Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-02

plorer's outfit Such weapon has, however,
been trundied into northern Fhloet by the eXPe-
headed. According to Russian reports TINS can
non is expected 10 serve the very pacific purpose
of determining the rate at which sound travels
through rarefied air at heights OF T. QUO feet and
upward. Like firearms made for the African
trade, its chief function will be TO make noise,
and 1t has the unique distinction or Delng 4 can
non with purely scientific purpose.
An Indiana publisher of q weekly paper went
to his reward the other day. This reward was
had worked tWenty-one years as editor aud pub
Usher, and had figured it up and found that he
had not averaged 81 a day.
The Northern Arapahoes Of the Indian Terri
tory are greatly excited over some mysterious
appearance seen by portion of the tribe in the
Rocky mountains. The medicine men and chiefs
have become imbued with the idea that the
Christian Savior has appeared to them.
The last venture that we read of in the use OF
human hair is a fan valued at $3.50, says r3er,s
Bazaar. Deft fingers must have fashioned this
unique curiosity for what appears to be costly
lace fringing the sticks is in reality human hair;
baby curls, like unto fairy thistle-down, we
doubt not, yielding to the gentle woolng OF sum-
mer's softened breezes-
Tall buildings are not of modern origin. In
Edinburgh, where houses standing on de-
clivity were higher one side than the other,
one is said to have been fifteen stories altogether
in height. All, however, were burned down in =
great fire which happened in leo, after which
buildings Of twelve stories in height were sub
stituted.
4 Cleveland artist says that genuine artist is
very much like singed cat He Is better than
he looks. In speaking OF artists IN general "a
says that the artist of ability does not differ Ia
appearance from the ordinary man He says
fbst in Munich when the student begins 70 draw
from the antique he let's his hair grow long and
carries paint box around with HIM When no
enters more advanced class he cuts his halr
reasonably short, and leaves the paint box at
home. When he gets down to genuine painting
he wears his hair in the ordinary style and
dresses ike the ordinary mortal.
The model OF the monument intended TO adorn
fI,o4 TOR, n IF fba Jaf
at length been finished by the sculptor, Profess
sor Begas, and has been inspected by the empe-
TOR and empress, says the Studio. 1t represents
the late sovereign in his well-known cuirass ,er
uniform, resting on the sarcophagus- The
shoulders are draped in wide mantle, while
the hands, crossed on the breast, clasp, one the
yictor's laUrels, and the other the hilt Of a
sword whose scabbard is hidden by the palm OF
peace. The lower part OF the body Is covered
81 the mantle. The sides of the sarcophagus
are adorned with relefs representing the bless
ings of peace aud war.
The paragraph in New York evening paper
announcing the sale OF the stallion KO the King
at Lexing on for j 900 caused not little in
curry on the part of horsemen as to the identity
of the horse, but on the other hand IT was the
source of a great deal Of amusement to telegraph
operators or those who understand the Morse
ainbabet ''Ko'' is the term used by efficient
telegraph operators to denote colon just as
''si'' is the mark transmitted for semi-colon.
The young man who copied the dispatch an
nouncing the sale of The King bravely put down
the ''ko,'' and the copy reader gravely inserted
it IN the headline.
A Kalamazoo lumber dealer is said TO be felici-
tating himself on having beaten the railroads.
He received a carload of lumber and pald freight
thereon. Not having unlOaded it within the re-
quired seventy two hours, the railroad charged
him demurrage, which he refused to paw. he
was told that he could not have the lumber I'M
til he paid the demurrage charge That did not
scare him. He proceeded to break the seal, open
the car, take out and cart away his lumber. The
railroad agents sued him for an unlawful
seizure, and the case went to court The result
was that the law justified the dealer. This goes
to indicate thatwhen railroads charge demurrage
under the name Of car service they are exceed
ing their legal right in the premises.
A party Of Germans and Hungarians who
turned to New York from Brazil few days ago
state that they went out at the solicitation OF an
agent Of the Brazilian government who pail
their passage and represented that a parcel OF
land consisting OF SIX acres woulo be gwen 70
each family; also that q sum OF money would %
distributed every month until the soil was IN 3
fair state of cultivation. These promises did not
materialize, however. Instead of being greeted
by the sight of fertile lands and inviting cot ages
t6ev were invited to settle in a swamp, with vir-
tually no protection against the elements. Inc
supplies were soon exhausted, disease appeared
and they decided to return TO this country.
The story of a widow of half marriage night
is the sensation of the city OF Brainard. MINI.
Miss Lille Dean, daughter OF widow. and j.
yulmer clerk of the Northern Pacific, were
married on the afternoon OF February -, and,
after an evening spent IN the usual 1elici1OeS
manner with guests AID friends. the twain said
goodnight and retired In Few minutes the
Remaining guests were Mortified to see the bride
come fying down stairs in her night attire with
the cry that her husband was dead Dead or
in faint - she said. Rushing up stairs the
cited guests found the former bridegroom in bed
q corpse Heart failure. or acute fatty degener-
alton or the heart had been the probable CAUSE.
The dead groom was from Fresherson, Ont,
where his relatives reside
Postmaster General Wanamaker is selling