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The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
~Nell. 10 awake with the crackle Of

.Well. 10 awake with the crackle Of
flames in our ears While you wiring
your hands and declare that we are
lost. l camly secure all the money.
jewelry and valuable papers and coolly
make preparations to escape. lcalmly
pull down the rope and harness, seat
YOU and baby therein, and the next
moment You are landed on the ground.
| follow Just as the engines arrive, and
the papers of the next morning chron-
icle my wonderful self-possession in
the face Of awful danger" ;"
"And don't they say any thing about
me?"
mot word, or, if they do, 1t Is to
remark that you were in dead faint
and your feet never looked so large
"And can you 60 down by that rope
and harness"
"Can l? Can you chop wood with
an axe? What is it for except to 60
down on?'
II would almost as soon be burned
up as to try it. don't bAlieve you
would dare go down on it"
"Mrs. Bowser, what a wifs believes
and what a husband knows are two
different things. Is it likely would
purchase this apparatus and put it up
here if didn't dare use it! Shove up
that window"
but l wouldn't try it. You are
rather clumsy, you know
"Another insult. Shove up that
window"
put up the sash and he seated him
self in the harness, sat down on the
sill and grasped the rope over his head,
and with look of disdain in his eyes
he swung himself off A wild howl
rent the air. followed by the thud of
some thing striking the earth, and |
looked out to see Mr. Bowser lying in
heap below the window. Iran down
and out as soon as possible. and after
seven or eight minutes he was able to
limp into the house with me.
"Mr. BowSer, are you much hurt!
asked.
He glared at me but did not reply.
"I'm sorry you tried ii"
Some more glare.
a told you l thought it dangerous.
Mrs. Bowser! he huskily began as
he Jumped down on the sofa. this is
the beginning of the end'
What do you mean?"
Il mean you have made the last at
tempt on my life you'll ever have a
chance to. You bounded me for weeks
and weeks to get this iire-escape, and
you meant my death by afall!"
"Why, Mr.. Bowser"'
Say no more! saw it in your eye
as you pushed me off the sill! To-mor-
row we separated
But when the morrow came he
sneaked up and removed the appara-
tus and pitched it into the alley. and
fre-escapes haven't been referred to
since. Mrs. Bowser, in Detroit Free
Press.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
THE DREAD FiRE.FiENO.
Why He Will Hereafter Have HIS Own Way
In the Bowser Mansion.

IN tue IbO"BeF NAusiou. .
The other afternoon an cXpressman
delivered at the house several strange
pa ackages. and when Mr.. Bowser came
mp in the evening he explained that
they were lire escapes
What for?'
"For the house. of course"
But we don't need any fire escapes
on our house. Mr.. Bowser''
"Don'tw we9 Well, we shall have them
just the same. If YOU want to be
burned l have no objection, but | pro-
pose to die some other way"
You never said there was any
danger
because l didn't want to make you
nervous. As matter Of fact l haven't
felt safe any night for a year"
"And now the danger will be obvi-
ated?"
"lt will be reduced to minimum,
certainly. Even if we wake up and
find our bedroom on fire we shall be
able to escape with only a scorch."
After supper he carried the parcels
up stairs. There were several bottles
and a couple of wire racks, Il hand fire
,extinguisher and rope and pulley and
other stuff
"Where would fire be likely to
start in the house," l asked Mr.. Bowser
as he was fixing hook in the casing
of our bedroom window.
"Down stairs. probably
"Well, we have front and back
stairs. and here are three chamber
windows opening out on veranda roofs.
Couldn't we escape by some of these
ways?'
III | thought we could would be
fool enough to 90 and throw away
thirty dollars on this apparatus" he
angrily demanded.
IL suppose you know best"
"Mrs. Bowscr, when don't know
best will resign. While you have
never given the subject of tire-escapes
one single thought, | have devoted
gears of study to it. Take our wall
eyed darling and go down stairs, and
when | want you l will call"
In about an hour he called He was
in great good-nature. He had the hook
firmly in place, and hanging to it was
a rope and some sort Of harness.
at isn't much of an ornament to our
BEDROOM" ventured to observe.
"What has ornament got to do with
fire-escapes? Isn't your life worth
more to you than the daily presence of
a tea-storc chrome? The escape is now
ready"
'For what?'
ITO escape by, Of course. Here is
the situation at midnight The cook,
while rummaging about for her lost
quid of gum. has dropped lighted
matches under the front and back
stairs. The flames have been smold.
ering for hours. They now break forth
with sudden fury, cutting of our es-
cape from either stairs"
"Ard We crawl out on the veranda
roofs. F."
"Do wep Not much. We start to do
30. but We find that all the verandas
have fallen to the ground, the supports
having been heaved ont by the FROST"
"WeAll"
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
kARkEE, MERCHANT MANI

A-stands for Action, which
makes business move,
D-for the Dash. which ne'er
gets in Q groove;
v-stands for Vim, which e'eP
leads TO success;
E--for the Energy
hustlers possess:
R-stands for Reason,
to which good sense yields;
r-stands for Type which the
worlds seepter wieids;
I-stands for industry.
handmaid Of thrift;
S-for the Sales which aont
come a. . gift;
l-stands for Indolence,
mans greatest curse;
N-.or the Nothing in
Lazy bones purse;
G-stands for Gold. which you
all wan. 10 get;
P-stands for Patience
which bids you not ret;
A-for Advice that yoc
keep out OF debt;
Y-stands for You, sir, whom
thus advise;
S-for Success, II you
but advertise.
-Co!uns5ns Displs.h
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

Society bclle-"Mother. Mr.. Dc.
Brass has proposed and l have nc.
cepted." Mother-"What? U, You
wicked, ungrateful girl. after all
we've done Tor you. Mr.. DeBrass
hasn't a cent TO bless himself with and
won't have until his father and grand.
father die" 1.-The Mr.. DcBrnss am
referring to is the grandfather" 20!
bless You, my children. - On,aAo
World
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

"A writer says the Turks will cheat
but will not rob man. He can't con-
vince people Of that in = country where
an Ottoman is always a foot-pad.-
Binghamton Republican,.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

Sixty lakes can be counted. It IL
said. from the summit Of Noun, White.
face in tho Adirondacks Whilcfacc
is over 5.C0) feet high. and so arc
Mounts Seward. McIntyre aud sew
eral Others. but the highest Is Noun.
NJ .rcy WHICH rises 3 337 .eoi.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

--Tcacher--"What IL the shape OF
the earth. Johnny'' JOHNNY dun.
no." "But didn't l tell yousN was
round" Yes. but l don't be eve j,
ali the same" {
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

The other afternoon an expressman
delivered at the house several strange
pa ckages. and when Mr.. Bowser came
mp in the evening he explained that
they were fire escaneS
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30
LAMPASAS.
How Christmas was Celebrated-Master Masons
Have Banquet. ar
Monday as posi-

How Christmas was Celebrated Masons
Have a Banquet. q
Correspondence OF the Gazette. Z!
LAMPAsAs, TEX, Dec. 2S.-The 25th
day of December brought with it Christ
mas here as well as elsewhere. !
The different church buildings were
decorated, and handsome Christmas
trees, well laden with their precious
fruit, were erected in all. The night of
the oath was warm and pleasant, and
grown people as well as hundreds of
children wended their way to the Christ
mas trees. Many valuable and useful
gifts were called off and handed to the
eager crowd.
About daylight on the morning of the
25th a heavy rain commenced to fall and
continued for two hors. Egg-nog was
disposed of, and during the day roast
turkeys disappeared after the good old
style. Everybody seemed in good humor
and well pleased with this world gen.
orally.
The 26th was dull, quiet day, not
single fight or a noisy quarrel took place.
On the 9th (St. John IS day the Ma
sonic fraternity assembled in their hall
IOl
ton.
At night an elegant oyster supper was
served in the hall to which all master
masons and their families were invited.
The supper was unexcelled, and all went
home feeling better for having been pres
ent on the occasion, and carrying with
them an increase of "the milk of human
Kindness in their bosoms.
Saratoga lodge of F. and A. Masons at
this place, is in a prosperous condition,
and many of our best citizens belong to
the, brotherhood.
" Our schools were suspended for the hol-
idays, but next Monday hundreds of
smiling faces will be seen on their way to
the different schools.
Lampasas, while not on a boom, is
Choking up.'' Very few vacant houses
are to be found here and rents are ad-
vancing.
Everybody reads THE GAZETTE and all
praise its new dress. Fort Worth and
the paper that has cone so much to make
a railroad center of it have many friends
and well-wishers here. -
Farmers are busy preparing their laHffs
for the crop of 1889, and the outlook for
this country is brighter than for sevegSf
years past. 81
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30

THE GAZETTE s special edition is gotten
up for the benefit of the city. Advertise
in it and send copies of it to your friends.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30
TITLES TO SCHOOL LANDS

San Angelo Enterprise: In the case of
Martin VS.. McCarty, appealed from this
county, the supreme court has recently
delivered an opinion that, according to
our information as to the facts involved +,
virtually invalidates nearly, if not quite,
all the titles to school land purchased in
Southwest Texas made under the statutes
of 1888, in accordance with the rulings of
the state land board. The statute re-
quired that where a party attempts to
purchase public lands under the act of
April u, 1888, classification of the land
which the party wishes to purchase be
made; that a tabulated statement be
filed in the Office of the county surveyor
where the land is situated and the lands
be offered for sale at public cutlery at the
courthouse door by the person authorized
to sell said lands.
The plaintiff, Martin, like other appli-
cants to purchase school lands, did all
the law required of him, but there was
no classification made under the drec-
ton of the land board. There was no
tabulated statement filed in the county
treasurer s office and the county treas
urer, who was the agent of land board,
authorized to sell the school lands in Tom
Green county, did not sell them, or offer
them for sale to the highest bidder, but
merely received the purchasers applica-
ton and forwarded it to the land board at
Austin. In the case decided the court
notes that Martin IS application was re-
jected by the land board on April "a,
1884, but lays no stress upon that in its
opinion, and the reasonable inference is
that i'll all purchases under the law
of 1888, even though the board accepted
%l,4 @lA
money and notes, the statute not having
been complied with by the board and
county treasurer, the sales are void.
This is deplOrable state of affairs and
works outrageous injustice to the
citizen who has in good faith at
tempted to purchase of the state
her school lands. The law presumes,
it is true, that every man knows the law
and that the intending purchaser knew
the requirements of the statute; but the
citizen also had a right TO presume that
the state and county officials would do
their duty and meet the requirements of
the statute. He had a right to act upon
this presumption without investigation.
Therefore any neglect on the part of these
officials should not BE permitted to work
the citizen an injustice, but the state,
whose legal agents they were, should
bear the loss, if any, arising from such
neglect.
The supreme court could not rule other
wise, probably, than it did, but one
of the first duties of the incoming legisla-
ture should be to pass an act making all
such sales as the one under discussion
valid. This can work no injury to the
state, and it will be but sheer justice to
the citizen. Next to the protection of
life and limb, the primary objecks2f the
.E9Xsand first duty of the lawmaEer is to
pTdset the people in their pEspSty.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30
IMPORTANT DECISION.
San Angelo STANDARD.


The opinion IF the supreme court in the
case of J . S. Martin VS.. D. Q. mccarthy,
appealed from Tom Green county, pub
lished above, is probably the most impor-
tant decision to the people of Western
Texas eve rendered by our supreme
court and the most farreaching in its re-
suits, for the reason that in effect it de-
clares invalid all the sales made by the
state land board under the act OF April
II, 1888, popularity known as the
'Seventh section act, - under which
large majority of the school lands in Tom
Green county were sold.
As will be seen from the opinion, the
decision of the court, adverse to appel
liant who was plaintiff in the court below,
is based on the invalidity of the sale to
appellant as a matter of law in two
particulars. IT
l. The failure on the part of thssfsnq
board to. cause classification and aytes
praisement of the land TO be made anSfja
report of a tabulated statement ofFich
classification to be filed in thsssS 5d1ity
surveyors Office. So
2. The failure of the agent of the land
board to sell the land TO the highest bid
der at public outcry before the court
house door in the county where the land
is situated.
For the failure on the part of the Off
GERS of the state (the state land board) to
comply with the requirements of the
statute in the above particulars, the pur-
chasers and no other citizen is responsible
or in anywise to blame.
The citizen was ready to buy thes
land, in fact was compelled to buyfSffhe
face of set of penal laws as rigorous
and arbitrary in some respects Pas the
DEGREES of the car of xRussiaSs
and in exchange for his asfssy,
KISS. compelled to accept as evil.
deflce of title under his purchase, suchl
resolutions, award, receipt and edict -
the state land board in its arbirtarysHs-
sumption of unauthorized power saw fit
to give.
It win be remembered by all those
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30

and were discharged. The case of Henry
Barnard, for murder, will go to the jury
tonight
Mr.. Boswell Sterling, Cleburne's cele-
brated operate singer, will sing in the
Baptist church of Fort Worth Sunday
morning and night, December 80.
1t began raining this evening about 8
O'Clock and it continued the remainder of
the day.
S. E. Moss, the lightning rod man of
Morgan, bought S.B. Aliens interest
in the bank known al Heard, Allen &
Floore, bankers. The change makes
Warren j. Rutlidge cashier.
A5carload of Irish potatoes was sold to-
day by G. C. CaWesell, ) station master
zhere, to pay freq gaharges. 1t brought
SlS6. bought tsfE. Davie.
p Az{ycas Hering fsdSsS b. general de-
80 ss Use - es6ai; endorsed by
1t will be well for heJpe dressmakers to
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30
Cleburne.
,arrespondencs of the Gazette.


e ELEBURNE, TEX, Dec. Christmas
&as quiet and orderly and the business
linen say they had the best trade they have
ever had on Christmas.
District court continues to grind. The
jury in the Potter case failed to agree
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30

THE GAZETTE S special edition will be,
issued Tuesday morning. If you haYs
not sent in your orders for advertising
and extra copies, please do so as early on
Monday as possible.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30

) "Bobby,'' said his mother, "did you
give half of the orange to your little sis
ter?" "Oh, yes, ma. gave her more
than that, - replied Bobby, with gen.
erous air. Did you, indeed, Bobby?
sSsshys' that was very nice of you. ''''Yes,
maA sucked the juice and gave her all
thEFsst .-CNew York Sun.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30
FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE.
Zone Fireman Killed and Other Trainmen
Fatally Injured.

Fatally Injured.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, Dec. 90
Two frelghts on the Rock Island running
twenty miles an hour collided in a sharp
and deep cut near Tiptop early this MORN
ing completely demolishing both engines
and trains, instantly killing Fireman
Harding and crushing the skull and
otherwise iniuring Engineer Hoge so he
cannot live. Engineer Case received
severe injuries on the head. Fireman
HoetZ suffered from fractured hip, an
injured shoulder and severe wounds on
the head and it is feared he will die. The
other train hands were only slightly
bruised ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30

The worst fesS6re about catarrh is its
tendency to presumption. Hood IS Sar-
cure GAJarrh by purifying the
blood. "
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-30

1t will be well for hope dressmakers to
remember that if HOOKS and eyes aret to
fasten bodice they sh6iild be put on al
ternately on each side; ai1d bad thus
only, one may get round their trick of
christening just as they are wanted to
stand fast.-fNew York Commercial.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-09
Curiosities of Plant Life.

It has been shown by Professor Shubeler, a Norwegian plant geographer, that most plants in high attitudes produce much larger and heavier seeds than in warmer re- gions near the equator. This effect he attri- butes to the prolonged influence of sunlight during the long summer days of high lati- tudes. The difference in seed development was very remarkable in some cases. Dwarf beans taken from Christiana to Drontheim, less than four degrees further north, gained more than 60 per cent. in weight, and thyme from Lyons, when planted at Drontheim, showed q gain of Fl per cent. The grain of northern fields is heavier than when it grows in more southern localities, and seed from Norway planted in Breslau decreased greatly in the first year. The leaves, also, of most plants are larger and more deeply colored in higher attitudes, was first noticed by Griesbach and Martins. This is true of flow CTS, many of which, white in southern eli mates, become violet in the far north.-Bos- ton Budget.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-09
Habits of Aged New Enc1anders.

The information which the blanks give on the subject of habits coincides with the opinion of most people, formed from obser- vation, that longevity without regularity of habits is rare. These old people, men and and retirers, almost without exception, and fully nineteen out of every twenty have ob- served this custom throughout life, except perhaps at some short period in youth Meals have been eaten regularly, three each day, with dinner at noon, the exception be- ing so rare to indicate nothing. Exercise in most cases has been hard work up to 65 or TO, and after that period has consisted (when the regular occupation has been given up) of walking, gardening, or both. Except in cases of sickness these old people are as rule as active and as fond of constant occu- patton of some sort today as most men and women are at 35
 One of the most significant facts gathered in this canvass is that regarding occupations. Out of ,000 men, throughout life 461 have been farmers; 92 have been carpenters: 70, merchants; 61, mariners; 49, laborers; 42, shoemakers; fl, manufacturers; 23, clergy men; 23, masons; 16, blacksmiths; 16 bank CTS; 12 each, iron workers, mill hands, phy- sicians, and lawyers; and the balance are di- vided among nearly all the other trades and professions The list includes only one each of the following: Hermit, hunter, chemist professor, soldier, broker, auctioneer, jockey, contractor. Nearly all, however, began life upon the farm.-C. M Hammond in Popular Science Monthly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-09
Tradesmen's Signs in Russia.

In Holland and Belgium the names of the railway stations are given in three or four different languages. In Berlin and in Paris there is more consideration shown for the foreigners than in Petersburg. The Russian thinks that in Russia Russian suffices as a means of communication. Fortunately in his shop fronts he mercifully interprets his Cyril Han characters by that original volapuk of the worlds infancy, the picture The use of signs, once universal in England in an age when few save the priests could read or write, is now confined with us almost exclusively to the public house. In Russia, the number of 1iterates being still small in proportion to the population, the tradesman has recourse, not to signs, but to the simple and obvious expedient of painting upon the outside walls of his establishment more CT less vivid pict- ures of all the articles which he has on sale.
 The butchers front is covered with frescoes of legs of mutton and sirloins of beef. The green grocer glows resplendent behind wall full of painted cabbages, carrots and turnips Tempting pictures of the warmest of fur overcoats proclaim the dealer in winter wraps Some of these mural advertisements are wretched daubs, as bad as our sis nboardS But others are very fairly executed; and, considering the difficulty of the subject and the stucco on which the artist has to work, the result is not unsatisfactory The effect of the whole is to give much more variety and color to the streets of St. Petersburg than we can boast ill western capitals.-W. T. Stead in Contemporary Review.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-09
Effect of Flour Mill Dust.

In order to test the effect of constant inha- lation of dust in four mills on the animal organism, M. l.. Poincarre kept guinea pigs for two years in the most dusty part of a flour mill-that is to say, the department where the corn is cleansed from all extrane- ous matter by special machine before being ground. Of twenty animals, ten remained alive at the end of two years. Those that died were mostly young ones. None of these showed traces of tuberculosis, but catarrhal pneumonia, with profuse desquamation of epithelium; also in sople cases localized in- terstitial pneumonia and extravasation of blood. Dust, consisting of grains of starch, etc., was found, more particularly on the nasal mucuous membrane, but only to Q small extent in the bronchi-Lancet
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-09
GrouDs of Cities.

One of the curiosities of New York city is the growing tendency to form a group of cities instead of one, for as one moves about the eastern streets he goes distinctly from one nationality to another. On one street, or group of blocks, one language is spoken, and on contiguous blocks, another. Null berry street and vicinity is wholly Italian in spirit, in speech. in sports and employment. Mott street, little further on, is the Chinese home. hive of Celestials. There is also a Bohemia, Poland, a Hungary, Palestine, while Ireland is pretty much all over and everywhere. This grouping of nationaities is seen also in marked degree in Chicago, and in q lesser degree elsewhere. It is not easily avoided, but it is attended with evils and dangers It is slow work assimilating such people into our common nationality. The Irish and Germans most easily fuse with our native Saxon stock. Globe Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-09
A Dinner in Siam.

Miss Fleeson, of Pittsburg, now mission ary out in Siam, had the honor lately t. dine with the king and queen of that coun- try in their new and splendid summer pal ace. The ceremony began with the washing of all hands in perfumed waters, held in sil- yer bowls, after which a golden chest of betel the Siamese equivalent for tobacco and chewing gum, was passed around-but the use of it was not de rigueur, and the for eigners were given tea in place of the fiery quid. The dinner, which was served in the most exquisite of china, glass and silver, came on in twenty courses, and after it his majesty, who was garbed in pure white, with gold and purple trimmings, had his prizo acrobats and jugglers perform upon Q platform below the dining hall, for the amusement of the guests.-New York Com mercial Advertiser.