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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DRoPosALs FOR HAY. STRAW

DROPO5aLS FOR HAY. STRAW AM
L FUEL. Headquarters Department ctnl
Missouri. ofic5 of he Caief QuaIte'nsrI
Fort Leavep worth, Kansas, April 50. 49,
Sealed proposals, in tTplicate, subject to Il,
utual cor ditions, viii he r ceive1 al this d,
flee aud at f1ices of he Pos. Quart. masie,sI
e. posts named oslaw, until II o'cOCs lonr
C. nIral standard time, on WeGr sdsy, Ms7I
1883, and creJ cd Immediately thereafter ID e,
presence of biddore, for furnis H. and Gel-.
ering during the fscai year beginning Jail
1855, OF Gay and Saw, at Forts LeavesE5n.,
Riley and Hays, Hans 8; Forts LeFt,; Fos
near Denver an Denver, ColoTsd1se sIf Tds
Reno. and ST !, 10 ian Ttrrit0ry, Fort ElR
Texas, and FartsL ousnd Crawford, CO0r.in,
and for Hay and Fu II st Fort supply, IstI
Territory. $50
The GoVernmsnt reserves the tight 20 rri,s
any or a,fsbids, or any part OF Gng did P'eil
eDoeEfyeh 20 articles # domestic procucul
and I!aH utactur- ccn6i ions of p Ice and nj
ffy beirg eqral. ~. d suCh preference giVe,E
articles Of American PRODUCTION 3 d uGnIil,
tuIe procured on the Pacific coas; 10 lhsG
tent of the consumption required by the Pg.l
service there.
Blank propo ais and printed circulars giTii
full Information, will be furnished on spr-a
ZION to this cfllce or to tae Qusrtermaslsua
the posts ran ed.
Envelopes CO.. tsiuing proposals shoull y
marked proposals for Hay. Straw or EEa
at -" and aGfresse: to tina nndersigned IE
the respective Post Quar- ermssters.
q. W. FosIEa,
Quartermaster, U. S. A.. Chief Qlsrtsrmi'et
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
AHhiRree Hutica

The State of Texas, County Of Ta iTIsh.rT-1t
To the crediro Of Mary A. Iae S1l.s, bsrl !
are hereby hotlded thas Mar a. 100 :, NS-i
A. D. ISIS, eIssptea deed efssslgn9ssa;55 g q
veyIns TO the I'M ersignefsl Of i neIYs:
for the benedt O suChssf h rcfs eaisJj' ;hr.
sconsent to accept tbeE proper Itam trsE 4
sher estate and dHcAar2e her uoaT,srr.it
-spective CT ius and thst the IN 1eeiiifssd ~
cepted said trust I'D has duly 1ansn..seirtrl a
qaired by lawsssAll ereditors co sonr nc;s
said assignmsM must Withln1 ma msks -
a so she .h srpisn tnelr C. eo1s in Es
within six months from tie sue u rri,h be
Fl iheiy claims prescribed By law MSa,,b, W
dersigned, who resides at ForfN0 "A
also his postofiice address. ., AMI. =
Witness my hand this 10Th Gay y. sssaFE
O.MULKEI,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

ADAY to be marked with white stone
is s common expression, but Mr.. Blaine
will mark last Wednesday with big 4
massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Florida
spd Texas On that day instructedfor him
they Couldn't tske "no" for an answer
Mr.. Blaine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Texas has 25,OOO,oO0 acres Of the
anest public lands, which will be
sold to actual bona f1de settlers at
from S2.to 81 an acre. on forty years
slime at a low rate of interest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

BoULANGkR, the idol of the French
people, Is I'D TO know how TO pick up q
fsn or handkerchief most gracefully. Mr..
Cluvelsnd is not built that way, but he
picks 10 votes most adroitly, and woman
suffrage in the United States is In abey.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

H0tlCe by Publication OF klGhl acCSaA'
NO. 617.-THE STATE OF TEXAS:
To The Sheriff or any Consiab Of TsrT,i
county, greeting: 1hos, 4 Tidba J, admhs
traitor of the estate Of G. W. Lamborn, oefsss
ed, having filed In our County court atspti
account Of the condition of the eststsot 81
@. W. Lamb m, deceqaed, t!gether WIZ
application 10 be dis hsrgeG ,florn said sdnl
istration. you are hereby commanded, !hal
publication of this wstta for twenty Gays pa
to the return dsY hsfeof In q rew'paper reg
larly publis hed'fu The county OF Tsrrsnt, ~
Of Texas, you give Cue notice TO all p,rsolsnj
teresiedffn the account Tor flal seitlsms;ala
saifestate to file their objections therefor y,
they have. on or before lhe May term, ~
said County court, commencing and y
holden, at the cou. lhouse OF said CO MY, L. ~,
CITY Uf Fort Worth, on the first MONDAY - I
A. ID 1855, when said &C cunt snd appilo'''
will be consif cred by said court. ,.-,-
Witness, Jno. F. Swal ne. clerE OF inc CS %-,,
court Of TarraDt c. unity, Lex. W
under nv h.uf IN seal Oh = =;
[sEALI court, 81 my oilire In the ciiy o. M n
Worth, t1is IA h Gay o. Apr; = =
1855. JNO. +. SWAMI.
Clerk O. O.. TarTant coInE
By JAMES r. PROSsEE, DeplJ ViHA
q N"o Sop'' 'ei' R.H sHIPP
.,sSsSsss.3ss,. Sheriff f TarIaD;Iss
nv 0NCDOUGALi, Deputy entt S>
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

TIE people will show next November,
that although Washington relics may
command q good price, war relics are moi
in demand. They are too modernto have
the charm Of antiquity, ana too dead to
meet living issues.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

WHILE England and Germany are COB
bling up the Pacific islands why does
Uncls Sam stand idlef There Is consid-
cradle good picking, and why MOI take q
hand in the game Of grab?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

THOSE who deny political acumen to
Grover Cleveland will have their faith
shaken by the appointment Of NJ. W.
Fuller of Illinois to be Chisf Justice.
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c. T!

Sealed bids. for the lease OF tne open 70 +.
from ms Septic E mbsrl, 1sss. 81 be Teceysa 3
May or I'LL II S.on4tsG 18Th CAV OF e ~. 3.
Bidders viii my kasBeir D.dS for ore !T .a.r.r
longer PERIOD isspfsa;e, aaG ne 'ia IT,
the right to rojscs any End all Diq,ii DED.
81 Mayor Pro Temps
Temple, Tex, April 2s, 1855
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

THE Flora NcFlimsey's OF New York
have enabled modiste to pay $40, 0ee
for house on Fifth avenue.
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Notice to OontraesrrA.

Until s O'Clock a. m. Mar ~ i:;s, So n . :
my office bids for thec6asract OF ', ~ 10
tesian well in INC public square OF ~. -, d 4:
Albany, ssatd BIDS TO spec y snS nstr, 3, -
cossuidepth Of each SIZE to be .. a5Ts: b. =
Tie Commissioners court ressessress sy
to reject any and all bids: shs3s
Sm3t6, Clerk of County Cori' -
e0flhty, Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

BLAINE seems to be the man. The
stars in their COURSES do battle for
Democracy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

TIE Chicago Herald says it is not an
s'improbnbility" that the Democrats OF
Illinois may elect governor this fall.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

Thsanausl injecting of the stock i0la' n
the Fort Yorth'Gss Light Company W.
held at TIE ouee of the Company, 81 H'-''
street Monday, Msss7. lsSs. alto S NJ 90
elsstfon af directors. 1T. SMITH, H'ss
ysHENRY G. scorr, sec'fY
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Branch onces OF Che Gazette.
DALLAs-725 Main Street, g. III. Bailey, Cor
respondent; Z. Gunner, 6l2 Elm street. Agent
WACo-Percy Burleson, Agent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

TIE New York Herald states that Mrs.
King, sister of Mr.. Chamberlain, who
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

asxt.stpscs5 ts tsrafs p0st96Ics ssosss oTesss On
mustered letter, at rais OF o4tcsI
Io-rssp0ssexcs q solIssssd s979s al s'sI7s eso
acts,
yss or genera! i,stersss sossciiso. sd stH % Prop
sstr compensated.
IN Recommendations t,stsssas6 JoF pabisc1sfoa
sxss be ao2ompC7sed by tbs ,5rtsTs assHss Gs5 90
1ssss-sot for p;ssfsra!iox-bs9 e:s Gs s5sSsScs 81
Far;iss E7zs5isy 50 Tda eAzarTs OF 5tSsss'sss
scyccari 70 6dssssivss assI EIsass ososs ssee yoT
"a ie.tsys or Oossxspn.sossscaIJ 5g TEE GAZETTE
skSssr on GSlsgssSl or JoT publication sso.;sd DC
zaafesses 10 TaE GAZETTE o. DEMOCRAT EIB
sIEHInG co., FoF. NoTss, 3as., AaD sol 20
SD1sIDUALs,
AZ easoks, Bsossy orders, postal sots., ose
saeeId be ssads Easaoss 70 as DshcoiAf PuS
LlkHIae Co.,
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went recently from Texas to Psris to be
treated for hydrophobia, is going tofound
Pssteur institute in America as CRATE
full testimonial to Pssteur's skill.
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THE GAZETTE mas tbs lsFgesf
ssRa-fids Circulation Of any Daily
newspaper published in Texas.

DVEinAI5ING RATGstss
DAILY zDTrIos-(Seven Issues week.
asapsrsl typo. Il lines to n inens and sRous
seven Cd words to tbs lint,
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70 R.,lroao ossssssssrs'

To Railroad esExsH' ,dli z
We have a finsssVpiy Of cs tr, - ., 3
| telegraph p056as We solicit c0nnis a
we Wslimake close prices. W. CO..
thex infornation. Green OH''
Bsstrop, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

IN pints and. qpsRss, 8. the Fort worm
Grocer. CO.. Wholesale ssnd retail trade
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02

r OSr betv cen West Weathesfa1 Erect and
IL base ball pa Z, laIg 49, leathe1 pocket
book containing papexS 131uableIto msimy name
islon the beoExsD6N1fd for its return and No
question: - J. b. Ray, I'll WestHsathsx'
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man while in the discharge Of his duties.
And now let me extend 10 vou. one and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-02
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

AH persons seeking employment as ldborers or
errants svho can n,t AFFORD to pay may aduer-
Use in this column 70, situations free Of charge
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and there v nOtlcs 81 .dds sness
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Es.. Ear. fhroas.
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OLD. ,RAPERs z :: = az ].
zo!ts otleesssrs 5he.p. 81
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WEEKLY EDITION.
Psr ck-Dtsp!cp-Con INssssaeSs'
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wAsrrp:-ssssHHsrp.
BUSINESS oaANOE.

INTEREST W. nted In etts b,fshe p-I,,-
l. mess. VIII invest $4,000 20 SO ID %
services. AddxessT With part,culsr, ~ III
Smith, l2ssiiist and 7th avenue, New Yo.iifes
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Notice BY Publication of EiaaI AccOul

ouartermaster, U. S. A.. Chief Qls1tSTn i.'sr
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ono limo, So cents per line; two Or more In
sertioas, rs cents per line each insertion.
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NOR saLn-LIynEsTooE


LNOR saLE-Ghes.p rnntie family hons. =,
L ness and pnaeron. Enqaire at CIV Ran ~
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1 TIue 81 40 TIMES. 81 50 26 fimes. .S51 70
iTiuss. S 80 ls Times. .l9 10 81 Times. So 70
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Two Non.Progressiye Berries.

The buckleberry and blue berry arc
the only ones of the popular berries,
says contemporary, that have not boon
improved by cultivation. Middle aged
men can recall the time when the straw
berry and blackberry were rather poor,
commonplace fruit, but they have been
cultivated, grown from seed, and the
result is the toothsome berries which
now adorn our tables. But the buckle
berry we eat now is the same which
tickled the palates of our great grand
fathers. Word has gone forth to I'm
prove this berry, to grow it in gardens
from seed, and select tho variety which
gives the best result. 1t is not gencr-
ally known, but near'y all our
edible plants aad fruits were origi.
nally weeds, or of so inferior kiad as to
be scarcely fit for hum,n uses. Bat for
countless generations man has beon i'm
proving his environment, but MORO es-
pecially the grains and fruits upon
which he now lives. The human pal
ate itself must have been greatly i'm
proved in sen nsibility, owing to the diff
ference between what fruits and vsge-
tables wer, and what they are. There
are those who thiak that this process is
to go on, and that other weeds will be
turned into useful plants. and that by
scientific methods the qulntity of food
will be at length so great that no hui
man being will ever die of starvation. -
[Scientiic American.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Sentimental HippODhagY.

The woll known stceplcchaser Pam
dora has met her end and served her
owner, DR.. Rush S Huldckoper, as the
material for a novel feast to his friends.
She was twenty years old, and was still
frisky in spite of lamencss in her front
feet. 1t was found necessary to kill
her because she was suffering intensely
with her feet and was too proud to show
it.
The choicest parts of her flesh were
prepared, disguised as fil!et OF beef,
by the chef Of the Philadelphia Club.
and the owner gave dinner there to
his friends. One course on tho menu
card read "Fillet la Pandora" Tho
guests supposed it was merely named II
honor of the famous marc and praised
the quality of tho dish. They were
amazed, after tho dinner, to hear DR..
Huidekoper remark that ho was glad of
his guests appreciation of his favorite
horse, "for you have just eaten her."
he sald. A roar of lau uyhter followed a
short interval of silence; then the COM
pany rose to their feet and in solemn
silence drank to the memory of tho old
mare.-[New York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Rear View OF a Rainbow.

Rainbows are seen in tho east when
the sun has passed the meridian, and in
the west in tho morning; but we have
mover heard of rain bow or any seq
ment of one being seen in tho west or
to tho westward in the evening, says the
Wyoming Enterprise. E Last evening,
however, at 5. so o'clock a considerable
segment of a rainbo was visible for
nearly three minutes in tho southwest.
The only color of the spectrum that
showed at all was red, and it was very
bright. The cloud that produced the
rain bow was suspended over Mount
Davidson. Persons in Washoe valley
doubtless saw the rainbow in the full
glory of its natural hues, but a rear
view of it gave only the red belt. Such
a phen omenon may have been observed
before, but, if so, we have never either
heard nor real of it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
So LONDONDERRY. VT THURSDAY NOVEMBER l. 1888

fessed, humbly 'And I can't never toll
you how grateful I am to you, young
man. Them was noble words in this
here case. Wal, that pin of yours-rm
considerable absent-minded, Mr. Good.
win-I picked 1t off tho floor jest after
dinner; recollect 1t now. And not
knowing whose twas, nor where it be.
longed, I jest put it up there under
that hat; thought 'twould be safe till
I found out who it belonged to; and it
went clean out o my head, jest as
things do"
Don't say another word, sir" said
tho young man, eagerly, with sympa-
thetic, admiring eyes on Myra- ''don't
for my sakei'
But it was for Myra's sake.
'Tm an old fool, Myry," said Mr..
Bennett, an hour aad half later, when
Mr. Goodwin had gone down tho path
with light hearted briskness, and Myra
was finishing the dishes, her eyes shin
ing and her checks fushei. 'Im an
old fool, and I've been trial to you,
and you've stood it like major, and so
did he, and l shan't forget it. When
you go to keeping house for him, std
O. me-"
'Mr. Bennett!" said Myra, shily.
ooh, wal, that's coming; l can see it
plain; and when it does come you shan't
want for setting-out as good as I'd
give girl o. my own. You deserve it,
and so does he, said Mr.. B,nnett, de-
voutly. .-lSaturday Night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
How C0iners are Punished in China.

How COinerS Are Punished In China.
From recent trial reported in the
Pekin Gazette it appears that in China
coiners are punished with even moro
than the severity of our old savage
penal code. Two coppersmiths out Of
employment in Hankow privately
formed little company to make copper
cash, aud began their operations for
some reason by melting down about
eight pounds Of imperial copper coins.
The band had made but little progress
in their secret trade, having only manu-
factured altogether some 10, 900 coins,
equivalent to little moro than e3, when
they were captured, tried and con-
demned. According to the report the
ringleader was sentenced to immediate
decapitation for melting down coin of
the realm; tho next, who had assisted
in tho work of coming, was senten ced
to decapitation after Imprisonment; +;
while two others, who had polls he'd the
spurious coins, and the last who acted
as bookkeeper, were treated not as
principals, but as accessories, liable to
transportation to Turkestan and en-
ploy ment as slaves to the troops there
"A fate believed to be worse than i'm
mediate dccapitation. Some other men,
who seem to have had nothing to do
with the coming itself, but acted as do
mestic servants to the principals, re-
ceived sentences of three years bauish-
ment and a hundred blows each.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Traits OF Native Australians.

'Our blacks" said Mrs. j. R. Reid, a
native Of NV South Wales, to a Chi.
cago Herald mar, care different In type
from the African. Thcir hair stands up
wiry and bushy like that of the Circas-
sian women in your dime museums. The
blacks find an abundance of food, and
there is no incentive for them to accept
civilization and learn to work. The
country swarms with kangaroos, wal
varbies ian animal similar to the kan
garoo), rabbits and birds. Then the
blacks mako large part Of their diet
OF snakes and worm. Worms they eat
raw just as they dig them from the
earth. They eat snakes of all kinds
Tho women, Of course, are brutally
abused by the males and kept in the
most degraded state ofservitude. When
black wants wife he falls upon some
young woman, chokes her so she cannot
cry out, and runs with her into the
bush. There he must keep her for
three or four months. H cannot re-
turn 10 his own tribe until the expira-
tion of this period. When he does take
her back, if she utters no complaint of
hunger against hin-that is, if she does
not show that he has utterly failed to
supply her with sufficient worms, kan.
garoo meat and snakes-he can keep
her. But for year he must stay out of
the way OF her tribe, for if they catch
him they will kill him and take the
young woman back. The sign of tho
married state adopted by the women is
the pulling out of one front tooth. When
the male becomes B,nedict he indi-
Gates the joyful fact by cutting off the
little finger OF his right hand at the first
joint. They live ia low, skin-covered
huts, and I think arc in every respect
beneath the North American Indian in
intelligence.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
A Surgical Marvel.

A startling advance in surgical science
has been mado by DR.. Macmillan Klein,
German military surgeon. Tho par
tlculars are given by the professional
Journal Mcmorabilicn. A man acci-
dentally cut of his lett great toe in tho
middle of the FIRST joint. Tho severed
piece remaineS hanging to the foot, but
tho connecting skin was scarcely thicker
than thread. DR.. Klein sewed on the
fragment, dressed it with iodoform, and
had the satisfaction, in twenty-five
days, of finding tho wound healed and
tho toe perfectly sound and flexible.
Encouraged by the unexpected result in
this use, Dr.. Klein was iuduced to an
ply the same treatment again. A re-
cruit, in order to disable limself and so
escape from military service, delib-
erately cut off his forefnger with an axe
at the second joint. The finger end
was lost, and could not lie found until
half-an-hour had elapsed. 1t was then
cold and blue. Nevertheless, DIR. Klein
sewed it to the stump and applied a
bandage OF iodoform gauze. As early
as the second day it was evident that
circulation had been partially re-estab-
lished throughout the finger, and in oix
weeks tho man had not only left hos
pital, but was doing the very rifle drill
which he had hoped to shirk. The
fiager was, in fact, as serviceable as it
had ever been. These stories read al
most like extracts from the ex-
ploits of Baron Munchhausen. That
they are chronicled in Memora-
bilien is, however evidence of
their truth. English surgeons will not
be so unwilling to credit them as they
would have been in the days before the
discovery OF the marvellous, properties
OF iodoform. m.-[St. James Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
The Man.Stealing Turkomans

The man stealing raids of the Turko.
mans into Persia. says Thomas Stevens
in the Youths Companion, wero called
aamans, and the horses they used to
ride on these alamans are famous
throughout Asia for their marvellous
speed and endurance. The Turkoman
horse is a long-legged, raw-boned
animal, that one would never imagine
capable of such performances; but they
have been known frequently to cover a
hundred miles day, for eight or ten
consecutive days.
In the Shah of Persia's present stud
are Turkoman horses that have travelled
eight hundred miles, over the lad roads
of that country, in eight days. Day
after day, haltiny only for few hours
daily, to nibble the grass and obtain n
drink of water these wonderful steeds
pursue their way across tho sandy
desert and rocky mountain, bearing up
as though they were things Of iron, in
stead OF flesh and blood.
Mounted on these mate HESS horses,
the Turkoman bands would swoop down,
almost as swiftly and suddenly as eagles,
upon somc peaceful Persian village,
gather up the most desirable young
men and maidens, and carry them off to
the slave markets of Turkestan, Box
hara and Khiva.
Ifound all the fields in the vicinity
of the four towns known as the Four
Stations of Terror dotted with little
towers of refuge for the laborers work
ing in the fields to fl 30 to whenever the
dreaded human hawks swooped down
upon them unawares. The towers arc
circular buildings, about twenty feet
high, and built strongly of adobe or
sun-burnt brick.
They are often found scattered all
about the fields but few hundred d
yards apart, so that, at the first alarm
OF the Turkomans, the Persian ryot
could scurry into the nearest tower like
rabbit into its hol, at the approach of
dog.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Glass Cloth.

Mr.. Dubus Bonnet of Lille, France.
has invented process of spinning and
weaving glass into cloth. The warp is
composed of silk, forming the body and
groundwork, on which the pattern in
glass appears, as effected by the weft.
The requisite flexibility of glass thread
for manufacturing purposes is to be as
cribed to its extreme fneness, as not
less than from SO to 60 of tho original
strands are required to form one thread
of the woft. The process is slow, for
no more than a yard of cloth can be
produced in twelve hours. The work,
however, is extremely beautiful and
comparatively cheap. A French paper,
commenting on the discovery, Says:
"Whea we figure to ourselves an
apartment decorated with cloth of
glass and resplendent with light we
must be convinced that it will equal in
brilliancy all that tho Imagination can
conceive and realize; in word, the
wonders of the enchanted palaces men,
toned in the Arabian tales"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Cactus Fodder.

The much-despised cactus of our des-
erts is, according to the New York In
dependent, being found blessing in
disguise. In the old world they use
the very prickly gorse as cattle food, by
putting it il crusher so as to render
the thorns harmless. By drawing the
American cactuses over flame, the thorns
are easily destroyed. Some peel them.
They are found nutrition, and very ac-
ccptable to stock when Invested of this
natural armor. Crushing as the gorse
is crushed in Europe has not yet been
introduced, but this is proposed, and
when successful cactus fodder will be
as popular on the desert as hay further
east.