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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12

Cleanliness is the first essential in rsis-
ing baby, and nothing Is so refreshing
and invigorstipg to an infant IS the daily
path in little tub such So is shown above
and which should be just large enough to
allow the child to kick aud plssh the
water shout In. II is the finest sedstive
in the world for baby, and will often
produce sleep when everything else fails.
The next essential thing Is TO give at
ural nourishment, and when that cannot
be done, the sweetest of milk, properly
diluted, or better still, when the bottle
is used, strained oatmeal, prepared in the
manner aboy3 stated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
YsfDOD.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

VERNON, TEX, April Saturday
morning about O'Clock 1t began raining
and for three hours 1t railed without
ceasing. 1t also showered Saturday
night. But yesterday about 10 O'CLOCK
the rain set in again nd continued almos.
without ceasing until IL O'Clock lasi
night. Vegetation Of all kinds;is looking
green and luxuriant. Farmers are happ3
and good crops are almost assured.
There are great many people pros
pectiDg here with view Of purchasing
land. Those coming now, and they sss
many, are men Of means, who can buy
land, improve and stock it. sWilbafgas
county is the banner county, and Vernon
the banner town of Northwest Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12

infsntum comes along-as come 1t must
to such Ill fed babies-the parents think
1t Is q hard dispensstion of providence
that their darlings are ruthlessly torn
away from them by the hand Of death.
But the fact of the matter is the child has
SIMPLY succumbed to the operations Of
paturRl law.
fsis really wonderful, though, what 8
baby can devout, and the Attendance ne
often gets, aud still survive. Who has
not seen In crowded districts one baby
carrying another around? Sometimes
little girl five or six years old will have to
take care of two or three younger babies
while her mother goes out to do washing.
The babies represented in the above cut
are very differently situated from the enc
at the head II this article. In the after
is zen q baby In the hands OF
70 careful nurse, such ss can
be found In the residences
along East or Plymouth avenues .na
other swell localities ct Rochester.
Money docs +. good deal for baby. Inc
poor Iaboret's infant who sits in h's casll
sucking crust gets hard knocks In the
beginning OF life, though, to be sure, DC
NAV sit IN the presidential chair some
day
itwould be good thing Il mothers
among the lower classes eoIld receive
some warning and Instructions concern
ing the treatment OF babies during tn
summer months. There are some YER
simple rules, that, If carried out, woult
very much decresEe the mortality sraozl
infants,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
Tho Oldest slruc,ur. in r,<,.
Lee @. Hardy in the American Magazine fc,
April,

April,
De Soto tarrled aos long, and took up
his march into MexIco, leaving only this
sign to show the coming dusky genera
tions that the tales Of their grandsires
were true. A century and more rolled
on, when again the white man came and
passed. by, and in scarce thirty yexfs
me- re, 10! two great nations claimed the
and where stood the old Stone Fort. The
Spanish rule began, and for LOG years the
nag of Spain on its walls streamed In
the breeze. In 1921 that emblem
gave place to the eagle, snaE
and cactus of Mexico. which remained
until the battle of San Jacinto made Texas
q republic, and presented s new banner,
"the lone STAR" to the world. Then for
nine years that flag duttered, till annexa-
ton made Texas one vita the United
States, and the stars and stripes waved
over the hoary walls. But 1861 brought
yet another change, and during four short
years the ensign Of the Coniederscy
greeted the morning sun, until tie spring
OF 1865 once more placed the fort under
the colors of the United States.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12

It is 8 sad thing to see an infant sitting
amid filth In the hot sun, sucking at q
pickle or q sour apple. But there are
mothers who sllow It, and they give their
infsnts lager beer, cabbage, strong ties,
coffee, pie and candies. All such things
are poison to IN infant. When cholera
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
Failure 1t Gilmer.
Special to the Gazette.

GILMzR, TEX, April 11.-Warren Z
Son, the leading dealers in family
groceries, closea their doors this morn
ing. The firm had been carving heavily
on saw ullls throughout the cccs...Iy and
"a account OF the Very bad weather the
past few months the mills were ungble to
comply with their contracts. The firm Of
Smith & Osborn, who assigned last Satur-
day, were heavily indebted to the above
firm, and this loss, with several others Of
like character, caused the failure.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12

for its babies as any of it's other produc-
tons, No city in the country offers bet
ter conditions for cultivating this highest
class of live stock.
The homes of the Rochester people are
situated amidst towering gardens and
succession OF park like streets. Inc
shade trees are beautiful feature OF cur
city, and In the suburbs, where the homes
of the people are mostly situated, they
cast welcome shades in summer time,
and afford exquisite retreats for the
children. Beautiful homes and pure
water are two great advantages IN the
raising of babies. True, there are many
homes in Rochester that are not beautiful,
but they belong to 8 class OF people who
take no pride either in their homes or
their offspring. Last summers mortality
among the children of Rochester occurred
among this class of residents, and WAS
due not so much from natural causes IS
sheer neglect or ignorance on the part OF
young parents. There are many sad
cases where young mothers have
been beguiled into matrimony by
shiitless men, who seldom have
the necessaries. of life with which to
nourish themselves and their offspring.
Many young women are totally ignorant
of tie first duties pertaining to mother
hood; they never had any instruction In
the matter relating to the high and i'm
portant functions of women. So that,
with worthless husband, an ignorant
mind snd an empty lsrter, they bring
forth offspring only to slcken and die.
But some babies will stand great deal
Of Ill treatment; they pull through semi
starvation, and the eating Of unsuitable
food; and after collie or two thrive and
finally grow up into street arabs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12

H'Bottle" babies are SPIT to sicken and
die. The milk and water used often
turns sour in the night time, and this is
very dangerous for the child. Milk
should never be given by the bottle st
~'~ht. Strained oatmeal is . ,.~
it cannot sour, and is highly nourishing.
1t should be prepared by boiling tea
spoonful Of oatmeal In two pints OF Wa
ter, then strain through q coarse cloth,
add little sugar and salt. It should not
be made too thick, but so as to dow free
Iy through the rubber tube. The latter
should always be kept clean, and when
not In use, kept in cold fresh water.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
In A TRANCE,
A spirituslist warm Forty Eight Hour
After Apparent Death.

DETROIT, MICH, April 11-Dr. How
ard Simmonds died Yesterday st Alegan
OF spople1y after an illness of few
hours. Tie funeral WAS fixed for to-mor,
row, but owing to the peculia- conditions
which have followed death, it has been
postponed Indefinitely. The body re-
mains warm, the color Of the face natu-
raj, the limbs relaxed and the expression
of the eyes when opened bright forty
eight hours after apparent death. The
Doctor was one OF the most distinguished
spiritualists in Michigan, and his case is
being followed with the greatest interest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12

And last, the proper place for the baby
is the mothers arms as often as 1t can
get there, and not in the dirt, neglected,
as is too frequently the case. The exer-
else Of little more maternal and pster-
nal solicitude coupled with seasoning
of good common sense, will greatly re-
duce the death rate among children, and
gratuitous labor among the doctors.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
DIR. T. G.. HAMMER

VIII be in Dallas only one month longer, and
then he will leave the state for yeareY
lori ger. Those who have friends suffering With
the disease Of drunkenness should lose no time
In bringing them TO DR.. Hammer, who is the
only man in the United States thatcsn posi-
lively and permanently cure drunkenness,
There are thousands of men In the United
States, now good citizens, respected by all 1ho
owe To cir financial success and thei1 posokion
In society to DR.. Hammers skill. II you want
YOUR friend saved you should bring them to the
Do. tor. This opp rtunitg extends to May 8,
and until that time DR.. Hammer may be found
at the st. James Ho.el. Dallas, where he tIeaIs
alone in Ler.on.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
AN ELEGANT WEDDING

Cub, must be lively place, notwith-
standing the natives are generally sup
posed to be lazy. List week twenty five
men were arrested IS brigands, ship
WAS wrecked on the coast, a fire de-
stroyed one Of the largest sugar planta-
tions, and newspaper was suppressed
for speaking disrespecsfully Of the govern
ment.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
CARE FOR THE BABIES.
The Failure OF the Entire Race Depends
Upon the Little Darlings-Advics
for the Summer Months.
a Fair Contributor Mikes Some Happy
suggesttons-an Sofs of Babies-Pess
Of the Household and Oiheruise,
Roohefter Union and Advertiser.

ABIES exercise
sn immense in
huence in the
; world and often
Turn the scale in
matters Of great
WEIGHT. They are
called "bald-
hesded tyrants, "
aud the man who
in v e Il t e d thai
phrase gave ex-
pI ession TO q tIu!f
In which there l!
8 considerable
amount of grin
, 1888-10-20

l want to say a word with regard to the
offerings of flowers sent to adorn the coffin
of the dead. The idea of laying fresh
blossoms on the dead is n beautiful one,
but it is o%verdone. People in society
vince now as much at the notion of q
burial as at that of n bridal, for both
mean an outlay. The number of wreaths
that n fashionable parsonage with an ex-
tensive circle has to buy yearly is m
thing alarming. What slaves people are
to the DEGREES of society," Especially those
people OF the borderland who are afraid
to drop them, ever so little, lest they
should appear outsiders. Yet far more
happy and respected are the outsiders of
similar rank, who live as they choose, and
do not fret themselves to death by en-
deavoring to keep up in customs and ira
ditlons with those fate has made higher
and richer than themselves, dropping COM
forts and pleasures within their means to
grasp after impossibilities. 1t is piteous
to see the coffin of a man smothered in
expensive eXotics when it is known for a
fact that his whole income died with him
that he has saved nothing for his lam
lily, n that henceforth his widow and
children are dependent for support on the
grudging allowance of relatives and
friends, who, perhaps, themselves need
every penny they can earn.-Clara Belle
in Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1888-10-20
Story of NJ. sndi cnrnot.

They tell this story of NJ. Sadi Carnot,
uncle of the new president of the French
republic: Napoleon Bonaparte, when
first consul, was one day amusing him
self on the banks of the miniature lake at
Malmaison by throwing stones in the
water near a boatful Of ladies who were
with Josephine. The ladies were dressed
in rather expensive summer toilets, and,
as the stone throwing of the magnate
caused them great annoyance, they pro-
tested. Napoleon, however, continued
his amusement, when a little boy 4 years
old, who had been looking on, ran up to
him and said: "You brute of a first con
sui, will you leave off tormenting the
ladiesS' The consul stopped as if stupe-
fled, and, on seeing the boy, burst u
laughing. The youthful knight Grant
wa young Sadi Carnot, who mad accom-
panied his father, Napoleon's minister of
war, to Malmaison.-New York Tribune.
, 1888-10-20
Life on the Farm.

81 tell you what it is, Dick" said Tom,
to his younger brother, as they brushed
their hair in concert, and discussed the
affairs of the world at large, what we
need is a farml"
Dick, being a younger brother, always
listened with awe, and assented with dis
erection.
'Is it," he inquired.
"Just think Of it for a minutel You
have a piece of land; you buy a few
pumpkin seeds, and plant EN-. Next fall,
when you want a jack-o'-lantern, all
you've got to do is to gather a pumpkin"
That's So" agreed Dick.
eff you want to make a pea shooter,
walk out into your garden and dig your
peasl"
That's a factl"
''Then, if you want to make a COW out
of a cucumber-Harry Lee says he used
to when he lived on a farm-go out and
knock of q cucumber"
"Weu AVE a farml" cried Dick.
"Weu lave a farml" echoed Tom-and
when they do, no doubt they will con.
tlnue healthy and wealthy and wise."-
Youths Companion.
, 1888-10-20

'The making of cigar labels requires
the greatest photographic skill. The de-
sign is first executed in water colors by
the artist, after which it is transferred to
specially prepared Bavarian stones, a
separate stone being required for each
color. By printing different colors on top
of each other the most wonderful and
pleasing combinations are produced. Sew
eral abels are printed at IL time. Only
for this the cost would be enormous, for
it is so difficult to justify the different
parts to the necessary nicely that a large
proportion has to be cast aside as imper-
feet. Each firm has a large supply of
stock labels, to which new designs are
constantly being added, so that when a
cigar manufacturer gets out Il new brand
he can select an appropriate label without
any delay. The larger label manufac-
turers,n continued the manufacturer,
employ their own artists, who are kept
busy in getting up new designs, but many
Bohemian artists manage to exc out an
existence by sketching designs. A good
sketch is often worth 500, while others,
s.ain, bring only $40. The reason We
prefer to employ own artists is the re
suit Of the dishonest practices of the BO-
ncminns themselves. When u man got n
cool idea he would make several draw
iu-s Of the same design, each varying
only in the minor parts. He would then
sell chem to different manufacturers and
be paid several times over for The same
design. New York Evening sun.
, 1888-10-20

a Greek wedding is a most tedious
affair, lasting n whole day, though the re-
ligious service lasts but an hour, and
usually takes place at the BRIDES house.
According to the wealth of the family, the
service and number of priests is imposing
and is the most peculiar in the far interior.
The young bride has her eyes sealed and is
led in by her maids of honor, and she takes
the bridegroom's hand and they kneel
upon a cushion in front of the priest.
There are two wreaths provided Of tawdry
artificial flowers tied by long ribbons.
These are placed upon the two bowed
heads and changed back and forth three
times. A long service is read, incense
burned and a service chanted and the
rings exchanged and blessed, and finally
they are pronounced married, and the
priest takes a glass of wine and piece of
cake and his pay and goes his way. The
guests then feast and dane all day, and
the poor bride, still blinded, is seated
astride a half barrel of light wine, and
there she must sit all day long until it is
all drank, without eating or drinking.
When the wine is all gone the bridesmaids
take her down and unseal her eyes,
give her food and undress her. Some
times she faints from exhaustion. This
same ceremony is in vogue among the
Bulgarians also.-Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette
, 1888-10-20

Natural gas can be used in any coa1 or
wood stove, CRATE or furnace. In a base
burner, for instance, the fire pot pipe
empties its discharge into a hollow iron
casting, shaped like a cake or round loaf
of bread. The surface of this casting is
covered with small holes. After the cast
ing has been adjusted it is covered with
pieces of pipe clay or brick, a lighted match
is put into the stove, and the thumb screw
on the mixer turned. A flame at once
flies up, and if the full channel of the
mixer is open the flame will attain q
height or twelve or fifteen inches. This
size of flame would melt a stove, and the
mixer is turned to throw a flame of about
three inches. Such a blaze is blue and
steady~Its-hea is-very great, and the
fire clay is soon white hot, so that in look
ing into a stove where natural gas is used
the effect on the vision is that of q coal
tire-the stove simply being full of white
hot Goals.
In furnaces the plan is virtually the
same. The gas is distributed over the
surface of the fire pot, fire clay bricks diff
fuse the heat, and the temperature is reg
ulated by the thumb screw on the mixer.
There is no fuel that is SO luxurious as
natural gas. There is no carrying of coal,
no ashes, no going out of fires, no dust
and no variation of temperature except at
the will of the fireman. The cleanliness
of it is one of its most popular features,
and it is always the occasion for demon
strations on the part of consumers. /
know a miller who carpeted his furnace
room with brussels, papered the walls
with entravagant white tinted paper,
and dressed his fireman in broadcloth.
When all this had been done the fireman
brought down an easy chair, decorated
with the whitest of tides which his best
girl had made, and he sits there all day
long, dressed with the neatness of a
clergyman, reading light literature and
turning the thumb screw of his mixer as
an occasional glance at the gauges may
suggest.lChicago Times.
, 1888-10-20

The worst part of the carriage extrava-
gance or abuse prevails among the tene-
meut population. Not long since l saw n
funeral in one of the poorest tenement
-neighborhoods, and heard the boast that
there were not less than sixty carriages
behind the hearse. / was told, too, that
at a previous funeral in the same neigh
borhood the deceased had the honor of
being followed to the grave by eighty car
riagos, filed with mourning relatives and
friends. An old woman in one of the
shabbiest of the tenements informed me
that she had lost her only daughter not
long before, "but," she added, with q
touch of pride in her voice, "she had the
finest funeral ever seen in The First
ward" Hiring n carriage for a funerali is
no small item to n tenement family of the
average kind. The cost is from So to So,
according to the distance, and there al
ways are some incidentals.
Now So or IS is a pretty large
sum in n tenement, n the outlay
of it for a carriage to attend n funeral is
in many cases simply the throwing away
of money that is needed at home. Too
often when the landlord or agent calls for
his rent he is told: 81 had to go to a
funeral, sir, and there isn't a dollar in
the house, Very often, too, when the
grocer asks for his bill, he is also told
that the money was spent at a funeral
possibly of a mere acquaintance or some
distant relative-and there's nothing for
him. The funeral abuse is certainly q
serious one among the working people in
New York, but how it is to be cured l do
not see.-New York Cor. Detroit Free
Press.
, 1888-10-20
The Food of a Student.

What shall a student eat? No ques-
ton has been discussed more than diet,
especially food appropriate for those
living sedentary lives. By following
the preceding law and giving the
body a chance to digest its pabulum,
and properly assimilate it, the problem
largely solves itself. The student can
eat and digest a very general and gener-
GUS variety of foods. A poor digester will
soon find he can eat nothing without suf-
fering. Dyspepsia is not the result of
rich food, but of undigested food. Give
your stomach the best material and time
to work it up, and you will have no trou-
BILE. Greasy foods are no worse than thin
soups and dietetic taste. The only rule
for diet is to partake of concentrated food,
and such an amount of it as you propose
to take time to digest. Beef, mutton and
eggs are better than lighter foods. The
digestive organs do not need to be re-
lieved of work, but accustomed to work,
and given time to work. A stomach fed
on fancy nothings loses its power as surely
as an arm that never performs any work.
Still worse is the use of drugs to aid the
stomach to unload.-M. Maurice, M. D.,
in Globe-D Democrat.
, 1888-10-20

An innocent young fellow came in the
other day and asked me why women are
never baldheaded. l at first wondered
where he had lived all his days, and then,
considering that he was not in tine trade
and didn't know the schemes that women
have, l pitied him. The fact is, there are
more baldheaded women than there are
men with shiny pates. Especially is this
the case with the higher classes OF So
ciety. The richer the food, the poorer the
sustenance given the eggs of the hair. 1t
receives more external attention, to be
sure, and that partially makes up for it,
but you would be surprised to be behind
the scenes and see a woman, prominent in
the best society, and who the night be-
fore bore her head, adorned with a luxu-
RANT mass Of "woman's glory" proudly
aloft-you would be surprised to see her
in here with not a hair on her head, bow
ing the polished Uranium meekly before
the brush of one of my maids, while the
latter arranged the V shaped bangs
(Which are all the rage now, everything
in hair dressing tending to a point) or the
Grecian knot (the style for full dress), so
artistically as to deceive even her hus-
band.
What a sensation these maids of mine
could create could they reach the hus-
bands of many of the society women of
st. Louis. Many q man is happy in the
possession of a wife with what he thinks
an original head of hair. One well known
woman, residing in the West End, came in
the other day and said her husband was
prone to pull her hair, and wanted to
know if her chignon could be made proof
against this danger. We fixed it on with
paste, and though she says they lave had
some regular hair pulling matches since,
her locks have held out. He thinks he is
torturing her, but he is only drawing on
his own pocketbook to pay me for rear
ranging it. Women who use hair restor-
atives do not get bald. Factory girls sell
dom get bald. But if you intend getting
a society girl for a wife, fasten her hair
to a bush u~nbeknown to her and then sur
prise her into starting suddenly. If her
waterfall doesn't give way you are pretty
safe, though that will not be absolute
proof. Why are not women baldheadedf
Poor innocencel-Globe Democrat.
, 1888-10-20
working the "MInd Cure, idea.

L know a lady who for years, during the
winter months, rose Mt night after her
husband was asleep, and noiselessly opens
a window about two inches, top and bot
tom. If he knew of it he would declare
it gave him cold; if he did not know of it
he was not affected, except that he would
get up particularly bright and well and
frequently remark to his wife: "You see
it is all nonsense, your idea about opening
the windows such weather as this. l
have no headache, never felt better in my
life, and if you would tell the truth you
would say the same" His wife, who
always rose first, closed the window as
noiselessly as she opened it, and turned
on the register, had the self restraint to
say nothing, knowing that argument
could do no good.-Jenny June in St.
Louis Republican.
, 1888-10-20
The Slaves of Tangier.

The slaves form u considerable part of
;he population of Tangier. They are
mostly of the deep black Guinea negro
type, brought from across the desert of
Sahara, though sometimes unfortunates
of other races are kidnapped and sold into
slavery. Public auctions are frequently
held in the main street of the bazaar, M
which children can be purchased for from
.l2 TO 500, while full grown men and
women are sold nj prices ranging from
$50 to 800. Masters have absolute
power over their slaves, even that OF life
mud death, and in case Of sale, transfer
them by means of IA deed. just rs we
transfer Il farm. Under the circum-
stances it is Il little difficult to say
whether they are real estate or personal
proper,y.-The Cosmopolitan.