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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-21


THE DAYS OF PAUL
no superior to Adoniram Judson. Mighty
on earth, mighty in heaven-Adoniram
Judson. Which do you like the best,
Judson's suffering for Christ s sake,
Judson s almost martyrdom? Oh, young
man, take your choice between these two
kinds of lives. Your own heart tells you
this morning the Christian life is more
admirable, more peaceful, more COM
Portable, and more beautiful.
Oh, if religion does so much for a man
on earth, what will il do for him in
heaven? That is the thought that comes
to me now. If soldier can afford to
shout "huzza! when he goes into bat
tie, how much more jnbilantly he can
afford to shout "huzza!' when he has
gained the victory! If religion is so good
a thing to have here, how bright thing
it will be IN heaven! L want to see that
young man when the glories of heaven
have robed and crowned him. want to
hear him sing when all huskiness of
earthly colds is gone and he rises up with
the great doxology. 1 want to know
what standard he will carry when march
ing under arches of pearl in the army of
banners. / want to know what company
he will keep in land where they are all
kings and queens forever and ever. If
have induced one of you this morning to
begin a.better life, then 1 want to know
it. may not in this world clasp hands
with you in friendship, may not hear
from your own lips the story of tempta-
ton and sorrow but I will clasp hands
with you when the sea is passed and the
gates are entered.
That 1 might WOO you to better life,
and that might show you the glories
with which God clothes His dear children
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
Not Honest, but Frank.

An Eastern traveller gives the follow
ing account of brief, pointed, and W.
think rather unsatisfactory interview
with an Arab OF Jebel Hauran:
"What brought you to the spring
when you saw Us thore?' asked him
ITO strip you he coolly replied.
"And why did you not do it?"
Because Mahmud was with you"
"But why would you plunder us? W.
are strangers and not enemies"
1T is our custom"
"And do you strip all strangers3'
"Yes, all we can get hold OF"
"And if they resist, or are too strong
for you?"
in the former case we shoot then
from behind trees; in thelatter, wcrun.
How do the people Of your tribe
live? 90 they SOW or plant?''
No. we are not S!Gvcs," said he, Will
much disdain.
What do you do for living?"
Fl "We keep goats, hunt partridges, ana
steal"
care you all thievcs?'
"Yns. all. ~ y. Ledrfr.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
HYPERBOREAN DAINTIES.
Queer Articles of Diet Used by the Kowak
Indians of Alaska.

Queer Articles OF Diet Used Dy the AOWaK
Indians of Alaska.
During the Alaskan and Arctic
cruise of the United States revenue
steamer Corwin in the summers Of
1884 and 1885, Third Lieutenant John
C. Cantwell, with a steam launch and
small party, explored the Kowak river
to its source. In his report Of the ex-
ploration, the following account is
given of the resources in the way of
food among the Kowak Indians who
inhabit the river banks. Fish naturally
forms the staple of their living:
The fish which are not Immediately
eaten are cleaned and dried for winter
provision. Fish are sometimes,
though not commonly, buried without
having been previously cleaned, and
allowed to become putrid before eat
ing. This form of diet is esteemed
luxury, but owing to the trouble OF
transporting it when travelling, it is
not so common as the dried fish. |
attempted to eat some of the buried
fish, but in spite of the fact that | was
very hungry at the time, | could not
retain it on my stomach, and believe
that white man would starve before
his stomach could be educated up, or
down, to this repulsive diet.
The tundra plains are filled with
berries, and we had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning an abundance of salmon,
blueberries and wild raspberries,
while in places, especially on high
land, the wild currant was found of
excellent quality. To these articles
of diet may be added the wild onion,
rhubarb and parsnip. which formed an
agreeable change from our daily
rations. The Indians are very fond of
the wild parsnip, and adopt a shrewd
plan for getting supply without the
trouble of collecting it, The field
mouse is very common in this region,
and before the winter sets in has con
structed for himself house. and filed
it with the desirable root Now all
the Indian has to do is-to use the
words of any Interpreter for
mouse-house; bimeby see little hill;
Injun dig up little hill; ketchum plenty
root; very good!'
To be fully appreciated by the ma
tive gourmand, it must be first boiled
with fish or seal oil, and if molasses or
sugar is obtainable, it is sweetened by
the addition of one or both of these in
gradients. With the native fondness
of sugar, and, in fact, all saccharine
substances, it is remarkable that they
have never acquired the taste for salt.
The river Indians do not eat salt with
their food, and object to it with man
ifest repugnance when forced to eat
such articles as bacon and ham,
Youths CO1nna72i0n ----
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
A RARE CURIOSITY.
Remarkable Specimen of Coral From the
Philippine Islands.

Philippine Islands.
Judge E. w. Knott, deputy superin-
tendent Of the State Insurance Depart
ment, received recently from Alexander
r. Webb, United States Consul at Ma
Mia. Philippine Islands, a curiosity
that is exceedingly rare; coral for
NATION found only in the Philippine
Archipelago, and is known to the ma
tlves as ''hower baskets" though why
such an appellat1on should be con-
ferred on it is not quite clear 1t is
quite different from any coral that has
ever been seen by those who have been
fortunate enough to view the speci-
men which the Judge values so highly.
The specimen is conical in shape, hav-
ing base of nearly two inches in di-
ameter and rises to a height of about
eight inches, growing smaller towards
its top, where it ends in tolerably
sharp point. The base was formed on
a smooth ledge of rock, and the archi-
tects OF it's construction had begun by
laying cross sections of a formation re-
sembling finest spun glass. These are
laid very carefully and evenly across
both ways, and are seemingly inter-
laced and plated with similar forma-
tions-they could hardly be called fibers,
running from top to bottom of this
novel lilliputian castle. The work
rises in most beautiful shape, growing
gradually smaller, until within about
three inches of the apex, when evi-
IDENTIFY the builders found on their
hands more of the longitudinal laces
than were needed in their work, and
they were dropped out as the work
progressed, and stand about the toy,
forming a sort of tuft around the
whole.
These lacings extend about one inch
above the top, and contrary to usual
formation of coral, they are pliable
and when bent assume an upright
/: position on being released.
Z. 1t would be impossible for ma
chine work or the work OF human
hands to keep up the symmetry better
than these minute anlmalcula have
done. The work resembles the finest
lace, the cross bars fashioned as beau
;. tifully as possible. In looking through
the cross bars one can see the remains
of some small marine animal, probably
a, crawfish, as q tiny claw or feeler,
similar. to the ones such animals are
adorned with, is plainly discernible.
The coral is a pure white and forms
most beautiful ornament, not spot or
blemish ON any portion of it.-S.
Louis Republic.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
CHlNAMEN IN WIN TER.
How John Makes Himself Independent
of Floors and Carpets.

of Floors and Carpets
The methods which the Chinaman
adopts to defend himself against the
cold Of winter are not without certain
value as aids to the reading of his mind.
We put wooden floors in the rooms Of
our houses for others to walk on as well
as ourselves, we even carpet them to
make walking on them more pleasant,
and in winter time we provide fire
which is intended to warm the whole
room and all who arc in it. A China
man renders himself independent OF
floors and carpets; he puts g two-inch
sole on his shoe, and thus makes sure
of having piece of floor under his own
feet. In winter time he piles garment
over garment upon his own back, slips
little fur-line cases over lis ears, and
envelops his head and neck in a
monstrous hood. If driven by the
cold to the use of fuel, he does not
lipht a fire for the sake of the fam
lily at large, but puts his red-hot char
coal balls into the metal vessels he uses
as footstool, and into the smaller one
which he carries in his capacious sleeves
for the warming of his hands. Of
course, the rest Of the family can dc
the same; and perhaps, on the whole,
the Chinese method is as effective
against the cold as the English, though
no one with our national restless activ-
ity could consent TO be thus wrapped
up into helplessness even for the sake
of being kept warm. A Chinaman
naturally portly is sight in the cold
season, while little child clad in his
winter clothes becomes a most comical
object. He can not get his arms down
to his side, they stick out horizontally,
and should he fall he is incapable Of
getting up again as an overturned ttr-
tie OF. miSlaid sheep. However, he is
Chinese, not English 50 he wastes 10
strength IN vain struggles, he lies where
he falls, calmly and contentedly, with
his four limbs in mid-air, till some pas
serby thinks it worth while to pick him
p.-"Turbanas and Tails" by AJred
]. Bamtord.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
AT last we are treated to a novelty i

At Last we are treated to novelty in the
way Of almanac c-rnaking. DR.. J. 9. Aver &
Co., the Lowell chemists, send US their
Almanac for 1889, in the shape of a good
sized book, embracing editions in English,
calculated for various sections OF the
United States, the Dominion of Canada,
India, South Africa, and Australia; also,
editions in nine other languages. The vol
ume contains also, specimen pages of pam
phlets issued by the company in eleven Ian
guages not represented by the almanacs =
tWenty-one languages in all. From the
preface we learn that no fewer than four
teen millions of these almanacs are printed
yearly, thus placing the work as far ahead
Of any other of the kind in circulation and
value as Ayers Sarsaparilla is ahead of all
others in merit and popularity. Be sure to
secure copy of this favorite almanac at
your druggists. 1t is species of ''yellow-
covered literature which no family should
be withCut.-GO0d Fellowship
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
STRANGER THAN FICTION.

Sad Fate of Boy Who Waited for
Change III d Dry-Goods Store.
A child went one day to one Of the
great modern dry goods stores in the
city, where they sell laces rich and
rare, silks and satins and velvets be-
yond price, jewels worth a kings ram
som, harness, curry combs, boots, shoes,
dress fabrics delicate as cobwebs and
filmy as moonlight, socks, chest pro-
tectors, Bibles, faro layouts and poker
chips, hymn books and pocket TASKS,
revolvers and ''God bless our homes" :"
telescopes and baby rattles, shot-guns
and nursing bottles, embroidery silk
and MANILA cables, perfumes and rat
poison, millinery and coal scuttles,
ruching, jewel Caskets, cuspidors, and
one thing and another, and where the
change is made and transmitted by an
elaborate system OF elevated railways
and pneumatic tubes The child, a
bright, sweet-faced lad of ten fair
years, bought fifteen cents worth Of
needles and tape, was waited on
promptly by q charming saleslady, to
whom he gave silver quarter. She
sent it via the pneumatic tube to the
cashiers desk and kindly asked
the child to sit down and wait a
moment for his change. Time rolled
on, rolled on. 1t kept on rolling.
Into the deserted store one
day, an angel, walking down the
empty street, cast his eyes and quick
" followed the direction of his glance.
He touched the figure of an old man,
who leaned wearily against the coun-
ter, while his silver hair and snowy
beard fell to the floor in a feecy
shower. why" said the angel,
"come; what are you doing here?
We have been looking for you every
where for two hundred years. Every
body else has been gone from this
world, two centuries gone. What are
you doing here?" Il did not hear
any thing about it," said the old man,
wearily. 81 am waiting for my
change" 'Never mind" said the
angel softly, $50 is the man who in
vented the plan of securing interest
on the customers money, and making
him miss trains and lose appointments
and dinners while changing a quarter
And it will be long time before he
gets the change he wants. Robert j.
Burdette, IN Brooklyn Eagle.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
you look like a chost

-''Polhemus, you look like ghost.
Have you had spell of sicknessP''
mo, Magruder, there's nothing the
matter with me but my microscope. "
"Your microscope? What do you
mean?" II was happy man, Ma
gruder, until, my last birthday. my
wife made me a present of micro
scope, and in an evil hour l took il
and began examining the articles oi
food we eat and drink. Magruder,
I've lived for two weeks on distilled
water. It's the only thing that isn't
full Of nameless horrors"
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
FLYING WITHOUT WINGS.
YAe Soaring Powers OF n Peculiarly Buue
AntipOdean Lizard.

YAe Soaring Powers OF n Peculiarly Buut
AntipOdean Lizard.
"Justakeep your eye on that fellow"
The speaker had just returned from
trip across the Pacific, and his room
was filled with curiosities from every
part OF Southern Asia and India From
a small cage he had taken brilliant
hued lizard. He balanced it upon his
hand and with quick motion tossed 1t
into the air. Now horned toad or
one of the common lizards of our
western slope would have gone up
like q rocket and came down like a
rock, but the lizard was not OF this
kind. 1t rose, then it seemed to grow
larger, to swell out like a balloon, and
instead of dropping it sailed away at
an angle and deftly alighted on the top
of a plush-covered chair, where it
clung, looking about in amazement
'Yes," continued the owner, taking
the pet again, "it is flying lizard
a wingless flyer at that, one Of the
most remarkable of the lizard tribe. )"
Tossing the little creature up again,
it seemed to spread, and again flew
away. buoyed by some mysterious
power.
II got my pet in the island OF
Borneo," said the naturalist. cit was
my intention merely to collect skins,
but one day I was walking along
through the forest, when l saw what
I took for brilliantly cOlored butter
fly coming along. AS drew nearer l
saw that it was a lizard, and, standing
perfectly still, it shot by me. Having
switch in my hand struck it down,
and SO secured it, and carried it to
camp in my pocket. Finding that it
would live l kept it, and soon saw that
it was quite a pet, and if l can get it
to England, shall deposit it in the Lon
don Geological Gardens"
On the wing the bracovolans, as this
little creature is called, resembles a
richly tinted insect, but when at rest
it can be compared to a lizard. with
extraordinary protuberances on either
side. These are the sO-called wings,
which are formed of a cutaneous
growth upon either side. winglike in
shape and supported by series Of
false ribs. In color the lizard is blue
and gray, with tints of various kinds
and shades. The tail is long. slender,
and beneath the head depends double
pouch. giving the animal rather a
ferociOuS anDearanca
The wing-like organs are used mere
ly as parachutes. When the lizard
leaps into the air the upward curriers'
brings them out and enables the pos
SCISSOR to soar away at an angle to a
greater or less distance, according to
the height from which the leap was
made.
The lizard can change it's direction
while in the air to either side; hence a
casual observer might readily believe
them to move the so-called wings and
actually fly; but soaring is the limit OF
their powers, and in this way they
travel long distances hundred
yards from tree to tree.-Sas Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
VIRTUES OF CELERY.
Its Value as a Medicinal A gent in Cases q
rheumatism or Cont.


It's Value a Medicinal A gent in Cases OF
rheumatism or Gout.
New discoveries-or what claim to
be discoveries-of the healing virtues
of plants are continually being made.
One Of the latest is that celery is
cure for rheumatisni indeed, it is
asserted that the disease is impossible
if the vegetable be cooked and freely
eaten. The fact that it is always put
on the table raw prevents its thera-
peutic powers from being known. The
celery should be cut into bits, boiled
in water until soft and the water drunk
by the patient. Put new milk, with a
little -four and nutmeg, into a saucepan
with the boiled celery. serve it warm
with pieces of toast. eat it with potatoes,
and the painful ailment will soon yield.
Such is the declaration of physici an
who has again and again tried the ex-
pertinent, and with uniform success.
He adds that cold or damp never pro-
duces, but simply develops the dis
ease, of which acid blood is the pri-
mary and sustaining cause, and that
while the blood is alkaline there can
be neither rheumatism nor gout.
Statistics show that in one year Q876)
2,640 persons died Of rheumatism in
this county, and every case, it is
claimed, might have been cured or
prevented by the adoption Of the
remedy mentioned. At least two
thirds Of the cases named heart dis
ease are ascribed to rheumatism and
its agonizing ally, gout. Smallpox,
SO much dreaded, is not half so de-
structive as rheumatism, which, it is
maintained by many physicians, can
be prevented by obeying natures laws
in diet. But, if you have incurred it,
boiled celery is pronounced unhesi-
tatingly to be a specific. The proper
way to eat celery is to have it cooked
as a vegetable after the manner above
described. The writer makes con-
stant use of it in this way. Try it
once, and you would sooner do with
out any vegetables, with the single ex-
ception of the potato, rather than
celery. Cooked celery is delicious
dish for the table, and the most con-
ducive to the health of any vegetable
that can be mentioned.-Leeds Mer-
curry.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
Sirns One Can't Mistake.

Among these are yellowness OF the SKIN
snd cveballs, furred tongue, nausea, pains
in the right side, sick headache and consti-
patton They Enthusiastically indicate liver
disorder, for which Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is a superlatively fine remedy. Use
it promptly and at given intervals. Malarial
complaints, dyspepsia, rheumatism, debility
edied by it.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

One of the pioneer women in the
practice of medicine in this country
was Madam Milliken, who lived to be
one hundred years old, and was once
famous dweller on Mt. Desert Island.
Her home was on the north side oi
Marsh Harbor. There she and hel
husband, Samuel Milliken, spent long,
useful and happy lives. Madam Milli-
ken was doctor, and there being nc
roads, only foot and bride paths, she
rode on horseback to all parts of the
island and sometimes to the main land,
which at low water could be reached
with horse. She also rowed and
sailed to and from the neighboring
islands, attending to her professional
duties.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
In a. parish of Perthshire q youn

In a parish of Perthshire a young
woman once went to join the church.
She had never been to school, and
could not say the Shorter Catechism.
The first question the minister asked
her was: "Can you tell me who brought
you out of the land of Egypt and out
of the house of bondage?" Her reply
was: "Weel, sir, that's just the way
lies spread, for | never was over the
Brig of Cally in my life.'
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

Miles w. Standish, of Waldoboro.
Me-, is a direct descendant uf Captain
Miles Standish, who came over in the
Mayfower in 1920, and he has a son
named Miles
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

"A prisoner in Delaware jail had
only caseknife and brickbat as tools
to reach the outer world. but he got
out in just sixty-nine minutes after be-
ginning operations, and he lost nine
minutes in reflection at that
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
-Countryman Coming into tow

-Countryman Coming into town
and gazing at the network of over
head wires)-" just see how nothing
is any good in these cities. Even the
houses have to be tied together to
keep them from falling,''
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
They were looking at the statustte

They were looking at the statustte
of the Venus of Milo, to which was at
tached a card with the caution:
Glands off," when he burst into loud
guffaw, and exclaimed: Anybody
that's got their eyesight can see that
an arms too, they might said
Boston Courier.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

"Baker's Norwegian Cod Liver Oil"
Has done more to relieve and cure Con-
sumption, weak lungs and general weakness
than any known remedy Jno G. Baker &
Co., Philadelphia
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

A CoUGH, COLD, or SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. Browns BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. 25 cts. box.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

THE girl who seeks to marry for the
sake of a bank account is quite likely to
be check mated.-Merehdnt TrGDeier.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

THE revivalist says that men have no
filth. Wonder did he ever see a man bite
into a store pie?-PhHddelph Call.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

HALE's Hongs Of Horehound and Tar cures
Coughs and lEonchitis and consumption.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

A SOCIAL proverb-man proposes, but
woman musn't.-Judge
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

A wITHERED buttercup is butter little
faded flower. .
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

A MYSTERIOUS proceeding-going ahead
In fog.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15

old lady Tin shoe store)-''Hav
you felt slippers?" Small boy clerk
(solemnly)-"Yes, ma'am, many q
time, "z-Terre Haute Eapress.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-03-21
PiTH AND POINT.

The sea; of learning bench.
-Nclo Age.
Getting UP with the SON is q COM
mon practice where there is a ,eething
boy baby in the family. y.-Detroit Free
Press
Blame is ALWAYS safe. for nothing
in the way Of human thought or con-
ceptiOn ever was or ever can be per-
tect.-Ju'il1 Httrtt orne.
"A Western travelling chiropodist
recently placar,'ei W, stern Kansa
town with the announcement: See
the corncuring hero comes
Humility in man consists not in
denying any gift tha, is in him. but
just valuation If il; rather thinking
too meanly than too highly.-Ray
The young man who would waste
time kissing q girls hand would eat
the brown paper bag and leave the
/ hot-house grapes for some one else.-
/ Somercill6 Journal.
/ A man should never be ashamed
/ to own he has been in the wrong.
which IS but saying in other words
! that he is wiser to-day than he was
yesterday. Pope.
Caleb Whiteford. the noted pun
ster, seeing 4 lady earnestly knotting
some fringe. asked what she was do
ing. ''knotting, sir. she replied.
and asked him: Can You knott"
Il can not,' he answered.
Have smoke. S;mson?' said
his friend, as he passed out fragrant
Havana. No. thank you. I've sworn
off, "Wel. put one in your pocket
to smoke tomorrow. - Hartford
Euening Post
1t was a shrewl maxim of Wes-
ley not to be positive in things OF
doubt and uncertainty. when l was
young man." said he, Il was sure OF
every thing. but in a few years. find
ing myself mistaken in thousand in
stances. l became not half so sure Of
most things as before"
Did she have arawhidc when she
assaulted you?" asked his Honor of a
meek gentleman, who accused his
wife with assault with intent to kill.
mo, your Honor" said the poor man,
feeling of himself tenderly. 'I'm the
one that had the raw hide; in fact
your Honor, have it still. '-BuGdLt
Courier