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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
Origin of Artesian Wells.


The sedimertary rocks, in their great
thickness, incleises q succession of water
sheets or water levels, occupying dis
tinct stages, and extending with uniform
characters under whole countries, like
tbs strata to which they are subordinsted.
1t is proper to remark here that by the
term water sheet is not meant O
real bed Of water, lodged in q cavity
between solid masses that serve as walls
to 1t, but water filing the minute inter-
stices or the cracks Of 9 rock. Continu.
GUS and regular In sand, those sheets
are usually discontinuoqs and irregular
in limestones and sandstones, in which
the water only occupies more or less
spacious assures. When natural issues are
wanting, human industry Is able, by boring
to make openings down to the subterrs-
mean waters, which it causes to Jet up to
the surface, and sometimes to consid-
cradle height above. The thought Of nm
dertakipg such works is very ancient
one. The Egyptians had recourse to
them forty centuries sgo; they were ex-
ecuted In France In 1926, at Artois,
whence the name Of ertesian wells has
been given them.
strata, from which the French artesian
waters issue, are not always of advsnt-
age; but in the north of France and In
Belgium they constitute the most formi-
dsble obstacles which miners have to en-
counter in reaching the coal-beds.
A striking confirmation of the theory OF
the source Of supply Of the srtesisn
waters has been observed at Tours,
where the water, spouting with great
velocity from well Ito meters In depth,
brings up, together with the sand, fresh
water shells and seeds, in such q
state of preservation as to show that they
could not have been more than three or
four months on their voyage. Some of
the wells Of the Wady Rir have also
elected fresh-water mellusks, fish and
crabs, still living, which must, therefore,
have made still more rapid transit.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
TOO OLD TO BE Gnnn

No, Edward, it hasn't. You are cor
rect; the fisg of our beloved country has
no scars CT centuries. 1t is fag WIthour
bis CRY. 1t is no tiuttering disry. L is
flag that makes history, and it makes
good history, TOO. You keep right along
with your studies, and don't grteve be-
Cause the flag isn't as old Gs the grave.
The older tiSg is, the more stains there
are on It; the more wrong 1t has pro-
tected, the more evil and shame and
iniqnity, tyranny and foul abus- i. has
proudly foated over. A flsg 500 years old
Is very apt to be ashamed OF every tire ID
in its fabric. Would you compare the
vicious old sinner OF eighty years With
the laughing babe in the GRADER
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
THE LAST SPIKE"

According TO telegram printed in yes.
terdsy's issue Of THE GAZETTE, the last
spike has been driven in the Fort Worth
and Denver, and 500 miles of g grand
trunk road finds terminus st Fort Worth,
the great railroad center of the southwest.
On the morning Of the 26th inst. the first
through passenger train will leave Fort
Worth for Denver, carrying the
delegates to the csttlemen's convention
10 be held in Colorsdo's capital. Twelve
Pullman cars will be attached to this
train, which will leave Fort Worth In the
morning, dine at Wichita Falls, sup at
Clarendon, breakfast on the 27!h at Trim.
dad and sup that day at Denver.
The completion Of the Fort Worth and
Denver is full Of significance to Texas
and especially to Fort Worth, the Texas
terminus Of this great road. The Fort
Worth and Denver is the only road pene-
trating the Panhandle from the south,
and from it may be reached the great cat
tie pastures and coal beds Of the north
west. Already train load Of coal is en-
route from Trinidad to Fort Worth, and
very soon train loads OF Texas lumber
and cattle will be en- route northward
over the For Worth and Denver.
The lumberman Of this state will be on
the alert and gather at Fort Worth as the
starting point for the new fields opened
up to their product. And the merchants
Of Fort Worth will not be Glow to prepare
Tor the additional territory made tribu-
.ary to them by this grand line through
the Panhandle. And our own people should
not forget that the men Of Texas who
would buy coal from or sell lumber to
he northwest must come to Fort Worth
n order to reap advantage from tho open
ing Of this "only great line to the PAN
handle"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

planting season Is now on us, and should
rot be neglected for moment, as 1t can
he done on cotton land at once by run
ming center plows across the rows st suit
sole distances, dropping the corn In the
rows, covering with two scooter burrows.
After the corn Is planted have the same
blows return and bresk deep the middles
between the rows. By the time this is
done the corn sill be coming mp and the
lsud viii be in Inc condition, after which
yoG Will hsve ample time to thoroughly
ocersre your cotton lands, as the plant
ing sessrn Will be from the 10 to the
last Of April. W. W. Ross.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

SoME idea Of the great snow storm in
the Northeast may be gathered from the
simple statement in the Press report, that
the loss to New York city Yves $1,000, 0o0
and to all the states involved not less than
500, 100000. Fifteen dollars & ton was
paid for coal and 80 cents per quart for
milk. And the effects of this storm indi-
cate the suffering and paralysis that
would follow throughout the Union II
there should be general strike of the
engineers.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
THE LONELY MAN.

There are l,40o. 600 900 people living on
the planet which We irhabit. Ard We,
there is now and then mau who wonders
what the rest of Us will do when he dies.
There are people In "society" VINO
honestly think that Gil the world closes
its eyes when we lie down to sleep. There
are men who tear TO act according to
their own convictions, because, perhaps,
ten persons in crowd OF 1,4OO, 900 600
will laugh at them. Why, II a man could
only realize every moment what bust
ling, busy, fassy important little atom he
Is in sll this great ant hill Of important,
fussy little atoms, every day he would re-.
gard himself less, and think still less of
the other molecules in the corral.
ROBERT J. BURDETTR.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
Tho Beautx Of RomRn

Is her crown OF glory. But alas! how
quickly DOGS the nervous debility and
chronic weakness OF the sex cause the
bloom Of youtEto pass away, sharpen the
lovely features, spd emsciste the rounded
fornl There Is but one remedy which
will restore the faded roses and bring
back the grace6 Of youth. 1t Is DR.. Plerce's
"Favorite Prescription" 8 sovereign
remedy for tse diseaseseSpecullar to fe-
males. 1t iAone Of the sseatest booDs
ever conferred upon the huniAa. race, for
it preserves tina. which is fairest sud dear
est TO all msnkind-the beauty and health
of woman.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

THE wheat never promised better
yield, the ground is full Of water, the sun
is shining brightly. the farmers aye busy
at WORK preparing for corn and cotton,
the Fort Worth and Denver Is completed,
the st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas will
be here next week, WORK on the elevator
and big union stock yards progresses
finely, the architects are engaged on
plans for big buildings and Fort Worth
smiiingly awaits the boom.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
HABEAs CORPUS TRIAL.
Judge Beckham ssnds ". Z suddsth Back
to Jail without Bail.

Judge Beckham Sands ". suddeth Back
to Jail without Bail.
About the middle Of February ". F.
Suddeth.of Henrietta, shot and kiile John
Chrisman st Mansfield, ia this county,
The particulars Of the killing were
published at the time. Suddeth WAS ar
res ed and promptly lodged in Jail,
where he remained until Thursday,
when he WAS brought before
Judge Beckham on q writ OF
hsbeas corpus. There were some forty
witnesses sworn and the case occupied
all Of Thursday and portion Of yester-
day. Judge Beckhsm after considering
the case fully aud carefully listening to
the testimony ordered that Suddeth be
taken bsck to isl to remain there until s
petit jury passed upon his guilt.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
rHE pANGs OF AUTHORSHIP,


Nobody but US literary people knows
how closely grows the attachment be-
tween the Suthor and his characters. It is
related OF Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe that
when from the pages of her manuscript
she read the death OF little Eva, the
entire family sat bGthed in tesra, rol
could one OF them speak word, but all
mourrfullY separated, going to their
rooms as though they had Just attended
the funeral Of dear friend. Some friends
met Thsckeray on the street one day, and
his countenance bore traces of intense
grief. "Whst is the NATTER" they asked
az have just killed Colonel Nswcome,"
be sobbed, bursting into tears, IS he hur-
ried away. Charles Dickens had the
same experience. So did 1. Mine was
even more narrowing. When 1 wrote my
first funny story about Mr.. Bllderback
going up on the roof to shovel
on the snow, and making
an avaisrcae OF himself and
sliding down into q water o&rrel, l wss
almost heart broken. didn't kill M.
Bilderback myself. All, indeed, hadn't
the heart to do that. The managing ed.
itor, that dear, considerste soul, saw how
l felt about 1t, and ne killed him for me-
He also killed all the other dear, loving,
gentle characters In the sketch. And as |
was leaving he remarked that he would
kill me II ever came back with any more
such STUFF. He meant 1t, too. People
who saw me coming out of the office
scraping dust, and lint, and pine slivers,
and 'gouts of paste Of my back saw at
once, by my grief stricken face, that some
thing had happened. But could not tell
them what. My poor, bursting heart was
too fall.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

There is in Philadelphia blind news
dealer whose sense Of touch is so acute
that he not only makes change rapidly
and accurately, but can detect counter
felt note or coin at once. His stand has
been for many years near the corner of
Sixth and Chestnut streets. In nine years
he says only So 30 in counterfeit money
has been successfully passed on him. His
sense Of hearing is also remarkable and
after he hears the voice of regular GUS
toner he can always call him by name.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
INST CAUGHT ON TIE Fly.


1t is true, my SOD, there is always room
at the top, but nobody wants It when he
goes to hotel.
Remember when in college that the
best sculler or the curviest pitcher often
stands at the foot of his class.
The woman whose head is turned by
fiat,erY would feel much fatter IL she
heard what was said when her back is
turned.
Women 60 not swear but the proisnest
man in America would give $5 IL he could
initiate the expression Of good woman
when she hits her thumb with the ham,
mer, and ssys: "Mercy on mel"
A man dreamed that his mother in law
was dead, and laughed aloud in his sleep.
The ext morning she came to his house
with three trunks, vspor bath, foot
muff and two pugs. Now he does not
dare go to sleep, and when he falls into q
doze from exhaustion he shrieks with
fright and awakes. He is afraid he will
have another dream.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
W. W. ROSS ON DROPS.
He Gives Advice Based on Long and
Valued ExpcTience.
DalIaa Eevs

DALLAS, TEX, March 14.-Will you In
dulge me in little talk, to aid and en-
courage my brother farmers in seeming
difficulty they are now in from the long
continued rains. There is, in my opinion,
but one Texas on the continent, and we
are right In the midst Of it-a world Of
wonders and surprises. But we are very
forgetful when we say We never saw
anything like the late rsins. The
writer has been engaged practically
or in close observation In farm
ing for fifty years, and in all this time,
with proper management and work, has
never known q total failure with some
men. So cheer Ep. Though the season
is late for planting. there is time enough
yet. Many are he9itating about sowing
osts, but should by all means SOW some,
II they have The laad to spare. Corn
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
. coyARpLY 1ssrSUArIoN,

"Does your COW cringe and curl" asks
the New England Farmer, "snd appear
nervous and fidgety when you sit down to
milk herr" Well, not much, she doesn't.
She isn't that kline Of COW. She
isn't one of your shy, timid, bash
full COWS. She just fixes her eyes on
Vacancy with q glare that will raise 8
blister on an oak knot, sticks her tail
straight up in the sir, stif as g poker,
plants three feet firmly on the ground,
and then feels around with the other for
the milk pail, milk stool, milk maid; finds
them; fires them up somewhere into the
blue empyrear, and remsrkiDg, "Ha,
hal" amid the shouting, jumps ever six
rail fence, and tramples down an acre Of
young garden. Don't talk about cringing
and curling to COW that has TO be MIXED
with pipe, line, and pumping station.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

"The crop OF alligators is decidedly
slim in the South this year." said man
who mad just returned from Florida. "In
feet, the supply Is giving out, and the
alligator seems on the road toward ex-
tinction as rapidly as the buffalo. The
slaughter for their hides has been waged
so hercely that 1t is no wonder the stock
has been denElsed. tits only matter Of
few yearyShtil the last survivor of 8
mighty mouthed race will be lodging
the bullets of the hunter in some lonely
lagoon and YEARLY waiting for the end
to Gomez
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
RIGID COUNT ETIQUETTE.

"Her Msiesty," writes London cor
respondent. Seats at state dinners with
out gloves" The reason for that is at
once apparent. 1t enables her Majesty to
get better grip on the wing Of q chick.
en-. In wrestling with the common hen
Of commerce at the dinner-tsble she must
be handled without gloves, or the battle
is lost. Gloves would also be very much
In the way when Her Majesty desired 10
clutch an ear of corn by each end, the tip
aud the lobe, so to speak, while she
gnewed at II Smidshlps. You see, there
are hundred emergencies that might
arise during the progress OF q stste din
ner wherein gloves would be In the way.
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g Rssits0HCcs BY dFaft, PoStoRos HoEsT order or
eoisteTed letter, at risk OF o1ics.
CoSTcsFoRdsses d solicited upon al Sesss ss;o-
ects
sn9s or general SterEst solicited, ad tcsH b prop
aFsr compensated
IN ooss=zsRicGstoHa Intended for qualifications
uHss Be accompanied 6y Ehe S0TteFSs SdSac AID od
dFsss-nos for publScGtSoz-bsa &C a. SVIdssos Of
ssod IdiA.
PaSsies teStssn0 20 THE GAZETTE On bsssissss
parsopal 90 Themselves aOSU ptsass tScIoSs sp for
aPlS.
XII letters CT Communications for TIE GAZETTE
sSksSheY on sIezess Or for publication should be
addressed to THE GAEErTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
tisEMe Co.. ROS9 HoStA, Tsz., And HOT TO
EpIvIDUALs,
an checkg, money orders, postal votes, Sso
sA0sGld b Nods Pay06IS to Us DEMOCRAT PUB
LIEHIHG Oo.F
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
THE SHOOTING OF PELLER.
Ford Gives Bail for $1,000 and 10 Released
Special 70 the Gazette.

Ford Gives Bail for $1,000 and 10 Released.
special TO the Gazette.
FORT SMITH, ARK, March 17-Csp-
tain W. A. Ford Of Doaksville, Choctsw
nation, who WAS lodged in the United
S.stes Jail on Wednesday last for killing
r. E. Peller, was examined to-day before
Commissioner Wheeler and bound over
for murder. Bail was Spoiled for and
Judge Parker granted 1t, requiring bond
OF $1,000, which Ford readily gave and
Was released.
The killing occurred on the It'll Of Feb
ruary. Both were prominent and well to
do men, and for years had been warm
personal friends. Peller, for some time
previous had become antagonistic to
Ford for some reason, and took occasion
TO vent his spleen whenever opportun ~
offered. The two men on the day men
toned met Near their hom., and sitter
dismouniDg from their horses at the gate
Of d friend, Peller accosted Ford In 8
rough manner, at the same time grasping
the handle OF pistol which he always
carried. Ford said: "You are not
going to pull that on me-" when
Pelier immediately pulled and fred.
Ford being remarkably quick with pistol
got his ouL fret and began shooting. The
men stood wi.bin eight feet of each other
and emptied their revolvers. FJrd's shots
sll took effect snd Peller fell dead, while
three Of Peller's shots hit their msu and
Ford fell badly wounded and is just now
recovering. He was arrested by the In
Clan authorities but WAS brought here to
lest the matter OF Jurisdiction which the
commissioner claims Is IN this court, not
withstsnding both parties are citizens Of
the nation by marriage. PeIler Yves tried
here two years ago for murder and the
jury convicted him Of mlnslaughter, bat
through Efforts of friends secured an un-
conditional pardon. In this trial Ford
wss PsIler's best friend, was first man on
his bond and advanced his attorneys fess.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
PLEASURES or ANTIcIpAr,oE.

Very often, my son, it is the dread OF
punishment, rather than the punishment
Itself, that Restraints us from evil doing
Many times q boy would gladly run away,
ana go fishing on Sunday, II he could only
get his father to thrash him in the morn.
ing before he sets out; then he could en-
Joy the whole long day without p.pg.
But when he has 10 wait until evening
for 1t, the dread Of that unknown i'll that
awaits him clouds all his skies and pitches
all his songs in minor keys.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
LIB1RALIrY OF CORPORATIONS.

Talk about corporations having no
souIsl Here only q few days ago an en-
ploye who had been twenty yesrs In the
Office Of superintendent Of certain ex-
press company found upon his return
from his wedding tour an envelope adj
dressed to him containing 3 IS bill, and
'ithe hest wishes of the company
Wasn't that grand? Wsen't that Christian
and soulful In the company? Wasn't 1t,
now? Toll you Il was. P. 81 thought,
the other dhy, when had to pay that
company So for carrying 3 package worth
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
go cents down into the next county that
1t wss going to make some wedding
present to somebody.
DOMESTIC THKATRIcALs.

"Brl, tell ye what les do. You git in
the woodbox an hide, an' groRl, az
scare dad. He'll think It's q besr."
Great scheme. Bill hides. Just befr 70
he groHls, however, dad comes in W. n a
cord Of stoveweod in his arms, VII on he
drops With an awful crash into II 4 wood
box. Bill iorgets how to groWl out makes
good imitation of howl. Dad h.s Ia
take out the wood TO exec cate Bill, after
which another scene Of t'.rror occurs, but
1t isn't dad that is scarcd.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
CArrLBsEs LYNCHED.

Farmers orgsnizrDs for Protection In No
Mans Land.
WOODWARD, 1. T., March 17.-It is re-
ported here that two cattlemen have been
lynched Ia the Cherokee strip near the
line of No Mans Land. The farmers of
the latter country have been greatly ex-
cited over a recent butcherg Of three set
tiers near the line by George Delsny and
some Of his cowboys, and have organized
for protection from future attack.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

The first pineapples known in England
were sent as present to Cromwell, and
the first cultivated in that country we're
raised about l715. Pineapples were
taken from the West Indies to England
in considerable quantities, but the fruit
Is so inferior to that raised under glass
that its cultivation for the London mar
ket is successfully prosecuted.
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70 Readers of Advertisement:

Readers of the WEEKLY GAZETTE who order
any goods advertised in our Q ,lumns, or ask for
information OF the advertisers concerning them
will oblige THE GAZETTE by stating that they
saw the announcement in the columns Of This
paper.
ale we do not undertake to vouch for all
persons advertising with US, we shall continue
20 do our very best 70 exclude the dishonest or
untrustworthy from these columns. We con-
etantly Gull out and reject all such that we can
discover and shall be glad TO have the Assistance
Of our subscribers IN 80 dung.
ANY failure or delinquency on the part OF 40:
vertisfrs, II reported by our subscribers VIII
be Gully and properly attended to.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

California claims to be the only state il
the Union where the olive can be Guilt
waited with profit, and 1t is argued by s
local paper that there Is no reason why
IN course OF time, the state should not
realize as lsrge a sum from its olive
groves IS SDsin does from hers, which is
said 10 be $500, 100000 8 year, though
there Is probably mistske in the figures
$50, 900, 900 is no doubt nearer the
truth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

THz next time that Grover and Frankie
go iourneying why not Texasward7 True
the latter wouldn't find any homegrown
oranges with which to paste the President,
but what's the matter with nice, soft
tensle7
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
DoN'r cATca WHAT You Doy,rw,vr

ON 1JO-N I
fes, my son. 1t is true that moIssses
catches more flies than doth vinegar. But
1t Is also true thst, as rule, you don't
want TO eaten flies; you want to drive
them away. Argyll: don't smear yourself
with molasses when you are liable to be
exposed to flies. There is only one kind
OF flies you want to catch, and molasses
isn't sw, ct enough nor sticky enough for
that. Time flies, my son, time flies.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

Mrs. Fida Lewis died at South Hsdley
Falls, Mass, recently of disease which
it puzzled the doctors to diagnose, but
which was treated as tumor. 1t was
learn, d that twsDty-six years ego, when
q girl of twelve, she had fallen and driven
q daruing unedle into her lip, and post
mnrtem examination showed that this
had been the immediate cause OF her
deAtb,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

The phenomenon of thirteen trumps in
a hand at whist occurred in the United
Service Club st Calcutta, on January g..
A judge and three physicians were the
players, aud they and witnesses mase due
record of it. The pack was perfectly
shufflsd and cut, and the dealer held the
hand, turning up the knave OF clubs.
Proctor has calculated that the chance Of
this event occurring is one in 15s, 750, 000,-
mn
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
Lone Star appointee might raise row
between the sister republics.

IT'S sll right for snow storm to get
hold of Roscoe Conkling and do him up;
but what we want most TO see Is fight
to the finish between full grown Dakota
blizzard snd John Sherman.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

Texas has 100000 acres Of the
finest public lands, which will be
sold to actual, bona fide settlers at
from SO to 81 an scre,;;on forty years
time at low rate of interest.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
Uonsumpslgn sursly Cured

TO the Editor Z 4le ase inform your readers
,s4at rhavs a petitiFe remedy Tor the abgst
named. isease Zs D is timely ne thousa16s Of
hopeletEcAses fRvt Teen Permanently c971d.
FREEto shy 81 yocr reastfre who shzrE con-
su1irlton II Hey WI send neusfbeir Ezpress
snd +. o. address. Respec fully, 81
7. A. sLpoUMs IL. o. ISL Pearl st, MN York.