamma were TO cut q pie INTO
eight pieces what part would your sce
beY' The smallest shouted Tim. ::tri-
u nphantly.
Mamma. what Ia this7" asked q little ArI,
bringing apretty illuminated card TO her
mother. at 10 n calendar, my chtld" AN
swered the mother 1T Is something fby
which we tell the time of the year. or mon tn.
~ week. The child turned IL over c1e
fully for minute or two. "Isay. mamnss,"
sne inquired anxiously, where do they
wind It up9'-Cincinnati Merchant IT Hv-
eler.
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me cottage wss matched one. its outside old
Yet evs s, within that co, was wOndrou'
The nisht was dark and s,ormy-she wind was
A patient mother "a, beside the desshbea Of her
A little. worn.out creature. his once bright eyes
nws: coiiiSrs child-,bey called him Little
And on. TO sec the briny tears iss, lowing Gown
Az shs ons.s "a M prayer In ,housh.'-sne was
Lest shs might wssen one sne loved far desrer
For she bal All mothers heart, that wre'rhed
with hands upliiied. see. she hnceis beside the
Aud pray. that God shall spare her boy. and take
she gets her answer from her ohild-sofi;als
xo,ssp shs anseis do 20 smile aud eecson title
JIM
Insvs no pain. dear mother, now; bu, OH Am
Just @oi.isn poor Tins lips orcs more and,
mother. DO not cryi'
with gentle, trembling Taste, she held toe cup
he smiled 60 thans her, then he took three Ic,le,
"rs,i fs,n.r. when he comes from work. 5mid
And mc sS@,t nov ri 20 TO sleep ssl
she slw mai i no was dying the child she loved
dear =
Mad uttered the last words she'd ever wlM 10
hear. -
The cottage door IL opened-,he coliier's step IL
heard, =.
The father aud Tie mother meet, bat neither
speak n word
Hs fell that eli was over-he know the child was
dead
Ne took tho candle In his hand and stood beNide
the ted,
His auiverlnx lip gave token OF tho grief he'd fain
conceal,
And secs. The mother Joins him. tho stricken
couple knecl,
with hearts bowed down with sorrow. they
humby ash 81 Him
In Heaven once more that they mar meet ifeir
own poor little JIM
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
DISEASES or THE EYE.
The infect OF Modern civilization Upon
the Visual Organs.

Inc INJECT or MODERN civilization Upon
the Visual Organs.
fPhiladelphis North American
Not only has the scuteness Of vision o,
civilized man fallen below the standard
common among savage nations, bat, at the
same time, the eyes of civilized man often
depart from the normal or approximately
spherical formation They depart from IL in
two opposite directions: either becoming
hatteped from TO 1t TO back 40 as TO bring
the retina too near the surface. or elongated
from front 10 hackso "a TO remove the retipa
too far from the surface. The former condl-
ton, technically called "hypermetropia,"
emande tneexercise OF accomm ,dation even
for distant objects thus bf coming a source
OF fatigue TO the eyes, and ~ 10 also the com
mon cscse OF squint The after tschnio.
ally called 'myopis," IL the cause of short
sgnt. Thee two ms'iformstious may oe
SAID TO have come into exis,encs within MIS-
torio time aud into prevalence almost within
living me nory.
Ny er,netropis, or 'Aateye," may be TO
fa'ded 90 q matter Of arrested devsl ppment.
The eye 10 fat because IL mas not attained
is full proportions It's stunted. and The
Inn perfection 10 seldom "a nitsd 20 the shape
of the organ AZ whole, bat usually extends
slto TO is component parts. ihs rstins
OF hat eye IL commorly detective,
40 that vihion even when assisted
by glasses which correct the
fault OF the shaT q, falls short OF the normal
standard II goes Without saying thst ny.
permetropia IL favored by all clrcu instances
which interfere with complete boldly devei-
opmsnt, and that its almost common among
a population living In un~noiesome oon-
dittons
The original cause OF myopis, on the other
hand, seems 10 be the application oi the eyes
20 near objects; In other words, the porting
over books and handicraft-. When the eyes
are dire cted TO q near object they a'e turned
In, or rendered conyereen', - that the axes
OF vision meet upon A. aad this position 10
maintained by q muscu NJ effort which. II
continu ed, alters the shape OF tue sy g In the
direction OF elongaiion. Manifestly the al
teration will be most easily effected during
youth, when the tissues Of the body, includ-
ing those of the eye. are comparatively lax
and distensible, aud a. will also ne most ess-
ily effected among those young people whose
tissues are exceptionally weak by reason OF
made auate food or OF unhealthy descent OF
surroundings. Badly lighted schools are the
great man ufactories OF kpy ops the bad lseht
com pelling approximation OF the books or
other materials OF study.
There 10 vet another defect OF shape. called
sssigmatism, which merely means that the
surface OF the eye IL q herentlv curved In Off
fereut directions All three, fsteye myopia
and asug matism. however produced origin
ally, are peculisrities OF shape which are
constantly handed down BY parents 70 their
cdsprtne.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15

ing fast for the entire household. Bat Mandy
bad saved back In the fryingpsn some extra
bits for the young stranger.
An hour passed.
Guess the blamed little rooster AR a 2 lin
to snooze all day. Mebbe I'd better wake
i'm" hocspn &C last said, and went 20 the
little bedroom. He tapped on the door but
got no response. Then he pounded heavily
and called out:
"Hullo, Davel'
Silence followed. He turned aud glared Mt
Mrs Hcdson, then at Mandy.
The blamed little roosterw he muttered,
hinging open the door. For many seconds
he stood peering into the room. Presently
he olutched the door pos, 10 steady himself,
then ne reled round and his face grew
white.
Dave or gone" he gasped. Dave or
gonei Lord, Sarah, he air gone ag'inr'
Almost involuntarily Mandy went TO the
bedroom DIOR and confirmed her fathers as.
sertion Mrs Hodson was quiet. The
VII lie house was quiet. Indeed, there
seemed To have fallen perfect hush over the
valley and the mountains
Riley Hodson soon rallied. He sprang 20
his feet like n tiger.
MANDY" he stormsd. go tell Jordlng ter
bride an saddle the mule, quickl'
Mandy went ut his command, as n blown
by his breath. Ia n few minutes she re.
turned, white a. a ghost, and gasped
lord or gomez
What How Gone Jordlngr"
! He air gone" Mandy repeated holding
out a two-dollar green back bill In one hand
aud piece OF writing paper la the other.
] II got these we're of n lords table"
with great difficulty and In q breathless
way, she read aloud what vas hastily
sorawled on the paper
MN. HonsoS,
Dear Sir; You are greatly mistaken:
sm not your son. | never saw you In my
lie before yesterday. Your wife aud daueh.
ter are both we'll aware OF your curious iilu.
sion. Jordan, whom take with me 10 free.
dom, Knows that am not your lost son. In
fact, AN, Very respectfully yours,
DAVID DAsrisAc.
L. 4. A letter 10 ms will reach me- n "a.
reotsd In care OF the Smithsonian Institution
NJ Washington. ID q. inolose two dollars
TO pay Tor the troub q | have given you"
Hodson caught his mule, bridled II and sad
died ~, and rode away up the Elezag noun.
tain trail In pursuit OF the fugitivss; but he
did not catch them AZ nightiall he returned
In sober mood, with a look OF dry despair
In his eyes For q long whlle no did not
speak but at length. when his wife came
aud at down close beside him. no muttered /.
"Wer hit Dave, Sarah2'
hit Ner' not, she answered; "Dave new.
or he'd no mole onter Il ohla."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
Here or There,

Here or rhere'
Nav God be near thee. friend.
When we are far away
May HE smile cheer thee, friend,
Aud make all light A. DAY.
Look upl tho say, the stars above
VIII whisper TO thee OF Ills changcicss love.
In distant desert places
Tho mounts ~ 0od are found,
His sky the world embraces,
And makes II holy gfoundl
The heart that serves. aud loves aud ciinesv
Hears every who're the rush OF angel wings u
To God tho there 10 here,
All spaces are His own %
Tho distant aud the near
Are shadows Of Ills thf3ncI
MI times ara Ills, the new the OLAF
what boots II whore iife'siiite tale IL toidg
It's not for us % chooses
We listen aud obey.
lis Ills to call aud use.
It's ours 10 terye aud pray
II matters little here or there
Nod's world n wide. aud heaven IL every VI, ere.
We eau not 20 40 far
That home IN out of sight.
The morn, tho evening star,
VIII say hood day good night
The heart that loves viii never be alone
Al earth, all Hcaven ~ reckons ~ i's own. y
-uood Words.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
Idle gharon.

The shores OF styx arc lone forcvermore,
And not one shadowy form upOn the steep
Looms through the dusk, far as the eye eau
sweep,
10 call the Terry over M OF yore
hut tintiess PUSHES all ABOUT the shore
Have henmed the Old boat Ia. whore, locked
In sleep
Hoar' bearded Charon lies, while pale weeds
creep
with ughtening era - around the un used oar.
For IN the world ot Life strange rumorn run
That now the soul departs lot with the breath
but that the body and the soul are one;
death,
The widow puts no obol, nor the son,
10 pay tue Terry In The world beneath
Eugene Leo Hamilton.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15

"Alasl how easily things 60 wrong:
A sigh too much. or q = lie too long
And there follows mist and weeping rain,
Aud life II never the same again.
"Alssi how hardly things 20 right;
lis hard TO watch on n sum mer's night,
For the sigh wilt come. aud the kiss will stay,
And the summers night IN winters day"
And yet how easily things 90 right,
III tn. sigh and the Kiss OF the winters night,
Come deep from toe soul. In the stronger ray.
That 10 born In thu light OF the winters car,
And things can never NO badly wrong,
IL the heart be true and the love be strong;
For the mist, II 10 comes. ana the weeping
rain,
Will be changed by the love into sunshine
again.
-aeorge Macdonald
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
he Natural Inference.
Boston Herald

Deacon Bucrag addressed the Sunday
school AS follows:
III will tell you q story, dear child en-
Little Harry was q real good little boy, but
his brothers, Tom and George, were bad ind
thoughtless. One day, while passing she
house OF poor widow, Tom and Georgeibe-
gan 70 throw store, at her cat Little H4.ry
reminded them that this was very, vhry
wrong aud re monstrated so earnestly that
presently they stopped throwing stonesi at
the Cat, and now. dear children, what do tou
think that rom and George then did,
Began to throw stones at little Harry"
was the general shout.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
THE CONTRIBUTIONS box.
IL Makes q Confession and Gives N kew
ODDLY People Away.
fBoston Transcrintt

ODDLY People Away.
Boston Transcript
my friends" said the Contribution Eoy.
in a hollow voice, my time il we'll n$gL
spent, and / shan't be with you many dFss
| have lived a correct life and have, always
taken care OF my self, ann though to be su ce
have been around q good deal, / Yeyer kot
full. But the lining OF my stomach is hll
worn out, my joints are out OF kilt er, anf.
feel sometimes as though l were actuslly
falling 10 pieces However, / rnight hive
KEEP; up and aoout while lon ger. hAdsb' {
the sexton broken my arm trying to strike .
mouse with me the other evefiiDg In abe
vestry. That mouse. the poor thi ng.-ft Was
q church mouse, you know-esc apod nox
on the ear" added the Con Fri button Bvx.
with gnsstlv attempt at FACET ousness: ~ ut
the shock was too much for me. Ny -
was broken short of. and when the sexton,
instead OF apologizlng, called me q crsss
grained old thing, my heart was broken, Z, o,
4 really believe.
"Well, WE'LL" continued the Contrib atom
Box, after n pause. 1--we seen n good dknt
Ia my time, and II may not be wholly r,p t.
profitable for you TO hear some Of my exptr-
fences have been close obs@:ver all iey
life, and think know somalhing ABOUT
human nature. IL was always very smusi3 *
10 me, when passed beneath tue noses of
the people In the pews, 10 wateh the vArlsd
ex pressions on the faces above me. ThSre
was old Mrs. Gsloon, for example. She wss
the widest awake woman you ever saw bn
ordinary occasions; bat whom came aroui
she was always fast asleep-or pretsndedst 10
be-and. though | oiIon gave her gold
hearty nudge, IL never amounted 20 ar3r.
thing; she never 20 much ~ qlivered. bit
sat as immovabls ~ marble statue, with
her eyes ~ close shut ~ tho Jaws Of sprulsg
bear. trap. did catch her once, howevsf.ty
returning Unexpectedly 70 ber pew, afttr
D. Inn aa1 Is.xA ~.
open. bat M soon N shs saw ms she LOOKED
up toward the ceiling with . heavenly ex.
preston, as though lost In pious med In tioh.
| stayed rs long ss dared, but ID was 60
use. Her ewes never quit the rafters, ands
had TO give IL up and move on.
Then there was GrambomAli, the rich
contractor. IL almost made ms split my
sides sometimes 10 see the osten tatious way
ia which he would drop nickel into nay
pouch. knew, 81 course, Just how mudh
he contributed; bat every body else su pposeA,
from the air OF careless prodigslity which lie
put on. that he had given IS. at the veiy
least How d herent the manner Was froea
that OF widow Goods, who sat Just behinh
him. She never gave less than q dollar. n
anew she couldn't afford IL, aud IL made nh
feel almost like q thief TO take IL from her.
Sle used 70 sly the money ir TO my pocket -
though she were doing something wicksli
and were ashamed to let any body know II. !
The young ladies would hold out dimk
In their delicate gioved fingers with . sanctt
monious air, and then Just - likely 90 ndt
'gigele right In my face, though never coulp
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SUDDEN

ry reeioral. 1t wonderful rcme. y."
Prepared b. ) c. Aver CO. Lowell. ,sa...
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misfortunes or his productions. 10 IL merely
introduced by Its connection with the
centennial OF the new birth OF literature
and the important fact tha, tho drst volume
issued after the revolution was Aymn
book