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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
TRICKS In TRADE.
The Pressing Need of Keeping Up With
the Procession.


The Pressing Need of Keeping Up With
the Procession.
Town Topics
While 1 stood chatting with him in the
doorway a rather overdressed youth was
looking in at the window with longing
tain buyer. Presently he entered the
store. The suave proprietor, beatniny
benignantly ut him through bis eye
| glasses, approached.
~ want to look It the Windsor tie In
the window SAID the customer, point
ing through from the back Of the window
TO blue soaring in the front row.
:Certaiply, said Mayer. 81 will
get it for you.' and i'll reaching for i,
he knocke several boxes Of collars aud
other goods away.
'SorrY TO nave troubled you'll said
the swell as he beheld the havoc his Gu
rosity had caused.
will straighten things up in q moment. -
"Wha, is the price?''
lone dollar.
youth, although the scarf was made of
handsome texture and well worth the
money.
Isn't that rather high?' he inquired
politely.
mo, for that scarf; but can show
you some al twenty-five and fifty cents. -
Accordingly the assortment was
brought forth and looked over, but the
youth was true to his first love, ami
although have no doubt it cramped his
hnunces somewhat, he selected the 81
Windsor.
"There, you see, - said the diplomatic
Mayer, after the customer had departed
~ knew just how to catch him. He
was one of those distrustful sort of Eel.
lows. and if instead of immediately
going into the window after that scarf,
| had said, Il had one in stock like it, )
II would have been certain TO look diff
frrent TO him, and l instruct my clerks
when Il window article is asked about to
always get il out. II is the sur-st way
and really saves time in the long run.
TOR you frequently have to get it oul
anyway to prove that it and the stock
articles are of one and the same lot. Be.
zdes, did you notice that knocked over
n lot of stuff in reaching for ita Well, I
did that on purpose. That just settled
him. He made up his mind then, after
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THE TANGLER.
Divers Fnigmas and Odi COnceits Tor
Bright Wits to Work Out
Any Communications intended for This Ds'
rar,ment should ba Adirassel to &. IT,
Chadbuurn, Lewiston, Mains
2T6--AnnGram.
THREE WORDS.

THREE WORDS.
I've read about q happy rar,
Who dweIt amid So. 1ings fair,
Where Ill their wants were we'll supplied,
AMI nothing to them denied
Save one sma II luXuGy-a food,
Which probably was pretty good,
But one which they could do without,
And which they need not care about.
Vet they were tempted in soms way,
Just how il was l need not say,
To eat this tool, which seemed more sweet
Because twas a torbi iden treat.
l. was Il raughty thing to do,
And they wee punished for it, too.
Compel TO leave their happy home,
They had wide sprc- in which to roam,
For population was sparse
That dwelling places were not scarce.
Expelled rom achoie, they had 10 toll
And e; t.er living from the soil.
Such was the pena ~ decreen.
Though j. was not ''dn end Of greed "
NELsoNIAS.
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having given me ell that trouble, and
my being SO polite about it. that he
could not go out of the store without
buying something. l tell you there are
tricks in every trade nowadays. and
you We got to know them all-that Is,
the legitimate ones-if you're going to
keep up with the procession
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81 -Cur,aiIed Decapitation.
I'm something to fasten or bind;
Beheaded furnish light
BY which weary puzzlers find
The answers, when working by night.
ReDtore me nv head. and curtail,
I'm shell fish which many admire;
Ny flesh il of colo. quite pale,
And it some without cooking desire.
BITTER SWEET.
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CHAPTER MIA TERRIBLE POSITION

CHAPTER NINA TERRIBLE POSITION
When Blaine slipped through the ifs
sure in the rock, he dropped quite ten
feet, falling to Il thickness of sand which
had driftrd in through the opening above
for ages past.
a shaft of light from the opening
spread III n haze of grayish hue, by
which he could dIply make ont that h.
lad fallen into cavern. As his eyes
rev more accustomed TO the gloom, he
wv That he side walls were perpendicu-
n and smooth to u height of eight feet .
, hen they suddenly narrowed to the ifs
IRE. and that they almost closed on the
end nearest the heart of the mountain
The other end, towards the face of TIL.
mountain, was shrouded in deepes;
darkness ,aud on cropping his way towardu
it. he found there was large hole lead.
ing away.
He made these observations swiftly
and then drew back against the wall
for he heard voices above.
From the startled EXPLANATIONS IL wa,
evident that his pursuers did not know
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$50. Dual Unity.

Made FOR each other as you see,
And ma ched with greatest care;
"As t-ue as 8. eel,' we sure must be,
A most unitei pair.
Keen, polished, quiet in our way
Yet often pointed, too;
A gossip often times will say
What cutting tn ngs we do.
We cross each other with a clash,
You know for you have seen US;
But woe To him who is SO rash
As interfere between us.
IT C. &
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2SI.-Pe,e's Exploit.

1t was the night before Thanksgiving, and no
one stirring about large plantation way
down south in Dixie. No one, did say? Yes,
there one who was stirring. and just al the
moon disappeared in the west sable face
peered cautiously around the of the hem
nerv. II was the face of Uncle Pete, a field
hand. who hao been bribeu by some of his &C.
queintances TO turn traitor and furnish each OF
them with fowl for their Thanksgiving dinner
from his masters choice lot of poultry. His
masi dealer in fancy fowls, and Pete re-
solved to secure one sample from each lot. So
he went first to the Compartment where the
Helix BGshdns were kept, and secured one
without much difficulty. Next he bagged
Horned Glen, which caused autter of surorise
among its mates, but no alarm raised. Such
good luck was he having that he became triis
incau;ious. and as he opened the door to the
swing back with creak that awoke all
the inmates OF the room, and MUIR
of apprehension was heard on all
sides as each bird took its heal from under its
wing and moved uneasilv on its perch Pete
seized he one nearest at hand and rushed out.
The last compartment to enter was the Ptucky
I. II. Room. The inmates had all been arouse
by The noise in he adjoining room and "a Pete
entered there was an outcry from each feathered
throat. The watch dog heard it and added his
voice 20 the din, which aroused the who
plantation, and Pete seized by white hands
and black hands before he could escape.
ETHYL.
2S2 -Beheadment.
To total your own is very good thing,
In business. racing or Recommendation,
Or a see-saw with person you swing,
A lady to whom you all near relation.
All this you NAV do, anu never comp an,
But when on a voyage over seas YOU may go,
With a cousin. tdst sister, or dear Mary Jane
You can never tchole your own as I happen
to know. ASPIRE.
Answers.
267--An Indian raid on the frontier. IAN In
dian rayei on the front ear.
2GS-A drum.
26J-rhreat, halter.
27J-Night might, awake. about premises,
arose, won (one), site Csightl. len 9Th. saw, buy
tby). crate tgreat), bare ID arr. bruit (bru,e},
mine, resolved, aim. repeater. game. knot
mott lay. game. still, thyme (time), stares
STARS, bare [hear). bear, throne (throne).
2Ii-Bro;her German.
212-Dust, sud.
z7s.As.eIs, rose. pansy. sentian, petunias.
sweet pea. geranium.
2I-Lover, over.
N5-Tomtom, m o.mot
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2!8-The NustinG Party

1t was picturesque looking patty OF young
people who started off November day in
search cf nuts in forest few miles away
When asked what sort of nuts, they seek
ing, their reply was: mo SORT in part lar.
but all sorts in general. The forest abounded
in numerous varieties of nuts, AMI they were
determined to secure "a many d. reyent samples
possible. They spent u merry day. with a
picnic dinner in the warm noon sunshine, and
returned at n ight with good supply of nuts.
These are some of them:
l. Something which causes pain when on the
foot.
g nut which ms to belong in a large box.
3. Part of NAL. and part CT an animal.
4. A vegetable, aud u dish used in preserving
fruit.
g. nut that reminds us OF the whispering
sea-"
Z. A nu: whose name suggests that it is used
in building.
nwtmegs they would have come home satisfied
with the days exploit. ETHYL.
2.9 Numerical.
In tampering with entire,
Much caution should be used;
You may be set aire
When elements are fused.
Some are S. :, 3,
Some deaf or blind,
By daring to MAJ e free
With Gl please bear in mind.
6. 9. 3, 4, .. i,
Phenomena which allures,
Should be evoked by none
Till knowledge them assures.
It's, always best
To look efore you leap,
Nor untred regions test
Which dangerous mysteries keep.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
Corn Husking.

There are in round numbers about
1900. 900. 900 bushels of corn in the crop
of 1889, says the Orange Judd Farmer.
OF this perhaps 100, 900. 600 bushels may
be eaten by cattle and hogs direct from
the stalks. either in the field or yards.
The other 1900. 600. 600 bushels are all
to be husked by hand. for as yet there
is no machine invented which will do
this work protitably. Do the husking
men and boys (and some women) aver
age fifty bushels dayP Probably not.
Even if they do, our eorn-husking this
year will require $4,000. 600 days of
work, which is equal to an army of l.
100000 huskers all working steadily
thiry-eight days each! Messieurs in
ventors. please hurry up that steam
husking-machine so long promised. A
big mem: If twenty huskers could have
begun on this years crop 5000 years
ago (seven years before Grandpa Adam
began living) and kept busily husking
fifty bushels a day each. without any
holidays. but 312 days in each and
every year down to our present time,
they would at the end of this year still
have 30.000,O00 bushels of corn left to
husk out of the crop of 1899, after al
lowing 100 900, 600 bushels to be con-
sumed without husking.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
As Brave as Grace Darling.

A woman who is now assistant
keeper at White Head Light could en-
Tighten those who wish to know some
thing of the experiences of lighthouse
keepers. In 1856 this woman lived at
hatinicus Rock. TWENTY-FIVE miles from
the mainland. and inaccessible except
in pleasant weather. Her father,
Samuel Burgess was the keeper at this
light, and his family consisted of an
invalid wife and five children, one
daughter. Abbie. being IL years old.
AT the time of the memorable gale that
swept Minot's Light into the sea the
keeper happened to be away The
heavy seas broke over the rock. wash
ing every movable thing away until of
the dwelling not stone remained.
The little ones hurried the mother TO
the tower, aud then erept in themselves
as the sea cleared the rock of all save
the stone lighthouse. For four weeks
they lived there alone. for no human
being could go to their rescue, but
night after night Abbie lighted the
beacon, and it never failed 10 shine
through the gale
One day in 1857 Mr. Burgess left the
rock To obtain his salary and to secure
provisions. A gale prevented his re-
turn and the family ran short of food.
Abbie fashioned a sail. and her brother.
who happened TO be at home. started
in small skiff to procure food. For
twenty-one days the family lived on
cup of corn-meal and an egg each, per
day, for the son was not heard from
until the twenty-second day, and added
to the risk of famine was The suspense
as TO the fate of their father and
brother. for were they drowned the
family would have starved on the desc
late rock. During all this time. at the
end OF which the father returned Alb
bic cared for the sick mother. comfort
ed the children aud kept the bright
light burning TO save the passing ships
from daslling on Mantinicus Rock. To-
day says the Lewiston .foaruaf her hus-
band is keeper at White Head Light
and she Is the assistant, and braVer
NDBI4ti never Iiyad
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
Big Injun Licks a veteran.


While we were lying at Fort Lara
mie in 1865. a Kiowa Indian from Kan
sas came on to act as Government
scout. de could speak English first
rate. and having lived among the
whites for many years he had picked
up a good many pointers. We soon
learned among other things that he
could ''put up his dukes in first-rate
style. In fact. when put against our
best man. Joe" as the Indian was
named, knocked him out in the seventh
round. We put him on to a few extra
dodges. and then waited for the fruit
TO ripen.
Troops were pouring in for the In
dian war, and most of them were old
vets from the Army of the Potomac.
Most of these were in a great hurry to
knock over an Indian, either with fist
or bullet, and the half-dozen redskins
about the fort had to hustle to save
their bacon. One day when the sign
was right, we logged Joe out in true
Indian style. gave him his cue as TO
! how he should act. and sent him down
among some Pennsylvania troops. They
spotted him for a sealp-raiser at once,
and were hustling him around, when
we appeared and demanded fair plav.
The leader of the hustlers was a big
corporal of fistic fame. and the minute
IL was proposed to get up a mill be-
tween him and the Indian he jumped
clear OF the ground aud yelled:
'.Whoopee! That hits me. Eve been
laying for an Injun. I'll give you NV
head II he stands through tie first
round!'
Arrangements were soon made. We
tuhe l,n
parked, and cleared space, and the
principals were soon ready. Joe was
as calm as May morning. having lit
tie to say, while the corporal was all
CAB and excitement, and calling
out:
run!'
We had six-ounee boxing gloves. and
1t was TO be Queensbury rules. When
Joe was ready, every one but the cor
poral could see that he had ..been
there's" the latter was in snch a hurry
Ito punch an 1njun" that he overlook
ed particulars. He weighed at least
thirty pounds the most. and there was
grin of delight on his face as the cali
came. de went in TO secure a knock
out blow, but several surprises awaited
him. He could no more hit that In
dian than a boy could laSso a weasel;
and when the first round closed his
grin had given place to u look of as
tonishment-
When round second opened we gave
Joe the wink. He made a dodge or
two. feinted, swung his right with
smash. and the corporal uttered veil
and went to the earth to snore like 4
horse for five minutes before he came
to. Ii was as clean Knockout as any
one ever saw, and he was man enough
TO realize it. When he could keep his
feet. he reached out his hand TO Joe
and said:
Don't set me down for a fool.
am simply fresh-too fresh. This has
salted me. however. and if you'll come
around 10 the tent, I'll divide half and
half with YOU. and then give you a re-
yolver which | captured in Virginia to
learn how TO get that swing with the
L. Sum-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
"F1y with Me-"

Consider what love-making on the
stage really means. says Mrs. Kendall in
AsrrGy's Magazine. A young girl comes
into a theatre to play ingenue parts.
She stands in the wing ready to be call
ed upon the stage and she sees a man
and a woman making love. The man
says, Dearest, fly with me-" The wo-
man saws, II dare not" The man saws,
I'VE will go at once; come" The first
time such words as those fall on the
hear them they might. if said with fer
yor and passion. mean something. but
this is the way it generally goes:
dearest fly with me-"
mo, no. nor' from the stage mana
ger; when you say that you stand at
the back of the chair. you lean over
Miss Snooks' back; she waves her hand
against you. Now, try it.n
This is gone over twenty times, until
at last the idea of Ely with me-" as
understood by the young ingenue. must
be of a most appalling Kind. The gem
tleman has had his right arm. his left
arm. his right leg. his left leg. his back,
his chest, both his hands, his head-all
talked over. He has tried it in a high
voice, he has tried it in low voice. he
has tried it in thin voice, he has tried
il in a heavy voice, until there is no
sense left of what 'tFly with me- might
under other circumstances mean. All
the romance of loye-making is gone.
Therefore, what effect can it havep In
love is it not the fact that some of the
charm lies in treating of an unknown
iandP
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
Where Cigars Are Carried.

have good deal of quiet fun to
myself watching where people put
their cigars. OF course your business
man has his cigar-case or he puts his
cigars in his vest pocket. But there
are some characters. Take the Irish
man who is laborer, for instance. He
sticks his surplus cigar in his hat band.
have seen policeman buy three or
four cigars and put them on the inside
of his hat. 1t isn't often that China
man smokes a cigar. l believe it is q
rule that no Chinaman shall smoke
a cigar until after he has cut his queue.
Before that he smokes the cigarette.
/ never knew where John kept his
cigars or his cigarettes. You see him
walking along the street and all at
once he makes motion, as if he were
going to dive. and he comes up with
his cigar or cigarette, as the case may
be, and is smoking before you know it.
1t is still a question among the best
smokers as to where is the best place
to carry cigar if you are not smok-
ing it.-ChtcdgO Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
Territorial Hard Times.

During the spring and summer of
1887 about 800 colonists went to Port
Angeles. savs the Seattle Press, and
during those same seasons over $50,
200 was spent. II was glorious big
picnic. The men would work on the
colony's tramways until they fancied
themselves tired, when they would call
halt and stop work for the day
They held stormy meetings. at which
all hands would pitch into the debate.
and then after adjournment they
would all attend a dance and have a
gloriously good time of it. This was
kept up until the funds were all spent
and big debt of about SO. 600 or more
was accumulated in Seattle and Port
Townsend. A cloud had gathered over
their heads and they could not see the
silver lining. Starvation stalked
through the colony wigwams and
pointed with bony fingers at the vic
Tins lie Intended to carry to his home
over the SHOWS of winter.
The beef supply was cut down from
a whole carcass week TO a quarter,
and then the beef supply was cut off
altogether. The butter bill, which had
been ranging as high as $55 n week.
was wiped out. and the colonists had
no butter. Retrenchment was the
order OF the day. and it was carried to
such an extent that the standard bill of
fare was as follows:
Potatoes. bread, and cotton-seed oil
gravy for breakfast.
Bread. potatoes. and cotton-seed oil
gravy for dinner, and
Cotton-seed oil gravy. potatoes. and
bread for supper.
Some people did not even have
enough of this. Philip Meager. who
has lived in Port Angeles for twenty
six years. says:
MANY a time have / stood on this
wharf and counted from forty to fifty
lanterns going along the beach They
were colonists. and they carried with
them each one a spade and a bucket,
going after a meal of CLAIMS They
were proud, but L tell you they were
hungry. too. and no mistake
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-02
Not Disposed to Invest in silverware.

I'VE meet some queer people among
the many who are constantly fitting
into and out of this stores" said sales
man to q writer in the JetCeter's Weekly,
..but an old man and his wife, upon
whom / waited q few DAYS ago. took the
cake for pure unadulterated simplicity.
The couple were evidently on their
first visit from the country. When
approached them the old lady, who WAS
undoubtedly master of ceremonies.
stated that they wanted TO purchase a
soup tureen.
"Do you want plated ware orsilver?"
/ asked.
's.Solid silver, ter be sure. the woman
responded, with q glance that, had
been anybody else than u salesman.
would have frozen me.
'.After seeing number of designs
the old lady decided upon one and in-
quired the price.
".One hundred and twenty dollars
I answered, as called TO a boy to take
the article to the shipping-room.
"'Whatp she almost screamed. One
hundred and twenty dollars fer that?
Wall, | swan For a few moments
they gazed at me as if | had expressed
an intention of robbing them. after
which they conferred together.
Presently the old gentleman turned
around. and in quivering voice said
he guessed they'd better buy plated
tureen, as that was just as good.
I'VE have several dozen designs in
plated ware in stock. and after critic
ally examining each one the old lady
plucked up courage enough to ask the
price of one that had only recently
been produced and was selling for SIS.
When l mentioned the price she looked
blankly at her husband aud said she
guessed we didn't have anything to suit
them. As they were going out of the
store l overheard the remark What
mighty dear store these in New York
are, ter be sure. / wouldn't pay NOR n
50 fer soup tureep-no not if il was
the only one in the country.'r