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A Funeral In Turkey.

Preparations for the funeral are begun
as soon rs life is extinct, as the Turks
believe in burying the dead as quickly
as possible, The eyelids are closed and
the lower jaw bandaged; the arms are
stretched down the side and the feet tied
together. The priest and his assistants
are now summoned to wash the corpse.
As with us, no matter how person may
have been kicked and buffeted through
life. he is handled very tenderly after all
sensibility has departed. The Turks are
even more careful Of this. because any
lack of tenderness in handling corpse
would bring upon them the curse Of the
dead mans soul. Globe Democrat.
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the tree. On one branch they hung little
bags cut ont II colorcd paper, and each lag
was flied with sweetmeats, from other
branches hun. gildcd apples and walnuts, MS
il they had grown there, and above aid all
round, were hundreds Of red blue and white
tapers, which were fastened ON the branches.
Dolls, exactly like real babies, were placed
under the green leaveS-the tree had never
seen such things befor,-aud at The very top
was fastened a ghttering star. mad' Of tnsel
Oh, it was very beautiful!
At last the tapers Heeo lighted, and then
what glistenins blazr of light the tree pre-
sentell And now the folding doors were
thrown open, and troop Of children rushed
in rs if they intended To upset the tree; they
were followed more slowly hN their elders.
For a moment the httle ones stood silent with
astonishment, and then they shouted for joy,
ull the room rang, and they danced merrily
round the tree, while one present after an
other was taken from il.
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

for $50 announces small part Of it, attractions
for the reading public,
1Hrce SeriH Stories:
THE TRAGIC MUSE.
BY Henry James, author of "Ihc Portrait Of 4
adv" tic.
THE BEGUN'S DAUGHTER.
BY l. Bynncr, author oil "Aguc> surIagc,
"Pcuclnpt's NujtntS," etc.
PASSE ROSE.
BY Arthur Sherburuc Ilardy, author OF" But Yet
woman etc. This began in the september
number and will continue until April
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been fastened with NENii
the glistcning star to the ceiling, 1t must have
been thrown down. Tho childrcn thcn danced
about with their pretty toys, and no one
noticed the tree, except the children's maid,
who came ard peeped among tho branches to
sec if an apl.s or fix had been forgotten.
"A story, u story" cried the children, pull
ing n little fat man toward the tree.
"Now we shall be In the green shade, said
the man, aS be seated himself under it, 'nnd
the tree Will have the pleasure Of hearing
also. bat shall only relate one story; what
shall it be- Ivede-Avede or Humpty
Dumpty, who fell down stairs, but soon got
up agaln, and at last married princess,
"Iyede- Ayelc,n cried some. "Humpty
Dumpty,' cried others, and there was tine
shouting and crying out. But the fir tree re-
NAMED quite still, and thought to himself,
"Shal have anything to do with oil thlsf
but he had already amused them as much us
tbey wished Then the Old man told them
the story Of IIumpty Dumpty, how he fell
down stairs, and was raised up again, and
married princess. And the children clap
ped their hands and cried, Tell another, tell
another for they wanted to hear the story OF
"Ivedc-Avede,n but they only had "Humpty
Dumptyn After this the fir tree became
quite silent and thoughtful: never had the
birds ia the forest told such tales as 'Humpty
Dumpty,n who fell down stairs, and yet mar
red princess.
"Ahl yes, so it happens in the world
thought the fir tree; he believed it all, be-
cause it was related by such nice man
"Ahi we'll he thought, who knowsi per
haps | may fail down too and marry Il
princess and he looked forward joyfully to
the next evening, expecting to be again
decked out with lights and playthingS, gold
and fruit. "To-morrow will not tremble,
thought he; Il vail enjoy all my splendor,
and shall hear the story of Humpty Dnmpty
again, and perhaps lvede-Ayede.' And the
tree remained quiet and thoughtful all night
In the morning tho servants and the house
maid came in "Now,n thought the fir, all
my splendor is going to begin again. But
they dragged him out of tho room and up
stairs to the garnet, and threw him ON the
floor in n dark corner, where no daylight
shonc, and there they left him. "What does
this mcann thought the tree. "Wha am /
to Do hcrc} can hear nothing in n place
like this, and he lcant against the wall, mud
thought and thought. And he had time
enough to think, for days and nights passed
and no one came near him, and when at last
somebody did come, it was only to put away
large boxes IN n corner SO the tree was
completely hidden from sight as if it had
never existed at IS winter, now thought
the tree, "thc ground IS hard and covered
with SNOW, 50 tIlat people cannot plant me
shall in sheltered here, daresay, until
spring CONES
"Squcak, squeak said a little mouse,
creeping cautiously towards the tree; then
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TIE FIR TREE,

Far down in the forest where the warm
sun and the fresh air made n sweet resting
place, grew pretty little fir tree; and yet II
was not happy, 1t wished 50 much To he tall
like its companions, the pines aud tirs which
grew around it. The sun shone and the soft
air nuttered its leaves, and the little peasant
children passed hy prattling merrily, but the
fir tree Needed them not. As it grew il
complained, "Ohl how wish were rs tall
The Somerset reporter., 1888-12-13
GEN ERAL.

A prominent politician is authority
for the statement that MIR. Cleveland is
likely to make Orange, n j.. his home
after he gets done at Washington and
that the people Of the State win probably
insist in testifyng 10 their admiration
for him by making him United States
senator
The Hartford Post claims the distinc-
ton of being the only daily paper in the
country, or probably in the world, which
is printed wholly from type set by ma
chincry. The Ih0rue machine which i
used in the Office of the Post, will set and
distribute about six thousand ems an
hour, or five or six times as much as a
compositor can accomplish. The tyre
setting is performed by manipulators up
on n keyboard on which the letters and
other characters are represented in much
the same way as upon typewriter
Three persons are required TO operate
each machine.
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland who has been
living at Holland Patent n. Y. for some
months will soon 90 to the White House
where She will spend the winter Mrs
Cleveland is anxious that her sister in
law should be present at the closing GER
/ 'i'ii''' " nv II VIII NlpEN lllt DItNtlll att
minstration.
The man who stole Sl200 in silver from
a lot of coin being transmitted by cx.
press from the New Orleans mint to the
treasury at Washington has been found
! The money has been restored and the
man released.
The New York Times says that order,
were received at the Brooklyn navy ware
from Washington to have the cruiser
Galena ready to sail on West Indian
voyage at moments notice 1t is sup
posed that it is intended to send her tc
Ilayti.
1t is reported that Admiral Luce ha,
orders to shell the town of Port-au Prime,
in case the Ilaytien Republic is not re-
/ leased.
In Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday
night mob tried to force open the iail
o yet at murderer for the purpose OF
! lynching him A battle with the authori
ties followed and 800 rounds were fired
Over 20 of the mob were killed and
wounded.
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In The GENTRY for September, Mr. Ken
nan describes with minutenesS, exile by Adj
mlnlsiratlNe Process" that being the name civ
On to the process used to Danish from one par
OF the empire to another, without legal process,
person obnoxious to the Government. In
his process there is no warrant for arrest no
right Tor habcas corpus, no chance to summon
witneSses-none of those safeguards to libert,
that are so dear to the American heart Mr.
KEENAN, gives names and particulars ofcases in
which the Government broke up families anC
secretly sent men to dungeons because the,
were believed to hold views, or to know peoul,
who did hold views, which we in America be
lleFe every man has not only the right to hole
but also to express. Indeed, we believe that {
government not built on free speech fails in tn,
essentials of government, and when we reat
Mr.. KEENAN, articles we find in the working,
of Russian despotism the reasons VIII, thaf
country is at once disgrace and menace It
civilization.
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For Details Read the Following, and Then Investigate

offer for sale Hotel known the SKowEGAN House. togeh
with the Stables all land belonging the also the Fun
c and Fixtures of both This valuable Hotel Property is situated
light the heart of the village i'll the center all the business within
block the and directly the
p Hall and Opera House This of the best paying and most
desirable hotel
good ho business of the most towns in New En-
gland opportunity here offered the business ITSELF
abundant of this
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AS TALL. As OTHER tho wood Il l.
TREEs.' tcrs came and cut
down several Of the tallest trees, and the
yOuul, fir tree which WIS now grown to its
fun height, shu.ldered ms the nohla trees fell
to tho earth with n crash. Afferthe branches
were loppel off, the trunks looked so slender
and bare that they conld scarcely he recog.
nized Then they were placed upon wagons
and drawn hy horses out of the forest.
"Where were they goingl What would be.
come of them" Tho voun, fir tree wished
very much to know. So in the spring, when
the swallows and the storks came, it asked.
"Do Won know where those trees were takenl
Did you meet themf
The swallows knew nothing; but the stork
after little reflection. nodded his head and
said YES, think do. met several new
ships when new from Egypt, and they had
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following officers for the ensuing
var has been elected by stephen Davis
Post, pittsfield: Commander, Enoch Il.
Carr; S. Y. Com, Cyru-, Foster; j. Y.
Com, Morey Millikcn; Surgeon, John II.
Gilman; Or, NJ, Stephen II. Mosher; O.
D., Ezra Withee; o. G.. Eben Waldron F.;
Chap, Rev. S. G. Whtcomb; Rep. to
Dept. Eucampment, Jacob NJ. Pattcn .
Alternate, ii. ii. Powers.
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S. & N. r. r.

The stockholders of the S. 4 NJ. rail
road met ut lllri'and to devise ways and
means to encourage the extension Of the
road. Nothing final was done, but it wa,
voted to ask the town # IIartland If tn,
inhabitants will cun>cu, to the bonding of
the road. \ town m,c' ng will be hclC
in a few days to dccilc the matter. Tn,
stockholders will i II another meeting
the last of the month. While the con
sent of the town TO bond the road viii
not insure its extension, such action viii
serve 10 encourage such a movement
The sentiment oe 'hn town has changet
considerably sip,c lae measure was last
considered, ar" 1t may pass this time.
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Although the above terms a.e only for the
Session. yet a. au EXTRA INDUCFMtNT /
new snhscrbers, we viii allow all subScrip
iicns ta date frnm the TIM WHEN THEY
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We have already received more than SIN
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journal, aud they have only BEGAN to CONE
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thrO"n fous MY
ON the garnet
: floor; then the
servant dragged
it out upon the
staircase where
t h o daylight
shone. IN o "
life is beginning
again. SAID the
tree, rejoicing
IN the sunshine
and fresh air.
Then it W a s
carried down
stairs and taken
into the court
yard SO quickly
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Not. Hambletouian stallion VICTOR HUGO
Rich bay stallion. black points excepting two
Whftr pd~trrn~ and ankl,s behind, Is hands
nigh, weighs l75, foacd July 1nl 1883, bred by
Columbus Hilton, OF Fast New Portland, Me.
sire Daniel Boone. he y RysdNk's HdmblrtWl-
AN sire OF thirty nlur IN the 23U list Dam, Old
Kate, produced Bruno. record. 2.2g IL; Breeze.
"a; Young Bruno, 2:42 "a; Daniel Boone 2:3l,
trial 10 wasou 2:}h; jack Archal 2:32; and
Grand Dam of kingsley, 2:2b IL. Boone is sire
Of sn>c Ow' II, record 2:2G, at five Years Of axe;
and Nellie N, ~ IL; and Guodwin'S PAGER,
can brat ; *. That he transmits hi wonder
lul speed Is shown by hi- Youngsters in this
and ueig boring towns. Tothc sons of Ham
hictunlau hclnug the c'cdt OF string the fast, ST
onc-yell-nld record, 2:3G -; two Neal-old 2:2l,
three ycar.uld, :; ~ -; 1--WE year old 2:l0 81
and The fastest stallion. - Ii; donhlc teams,
2;l5 ~; aud the fastest nine horses with re-
colds, except one, are his grandchildren. Dam
oi Victor Hugo, by The Hilton Horse. he by the
Norton Horse. Norton Horse by Old Eaton, he
by the Avery horse, aud he by Messenger,
Grand tam by Golden Robin. Great Grand
Dam 10y Old stone Messenger. Victor Hugo
is It han hr"thcr To liuby D,.m. who trutttd at
Lewiston, Maine state falr wcck ia 81. IN 80
-; also half brother 10 Fred Boone. who is
known to he very tHSt
Mop Knox stallion. GEORGE ". This
horse is now too vel hHuH "a. call for any ex.
tended notice. H. l. btNHml blood bay,
with white stripe lu bead, stands IS hands -
inches high and weighs 1913 pomd-. With a
very lltlc hundiine hc ha- shown fine trOt-
ting gatt. HIS action l. perfect aud hi- style
unsurpassed. lli~ get Is lus recommendation
George ". wa sired hy Locomotive and he hy
Gen. Knox. His first dam WIS Flying Squirrel
sr'd by the Culcord llor~c His dam was
raised by Luke Hilton and was out oftht Knox
mare by Drew Horse. The sire Of the Col.
cord II rs was The Morrow Horse and he by
the Nlthrrell Horse. The dam of FlyI. < SPUR
rel was known as the Morrison mare, Il noted
rond>ter. She was ont of an English mare and
s,iicd by 'roShy's Messenger, he by Morrill's
Messenger
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rs
uer Mr. pax.-.s responded Hezebiah with
di,3ifiel a-per.tq.
"WaIl0 ,,ld Mr. DAVIS. after IA wretched
pause aa.! another cough, we've come up to
talk alou. tie iau-.."
Mr. Da4t, WaItgI for the cAor>tor to lead
tia, yay ,Ilt. mast. follow. hut Hezealah
kent silent y. tue spokesman continued;
lyon see. Kan. lie parish Trunks they d
ora lit Oils s5,,e,h.n., Of a change"
Ul2c,...s could hold out no LONGER.
"X,..nl,ar,." he said with u trembling
voice. Il can't make 10 chance I've stood
n, IN the lott there morc'n h.ty years AMI
haven't missed but two SUNDAYS. I've SUM
tho .,5.,l ,li nrs.r thar vau ana /. Pnilauder,
was br5u.-bt N, ON, and cant slus much
cIse ryr kspt Tic choir together for you,
and If fine money stood IN the way Qle1ekiah
receive. 50 ,earj Id keep IL up for moth.
in. M da.tt sly faint money; | know
Ut. l.ne,y Won want a high toned quartet
mi r,3t v,a'r. wiiIn. to pay. But I've
done ms best. Ilei.hbo.sa
Tho OIL raaristel. bowed his head upon his
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steuographic Report of Legislative Pfoc ed.
ings both III the senate and House Of Repre-.
contain al tue daily reports in condcnsc Il
taIm.
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Anu now II WIS III Heii up lOi NbS ouii'e0O "a
q modern quartet
Tho old chnristcr's head sank upon the
bench. and LIS tears blurred the notes on the
ancient ~.
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Description of Horses Offered For Sale.

high and weighs l475 pounds. Robert s., was
bred ny Robe s3utherltnd, al Summerslee
Clydrsda sta lien Barrsier. Dam of Robert $
was by the Pickering Horse; 2nd dam was an
English imported mare. "Barnster," Clydes-
dale horse, bay, foaed March Goth 1873 bred
, Darlington, got by Emperor (277.) Dam
"Bounce" by ''Honrst Tom" U5O) Barrister
was shown four times in 1850 and gained the
following prlze, viz; First at the Shropshire
and w st Midland Agricultural Society, sec
ond, at the Bath aud West OF England Meeting
at Worcester lin this instance he beat Lord
Ellesmore's colt that war first at LondonD at
the Great Yorkshire Soeiety's Meeting at
Earnestly he was placed Third, and was high
~ commended at the Royal Agricultural So
cIety of England and Carlisle.
BROOD MARES.
MOI BROOD MARE years old, stands 10
han Is inch high, weighs llh0 pounds, color
dark BROW, due to fual Nov. by Daniel
Bone. This mare WAS sired by the Horace
Hall horse, he by Locomotive. her dam was
sired by Lcdo, record 2.22 L.; and was out OF an
imported mare.
Mob PACING MARE. years old, Is hands
high, colo bay, and now in fOal by Victor
Hugo This mare is good style and can pace
very fast.
MlKADO, by George W; dam, BROOD MARE
No T. THUS colt Is tw" years old color brown
With White stripe, stands 10 hands inches high
weighs 1850 pounds, lie is perfect gaited
HbINt anu van sHoN very lHSI. Also OInefcOJS
sired by the above stations, one and twu-year
oldS that promise to develop into fine horses
DRIVING HORSES.
No. 6. DARK BAY horse years old, stands
Is hands inches high, and weighs 1000 pounds
This horse can show a 2.5U gait to wagon, and
is gentle for any lady or childto drive.
No. 7. BAY MAIZE, 10 hands2 IL inches
high, weighs 1000 pounds, very stylish can
show three minuts or better, and Is desirable
as II gentlemans' driving horse.
~ Also several other horses, desirable for
business or stage use.
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And how sweetly the second movement
followed and how they worked in together
~, 4 In hsb chesta nd |
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KNOW what IS ton >
with tie II. They are
dressedupin thenost
sp endid manner. We
have seen them stand
ing in Tho millllIe OF
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r : 's@,E N 81
To PUN er
the tree.
Oh, how the y
rushed upon 1t, iii
the bran hes crack
ii md Ind II not
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-30

The Sunday GA'ErrE, $3.50 per year
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-30
WEATHERFORD.
An Unknown Ma1 found Dead on ths
Railway Track.

An Unknown MAI found Dead on ihs
Railway Track.
Special to the Gazette
WATERFORD, TEX, Nov. 29.-This
morning!shortly after daylight one OF the
bridgemen on the Texas and Pacific Rail,
way found an unknown man lying dead
on the track s5out fifty yards west Of the
passenger depot in this city. A train hsd
fu1 ever the man cutting both legs OF
near the body. It was evident that the,
train had struck the man over $50 feet
from where the body WAS found and
Carried the body to where it was found as
one Of his legs and some of his torn
clothing were found at that point.
Coroner F. A. Le2ch was summoned snd
held sn Inquest over the body and rem
dered . verdict that the unknown
man came to his death by
train OF csls runnir g
over him. There is no clue SO to who
the unfortunate man was or wnere he
came from. The only papers found about
him was an envelope addressed to Martin
Stevenson, Johnson Mines, Erath county,
Texas It was stamped envelope and
had never been mailed and WAS empty.
There WAS $50 o. on his body when
found. The coroner had him turned ever
to the uudertsker and he will be buried
here Tomorrow morning. he locked to
be about thirty years old and WAS rather
Of dark complexion. A mustsche was xll
the beard on his face.
This morning Sheriff Stsk received
postal from the sheriff of Tarrsnt county
giving description Of 8 horse
which was stolen from the courthouse
fence in Fort Worth on the 9th. AS
Sheriff Sisk walked cut of the postottice
he SAW 81 animal suiLiDg the description
of the stolen horse. a rarity was riding
the horse of. Mr. Sisk. accompanied BY
Ofscar Henry, overlook the party one
block from the fqaare and caught the
horse by the bfidle. The rider jumped
OF and ran, with the cffi;ers after him
After some little chase, and the stranger
trying to make fl sht with rocks, he wss
captured in yard. He WAS placed in
sill here and the I'll ;er5 of Tarrant coun
" notified. He gives his nsmeA4s JEFF
TCmlinson.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-30

mkt general assembly. Wherever sucn
societies have not been established, we
urgently advise the still undsunted AMI
aggressive Democracy to see that they
are immediately instituted.
The Democratic societies, naturally up
holding the principle Of home rule in all
its application, and, naturally supporting
the interests and g usrding the rights OF
the msssee, for which they were originally
founded by the greatest of ali American
anti monopolists, will find much TO ems
g,ge their most earnest attention in the
AFFAIRS Of our great commonwealth. The
result of the late presidential cleo
ton Will increase the disinclinstion OF
the monopolists Of Pennsylvania 10 weld
anything whatever to the demands Of the
producing people, and unless public
opinion shall be aroused and directed by
intelligent and persistent effort, there
will be no enforcement of the benefcent
provisions OF our state constitution; no
interference with railroad discrimination;
no res.rsint upon combining corporations;
and DO relief for the wrongs Of labor 10
the mines, the 4 :lds and the shops. But
let TIE people consider these questions In
their Democratic societies in every part
of.the commonwealth, and, notwithstand-
Ing the large Republican msjorlty in the
legislature, we may evan at this late day,
enforce partial execu ion Of some OF the
Republican pledges Of the ststs campaign
1855
We commend to the Democratic peo-
pie Of Pennsylvania the declaration Of cur
Doble leader, President Cleveland, that,
for the propagation Of our pure and i'm.
mortal principles, the Democratic socle-
ties sare the most n cient agencies ever
devised " Nor DO we think we csn more
appropriately close this brief appeal to
the D emocracy to close up their broken
ranks ard move forward sgain on the
straight bright line Of duty, TO ultimste
aud complete victory, than with the fol
lowing from the Democratic national
committee:
GAN Democratic committees and COM
mittee msn are earnestly requested to
push the orgsniz ition Of permanent Dem
ocratic societies or clubs within their
respective predictions. The importance
Of such an sGj lnct 10 the regular organ
izstion csDnot be cvsrestimsted, and the
regular Organization cannot be too active
snd Jealous in promoting 1t. II should
De rem embered that the "Democrstic So
cietiee" were the first eli :ient organiza-
tions Of the party under JsfArson; that
the election OF JEFF srson in 1900, and the
sscendaIcy of the Democratic psrty for
sixty years WAS msinly the work OF these
societies and tbst the open, popular club,
in which men freely discuss their rights
and duties. is pre-eminently Demo-
crstic expedient, and is more needed st
this hour than ever before in the history
OF the country"
CHAUNcY +. BLACK,
President.
JOHN D. NORMAN, Secretary,
100 South Broad Street.