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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-17
In and Doing

New ORLEANS, La, March 16.-The
river at Brussly landing and West Baton
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-17
793 & 735 Main ST.. Dallas.
NO CURE, NO PAY

Remember I-X-L Chill Cure is sold
under guarantee to cure chills and fever,
ague, bilious, malarial and swamp fevers
and densue. 1t acts on the liver and
bowels, making it unnecessary to take
any pills, caIomel or blue mass, and at
the same time is q perfect antidote for
malaria. It does not contain arsenic,
strychnia or mercury, but does contain
iron, and is the best tonic. All druggists.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-17

The Largest Line Of Dinner SETS,
Toilet sets aud queensware. at W. F.
Lake 3.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Shift Gold Coins.

1.-TWO tens for a twenty, please" said
a gentleman to the cashier in the
County Treasurer's office.
The cashier took the twenty" and
rang it on the counter. 1t had that pc.
culiar dull ring that characterizes col,n-
terfeit coins. He rung it a second time
and then inspected it critically.
us that bogas?" asked the owner of
the coin.
ooh, no." answered the cashier; "it's
good as wheat, but split"
Continuing, he said: "That is the
first split twenty I eve an across.
The stamping machine at the mint
sometimes comes down too hard on the
coins and splits them; but it is seldom
the larger coins split. It's mostly
'fives' that suffer. But they are very
careful at the mint and stop every split
coin they detect. Now. in the thou
sands of dollars handled here every
year I rarely ever find a split coin. I
don't think I've found more than four
or five in q year, and, rs ] say, the coins
were mostly So pieces"
The split $40 piece looked perfect,
and, so far as the eye could detect, bore
no flaw of any kind. The only flaw
with it was in the "ring," and the split
made it sound dead when thrown ON
Vie counter. San Francisco EGanl-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
WHO'S GUILTY.!
The Senate Trying to Find Out Who Lets
the Cat Out of the Ing.


Washington dispatch: The Dolph
committee appointed to investigate tho
method by which news of the Scnate's
executive sessions become public has
resumed its sittings. Frank HattOu.
editor of the Washington Post. and
-McsSrS. Hannum and Mct;ill. reporters
on the same paper. appeared before the
committees. The committee is beginning
TO discover that the newspaper cores
pOndents are not the only onrs who are
aware of what takes place in executive
sessions and that there are persons in
nowise connected with the Senate or the
press who are pretty we'll informed of
what trarSpireS respecting them.
One of the witnesses who
testified said that 1t was Il frequent
custom for prominent men whose nomi-
nations were hring contested To eStab-
liSh themselves in COMMUNICATIONS near
at hand in order tn receive information
from time to time of how the fight was
progressing behind the closed doors.
The day the Morgan nomination was I'M
he had seen the present commissioner of
Indian affairs around the Senate. and he
had no doubt Morgan knew of what was
going on. The query now is. how do
these men receive their information. and
if they should DO kept posted why not
the public also?
The reporters who testified did not
give much information as to how cxecu-
tive business news leaked out. stating
that what they published they got from
newspaper sources. Frank Hatton was
asked what his Instructions to his re-
portcrs were, and he replied, $50 get
everything that was going on. and If
they are very successful they get their
salaries raiscd.''
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Shoes shined by steam.

During q recent trip to New York
City a sign in front Of 9th avenu
barber shop reading @Shoes shined by
steam while you wait" attracted my at
tention, and wondering what next
would be introduced in the line of
l%ahur.saving machinery, I walked in.
On . boot stand, such as are found in
all the hotels, was q row of nickel
plated machines about two feet square.
I placed my foot into an opening, my
foot resting on an iron stand; the man
in attendance turned ON the steam, and
q set Of stiff revolving brushes were set
in motion, and in q jify my boot was
cleaned Of the accumulation Of mud and.
dust. I then took sut the foot and
placed it on q rest, while the operator
applied the blacking byhand in the old
fashioned way. I then stuck the foot
into another machine just like the first,
and in less than q minute my boot shone
like ebony, and the shine lasted all day.
The whole operation Of cleaning and
shining Was done in less than three
minutes. The brushes are on cylinders,
like those which were used in the hair.
brushing machines 10 popular 10 OF &c
year. aeosrlNts,vieW MiM a ST.
IOntsaN,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

Mrs. JESSE CASTRO, an aged Mexican
lady, who recently died at American
Flag, in the Santa Catalina Mountains,
Arizona, was, perhaps, the only woman
in the world who ever cost her husband
her weight in gold. In the early gold
digging days of California she was a
resident of Sonora, Mexico, in which
State she was born and grew to woman
hood. When about seventeen years of
age a pa%ternal uncle, but o few years
her senior, returned gold-laden from the
newly discovered mines. and soon fell
desperately in love with his niece. He
sought her hand in marriage and was
accepted, but the church refused, on
account of the near relationship of the
pair, to solemnize the marriage. Per-
sussion being in vain, he tried the
power of gold to win the Church his
way, and succeeded only by payment of
her weight in gold. She at that time
weighed III pounds, and against her in
the scales the glittering dust was
shoveled. The husband still had
enough of this worlds goods to provide
a good home.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
lie Cut II Down.

A telegraph editors story: One night
one OF III force was sick and we had to
supply his place with a sub from the
city editors force. He was also a sub
in that department. He had come in
"to learn to be a journalist" A 1,5OO-
word special was coming in and it was
turned oven to him to edit. The night
editor was passing in and out and was
watching the copy pretty closely, be-
cause the counting-room had sent mp
word that an extra page of ads" would
he sent in, and the city editor had sent
word that he had a general alarm"
"two shooting scraps" "a suicide" and
San elopement."
The night editor asked the sub what
he had i'll hand. The sub told him.
SHOW many words?" asked the night
editor.
Fifteen hundred"
"Cut her down to five hur@red.s
About two hours later u mar from the
proof-room anne i'll and told the night
editor that the article which he held in
his hand ended somewhat abruptly and
that it had a dash marked at the bot
tom, indicating that it was finished.
The night editor looked at the proof
and took it TO the sub, who looked at it
and explained innocently that he had
followed instructions. And so he had.
He had counted 800 words from the he
ginning and thrown the remainder of
the special in the waste Chi
cdgO Tribune,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Knew Him by the Scratch.

SDo you zee that little group Of men"
said drummer in Q Washington hotel
corridor recently, 8 he pointed to a
knot Of office-seekers in II corner.
sTiey seem to be enjoying themselves,
don't they? That one with the goatee
has been telling a funny story"
allow do you know that that par
ticular n told it?" was asked.
Because lie is laughing the most
replied the drummer sententiously. II
am a student Of human nature and on
observer of the habits and particularly
the foibles of men. That's an indis.
Nensable element of success in my
line"
"Now do you see that other man with
the clean-sliaven. thin facet" he con
tinued. "That mans from Florida, and
not only that, but he's from q rural dis.
trict OF Florida and is accustomed ia
working on overseeing work in the fields
and brush"
"Oh, come now" said the drummer's
companion; "that's u little too steep.
lon can't tell all that Just by looking at
him. What makes yon think SOP"
watch him the next time he laughs. T"
said the drummer, sand you will see
him stCop forward, lay both hands OH
h,s trouser legs below the knee, and
give his shins q good scratching or rub.
bling. Most of the Floridians do that
from habit. 1t gives them pleasure lie.
cause all of them who work out of doors
in grove or field are pestered with q tiny
insect called the red-bug, all but invisi-
ble to the eye, which swayms on fallen
brushwood, decayed weeds or grass and
makes itself most unpleasantly and last.
ingly apparent on the legs of all wllc
come near them. Sand-flees and mos.
quitoes add their attentions and on the
whole q Floridian cracker gets about
as much amusement out of a good
scratching as from a yawn or even q
drink. Watch him now. They are
g.ing to laugh again"
Sure enough the clean-shaven MAJ
began to smile, then chucklcd. then
roared and in his ecstasy reached ovel
and gave both his shins q brisk rubbing
with q handful of his trousers. .
Come with me-" said the drummer,
us he sauntered past the jolly group,
who had now stopped talking and be.
gan to break up.
Can you tell me, sir" he said to the
scratcher chow the Florida orange crop
is this year along the lower Gull
Coast?:'
Fair to middlin', I believe, sir" was
the reply, sbut nothing like ours down
on the Indian River, sir! That's Gods
own country for oranges, You bet"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
A Seal ,%Iono,olv.

Secretary Window has directed q lease
to be made with the North American Com
mercial company, of New York and San
Francisco, for the exclusive privilege of
taking fur seals upon the islands of st.
Paul and st. George, Alaska, for twenty
years from May L.
The company will pay an annual renta
of 100000 for the lease of said islands, and
IN addition to q revenue tax Of 50 upon
each fur sealskin taken and shipped bvssit
from the islands. the company will pay
76:215-lO00 of q dollar a piece for each
skin. So far as NAV
be practicable and consistent with the in.
%terests of the company it will encourage
the dressing, dyeing and marketing of
seal skins within the United States. The
nnual revenue of the government under
this lease, on the basis Of 100. GOO seals
per annuin, will be about 81, 900, 900 as
against $500, 900 under the present lease
to the Alaska Commerciai company.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
An Esthetic Rum.shep,

Recently an esteemed citizen who
met me on Fifth ave,.ue sported in the
red ross. The conjunction Of the flower
and the midwinter garb was enough TO
excite remark, and, moreover, this oiti-
zen is not wont to wear bouquets.
Where did you get it," fasked.
ut was handed me on o china dish
just now" said he. aYou nee the
frigidity Of the atmosphere and the
weakness of my flesh oonspired to lead
me- into q gorgeous saloon down town.
After ] had made away with . small
dose Of tincture Of rye the bartender
handed me . strawberry and . glass Of
cream. Il took my breath away, but
the bartender, who saw my sstonish-
ment. said: That's nothingi John!' he
added to . colored man, who immedi-
ately retired and returned with three
rossbuds on . costly china dish, and :
silver pin-cushion. The rosebud you
see in my buttonhole was one Ut those
threA. Dispatch,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

n. q. Ii front Of : small cabin apul.
pit had been erected. In this stood :
negro preaching. at the top ofhis voice.
There was no one except the reporter
and the preacher near, and the former
stood and listened, but was not noticed
by the speaker. On inquiry il was
found that the preacher was Robert
He'll. Two years ago he was fired from
the pastorate Of the Presbyterian
Church ct Biddlsville because he would.
go into his church baresooted. He was
warned against this offense. and heed
ing it not. n Sunday, as he attempted
to ascend his pulpit shoeless, half a
dozen good, pious deacons seized him
and fired him from the church. On
that day Bell declared that he would
preach three times every day in his W
yard, and he does it, although no one
goes to hear him.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Activity I'm Railroad I,ulluinp.

The Engineering Neus this week will
say the work. ailway extension the COM
Ing season promises mora activity than
any season since 1887. In the United
States the.e are 5000 miles in process Of
construction; 7,O4l miles surveyed, and
1881 miles projected--mnking q total of
1870. miles. In Canada the figures are:
Construction, 914; surveys. 43s: projected,
766; total, 2.07s. Tho principal enterprises
on the coal roads of PENNSYLVANIA and
Ohio, ard in Montana and Washington.
Almost all the lines in prospect are rather
short and generally to further develop
comparatively local interests. There ore
practically no paralieling schemes.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

SOME time ago Joseph j. Speck, of
Kansas City. learned of the existence of
. certain alleged miraculous stone
found in Southern India, which would
heal wounds of all kinds, particularly
snake and dog bites, and any o
from which hydrophobia or lockjaw
might result. To learn more of the
wonderful curative powers of the stone,
Mr.. Speck addressed q letter to a ma
tive of Bombay. The Hindoo replied
that the stone is supposed to be found
in q serpant's head, and is rarer and
more valuable than the most costly
gem. The Hindoos and the wild, saw
age natives place great faith in its
power, and guard it as sacredly and
carefully as they do their idols and
gods of metal. The owner of this par.
ticular stone advertised it and offered
it for sale in an American newspaper,
and it was this advertisement that Mr..
Speck saw. The owner of the stone
wants $780, 900 for it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
IN KANSAS
CITIZENS 0r RIVAL TOWNS IN CON
ELICT.

The nloody Sccncs of . Year Ago Re.
peatesl-Sev~m Men Wound u Tn . Fierce
Battle-Heveral Arreats-Mors BloodshedS
Expected.
Wichita (Kan.) dispatch: The old
feud between Cimarron and Ingalls,, two
rival towns in Gray county. has broken
out afresh and the bloody scenes of a
year ago are being repeated. Seven
men were wounded by bullets during
the. skirmish at Ingalls,, and further
bloodshea Is expected. Some DAYS ago a
proposition to Issue Ss95, 900 bonds for a
sugar plant carried in Gray County, and
when 1t became known that the plant
would he located ut ingalls, the people of
CimarrOn caused an injunction to be is
sued. The leader was Charles G. Greg
DRY. who. fearing to appear In ingalls,.
sent by mail bonds for costs to the clerk
of the District Court.
letter, but would not deliver II. Charles
Gregory went over to ingalls, to look
after some business when he was set upon
by u mol led by Billy Allinsworth, Peter
Harding aud George Bold. who demand
ed that he withdraw the suit under
penalty of death. He did so, and was
forced to go to the postoflice. where the
clerk of the conrt was given the letter.
and reaching it Ia the crowd. it was torn
up.
Gregory was then turned loose. and
next day he wcnt owe to ingalls, with
fifty armed men. The dcsperadocs who
led the mob the %prcviousd day. finding that
they were wanted by the ingalls, crowd,
tried to get out Of town. when Allins-
worth %as shot twice in the
legs and once in the neck
and is supposed to he fatally in
iurcd. The other 1--WE got away on fast
horses, but ii is thought Bold was
wounded. There was some shooting
around town, and it was feared IL gem
eral battle would emslle. Three other
ingalls, men were marked with bullets,
while four horses and two men of the
Cimarron crowd were wounded before
they left town.
The postmaster will be called upon to
answer for holding the letter containing
the bond for costs of suit. and the coun-
ty authorities. who are ingalls, men. will
he asked to look after the matter of
forcing Cimarron PARTIES to withdraw
the suit. Great excitement prevails and
there will doubtless be more conflicts he.
fore the matter is rndrd.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
STATUE OF DIR. WOOI.sEY.
Prof. John F. Weir Has just Completed
the Bronze Model.

the bronze Model.
New Haven Comm dispatch: Prof.
John +. Weir of the Yale art school has
completed a model for the bronze statue
of DIR. Woolsey. The statue is to be six-
teen feet high. including Il granite
pedestal, the figure being of heroic size.
President Woolsey is represented as
seated i'm a Greek chair. symbolical of
the profcssorship of Greek which he
filled here previous to his election to the
place of president in 1916. lie is clothed
in his presidential robes, symbolizing
his presidency of fifteen years
over the university. One hand
holds a book, whiA the other rests
in his lap. The face was scnlpturcd
from life and was verified by a facial
cast, also taken from life. The pose of
the head is erect and the eyes look
straight forward. The inscriptions for
four sides of the pedestal have not vet
been decided upon, nor is it known en-
actly where the statue, when completed.
will be put.
Prot. Weir has been over two years de-
signing this model and it will probably
be about the same length of time before
the bronze statue will be finished.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Mrs. Franknn,s Letter.

In Annals of Philadelphia" there
is a copy Of o letter, written in 1865, by
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin to her husband
in Europe. 1t is given as a picture OF
domestic doings at that time.
"In the downstairs is the sideboard,
which is very handsome aud plain. with
two tables made to suit it, and q dozen
chairs also. The chairs are plain horse
hair, and look as we'll as Paduasoy, and
are admired by all.
"The little south room I have pa-
pered, as the walls were much soiled.
In this room is a carpet I bought cheap
for its goodness, and nearly new. The
large carpet is in the blue room. In
the parlor is a Scotch carpet which has
had much fault found with it. Your
timepiece stands in one corner which is,
as I am told, all wrong,,but I soy we
shall have oil these things as they
should be, when you come home. Ii
you could meet with a Turkey carpet,
1 should like it; but if not / shall he
very easy, for as to these things, I have
become quite Indifferent ut this time.
I'm the north room where We sit, we
have q small Scotch carpet, the small
bookcase, brother Johns picture, and
one of the. king and queen, In the
room for our friends, we have the Earl
of Butte hung up, and q glass.
SHAY I desire you to remember
drinking glasses, and q large tablecloth
or two: also a pair of silver canisters +?
TIE closet doors in your room have
been framed for glasses, unknown to
me; I shall send you an account of the
panes required. shall also send the
measures of the fireplaces, aud the pier
of glass.
"The chimneys do we'll, and I have
baked in the oven and found it is good.
The room we call yours has in it a desk,
the harmonica made like q desk,-a
large chest with all the writings, the
foxes Of glasses for music, and for the
electricity and all your clothes. The
pictures are not put up, as I do notlik
TO drive nails, lest they be not right.
eThe blue room has the harmonica
and the harpsichord, the gilt sconce, o
c~ard-table, q set of tea china, the
worked chairs and screen, q very hand
some stand for the teakettle to stand
on, and the ornamental china. The
paper Of this room has lost much of its
'sloom by FASTING up. The curtains are
not yet made.
sThe south room is my sleeping.
room with my Susannah, where we
have 9 bed without curtains, . chest Of
drawers, q table, . glass, and old black
walnut chairs, and some of orr family
pictures,
II have taken ill the dead letters
meaning those be had a. Postmaster
Generall, and the papers that were in
the garret With the books not taken hy
Billy CHS son, W. Franklin, q Rufling-
son). and had them boxed sud barrellsd
VI I'D PIT r. ths south garnet 70 await
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
RUN DOWN AT LAST.
Arrest In South Dakota OF an Alleged
Thief u Eloper,

Blunt Is. No. dispatch: Frank b.
Tricbc, who, it is alleged, clopcd from
Tfoga Center, N. ", i'm June. 1888. with
q neighbours wife. taking with him SlO,-
600 of his wifc's personal fortune, has
been arrested here with his paramount
by an officer. who has been following
them for a year.
Last October Tricbe and the woman
came here from Maple Park, ILL.,, and i'm.
troduced themselves as Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Harris, of Chicago. They made
many friends, and Triebo, alias Harris,
secured a number of rcmuncratiye CON
tracts. When tho Sioux reservation
was opened to settlement Triebo pur.
chased some shares in tho now town of
Midland, and was OH the eve of remov-
ing there. After being arrested they de-
cfded to return with the officer to Tiopa
Center and face the consequences Of
their Misdeeds. "
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

A BATTLE CREEK, Mich, man re-
quested the city recorder to order all
the saloons in the town not to sell him
anything to drink. The recorder took
the sensible drunkard around to all the
ginmills, told the proprietors to take o
good look at him aud to not sell him
bulge on pain of prosecution.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
PROF. nRURY DEAD
TIE wen.Knowa Weather r

VIZ "ennH'"H Weat1hdF Prophet ol
Ohio Passes Away at the Age of 30.
Springfield (Ohio) dispatch: Prof.
James Drury, 20 years Of age, and widely
known throughout central Ohio as q
weather prophet, has Just died Of Ia
grippe. Ever since Prof. lrury pre-.
dtcted to the exact day destructive
tornado which swept over central Ohio
. few years ago his predictions have
been regularly reported by prominent
papers In Ohio and peIghbarinR States.
Pr9f. Aratv kept records of weather for
TWENTY-FIVE years, and invented several
queer Instruments for ascertaining the
state Of atmosphere, etc,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

soxE scientifically inclined Port
Huron boys fastened one end Of a cop
par wire to an electric light wire and
the other to q tin cup at the public
drinking fountain. The result was that
some shocking drinks were hoisted in
that day, and the police are now looking
for the boys.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

THE earliest known will has been
discovered by Flinders Petrie at Kahun,
OF. - the town was known $500 years
ago. nlahun. The document is so curl
ously modern in form that IL might al
most be granted probate to-day.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

your return. sally has the south room
up two pair At stairs, having therein .
bed. bureau. table, glass, and the pict-
ure. s.tr,nk and books, but these you
can't have any notion. of"
She finally concludes Familiarity aud
psthetically. 20 my child! there is q
great odds between Q mans being at
home and abroad, rs everybody is afraid
they shall do wrong, so everythingi is