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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

NE DdCK, an ne seq, SEE he: "Meheta
bel Virgins, don't We know that folk.
hev to git them paste-board kyards t.
pass EN- long 'cordin' to law? An tn,
trunk amt tagged, nuther."
Then lie sod sumthin' that RACED m,
dander. He sez, seq he: "Wimmil
want made to tower alone" As if
hadn't lowered a blamed sight NOR,
afore | tied myself to him an tnt
Swamp Heller farm than afterwards
an | lowered it alone, too. But He'll
kiar is Gurus.
| wuz q leetle ASHAMED O. him
though, when he tried to jew the felleI
that sorts them travelin' kyards, d0wr
on the price. But the Teller couldn',
fall a copper, an that's once Ilezikial
didn't hev his own way.
While they wuz fussin l went round
to whore they tag the trunks. An
there wu2 a mar there with a lot 0
little brass COntrapshuns strung onto
his arm by straps; an when llezikia1
u round an aXed him to tag our
trunk, he tied one O them contrap-
shuns onto the trunk handle in a
hostler's knot, in a jitfy.
Tn en- he give to Hezikiar another
one without u strap, an Hezikiar past
it to me. An | SEE to EN-. SCI I: III
the strap he'd bin left onto it ! couldn't
O lost it nigh as quick
An Hezikiar SEE ''shet up" in a
chist-tone, meant only for my ears;
but every body LATED like fools.
'Twan't long then till the kyars cum
putin round with a big injun ahead
Of EN-.
We got a scrumptious seat halfway
down the kyar; but the pore old trunk
had to summerset it into a department
behint us, an | told Hezikiar right
away I'D bet we'd never see that old
hairloom agin."
An Hezikiar looked as worked up as
pickles, an he SEE, SCI he: "Bet I'll
hCNtl ldht dIututi NOlIuI d-lOh cIlH
An bet he don't, nither.
But, by an by, we druv off like a set
O meters, an | couldn't help thinkin'
it wuz one O the VISIONS O Providence
that kyars didn't SWEET.
| jest shet my eyes an imagined ]
waz Il millioner ridin' roun' the world
for Dissertation, until We pulled rein at
the grand center-sumthin'--I forgot
what; then my pore old brains whirled
to beggar description, as Hezikiar an
me recled off onto a platform. All the
hubbub o Swamp Holler in lection
time multiplied by itself want nothin'
to the infusion Of noise; | Jest hung
onto Hezikiar an sighed for the mil
leuium.
An Hczikiar run agin half a dozen
fellers to wonct, and he jest bowed to
the lot an axed EN- to parding us. as
we wuz "a leetle mixed up yet in gittin'
our bearin's.
After that we looked round for a
wheelbarrow Or suthin' TO wheel our
trunk down to P~hilander's on.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
LIVE OAK, Ala, Dec. 18th, 1886

Messrs. A. I. SHALLENBERGER e. Co.
Rochester, Pa. GentS.-Last spring / re-
celved by mail a bottle Of your Antidote fol-
Malaria for my brother, who had chills for
more than six months. He frequently broke
them with Quinine, but they would soon re.
turn. ! gave him the Antidote and he has
not had achill since. 1t has made a perma-
nent cure. Yours truly,
W. W. PERDUH.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

"A Cincinnati saloon-keep,r the
other day paid a dollar for a sealed
envelope containing directions that
would enable him to sell more beer.
When he opened IL he found on a small
card the words: Don't sell so much
frOth."
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

ARE you busy' Are you making money?
If so;stlck to it, you are fortunate. Ii YOU
are not, then our advice is that you write
OF once to B. +. johnson & Co., 1909 Main
ST., Richmond. Va. They can show you
how " enter quickly upon q profitable work.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

QuAKEn Gar, Stokes o., N. c.. Julys Q, 1858.
W. II. CoMsTOcK q -
DEAR sIR.--Your DR.. Morse's Indian Rect
PILE have effected u most remarkable cure. ny
mother was suffering from kidney dtfhcultiesi the
disease had got 20 nrn; q grip upon her tina sne
could not walk = step. thought n box Of your pl,is
and commenced giving her two pills every. nlgnuuii
before she had taken all of one b0x she rould, wniss
about. the house. To-day she IL perfectly wei anu
says that Morea's Pills saved her. lte.
Yours, etc, u w. FERGUSON
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

1t takes four years for Il college
to turn out u good student But 1t
frequently turns out u bad student in
less than three months. Burlington
Free Press,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

1T ID ~thirty-three years since the first
horse-car ever run in New England made q
trip rom Cambridge to Boston over tho
tracl.s OF the Cambridge railroad.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating, is relieved at once by taking
one Of Cartcr's Little Liver Pills immedi.
ately after dinner. Don't forget this.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

THosE destructive enemies Of 1.-THE Western
farmer, The chinch bugs, are subject this
r"'r to a disease resembling cholera,
J in some localities is destroying them
rapidly.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

TIE Sultan Of Zanzibar has a German
wife, and by a singular coincidence Ger
many obtains valuable concessions from
his Majesty's Government denied to other
powers,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

In watering, wait until the plants show
that they need it, then give copiously. Hang
ing-baskets are best watered by plunging
them into a pail Of water. 20
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

AN empty freight car which was carried
of in the Mississippi cyclone Of three years
ago has just been found in Q swamp ten
miles from the spot where it was picked up.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

THERE Is 3 g~rave-diggers' assembly Of the
KNIGHTS OF Labor.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell II. Csc
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

RID, angry eruptions yield to the action
Of Glenn's SulpbGsSr
Hills Hair- =, asker Dive, 80 cents.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
HEZlkIAR AN ME-.
TER Tour to the City-Adventures
OF the Trip.

E wuz kentrv folks
- czikiar an NE
and for once in our
Swamp Heller life
we concluded to
take a tower an
visit the city.
This is the way it
cum about. He'll
kiar wuz Jest gittin'
h III shouIder'd
tryin' to dodge the
nora proDS an tat
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

IT, .ince OF Wales has II brothers-in-
law, - uncles, 81 cousins, IS nephews and
nieces.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

BHIousNEss, dizziness, nausea, headache,
are relieved by small doses Of Carter's Lit
tie LAYER Pills.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

OID smokers prefer ''Tansill's Punch &c.
Cigar TO most 10 centers.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

OLSEN COUNTY, Miss, has had . perfect
fruiEcrop for sixteen consecutive years.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

THE great fire at Seattle, W. T., is said
to have been started by the upsetting OF .
plue-not.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

THE fuel supply Of the Sierras is ex-
hausted along the line Of the Central Pacific
railroad.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

WALKING advertisements for DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy are the thousands it has
cured.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

WOMEN and children are now not allowed
to work over ten hours a day In California.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
Aner rs Years.

W, II. CoMSTOCK:
DEAF SIR.-For TWENTY-FIVE years have been
afhicted With rheumatism OF the bowels: | gave up
all hopes Of recovery ! was unable to stand upon
my feet ut times and was compelled 70 SIT and 40
my housework. In 1876 your agent called at my
house and said that !" he could cure me" asksa,
Howi he replieS; "By the use q DE-: MS Srm !
trial and tho result Il that am entirely cured and
able to do my own work. All the neighbors around
here use your Pills and say that they would NOT %
- CELIA JOHNSON.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
THERE Is a man ~ our town
And he Is very wise, sir.
When e'er he doesn't feel Just right
One remedy he tries, sir.
It's Just the thing to take In spring
The blood TO purify,
He tells his friends. and nothing else
l. ln t,AH ,, GOOD en trpr

He tells his friends, and nothing else
Is he induced to try
because, having taken DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery to cleanse his system,
tone it up, and enrich the blood, and finding
that it always produces the desired result,
lie considers that he would be foolish to eX-
pertinent with anything else. His motto is,
''Prove all things and hold fast to that
which is good" That's why he pins his
faith to tho Golden Medical Discovery"
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
Worth their Weight in Gold


z, n. U, July %, TSs
SIR:-For years | have been aiiiicted with gravel
ard after trying the best doctors in this locality
Without receiving any benefit, ] tried DR.. Morsei
Indian KOOt Pills with the result that to-day ]
am y new man, completely cured. | would not bs
without them; they are tho best PHI / ever used.
Yours, etc, WM.J JACKSON.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
MEMPHIS CONFERENCE FEMALE INSTITUTE,

NJ ITEM ".
The 45th yenr of this popular school opens Sep
tembegi l., lS9, fully equipped to give thorough train
ing in literary courses and special branches. Loca-
tion healthy. Buildings improved. Grounds beau.
titled. An attractive home. Prices very low this
yea r. Send for catalogue. A.. ". JONES. d. D., Pres.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
KENTUCKY COLLEGE Of MUSIC 40 ART,

n louisville Ky. Facilities uneIcelled by any other
institution of its kind In the South for a symmetrical
aud thorough Musical Education, and for instruction
In other branches of the course, which includes Piano,
Organ, Voice, Violin and other Instruments, Eiocuuon
and Dramatic Art, Languages, Photography, Drawing,
Painting and Modelling, Decorative Art. Lecturer, on
Send for Catalogue. WILLIAM L. MAGELLAN, Manager.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16

WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS PLEASE
state thst you saw the Advertisement In this
paper.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-08-16
SUMMER RESORTS.

THE SOUTHERN HOTEL at Ravenden
l. Springs, Ark, the falnousSummer Resorton
the X. c., #. $. Memphis R,y, Is now open. For
terms, etc., address MRS. II. L. WEIGH. PrOpiietress.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
Aubrey.
bottles by all leading druggists.

Special to the Gazette.
AUBREY, TEX. Aug. 29.-Mr. a. j.,
Smith, one of our grand jurymen, came
up from Denton yesterday seriously i'll
with cholera morbus. Fears are enter
tanned for his recovery
Mr.. J. A Rhoads, our newly appoint
ed postmaster, has made bond and viii
take charge of the office about Septem-
Der
The cotton crop which promises an
average yield is now opening up nicely &,
and farmers generally have begun pick
ing.
Mr.. w. L. Lanford has been appointed
public weigher at this place, to the great
satisfaction of all concerned.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
DIED OF HER WOUNDS.

The ColOred Woman. Frances Nora, Stabbed by
Joe Lewis. Breathes Her Last
Special to the Gazette.
BELToN, TEX, Aug. 29.-The colOred
woman, Frances Nora, who was so badly
cut on Monday last by Joe Lewis, also
colored, died last night and was buried
to-day. Her slayer has not been ar
rested. He is believed to be in hiding
near the city, and it is reported that he
has threatened the lives of women and
men He is a bad negro and the officers
are trying TO secure him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
Commerce Gets Two Bales.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
COMMERCE, Tex, Aug. 27.-CoW-
merce received the first two bales ofEot-
ton to-day The first bale, weighings535,
was brought in by Mr.. G. L. Beayers
and sold to Mitchell s. Warmer for SO
net. &
Second bale, weighing 40 pounds, was
brought in by Mr.. William Preston mo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

: When in need of q first-class water
sfspply outfit for either house or ranch
sifsffrpose you should not forget to eaaigon
Sd F. Collins manufacturingleaEspa Hy if
won want entire satistaatSr1k They also
carry in stock a fiFst4eisss line of tanks
made from the Best Michigan spruce
nine or.sEsei,fsfana clear-heart cypress;
also. sian line of deep-well pumps that
.sT,e not euualed by any. Give them a
Trial. The largest experience in the
Texas trade of any firm in or out of
Texas. Entire block east of J 81.
Brown.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

sold to Mitchell & Warner at 9 .45e with
Sl5 premium.
Third bale will be in tomorrow. The
cotton crop is now reported more fayora-
BILE than @ few days ago. Farmers are
now acknowledging that they were worse
scared than hurt
Commerce now has a street grader and
all our streets are receiving rotund
shape.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30


The Argentine Republic has 2 800, 600
head of cattle, 500, O0O head of horses
and mules and 3 600 900 head of sheep.
The commonwealth has an area of 25.-
coo ,000 acres, of which only 800, 600
are under cultivation, while the total
population of the country is but 22O, 900.
THERE'S hardly limit to its stock raising
facilities where capital, skill and blood
are united in building up the industry
While the cattle south OF the equator DO
not compare either in size oP1tlIadiry with
those of the United States, the bfooded
stockmen are shipping in great nuInbsTs
of the finest beef and milk producing
cattle in the world, thus insurlng as high
grade stock as North America can boast.
Just now South America aS1ords an eX-
cellent market for fine stock, and Europe
is improving the opportunity to supply
the demand Unfortunately American
shipping facilities make the enterprise an
Improbable one for cattlemen IN the
United States-a commercial error that
should be promptly, corrected.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

Distressing reports of the loss of cattle
from the scarcity of water IN the
streams come from Nevada. From
Humboldt house west the water holes
in the river beds are said to be lined
with the decomposed carcasses of ami
mails. The water in the sloughs and
holes is impregnated with alkali, and
when cattle, almost dying with thirst,
reach them from the plains they drink
enough of the poisonous water to Kill
them A similar condition exists on
the Little Humboldt, and the putrefylng
carcasses of cattle are said to be NUM-
erous between Riel ranch and Willow
Point.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

4 short time since Il few cases of sple
metric fever appeared i'll the Indian Ter
ritory and the Panhandle of Texas, and
i'm the latter section some cattle died
from drinking alkali water. These facts
were furnished the newspapers, and they
were published. Since that time the fe-
yer has disappeared and no trouble exists
among the cattle of either section. Not
withstaudiug the disappearance Of fever,
however, the reports OF its existence are
still published in the Northern, Eastern
and Northwestern press. aud the longer
they continue TO be published the more
exaggerated the publications become.
Some papers are publishing statements
that show cattle to be dying by the thous-
ands in the Indian Territory and portions
of Texas. when in truth there is more
splenetic fever among the cattle of Penn
svlvania to-day than there is among the
cattle of Texas 1t is evidently true that
the publications III the Northern papers
are inspired by anything but the true
condition of cattle III the sections men
toned.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
WM. RHDAM'S
Vysc,.obe killer.

Pint nm bv VIM Radan at Austin, Tex, is the
on la ORIGINAL and genuine MicrObe Killer made;
and al others are parasites living OF OF the
reputation that the real merits OF TINS lcoltdeUuL
medicine has made
See that his name is on the jug! One jug of
this medicine will cure the tcorSt case OF DTOpSy
or MGldriGl FoOer. Try it.
Read the following:
AUSTIN, TEX, Aug. "a, 1887.
This is to certify that my son Fred has been
troubled with Catarrh for the past two years,
three weeks, think he is entirely cured. esszi
see no bad effects OF it upon my son. ~
j c. PlsfsFnek9.
AUSTEN, TE4sss Alltss PIG, 1887
Ihave been troubled fQEysea2 With my throat
and lungs and seYers feadsche which have
caused me a greR5Slss Of uffering. 1 have tried
several doctoEsssg tSreceived no benefit until
commencefs assng Mr.. VIM. Radans remedy,
about fgs RFesks ago, which has benefited me
gresSEeAf: ! have had no headache since tax
fftfs. have good appetite, and gained already
ts6out three pounds in weight / am still taking
it. and have hopes that viii receive q perma-
rent cure Mrs. Y. BRUCEMAN,
1915 East Seventeenth street.
AUSTIN, TEX, Sept. !, 1887.
feel it my duty TO be thankful TO Ar. R&dam
1 have been suffering q long time from loss OF
blood, peculiar to my sex. have consulted two
doctors, but they could not help me-. Dir.
Radam's Microbe Killer has cured me in i've
days and feel now better than ever before.
Accept my thanks once more.
Mrs. D. GRUNAU.
Books on microbe diseases and history Of
the discovery Of the remedy given away at my
Office. Sold only by A. R. Anthony, 5I5 Main
street, Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30


. According to the figures of gentle
man who has taken the trouble to hunt
up statistics, there are So 900, 500 900 in
vested in the dairy business III the United
States. A sum that is greater than that
invested in banking. To supply the de-
mand for dairy products il requires To-
600 600 cows, and to feed these cows Co.
600 600 acres of land are required TO he
cultivated The agricultural implements
and dairy machinery in use are worm
5000 600 600. There are $50 900 men
employed in the business. The horses
and cows used in the business, 1t Is estl-
mated will consume 30 900 200 tons or
hav, nearly 80 900 900 bushels Of corn
meal. about the same quantity of oat-
meal. 275 900 900 bushels of oats, , ,OOO,-
400 bushels of bran and 80 200, 600 bush
els of corn. to say nothing of other iood.
To feed these cows and horses II costs
$3.50 900 600, and the wages of the men
working in the business will foot up
$3.50 600 900 per year.
The average COW will yield $50 gallons
of milk a year, which gives total prod
uct of G,7j0 900, 900 gallons. At y
cents gallon the value OF this
milk is $50, 600 200 ii sold as
milk. but one-haf of it is made
into cheese and butter. 1t takes twenty
seven pounds of milk to make one pound
sof butter, and about ten pounds to make
a pound of cheese. There is the same
amount of nutrition in eight and one
half pounds of milk that there is III a
pound of beef A fat steer furnishes
about 80 per cent OF homeless beef, but it
would require nearly. twenty-five million
steers weighing 1900 pounds each to pre-
duce the same amount of nutriment tatst
the annual milk product doessas 50 -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

One of the saddest commentaries on
the get-up- and-get of our cattlemen Is
the fact that a fine refrigerating plant is
laying idle in Fort Worth, the finest
distributing point in Texas. Instead of
utilizing that plant they will ship their
cattle to Chicago at their own expense,
sell them to men who ship them back to
Texas and sell them, with freight and
profit added, to the men who were the
original owners. The Texas Tefrigerators
to-day are monuments to the want of
thrift OF Texas cattlemen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

And heed the appeals for assistance put forth by
your liver, when the organ is out OF order.
among these are distress in the right side and
Through the right shoulder blade, yellowness of
sthe skin and eyeballs, furred tongue. sour
Breath, sick headache, and, above all, irTegu-
Flarity OF the bowels. The mercy you extend to
sthe afflicted organ IS wisely shovn by a prompt
eosssSe Of nisAieation Ma HostsgFer's Stomach
sI3ifpEefsa mss &Eenial fefTalteraESes, and the
iepAt fkelafa eaeaF recibrosst es 48Sleserved at
tsntsoTi6g nsunffslg it's Sc sstv fanctions ac-
tlsleIy aaa fagulaI4s. AmoEaEsh ssfcesAp anying
BOD resass are StsERsyed JOKE $3.50
Ifrom head5les and Tesurn 'sszs OF attiSftsso 81
the boweIsrsAlI biff8zs svmptefns disappear
and appetite and sleep Improve Benefcient are
the effects Of the Btters in maarial disease, kid
ney disorder. rheumatic ailments and nervous-
ness.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
Do Y0l Want q Cl92l E .ag9

As .ay official position esrsFejs me to live in
l-.--. Offer Tor sale, Ststtade for Dallas prop
e.,E. tie PIC ~ eetf6ge corner Peter Smith and
L1scauh-sfreetS once refused $4,000 cash for
lis qEoperty. 1 viii now sell it at sacrifice
se=a VIVA. say Look at it and send in your
90 WHICH you must stick TO. Any agent OF good
Standing may sell this property. Cne-thlrd
ca>a. ua.auce one and two years. Don't ask
i. 14. I viii AXE. Send N your bid. as ! mean
Ws.ae>s J. NJ. HUNTINGTON,
Jlu.tes states NT9rsbsl's Office Dallas Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
TO sZaeEsaEx.

The Daily GAzEzrE can always be found on
sale Mt B. cflicas news Stand, No. q East Fifth
street uaSiertlie oRsTa house, near st. James
hotel, Kansas City mo.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
R0UND-UPS.
The Growing Importance of the Argen.
gentine Republic as Livestock
Market.
Interesting Statistics Relative to It'd sRfr
Business in the United States Magnify
ing the Fever Scare. 2

With all animals that are to- fat
tened the feeding should beginfearly,
while the pasturage is still good. Flesh
is laid on more rapidly now than in cold
weather.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30

The young livestock of Missouri this
year as compared with that of last is less
in all branches; spring pigs. number
compared with 1888, 93.S per cent.
calves, 94.6; colts, 97.3; mule colts,
SO 4; lambs, 90.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-30
Car Cali5orinia Canned eesSls.

The Fort Worth Grocer Co. has re-
ETalifornia eaH1fekt goods. Send in your
IordeF. n so3ssaie and retail Fort Worth
fgofeF Co.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-11
GARNETS OF ALASKA.

Beautiful and Ornamental Curiosities
Found ut TT. Wransen.
The extensive garnet lodges at Fort
Wrangell are an inexhaustible source
Of beautiful and ornamental curiosi-
ties. The cropping of the ledge is
about ten feet wide, standing perpen-
dicularly and running northeast and
southwest several miles in length; the
depth of it no man has ever found out.
The rock is of mica slate formation,
and contains from two to four dozen
garnets to the cubic foot The gems
are regular polygons. beautiful in color.
and when fresh from the mines have q
dashing and brilliant luster; but
when exposed for time they
become dull and Opaque. The
crystal varies in dimensions from the
size of a pea to that of a hens egg,
and to the novice are quite fascinating
and have the appearance of much value
for ornamental and other purposes.
The lapidaries. however, have failed
to utilize them for any purpose
whatever. except as curio and to
demonstrate the certainty of the
unerring law of nature which governs
every phenomenon. Every plane of
the pOlygon is of the same form,
every angle of the same degree,
and every gem is the equal and
like of its fellow. The mining and
- A
q business. 1t is worth go per ton on
the wharf at Fort Wrangeil. and II
shipped to all parts of the country to
dill the cabinets of the wealthy and the
collections in public Institutions
Lesceler's Rerieu.