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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Russia's SURPRISING Military Power.


Russia surpasses every other nation in
She still clings to the non-repeating rifle,
the Berdan, and does not seem inclined
to disrlace it. Even with her lately con-
structed strategic lines, she is sadly def
Gent of the means of mobilization. Be-
sides maintaining her frontier zone, she
Is obliged to sustain on the east a force
sufficient to support her menace against
the Balkans. While, in comparison to
Germany and France, she is inferiorly
differed, owing to the franchises yet en-
Joyed by the nobility, the virtues of her
troops are beyond question. Napoleon
paid them deserved tribute. ut does not
suffice to kill the Russian soldier, said
he; You must then knock him over.
And even now the Roumelian delights to
tell how the Russian, beaten back from
the cannon mouth seven times in one
day, came sweeping on over the dead, to
win at last
He IS brave to rashness, full of enter
prise, and shares the Frenchman's prefer
ence for the bayonet. His poverty, his
dirty clothes, worn to the threads, his
seeming Incidence and clumsiness, i'm
press the beholder unfavorably at first
sight. Yet these characteristics are ex-
ternal proofs Of merit Immobile in
ranks, he is impulsive and persistent in
action, passive in obedience, tenacious in
battle; he is sensitive to kind words,
suffers privation as a necessity of his ex-
istence and supports the most trying
fatlgues without complaint. In short, he
combines the stubbornness of the Teuton
with the valor of the Gaul. He has the
ferocity Of the Turk in conflict and the
mercy of the Christian after. Of this
the work left by poor McGahan bears
abundant testimony.-E D. Cowen in
Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Patrick Chalmers, of Wimbledon,
England, has been engaged for some
years, and apparently with much success,
in demonstrating to phillatelists that his
father, the late James Chalmers, of Dun
dee, was the inventor of the adhesive
postage stamp. The credit is usually
given to Rowland Hill, who succeeded in
getting penny postage adopted, and GER
tainly rendered a great service in so do
ing, but it is claimed he took his idea
from a postoffice blue book of 1886, and
that. when the idea was becoming a fail
ure in practice, Mr.. Chalmers saved it by
his device. In fact, a German writer
has pointed out passage in the Penny
Cyclop8dia wherein it is said that Mr.
Hill stated that the idea did not originate
with him. When he died, about eight
years ago, and the London press gave
him the entire credit of the postal re-
forms, there was general protest from
Dundee, where more than thirty wears
before Mr.. Chalmers had been presented
with a testimonial in honor of his having
originated the adhesive stamp. Chi
cago Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Fattening Women In Tunis.

Professor Hoeber says, apropOs of cor
pulence, that the Jewesses of Tunis, when
they were 10 years old, were put into
dark rooms and fed on the food prepared
from flour and also with the meat OF
dogs until they were systematically fat
tened. In similar way, he continues.
the women in other parts of Africa are
said to reach the same degree of fatness
by eating honey and fresh dates. Cor
pulence in those localities must be fash
ionable. Good Housekeeping.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Parks for the Turbulent.

Public parks are recommended as a
preventive of anarchy. A speaker in
Philadelphia traced the connection be-
tween a certain class of virtues and open
spaces. Riotous uprisings never find
their source in that part of the popula-
ton dwelling in the vicinity of the parks.
since Anarchists frequent thickly crowded
quarters, the alleys and densely popu-
lated courts. Chicago Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Butter Made from Minerals.

A mineral oil, or rather butter na'
been introduced as lubricator oy Wv
Compagnie Franchise de GRASSES MI
erales Consistantes. 1t is stated 70 !
free from acid, resin or drying olls' a..
does not alter with exposure 70 ~ -
air. Its melting point is "a degS !,
Q83 dogs. Fahrenheit, and it does i. q
in1lame at a lower temperature ~. -.
220 dogs. G. While it resembles uus, 49,.
in color it is odorless and has no cn. n.
zeal action on metals. -Engiisn
chanic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Medical Officer Russell. of Glasgow,
say that during the last ten years over
100000 articles Of clothing from per-
sons affected with every kind of con-
tagion known in this country have passed
through the Glasgow laundry, and that
in that time he has never known a case
of interchanged disease. although the
women engaged in the laundry have oc-
casionally suffered from handling the
linen before it was boiled. Popular
Science News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

1t is proposed to use the spectros.vDIar.
to determine whether cesspools, sIaO''I
etc., drain into neighboring wellS 4
solution of carbonate or chloriue
lithium is poured into the suspev 81.
sources of pollution in the nelgn Iii
hood, and after week or so tns 81
water is examined spectroscoplcany. Id
ithium, which can thus be de''s -
even if the water holds in SOLUTION ~
than one pint in million. Ne"
Telegram.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
BESSIE AND WILLIE.

what you sitting side Of me forf"
Bessie's Llue eyes opened wider
As little Willie jenkins
Took the vacant seat beside her.
81 had to come, " replied the boy
For the teacher told me to;
He said I'd been so naughty
must sit longside Of YOU"
rs that what makes you look SO crossT''
Said Bessie with a smile.
II like to have you sit by me;
Can you stay good long whilef"
arm fraid I can't this time, p" said VIII.
For wasn't very bad"
~You'll be bladder next time-won't your"
Yes lisped the little lad.
Portland Transcript
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

A little girl at Byron, Mich, had
birthday party recently, and went down
to tell the editor about it, so he ''could
put it in the paper" She said: 1--WE
had two kinds of cake and six little girls,
and didn't have a single fight. Brook
Ign Eagle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

The hard soda soaps are preferable to
the soft potash soaps for toilet purposes,
as the quality Of all soaps depends upon
the character of their constituents and
the thoroughness of their specialization.
Good soaps must not contain free alkali
or any foreign irritating substances. -
New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Beginning of West India Coffee.

According to De Tour, the original
stock of all West India coffee was a
coffee tree presented by the magistrates
of Amsterdam to Louis XIV in l7l5. and
thence introduced into Hayti and San
Domingo by the French Haytiens. Its
introduction here was from Hayti. Its
chief stimulus came through hundreds
of rich refugees from the constant revo
lutiOns in Hayti and San Domingo; and
probably coffee culture reached its great
est prosperity in Cuba during the first
quarter of this century when its annual
production reached nearly 100000, coo
pounds. Then it was that the planters
of these noble valleys were richer than
princes; frequently owned thousands OF
slaves each; lived in lavish luxuriance
the lingering legends of which are I'M
tellable from their apparent absurdity in
the practical thought of today; and old
Trinidad, down there in its somnolence
by the sea, was the then Paris chiquito, >
or little Paris of the Antilles, whose
wealth, splendor and profigacy will for
ever remain unequaled in the New
World.-Edgar L. Wakeman's Cuba
Letter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Some of the very poor people of Phila-
delphia get their small children taken
care of in public institutions during the
winter and draw them out in the spring.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Electric Watches.

The manufacture of electric watches
has been begun in Berlin. Two small
cells and small electric motor take the
place of the ordinary spring movement
Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
The Death of Cleopatra.

DR.. ViAdd Grand Marais, of Nantes.
has been holding an inquest on the sud
den death of Cleopatra. He rejects the
theory that her death was caused by the
bite of viper. She was accustomed to
test the effects of various poisons on her
slaves, in order to ascertain which caused
the easiest death. Having shown that
no viper was found in the room of the
fair suicide, that her body presented no
traces of bites, and that her two maid
servants were found dead or dying at the
foot of her bed, he comes to the concIu-
sion that her death was caused by car
bonic oxide.-Bulletin General de Their
apeutiQue.
any oook OF poems which has the
word ''tyrant'' in it cannot pass the
Russian frontier The car thinks If a
direct hit at him. An English book
was lately tabooed because it had the
sentence, Goods free air." All the air
IN Russia belongs to royalty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

All civilized idols are made of gold.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
RAnRoAD INPRoTEHENT.


There is great change being wrought
M Texas railroads, an era of improve
ment having just dawued, and the ply
steal condition of the different lines is
being rapidly improved. In no road is
this fact more noticeable than the St
Louis, Arkansas and Texas (the Cotton
BelD, which, within the course of a
year, has undergone q radical change
for the better. Up to the time the sys
tenn went into the hands OF the receiver
the track and the passenger service of
this line were far below the average. the
track being regarded as one Of the poor
est in the state and the passenger serv-
ice but little, il any better. Since
then, however, the entire road has been
ballasted, the depof accommodations
have been brought up to high standard
and the passenger service has been mad'
one of the best and most satisfactory in
Texas. Time being Il matter of great
importance to the travelling public, the
Cotton Belt has made its passen-
ge- schedules conform TO the public
demands, and the recent betterment of
the accommodations on all passenger
trains evidence desire on the Fart OF
the management of the road TO contrib
ute to the comfort of the patrons of thu
line. The inauguration OF through Pull
man buffet sIeepers and day coaches from
Fort Worth to Memphis is an improve
ment which the public will appreciate
and which will make many friends for
this road, which is rapidly growing in
favor. 1t is this recognition of the
rights of the public by railroads that will
in the end do much to create a better
feeling toward them, and the officials of
the Cotton Belt appear to have fully
realized this fact. Instead OF absolutely
ignoring all requests for improved ac-
Communications, this line has sought to
ascertain what the public wanted and
when it was ascertained the improvement
was made ct once. The policy of thiI
road, as is evidenced by work already
done, will no doubt have the effect of
causing competing lines to pake needed
improvements in their different depart
ments, and in doing so not only will the
comfort of the public be enhanced, bu'
the value of the roads will be increased.
The Cotton Belt is to be commended for
its progressive policy, and it will be, lust
in proportion TO the good work it does.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
long pull, o strong pull and pull Alto
gether right now would send the young
oIty "juning'' on the upward march.
HALE'S RECIPROCITY FIAsoo.

John Sherman took hold of Hale.
squsbby reciprocity resolution and
ohoked the life out of it Tuesday. The
thing had been ill-considered, and was
IN no shape whatever to stand the in
spection of even an OK driver. 1t gave
the president the power, whenever he saw
fit to use it, of opening the ports of the
United States TO all products OF an7
nation OF the American hemisphere on
which no export duties were levied.
els Cuba q nation?" asked Ioicle
John. Certainly not; therefore her
sugar must be taxed. "1s Canada
nation?' OF course not. Very we'll,
then, she is shut out by the provisions OF
this resolution. But if we are to recip-
rocate with anybody it should be with
the Canadian.
resolution admits free the mescal OF
Mexico to make US drunk. Fatal blum
der! Granny Blair was seen to roll his
eyes heavenward, and groan audibly at
meutlOn OF q meScAl invasion. mat lleL
alone was enough to kill the Declaration
of Independence, Magma Charta or the
Decologus. Lord o. mercyl pass
resolution with mescal provision in it?
Never, never! A monarchy first, or an
autocraoy with Tom Reed and parlia-
mentary law as our only ruler and gov
erning code. But mescal is not all. 1t
admits free, wool, copper, zinc, iron,
gold, silver, lead ores from Mexico. etc.
This wholesale importation Of precious
metals and wool was an outrage in
John IS opinion, and not to be thought
of. One would like to know what John
means by reciprocity. ls 1t selling all
We can, and buying nothing from the
Latin Americans, not even gold and
silver?
These Republican legislators and
solons are most picturesque aud anus
Ing set. They have been engaged go
long in corrupt and vicious legislation
that when an attempt is made to do
something honest and fair, they don t
know how, and get so mixed up that
they make holy show of themselves.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
Fort worth's Packery.
scurry County Citizen.


Fort Worth is erecting large packing
house establishment for the purpose OF
supplying home consumption with the
products which have heretofore been
shipped into this state. II IL a very sub
startial stone structure, situated near
the Fort Worth Union stockyards.
1t will have packing capac-
ity of 500 head of hogs dur
ing the summer, and 1000 head during
the winter, per day, and fifty tons of ice
and fifty tons OF cooling capacity per
day, and a refrigerator capacity Of 100
head of cattle and 100 head of sheep per
day.
1t is proposed to make this enterprise
to the South what Omaha and Chicago
are to ths West, by providing a home
market for the consumption of our live
stock, and be the means of Armour,
Swift, Dodd and others establishing
branch houses in the Southwest, and
save our stockmeu the expense OF ship
ping, freight paid both ways on meat
consumed by Texas, and our own citizens
will derive the benefit of the profits now
made by outside parties.
1t is a well known fact that public en-.
terprise is created by competition and es-
tablIshing a 'mammoth packing house
there will be the means of cutting of
these monopolIes. To compete with them
they will be obliged to open up markets
in the Southwest. 1t will also have
tendency to induce other factories to To-
cate there and encourage immigration to
this state; stockmen will not have
to go to Northern markets
alone for the sale of their live
stock. 1t is their intention to commence
operations November !. and it will be
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
THE CORSICANA STRIKE.
AFreiSht BlockGds-An Attempt to Move Trains
Frustrated by the strikers.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
CORsICANA, TEX. Sept. 3.-The strike
on the Cotton Belt railroad is still on and
every freight train that reaches here is
deserted and left standing On the track
An attempt was made to-day to move
out train, but the idle men rushed be =
tween the cars and pulled the pms, thus
preventing the work. The entire yard is
filled with trains and only the main track
Is open. Passenger trains pass unmO-
Tested, but no freight or mixed trains
can be moved. The train between this
city and Hiilsboro is mixed train hence
it was not allowed to depart this morning
on time.
Superintendent J 4. Edison is here
and has appealed TO the deputy marsh |
for police help. Edison says he Will
move trains from here o-mOrrow ut all
hazards. Our merchants are much in
convenienced by the strike and are doing
all they can to effect a compromise with
the officials and the brakemen. Some
freight trains from the East have been
stopped at Athens and kerens because
there is no room in the yard for them
hare
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
BRANCH OFFICES.

DALLAS.
JopeS NFAGHER, Correspondent.
c, W WILSON, Business Agent.
Office: f2g Main street, where orders Tor SUP
Ecrlptions and advertising should be LETT.
The GAZETTE can be found on sale al al news
stands in the city.
S. L. JONES, Correspondent.
WEATHERFORD.
II. B. DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent.
ABILENE.
+ z RLDFoRD Agent and Correspondent.
Office: Postoffce building, p Chestnut street,
first floor. where all orders for SUBSCRIPTIONS
and advertising should be left.
CLEBURNE.
W. H. BYRD, Agent md Correspondent.
AUSTIN.
NJ. G. PoINDExTER, Agent, lO2 West sixth
street.
This paper is Kept on file and ADYBRTisING
RATES may be ascertancd at the office OF the
AMERICAN WSPAPER PUBLISHEItS 40
ISOLATION, Temple Court, New YORK, or
from its
EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE,
As Tribune Building New York.
WESTERN BUSINESS OFFICE,
5O9 1.-The ROokery," Chicago, Ill.
WASHINGTON OFFICE,
1913 Street; H. W. sPOFFoRD, CcrrespOn-
dent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
A CALL
For a Convention Of Texans Interested In
Developing the Manufacturing and Mer-
camille interests of the State.
Fort WORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. }
SECRETARY's OFFICE.
EprT WpDTu Try

Fort WORTH CHAMBER OF CoMNERcE)
SECRETARY 9 OFFICE. :
FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. q, 1880.
A convention of delegates from trade
ana manufacturing organizations, munio-
qualities and people interested in devel-
oping the manufacturing and mercantile
interests of Texas has been called to
meet in Fort Worth on September %,
1890, for the purpose of devisiug ways
and means to induce capital to seek our
state and accomplish this object.
The advantage to accrue to the people
of Texas by having our raw material,
found in endless quantity in this state,
manufactured into merchantable COM
modities must be patent to every mind
that has given the subject careful con-
sideration. Manufacturers are disposed
10 come to our state, capitalists are ia
vorably disposed, but there has been no
united action to place before them the
facts about our resources and the vast
field open to them and wholesale mer-
chants. This convention Is called to
meet the demand made upon the state.
1t is proposed to have Eastern and
Northern manufacturers and capitalists
present at our deliberations. Governor
LAOSS mas Ga pEesstu IL NIllIursuGSS u w.
operate in the matter.
To this end you are cordially invited
and requested to send one or more dele
gates from your organization, munich
pality or county TO this convention.
Efforts will be made to arrange with the
railway companies for reduced rates 10
delegates and others who attend. AS
the time is short we respectfully urge
immediate action and request that you
send to the secretary OF the Fort Worth
chamber of commerce the names of
those selected to represent you IN the
convention.
X. N. VANZANDT, President.
E. S. BIDEN, Secretary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04

THE Hale reciprocity resolution in the
senate came like Richard the Third, into
the world "deformed and unfinished. -
John Sherman exposed Its immaturities
and deformities IN the most heartless
fashion. The foolish thing died a. ornIn'.
The acme ana highest excellence of Re-
publican craftsmanship consists IN one
thing, namely: raising the tariff. When
it attempts anything else, look out for
botch work and bungliug.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04

IN au editorial summary of the events
of the summer, the editor of the New
York Mail and Express plumes his wing
for high flights. 1t is in this season tha+
''man and beast have united with ma
ture to achieve the strange, the curious
and the unexpected. When things
have happened to be laid away in the
"cold storage' cells of grateful men,
DRY. "Cold storage" is good, but there
is better to come. After a reorganization
OF the mercies bestowed by the Fifty
first congress, etc. the writer goes on:
"Among the corollary circumstances Of
the period Now "corollary oIrcum-
stances" Is excrucIatingly funny, even
in the columns of the solemn Mail and
Express.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
FAITH THAT HEALS.

man writing NJ. d. after his name
said of the human race that it WAS di-
vlded into two classes, the humbuEged
and the humbugger, adding that he
chose the role of humbugger. II the
humbugging is com posed of bread pills
and potions of lavender water there is
little harm done. Is 1t true that pre-
scriptions alike harmless are not RENE
dies? Sick people wish to be cured,
whether their Illness Is real or magma
~, and if the medicine taken cures there
Is no humbue; at least it can hardly bo
so considered.
Some half-read doctor gathers few
simple weeds, makes decootion or in
fusion, bottles and advertises literally;
soon his assertion of its virtues is REIN
forced by testimonials of the Won
derful remedial power his nos
trum possesses, aud money flows
into his Golfers. Is this the result OF
humbug or was there no disease to cure?
There may be no curative property in the
dose, but when Mrs. ga. )" Mr.. "B.,'
Miss &C" and many others attest its
worth "E of" and &C." come
in faith, nothing doubling, and are lit
orally cured. There must be a force to
eradicate disease and whether that force
is faith IN the remedy or because of its
curative properties, what matter if the
sick are healed? "Only believe' is an
essential in medicine as we'll as in relig
ion, and any skilled physician will say
that while faith does not work miracles
it is a wonderful starter on the way to
recovery, and that the patient wanting
faith in him or his remedies is most
likely to fail of benefit.
Every practitioner of medicine worthy
his parchment knows that he is only
co-wOrker with nature and if he can con-
troll the mental condition and have the
patient as an auxiliary his success in
battling disease is much more certain. 1t
is of little consequence to the cured man
that the prescription was but plGce5O,
and to the doctor less, for he knows
that nature has no grave charge against
man who cures by faith in that which
is harmless. Therefore, be he of what
ever school, he wonld give half the
learning of the schools for power to in
spiIe that faith which would enable him
TO treat disease without recourse to arts,
call them humbuggery or what you will.
II is the old case: GAS man thinketh,
90 is he, D." and the illustration OF prin-
ciple that is not confined to Christian
science, faith cure or believers in patent
nostrums, but finds an accepted place in
schools, regular, homeopathic and
eclectic.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
RECORDED TRANSFERS
Texans Abroad

Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-HoteI arrivals:
Austin-A. A. Wright, Cosmopolitan :.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Lowry BarthoIdi. Dali
las-R. Morgan, D. Fl. Morrow, Nor
mandi; Mrs. Noble Brunswick, Sweeny
hotel; j. T. Dargsn. New York hotel;
F. Field, Grand Central; L. Sturgess,
Metropolis. Denison-J. c. Field, st.
Denis; W. Bostwick, Astor house. Fort
Worth-S. NJ. Farmer, Hoffman; ]. G.
Garbut, International. Galveston-Mrs.
Everett Ball, w. L. Moody, New York
hotel. Hempstead-A. Joseph, Earle's
hotel. Hendersou-P. p. Byrne, c.
Cunningham, J. Cunningham, Occi-
dental. Texas. Mccall. Cosmopoli-
tan. Waco-Mrs. Fem, Continental.