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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, |
sent him three fine stones--one for |
Sixtus ~, one for Louis XI., and one |
for himself, which was taken OF his dead |
finger by q soldier and sold to priest |
after the battle before Nancy In l477. |
Louis grandson, Robert, says he received |
1000 ducats for his work, and describes |
how his pupils, after learning from him !
all he had 20 teach, went and set up for
themselves In Antwerp, Amsterdam and
In Paris. Then the Dutchmeu carried
the art 10 India; travellers speak OF them
there and In Persia, aud at Ispahan
faverner came upon one established. In
Lisbon gems were cut by the Jews,
who, on their expulsion at the end OF
the sixteenth century, went to Holland,
settling there within year TO the num-
Der OF 100000 connected In one way or
the other with dilmonds. In Paris, by
Mazarin's influence, tw I've Of the most
famous OF the French crown iewe.s were
recut, OF which only tie stone known es
the Tenth Ma2arin, OF 10 carsts, valued
at $4,000, now remains, and by the minis
ter's encouragement there were at the
end OF the seventeenth century seventy
| Ave cutters at work, la l775 they had
dwlndled down TO seven. In Amsterdam
so thin were they by civil war, dissonsion
aud invasion that there were but SIX.
There were no old diamonds TO be recut,
there were 1882 carats waiting TO be at
tackled, but the seven masters of Paris
were either old and stupid or could not
work fast enough, for the stones were
sent to Antwerp and at the revolution
the cutters were at work on them and on
old stones from the crown Of France in
Ian abandoned convent of the Chat eux.
In the country OF the Shangallas, In
South Africa, where there has ever been
a great commerce IN gold from time to
time lmmemorial, the natives have been
accustomed TO use as weights the seeds
of the Erythrina corallodendron, from
their almost precise similarity and equal
weight when dried. The native word for
the seed seems TO have been karat. From
Africa II passed TO India, and from gold
: weight became used for precious stones,
and, divided into four grains, was early
common 10 all the countries traflicking
with India, There are certain sensible
J differences between the carat OF
; different countries - between tbs
carat, for instance, Of jewelel
/ lat Florence aud ieweler at Madrid
/ That Is only to be expected, considering
the rather chance nature OF the weight
: but what seems strange Is the fact thai
down TO 1877 there WAS variation ever
among the first Paris houses, until In thai
year ala Chambre Syndicate DIES nego
Giants en- diamants" decided that hence
forth the carat should correspond exactly
to 205 miligrammes. Note, pray, thai
above one carat the value OF the diamond
increases as the square Of the weight
g that is 10 say, stone double the weight
, OF another has four times the value
treble the weight, nine times the value
/ ten times the weight, hundred times the
! value. The best are worth fl2 per carat
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30
Lunch Baskets, school children,
n great variety at the Fort Worth Grocer
A Dog soheme.

1t seems that new idea Is TO receive
embodiment in London-that OF supple
menting the telegraph boys Of the streets
with trained corps Of dogs. In carry
ing out the idea the dogs would be uni
formed--to the extent of distinguishing
badge around their necks--and would be
divided up into districts, each stationed
at certain street corner, from which he
knew bis way well to the nearest postal
telegraph Office. When man
wanted 70 have q telegram
sent or letter mailed, he would
whistle 20 the dog, slip the money and
the message into a bag AZ the dogs
throat and send him on, when he would
be expected TO make bee line for the
accustomed office, when he would be
again sent 10 his street corner with an
answer, II necessary, 20 walt for another
customer In urging the feasibility Of
this scheme @ writer ssyS that "in some
particulars the dog would certainly be an
Improvement on the messenger boy
Dogs do not play marbles, nor will they
90 many blocks out Of their way
10 follow circus. No one ever
saw dozen hounds sitting on
their launches watching g man
peddliDg patent match safes and
they are proof against the seductive infu-
ence Of ire alarm" Not so certain
about this latter. We fancy that many
dogs are about as susceptible 10 the at
fractions Of the Ore bell as most boys. In
the event OF practical realization Of thif
scheme, we can picture the skurrying BY
OF half dozen Ore engines with two
score Of yelping CANNES after them each
with his message IN his teeth-to b
kicked or Jagged bodily back 30 bis plHcs
by the bosB dog, If an Official Of that title
existed No, London Is 8 great city, but
Il viii have 10 Try II again. It's dos
scheme will hardly be successfully real
ized.-- The Investigator
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

-y.,,,,,g ehsf "a case be ciG accept that
NV wouid III right down on aim.
II IN MoDonaid. Democrats A0fnlnct
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30
SHERMAN,
,,sl shows n Flow in One
I. !, 10000 GalIOps per
rent, Fear Hours.
.,,.,,.,s Meet and sslsrt q
nsn W.. ,,e coumittee-crimi'
n Esiisiou''

SO e a. Aug. 29.--The work
u, me test for a wster supply
~ y, y o'clock last right, having
Z, I, and night during the week,
/. a l',c he'd was tbirty-six feet, the
~, ~. being through a petriiied
i' .,,s and other submarine de-
sns"' ,..s taken out by a slow
l .i,s1.. TnS The flow Of water
e % increase and Contractor
y vs. II to be already at the
" 400 gallons per twen'y;fonr
". shaft on the east SIDE OF the
Y, n. 's quantity in that one being
Wy in the other two.
~ ,,Ioononollsts, In their meeting
house yesterday, concluded
el, 4 4 late hour by eleciing J
y Z !. delegate TO the state con-
+ y held in Fort Worth in Sep.
". "a then adjourned, to meet
~ .arday. September IL, for the
y making nominations for
..s,s and representatives to the
The following are the names
.Aers OF the county executive
q. II. Jones, Pennington;
p..ond. Howe; j. M. Trobaugh,
..s.s,r Heath, Dripping Springs;
" Cherry Mound; e. Allkin,
,oel Hieronimus, East Pats
~ wilson, Van Alstyne;
sIyells, North Bells;
Fsrruson, South Bells;
s.uasey. Northeast Sherman; w.
y Northwest Sherman; A. w.
Sssst Sherman; j. c. Nc
sahwest Sherman; j. w.
aIInsyille; w. IL. Baxter,
j. A. Lloyd, Gordonville /;
Z Northwest Denison; j. S.
4. s,sst Denison; j. B. Hewitt,
henson; William Walsh,
ncuison; Thomas Noe, Ken
within Clemmons, Pilot
john Steele, Tioga; NJ. W.
Hlewright; Joseph Dunn, Ken
brooks, North Whitesboro ;
= gnnett, South Whitesboro; NJ
In Springs.
preman, charged with assault
IN Montague county, was ar
Ia phced in jail last night py
aedh May.
rrsM Mckinney, colored, charged
I, was released from jail on $500
.poesr before Justice Hinkle fol
IN trial on Tuesday next.
dnnett, colored, was arrested
ID IN jail, charged with stealing
N butcher j. z. Klein.
Struggs, hack driver, left hti
{ adding alone at a late hour las
{ team became frightened anC
breaking the hack to pieces ant
otlsiderable damage to another
ant social party was given the
I ople last night at the residence
bin Young.
ldies' Benevolent association
sness meeting at the residenc,
lIead, last night, which was wei
lbs services were held at all tn,
to-day. The meeting Of tn,
congregation being held at tn,
1as Female college.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

j ssnders. 81 Dallas commence rs. u, hus
y ssn ,sposrscte6 meeting a. the chr's'lnn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30
stln prnetleiaE medLelne.

Quite number of my former patrons
presume as am mayor OF the city that
have abandoned the practice OF medicine.
will say that am not only willing but
anxious TO attend calls. Both phones at
office and Pan phone at residence, on Col
lege Hill, office at drug store OF Dash
wood 0esch, 3l4 Main street.
II. S. BRoILRs, M. d.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30
sllrer Loaf I,nklnr Powder

Never fails when the directions are fol-
lowed, hence there Is never word OF
complaint heard against It, The mex
perienced cook is able to make as good
bread with ii as the professional baker,
simply because its mgr, dents are so
compounded as to make failure impossi-
BILE when the directions are followed. A
trial is all that Is necessary 10 make 1t In
dlspcnsshle to all well-reguluted house
holds.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

Fresh vegetables and fruit arriving
daily al The Fort Worth Grocer Co.'S
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30
|BosrOS LAWYERS.
rhsre Are aud Some of Thos
Who Get the Big Fees.
pnafnu Doanrd

there Are aud Some of Those
Who Get the Big Fees.
Boston Record.
bat bulk Of the law business of
done by a comparatively small
y awyers-probably 100 or $50.
lse the next 500 or 900 on the list
pnc.lce ranging from very fair
Z barely self-supporting basis,
hem very few would be found
BE living at the law. The
d the Boston bar have always
I'd q high place among American
ili their position Is no less
AZ although they can not pre-
indeed, what bar can?) any
MAy TO rank with Choate and
.s any lawyer now at the bar
hat honor he is Sidney Bart
Ms contemporary oflboth, has
BOT unnecessarily with them,
sllhoush so long q survivor Of
ny DAYS of the bar, still remains
session of the faculties that
armed him prominence. The
Preservation of Glad
OVERS has been during the last
Ms o new wonder to the
here is a lawyer, ten years
senior, who will argue 9
q case before q bench OF
= al that great ease and lucid
y always possessed, aud who,
so the gossip of the bar, has &
Y 100000 a year and fairly
9. v dollar Of 1t. Mr.. Bartlett /.
nan, has taken little or nc
aucs, and has during all his
oeen most diligent in the pur
foiession.
ae who is a veteran aud alst
WE bar is Mr.. 4. ID. Sohier
lfe years ago aided In thu
y. unsuccessful defense o
'exf, and who, although an ex
syeli IS no less a Jury advocate
~lor and his method Of handling
Nsll Illustrated by e little pas
"SuFred in the trial of a caus
Y Vas counsel, and in which TIA
asa very complicated ques
L'A'eeeping. MIR. SOhier, hite
strongly Ragainsttthe system
"a s.fssuents, which was probAbi
=. = ~ u appeal to you, gentle
n IVY, as Boston merchants o
~, 70 say whether that is tn,
iof sman to keep his books.
rs,a men OF the juY,n OF whor
fum-sellers, and probabl
' Nus beyond the scores 70
1..,,ul upon their bAr-room doors
no much impressed by MI
Il -. about "Boston merchant
1Ooi'" and gave him 8 vel
" Paine, who has now praC
\ 'is,t NVh practice ON accOun
H. was in his day an impos
'ihe,sS,,. me bar. A graduate {
In. IN !, y In Maine, he passed III
u .s n als professional life In thi
,ns -sa SCOUT forty came TO Boz
n e,s.''a after hard struggl
m Is y, s4lon 10 securing a plaC
,se s1asfs Of tn bar. His IearI
'.,eess s ;; to attract to him I
~ n, n . llaes the offer Of the chi,
N.Y. per supreme court.
R,sr'als Jr., resembles a goo
,eei,s IN legal thororghne 8
". N, most successful iawyer
Morse Is noted for /,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

.couniy attorney, 4, IS. "aikef pNF ~.
trsct clerk, y. Il. Eqwagesi 'ct county
treasurer, I. y, Holland ter colsccaof,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

lsfs1 ana sfuAHltl $50 uva.e na.s m
their arms and safre1ldes uucon9'Ilons
slly
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

This the second last call. We ask you
to-day and viii ask you tomorrow TO
send the WEEKLY or SUNDAY GAZETTE
70 your uncle, aunt or cousin East, and
secure for yourself ticket in THE ga.
zrrrE,s Grst, semi-annual Distribution Of
premiums. Fiyehundred additional names
ought to be added TO our list OF weekly
subscribers before tomorrow night BY
those interested in Fort Worth and Norm
Texas. VIII you send the paper EAsr
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

Have used Tongaline in an obstinate
case OF neuralgia with success "heIs
quinine, gelseuinum and aeonite hao
failed TO relieve. ~.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05

many : papef bu:ls up name and >
libel suit upon what I have written
and yet / am almost unknown When.
people ask, Who is Vcritas and where
does he live? no one seems to know.
He is up seven flights of stairs. in q hot
room that smells of old clothes and
neglected thoughts. Far from the
.'madding throng." as Congrcssman
Reader has SO truly said, l sit alone
with no personal property but an over
worked costume, strong love for
truth and shawl-strap full of sug
Cestions to the over-estimated man
who edits the paper.
So battle on, with only the meager
and flea-bitten reward of seeing my
name in print "anon." as Constant
Reader would say. All have to fork
over to posterity is my good name.
which l beg leave to sign here
"Eeritas," in Chicago Ne,Os.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05
THE ROADSIDE SPRING.

Tall houses crowd the rising ground, whore
stood the woods before,
But still unchanged the crystal spring and as
The yellow log through which it wells, its bot
tom strewn with SAND,
The gourd hung on the alder bough, so ready
The lush-grass growing on the edge. the bushes
1t is the same old roadside spring of fifty
years ago.
Here one time was the grazing farm where
was born and bred;
There stood the farm-houSe-they have built
mansion there instead;
This street was once the turnpike road, DER
which in drought or rain
There used to pass. on creaking wheels the
And here, however given was he = stronger
The driver always stopped awhile his cease
less thirst to Stake.
How frequent. on my way to school. 1 tarried
at the brink,
And looked within its crystal deptn before
There IS no change-the water still the purest
and the best;
That gourd-t seems the very same my Ups
SO often pressed,
The grass around is quite as green; the log as
messy seems:
How wildly the past comes back, like figures
seen in dreams!
Out yonder stands a church. whose spire is
piercing through the ar,
Where stood the schOol-hOuse In Held or
grass and bushes bare:
A little wooden house it was, one stored. mar
row, low
Old Griffin was the teacher then; he died
here long ago:
Hard-featured, stern-the neighbors said he
was q learned man;
One thing he knew beyond all doubt-the use
of his rattan.
Down that side street, so thickly built, the
path lay to the glen
The short road to the village mill; they We
arched the stream since then.
That dusty, dun, three-storied mill, with ever
open door:
That champing brutes that bore the grist
ranged in a row before:
The black wheel turning slowly round, the
water failing free:
The clatter and the whirr within-hOw plain
they are to me.
Mill, woodland, school-house. field and farm
they all have passed away:
This is strange and alien land wherein
stand today;
The scenes of youth I longed to see, ut my
approach have tied;
Here is the burial place of dreams. and here
the past lies dead;
And yet one verdant spot remains within the
desert drear,
One oasis within the waste the road side
spring is here.
Thongs Dunn English. in N. Y. Independent.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05

languages Mezzofanti could converse
in with ease. Mrs. Somerville says thai
he protested only fifty-two.
This brief review of the subject nee
essarily leaves out of accouIt q vast
number of the most extraordinary and
interesting examples Artists like
Horace Vernet; mathematicians and
calculators like DIR. Wallis and Leon
ard Euler, or G. P. Bidder and young
Colburn; musicians like Mozart; news
paper reporters like the unequalled
'.Mcmory Woodfall;" literary men like
Lord Macaulay and 7. H. Buckle:
chess-players like Paul Morphy and j.
H. B:ackbourne, have accomplished
feats of memory as marvellous as any
of those which have been mentioned
Chambers Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05
GOING TO WHIP HIM.
Why Young African Will Receive An
Emphatic Admonition.

Why q Young African will Receive An
Emphatic Admonition.
"Gwine ter whup dat boy eff kotch-
es him, gwine ter whup him, sho's
he's bo'ned," exclaimed negro wom-
rushing out of a cabin and hurriedly
looking about her. "Oh, Use gwine ter
whup him fur he shain't treat me dater
way an 'scape.'
What's the matter?' asked a man.
stopping at the fence and addressing
the woman.
Ivy dat triflin' boy o. mine hab put
me in trouble, OATS de mattet'
''What did he do?''
IVY he slipped in dar whar wuz
washin' an eat up all dat saft soap.''
''You don't tell me that he ate
soap!"
Goose 1 does. fur dat's whut he,
done. Neber seed SIGH er chile ez dat
in my life. Hit sometimes peers ter
me dat de blame boy acks like he wuz
mos STABBED to def, an dat too when
he knows gin him nearly err whole
catfish head day befo' yistidy. Oh. Use
gwine ter whup him fur eatin' dat soap
like he was haungry. "-ArLoasa,o,
Irdreier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05
PROTECTING IRON.
A rrocess Which will Prevent the Rust
ing of Gas and Water Pipes.


The liability of iron to rust is great
drawback to its use for many purposes,
and the practical value of process
which will project it at a slight expense
is self-evident. That the process is
successful in accomplishing this object
seems no longer matter OF doubt, anc
at less cost than galvanizing or timing.
The color on cast and wrought iron is
a blush gray, which to some may be
Objectionable, but, as the coating takes
paint far better than untreated iron,
this objection is easily overcome. and
with the assurance that the paint will
remain, and not soon be thrown off, as
it is generally. For polished work the
color is a lustrous blue-blacl, adding
greatly to the beauty of the article
treated. This process seems peculiar
" we'll adapted for gas and water
pipes. Any one who has had occasion
to use water which has passed through
new iron pipe, or one that has not
been used for some time, knows how
full of rust it is, and that only after
months of constant use does it become
clear again. With pipe coated with
the magnetic oxide by the Bower-Bar
process. no trouble of the kind can oc-
cur. The water runs pure from the
first day. and if for any reason the pipes
are emptied, and left so, there is no
danger of their becoming coated with
rust. Another important fact is, that
the water coming through one of these
rustless pipes is just as pure as when it
entered, for the water can dissolve
none of the coating of oxide, as it al
ways does with lead or galvanized
pipes. 1t is a well-known fact that
water running through lead pipes is
very apt to contain lead in solution.
and the continued use of such water
causes lead-poisoning, for although the
amount (of lead) dissolved may be
very small, still il accumulates in the
system, and finally causes sickness and
disease s. G. Wells, in Popular
Science Monthly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05
SCIENTIFIC GRAIN DEALS.
The Marvellous Eject OF Sun Spots on the
Prices OF Grain.

The Marvellous Eject OF Sun Spots on the
Prices OF Grain.
For some years past there have been
few subjects of astronomical study SO
interesting, and none that has been
pursued with such diligence, as that of
''sun spots" While little has been
really learned as to the cause or nature
of this periodic, measley condition of the
solar orb, very much light has been
gained as to its effect on matters ter
restrial. Indeed, it has been found
that few natural phenomena transpirc
that are not more or less affected by
the so-called sun spots.
One of the most novel discoveries yet
made in the realm of sun-spot science
has just been laid before the world by
MIR. Frederick Chambers, of Bombay,
India, whose researches have devel-
oped the fact that the fluctuations in
the prices of food grains in tnat coun-
try correspond to the regular variation
which takes place in the number of the
suns spots during the same period.
Mr.. Chambers has been able to formu-
late the following law upon the sub
ject: The lowest prices occur from
three to five years after the year of
maximum sun spots, while the highest
prices occur from one to three years
preceding the year of minimum sun
spots.
If this rule holds good for India it
will probably be found to apply to
grain growing countries generally, and
the discovery is an important one. 1t
will work revolution in grain specu-
lations. The Board of Trade man will
no longer need to consult market re-
ports, study the condition of growing
crops, and guess as to the proper dis
count to be made upon the lugubrious
complaints of the grangers. His course
will hereafter be to master the in
tricacies of sun-spot science; to ascer-
tain whether 1.-The sun-spot curve" in
the particular period he is operating iii
is regular; whether the interval be-
tween maximum and minimum spots
is of the average length; in short, to
search out many of the mysteries of
'.sun-spot waves" and ''cycles" which
have as yet eluded the keenest efforts
of science to solve them. In order to
pursue his business intelligently, the
grain man will find telescope abso-
lutely essential to his outfit, and we
may expect to see every chamber OF
commerce provided with an observa-
tory containing one of these instru-
ments for the free use of its members.
In view of this contingency our new
Board of Trade building will have the
usual Chicago advantage over all other
competitors in that its lofty tower will
be eminently. suited to the uses of an
observatory. But the operator who
shall be able to have an observatory on
his own house and to provide himself
with his own telescope, will possess an
obvious advantage over his poorer
neighbor, as he will be able to pursue
his study of sun spots at every favor
able opportunity. The man of scien-
tific tastes viii be likely to lead in the
new method of grain-deaiing. -Chicago
Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05

Talking about busy men, who leave
their homes early and get back after
dark, and never see their children, .
man of that sort was hurrying away
one morning when he found that
his little boy had got up before him
and was playing on the sidewalk. He
told the child TO 60 liz. Child wouldn't
Man spanked him and went to business.
Child went in bowling. The mother
said: s.What's the matter?' MAN hit
me-" blubbered the youngster. What
manf' .'That man that stays hare
STANDARDIZATION Posi-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05

MANY seem to think that they have
made toast when they brown the out
side OF slice of bread. Have thev?
The object in making toast is to evap-
crate all moisture from the bread, and
holding slice over the fire to SINCE
does not accomplish this; it only
warns the moisture, making the inside.
OF the bread doughty and indigestible.
The true way Of preparing it is to cut
the bread into slices a quarter of an
inch thick. trim of all crust, put the
slices IN pan or plate, place them in
the oven-which must not be too hot
take them out when . delicate brovp,
and butter ct once.-Exchnn0e.