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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

Last week we wrote there would be
low barometer, OF rain period, about the
l4th Inst. Upon the l4,h. 18TH and 10th
inst. there was a very decided disturb.
ance Of the atmosphere, the wind upon
the night OF the l4th 7, aching velocity
OF nifty miles an hour, nut there was no
ram 10 Texas. This Is the first Instance,
since June !, that our periods have moi
been attended with rsinfalls, and il will
probably occur again Ia the future. We
wish the public 10 well bear In mind, that
our periods are periods q atmospheric
disturbance. There may be decided at
moepheric without rain, but there cauuot
De rain without atmospheric disturbance,
/ because rainfall Is caused by the
bringing In contact by wind,
werner and colder siraAs of
atmosphere. And high winds, even
without rain are perfect fulhllment OF
the correctness Of our periods. Some
months since we wrote aud distributed
circulars TO TIE farmers OF Tarrant
i county that when our periods were not at
tended with rain they would be attended
by high winds and clouds. Prof Hicks
OF ST. Louis calls these periods "storm
periods" We have hesitated TO use the
word "storm," fearful some timid per.
sons might think the houses would all be
blown down, while we only intended them
to understand there would be high winds
and probable rainfall. Every word we
write In THE GAZETTE we pay for, aud
we cannot say all we would like 90 edu.
cate the people to this most important
discovery. We stand alone the only free
public writer in the United States upon
the subject. From now till January Is
one OF the most difficult seasons oil
the year to foretell the weather
Ii is a season that is annually
liable to what is known rs a December
disturbance. 1t is similar to the March
September and June disturbances Our
next decided period is about December
25th inst. We have hopeful chance fol
rain then, warm weather coming befor,
and cold snap afterwards. II the per
iod should pass with only wind the cole
snap Will be moderate. II the rainfall II
good the cold snap will be very cold
Please read our advertisement Of holidH,
goods below. THOMAS FAIRLY,
Advertising Editor Chase Trading Co
HOLIDAY GOODS AT CHASSIS.
ALL AT GREATLY REDUcKD
PRICES
Mems suits.
Ladies' suits.
MEMS overcoats.
Ladies' cloaks.
Boys suits.
Boys overcoats.
Mems underwear.
Ladies' underwear.
Children's underwear.
Mems hsndkerchiefs.
Ladies' handkerchiefs.
Ladies' snoes
Chidren's shoes.
Ladies' sachels.
Mems sachels.
ladies' trunks.
Mems trunks.
Mems hats.
Mems caps.
vs. hats.
Boys caps. THOMAS FAIRLY,
Advertising Editor Chase Trading @
p. S.-We are Offering great bargain
In blankets, comforts and hAnnels. Wa
to push them off. I. H..
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23
jim crow Captured.


fNCcInI 70 IIV NNT0ItC,
WILLS PoISr, Tx, Dec. 80 Deputy
Sheriff Jim Hamm left to-day for Ste
phensvillo to bring back jim Crow, VINO
shot and killed William Tate shout three
years ago, Crow was captured few
days ago by the sheriff Of Erath county.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

A astrlngr OF bargains in holida
goods AZ Wells drug store
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23
FIN. New Layer rigs.

Ten-pound boxes,
Five pound boxea,
Three. pound boxes,
Two pound boxes,
0ue-pound boxes,
And igs in kegs, only lac per pound
PKSDRRY BROS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

Hon. Edwin Warheld, president Mary
lond senate, indorses Red Star Cough
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23
TEXAS
Midland Route |
Calf, Colorado 4 Santa Fs RAILWAY.
-. ,outo operating daily service u
'bs On'' ,oiid through trains between
|Ot Worth and Galveston.
A Tho only all rail route 10
,mpasas, Brownwood, Coleman
and BaIIinger.
Tho now route
so,t Worth to Houston, Montgomery,
Nayasota and Conroe.
The fast route, via. Meeregor,
tort Worth to Waco

.A,.te Connections At Fort Worth for 81. Louis
4 a paso and all points North, East and West.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

MOVEMENT or TRAINS
,ress, south bound, leave Fort
uorth ....4sss sts.sss.sss.s..sss-ss WV n. 10,
s aos.s $50. 'o 80. .;...,,.. 800 p. m.
' wan Observation-Disclosures. esSp. m.
4 ,llss Accommodation, arrive Fort
worth -. :. :. :: ,...'' ll'4o D. m'
\ ,.arh Tickets and baggage Checked 70 Al
Points in the United States.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

ma Sumner Route to New York, via Cal
vcstoL and
SfalIory Steamship Line.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

lone y
barring n
| The holk
| her gpN
|er Pds.
|. BroEA
|ly hes.
|matec&
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23

Boys caps. THOMAS FAIRLY,
Advertising Editor Chase Trading Co.
p. S.--We are Offering great bargains
In blankets, comforts and fAnnels. Want
to push them off. I. II.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23
TEXAS EXPRESS COMPANY,
G. T. CAMPBELL,
:. u. Gott', Agt,. sis Main ST., IT. worth
rExAs ExrnEss ooMrANY's LIsr on ofpicEs

Al poIn.e marked there aio no Rgonta. an,
freight for such points must be prepaid, wiz
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A YOUNG woman named Ida Baldridge
was arrested at Pittsburg on the 18th f
vobbing the mails.
A BILL was introduced in the lower house
Of Congress on the 18th to repeal all taxes
on tobacco.
The citizens Of Washington have sub
scribed guarantee fund of $4,000 to in
sure the payment of prizes and expendi-
lures for the National drill and emcamp-
ment.
A MOB of masked men visited the jail at
Ringgold, Ga, on the night of the 18th,
and after overpowering the jailer, took out
two prisoners, named George Sparks and
Monroe Smith, both negroes, and hanged
them to tree.
CONGRESSMAN KELLEY, of Pennsylvania,
says the South is more prosperous than
the North, and that her natural advan-
tages of soil, climate and mineral wealth
are perpetual bid for the capital and en-
ergy of the nation.
j. G. HILL, prominent resident Of
Pittsburg, mistook his daughter for a bur,
glar on the night of the 18th, and shot her
through the neck, inActing dangerous
and it is feared fatal wound.
THE extensive wooden mills of Clinton,
Mich, burned on the 11,h. Loss, SlSO,O00
The rumors of the absorption of the Bal
timore and Ohio Telegraph Company are
| authoritatively denied.
A PARDON was on the 11th granted by
Governor Lowry OF Mississippi, to w. c..
Cage for the killing of W. E. Jones, in
Wilkinson county, fer insulting and SLAM
dering female member of his (Cage's)
family. This case was tried in October
ast.
BRANCH railroad is TO be constructed
at once to Florence, Ala, by the Louisville
! and Nashville Company.
TIE condition of the people of Newberly
county, s. c., is distressing in the extreme.
The frost of last JsnGdv killed their oats
and wheat, the hail beatdown their crops
in.May, and floods swept away what the
hail left.
The lower house of the Alabama general
assembly hos passed a general revenue
bill containing a clause levyN1g tax of
5000 on all dealers, brokers, or ucket shops
that buy and sell future CONTRACTS on COM
mission.
The cost Of running the legislative de.
partment of the national government for
the coming year is estimated at $500 1000.
REPRESENTATIVE ABRAHAM DowDAEY,
Of the Twelfth District, New York, diefSat
Wis residence in New York on the 10th.
CoTroS took a downward turn on the
10th, dropping from s to 10 points, the sud-
den rise Of Thursday thus losing half the
gllin, which had so reinspirited the honest
growers Of the great staple. -.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

mia, at Cotrocone, on the night OF the lltf,
and its contents exploded against the side
Of the building. The structure was badly
shattered and every window in the build
ing WINS smashed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

THE Comptroller OF the Currency says
that Mr., Serbia was asked to resign on ac-
count of his incompet ncy. The COAAs
troller regrets that Mr.. Scriba's persist
ence should make it necessary to reveal
the true cause of the desire to make u
change,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

r CONGRESSMAN SwINBUBNE, of New York,
mas served notice upon Congressman-elect
Nicholas T. Kane that he will contest his
seat in the Fiftieth Congress on the
ground of fraud.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

HENRY GROVES, Congressman-e from
Perry County, Ind, was thrown from his
carriage on the 4th, and was so severely
injured that his recovery is very much in
doubt,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

STATE Department officials continue to
express great satisfaction with the adroit
and successful management of the fishery
cases by ConsulGeneral Phelan at Hall
fly
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

HENRY M. STANLEY has received a cable
gram from King leopold of Belgium desir-
ing him to go at once to London. mr.. Stan
ley has called for particulars. Hess under
contract to lecture in America until April
and would find it difficult to leave.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

THIS Government. mas received, through
the British legation in Washington, an Of
fetal invitation to participate in an inter
national exhibition, " hch is TO be held in
Manchester, England, next year, to cele-
bratethe jubilee of her Britannia Maiesty's
reign.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

THE Shapleigt 81 CaBtwell Hardware
company's stores in St.aLouis collapsed
and Were subsequently burned on the 18th,
involving loss OF nearly 100000, on which
there was an insurance of about 100000
Several lives were lost as the result of the
calamity.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

The Secretary OF the Treasury has sent
to Congress the estimates Of appropria-
lions required for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1883. T9e total amount estimated
as required for all expenses Of the Gov
ernment lis 1925 1856, 79i.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

HENRY G. FLEDDERMAN, sheriff Of Balti-
more, Nd, has been presented by the
grand jury for attempting to bribc a col
Dred voter at the polls of the ThEd pre-
cinct Of the Tenth ward at8he recant CON
gressionai election. FledGerman denies
abe charge
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

QUEEN VICTORIA has forbidden the ad-
mission. within the precincts of Windsor
castle, of newspapers containing reports
OF the Campbell divorce suit.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

forty miles of the Cascade branch Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Washington
Territory from the 125th to the 165th mile
west from Columbia river.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

Two members of the British Parliament,
Messrs. Bruce and Buchanan, were on the
floor of the Senate at Washington on the
9th, having been extended that courtesy
by an order from Senator Sherman, presi-
dent pro TEN.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

ARTHUR t. THOMAS, who has been ap-
pointed member Of the Utah Commits
sion, is the present Secretary ST Utah Ter
ritery. He succeeds ex-senator Paddock,
who resigned for the Eeason that his pri-
waite interests demanded his presence in
Nebraska.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

The threat of the helpers and engine
men IN the local yards of the Burlington
a Missouri railway at Omaka, TO cease
WORK II their wages were not raised, was
put into effect on the 9Th A force of men
was ordered from Lincoln to fske the
place Of the strikers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

L1EUTENANT-GENERAL SHERIDAN has "a
sued a notice that "the Society of the
Army Of the Cumberland will hold its
eighteenth reunion at the city of Washing
ton on the 18th and 18th Of May, 1851. on
which occasion the statue in memory Of
its lamented comrade, General James A.
Garfield, viii be unye!!ed.n
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Mews from Everywhere.

THE President was somewhat improved
an health on the eth, and was able to pre-
eide at the regular Cabinet meeting.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

THE bound volumes of the proceedings
ri the first session of the Forty ninth Con
gress are now ready Tor distribution.
They beat the record of previous con-
crosses, the number of volumes being
nine
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

JUDGE SAGE, in the United States Circuit
Court at Columbus, o., on the 9TH, ordered
the Bell Telephone case dismissed without
prejudice and without record as far as its
status in the Ohio district is concerned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

SEVERAL petitions have been received
by Comptroller Trenholm from bankers
asking for the retention of Mr.. Serbia as
bank examiner, but Mr.. Trenholm is de-
termined that Serbia must 90.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

A WOMAN at Brussels revealed the
pace "hefe number of the letters
recently stolen from the Ostend express
mad been hidden. They were found in tue
Rue BlanehisseTe in drain. The English
police know who stole the mail and are ON
the track of the robbers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

In Mexican diplomatic circles it is be-
1ieved that grave questions will soon arise
between Mexico ana the United States,
owing to the position taken by President
Cleveland in the Cutting case.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

THE Treasury Department has decided
that Canadian postal cards imported into
the United States are dutiable at rate of
twenty-five per cent ad valorem as print
edmatter not specially provided for.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18
AN AWFUL DISASTER.
The Steamer j. n. White Total 3 D.,
stroyed by Fire.
a FEARFUL SCENE OF TERROR,

Ven, Women and Children Burned To
Death or Drowned in the River.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18

MIR. PHELPS, American Minister at Lon
don, is confined to his home with lumbago,
but the worst of the attack is thought to
he over, and he expects to resume his
duties at the legation il few DAYS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
How TO Light a Fire.

The first thing is to light fire, and
every girl that does household work
should be provided with an apron which
covers the whole of her dress, something
after the style of laborer's smock.
frock, and piece of carpet should be
provided to kReel upon. Thoroughly
clear out all the ashes and cinder.
from the CRATE; the cinders should be
placed aside, and some of the large
ones placed loosely at the bottom OF
the CRATE; on these we place some
shavings or crumpled up pieces OF
paper, then a few dry sticks or pieces
of wood, loosely placed across each
other, but use no more than are really
wantedi on these place some of the
large cinders, and finish with a few
Jumps of coal placed between the bars.
The fire is now said to be laid, and we
light it in two or three places; and
when the wood is well ligt ted we place
with our hands some .eces of coal at
the back. If the Goals had boon thrown
on from a scUttle or shovel. we should
most like.y have extinguished the fire
and had to do the work over again.
A little trouble at the beginning often
saves trouble in the end. No fire can
burn without a good supply of air, and
if cinders and coal and ashes are all
closely packed together the fire will
neither light easily nor burn freely. A
good fire does not msaa a waSteful or
eXtravagaHt ire, but one suitable for
it, purpoSe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
Helps to somebody.

Press the finger against the upper
Up. close to the nOstrils, to prevent a
SneeZe,
In casp If very sudden sickness,
which often proves to be pneumonia.
apply plaster of slft soap and Indian
meal from the throat down below tn 2
bowels the first thing; at the same time
send fer the doctor, for unless immedi-
ate help is secured, il may prove fatal
in a short time.
In putting away summer or winter
clothing for the season label Ill pack
ages ON the outside and keep handy a
memorandum book with the contents
of each trunk, drawer or closet specified
it will prove 4 saver OF time and
vexatiOn. One often forgets just where
a bundle, or mittens, scarfs. etc, were
put. especially i the accustomed place
has been changed,
Keep il yen can, a closet for the sole
use of medicines and appliances for
sickness or accidents. A narrow, high
Ohlmney-side closet answers the pur-
pose admirably, with shelves half way
down and deep drawers TO ill the re-
naming space. Bundles of old. soft
cotton aud linen pieces, roll of cot
ton batting and flannel, the rubber
water bag, medicine proper. bed pan.
and feeding cup and everything neeled
in an emergency g. ivug sickness.
Have eveFy ial plainly labeled, those
marked poison place always on the up
per shelf. Keep the whole under lock
and key. the key cut OF the reach Of chill
dFen, but easily accessible to older men,
hers of the familv-Sary J. blanchard
va Good Housekeeping.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

1t seems an easy thing to boil a
potato, but it is very seldom that you
see well-boiled potato, because
everybody thinks it too simple a matter
to require any attention, and the
result is they are left to spoil.
To properly boil potatoes they
should be as nearly as possible of the
same size and OF the same kind. %
Wash of the dirt and scrub them with
a hard brush; never use a knife. (2)
Rinse them well in clean water. (3)
Pack them tightly in q saucepan till
it is about half filled az Cover with
cold water. (5) Add a teaSpoonful
Of salt to quart of water. (6) Bring
them TO the boil. ca Stand aside to
simmer until the potatoes are just
tender (and this is ascertained by
trying them occasionally with thin
iron skewer.) 90 Boil up. (9) Pour
away all the water. Q0) Remove the
lid, and stand the saucepan by the
side q the lire, so as TO allow the
moisture TO evaporate. 0D Peel
them as quickly as possible. and send
them to the table,
Some potatoes are best boiled by
putting them into cold water, and
when the water comes to the boil it is
poured away and the cooking com
mepoGd again with cold water. This
IS sometimes repeated two or three
times. From fifteen to twenty
minutes is the average time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
Oriental smugger.

"Of all smugglers," remarked the
Custom House Inspector, recommend
me to the Chinks and Japs. They'v
got more brains and originality than
any other smugglers four times over.
A few months ago a tea packet came in
and was assigned to it. Well. a friend
of mine-a 'fiend. as they call EN-
gave me tip that there was opium
paste on board, which the sailors were
going to smuggle ashore. You see,
opium paste pays duty of $40 a pound.
| was on the boat the moment she
touched the pier and examined every
sailor that went off. | hadn't been
aboard very long time when Chinese
grocery peddler came down the wharf.
He had big open basket on his arm,
III which there was green stuff and cans
of tomatoes and such like. | didn't
suspect him. but to be dOubly sure |
walked with him to the forecastle where
he commenced to peddle off his truck.
He sold the vegetables and counted the
money carefully he got for them. Then
he sold the cans of tomatoes for a
quarter a piece. | thought he was lub
bing it in; SO told one of EN- on the
quiet they weren't worth more than a
dime. The next moment the air was
blue. They jumped up, fired the cans
into his basket, shook their fists under
his nose. and wanted their money back
He wouldn't give it to them, and they
went for him. He was making a good
fight when one of them drew a knife.
| had heavy cane in ny hand, and |
knocked the knife out of the fellow S
hand and made the peddler 90 up the
ladder and off the boat. He thanked
me and went away talking Chinese,
ard, as ! suppose, cursing the crowd.
"A little while after the sailors came
up and wanted to 90 ashore. searched
every one of them, and founu nothing.
They hadn't been gone more than a
half hour when the peddler came back.
His eve was black and his nose and
mouth bloody and swollen. He said:
policeman, dam lobbie stealee foh.
five can tomatee. You helpe gettle
back and takee bad man to station
! house?' | felt sorry for the poor devil,
and told him we'd 90 and search the
forecastle for his property. We looked
around five or ten minutes, and were
about to give it up as bad job, when
we found them hidden away under a
piece of old sail cloth. He popped them
in his basket shook hands and thanked
me dozen times. gave me handful
of good cigars, and then went away.
Do YOU know on account of the licking
he had got | never dropped TO his rack
ct at all? 1t was all put up job. He
brought on board real cans of toma-
toes, he took away tomato cans filled
with opium paste. The sailors were
in with him, and had put the real ones
in their chests, and had replaced them
with the Struggled stuff. There must
have been thirty-tiYe pounds, which
meant clear profit of $3.50.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

servations. are, in the majority OF
cases, the only reliable means, IN our
present state of the sciences, nv which
desirable information regarding the
true character of a drinking water can
be obtained.
The harmful substances found in
drinking water are Of two classes
mineral and organic. Few natural
waters are entirely free from mineral
matters; nearly all contain small
quantities of lime, soda, magnesia and
iron-substances which may be con-
sidered harmless in that case. Larger
quantities of these elements, however,
render the water Objectionable for
drinking, and also more or less unit
for various applications, as washing,
and cooking, feeding of steam appara-
tus, etc.
Foremost among the dangerous
mineral substances which have been
found in drinking water is the lead. Its
presence is usually due to the use OF
lead pipes for conducting the water
from the well to the pump, and else
where. Lead is a treacherous and
dangerous poison. Not a trace should
be tolerated in drinking water.
These three metals-lead, copper and
arsenic-are direct poisons to the
animal system, and therefore are the
most dangerous mineral impurities in
drinking water, though ordinarily rare
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
Drinking wafer.

Il satisfactory supply OF a good
drinking water depends, in control
ing degree, says recent report of the
Massachusetts Experiment Station, on
a iudicious selection of the location OF
the we'll designed for the use OF the
family and tor the live stock; and on
the personal attention bestowed, from
time to time, on the condition of the
latter and its surroundings.
Wells may be badly located in the
starr, or may be exposed to con-
tamination by subsequent changes in
the surroundings. Good wells are
liable 10 change for the worse at any
time, on account of circumstances too
numerous to state in this connection
To periodically ascertain the exact
condition Of the well which supplies
the wants of the family and of the live
stock. is a task which no farmer can
for any length of time discard, without
mourning a serious risk in health and
prosperity. The subject receives, quite
frequently but little attention. on
account of the fact that the haTlaful
qualities, Which al apparently good
water may contain. are disguised be-
yond recognition BIZ the uDaided
senses. Certain delicate chemical tests,
aided at times by microseopioai OBJ