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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Chamois Skins.

Chamois skins should never be left in
water after using, but should be wrung out
and hung up TO dry, spread out carefully SC
as to leave no wrinkles; neither should they
be used to wipe off colors as paint stain.
form hard spots and help the skin to ve5a
out sooner. Chamois was never intended
to wipe the face and hands with, and this
should be avoided also, as the skins are LA
BILE to become greasy thereby. Never puta
channels skin into warm water-nothinQ
above lukewsrm, as it will curl up, become
thick, tough and useless. To bring hack
chamois that has been ruined by grease
paint or has been used as towel until ii
has all the resemblance of a dirty old rag
the following is recommended: Take q
bucket of clean water, making it middhne
strong with ammonia, soak the skin in il
over night. and the next morning rinse it
out in pure water, after which use freely OF
pure white CASTLE soap and water. 1t is
claimed that the process viii insure a very
good skin again, available for considerable
further service. The whole operation, aside
from the soaking, need take no longer than
quarter of an hour, and in reality the skin
after this treatment is, according to Hide
and Leather, better than at first, having
become thoroughly broken in and free from
lint and other impurities
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Act III,

s'Well, SIR" said the fnancier, ssyou've
brought this thing TO me. You want nv
advice. Well-my advice is-don't fool
away the only good thing that will ever
happen TO you. Luck such as this doesn't
come more than once in a lifetime"
II have been offered e10,000 for my es-
tate"
/ oh! Have your Ten thousand2 That
was very liberal-very liberal indeed. Ten
thousand for gold reef
But / thought that as an old friend of
my father you would perhaps
Young man, don't fool it away. He's
waiting for you, l suppose, round the
corner with bottle of tizz ready to close"
He isl
s'Well, 90 and drink his champagne. Al
ways get whatever you can. And then tell
him that you'll see him
L certainly will, sir, if you advise it.
And then?n
'.And then. leave it to me. And, young
man, 1 think l heard year or two ago
something about YOU and my girl Rosie
There was something, sir: not enough
to trouble you about il.
She told me. Rosie tells me all her
love affairs
IF She-is she unmarried2''
''Oh, yes and for the moment believe she
is free. She has had one or two engage
ments. but somehow they come to nothing.
There was the French Count, but that was
knocked on the head very early in conse-
ouance Of things discovered. And there
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
characteristics of the Cowboy.

Where the cowboy comes from is mys
terry. He is often of Mexican origin, and
more than half Indian. He is democrat
always; he lives under the flag of repub
lie, and knows it. He recognizes no social
superior in any man; but, on the other
hand, to those he considers his interiors,
as the Indian or negro, no aristocrat OF
aristocrats could be laughter. He is
brave to foolhardiness, and will take
chances of his life that it would seem none
but crazy man would. He takes nc
manner of care of his health. When s
long way from the camp or ranch, he
sleeps where night finds him on the open
prairie, with only the stars for light. He
bathes when he has time, and eats and
drinks anything he can get and all he
can get.
He can be depended upon to do his work
well, be it at camp or when driving in q
big bunch of horses from the ranges to the
ranch. He is strong as an OK, has an I'M.
bounded love for gay trappings, and is
generally gay and free from care. His
chief characteristic is a profound contempt
for the denizen of the east. whom he calls a
"tenderfoot." The COW boy might not shine
on Fifth avenue, but he is found Just the
proper person for the ranch, and he is
withal very picturesque, very useful and
very natural man. The wages paid him
are small. and are usually expended as the
hrsr opportunity presents itself. He thinks
not Of the morrow. He is creature of to-
day. He is the same cowboy that Mark
Train knew, and he is no different when
driving the beeves in Kansas or the bunch
of horses on the prairies of Dakota and the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

was the Boom in Guano. but he fortunately
smashed-much TO Rosie's JOY. because she
never liked MIN. The last WAS Lord Ever
green. He was a nice old chap when YOU
could understand what he said, and Rosie
would have liked the title very much,
though his grandchildren opposed the
thing. Wei, sir: | suppose you couldn't
understand the trouble we took To keep the
old man alive for his own wedding. Science
did all it could, but twas no use" the
fnancier added. sThe ways of Providence
are inscrugable. He died, sir, the day be-
fore''
THAT was very sad
ga dashing of the cup from the lip. sir.
Ny daughter would have been countess.
Well, young gentleman, about this estate of
yours. think l see way. Think am
not yet sure-that do see way. Go now.
See this liberal gentleman and drink his
champagne, and come here in aweek. Then.
if l still see my way, YOU shall understand
what it means to hold the position in the
city which is mine
''And-and-may 1 call upon Rosie?'
''Not till this day week-not till have
made my way plain
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Effects of Music on Animals.

The keeper of menagerie was once
asked whether the band had any effect on
the animals:
ITO be sure it does" said he; they like
It, and therefore it does them good. If you
were to come in and look at them in a
morning when the band is perambulating
the town, you would see many of them,
the more savage beasts in particular, dub
and moping, and either sitting or lying in
their dens. We who travel with wild
beasts cannot, of course, give them the
room they ought to have, and being
cribbed up in show boxes they degenerate
for want of exercise, do what we viii with
them. But it would be very much worse,
~ckon, if it were not for the music
When they hear the band strike up they
rouse themselves, and begin taking what
exercise they can, the beasts of pZey by
walking backward and forward, and the
others by repeating the movements nat
ural to them when at liberty The birds
will begin to chatter and plume themselves
at the sound, and even the snakes at times
will uncoil and rear up, and convince the
people, who sometimes seem to doubt the
fact, that they are living creatures"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
DdShto wH. m.

This advertisement is like the majority of
carriage advertisements. The firm name
appears twice and in large type. Once i'll
small type is enough. This criticism make
again. and shall continue to make so long
as people persist in advertising themselves
rather than their goods. There is little in
this advertisement to suggest to a man that
his present carriage Is not large enough and
not good enough Tor his family. that the
cushions have been worn thrcadbare, and
that the whole affair is too riclety TO ride
in. There IS no need of advertising extra
fine stock. Every carrlagemaker adver-
tlSeS It whether he mas II or not. If the
statement is made that the stock is extra
fine there is no necessity OF stating that the
materials or workmanship lis second to
none Better not say. If You want Il good
carriage come and see us before NpurchaS-
ing" If the man wants carriage he will
come to see the dealer before lie purchases
if he comes at all. Then such an expression
has begging III il, and the advertiser should
never beg trade.
1t is great deal more effective to adver-
tise one style OF carriage at Il time. To adj
vcrtiSe as the above advertiser does, Car
riageS of almost every style and descrip-
ton no impressive power is given. nor
anything which will hold the readers at
tenlion. If the advertiser announces two
wheeled vehicles ut one time, four wheeled
at another, beach wagons, road wagons,
bug2ies calryals, dog carts, and anything
else, one at u time, he Will reach the man
who wants that particular kind-perhaps
bring him to his store.
The man who wants dog cart may heed
the advertisement announcing dog carts,
when he Will pay no attention TO the adver-
tsement which advertises hacks, laudaus,
victOriaS, carryalls. barouches, wagons. bug
gies, together with dog carts.
If man deals i'll shot and wants 10 give
an exhibition of fourteen kinds of shot, he
will not put the fourteen kinds into one gun
all at once. He viii fire one kind the first
time. and so on until all are fired. This
logic applies to carriage advertising partic-
ularly.
The carriage advertisement should never
be general: il should be specific. 1t should
literally shove one kind of carriages at i
man, the next time another, and so on. The
advertiser may mention IN small type that
all kinds of carriages are kept in stock. He
should never forget TO announce q handsome
catalogue, beautifully illustrated and de-
scriptive of his carriages, sent free TO ev-
erybody.
| rewrite this advertisement, first in
general way, although l do not believe il
that kind of advertising. / then present
two styles. calling attention in each one to 4
particular kind Of carriage.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Act ".

''And so it means this. Oh, Rosie. you
look lovelier than ever and I'm as happy as
a king. 1t means this. Your father is the
greatest genius in the world. He buys my
property for sixty thousand pounds-SiXty
thousand-that's over two thousand year
for me, and he makes a company out of 1t
with hundred and fifty thousand capital.
He says that taking ten thousand out OF it
for expenses there will be profit of eighty
thousand. And all that he gives
to you-eighty thousand. That's three
thousand a year for you and sixty
thousand. That's two thousand more,
my dearest Rosie. You remember
what you said-that when You
married you should step out Of one room
like this into another just as goodl'
''Oh, Reggie - she sank upon his bosom.
''YOu know | never could love anybody but
you. Its true | was engaged to old Lord
Evergreen. But that was only because he
had one F-you know-and when the other
f went in too. just a day too soon. /
actually laughed. So the Pater is going
to make company of it. is he. Well, |
hope he won't put any of his own money
into it, I'm sure. because of late all the
companies have turned out so badly
But, my child, the place is full OF gold. "
''Then why did he turn it into accompany,
my dear boy. And why didn't he make you
stick to it? But you know nothing of the
city. Now let US sit down and talk about
what we shall-don't, you ridiculous boy!'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
DEER HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES.
In a Few Years There Will Be No Mors
Rucksl, for Moccasins and Leggins.

III y L e" leafs AheEc w III iSt w -toEs
Buckskin for Moccasins and Lesgins.
The hunting of deer in the Rockies is fast
driving them north into British America.
and in a few more years our Indians will
have no more buckskins for ieggins and
moccasins. Only the skin of the heavy
hided deer can be used, that of the antelope
and white tailed varieties being too tender
for long service, says The Great Divide, in
which we find the following:
The Apaches make their moccasins and
leggins u one piece, in the style of hunt
ing boots, while most OF the Indians to the
north wear slippers and leggins. When
ever a deer is killed and cut up the bladder
is carefully cut away, cleaned and tlled
with the brain of the animal, and the little
bag is most carefully guarded until a
stream is reached, where the hide may be
cured The entire skin is then put into
running water and weighted down with
stones. In four or five hours the soaking
has swelled it and loosed the hair at the
roots, when it is taken out and stretched
on a frame, while the owner, with the aid
of cleansed rib of the animal, scrapes it
down until the hair is rubbed off, very
much in the same manner as overheated
horses are scraped to remove the foam and
sweat. The skin is then pulled and
stretched for three or four hours, and at
the same time oiled with the brain until
IL is perfectly dry, soft and pliable, when it
is ready for use. When tan color is de-
sirable it is soaked in an infusion of red
bark. The sole of the moccasin is always
made of the raw hide of beef cattle and
sewed to the upper with the sinewS Of the
deer's tendon.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

| such papers as the Youths Companion have
brought the proportionate rate considerably
below the half cent, half cent Il line per
| thousand circulation may be considered the
| fair rate for the average paper OF enormous
| circulation. Great dailies. however. bring
the rate considerably below this line, while
| other dailics keep the rate above It.
II the best daily in the city charges no
I more than one cent line per thousand CIR
culation for regular standing advertise
ments the advertiser IS liable 10 get his
moneys worth, except in very large cities,
where half cent a line per thousand clrcu-
| lation would he none too low.
The best rule for the local advertiser 10
follow is to advertise in every paper IN his
local field, which he has proven pays him
to advertise in. Let him figure the pro
portionate rates from the daily of the larg-
| est circulation. and from the weekly of the
largest circulation. and allow himself to
| pay for the other papers fair sized bonus
! propOrtionately for alleged quality. The
| advertising space IS not worth this differ
| ence to the advertiser. but if the conserva-
| tive papers viii not take less, it generally
! pays the advertiser to advertise in them to
moderate extent, throwing the bulk of
his money into the great dai!ieS.
The best test of newspaper advertising
space value is the observation-disclosures
OF The paper.
The newspaper which cannot earn its
rates. generally is willing to take great
deal less than its rates.
The paper which invariably earns its
rates always sticks to its rates.
The advertiser should be suspicious of
the newspaper which cuts its rates.
If the advertising space is worth what is
claimed for it the paper has no more right
to cut it than has the United States the
right to sell three cent stamps for ) cents.
There IS nothing which shows news
papers weakness, and creates SO much
question upon its value as Il different rate
for different customers.
No good paper has cut rates. Cat rates
are not business
Every decent paper from the Atlantic to
the Pacific ana from Toronto TO the Gulf Of
Mexico get exactly as much for advertising
space as they possibly can.
The paper which receives the most for its
advertising space. and continues to get ii,
Is the paper which carries the most adver-
Using: which gets 4 customer 10 keep L
customer, and which is sure 10 bring more
profit for the advertising investment.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
IN FIVE ACTS.
Youth, Beauty and Riches,
Actual and Prospective.
MAKING A POSSIBLE CASE.
A Feminine Wish in the Matter of Matri-
mony and How it Terminated.
Narrowly Escaped Being an
Old Mans Darling.
Act 1.

Act 1.
ssYou dear old boy said the girl ST am
sure / wish it could be-with all my heart
if have any heart
L don't believe you have" replied the
boy, gloomily.
We'll but Reg, consider; you've got no
money"
I've got $4,000. If a man can't make his
way upon that, he must be q poor stick
You would go abroad with it and dig,
and take your wife with you to wash and
COOK
I'VE would do something with the money
here. You should stay in London. Rosie. -
''Tes. In suburban villa-at Shepherds
Bush perhaps. No, Reg-when | marry, if
ever | do am in no hurry will step out
of this room into one exactly like it, The
room was u splendid drawing room in Pal
ace Gardens splendidly furnished. I
shall have my footmen and my carriage, and
l SHALL
Rosie, give me the rightto earn all these
things for you,' the young man cried
impetuously.
You can only earn them for me by the
time you have one foot in the grave.
Hadn't l better in the meantime marry
some old gentleman with his one foot in
the grave so as to be oeady for you against
the time when you come hone2 In two or
three years the other F. dare say, would
slide into the G as we'll
You laugh at my trouble. You feel
nothing
If the Pater would part-but he won't
he says he wants all his money for himself
and that I've got to marry well Besides,
Reg, here her face clouded and she low
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Act v.

Another house Just like the first. The
bride stepped out of one palace into an
other. With their 5000 or $1,000 year,
the young couple could just manage TO
make both ends meet The husband was
devoted. The wife had everything that she
could wish. Who could be happier than
this pair in nest so luxurious, their life SO
padded, their days so full of sunshine:
1t was year after marriage. The wife,
contrary to her usual custom, was the first
at breakfast. A few letters were waiting
for her-chiefy invitations. She opened
and read them. Among them lay one adj
dressed to her husband. Not looking at
the address, she opened and read that as
well.
Dear Reginald.
venture to address you as an old friend
of your own and Schoolfellow of your
mothers. l am Il widow with four chill
dren. My husband was the vicar of your
old parish, you remember him and me. /
was left with little income of about 500 Il
year. Twelve months ago / was persuaded
i'll order to double my income, athing which
seemed certain from the proSpectuS-to in
vest everything in a new and rich gold mine
-everything-and the mine has never paid
anything. The company-it is called the
Rynard gold reef coLipanv-is in liquida-
ton because, though there is really the
gold there, il costs too much to get it l am
absolutely ruined. | have no relatives any
where to- help me. Unless | can get assist
ance my children and | must go at once
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Biblical Facts and Firures.

1t is told that the Bible contains 1885,
4s0 letters, ia, 7z6 words, Bib verses.
1,1s9c hapters and &C books. The word
and occurs &c, 21sT times, the word Lord ], SIS
times. The word reverend occurs but once,
which is in the 9th verse OF the H1th
Psalm. The middle verse is the Sth verse
of the 11sth Psalm. The 2Ist verse of
the 9TH chapter of Ezra contains all the
letters of the alphabet except the letter j.
The 10Th chapter of II. Kings and the 3.th
chapter of Isaiah are alike. The longest
verse is the 35th verse of the 9Th chapter of
Esther. The shortest verse is the 35th
verse of the 111th chapter of st. John.
There are no words or names of more than
six Syllables.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

o-morrow-into the workhouse. Yes-we
are paupers. l am ruined by the cruel lies
of that prospectus and the wickedness which
deluded me, and l know not how many
others out of my money. l have been
foolish and am punished, but those people
who will punish them? Help me, if YOU
can, my dear Reginald-oh. for Gods sake
help my children and me-Help your
mothers friend-your own old friend.''
This" said Rosie meditatively, lis ex-
actly the kind of thing to make Reggie
uncomfortable. Why, it might make him
unhappy al day. Better burn it She
dropped the letter into the fire. Hes an
impulsiye, emotional creature-and he
doesn't understand the city. If people are
so foolish-what a lot of fibs the poor old
pater does tell, to be sure. He's Il regular
novelist. Oh! Here you are, you lazy
boy
Kiss me, Rosie He looked as hand
some as Apollo and as cheerful I wish
all the world were as happy as you and me-
Heighoi Some poor devils, I'm afraid"
''Tea or coffee, Regi'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
A. 0. u w.

Superiority of the Order Int.r.,.lr
Notes from Variou, Ja-isdictiOus
The Kansas City Mo Review SAYS
many organizations there are Iiyiisa.
tLat are never paid and reserve funds thi
quietly dwindle away bu, not 50 in ::
A. 0. Q. ". We have 25J0.J ,-'ucs1s
and have just checked on our reserve tun
for $4l3, 794 10, which has been loeeriul
paid, and we are happy ana prospsryl
with an ability to meet all ob -lta:
promptly.
Nebraska had one assessmeu. only
March.
Kentucky gained seventy three N ia
uary.
The A. o. wv. in kentucky, ". n ;hirt
three assessments and Il per cay. tax,
four dollars last year. made . net Iucge-
in membership.
The Nebraska grand lodge Is entiTs
free from debt; II viii pay fifty cents
member 81 600 from the general fund :
supreme relief call, and still have lili
some balance OIL hand. Fifry-two apPl1
lions were received ia one day lately.
The Canadian A. O. L. V. relief soclst
paid last yer in various benefits the 81
OF SIS, 395. 5O-a good work. !; admits OF
male and female
Detroit lodge, No. 6, now has l SIS us1
berS.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
AMERICAN LEGION 9

sons fol' It-var.au. Nn,. ne a...
For the first time IN tie his
order it was found neressrrr r,..' Of I.
call three assessments. an mn .1I4oa'5a
call, the first to be usy..i, lr,~7 Aasl
second May Is and the third Nav :, l. 4,
extra assessment WIS nacs..-.,.'g. y,
fact OF the unusually la--- 49,. ~ o. i.
deaths since Jan. l. Dl-.r- r,r,.-,'oe s q.
were % deaths; February. -. ,r,,-.,-1,'F Ia,
the 18th, %; total of ~. dent. IT, q? :.
CURED >6sd'eJO to se5El". III. m-r,- NJ =
itiated since Jan. :, .s,I a.,. ..,.- -.,eIs /
payment Of this eNl-s a~--s,-..-. - II,
The first council a-.rs-a .-..
women was recenriv i-s- --lrs.i - 80 = :
Pa, by Grand Cymu-. ~
Deputies Holman ans .i..-.- - y;
The annual rePor, 81 RS p---.
to be second in the ........ .. III
ship. New York. With .5..s - --''soe'
bers, exceeds BY fifty -
The largest deposit ever r.4s,-
ternal society was Tina. u .r, y Aia
officers in Boston. Mss. E. reg
posted with tine state tg...s--,. ''.'e 6
amount of 1925, s}l4 GO. Taa -. 81 y
largest emergency land Of arv IS - y
ciety. '-'-'' .
David kalakaua, kin Of .as H.-,.
islands, was . member Do -1..! - 's,,-.' !
Oceanic council, Hoao'g.1. rs the -
ais death. He WIS .Ag-c 1.s---5 49,, 49,,
genial disposition. wei. known 49,. "a !, :
people of the United States. md r.. !. Z
social position winch his ra-es-v - ~
life he enjoyed the dist .r... of bs;-~..'
only man in the crie- . li- ms
king. He carried q certificate ,fss',,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
She Chartered.

It was on street car. Two lady friends
were chattering away as only ladies can.
"Oh. I'm to have some new diamondsr'
suddenly exclaimed one
rs it possible.'
ayes. My husband is going to make
5000 all in lump next week, and he says
l may have $500 to put into diamonds
Dear me! Is it speculation of his?"
Eyes. There's man who wants TO sell
him piece Of Woodward avenue property
for SIS, coo, and he can turn his bargain
over to Mr.. Blank for $500"
How NIGEL"
'The dickens it isr' growled a man
across the aisle below his breath. so it's
her husband who is after my lot, and he
can sell it to Blank for $500 more "a
Their guess not, old man-not this yearl
I'll hop of and hunt up Blank and have
his option in halt sa hour. Detroit Free
PresA