Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
NEWS AND NOTES.

An average of four persons die daily IN
England from delirium trenens.
Statistics prove that only one man in six |
who emierate does so with advantage
a Litchfield man, who is looked up to,
stands seven feet seven inches IN his snip
perS.
1t is reported that within the last six
months 150 young women have taken up
timber claims in the state OF washington
The past year was profitable one at
Monte Carlo, the total receipts IRON ine
gaming tables having amounted to sl,2Oo'-
600.
Tacoma, Wash, has a well 100 feet deep
from which the wind blows continually;
AS there is fifty feet Of water in the well
the source OF the wind is mystery.
The telephone between Paris and London
has proved to be a great success, the clrcul.
working clearly and perfectly. Inc litflh
is 81 for three minutes use of the wire.
The newest annsthetic is named pen
tai" discovered by Professor ven Meflng
in Halle 1t is a preparation OF tertiary
aInyl-alcohol, and is for small operations
only.
OF the once powerful tribe of Tonkowa
| Indians only seventy-eight members re-
| main. They occupy the reservation that
was once the home of the Nez PerceS, en-
! bracing So 900 acres.
| A pathological statistcian calculates that
in the year 1000 there will be LOO OOO'0OO
people who speak English, and that the
| other European languages Will be spoken
by only 5Oo, 100000 people.
| In the Georgian bay, the north extension
| of Lake Huron, there are thousands OF
small islands on which the Huron Indians
| took refuge when their enemies, the lro-
quois, overcame them in 1919.
In 1890 there were Ills novels printed in
the United States and SSl in England. Total
number of books published in this country,
that wear 1867 in England f4l4 VI hIty
novels written, only one is printed.
Bv q novel device of reflection on n
screen at their rear, heavy guns can now
be aimed and fired with the greatest ac,
cllracy without the gunners being exposed
or even seeing the object TO be fired at.
A luminous crayon has been invented
which enables lecturers to draw on the
blackboard when the room is darkened fol
the use of the lantern. 1t is likely to
prove Of value also to students who take
notes.
There is a farmer in Ventura county
Cal, whose name is Stubblefeld and an
other named Haymaker. Los Angeles
Cal, has still another honest Granger who
| bears the euphonious name OF John Bean
blossom.
The centenary of the panorama occurs II
1892 A young Edinboro painter name,
Barker was thrown into prison by his cred
: itors. From the way in which the hgh
from a hole in the ceiling struck the wall
he evolved the idea of the panorama.
Among the hardest labors for all but Ia
!, one of a million is that of authorship. DI
n mas, advice is said to have been this, 10
new writers proposing TO write 6ook
g "Before undertaking the work, you Shout
d give ten years of thought to the subject o
which you intend to write"
9 The Women's anti-lottery league
. Louisiana is fighting the lottery with pc
r sistency and a courage that deserves niS
n honor. They know that it robs and d
- moraIizes as well as we know that whisk
lie robs and demoralizes. They see it as W
n do not. for it has been one Of the lnstit'
;, lions, so to say, of their st&Ie.
:. The most important ship of the Frenc
% navy. the Brennus, has been launched aft
i wears and a half of building, at q cost
.. OOO, GOO francs. Her heaviest guns,
which there are three. are OF f1ty-elg
ol tons. These are mounted on oafpetl
Va Int with roof to protect them from SIN;
;, ordnance, and there are also great nul
l. Der of small arms.
While Orff's circus was performing
Men Ruppin, Germany, q few evenin
since, Nine. Borchardt. favorite equf
trienne. rode into the ring. She smiled q
bowed toward group of young ohicers W
SIS testified their admiration by loud appIau'
Wild with jealousy her husband, the clo'
OF the circus, drew pistol and shot b
U Je de d in the ring.
no The new library at Northampton, Mas
has endowment enough to MAKE II one
the largest libraries in America. Inc
OF come of $500 900 is to be expended annua
oid for books. Work has been begun OF
IN building. which will be situated oppos
Smith college, the young, yet already &c
an brated college. for women. The libra
sh- will be of incalcula5ie advantage TO
mi students, as well as to the public at large
ma The Japanese practice refined cruelty
delight their palates. They believe t
of the fish called the dai Is most qehclo
of | when eaten alive An expert Japan
tor | carver can dexterouSiy remove five-slx
his of the edible matter from its bones witht
touching vital part. During this CT
operation the fish is kept alive by wet 5
Ter weed. which, being placed over its q
res enables it to breathe.
yes An interesting incident, showing
graat a DISTANCE converse ton can be
-, ried on. is related by Lieut.. Foster OF
10 third Parry Arctic expediuon, IN when
.eI, saws he conyersed with man across
ega harbor of Port Bowers, a mile and a qI
'inu ter away, and it has also been asserted
good authority that at Gibraltar the nuI
en- voice has been distinctly heard at
an lance of ten miles.
in Writing of college graduates, won
and somebody inquiries, ''What do they T.
aid. Of domestic economy" Many OF 9
will know great deal about it, much more