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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. >20.-Mrs
Cleveland spent another quiet day al
Germantown varying the monototg of
indoor rest by short drive in the park
She will return TO Washington Tomorrow
afternoon.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
An Unusually Brutal Prize Fight on
Long Island.
Two Brooklyn Pugilists Scramble Around the
Ring Like Bull DOgs-Other Sporting Mat
ters-A Cooking Main at Dallas.


Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten. Dec. 21.-Large num-
bers of game cocks are arriving every
day. The great main opens next Mon
day and will continue throughout the
week
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
HARRISON GOSSIP .

The Baltimore sun to-day says: Al
though nothing is reliably known or can
be ascertained respecting what occurred
at the indianapolis interview, the fact
that President-elect Harrison and Mana
ger Quay have met at last is Il
subject of curious interest. \ very
interesting subject is furnished for the
historical painter by this meeting of the
Christian in politics and the boss in poll
tics. This skilful manager is much
praised for the magnanimous self-abne-
CATION displayed in awaiting results be-
fore bringing the man of methods to the
personal knowledge of him who is to en-
,ieB9the fruits which genius handy with
Il -frying pan has handed to him in an
Overlooking cornucopia.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2I.-Mrs. Cleve-
land returned to this city this evening
from Philadelphia.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
EOrAL TO TIE TASK

Senator Coke led the Democratic forces
in the senate tariff debate to-day i'll the
absence of Vest and Vance, and worried
his Republican antagonists by his
familiarity with the subject and the rules
of procedure. Nothing was accom-
plished with the measure to-day.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
INGENIOUS PIONEERS.

Frenchmem DrIveR to All Sorts Of Ex-
 pedients in the Depths of Africa.
 White men who bury themselves in the depths of savage countries and attempt to carry on all sorts of enterprises there are compelled, on account of their inability to procure various supplies, to resort to all sorts of ingenious shifts. A French e1pedi- ton was sent few months ago far south on the Niger river to take possession of newly annexed region and to build fort at Sigui- ri, where the Tankisso river joins the Niger. While on the march one day they came to the Kokore river. It was too deep to ford and native canoes for ferrying the expedition across were out of the question on account of the bulky nature of some of the baggage Various plans, including pontoon bridge. were discussed, but it was finally decided that it would be most expeditions to build . suspension bridge. The expedition had among it's stores six thousand feet of tele- graph wire. This wire was fastened to trees on both banks, and then passed from shore to shore again and again and stretched as taut as possible. When enough wires had been stretched to form wide roadway they were covered with straight boughs, and on these was laid 8 mixture of grass and damp earth. This completed the bridge, and the little cannon and ammunition and provision carts passed safely over, to the great aston- ishment of the natives, who had focked from far and near to see the wonderful work. The poor blacks were completely bewildered by the white mems ingenuity.
 The expedition at last reached the Niger. It had wagon loaded with tools and num- Der of kegs of nails, but for the rest it was compelled to depend upon the country for the materials to build the fort. There was plenty of stone for the walls, but no lime in which to lay them. The first thing the car penters did was to build some log shops in the edge of the timber. Then they made 8 boat, and several men were kept at work for days dredging in the Niger for clam shells. By burning the shells they turned them into very fair lime, and so this necessary article was supplied. For mortar bed they made big trough out of tree trunk, and in this they mixed their lime and sand. They used the forward wheels of their artillery for car rying logs.
 Of course it would never do to have Q thatch roof or any other infammabIe mate rial enter into the construction of their pow der house. Its walls were built of stone. There was difference of opinion as to what should be done for roof, but the question was happily decided at last. Little storehouses were built for the supplies of cof- fee and sugar, and then the tin boxes that had contained these provisions were unsol- dered, and Q very neat tin roof was made for the magazine.
 They needed doors and window frames for their log barracks, and for these purposes they utilized quite large number of wooden boxes in which they had brought part of
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\ Word About Catarrh.

'It is the mucous membrane, that wonderful semiuid envelope surrounding the delicate tissues of the air and food passages that Caarrh makes it's stronghold, Once established it eats into the very vitals and renders life but long drawn breath of misery and disease. dulling the sense of hearing, trammelling the power of speech, destroying the faculty of smell taintng the breath and killing the refined pleasures of taste. Insdously by creeping on from simple cold in the head, it assaults the membraneous lining and envelops the bones eating through the delicate coats and causing infannaa. tion, sloughing and death. Nothing short of total eradication will health to the patient and all alleyiatives are simply procrastinated suferings, leading to fatal termination. Sanford's Radical Cure by Inhalation and by Internal administration, has never failed; even when the disease has made frighful inroads delicate constitutions, hearing smell and lasts have been recovered and the disease thoroughly driven out"
 Sanfordss Radical Cure consists of one bottle of the Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal Solvent, and one Improved Inhaler, neatly wrapped in one package, with full directions; price $1 %.
 POTTER DRUG 6 CHEMICAL O., Boston.
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in which he declared that there was truth in the old idea that consumption is :scatching," :" in fact is just as contagious, and in the same way, as smallpox. He instanced the dis ease in one of the city wards, where he had found consumption to be centralizing dis ease, moving it's center about and returning again in two years. When a family has a case it will be found that another case will follow It spreads from house to house and seems to result from contact The disease loves foul places and mostly affects dissipated persons. Dr. Flick believes that the baceil- Jus tuberculosis inhabits the sputa or pus, and wherever that is it will generate con- sumption. Tubercular pus finds its way into the body, probably in water or food. rather than by air, for pure air is fatal to the germs, and consumption is usually preceded by in. digestion.
 Emperor Frederick is as fond of the violet as his father was of the cornfower. The vases in his room are kept filled with violets; the curtains and carpets are violet colored; the loyal Berliners wear. violets as a token of their devotion to the Kaiser; they figure in advertisements of all sorts. The enor- nous trade which is being done in violets in Paris this year is reported to be due to dis covery recently made by well-known au- thor. He has got sight of the recipe used by the Empress Josephine as means of ren- eering her 'sbeautiful forever, land to which she owed that marvellous tint which was the wonder and despair of the French ladies of the time. The wife of Napoleon used to have boiling milk poured over basin full of violet flowers, and with this decoction she bathed her face and neck every morning. No sooner was this old secret brought to light than the Parisian ladies began to order great basketfuls of violets to be left at the doors daily, and this homemade cosmetic is reported to be in daily use this season by thousands.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
SINGLE COPIES THREE GENTS
Monday, June III, lsss.
THE CONSULAR QUESTION.

The discussion of the pill to make some reform in the consular service calls attention to matter which has been too long neglected. There has been very little change in the laws regulating this service since 1792. The sys- tenn is not very creditable one. There are seven hundred consuls of all grades now in commission, less than third of them being paid by salaries annually appropriated, as in the case of other officers of the government. The rest are appointed by the State depart ment and pay themselves by fees. A large agents, !" that is, persons commissioned on the recommendation of consuls to conduct subordinate offices under a main consulate. Nearly all these are natives, not of the United States, but of the countries in which they serve; and many of them are engaged in trade on their own account. And where the consuls are paid salaries those salaries are for the most part inadequate. Take the case of Shanghai as an example. The total sum appropriated for our consulate there is $8, 400, while France allows the same port s16, 900, Germany SIG, ,260, and Great Britain $50, ,OOO. The same is true all over the world.
 It is evident that the consuls of this great, glorious and comparatively free country should be fairly and properly paid and should be men fit to represent the country. The Providence Journal is exactly right when it says: The first step in reform should be the abolition of the fee system of payment and of all that class of consuls who, whether paid by salary or by fee, are permitted to trade. There can be no question as to the injurious effects of paying these officers by fees As long ago as Jackson's administra- tion the Secretary of State, after special in- vestigation of the subject, reported that he had s'no hesitation in giving decided opin. ion that the exaction of fees has been the source of misunderstanding between our consuls and the masters of vessels, injurious to the reputation of the country; that it is degrading to the officer who is obliged to wrangle for them, is unequal in it's opera tions, oppressive to our country, and ought to be either wholly abolished or hodi6ed.' , The evils have increased immensely since then. It is method of payment that aim- ply puts 6 premium on dishonesty and invites the destruction of our domestic trade. One of the most fruitful causes of undervaluation is the fact that in the scramble for fees be- tween adjacent consulates undervaluations of invoices are frequently resorted to by the very men who are supposed to be safeguards against that evil, as a means of attracting business and increasing the fees.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
The New Hats of che Season.


 Isabella of Bavaria, who wore a peaked bonnet yard and three-quarters in height, would find herself, if she returned among us in that particular bonnet, quite ia the fashion still, for though bonnets are flat ter, lower, and closer as regards their absolute shape, yet trimming is piled on to such an extent that excessive height is produced by it. A bonnet recently seen in Paris was of fine black straw, with a wide brim, much pointed in front, lined with red fancy straw, with gold thread interplaited with it; the crown was high, and on the extreme top of it was piled the trimming, consisting of fame-colored ribbon set in large upstanding loops and ends, glorifed bulrushes and brownish green grasses rearing their heads amid the boWs-a fiery furnace on the head-the height attained by crown and trimming combined being little short of two feet. Truly the tendency to run to extremes in fashion marks women in every age. Not that mentrosities such as these are worn by those whose taste in dress is good; neither are they sent ont by the best houses Shapes are, however, very fanciful, turned up here and indented there, cloven in front, or behind, or at the side, and in most
 
 straws have silver or gold thread intro duced, and those shapes intended more especially for summer wear are, if pos sible, more transparent than they were last season, the hair being seen through them in those few cases in which they are not literally loaded with flowers and fol iage.
 The insect mania has broken out again, and beetles meander over gauge and tulle, perch themselves on bows of ribbon, or find home in the heart of a fulI-bloWn rose Soldier ants, green and red beetles. and extremely realistic caterpillars are bonnet ornaments of by no means pleasing charac- ter, and, though preferable on the score of humanity to the wearing of dead birds, are meaningless, and, therefore, irritating realism pushed to a point. Ridicule, which has. to certain extent, cured women of sae- rifcing the feathered tribe to their whims, will probably prevent them from making 50 the creepy crawly craze will soon be over
 Lace, artistically arranged, is one of the most perfect materials used in bonnet trim ming-it lends itself so admirably, in clever fingers, to the purpose; and the new method of raising it above the brim in 8 circular shape, thickly gathered with knot in the center, is as graceful asit is pretty. Very fine wire is used to keep the lace in place aad shape.
 Hats are larger than ever; here, also, the fashions run to extremes. Either spicture hats" are worn, or else hats, or torques, so small as to be, so far as shade is con cerned, absolutely useless. Thus the brim of the new sailor-shape is so abbreviated that it hardly deserves to be called brim. What these hats have lost in brim they have gained in crown, which is considerably deeper. Most of the new hats are made of one eolored straw and lined with that ofHnother shade or color, or else one of the fancy straws already named-black and beige, black and maize, black and pale gray, black and green, and navy blue and red are popular combinations in straWs
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their supplies. The boxes were knocked to pieces and the lumber was carefully hus- banded to make it go as far as possible Some of the boxes, made of very thin boards, were turned into Venetian blinds, and they all contributed to the comfort and conven- ienee of the colony.
 The new corners were heartily welcomed by the chiefs of the country, who were so glad to have the white men among them that they gratuitously furnished the services of over three hundred men, who assisted in building the fort. Many men are now en- gagged in putting up telegraph line from this new white settlement to one of the French posts on the Senegal river, and be- fore very long it is expected that Paris will be able to get news by telegraph and cable from this little isolated fort far in the interi- or of Africa on the very day it is sent.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
Unfair tO the Preacher.

The innocence of childhood was never more strikingly illustrated that at an even ing party recently held in the neighborhood of this city. Several clergymen were pres ent, and one of them, who is especially noted for his austerity and piety, was of fered glass of water. An infant dsugh- ter or the host, who overheard the ten der of the drink and remembered her fathers entertainment of others, as founded the whole company and 'laid up" a whipping for herself, by remark ing in a loud voice of surprise: ."Why, papa, don't you give the minister some hAer7n
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
RDTT0KIAL NOTES.

The Gresham boom seems to we'll main tain it's solidity.
 The claim that the Chinese discovered America comes late, but it is plausible, es- pecially that part of it which intimates that they were washed ashore here.
 Public opinion in England is favorable to MT. Cleveland and his party, because, as . London paper says: ''We may very well reckon that enthusiasm on this side of the water for the reelection of President Cleve- land means the adoption of his programme of tariff revision and his ideas on the subject go long way towards free trade"
 stThe equality of all our citizens before the law without regard to race or color has been steadfastly maintained" So says the Demo. cratic platform, but in 6 single parish in Louisiana where the colored Republicans con- stituted two-thirds of the voting population the Democratic majority at the last election was larger than the entire Democratic popu- lation, men, women and children.
 Nothing funnier has come to light lately than the statement that the following was accidentally omitted from the first telegraph ic transmission of the Democratic platform: Honest reform in the civil service has been inaugurated and maintained by President Cleveland, and he has brought the public service to the highest standard of efficiency, not only by rule and preeept, but by the ex- ample of his own untiring and unssl6sh ad- ministration of public affairs.
 In 1S46 Lieutenant Techow was dismissed from the German army for surrendsrine the Berlin army in the insurrection to the Civic Guard, and was condemned to fifteen years imprisonment in a fortress. He escaped to Australia, and now, at the age of seventy three, he has returned, hoping that he was in- cludsd in the amnesty proclaimed by the new emperor. The minister of war decides that his ofense was unpardonable, and he will be reimprisoned, probably for life.
 The Nicaragua canal enterprise seems to be making substantial progress. The en- gineers have been over the entire line and over both the possible routes for the canal on the eastern side, and verified the work of their predecessors. They will shortly bring back the results, which will determine hnal@ ly the route to be selected. Parties of sur- veyors remain in Nicaragua during the rainy season further to verify the estimates on the rise of streams and the lake, and to make local surveys.
 A curious calculation has been made, giy- ing the work of the heart in mileage. Pre- stunning that the blood was thrown out of the heart at each pulsation in the proportion of 69 strokes per minste, and at the assumed force of 9 feet, the mileage of the blood through the body might be taken at POT yards per minute, miles per hour, 16e miles per day. 61 ,320 miles per year, or D. 150, ,s50 miles in lifetime of eightyfouI years The number of beats of the heart in
 the same long life would reach the grand total of 2,s69, I'll, ,000.
 Dr. Flick of Philadelphia read paper the other day on the contagiousness of phthisis
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
Mcintyre, Mcguire & Co,
NOW FOR WARM WEAIHEiEC
 And Low Prices.

Read appended list of enormogs values % . RGrz yard offered by positively the dollar what they actually cost to import Also I9L Ol unprecedented reductions, together with other bargains worthy immediate attention
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Modern Culture-Traveler-s'In the will lage I just came through everybody said Good morning to me, and here no one hes spoken to me. How is this?" Native sfWell, you see they haven't much culture there. We are great deal further advanced ere."-Fliegende Blatter.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
Househ
 Goods.

We have never display a better lime of Linen Goods than we are now showing. If in need Of Table Linen we advise you to look at our line, which is complete In style and quality and low i'm price.
 We show the largest line of Towels and Crashes, and the best line of Linen Napkins in all sizes-8-4, 10-4, 12-4, IA and 16-4 Pattern Cloths, with Napkins to match. Table and Basket Doylies, Tray Cloths. etc, OUR PRICES ON THESE GOODS
 Were Never Lower.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
BIedica1.
GLAIRV V0YkNT,

THE true test of merit is the power to satisfy all
 l callers. This is possessed in truly remark able degree by the gifted business test and healing medium, Mrs. J. J. CLARK, 22S Crown street. All who visit her are loud in her praise. Her herbal remedies to purify and enrich the blood are worth their weight in gold Hours day and evening. Sit tings $1. Examinations by lock of hair &. Mag arQ
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
Tne gunrna1 and Gnnrier.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CTY, 16 DENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, $500 FOR SIX MONTHS, $500 A YEAR. THE SAMn TERMS By MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
Fast Black Henrietta Satines.

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aaIisceIlameuus.

| E
 HATS, TRUNKS, Travelling Bags, Umbrellas, CANES, GLOVES,
 Low Prices. FRIEND E. BROOKS, z95Chape18treet Store open evenings. apo
 gruutstnms, EtI. HURLBURT BROTHERS,
 I,O7A Chapel Street,
 CoRNEE HIGH. Have the exclusive sale of the celebrated Windsor Creamery Butter
 FOR THIS CITY. FH-Give it trial
 Butter. Butter. NUR prices Butter have been greatly reduced. U We keep Roxbury Dairy and Durham Cream cry in tubs, Mountain Spring, Glastonbury. Plain vile and Durham in rolls
 fruit. Fruit. Bananas, Oranges Lemons Strawberries, etc. HOusekeepers,T Take Notice. Il shine and keep bright, buy can of Borsuni's Liq- uid Polish at g cents, box of Royal Polish at 10 cents. It gives lustrouS and durable polish. single trial will prove it's superiority. q. E. NorthroP1
 965 Grand Avenue. P PswAgent for N. Y. Health Food Co. goods. Strawberries, Cheap! We shall receive fresh to-day 1000 quarts fine Price today CThursday) will be
 Sc basket, for 95c. Come early before they are gone. .
 Butter, Butter, Butter.
 GRAND REDUCTION. READ 50 tubs of the finest Western Creamery Butter. It is elegant, finer than ever, and only
 25c per Ib., A lbs. for $I. We guarantee the above Butter to be the finest Table Butter obtainable.
 Splendid Table Butter for 20 and 23c. Don't fail to try our Butter.
 Big. Big Bargain in Fine White EVapOrated Apples,
 ATONLY 10 CENTS LIB. Fine large Pineapples at only 1sc, 2 for 25c. eW Don't forget our Strawberries at only oc Although the Coffee market has advanced we still sell the Finest Pure Java Coffee at
 Only BOG per lb. Give it a trial.
 Fine New Potatoes at5Oc peck.-- Ripe Tomatoes at 10c quart.
 Many other grand bargains. D. M. WEIGH G SON. 0s and 3O Congress Avenue, Branch No. Grand Ave.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11

We cannot accept anonymous or return rejected communications In all cases the name Of the writer will be required not for publication, but as guarantee of good faith.
 Situations, Wants, Rents and other small adver- tisements One Cent a Word each insertion.
 Display advertisements- square lone inchl one Insertion, S1.20 each subsequent insertion 70 cents: one week $3.20; onemonth, $19.0o.
 Obituary notices. in prose verse, IS cents per line Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and fu- neras, 25 cts. each. Local Notices % per line.
 Advertisements on second page one price and 8 half.
 diate business, Gall matter to be nobjectionable) and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let For Sale. etc.
 Special ratesfurnshed onappIication for contracts covering considerable length of time. or large space.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square, one year, $40; two squares. one year, &7a: three annarAa. YaaS. &1OQ
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The Gresham boom seems to well main tain it's soliditv.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11

LhIn lts SOUuItE.
 The claim that the Chinese discovered America comes late, but it is plausible, es- pecially that part of it which intimates that they were washed ashore here.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11

Dr. Flick of Philadelphia read paper the other day on the contagiousness of phthisis, 1