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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Eight Persons Sheltered and Burned
to Death Narrowing Scenes
In the Rims.
Louisville visited by Hundred Thousand
Dollar BIszs-The GRAND rhsRter
Reduced TO Ashes.


Chicago Holocaust.
CHICAGO, LII, June Flight persons
were smothered and burned 70 death In
the frame house at 7Sl and 1888 South
Cansl street this morning The names Of
the dead are as follows;
MICHAEL MURPHY, aged 40.
Mrs. MICHAEL MURPHY, aged SO.
ANNIE MURPHY, aged o.
NELLIE MURPHY, aged IL.
Mrs MARY DURKfN, aged 80.
PATsEY LAWN, aged 40.
Son Of Mrs. Mary j. and John Durkin,
weeks old, and
WILLIAM HAND, aged 6S years.
The fire broke out In the cellar Of 1888
Canal street Both houses were filed
with smoke before any OF the occupants
were aroused and many OF the sleepers
were doubtless smothered In
their beds. The flames following
after the smoke burned the bodies
until they were unacceptable masses
of black and charred bones and
flesh. The flremeD in searching the ruins
OF the houses came upon the most har-
rowing scenes Some were lyi1g in the
half-burned beds, others who were
awakened before death came upon them
were clutching each other In groups on
the floor. They were all evidently over
come by the smoke before any effort
could be made TO escape.
IL is believed that the fire was the work
OF an iuceud,ary IL was first seen by
Waterman In brewery near by. He
started over to alarm the occupants.
When in the rear Of the burned houses he
met man who said: ''Theres a fire
you had better turn in an alarm" The
man disappeared up the alley. The
watchman could not identity him IL he
should be seen again. This is the third
time the place mad been set on dre.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08

Use Morris cascarine for dyspepsia.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08

Use Morris CAscs'''
troubles.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08

from the church. II has rsraiv ~. =
slowed Of late wears -! uesp g
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08

yesterday Tor assaulslng a white woman
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08

wS 81 S.S SD. eau on xanIss Ss
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-08

I
III Ine federal court to-day the case of
uls hedges, charged with sending Oh.
scene matter through the mails, was dis.
posed OF by ocquittal, as it could NOT he
proved that he put the matter in .tbe
once. Also the case of q Mr.. Williamson
Oh Grloole SPRING., charged with sellino
WHISKY Williamson was convicted and
nned $500, and also sentenced 10 iaiI | for
thirty days. W jan LOT
All the railroad strike cases were con
I Inueu' thus finishing up the criminal
Prosecuting Attorney C. d. Pearre Ieft
Waco. loi MS nome IN
There is to be established in tb,s foi,u
soon an Office OF the American District
telegraph and messenger service Tbis
WIZ oe OF great help to the CITY In many
betterton & Hopkins Mercantile com.
pany mas bought new house on Com.
nIeIce street, next to Armstrong Rros
ana are to-day engaged In noyjn., ' 49,.
SUCK rom Elm street to their new mace
asuIuay was stray-sale day, and Inc
city was full Of people. 49, "DN 'He
~ pr James H. Davis left to-night for
ul9y, Utah, to take charge of his business
o. o., inulah sgent for the Trays. His bond
Was Just approved this afternoon NJ,
Dasis y formerly of the Flanklvn Heraid
ana ne Is well-known amnng fha 49,,
Methodist JIM WY Voys "s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-17
Feminine Influence at Washington.

A great many outsiders have laughed
at the announcements which frequently
appear in the society papers, says Wash
ington correspondent in the San Fran
cisco Post, that "Mrs Jones of the army
will receive on Wednesdays in January"
or that "Mrs. Smith of the navy will
give tea party on Tuesday," but per-
haps :s1Irs. Jones and "Mrs. Smith "
have really more to say in relation to some
of the most important matters concern
ing the service than their husbands.
Women are matchless in the manage
ment of the hundreds Of intrigues which
abound everywhere at the capital, and
which have for their object the advance
ment of one officer or the humiliation of
another. Strange to say, some OF the
most powerful lady schemers are the
wives of retired officers of the army and
navy. If one of these elderly danes
happens to have an eligible daughter the
young officer on duty here must be very
sure Of his ground before attempting
either to win or avoid her. If his con-
duct is not satisfactory he will suddenly
find himself ordered away with celerity
that will stop his breath. 1t may be that
he will not be able to understand how 1t
was accomplished and the reason therefor,
but he will at least realize that he knows
who received the blow. An instance OF
this kind happened here only short time
ago. A young officer connected with
the naval establishment, and who has
been on duty here for some months, be
gan paying the most assiduous attention
to the fair daughter of lady who is a
power in the ring. He was poor, but
proud; handsome, but impecunious. AS
a brilliant alliance is expected by the
old lady, she made up her mind to put
an end to the affair, which really had not
progressed very far. One fine day this
officer received an official document or
dering him to station about 8, 600 miles
away. While he was making the neces-
sary preparations the young lady was
sent out of town " to spend the holidays"
with some friends. Her whereabouts
was unknown to the officer, so he was
obliged to take his departure without the
painful pleasure of sweet parting. Some
of the officers friends have asccrtained
that the mother actually secured the
or1oro
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the smoking viands. Flash IT IN the chande-
liers. Cast It on tho white SLOW of the sculp-
way. "Here is happiness!' Let US
build a throne for the Queen of
Happiness right amid the parlor floor, and
let all the guests as they come in throw their
flowers and their pearls and their diamonds on
this pyramid, and then let the queen Of hap
piness come in and mount that throne, and
then let us all stand around with nplifted
chaliccs, crying: Drink! oh, queen, live for
ever" But now the guests have departed
The flutes are breathless, the last clash Of the
impatient hoofs is heard in the distance and
the twain come to mid parlor floor to find the
Queen of Happiness on the, throne,
and lol the, flowers have all wilted,
and 10! instead of the Queen of Hap
piness on the throne there is the gaunt form
of Anguish with bitten lip and sunken eye
and ashes in her hair. The romping of the
feet of dancers seems laundering yet on the
rumblng of the floors and the laundering
across the room that makes the glasses clash
and clatter rim to rim. The wreathes Of
flowers have become wrigg3lins ggg3ds seTPents: T The
have caught in the canopy over the
couch A strong stout breeze blows through
hall and bed chamber and drawing room,
and all the lights are dead. And then the
lips Of the wine beakers whisper: "Happi-
ness is rot in u.s." And then the
arches reply: "Happiness is not in us!" Then
the instrument of music, played on by invisi-
BILE fingers, say: Happiness is not in us!"
Then the frozen lips of Anguishsbreak open,
and seated on the throne of wilted flowers she
claps her bony hands together and groans:
"It is not in me!' That same night a young
man on 81, 900 year salary, 81 900 OILY, goes
to his home that he set up three months ago,
Just after the marriage day. Love meets him
at the door. Love sits with him at
the table. Love talks over all the
tolls Of the day. Love takes
down the Bible and reads Of Him who came
our souls to save. Then the twain kneel and
while they are kneeling the angels OF God
come to build throne on that plain carpet
in that plain room under that plain ceiling
not throne built out of flowers that faded,
but out of garlands Of heaven, wreath on the
top Of wreath, amaranth on the top of anna
ranth, until the the throne is done. Then the
harps of God sounded and there bounded in
one who mounted the throne, so bright OF
eye, so fair of brow that when the twain
saw her they knew it was
Christian love. And as they knelt
before her throne she bent over them and put
this hand on the one head and that hand on
the other head and said: "Happiness IS with
mel" And that throne Of heavenly flowers
withered not, and that Queen of Christian
love left not that throne until one day tho
called away and knew not which way to go,
and then the queen dismounted the throne
and said: "Follow me, follow me, and I'll
lead you to the realm Of everlasting love-"
And so they went up to sing songs OF love
and to walk on pavements of love, and to live
together in mansions Of love, and to rejoice
forever in the truth that God Is lovel
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Bald Heads.

We arc asked to answer these three
questions ''for the benefit of vast num-
Der of the readers of the Sun," and we
can understand why so many of our
friends have great interest in the sub
ject to which our attention is called:
els there any way, either by course Of
diet or the application Of a preparation, by
which the hair can be prevented from fall
ing out?
lis there any way to strengthen the hair
and make it thick? II
why is it that the majority Of men are
either bald or partially baldH'.
There are multitudes of preparations
offered for the cure of badness, but
either they do not work infallibly or
great part Of the men are SO little dis
turbed by their bald heads that they fai.
to give them fair trial. In every assem-
blage of men bald pates are numerous,
and many of those which show the least
hair belong to comparatively young fell
1ows-of thirty and forty. LUZ s.. %
We infer from this fact that it is not
easy to start new crop of hair when the
old has fallen out for any other than
merely temporary reason, because young
men especially most dislike to go
about with heads almost as bald as
those of babies, and we do not
doubt that they spare no pains to make
the hair grow again, and only desist from
the effort when they find it hopeless. In
stead of seeing fresh hair coming, they
may find that they only make their pates
the SIMMER by rubbing them with the
preparations. And yet it is probably in
disputable that some men have been able
to thicken their hair by the use Of the
hair restoratives so frequently advertised;
but perhaps they were nor Of the kind
doomed to early badness. ~.
For the majority of men are either bald
or partially bald, according to recent
scientific authority, because the human
race is to lose the hair on its head, and
they are only the forerunners of the uni
versal badness which is to be. The
bald heads of this day may, therefore,
pride themselves OH being further along;
in the development of man than the men
who glory in their luxuriant locks.
The theory is that men will be born
without hair roots on their heads, or with
only very temporary supply of hair,
which they will lose when they mature as
they lose other features of the child. OF
course, if that is sound, there is no use in
trying to oppose the general tendency
with hair invigorators. York. Sun.
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GIADsTONE's TRIUMPH.
Called upon by Qaeen Victoria to
Form a New Ministry.

Called upon BY Qaeen Victoria to
Form a New Ministry.
A London dispatch of the Goth says: The
queen accepted the resignation of Salisbury
and his cabinet with many misgivings. and,
it is believed at his own solicitation. The
tory leaders fixed opinion that home rule, III
its naked simplicity, will never be accepted
by the British voter, is probably shared
by her majesty in its fullest sense.
The queen this evening summoned Mr.. Glad
stone for a consultation. Previous to Mr..
Gladstone being summoned it was reported
that the queen hestatel between the EXPIRE
mier and Lord harrington, and had ordered
the ministers not to surrender their seals OF
Office until Monday.
. The deadlock between Mr.. Gladstone aud
Lord Harrington continues, the latter holding
that the repression of disorders in Ireland Is
primarily necessary.
The summoning of Gladstone, however dis
tasteful to the queen, was necessary vindica
ton of the constitution, as we'll as an act OF
royal submission to the popular will. The
sovereign has no politics, but the sovereign is
a woman, and while she may technically per-
form the task according to precedent and the
unw1itten law. it cannot be doubted that She
faces the hydra headed spectre of liberalism,
radicalism and Parnellisln with feeling akin
to horror.
There was marked activity during the day
among the whigs, whose chances of coming
into power have been greatly magnified by
the extraordinary political situation, Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, the late liberal
home secretary, undertook the character
of peacemaker, and spent an hour this
morning arguing with Lord Hartins-
ton in the vain attempt, to bring
about a reconciliation between him and Mr..
Gladstone. Lord harrington is hnplacable,
however, in his determination to oppose both
home rule and its advocates to the bitter end.
Mr. Goschen, Lord Hartingtons chief aSso-
ciate in partial revolt, has spent the day
in earnest consultation with the mod
crates. He also had several inter
views with Harrington, and it
was evident that the wings were hard at
work on a computation OF the amount OF
strength which they could show II the event
of their coming into power.
The government hasarransed to largely re-
inforce the troops in Irelan in view OF the pos
sible renewal of the Coercion act. 1t Is
known that at leastone regiment ROW station
I'd in Egypt is under orders to proceed to
Queenstown.
The Duke of Westminster has retracted
his recent charge against Parnellltes or squan
dering Irish donations in debauchery. He
says he is unable positively to prove the
charge
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Another Yem.
I know not what the year may bring,
Nor know ! what the year may take,

y
Nor know l what the year may take,
But take or bring whateer it may,
know that there can come no day
In which l may not trust and sing
1.-THE Lord, my soul, will not forsake."
His promise stands forever sure,
Mid changing scenes unchanging, He;
Whatever el>e may pass away,
Upon his word my faith III stay;
His mercy must for aye endure
And that is joy enough for me.
Should care be mine or loss of health,
Or poverty or loss of friends,
Since the dear Lord of all is mine,
My soul shall never more repine;
For happiness comes not of wealth,
Nor joy on earthly source depends.
With Gods forgiveness for the past
And with his grace for days III store.
Though short Or long those days may be.
The future hath no dread for Inc;
He will be with Inc to the last,
His love be mine for evermOre.
Come bane or blessing, good or i'll,
All things are under bis control;
The bounuless universe his care,
none the less his mercy share,
And all things serve to work bis will
For the best welfare Of my soul.
So will start the year with song,
And bless Gods name from day to DAY !;
Sing when the sky is clear and bright,
Sing mid the darkness of the night:
Through all will his praise prolong,
And praising pass from earth away.
-R. A. 0Gord.
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Big Ben.

Some years ago there t1ourlshcd IN
London drayman of huge proportions,
regular beer bibber, known by the name
of ''Big Ben" Ben was reckoned one Of
the strongest men within the bills of NOR
tality, and he was occasionally seen show
ing off as second in those prize boxing
matches which are the great delight Of
high-toned human bruisers. When
stripped of his upper garments and en-
gagged in the attitudes of this brutalizing
sport, seldom or never had there been ex-
hibited frame so robust or one which
promised better to endure the shocks
which might assail it. There he stands
like an invulnerable giant. Death will
find it hard tusslc to level him. But
for all this apparent strength Ben was
brought down by an injury which would
not have hurt a child. One day his hand
received slight Craze from the wheel of
passing carriage on crowded street
the skin was only rufficd. Ben wiped
away the starting blood and thought no
more about the matter. In one week
thereafter Big Ben was in his grave.
Here is the secret These London dray-
men have free use of the liquor vats and
often drink from two to four gallons of
beer or porter day. To outward ap-
pearance they are pictures of health,
giants in massive forms. But as worms
puncture the tree and leave it rotten
mass, so alcohol has poisoned their whole
system, and the slightest scratch endan-
gers their lives. Their blood is so pois-
oned it will not heal splinter wound,
and amputation of the hand or death soon
! follows.
Boys, learn a lesson from Big Ben and
do not begin to drink. Be temperance
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The Easy Life of Wealthy Brazilians.

Botofogo is that quarter of Rio in
which are the palaces of the great and
wealthy. And they are ver.table palaces.
There arc galleries of paintings, immense
salons and elaborate banquet halls In
these palaces and a large retinue of slaves
and servants keep them in perfect order:
But it is on his plantation or ''faciendo"
that the wealthy Brazilian lives in the
most baronial style. There he is an ab-
solute autocrat, and over all the broad
acres, white with coffee blossoms, he is
the load and scigreur. His hundreds OF
slaves regard the will of their master as
paramount to everything, and when later
on the barons and counts leave Petropolis
to paw visit to their estates in the coun-
try their retainers will welcome them
with fireworks and feasting. Altogether
the life of Brazilian gentleman runs in
pleasant channels, and if he is not in
debt to the coffee brokers of Rio or har-
asscd by wondering what he shall do for
labor on his plantation when slavery is
finally ended, he is about as happy as it
is possible for mortal to be.-New Yor6
Tribune.
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brought up beside the tomb, allegor-
ically to continue the voyage Of life, but
in fact to remain until it falls to decay.
Of late years inquisitive visitors, as well
as avaricious vandals, have robbed the
dead houses of all their contents, and
even despoiled them of their bones.
The canoes have been cut up or stolen,
and the sepulchres otherwise shamefuly
desecrated. Grass and weeds have
grown up inside to their very roofs, and
if a chance stranger attempts to explore
the violated precincts, he finds salts
factory inspection prevented by an almost
impenetrablc Jungle of underground,
whose luxuriance is everywhere notice
able on the Pacific coast. And all this
neglect and disorder is done and suffered
at the capital of the Territory, and there
seems to be no official authority to inter
dict or protest.-New York Sun.
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THE HRITISH CABINET.
GladstOne's New Ministers OFF,
cially Announced.
Sketches Of the Careers Of the New
Members,

The new British cabine. has been officially
announced as follows:
NJ. Gladstone, prime minister and first
lord of the treasury.
Sir Farrer Hers hell lord high chancellor.
Earl Spencer, lord president of the council.
IL c. Fl. ChildoiS, home secretary.
Earl Rosebery, secretary for foreign al
fairs.
Earl Granville, secretary for the colonies.
Earl Kimberley, secretary for India.
H. Campbell -Bannerman, secretary for
war.
Sir William Harcourt, chancellor
Of the eXchequer.
The Marquis of Ripon, first lord OF the
admiralty.
Joseph Chamberlain, president of the local
government board
G. o. Trevelyan, secretary for Scotland.
A. J. Mundella, president of the board of
trade.
John Morley. chief secretary for Ireland
The composition of the new cabinet has
caused great surprise. 1t is thought to show
marks Of compromise.
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Uncle Billy's Story.

Here is what he said: ''When I was
drunkard I could never get my barn
more than falf-full. The first year after
I signed the pledge filled my barn; the
second year I filed my barn, and had two
stacks; this year I filled my barn, and
have four stacks. When I was drunkari
I owned only one poor oil COW, and l
think she must have been ashamed of
me, for she WIS red in her face; now
own five gcol COWS, and own three as
COOL horses as ever looked through
c ,llar. When I was drunkari /
trudsc from place to place on foot; now
l can ri lc in carriage OF my own. When
| was a drunkard / was three hundred
dollars in debt; sire, 1 signed the total
abstinence plcdg" l have ra:d the debt,
and hive purcla led two hundred acres
of wild land, and l have the decd in my
posse sion; two of my sons, who are tee
totalcrs, are living on that lot. When l
was drunkard I used to swear; have
ceased to be profane. The last year OF
my drunkenness my doctors bill
amounted to tn 'rty dollars; since I signed
the pledge, have not been called upon
to cxpcnl q cent for medicine. ~
Pioneer.
The Washington american says: 1.-THE
temperance question will not down in
Congress. The doctors arc having a hard
time in prescribing for their patient.n
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
Strong Drink.

ACA oAS ~ AAAAs
Cold water is the strongest drink,
Cold water, pure and free;
God knew just what was best, think,
For you, my friends, and me.
The horse drinks only water clear,
And he is strong, I'm sure;
The camel, in the desert drear,
How much he can endure!
Birds fly DER many and many league
OF land and stormy sea,
And scarcely seem to know fatigue
How strong they all must be!
Where do they get their strength, pray!
Not from the fiery stuff
Men drink, and call SO good to-day;
call it bad enough.
They get it from the water bright
God gives with lavish hand
To leap and sparkle in the light,
And bless each cline and land.
Il. I. Larh,in, in Temperance Banner.
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Paper Railroads.

The paper rail seems about to become
q practical reality, large establishment
for the manufacture of rails Of compressed
paper being projected at St: Petersburg.
Among the advantages claimed for this
material are extreme durability, cost
about one-third as great as steel, light
ness, greater adhesion to the driving
wheels of the engine, and reduction in
the wear and tear of both the road and
the rolling stock.
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Rev. Joseph Cook says: "The truths
about alcohol are all 80 well known that
you can't get life insurance company
anywhere to put you, if you are modcr-
ationist, into the same class with total
abstainer."
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Were search made by the angels
throughout this nation for the man dear
est to God, where think you he would
most likely be found Very possibly
not at the head of armies, or in the
mansions of the rich and the mighty and
the noble, or in the halls of learning, or
in the chair of state, OF in the resounding
pulpit; but quite as probable, I think
even more probably, remote from the
crowd and struggles of ambition, in
solitude, perhaps in tears, in some humble
cottage of the poor, or in an asylum of
charity. "Take heed that ye despise
not one of these little ones "-Lallte.
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The Washington american says: 'The
temperance question will not down in
Congress. The doctors are having hard
time in prescribing for their patient"