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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03
STARVING A COLD.
Row 1t Can Be Done Without Inconvenience to
the Sufferers


the Sufferers.
Woman's Work.
The man who originated the oft-quoted
and unscientific maxim, F'Feed a cold
and starve fever either did not I'M
derstand what he was writing about or
he has been widely misunderstood, to the
great injury of multitudes who have
acted on the absurd maxim Presum-
ing that the author of it was
a physician, who knew something
of the nature of cold and the
action of remedies, he must have spoken
subiunctively, and not imperatively.
And then it would read thus: If you
stuff cold the consequence will be that
You viii be thrown into fever as a re-
suit of the stuffing treatment of the cold
and then you VIII have to starve the
fever. This is a true and sensible inter-
probation of this commonly received
maxim, which has done as much harm
as any of the thousand and one of the
popular errors which prevail on medical
subjects.
If il cannot be explained in the manner
mentioned, it must be remanded to the
dark ages of ignorance and superstition,
and classed with lunar and stellar infiu-
ences over the human body, wItchcraft
and other absurdities long since exploded
in the progress of true science.
Without dwelling on the nature and
causes of colds, or on what physicians
call the pathology of these disorders, l
will say that low or even starvation
diet for few days, with the free drink
ing of warm, mildly stimulating teas, is
better for n cold than any drug or combi-
nation of drugs. If with this a warm bath
or a hot fOOtbath is taken, little more viii
be needed. Nine cases in ten of colds can
be broken up in their early stage by hot
foot or rather leg bath, keeping the bath
as hot as it can be borne until perspira-
tion arises. After the bath drink a half
pint of hot lemonade and 90 to bed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

''E. f. N" asks if there is ''any objections to
gentleman calling in full dress on a family in
mourning
No, certainly not. Full dress refers
to the time of day, not to the condition
of the family called upon. gentleman
should always be in full dress for an
evening visit
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03
MAKING DIAMONDS.
The Process by Which Some Very Tiny Ones
Are Manufactured


There is given, in London Engineer
ing, an abstract of an interesting COM
municatlon which c.. A Parsons recently
made to the Royal society relative to a
number of experiments which he has
made on carbon at high temperatures
and under great pressures aud
in contact with other substances. 1t
would appear that he has succeeded IN
producing diamond dust artiffcially. The
arrangement of the experiment was as
follows: A massive cylindrical steel
mold of about three inches internal diam
eter and six inches high, was placed un-
der a hydraulic press, The bottom of the
mold being closed by spigot and
asbestos rubber packing, similar to
the gas-cheek in guns; the top was closed
by a plunger similarly packed this pack
ing was perfectly tight at all pressures.
In the spigot was vertically bored hole
into which the bottom end of the carbon
rod to be treated htted; the top
end of the carbOn-rOd was connected
electrically TO the mold by copper cap,
which also helped to support the
carbon-rod in central position. The
ally from the mold by asbestos and the
leading wires from the dynamo being con-
nected to the block and mold, respect
lively, the current passed along the car
bon-rod in the interior of the mold
The free space in the mold was filled
in turn with different hydro arbons
and with other materials Among the
liquids acted on were benZine, paraffine
treacle, chloride, and bisulphide of
carbon, and the solids included silica,
alumma, carbonate, and bride of
magnesa and alumina sThe pressure
employed ranged from five to thirty tons
per square inch. In the expert
ment with silica the density of
the carbon was increased 80 per
cent, and in no other case The most
interesting set of experiments was when
the mold around the rod was filled with a
layer Of Stacked lime about a quarter Of
an inch thick, snrmounted by two inches
of silver sand, followed by a layer of
lime the same thickness, and finally
by a layer of coke dust. The pressures
used ranged from five to thirty five
tons and current from 200 to
500 amperes, the carbon being in differ
ent experiments from one-qaarter inch
to five-sixteenths of an inch in 6iameler
Under these conditions there was OBJ
tanned on the surface of the carbon-rod a
powder of 4 gray color, harder than en-
cry and capable of scratching the dia-
mond. The powder is therefore very
probably the diamond itself
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03
New Style of Fighting.
London Spectator.


Nothing could more strikingly show the
change in warfare than the contrast be-
tween the Prussians who fought at
Leuthen and Rosbach and the armies en-
gagged at Worth and GravelOtte IN the
one we have rigid division and brigades:
in the other the work is done by
companies strung out along the front
of battle. Notwithstanding recent eX-
perience, we are told by the experts that
the principles of modern fighting as
they are now universally understood
among the most thoughtful soldiers of all
nations have never yet been applied in
action so that the need for the best all
around individual and collective i'll
struction is greater than ever Does it
prevail in the British army? Apparently
not, since we cling too much to the old
ways. 1.-The only practical work -
writes Col. Maurice, Is that which
tends TO prepare the men, not for the m
spection Of some general on the parade
ground, but for actual war. Something
has been done, but in our army we are far
from the living organism which war de-
mandS Even in the artillery of which
we are so proud, the instruction is not
thorough, or, if thorough, sacrificed to
delusive display show drill and show
maneuvers, Illustrated by the officer,
who said: ''Never mind how you fire;
get up puff of smoke
just 10 show where you are;
in other words, substitute smartness
for efficiency. Depend upon it, the next
great war will be fatal TO those who are
content with theatrical effects The
soldiers of Gustavus, Cromwell and Fred
erick were grounded on realities, not on
pretty shows, and only the spirit which
auimated them, breathed into our day,
can produce equivalent results.
The sunday GAzgrrE: 81 80 per year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

jeet of leaving a card Mt a ) o clock tea
1t is proper to do SO, and that is a call
for the season Several others are as to
forms of invitation They should be in
the third person, stately, formal and
clear, as: Mrs. John Brown requests
the pleasure of Mr. Horace Clayton IS
company at dinner, on Thursday, No
vember %, at Z 80 o clock; II Madison
street And the answer should be.
- Mr.. Horace Clayton accepts, with
pleasure, the polite invitation of Mrs
John Brown, for dinner, at 1880 o 'cloek
on November -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03
MEN AND THEIR CLOTHES.
Bright Woman Writes About the Fussiness OF
the Male Sex

Bright Woman Writes About the Fussiness of
the Male Sex.
A lady, signing herself Kate True, has
taken sit up for the women in the.ce1-
umns of the Detroit Free Press. Kate
says: / attended woman s meeting the
other day where. some of the representa-
tive women of Boston were assem-
bled The subject under dis
scussiOn was dress - After the
ethical side of, dress had
been duly considered and the decollette
gowns frowned upon one sweet-voiced
sister arose and said: why could not
we be sensible ike the men; they are
never bothered about their clothes,
dress suiT was always dress suit:
looked at the speaker curiously; she was
in earnest and then / remembered that
she belonged TO that estimable
class called spinsteFs and did not
know any better. In all the ups
and downs and ins and outs of this ka-
leidoscOpic world | recall certain scenes
in household of men when dressing for
a party. / remember with certain ner-
vous twinges the demands for needle and
thread; the ntteranees, not sweet but
the angry twitchingS given an innocent
necktie. and the fearful denunciations of
some far-away laundreSs.
Men never bother about their
clothes!'' Saints and angels defend us!
1t takes a woman with man attachment
and quartette of brothers to under
stand the true inwardness of the mascu-
line toilet When Tom Debutant has
suit fresh from the tailor S he is
more finicky and fussy about
it than any woman. If there is q faint
suggestion of a wrinkle across the
shoulders, back it goes and is considered
''mistt AS to the pantaloons, have
l not twisted my neck even worse than
any photographer ever did to see IF they
were not trifle too long, or too short,
and didn t l consider them little flush
in the rear, or a little snug at the knees,
or trifie too springy at the bottom?
Il men edo not bother about clothes, -
why were crazy quilts made 10 use mp the
supertiuous neckties abandoned as out of
style? As to cosmetics Tom Debutant
has ten to every one of his sister and
perfumes are the'delight of the masculine
nostrils. Ask your druggist who buys
them, and then ask every wife who uses
them up for her. Only the other day a
bright woman remarked concerning a
popular physician that he was the lotto
of Roses i'll the morning, "German
Cologpe' at noon and Horse at
night.
Go on in the innocence of your spin
sterial heart, most learned maiden, but
believe me, when [ tell you, from the
mountain top of experience, that for I'M
adulterated fussiness, from the end of a
waxed moustaehe to the toe of a pump,
or the fractional section of white cuff
below coat sieve, the sex that swears
bothers more about clothes than we
poor sinners. In this respect they are
{ S,IpapiOT
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

Subscribe for the Weekly GAzErrE; 81
per annnnls
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

Ignorance asks: 4 have received at home
cards from & friend who was married on the 2lst
OF November The card reads: AT home
Wednesday evenings in January Now, 1 do
not wish TO call. nor do l wish TO be impoiite.
What shall Edo?'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

The camel is said to have seven stom-
achs. He must feel like a walking bee
hive full of mad bees if he ever has the
collie Burlington Free Press.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03
ETIQUETTE.
The Customs in Regard to Mourning.
How Long Black Should Be Worn.
Proper Form for Dinner Invitation and the
RepIy-The Lady's Card Answers All
Purposes OF Etiquette.

Written for the Gazette.
Mrs Sherwood will each week answer
ten or twelve questions concerning points
of etiquette and manners.
Questions should be addressed TO the
editor Of THE GAZETTE.
1t will be impossible to answer all ques
tons, owing to the limited space that
can be given to this department. Mrs.
sherwood viii select such questions as
suggest points of the most general inter-
est TO our readers.
These questions having reached the
editor, we would answer them to the
best OF our ability, promising that as all
etiquette in America is in a chaotic state
(as. witness the recent dismissal of the
English minister, which had it been done
III like manner between Austria and
France or any other two powers in
Europe, would have been instantly a
cause of war; therefore, opinions differ
so much that these answers are offered
mOdestly.
Many letters are addressed TO the edi-
tor bearing on history literature and art.
These will become valuable hereafter
1t is quite impossible to answer the let
tiers individually, rs at least ten of them
will bear on one point, as what is the
form of a dinner invitation? What
answer should be gwen to an Invitation
to afternoon tea?'' etc Therefore the
general principles of all the questions can
alone be reached, and that to the best
ability of the writer
When new and puZzling point is made
more attention is of course bestowed on
that letter Sometimes in order that sew
eral authorities may be consulted; some
times that time for reflection be gained.
Many questions are unansWerable, as au-
thorities differ. Some are fippant and
impertinent, and naturally go INTO the
waste basket. Most of them, however,
discover genuine desire to improve.
Young Irshman' writes: please put a
stranger in this country right the following
points: Is it necessary to answer an invitation to
an afternoon tea?'
No, it is not Either go or send your
card
How should printed invitation to dance
be answered.
@Mr. Patrick accepts with pleasure
Mrs. Brown s kind invitation for Thurs
day evening
How soon should party call be made, and
how long should it last?''
call should be returned within
week, and it shocld never last over an
hour. A half hour is better.
Etiquette asks: I'm calling on young
lady in the evening should the card be sent in if
she is in the parlor?''
Yes, if you do not know her very we'll.
Should the gloves, overcoat and hat be re-
moved before going into the parlor?''
Decidedly.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

The Sunday GAzErrR; 81 80 per year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

George Knox asks: What should be the
proper form for the calling card of minister
Rev. William Jones, d. d. Col. George Jack
song Also, is it proper for a titled person in
issuing invitations 10 reception, To style him
self colonel. doctor. or whatever the title may
beg,'
: OF course it is.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

seveTal q the questions are on the- 900
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

Common Sense: ''Please explain why con-
veying food to the mouth with a knife is wrong
1t is not wrong; it is simply Vulgar and
unneat. 1t is not wrong, morally, to be
boor; but it is decidedly unpleasant for
ones neighbors
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09
pr. crenln,. cle,ne. reuna

CmcAoo, H., Juno s.-Tho police at
last have the clothes worn by Cronin
when he last left his Office. Tho garments.
all blood-siained, were In lot Of garbage
fodnd by a seayenger-juat whore. the po-
lice refuse 10 say. The scayongcr' gave
the apparel TO n ncighbor German, Who
washed out the blood as best sho could
and gave them 10 her husband TO
wear. The husbands new suit ox.
cited the suspicion Of some Of his
associates who informed the police. CrO-
Minis coat when found, and before Il had
been repaired, had been slit from neck 10
wrist. Tho vest had been nearly severed
In twain and the undoplolhing had been
cut In n similar manner. II an Inference
can be drawn from the conduct Of the po.
lice. II may assumed a. true that valuable
clews have been developed by the diseoy.
cry Of the relics.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09
SOME LnNE MAGAZINES

The current Cosmopolitan Is an admirable
number. both In the variety and quality Of
lis contents As leading feature Miss Edith
shcilicld's graphic description Of student
Life In the University Of Michigan" will be
especially appreciated by all advocates Of
higher education for women. This institu.
ton u supported by the State. and numbers
nearly nineteen hundred students, coming
from foreign lands rs we'll rs from every
State In the Union. Michigan University
long ago settled the question Of the admis'
sion Of women 10 equal collegiate rights
with the male students. aud now "tho co.
eds reign supreme" Miss Sheffield says.
"Nonc Of tho professors have shown lack
Of faith In the women, but say that they
lave done credit 10 the University for fixed
ness Of purpose, carncstness and intcllcciu.
alliy." This writer dwells with sentiments
Of affection ON the associations and attach
menb formed at Ann Arbor aud refers 10
the Rev. James II. Angel. President Of the
University, with the highest respect and adj
mlratlon. She says "Tho expenses OF stu
dents nj Ann Arbor are much less than
those Of students In other institutions
Of equal grades, and Il Is very common 10
lind farmors' sons here working their way
through college" Rogers. the sculptor, was
educated at Michigan University, and some
years after giving up his work In Italy, ten
dorcd 10 tho university all the works In his
studio, on condition that the university
should undertake the transshipmcnt Of the
collection" A portrait Of President Angel,
besides drawing. Of the different buildings
belonging 10 tho university, exterior aud
interior, and Types Of Goods" In college
gown, aud the ''mortar board cap Illus
traics the article. Following next Is an en-
Pertaining sketch, by William Hosea Ballou,
descriptive Of visit 10 Joseph Jcticrson'a
plantation down In New Iberia La Re-
Numbering Mr.. Jcilcson's exceeding love OF
nature, hisindifIercncc 10 society and more
than all his clever talent for painting,
a IA not 10 be- wondered at that lac found the
picturesque beauty aud romantic history OF
Orange Isle 40 enchanting TO his artistic taste
and Imagination. I.ahtlc, the pirate, made
his headquarters there, aud there also the
Acadlans came, those peculiar people Long
fellow describes In "Eyangclinc.' NO man.
however great his genius, could interpret
and lmpcrsonato two such creations as the
sof,.hcarlcd. irresponsible, inonensive, hon
est Grip" and the matchlcss. simple .'Oaieu
Piummcr." a. Mr.. Jefferson does, withou'
the sweet nature" he is well known 10
possess and which must be the handmade
Of genius We need not be surprised there
fore that like Robbie Burns whose hu'
manlty was not confined 10 man. but over
flowed TO his lower fellowcrcaturcs' Mr.
Jeecron's kind, compassionate heart
should not permit ANY Of the Nock
on his place to DO killed because
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09
THE MEMPHISAPPEAL
AN APPEAL FoR JoaNsroWx

IN dfFEdL run JOINo fOHN
II is crcditablc to the pcoplcof Memphis
that they arc still active in the great good
work Of collecting money for the stricken
people OF Johns,own, Pa. Money has been
pouring in on them, but more is needed.
Too much cannot be sent The work still
TO be done in cleaning up, burying
the dead and putting the place and
the surrounding towns In order dc.
mands hundreds OF thousands Of dol.
lars aud they should DO forthcoming.
Those who subscribe may be sure tina,
their money will be put to the best posi-.
bic use, as the officers In charge Of Johns.
town and who are supervising aud super.
intending the work being done have
proven themselves as intelligent, and dis.
Greet as they are energetic. They have
worked 10 purpose. But there arc hun.
dreds. perhaps thousands Of bodies yo, to
be buried, aud millions Of tons Of debris ic
be disposed Of. Then there arc the
homeless and pcnniloss to be earcd for
and fed aud tho orphans 10 be looked
after. To accomplish all that waits
viii take many days, perhaps many
weeks and much depends upon
the ncighborly feeling the people Of other
parts Of the Union manifest for the sur
Viyos Of the most hoart-ronding and mp.
palling catastrophe that the annals Of oui
race has any record Of. We trust
The people Of every ward and disirIe
will do oil they can, aud nobly sccont
the efforts Of the committees nov
oanyassing for subscriptions Ever,
one should give literally. Ten years az,
the world was aghast at our sorrow an,
was pouring in money, food, clothing an,
medicines, aud was scndingus messages q
the icndercs, sympathy. With this mem
DRY before Ms, We should be stimulated b
On extraordinary effort for the people q
Johnslown, who today are sitting In IN
debris Of despair aud dcsolation.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09

The ArPEAL is glad TO md so excellent
a Democratic journal as Ihe ~ LOUIS Re
public taking the same view oil Mai Edg'
ington's Decoration Day speech as we did.
ltreviews his census figures and shows, as
The APPEAL did, that they were as a
broken reed to lean upon, and says;
Using these figures, Col Edgington pre-
senis revolving alternative, but no such
alternative really exiss The white PEG
pie Of the Southern States cannot be en-
shaved; they will not drive out or exter-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09
rhn, saa. 900 nan. Rebser,.

ATcnIsoS, Kan, June S.-A $4,000
bank robbery occurred in this city in Sep
tcmbcr last which has been kept pro.
found secret until today. During that
month two men drove up in buggy to
the First National Bank. Il was about
noon and ono man alighted and entering
tho place told the cashier, who was alone,
that a man wanted 10 see him outside.
While the cashier was gone tho
stranger went behind the counter and
picked up bonds aud money TO the value
Of $4,000. The bank kept the matter
quiet with a view 20 recovering :he sccu.
rites, which. Il is learned today. they did
last March. The bonds were handed over
In Denver by n go-bctwcen. II Is not
known what price the bank paid. The
cash secured by the robbers WIS small and
$500 Of Il was In bills which had not been
signed by the president OF the bank. Tho
thieves succeeded In placing NIL Of Il in
circulation, however, and the Treasury
Department held the bank responsible for
the amount.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09

THE VicksbuTy Commercial Herald takes
issue with "a Bolivs Democrat who, in
recent issue Of, TIE APPEAL, suggested
that the Barksdals delegates to the guber-
material convention should hold together
and caucus with view to carry out the
purposes for harmony which induced
Major Barksdale to retire from the can
vass. The Commercial Herald thinks our
correspondents suggestion sis not at all in
line with the action OF his iavorite. II is
not calculated TO promote harmony. Since
Mr.. Barksdale's withdrawal every Banks
dale man is free to cast his vote for any
other candidate. Mr.. Barksdale, after
thanking them, releases them. and each
one OF them is free to exercise
his individual judgment, and there
Is now no power to rob them OF this
freedom Of choice. caucus for such a
purpose would be mschievous and could
not be effective. National Democratic
Conventions have repeatedly decided that
delegates cannot be deprived of their
choice" In this we agree with The Com
mercial- Herald. Maj. Barksdale, by re-
firing from the canvass, released all the
delegates who had been instructed for
him and all the voters who had volun-
tarily pledged themselves to him. He is
out OF the race is not to be considered,
and his too ardent friends should not be
permitted TO control or direct the conven-
ton in his supposed interests. That would
be to make and seek TO perpetuate a sort
OF Barksdale dynasty.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09

Mus EHLEE has a second communlca.
ton in today's Atrial Like her drsi, Il
contains great deal Of food Tor thought
She Is earnestly for the Chhsilanilaiion
and education Of the negro and for the
advancement Of the interests Of her sex.
In this she Is right, but TuE APrrlL sug.
gcs,s TO her that there Is no need Of an
AnElo-saxon Congress 10 consider the re-.
lalions Of the people Of that blood 10 thc
foreigners at the North and the negroes al
the South. In an editorial In another col
umn Mira Emae viii SEQ that TnE ArrrAi
explodos tho idea Of foreign DONNA
ton ~ Il exploded tho idea o
negro asocndancy and domination. sb'
will soc that tho native population