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THE WEEKLY GAZETTE: FORT TEXAS THURSDAY JUNE &c

because the brim is crumpled up in the
most fantastic manner. They don t take
very well, for not one girl in 10 900
looks pretty when she affects the outre
or bizarre. There 8 point at which pig
uancy ceases and the uncouth begins,
and the thing is TO know exactly where
to draw the line. Ny friend Bob Spray
has pretty good taste in these matters,
and when l asked him what he thought
of one of these ''crank hats his reply
was that very few men objected to wo-
men being a little weak minded, but
that he, for one, was opposed 10 any
pronounced types of lunscy.
Turning ASIDE from the frivolities of
fashion to consider the subject in its
more serious aspects, let me call your
attention to the charming toilet shad-
owed forth in the accompanying sketch.
1t is q very artistic costume, suitable for
an evening entertainment of almost any
kind, and consisting of a combination of
pale mauve silk batiste with white and
pansy finely striped faille and bands of
pansy broche with pale tea roses and
very pale green leaves. White
gloves are worn with this
dress, and very large and har-
moniously colored fan is carried to enable
the lady to Withstand the heat and main
tain her aplomb. Some of these large
fans have exquisitely painted scenes
upon them, and that too without render
ing them very expensive. Many of these
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| decorum, to run wild, and It does them
| heaps of good, too. One such was one
day reproved by her mamma for racing
| down to the beach before she had her
| dress on
'Fie. for shame, Nanny! where s
| your modesty?''
81 was in such hurry to dig a hole in
the sand, mamma, that think must
have forgotten it,
In my third picture is correct repre-
sentatlon of q prevailing style in big
hat-a fancy straw, trimmed with feath-
ers and ribbons. You must always bear
in mind that, as feathers don't possess
the dressy, snowy characteristics of
flowers, you must be cores ondlnly
careful in securing correct and becoming
combinations of color. For instance,
take gray straw and trim 1t with gray
ostrich feathers, and then throw
in just q touch of canary in
sundry knots of narrow velvet;
yellow Tuscan with heliotrope
velvet; or a white with the merest
brushful of orange TO liven up the field
of color. Flowers are getting too COM
mon, ~ eXclaims the fastidious Miss Ga
brlelle St. Clair. Hence this delicate
damsel affects nothing but ostrich feath-
ers, and plenty of them, too, you may
be assured. The brims OF her hats have
taken on several inches in width since
she resolved to eschew flowers. There's
something delightfully."- light and airy
about Miss St. Clair's hats. She
is dlaphanous creature, and
the makeup is quite in keeping
with her peculiar style. Bob Spray
danced with her last week at a garden
party given by Mrs. Dore- Bullion at her
new Queen Anne villa. He said that
positively his only sensation was that
caused by the feathers of her hat tickling
his nose; that otherwise he might Just as
well have been dancing alone. Miss st.
Clair is painfully thin, and Bob never
tires of calling my attention to the fact
He assures me that at times she is so
transparent that he locates her the way
the microseopists do the germs-by color
ing them. Re makes her blush.
But don think that flowers are going
out of fashion. Far from it. l saw a
very stylish big hat made of black |
lace straw, with an extraordinary brim, !
and a crown of pale pink lisse The |
back of the briin was arched upwards, |
aud the space enclosed was filled in with |
a perfect bank of pale pink roses. The !
tsfeot was indescrIbably stunning on the !
girl who wore it. Her skin was abso-
lutely without yellow, and her cheeks |
glowed like blush roses. IL was a sight
to disturb the equaninty OF a geometrI-
clan.
Very eccentric girls are affecting a
style OF big hat known rs the 'tcrank -
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paintings are the work of young girl
| graduates of.our art school, and although
| they are mostly copies of decorative art
| OF the last century, yet there are among
them original compositions of genuine
merit.
Large fans of figured silk are still
carried, but their weight is against them
and q small woman sometimes has the
appearance of serving as prop to hold
one up, just as some little men look like
perambulating hat pegs. The Tyre and
other shaped ostrich feather fans are
also much affected, and they have a
gauzy, gossamer faint and iilmy look
very becoming to delicate types of
beauty, bu. they aren't suitable for fat
faces or high color. One would say the
sight was like q moth miller fluttering
around an underdone roast.
At the races nowadays in New York
one sees many quaint and charming cos
TUNES. Gray tailor mades are very
popular, sometimes plain and sometimes
braided. Shirts and open jackets are
much affected and they do look delight
fully cool and natty. A pink shirt with
black skirt and overcoat made up q strik-
ing costume; so did white cloth finished
off with long white feather boa. A
corduroy suit was very taking. There
seems to be determination to make the
shirt go and one sees 1t at the races in
every possible contrast Black and
white is quite as pretty as any. For
town wear it doesn't go SO fast, but it
has future, and you may as well pre-
pare to see steam laundries
increase in numbers. Nothing
has more style about It than what the
horrid men call q 'boiled rag - and l
predict that before another year you'll
see us women in full dress shirts and
black cloth vests cut away to nothing at
the waist.
1t Is like the other reform movements
in coming slowly, but once here twill
stick, and the men ought to encourage
it, too, for now that a certain other
ridiculous garment, which NAV not be
mentioned in polite society, has been put
upon the retired list, it is quite proper
that the woman should look to the men
for counsel and assistance. For CEN
turtles we women have been what the
French call arrlerees in this matter OF
under clothing, Woven underwear, the
divided skirt and the top shirt are all
dress reforms of real value.
Some exquisite pearl gray costumes |
have made their appearance, one in satin |
trimmed with fringe at the bottom of |
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do not objebt to children at the seaside.
They are generally so much taken up
with the breakers, the sand, the shells
and the other things that they have no
time to make themselves very disagree
o. BILE. True it isn't always pleasant to
have pail of sand emptied on your sun
shade at the very moment your young
man is whispering something particularly
nice; but taking one consideration with
another children, especially when gaily
and tastefully dressed decorate and en-
liven a stretch of sea beach. So long as
we don't have to pay for the damage
done TO shoes and dresses by the sea
water we may easily put up with their
mischief and noise.
Nothing could be prettier for little
boy at the shore or inland, than a white
flannel sailor suit, with collars ana cuffs
striped in pale blue, or in any other be-
coming color, and a genuine sailors
shirt showing the white edge across his
throat. If children have good legs they
should always be shown. OF course, in
a genuine Jack Tar suit this cannot be
done, for the kuickerbockers must be re-
placed by trousers with spring bottoms.
The double breasted REFER jacket should
have deep sailor collar on the outside
suits should be IN navy blue serge, al
though for younger boys thew may be
made up very stylishly in white drill,
trimmed with pale blue, cardinal or
gold.
Mothers should try hard to make their
children look thoroughly presentable. A
little maid knows instinctively whether
she is well-dressed or not. Dou't load
her down with cloth dresses. Give her
pink and white calico, with a chemis-
cite of white cambria formed entirely of
small tucks, or white embroidered
muslin, or a cashmere of becoming shade
made with pleated vest and dainty lit
tie zOuave jacket. There's no use trying
to prevent children from loving finery.
They will do it in spite of all your fine
spun theories and neatly turned precepts.
Only be careful to teach them harmony
of colors and loYe of refined effects. A
woman IS penchant for loud and vulgar
may pretty generally be
traced TO her lack OF education in mat
tiers of personal adornment while child. |
Little tots soon feel the intoxication of |
the oxygen at the seaside and exhibit q |
tendency to kick over the traces of home |
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haching them to pieces, or TRANSMITTING
them with countless thrusts.
Ticki-Ticki was passionately fond of
smoking, not in the sense of procuring
the effect desired by the white man, but
to create nausea and then after the or
deal of pain and vomiting to enjoy the
dolce far niente of convalesceuce and
complete repose. Ticki- Ticki followed
me in my journey to the Nile, and when
l quit General Gordon to return to Cairo,
she was party of several specimens of
the genus homo which had never been
seen by white men: Among them was
the daughter of the king Of Uganda, the
Princess NJ 'Tesa, blue black woman of
the tribe of "Goorah- Goorah, - several
Mann Mans, and to those were added q
young elephant, a calf buffalo, and q
curious little dudiSh-looking monkey,
who looked for all the world like one of
the types one may see now and again in
Piccadilly.
Ticki-Ticki, on my arrival in Cairo,
was presented to the Geographical
society, and subsequently sent to the
chronological society by Ismail Pasha,
khedive, whence she was returned to
Cairo, and is now one of the favorite
characters of the queen mothers harem,
where she serves to while away with her
tricks and acrobatio feRts the idle hours
of the hours of the palace. Mr.. Stan
ley, when in Cairo recently, might have
enjoyed the eclat of Miss TickI- Tlcki's
society had he only asked after her. She
comes from the very country from which
he has recently returned, and belongs to
the first families of dwarfish aristocrats
of fifty centuries, as claimed by the
great explorer. Ticki- Ticki, as a matter
of precaution, has not yet been advised
of her ancient and noble lineage.
*The entire caravan was broken up and the
slaves liberated by Col. Long.
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Another Importation of Mormon,

NEW YORK, June l9.-The steamship
Wyoming to-day landed $50 more Nor
mons who were in charge of Bishop
Wiley. The Mormons were made ND of
Scandanavians and Welsh. There are a
number of families in the party. The
party Will leave this afternoon for salt
Lake City. A special registration of
the party was made so that if the gov
eminent should wish SO interfere on the
ground of imported labor the arrival can
be located easily.
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at the Courthouse

In the district court yesterday the somewhat
famous case of the state against C. N. Rogers
OF Granbury, Hood county. was on trial. He
was charged with burning storehouse for
trial in Hood county he received SEN
tence Of five years. 1t was tried
again wit a second conviction which was re-
versed. The case on change of venue was
then taken to this county and with identicslIy
the same testimony the jury returned q verdict
OF not guilty without leaving the box
In the county court Want & Co., brought suit
against the North Side street railway company
for damage on account of being run into by an
electric car. The jury awarded the plaintiffs
Sl5i.
The commissioners court yesterday author
lied the issue Of $500 in bridge bonds to the
Smith bridge company. This is for building
the bridge over Bear creek on the Dallas road
Tho bonds are of the twenty year series and
bear6 per cent interest
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mics inhabited the marshes out of which
he supposed the Nile to flow; that is at
or near the junction of the rivers Bahr-
el-Ghazal and Bahr- el-ZSTar, which flow
into the Nile, and where it is quite prob
able the pyCmies then Inhabited, having
beeu pushed back into the territorv
which they now occupy by the more
stalwart and Warlike peoples who occupy
those regions. 1t is certain that they
we're not destroyed in their battles with
the cranes, although Pomponious MeIa,
another writer, who calls the pigmies
Pauchines surnamed Ophiophages, be-
cause they were reputed to feed upon
serpents, Furthermore said: ''FormerIv
the pygmies, q race of men very short
III stature, existed, but were DESTROYED
in the perpetual wars with the cranes
made against them in order to preserve
their eggs.
Homer, in the Had, sings of the little
peoples who dwell in the far South land
where the cranes fly; that, borne upon
the backs of sheep and goats and armed
with spears, the pygmies made expedi-
tions 10 the sea coast, secure the eggs of
cranes and the young birds, and that,
but for these annual excursions, the pyg-
mics could not resist the immense num-
Der of cranes which attack and slaughter
them. The expedition the poet relates
lasted three months. Philostratus de-
scribes picture of the sleeping Hercules
beset by swarms of pygmies, which story
no doubt inspired the author of Guilt
ver's Travels TO the land. of the Lilli-
putians.
Pliny tells us of pygmies which existed
in Thrace, in Asia Minor, and in Italy,
and Cteslas describes a race in the mid
die of the latter country who speak the
same language as the Indians, the tall
est of whom was not more than two
coudees, and the most of whom are but
one and half oouuees. Their hair was
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in her person in the most definite and
pronounced manner the stories told of
dwarf races by other travellers less fortu-
nate than the writer in procuring a sub
ject for actual study.
The writer, whilst chief of staff to
Gen. Gordon, then governor general of
the Equatorial provinces of Egypt, COM
mauded detachment of Egyptian troops
into the Nam Nam country for the pur-
pose of the conquest of that country.
Having reached point on the borders
of the Monbutto land, the writer sur
prised slave camp and captured car
avan of slaves numbering 400 or more
females, and among these the pygmy
woman Ticki-Ticki. The old Afghanis-
tan, whom had caught with an unusu-
ally fine slave stock which he hoped
would bring him mnch money when he
reached the west coast, to which he was
journeying, endeavored to induce me to
let him go scot free. Failing to tempt
me with gold, he said, 81 have q great
antique-the Arab word for curio-which
l beg you TO accept. Great was my sur
prise when he caused TO be brought into
my presence little naked woman, who
stood trembling and affrighted and with
both hands crossed before her ewes, after
the manner of the salutation of her peo-
pie. Ticki-Ticki was scarcely four feet in
height. with such an enormous
breadth across her launches that she
seemed in fact TO describe a circle rather
than perpendicular. The spinal column
was bent almost like the letter G, whilst
her belly protruded in remarkable man
ner. Her face was broad, the eyes red
dish, nose rather PIGGY and lips coarse
and thick, the body was long, the legs |
abort and the hands and feet small and |
Addressing her in Arabic, |
for l was Informed she had learned TO |
speak that language from her captors, L |
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like second hand. extending to the ffths OF =
second marked on its outer rim. The little post
on the left hand stops and starts the watch; the
little post on the right hand turns the hands
setting The watch. 1t need never be opened. It
Is ! ratchet stem-winder, full ieweled balance
movement, and as good a timekeper as any man
wants.
The back of this watch is engine turned or ex-
quisitely engraved by hand, and nothing more
beautiful or more artistic has ever been made or
worn, and the subscriber may trust TUE GA
zETTE's judgment and knowledge on this sub
ject, or call at office and see sample.
With each watch there goes q guarantee by the
Manhattan Watch Company to keep it in order
Tor one year, free of all charge, and guarantee
Co., for Is years.
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9E.-An Apology.
9S.-Bnigma.


To seven wise men referred
For the meaning of a word;
Though each one answered me with speed,
IT'S strange to say, no two agreed.
] was reminded of the tale
OF the chameleon-rather stale;
A billiard player said he knew
1t was carom-waS that true?
A printer. just as confident,
Said that printing type it meant.
surgeon said twas what he found
Quite useful when he stitched wound;
IT'S dignitary of the church,
Replied a priest of deep research.
A music teacher answered soft,
1t is sound-I've taught it oft.
a theologian said his school
Considered it sacred rule:
And still another said that it
Referred to parts of Holy Writ.
Those who have toiled in learning's field
Have made opposing forces yield;
For wisdom, which may be acquired,
Guides onward to the end desired.
Work on to gain mid life's turmoil,
Some object worthy of your toll.
NELSoNIAH.
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ELDERS INDIGNANT.
Special to the Gazette,

NEW YORK. June 1.-two hundred
converts to the Mormon church arrived
to-day on the Guion steamship Wyo-
ming, and are now waiting at the barge
office while the paternal government
sees into it that they are not under con-
tract to the Latter Day Saints. They are
remarkable for a wooden headed an
pearance, and have abore. as much ex-
preston or individuality about them a .
so many turnips. They are recruited
from the yokel element of England
mostly. The elders are afraid that the
contractor labor inspectors will hold the
en- TO make test case. They are in
dignant that the term contract
should be applied to their doings. al
though they are sore afraid that ''scoff-
ers are not in a mood to sclook such
az. irulsoifant shinment A
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adorn the handles and large powder
puff rosettes the tops, surrounded by
loops of ribbon. Clusters of large, col
ored pomDoms attached to silk cords set
of the handles of en- tous cas-.
Monseline de chiffon is extremely popu-
lar for parasol covers, in white or cream.
Many of the new parasols have deep
pointed guipure sewn around the edge
with the points directed towards the CEN
ter. Perhaps the most delicate of oil
parasols are those of striped gauze with
t!nsel threads skimming the surface.
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IG and little, we all
love the ocean ,
whether we are near
TO or far away from
its shore. II seems
to exert even a
greater fascination
upon children than
it does upon grown
folks, which fact
might De adduced to
strengthen the po-
sition of the scientists
who allege that all
fash waa nupa fish
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N ELsoEIAN.
102.-Transposition.

The pessimist can meier desist
From melancholy views
or life and love; he'll try prove
There's naught but i'll to choose.
Lugubrious first! 1t seems the worst
And not the best in life;
Each onward nert is but a text
For speech with sadness rife.
Each i'll 1t three and cannot see
The sunshine for the shade.
Such are bore, as great four
As any God has made.
BITTER SWEET.
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100.

l. A LETTER.
2. A BASKET.
3. THE NAKED SKINS THAT COVER THE BASES OF
THE BILLS OF SOME BIRDS.
4. CERTAIN TREES.
5. tBoT. WALLS OF THE FRUIT.
6. THE MEMBRAEoUs SAC AROUND TaB HEART.
Z. DESCRIBING. (OBS.)
s. A KIND OF PRECIOUS STONE,
9. A RIDGE.
10. KIND OF WORM.
II. A LETTER. HEsPERUs.
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What men in one are apt to do
So earnestly to press their ttco,
To gain the end they have in view.
Most likely when this ttco is pressed
In fine ttco they will be dressed,
For there they wish to show off best.
A one-t,co is pleasant thing,
Sometimes connected with ring
That may be called one's Offering.
If one don't t,Co the one that's sought.
Then his fond hopes may be cut short,
For his one-tco will come to naught.
J. NICK.
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JD.-AnaEraIn.
Old Toby Grimes was very queer
And lived all by himself;
He had no living relatives
And very little pelf.
One night, the boys to Brighten him,
Dressed up in strange attire
And gravely marched in where he sat
Before the kitchen fire.
But when to his bewildered mind
The joke at length was clear.
The boys all found to their dismay,
He was as ''mdd as queer
ETHYL.
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the skirt, and also on the putting of the
sleeves, black valvet collar and V-shape
insertion of pearl jet. Another, a plain
gray cloth visiting dress, having gray
foulard draperv embroidered with large
red flowers on the front of
waist. With this costume goes
a gray toque, garnished with gray
feathers. Still another costume in
gray consists of a short pearl gray taf-
fets, with a darker shade of velvet as
plastron, back of bodice and sleeves.
fhe sleeves very high on the shoulder,
and narrow silver galloon in spiral form
on the velvet, Henry ". style. The
bonnet simply a wreath of roses, the
haT showing through, the veil fully
gathered and fastened at the back with
diamond ornament. The parasol gray
broche with roses, lined with pink and
trimmed with gray lace.
A great deal of attention is bestowed
upon parasols nowadays. They grow
daint!er and prettier every year. Bows
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l. Security. 2. Dialect. s. A deputy O,
viceroy in India. 4. Genus of plants. 5. Al
annotator. 6. Perspicous. Z. A country. g
Suffers pain. 9. Reason or speech. 10. Tt
shelter. II. To allow.
PrimraIs: In relation to public revenue
Finals: Disconnected.
Connected: Bankrupt-in common use.
Z, O. CHESTER
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To the Editor--Ple Norm urreaders that
l; have Positigs 5s1eas for the above named
glad to send So tIes of my remedy free to
they viii express sS G and ?. 9. ad II
+. 4: - g., lSsph St.. New York.
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HEsPERUs.
1O1. Charade.

IVIs-IN UIHbTICttI OHhTdUt.
to 4.
I'm seldom seen, because I'm first;
am unusual and dispersed
Though underdone, and never dense,
I'm Of much value in one sense.
to IL.
Among my meanings l may mention
Tumult, discord and dissention;
Or if 'mongst classes you should seek
You might define me as clique.
Ito IL.
It is my business to expand
To give extension, understands;
like to spread things out in space,
So as to fill each empty place.
-NELsoNIAN.
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A Gold Stop Watch, SplitSecond Horse Timer, in
Reinforced Case, for S12, and in Oxidized
Silver Case for Something Which
Every Subscriber Should Know,
and Let His Neighbor Know.
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1O5 Syneopation.

Some paints are durable, We know,
While many others are not so;
The former are fast colors classed
Because they do not fade and last
But when nice painting is required,
And durability desired
Whole comes in play for looks and wear,
And painters use it without spare.
NELsoSTAr
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The original Webster Unabridged Dfctfon-
airy and the Weekly Gazette for one year ,
only 81 so. Dictionary shipped, prepaid,
TO cypress Office nearest the subscriber.
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Country PeopIe.

Call at 300 Houston street (southwest
corner of Second) Fort Worth, for pic
lures and have your pictures framed,