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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

FRED MUssEY Of the Cincinnati Com
mercial-G Gazette says that the editor OF
the Memphis Avalanche knows who killed
Clayton in Arkansas and is doing all he
can to shield him. This is perhaps the
most reckless statement ever printed in a
newspaper, and a good deal more reck-
less than should be tolerated. OF course
Mussey's well-known qualities as d liar
will prevent anyone from believing any
thing he says, but such direct and I'M
founded charges OF criminal knowledge
and aid are a little beyond the limits even
of the habitual liar.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

last. Blaylaek, Banman. wri.,.,
Craig were released as soon 90 ut ,,,ll' z q
Jacksboro. The others above rre ,r.i7l to
are held on bond of $3.50 each TTIL,.'Oasi
uemen above mentioned are an gen
bic citizens of their respective o, ,1saia,
The deputy sheriff, Davis. rs-..'''es
IN the same article, was also n MI ~. ned
Davis claims TO be a United Sts+$'4ae.
tective and did accompany C,rS.-Q-s-
Epps TO Montague after D:r-i.-S '''o.s
Cappleton from JackSboro. The "a and
ing opinion is that all viii come ciss. ~4'
Our entire country Is bfasssF
splendid rains. Corn and cotton ~, "ia
not be better. 'oli9
Quite q number of new como.
visiting our section at tins time a-S are
well pleased. 1 -'s
Stock is in good condition.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

HALL the real estate in Fort Worth
for sale could be assessed at 10 per cent.
of its present value and the sum thus
realized invested in factories, the re-
naming 80 per cent. would sell for 100
to 500 per cent. more than could be OBJ
tanned for it without factories. Factories
mean people at work who are now idle
and prompt payment of small bills; they
mean more people, demand for houses
retail trade, increased bank deposits and
appreciation and permanency of real
estate values
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

JOHN SHERMAN, writing of Foraker g
denomination, says he sincerely trusts
that no friend of his ''will revive or
recuT to the differences of opinion in the
Ohio delegation in the Chicago conven-
ton. - Which is a very smooth way of
recalling Foraker's treachery to mind +,
that Sherman knives may be whetted for
his scalp. With Gen. Beatty in open
enmity and Senator Sherman cold in sup
port, "Little Brooches stands chance
of having his seams badly ripped before
gone.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

DURING Cleveland s administration a
bill was passed by congress giving pen
sion to one Mary Ann Dougherty, who
was alleged to have been injured
while employed in the United
States arsenal. The president vetoed
the bill, and in his message re-
ferred to records which showed that
the woman had never been employed in
the arsenal. It was also shown that she
had frauduIently procured a widow s
pension in 1873, and this pension was af-
forwards withheld because the discovery
was made that her husband was not only
alive, but that he was drawing pension .
Notwithstanding these facts the Repub-
Hcan press made a great roar over the
veto, and the Republican administration
was called upon very early to do some
thing for Mary Ann. She was put TO
work in the agricultural department at
81 80 a day. Last week she was arrested
on the streets very drunk, and the prob
ability is she viii lose her place.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

IT Is hard 10 believe that in a state so
young as Illinois, and so progressive,
there should be statute in force that
allows imprisonment for debt. Yet such
seems TO, be the case. Last week a Chi
cago woTnBa<. named Miss Josie Walters
was locked up in the,Gook county jail for
debt. She had bought a .eIesk on the in
stallment plan, and, her husband losing
his position soo2 after, was unable to
make the payments. She owed SOS and
her creditors had her thrown into prison.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

Col. JOHN L. SULLIVAN has been ar
rested on requisition from Mississippi
and win be taken to that state for trial.
If Bob Lowry can now manage to have
Marion county put a zebra suit on the
Pride of Boston, THE GAZETTE will have
additional cause to love the man with
whom it ate parched c6rn in the days
agone. But keep your eye On Mr.. Rich
and that sheriff, Robert. Look to the
iurv -.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

WHATEVER be the outcome of Col. Sui
livan s trial in Mississippi for defiant vio-
lation of that states law, it is safe to
wager that prize fighters will not here
after seek its borders to indulge their de-
grading sport
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

SOMEBODY offered sam Jones $4,000 a
year and a fine tabernacle if he would 60
to Minneapolis. He said: "Do you
take me for a fool? am now preaching
TO 8, 900 ZOO every year and they pay me
S25, 600. It ain t spiritual to preach for
uotbiuU -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

In BALTIMORE boy under twelve years
of age has been sent to the house OF ref
uge for peddIing matches without Ii
cense. There is one law prohibiting ped
ding without a license, and another pro-
hibiting the issuing of peddling licenses
to persons under sixteen years of age.
These two laws should be called "Acts
to prohibit poor children from making a
living -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

Col. DEGREES denies having advised
Burke to buy bill of goods of Wanna
maker in order to further his claims for
office. VIII the patriot who did devise
that scheme please step forward and
claim the cake?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION:
Corner Of RatSk and Fifth Streets.
ES- All letters or communications for THE

EPAU letters or communications for THE
GAZETTE, qchether on business or for
publication, should be addressed to THE
GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUBLISH
ING coz, Fort Worth, Ter. and MOI
TO ANY KYDIVIDUAL.
Al COMMUNICATIONS intended for pnbItca-
ton must be accompanied By the s0riter 5
name and address-,tot for publicattOn-but
as an evidence Of good faith
Parties svritfnq to THE GAZE TIE on
business personal no themselves SeltI please
inc1oSe stamp for reply.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

ECONOMY is the road to wealth. In no
way can the Texas farmer exercise econ
ouy 70 better purpose than in raising
hogs to eat the corn which, otherwise, he
would have TO sell at a low price, and
furnish the bacon for which. otherwise,
he would have to pay a high price.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

TEXAS is the paradise of unmarried fe-
male Republicans, when a Republicans
president, especially. Yesterdays GAs-
zETTE reported the appointment of
three Republican misses TO be post
masters in this state Postal card
writer's will please take notice and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

they paying her board. What an inter-
esting relic that old debtors imprison-
ment law would be to show at the CO.
lumbus celebration.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

EVERY man in Fort Worth should help
on the boom that is carrying the city to
victory. No citizen should sulk in his
tent when there Is work to be done.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

To THE bIarsted Britisher: Syndicate
our beer as you viii, but leave our girls.
We want no Henglish control of our play
houses and players.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
BRANCH OFFICES.
DALLAS.

G.. NJ BAILEY, Correspondent and General
Agent, 725 Main street, where orders for sub
scriptions and advertising should be left
THE GAZETTE can be found on sale at all news
stands in the city
WACO
JAMES II. QUARLEs, Agent and Correspondent.
WEATHERFORD.
II. B. DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

THE dispatches printed in yesterdays
GAZETTE contained twenty-One an
nouncements that make Arch Cochran
sorry he Joined the Ipse Dixits.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
Not \ General strike.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Aug. l.-PFi'a'7 o
vices from the Connellsville coke T5="
this morning indicate that the sl7-,
strike of u 600 coke workers, which wa
tatake place to-day, IS not geIst' "A
About one third of the miners are -
fbe out, majority of the strikers - g5I
eemployes of Prick & Co. The -.
sielaifn the men will ell be OUT ''-
~ "a -
saoAsfffp tiorss IS Fse sSns< sEna1g disease
c aeeeFis he cures q w. sEaF
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
NEWPORT.
Charges OF Wire Cutting-The Country Full,
PrOsDectOrs.

fFOSpecIOEs. -
Correspondence of the Gazette. -
NEWPORT, TEX, July 81 see in to-
day paper a statement from Montague,
Tex, that Doe Derret and John Copusan
of Jack county were arrested in Msn-
tague on charge of wire cutting. 1t
was Doc Dirrick and John Cappleton of
Clay county, both of whom are under
bond to appear in Jacksboro August l
for trial. Also about the same time
lessee Blaylack, James Cappleton, Al
bert Wright, Ted Ballmon, Uncle Dick
Keer and J. N. Loving, all of Clay
county, and Joe Graham of Hardeman
county and Samuel Craig of Jack county
were arrested charged with cutting Steed
and Evans wire near Post Oak, eig hit
miles west of Newport, on March IG
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
Ne,ra1nia a,,a I,heu,astzs...

Mrs. Mckay, coTEstss Crockett and
Juliet streets sQsfs, says: was en-
tirely cuIsazof neuralgia and rheuma-
tisms gftefs Suffering for the past twelve
yeRrs By the use of six bottles OF Dr.
Gillespie S Extract of Is Roofs
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
The Abilene Country.

COLORADO, TEX, July 90, lsss.
To the Gazette.
Things are in fine shape. Crops ara
good, stock is fat and grangers are COM
ing IN. There is some demand for land.
Cattle are worth bat little, sheep bring
good prices.
ave had a regular blue norther last
flghtAnd il has lasted all day With Agh'
r.ain.r-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

THE good Dr.. Harrison has been play
ing pool at Deer Park. Next thing you
know he viii be smoking cigarettes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
Woman,s Smiles and Woman,s Tears.Lss

One to enliven, the other to soften the hstrr 81
we're either 5i all smiles 0t or all this
cannot be true for what wouIdl5tlss6 be - 'twixt
a tear ard SMILE WslnS2s have enough to
bear to make them &91GIe3rs'' and enough to
hope for to make tasshf all smiles. - When
afflicted Witk3 seriousness, ''female weak
nesses, Jss5t3cheadache and the numerous dis
easesseseufar to their sex there is necessity for
cSTltemplation, and for tears, - but when they
acensider that there is a sure remedy in DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for all such ''fe
male complaints - there is reason for smiles. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

SULLIVAN behind the bars! The bruis-
ers' hero in a cell The Boston idol IN
jail, Think of it!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

IT LOOKS as though English capitalists
intended to "corneI'' this whole coun-
try.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

TIE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATION.
But few weeks have elapsed since THE
GAZETTE gave voice to a popular need
and said Fort Worth should organ
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

IT Is said there is TO be a ballet girl
trust We did not know they would do
to trust
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

NORTH and Northwest Texas seem to
be getting together.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

Col. KHAN has demonstrated the
fact that he catrsget as drunk as Col.
Sullivan. 49,.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
Want the Right to Deed Their Propert

Want the Right to Deed Their Property
TACOMA, W. T., Aug. 1.-The tide
of Puyuallah Indians, a tribe well all
vanced in education and intelligence, has
sent a memorial to the senate committee
on Indian affairs urging the passage OF
law removing the restrictions coHta.,s'
in their deeds so they can sell and Us
pose of any part thereof IN order 10 ..I-
prove the remainder. Their reseT'a....11
is near this city, and soon Will be VIM
the corporation limits. Tie Indians, "a
whom there are IGO male adults, sai "!
are now able to transact their own "a
ness and protect their own lnteresN'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
WVIia

Correspondence of the Gazette.
WYLIE, TEX, July 31.-Two small
children of Mr.. William Housewright
were poisoned yesterday by corrosive
sublimate. Timely medical aid saved
their lives.
Z The Baptist church Is in the midst of
& good revival The Methodists will
begin their protracted meetings next
Sunday. .sg&
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
PARSONS BRIGADE REUNION.
The Time for the Meeting August and 8.

The Time for the Meeting August and g.
July 81, 1889.
To the Gazette.
In your issue of the 3Oth you published
the time and programme for the reunion
of Parson s brigade at Kaufman, for
which please accept thanks, but your
printer made mistake in printing the
time, August II and Is when the correct
sd s +-S4ds q
= T or aidisordered liver try 9eschanass PSslz
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

KELLER q S,, aJGrv. ISa.
s. P. Tucker, Agent Cbass Issf,s Germ Erta--
minator. ,-.,lfsSss
DEAR SIR---iNlE.ysissllas been troubled Drift
teen years w4ga 1yeTy esevere PERIODICAL heaI.,hs
for whieASEAsFe tried various remedies yf 5s
ehectsRatttf tried Chas. Alff's Germ Exterdfssy
tors gallons of which has cffectei. p5Fr5.
pert cure. can honestly recomm6rl tlsrs1,
edy as wonderful curative. ~ 2 .I8roIsr
Gordon e Djse,s6fvhss Preserrss.
Gordon s. EillSE0Fth : preserves are the
very finest leftfle whole void. Noboi7
dare 10 dispute this fact Order in whole
sd5ea4or retail quantities from the For.
Worth Grocer Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
PARSON

annual EeUI
IKi
II. W. G.
bes that the i
kcavalry brig
b, NineteoT
|eth regime
ana
hold it'
|lfulan on
august II al
FORE either
Families and
ahe public
II TO be ]
Stresses by
4 Ross, Cor
B., ex-GOvt
er Throck
laBbock, C.
Fhursda,
rs in honor
4 The railTOt
i fare cate.
bowels Efen
ut, and Casca
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

IN 10
Buttons ado,
Singing sch
kTeas, in vie
PEG by the
IssociGte :
L--..sflL H.
ThON sA
erefore be
6Ived that 5
r. of the de
hin her r
i for one VIII,
/ respect and
bIved that
BE- family Of
IsatiOn whic
1ence to app
Them for co
all things f
Seu1ent is II
led tins ear
h that GOD
Ithere viii E
death
slyed that ]
|IUteS OF the
OTth GAZEI
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

Waagve just received another 9gil. ~.
nitaf at gAssstQYes. We will y IL.--
on trial for fizfser days and lt@2t -.
factory will IKE thssP6ut 10 CO..
taose tryir!s Them except To-. gas y
FeRT WORTH Gas LIGHT ~
, The very best eEsaEtsEy butter ID ~. ~
scity to be badeas F6rt Worth Grocer 70 .
Thurradfd s lSone star Catarrh CUR
and I.A1se Star BIcod syrpp are now .-
}eadfnE femeaies for eataTFb 411 o.
blood diseases.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

buttons ado,
Singing sch
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

lntity and Q
Qua
+ azette.
/ you kindly
BEST paper
l0ye 20 the p
|Teater veal
T. than all I
l. Fort NOrT
i, laying oll
1 people {
what We hg
mediate con
Ine or plast
| world, and
! would suTU
10 surprised
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on can spal
hank Kane 5
s Of Fort Wo
IL that we
% all we vs.
us is pier
mills IoUa
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

ENTERED AT THE FORT WORTH, Texas, PosT-
OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02

Mrs. Sangster, the new editor of Hay=
per's Bazaar, known so long by her Fe-
Iigious poems in the weekly papers, is a
fair, matronly lady, well and rather
richly dressed, with suave manner re-
mindng one of Helen Hunt JacksoIa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-02
PLAST

dleyT Tex
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-26
Women Crazy About stenoeraphv.

"How many stenographers do you suppose
here are in ChicagoF' was the inquiry of an
employment agency man the other day. The
Stroller would not hazard Fguess. About
1000, as near as I can make out, >" said my in
5errogator He explained further that their
wages averaged from $40 to SIS a week, a
Few of the most competent getting more
han the latter figure, and great many re-
,eiving less than so. They are mostly
women, and there is an army of them con-
SANITY in search of places. The hours ere
not hard, usually ranging from or in the
morning to 5 or 6 in the afternoon, with
nearly an hour at noon for lunch. But the
work Is very confirming
"The business is entirely oYerdone," said
my informant. ut has become a sort of
mania with girls, and they are going into it
In such numbers that the supply is already
entirely out of proportion to the demand If
had the education of a young girlin charge
[ would strongly dissuade her from learning
stenOgTaphy. In addition to the overcrowded
state Of the profession, Edison's new phono-
graph viii entirely dispense with the neces-
sity of stenographers, if it will do all that is
claimed for it. by advice to girls who want
70 fit themselves to earn a living is to try
60mething else than stenography." Chicago
Journal
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How Gamblers Read Cards.

We do it in the same way that the blind
man reads-by the sense of feeling. But be-
fore we can read these cards they must be
put in shape. This is done with a ring which
is worn on the most convenient finger. On
the inside of the ring-I mean the part under
the fnger-ls a little steel spur not sharp
enough to penetrate the cards and make a
hole which would be detected but a slight in
dentation, resembling a pimple, on the back
OF the card, but so small that with close OBJ
servatiOn it would not be noticed This we
cannot see, but we can feel it, and the Ioca-
ton is the cipher to the denomination. of the
card. OF course, we have to see and handle
the cards before they can be marked" but
as we can handle from five to ten cards each
deal, 1t does not take long to have all the inn
portant cards punctured.
Reading cards marked in this way a., easy
TO me- have one system as to the location
Of marks, and it is just as simple as telling
the time by the location of the hands of a
clock in the absence of the regular dial
figures. Sharp players make their punctures
so slight that they cannot be detected by the
ordinary sense of feeling. The reading is
then done with the ball of the thumb, from
which the outer cuticle has been removed by
acid. The neither skin is very tender and
'cadily responds when it comes in contact
with the mark" Greeks of this class can be
detected by watching the thumb of the right
hand in dealing If it has a sliding motion
up and down the cards then you can bet two
70 one that the dealer has got book for the
blind to read.-Chicago Herald.
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The Foundation for a New Drama.


If were a playwright, girls. l should
have a modern, fashionable hotel dining
room at about 9 g. m, say at Saratoga,
for stage setting, and just let the guests
act out their characters naturally 1t
would be the society play of the season
and make a hit, l am sure. 1t was too
funny how some would act, One would
march in. holding himself so straight that
| am sure he swallowed a ruler that morn
ING. Another would swing his arms and
swagger along TO his seat; third, with
bis nose in the air. with look of I" am
lord of all ] survey" on his ugly visage-
But the ladies, girls Do you remem-
Der Miss Floyd? She would turn from
one side to the other as she followed the
solemn head waiter to her seat, as II TO
say, Are you looking nue. well over and
noticing my styley" Of course you saw
Miss Bite stocking, with her brass door
kew dangling in her hands, going fip-flop,
as She soIemnly walked the aisle with her
arms full of periodicals-you know she
has literary reputation to sustain. How
| pitied her She had hardly given her
order for breakfast when she had to 60 to
work Girls, never try to play roles
It's awful hard work.
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Artists,
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ArtotXpeS In order close 2pt this line of really fine %
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sPeoaties the United
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PRICE 5 CENTS.
MEN WHO FIX THE WIRES.
Work and Hardships of TeIegraphic Line
men-Much Toll and Little Pay.

Work and Hardships of TeIegraphic Limo
men-Much Toll and Little Pay.
There are employed in this country nearly
! 5000 telegraph and telephone linemen
They are all expert men in their business.
and, while the work is extremely hard, they
are fairly well paid
Their work is peculiar. If a break occurs
in a wire they have to start out, find it and
repair it. By instruments now in use it is
possible to tell pretty nearly where the
trouble is, but it requires even then mas
with a quick eye and long experience to
find it out without the wasting of much val
liable time This is particularly so in big
city, where sometimes high as 100 wires
are strung on one pole.
Some of these men are able to pick out
certain wire and follow it for almost any
distance, though 1T may be one of IA dozen on
the pole.
The men begin work as groundmen or as
sistants. They carry the wire and attend TO
the work on the ground, while the regular
linemen climb the poles and attend to the re-
pairs. Gradually the groundman learns to
climb with spikes and to keep his head clear
at great heights. Then he is given some I'M
important work to do aloft until he gradually
becomes expert enough to do any kind OF
work
The ineman has to do his work at all
times of the day and night, and in all kinds
Of weather. In fact his hardest work is gem
orally in the coolest and most disagreeable
weather, for it is then that the worst dam
agels done to the wires. In the winter time
he has to climb poles covered with ice, and
handle the wires when every touch is liable
to take the skin off his hands
In the city when big snow storm occurs
there are bound to be a great number of
wires broken or grounded. They have to be
liked at once, and the whole force is sent out,
working night and day.
Out in the home of the blizzard. the great
northwest the Hnemen have a particularly
hard time. 1t is so cold there sometimes that
they find it impossible to work more than
half an hour or SO at a time on the top of a
telegraph pole When the blizzard is a par
ticularly haru one it is frequently necessary
to have gangs from all the surrounding
country following the track of the storm, so
that no time may be lost in getting the wires
into working order again.-New York Press.