Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-09

several additional papers by the
same author. The first of these, on
1Comets and Meteors," viii appear In
the January Century, with nine striking
Illustrations.
That Scribner's Magazine is likely to
he a success In England, as well as here,
is abundantly proved By the fact that
| frederick Warne & Co. OF London, who
are 10 act as agents Tor the sale OF the
magazlne in Great Britain, have bought
outright &c, 900 copies OF the new maya
! zine.
A parti-colored baby is reported to have
been b rn recently at Aberdeen, Miss. Its
father IS very black negro; It's
mother Is light mulaito. Half the
chlld's body is black; the other half
nearly white; the hair on one side OF Its
head Is kinky; on the other, light and
straight, while one eye is black and the
other blue.
Lately a redwood tree was cut on the
south fork OF Elk river, Humboldt coun-
! ty, Cal, which was sawed into twenty
| one cuts, four OF which we're lG feet long,
twelve were 20 feet long, and five were "a
| feet long, making the total length 424
feet. An accurate tally at the mill show
ed that the twenty-one logs furnished 49,
| 736 feet OF lumber.
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has written a
narrative poem of 400 lines, which will
soon be published. 1t is called 1.-THE Di-
lemma of the Nineteenth Century," and
treats of the woman question from the
satirical point of view. The meter Is some
thing similar to that Of "Don juan" and
the poem is said by those who have read
1t TO be full OF snap and go.
The article in the January number of
Scribner's Magazine, on "0ur Defenceless
Coasts" by Capt. + V. Greene, IL notice
able as containing the first clear state
ment Of the plans favored by the best en-
gineers for fortifying New York harbor.
While there has been a great abundance
of destructive critical writing on the sub
ject, no definite idea before this has been
given to the public as to what it has been
proposed to substitute for the existing So
called Notifications.
At the presidents reception the other
day was little old man who said he lived
near Arlington, Va With the aid of a
hickory stick he approached the president
slowly, and as he took his hand he said in
a loud tone: "The first Democrat voted
for was jimmy Polk. He was a GOOD
Democrat, tell you. voted for you in
1884, and II you live and live will vote
for you in 1888. You are good Demo-
crat, but not as good as Jimmy Polk
was" The president replied by saying
he did "not know Polk, but had under
stood he was a true Democrat"
Ga the evening OF July 2, 1881, Chester
A. Arthur paced to and fro in his library
tears In his eyes, distraction in his as
pect, and stirred ia all the depths Of
manhood which, affectionate to the hearts
core, was singularly sensitive to its own
honor. That day Garfield had been shot
down by the assassin Guiteau. No
thought OF the succession filed the mind
OF the vice-presiGent. To the friend who
was with him, and who tried TO console
him, he said: 81 do not mind the use
the malignant and the wicked will try to
make of this am able to meet them,
and can stand their assaults. But there
are thousands of good men and women
all over the land who honestly believe
that have had some hand IN il, and see
no way how to disabuse their minds "
The Prohibitionists of Atlanta, Ga, are
in despair in consequence of the exception
in the prohibitory law in favor OF licenses
to sell domestic wine. Since prohibition
went into force thirty-six wine shops have
been licensed, and it is thought that the
number will ne increased to 100 before the
holidays. 1t is said that good wine needs
no bush, but the general impression in
Atlanta is that good many liquors are
sold under the wine-shop signs besides
the fermented juice of the native grape.
The Prohibitionists, however, have been
unable to secure any witness to swear
that he has drank whisky or beer in these
alleged wine shops. In their despair the
Prohibitionists propose to increase the
wine license to $4,000 a year. This
would bring the price of whisky as well
as Scuppernong wine to a lively figure in
Atlanta, but the city council is not likely
to listen to the proposition.