Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08

/
ton VIII put the sugar trust to its
! trumps. Let us economic.
South America is already showing in
| terest in the world IS exposition TO be held
/ in New York in 1892, and several of the
republics of that continent have ap
pointed commissions to look after the
matter of an adequate representation.
| The colored race in this country is not
suffering for educational facilities. Re
Gently published statistics show that there
| are in the United States 10 ,633 schools
for colored children, and that l ,l31,-
! 964 of these children attend such schools.
Boxing schools for women are among
the latest schemes for the development
of the muscles of the modern woman. It
| is said that this sort of development ex
ceeds that of the ordinary wash tub and
| broom, but it is not in favor with most of
| the sex.
About FIVE hundred veterinary sur
/ geons in Great Britain have signed
| paper condemning the overhead check
rein as painful TO horses and productive
of disease. 1t distorts the windpipe and
is liable to cause paralysis of the muscles
OF the face, apoplexy, coma and infiam-
nation of the brain, all these resulting
in shortening the life of the horse.
Five kinds of poison have been discov-
cred in a cigarette-the oil in the paper,
the oil of nicotine, saItpetre to preserve
the tobacco, opium to make it mild, and
the oil in flavoring. That is not enough,
however, to discourage its use. The
analyst must do better than that. The
cigarette habit is like some other habits
bound to hang on until it ultimately
kills the patient.
The report of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue shows that last year taxes
were collected on cigarettes TO the num-
Der of 2 Isl SIS 1850, which is an increase
Of 288, 789 ,260 over the preceding fiscal
year. The number taxed is a pretty
good indication of the consumption. The
number of cigars taxed during the last
fiscal year was 3 1867 ,385 $40, an increase
of % ,658 $3.50, showing that the con-
sumption of cigarettes is increasing more
rapidly than that of cigars.
The generally accepted theory that a
warm summer follows cold winter, and
vice versa, has been examined by science
with the aid of temperature records
made in the same place, under the same
conditions, twice day for forty years.
Science cannot find any rule on the sub
ject, and comes to the conclusion that no
character of a coming season merely by
knowing the character of the past season
of any greater value than could be
gained by mere guessing.
From the last report of Krupp's es-
Enlistment at Essen it appears that in
1888 there were only nine workmen, and
In 1913, seventy-four. In July, 1888,
the establishment employed 20 $50 men,
of whom IS ,626 were at Essen. Includ-
ing the families of the workmen, they
supported population of 70 1863 souls, of
whom "a 1913 lived in houses provided by
the firm. There are at Essen 1895 fur
naces of various constructions, 26G boil
eTs, ninety-two steam hammers Of from
100 to so 900 kilos, $40 steam engines,
with a total OF 81 600 horse power, 1924
different machines, and 36l cranes. OF
coal and coke, 2735 tons are daily used,
and eleven high furnaces of the latest
construction produce 600 tons of iron per
day.
The Boston Advertiser has discovered
a simple plan for preventing mosquito
bites. Should any prefer to try the
remedy to risking themselves against
the insects, here it is: Boil a quart of
tar until it becomes quite thin, remove /
the clothing, and before the tar becomes |
perfectly cool, with a broad, fiat brush,
apply q smooth coating to the entire
surface of the body and limbs. While
the tar remains soft the insects may !
become entangled in its trencherous |
folds, thus becoming perfectly harm
less; but 1t will soon form a hard, |
smooth coating over the entire body, |
entirely lmperYioUs TO their bites. |
Should it crack at the knee or elbow |
joints, it is only necessary to retouch the
fractured spots. The whole coat should
be renewed every three or four weeks.