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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

thing IN dressing young Kafir lady that is de
Tigenr. She must have = coat of grease every
day before she can go out of the tent. She oils
herself until her black skin shines like patent
leather, and then putting her six inch belt
and her ivory bracelets she is ready for siege.
Until she reaches womanhood she does not even
wear the belt, and as soon she is engaged she
puts on leather apron that comes to her knees.
Sne has an idea that scars add TO her beauty,
and You will notice that In many cases Eafir
woman arm from the wrist half way up TO the
elbow has natural bracelets of raised flesh.
This Is done by cutting the arm when the child
is young and filling the wounds with ashes made
of burned snakes.
TArTooED BEAUTIES.
These ashes produce to certain extent the
effect OF tSttooing and you will fnd the tattooed
woman in nearly every country. Professor
Hitchcock, who has just returned from Yezo,
the island which lies between Japan proper and
Eastern Siberia, has brought some photographs
of the savage aborigines of that country. Ee
says that the Aino women are beautifully
formed. but that they disfgure themselves with
tattooing. When the Aino wants to kiss he has
to kiss inside the tatooed line which runs about
the girls mouth. The probability il that he
does not know what kissing means, for the
Japanese do not kiss, and they never shake
hands, This tRttooed line is one OF the Aino's
signs Of beauty. It runs along the upper lip
under the nose and between the under lip and
the chin and the two lines are united
at the corners. Some of the women
unite the eyebrows by q streak OF tattooing and
all the girls have tattooed bracelets around their
arms. This tat oong begins at the age Of five.
The skin is punctnr<d with knife and scot is
rubbed in. A great deal Of tattooing Is done N
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

grossness consists her beauty, in the eyes OF the
Hottentot man. The Hottentot mothers stuff
their babies with food in order to make them
fat. They force milk into them as though they
were so many geese, and they were trying TO
make pate de tSi gras Of them, and many a
she will not eat till she bursts. This fairness. as
3 sign Of beauty, is also characteristic OF
Korean women. The fat Korean is supposed to
be wealthy, and a girl who would weigh one
sixth of a ton ought to have a very rich father.
The Hottentot Venus wears no clothes whatever.
and she shows herself on all occasions and
everywhere dressed only in fat. The Korean
woman is more overdressed than her American
sister. She wears pantaloons and skirts, and
she never goes out without a green cape thrown
over her head, through the front of which she
makes a crack with her fingers just wide enough
for her to see through; The H9ttentot girl is not
her purity soiled il a man looked at her, and IL
g stranger touched her it might mean de ath to
the stranger and herself.
WONDERFUL AFRICAN BRACELETS.
In this African collection are some Of the heav-
Test bracelets and anklets which are found In
the world. handled one anklet made OF brass
which was as big around as your wrist and which
weighed about four pounds. 1t would be tmpos-
sible for girl to run with euch thing on her
leg, and there were bracelets by the dozen
which weighed about pound or more. Some
of these bracelets were OF ivory. Some were
spiral like watch spring and others were as
thin Us bangles. In India women often wear
bracelets from the wrist to the armpit and have
seen at Benares on women whose black skins
were covered with cotton dress consisting
merely of sheet wrapped around them, and
which all told could not have cost more than
twenty five cents, bracelets OF gold, silver and
brass which would have purchased a Paris cos
tune. In the hill tribes of Burmah the women
wear great bands OF brass around their necks
and is said that one woman will sometimes car
~ As much thirty pounds in this way. In
the collection at the museum there are neck
faces OF iron, brass and gold and the objects are
of all shape and description. The most curious
necklace, to me, was one OF human fingers, but
this used by the medicine men OF q certain
tribe rather than as an ornament for women.
Two of the most beautifully formed women
have ever seen were pointed out TO me by the
curator OF the African exhibit, from picture IN
the possession of the museum. They were
young Kaffirs. were about fifteen years old and
fully developed. They were dressed in the cos
tunes of the country. In other words they
were perfectly nude with the exception OF a belt
of bark about six inches long ABOUT their waist.
They have high shoulders, beautiful busts,
plum forms and long, 1.-The limbs. Their hair is
curly and their noses are fat and am told that
in this fatnesS they find part of their beauty.
Mothers think that the fiat nose is
the only beautiful nose and they press
down upon the noses OF their babies
to spread out their nostrils. There is one
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

Alaska, and the museum has many examples OF
differently, however, from the Amos, and
Lieut.. Nibiack OF the navy, who spent some
years in Alaska in the employ of the museum,
has prepared q report upon this subject which is
Alaska have reduced tattooing to fine ART and
that the women frequently tattoo finger rings
upon their hands and bracelets upon their
woman properly, and the legs and breasts ere
tattooed as well as the fase and arms. Tattooing
is done among the Thibetans and in the Him
alaya mountains you will see women with their
cheeks SCARED and red paint rubbed into them
Among some of the fashionable ladies Of Japan
Il mean English ladies living in Japan-tat-
tooing has gotten to be quite fad. and man
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

who returned last week from the East in show
ing me a red, white and blue design which
had been pricked by q tattooer upon his arm,
told me that half dozen fashionable ladies at
Kobe. Japan, haG had pictures made on certain
parts of their bodies by this man. could hardly
believe him but he assured me that 1t was 8
fact. 1t is only the men among the Japanese
who tattoo and the japanese girl keeps her
beautiful skin clean. 1t is the same among the
Burmese and all of the beautiful women OF the
Orient the Venuses of Japan and Burmah are
the most beautiful. They have skins white
as ours. Their forms plump and their
eyes as bright and their smiles as winning
The only difference is in the confirmation of the
features and in the dress and in certain ideas OF
adornment which make up what they consider
beauty.
There is no prettier ear in the world than that
of Yum Yum. 1t is dainty as that of o baby!s
and its color is delicate coral. 1t is never de-
faced with earrings and it sits on each side OF
one of the sweetest pictures you will find in the
world 0 fwomanhood. Her hair is well pulled
up from it, and if you could separate it from the
whole it alone would form enough attraction to
make the blood jump in your veins. The Venus
of Burmah has naturally just as pretty an ear,
but she ruins it BY her ear plug. As soon as she
reaches that age at which our girls begin to
lenRthen their dresses, her ear is bored by
professional ear borer. and this boring makes
her young woman. 1t is done with great cere-
mony. Her mother gives party and all the
friends look on while she is thrown down on the
ground golden wire is thrust through the lobe
Of her ear and twisted into ring:
wire is put in. This is followed by bigger one
until the hole becomes as large around as
mans thumb. Then q plug of gold, silver or
glass is put into the ear and is worn there from
this time on a. an ornament. These plugs
sometimes studded with diamonds and in the
cases Of wealthy girls they are very costly.
Among the poorer Burmese women the holes are
enlarged until you could put a napkin ring in
side OF them. The Burmese cigar is about three
times as big around the ordinary Havana,
and the Burmese women often carry their cigars
around in their ears. In some cases the ears
are pulled out so that tn ~ viii hang almost to
the shoulders, and have seen photographs of
such ears which contained holes large enough
for me to have put my fist through. This ear
boring is done by some of the East Indian maid
ems. and the daughters Of the kings deface
themselves in this way. AS to nose rings, the
Indian women have all sorts of them, and you
will find that about half the women in the
world ornament their noses. There all sorts
OF nose rings here in the National museum. The
women of Foochow, China, wear thin ring Of
silver as big around as the bottom of a tin cup.
in their noses, and in eating they put the food
through the ring into their mouths. The little
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

waterfall OF the Orient, and the women Of. other
nations pay much attention to putting up
their hair we do. Yum Yum is not at all
ashamed Of making her toilet either, and she
sits on the floor before an open door or window
with her dress down 10 her waist, primDing be-
fore mirror. She looks at you and smiles-as
you pass by, and she generally has a maid to
twenty cents for the professional hair dresser to
put up woman's hair In Japan. II is stihened
with paste and the young lady is not expected
to have 1t put up more than once q week. She
lies at night with her hair on a wooden pillow
about as big as loaf of bread to keep her per-
point not to move her head in sleeping. There
is no more luxuriant hair in the world than that
of the Japanese, aud this probably comes from
the shaving of the head when she is a baby.
The custom of shaving the head and black
ening the teeth upon marriage is dying
out, and the empress is doing all she can
to discourage it. Different styles of hairdress-
waterfall is known everywhere. The Korean
girl wears her hair on the nape OF her neck and
the lady servants of the palace wear about
bushel Of false hair on the tops Of their heads.
The Aino women wear their hair down over their
ears like the men, and perhaps the only short
haired women IN the world are those OF Siam.
The Siamese girls have beautiful forms, and as
your boat floats IN and out among the water
home of Bangkok you see many OF them stand
ing on the steps of their floating houses, taking
their daily bath. They throw cloth around
them and step down to their waists in the water
and there splash themselves to their hearts
content. They have SKINS of a rich krone yell
hole lids, and their hair stands up like porcu-
pine quilts all over their heads. They have a
roguish look and they are by no means unhand-
some. Miss GaUNDY, JR.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
THE TANGLER.
Divers Enigmas AMI Odd COnceits for
Bright Wits to Work Out.
ANY Communications Intended for This De-
rartment Should be Addressed to E. L.
ChadbOurn, Lewiston, Maine.
173.-Charade.

40. -SndTaue.
Adolphus and Matilda fair,
Were romantic. happy | air;
They loved each other, but the lad
Had never yet the courage had
To offer her his heart and hand,
Though it was what he Oft had planned.
Now they were standing on mound
With charming scenery all around;
A ripping streamlet near them ran,
And in the distance they could scan
Mountain peaks, up-towering high,
And touching, as it were. the sky"
Whols peaks. the lover said, were they
He talked in poetic way
up TO the first see how they rise
And melt away in far of skies. ="
The maid was pleased with talk so wise,
And showed her pleasure in her eyes.
In the word tohote-in la st, mean
A glimpse of lovers act was seen;
Then he took courage TO confess
His love in words OF tenderness,
And ask her hand and she said yes.
Then there was tdst-there always is
When lovers wooing comes to This.
NRLSoNIAN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
III. -Decapitation.

o. cruel whole, offspring of vengeful last,
What mortal can elude your craspf
Pursued forever till our race is past,
We can but live and feebly gasp.
Sometimes upon the highest round of fame.
We can view the stars, and know they are
benign;
The down, deep down we fall with furnished
name,
And all our hopes, ambitions, we resign.
Gold goldI we take in floods of goldl
Or in the leade depths of poverty sink low.
Oh, could we in our hands total hold,
No grief or cares would mortals ever know.
GwENDoLINH.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
1s5-Names of I,nners.

1.-THE names are hidden in the following:)
Our son John has just finished his new story,
which promises to be such success. His Uncle
Conrad Van, centers many hopes on him !,
on account OF his journalistic propensities,
doesn't seem to be so enthusiastic about his
success, but Conrad is patching up his ambi-
ton by encouraging wo Ids, telling him he will in
time stand among the ltaiing literary men of
the land. He always has TO inquire regarding
the progress of the book every time they meet.
OF course we wish him success, and every IA
vorable report. cratic though it may be. gives
us great pleasure. ETHYL.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
ETHYL.
1S9.

The youngsters gather in the barn.
And all the corn there hesped in piles,
While telling each merry yarn,
With cheeks all ~reathed in pleasant smiles.
4, l, 2, of ancient times
Danced JOLLY on 6, Z, 5.
Or sang some ditty of old Grimes,
Who may chance have been alive.
Bucolic songs are pleasing ones,
And rural ways more hearts to glee,
Ahead of puzzlers' ways and puns,
Or modern sports and melody.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

N. e. Grammer, south side of square,
continues to handle DR.. Thurmond's
Lone Star Catarrh Cure, DR.. Thurmond' s
Lone Star Blood Syrup and Sugar Chill
Cure. If you have blood troubles or ca
tarrh try the popular remedies.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
1is-A Strange satohel.

One day lady friend came to visit me. bring
ing With her q travelling bag, which i assisted
her to uupaclr. shall not be betraying conf
dence il tell you what it contained. Imagine
my dismay when found in it articles like these:
A bond servant, space between two mountains,
q dead calf and piece of boat. The other
things were what you might expect 10 find, such
as a covering for the face, box of ointment, a
receptacle for flowers, a part of a finger ring, q
small bottle, etc.
The strangest of my story is that each article
WIS part of the bag. What was the name for
the bag. and what were its contents?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
ASPIRE.
1S0-Anagrana.

"a great man rests when he is tired,
For rest is then the thing desired.
Complies is not a great man, for
He ranks not very high in war;
One non-commissioned may be brave,
And yet in vain for glory crave.
A whole performs his duty in
Preserving proper discipline,
And Furnishing offenders who
Do not soldier duties do.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Instrumentation.

whole upon the water rides,
And never sinks beneath the tides;
IT'S not vessel, q raft,
Nor any other kind of craft.
When winus and waves are in commotion
1t keeps its place upon the ocean.
Lasts on land we often see,
And they may also swimmers be;
They're lively, frolicsome and gay,
And oft annoy US in some way.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Instrumentation.

He who boldly shapes his first
Cannot be by first accursed;
For he holSs that destiny
Never is by first decree.
IT'S q tico TO be admired.
When by right ambition fired;
Poverty or humble birth
Cannot chain man to earth.
BITTER SWEET.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Answers.

164.-l. Because it is hard to beat. 2. Because
he would like to see it go off. 8. Because it is
partly read tred.) 4. Because he makes il
sound.
l65.-Flag.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
pre.ton,s "Hea-zke.,,

Hon. w. Il. Grain, member OF congress from
Texas, writes; 1T affords me pleasure to add
my testimony to that Of hundreds who have ex-
perienced relief by the use OF your wonderful
'Hed-Ake.''' Cures in fifteen minutes. For
sale AL druggists. 5oc.s
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-07

Thse lsfk q the heuesreedths yous.AiaSh;
regu ar manner. cnnittng tho detailed vvee j
iso,, g nd shs ns ass. On ~: s Sss,ta0a q IL Scns'astk
inridge demanded the reading Of tho fall VOTE,
The speaker directed this to s. done. This hav-
Ing Ing been eam e .s me-: Br e edsmsndsa
and the speaker ordered this to be done also.
Then Mt. Spoouer demanded the reading In full
for 70 Iii lie s ruling 81 he IL s dsy Sef cssa nd s,sint sh ss0 siesk
proceeded to re ID accordingly. The reading e
the journal having been. completed, Nj. No.
aud upon that motion demanded the Previous
question. Mr.: Springer moved an a~djournment
and demanded yeas end nays: speaker
was defeated; yeas, 1t2; nays. loo. The ques.
tion then REQUIRED on the demand for the pre.
vtous question on the approval Of the journal.
ordered the clerk to record the names 81 nine
teen members as present aud not voting. The
speaker then announced, tho vote TO stand:
ditlon to the gentlemen present, constitute. .
quorum aud the previous question is ordered
A socne Of great confusion followed in the
midst Of which the speaker stated the question
to 10 on the motion to approve the journal.
and yeas and nays having been ordered, dt.
recsed the clerk to call the Z II. IN request
the speaker y stated ,so the question %,.s aud the vote
clared the motion carried and directed the
clerk to enter on the journal the names
q 81. Me- Mskin %sm moasa to R lsy ON the s ssS,. y yssias:
days appsalf from the speakers decision. Mr..
Springer moved to adjourn, which motion was
defeated. and the question REQUIRED on the
motion to lay the appeal on the table, on which
question the yeas aud nays wero demanded
from the democratic side. The speaker an
nouGcel the vote as 1G2 yeas and mona in the
negative, and declared tho motion to lay tbs ap.
peal on the table carried. The house then ad.
journed.
The senate was not in session on the slst.
The house devoted nearly its whole session to
q contest over the approval Of the journal for
l'alzell addressed the house upon the Smith.
Jackson contest. after which the mouse I'D.
iourned.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-07
Seed w,,eu, far sov,n n.hn,,,

Gov. Mellette of South Dakota visited
the Minneapolis chamber of commerce.
The object of his visit is to secure n snp-
ply of seed wheat for Sphinx and Fanlk
counties. lie said: II cannot tell just
how much wheat will be needed. My OBJ
ject in coming here Is to see if an arrange
ment annot he made whereby We may be
enabled to indemnify those who furnish
the wheat. l presume the general plans
will be to estimate the amount of wheat
that will be necessary, md then ask for
some one to furnish TINT amount aud Sc
cure it by getting a bill Though the lcgis-
latnre which will give the two counties the
right to raise the funds necessary to pay
for it. These two counties appear to he
the ones that are most in need of wheat"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-07
Wanted 10 Employ Patti.

Patti %might-and then again she might
not-feel battered Mt Il little incident that
happened Just after the close of her en-.
gngemcnt ut the Audit orium. 1t will be
remembered that while here the diva was
given n reception at the Chicago Conserva-
tory of Music, and the press comments
upon the event very continuously. 1t is
evident that they reached Moline, Ill.
Professor Samuel kyzer had positive proof
Of it only a few days ago. Tho professor
s Mas ra sentl epom ~ and a h' isd t00a and a m p1attv
young girl. They proved to be father,
mother and daughter. The mother acted
as speaker. She asked il Patti could be
seen; was she at the conservatory at that
minute? When the professor uttered mo"
the lady asked what her hours were.
This question threw light on the mat.
ter. The professor concluded the
visitors were under the impression
that Patti taught singing at the conserva-
tory, and his surmise was correct. When
he explained the error, father. mother and
daughter expressed much disappointment.
The mother volunteered the information
that her daughter had taken singing lessons
from n teacher at home and had also been
sent to Rock Island, where it had cost o
good deal, but they had seen in the papers
ing Home, Sweet Home, at the conserva-
tory that they thought they had better
bring their daughter to Chicago. I'VE
have come on purpose for that and nothing
else" said mamma; W supposed it might
cost o little extra to get Patti, but we didn't
mind that, we want to give our daughter
the best teaching there is and We are SO
sorry that Patti has left you" And the
trio went AWAY, still believing that Patti
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-07
Queer Gunshot Wounds.

"Lieut. Muncie, ofthe Sixty.first Georgia
regiment" said Capt. Tip to I'M Atlanta
Constitution reporter, was one of the most
remarkable men 1 ever knew. He was a
slender, adaverous- Cooking man, with ap.
parently no physical strength, yet he lived
through what would lave killed a dozen
ordinary men, and is alive to-day. In the
carly part Of the war he was shot through
and through. The ball struck the breast
bone and shattered it, passed through his
body and came out within an iuch of his
Spine between two ribs. After a hard strug-
gle for life he recovered aud rejoined his
regiment. AT the battle of Monocacy
creek he was again wounded, the ball en-
tering between the corresponding ribs ON
the other side of the spine and issuing
from the same hole that the first ball en-
tered ut. The second shot must have taken
the passage inside Muncie's body that tho
first ball mado i'll going III the opposite di-
rection. lie was i'll prison with me later,
and appeared to suffer 10 unusual pain"
Lieut.. Leath was another man with q re-
markable experience. He was leading hia
men into battle when he received the order
to charge. The noise of the guns and the
shrieks of the wounded made it ne essary
for him to give his orders at the top of his
voice. He had his mouth wide open, calling
out the word charge. when the silver from a
shell struck him in the cheek. 1t passed
through his mouth without touching u single
tooth and came ont through the other
cheek, leaving on each side of his head a
cash as clean rs if cut by a razor. The
wound became intlamed, and Leath, who
was ut the tine near his home. was given
leave of absence for two or three days.
When he rode up TO his mothers house his
head was tied up with bandages.
The old lady rushed out when she saw
him coming and cried: ooh, my son, where
ave you wounded?"
hight through the head" was the reply.
His mother, thinking the wound must be
fatal. sent for a doctor without waiting TO-
explanations. When tho medical man arr
table entinp q henrty meal.