Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07
PENCIL POINTS.

Colorado has sixty-soycn dlyidend.pay
ing mining companies.
In Butte, Cal, the newspaper rivalry Is
so strong that the county printing is
done for nothing.
4 Marble recently found IN Inyo county,
CAL, is pronounced by experts 70 be
equal TO any found In Italy.
A divorce was procured last October on
his own motion by 3 woll-known resident
OF Troy, N. y, who now seeks 10 estab.
llsh rs inyalldlty. His divorced wife died
lately and left some property.
Contagious diseases have excited the
people OF Falrhayen, Miss, to such a de-
| gree that the horse.cars carry two bags
OF camphor as disiniectants, one at each
end, placed there by the board OF health
/ Coffee Is the universal drink Of the East
among all classes Of people II il ground
fresh every time, and the milk and sugar
are boiled with the cotfec. II Is served
In tiny china cups OF quaint shape and
Workmanship.
Next Easter falls on the latest date on
which IL can possibly occur, April 90,
under tho rule Of the council Of Nice,
which DEGREES that Easter shall be OBJ.
served on the Sunday after the full moon
following the 2lst OF March Its earliest
possible date Is March 90. II Is l52 years
since Easter day has been so late IL will
not again fall on that day I'll 1913. Ash
wednesday Will fall this year on the 10Th
Of March
The Paris correspondent Of the Lancet
states that when DR.. pasteur read his
last report on rabies at the Academy OF
Science, his friend, the late NJ. Bouley,
asked whether dogs rendered insusceptl.
BILE 10 hydropbobia by repeated inocula
tions would not themselves be liable to
communicate the disease by biting. NJ.
Pasteur could give no immediate reply,
but admitted that II was a subject for SER
ious consideration,
Another English physician, Dr. lloald
OF Leeds, was lately accused Of indecent
assault by young schoomlstrcss,
who consulted him IN reference TO
o cough, The presence Of hysteria
was shown at the trial, and the jury gave
verdict Of acqulttal after few minutes
consultation English doctors are be-
ginning TO readopt the once prevailing
rule of consulting women only In the
presence of a witness.
An experiment Is being tried at Ports
mouth, In England, with the object OF
determining the practlcabillty OF applying
liquid fuel as a steam generator TO
men-of-war The fuel consists Of Gre
osote, which Is procurable at penny o
gallon. SO far the system has proved
superior TO others previously tried, and
1t IL believed that the difficulties In the
way OF the use Of liquid fuel are In a fair
way of being overcome.
Near Bargbrohl, on the Rhine, bore
hole, l75 feet deep, yields u large and
steady supply OF carbonlc acid gus, which
Is now compressed In wrought iron YES.
sells and used for various purposes. Its
enormous expansion Is employed by
Mcssrs. krupp OF Essen, for COMPRISING
steel and other casts, and II Is also util-
lied for impregnatlng beer and natural
water, for fire eXtinguishIng apparatus,
as motor force for torpedoes, etc.
A large oak block, about eighteen inches
IN diameter, that had been knocking
around in various Brooklyn, Me-, lumber
yards and wood-sheds, was split up re.
Gently, and In IL was found an augur hole
about three-fourths Of an inch IN size, con.
tanning bunch OF human hair done up In
piece OF printed paper. Tho hair was
near the center Of the block and fastened
IN with pine plug, 1t was apparently
put In when the tree was quite small az
the tree had grown over the plug to the
thickness OF about four inches, with the
grain perfectly smooth and straight.
An old ledger kept by Honesdale,
"a, merchant sixty years ago had the
following charges; One pint Of whisky,
. cents half pound tobacco. l21 cents
half pound tea SO cents; half gallon
whisky, 20 cents; pounds OF nails, 26
cents one drink OF whisky and glass, rs
cents one pair OF shoes, Sl.b0 rum and
sugar, cents quirc paper, 20 cents
oanulestick, ~ cents whisky and barrel,
Sl2i currycomb and almanacs, 3l4 cents
quart oil brandy, 90 cents; 100 cigars.
20 cents tobacco and whisky, Is cents
8 pounds OF butter, 81 20; quart Gin. 81
cents; barrel Hour, 50, | pound pow |
der, ~ cents half gallon whisky, rs
cents pounds sugar, a cents; quart
rum, 90 cents horse To ride and drink OF
whisky 2s cents (horsc 25 and whisky 3
cents.)
One OF the most euriously original col. I
lections OF books In any library is said 10
be botanical collection at Warsentein, |
In Germany At first sight the volumes
appear Ike rough blocks of wood; but on
closer examination II il found that onch
IL complete history OF the particular
tree which IT represents. At the back Of
the book the bark has been removed from
space large enough TO admit scientific |
ana the common name OF tree as title. |
One side Is formed from the split wood 1
Of the tree, showing its grain and natural
fractures the other shows the wood when
worked smooth aud vanished one end
shows the grain rs left by the saw, and
the other the finely polished wood. ON
opening the book one tluds the fruit /
seeds, leaves, and other products OF the
tree, the moss which unusually grows /
upon It's trunk, and the insects which feed |
upon the various parts OF the tree. To
oil this Is added q well printed description /
OF the habits, usual location, and manner
OF growth OF the tree
AT meeting OF the Pathological Society
OF Philadelphia, DR. Eormad presented an |
analysis OF $50 autopsies on drunkards I
lie found that the most prominent trou- .
olos caused by chronic alcoholism were
cyanotlc induration of tho kidneys, fatty I
lnhlratlon OF the liver, and mammilated |
stomach. lie thought that the exposure.
irregularities OF diet, etc, incident 10 |
drunkenness have as much to do with tha
maladles as alcohol itself The prevalent
idea that drunkards are apt TO have nhob. |
nail'' iivcra was not confirmed; In the
whole number OK cases he found only ak /
OF CirrhosiR with eontraction Ia oaN