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sLE1GHING parties are incomplete with


THE similarity of the mishaps to African
adventurers who live to reach civilization
again is suspicious. Bishop Taylor is the
last victim of unaccountable designation
during period of senseless somnolence,
somnambulistic somersaulting OF hyp-
motto helplessness that completely throws
into the shade Emin Pasha's balcony act
on the edge of the black belt about year
ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

WALKING advertisements are also paid
for by the square.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

SILvERsMITHs can turn out works OF
sterling worth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

HARRISON is playing second fiddle in the
diplomatic deals, and is sadly out of tune at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

If we might be allowed a mild suggestion
to the Farmers Alliance of the West, good
motto to hang over the doors of their meet
ing rooms would be: ''Keep off the Grass"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

IT is more charitable to laugh at fools
than to deride them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

The shades of night were falling fast,
And lights were in request;
The waiter turned the button and
'Lectric'ty did the rest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

Poor Chile! What will she do now !?
The representative of the British Govern
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

If Raum's refrigerator worked as it
should it would freeze him out Of office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13
Hygienic Beneyolence,

NEVER give warm friend the cole
shoulder
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

THE economic woman now
Has not the time to f1irt;
She's busy striving to see how
She can turn last years skirt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

IDLENEss softens the hands and hardens
the cheek.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

Miss EwART and f. W. Van Osten were
married at the EwaEr house, on Center ave-
nue., last night at y o'clock. The arrange
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13

Vol. &c. No. 27a.-Fntered At Pittsburg Postofhce,
November ISL second-class matter.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
Weather Bulletin.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Oct. 29-The area of
high pressure continues central over the
Middle Atlantic states and the barometer
is above thirty inches over Texas and Ar
kansas and all east of the Mississippi river.
The storm area moving over the northern
Rocky mountain slope last night is moving
to the south OF east, and is central tonight
over North Dakota, and is of great in
teusity. An area of high pressure is ap-
parent tonight over the central Rocky
mountain plateau, but its extent and exact
course cannot be determined. The
storm area over the northwestern
portion of the United States in
conjunction with the anti-cyclone
over the Middle Atlantic states is carrying
up the warm moist air from the gulf of
Mexico and has given rise in temperature
throughout the central valleys and eastern
portions of the country, except that it has
remained stationary over the Middle and
South Atlantic and East Gulf states. The
rise has amounted to ten degrees or more
over Southeastern Montana, South
Dakota, Iowa, Northern Illinois,
Ohio. Pennsylvania and New York
The appearance of the area of high pres
sure over the Rocky mountain plateau has
been accompanied by fall in temperature
of more than twenty degrees over
Northern Montana and a fall of
more than ten degrees over other
portions of the Northern slope and
central plateau OF the Rocky mountains
Over the central and southern portions of
the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains
and over Texas, the changes in temperature
have been slight. Clear weather pre-
walls generally except foggy at Shreve-
port and cloudy at Santa Fe, and
over the northern portion of Montana and
Dakota, with light rain at Fort Assiniboine.
The temperature is below the normal for
this season of the year tonight over the
Middle aud South Atlantic and East Gulf
states and lower Mississippi valley. about
normal over the Northern and Central
Rocky mountain plateau and above normal
over other portions.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Local forecast for Texas east of the Tooth
meridian for twenty-four hours ending mid
night, October 30-Fair weather. stationary
temperature, southerly winds.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
GOOD ROADS AND CONTENT.

The beneficial results ON the social
and industrial life of the farmer are
being discussed in all sections of the
Union. Isolation is the cause of much
of the farmers tale of woe, and econo-
mists are beginning to realize the fact.
There is a stream of humanity con-
stantly flowing from the farm to the
town, and the isolation of the farm is
one deserving the serious consideration
OF statesmen, and but for politicians in
Texas this state might now have a local
option road law that would enable any
county to have at once highways passa-
bic in all seasons. 1t is a subject that
will not always down at the bidding Of
politicians. So strong a hold has it
taken upon the public mind that road
congress has been called, and at the
opening of the Raleigh exposition the
editor of the Charleston World dwelt
in his speech upon the need of good
roads, now becoming so apparent.
"We have the worst country roads in
of easy means of communication over
wagon roads, he thought, has led to
that isolation and want of intercourse
among the Southern people which is
SO necessary a part of material and So
cial progress. There can be little hope
for the agricultural South until this
prime defect is remedied.
Commenting upon this the Baltimore
Herald says:
This is by no means new theme, but its
truth is so apparent that it cannot be too
often reiterated. Good roads lie at tine
foundation of successful agricultural opera
lions, just as the growth of cities in manu-
facture and trade is conditioned upon rail-
road and steamboat facilities. If it costs
the farmer S. ton to bring his cotton, rice
or tobacco to market, it matters little how
much effort he puts forth, he never will
prosper.
Good roads cost money, but they do not
cost so much as bad thoroughfares do. EX-
penditureS for wagons, mules, harness and
repairs continually eat up the better part
of profits on agriculture in every Southern
state. As measure of practical economy
therefore, good roads are one of the first
considerations in the development of this
country.
In Mr.. Cohen's argument easy commune
cation brings about intercourse among the
people. This in turn leads to exchange of
ideas, general education and information,
which ultimately can be turned to account
in commercial activity. There is much in
this idea, and every state in the South
ought to be following in the lead of Georgia
with its road congress, which is continually
agitating the subject with view to new
legislation and active work in road building
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRATS.

There is a class of Democrats in
Texas whose livery changes with the
weather. We call them Democrats be-
cause they insist upon calling them
selves Democrats. 1t is title by cour-
tesy, to which they have scant right.
For purposes of distinction we may call
them Big-I Democrats, for they are
Democrats only when They are con-
suited in the direction OF affairs and
Their advice is followed.
1t is the misfortune of the chairman
of the state Democratic executive COM
mittee that he has ventured to take
step in party policy without the ap-
proval of the Big-Ts. A member of
county Democratic committee ceased
to be Democrat las he had right to
do and took up the heresies of the
party's enemies, declaring that ''if the
sub-treasury was nti-Democratic he
was no Democrat" AS the state Dem
ocratic platform had very plainly
voiced the party view that the SUBJ
treasury was anti-Democratic, the
other members of the committee re-
quested the resignation of the sub
treasury member. The chairman of
the state executive committee being
appealed to, he very strongly sustained
the action of the county committee.
This action on his part, being taken
without consultation with the Big-I
crowd, has brought upon him and the
party he speaks for the severe reproba-
ton of the neglected party.
The signs are that the Big-I's will
endeavor to ''get even" with the reg
ular Democrats by coalition with the
sub-treasury enemies of the party.
This step appears to have been in con-
temptation for long while, but the
opportunity has been lacking. and they
were deficient in courage. When the
railroad commission was adopted as the
demand of the party in the San An
tonic convention they threatened bolt,
and fought it at the polls. They sided
with the enemies of the party and en-
deavored to defeat the commission in
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
THE GAZETTE: FIT. WORTH, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30.

bound organization can hope to live long.
The farmers have repudiaTed the Alliance
because they do not believe in secret politi-
cal parties. The farmers can always be
trusted to do the right thing Memphis
Appeal-Avalanche.
There is another evidence of the fact that
the consumers pay the tariff tax, in the re-
bate that Armour, the millionaire packer,
gets on the tin plate that he uses. 1t APP
pears that in the Mckinley bill there is a
provision to the effect that rebate will be
allowed on the timed meats shipped
abroad, not upon the meats themselves, but
upon the tin in which they are preserved.
In other words, the duty on tin plate is Il
little over cents a pound, and Mr.. Armour,
who imports the tin plate for canning pur-
poses, has this amount of tax paid back to
him on the shipments of timed meats to
Europe. 1t is Safe to assume that at leas.
20 per cent of the tin ne imports finds it's
way back to Europe in the shape of cans
containing meats, but the other 80 per cent
is consumed in this country, and the tax
on the tin comes out of the pockets Of the
American consumers, because Armour does
not get his rebate on it. Thus it is shown
that the foreigner gets his canned meats
without the payment of the tin-plate tax,
While the American, whom Mckinley loves
so well, has to pay the fiddler New Or
leans States.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
ABOUT SOME PEOPLE.

The prince regent of Bavaria has large
collection of beetles.
King Oscar of Sweden IS collector of
books and poems, with autographs.
The ex-empress of Brazil possesses re-
markably complete collection of butterflies.
Mrs. James Stewart of Grayson, KY, has
given birth to baby weighing only twenty
ounces. She weighs 140 pounds, and her
husband is much heavier.
The car is a collector of birds eggs and
postage stamps. This should set off any
sneers at our own car, Tom Reed, being an
art student on the subject of waist sashes.
The most fragile royal beauty is the
Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse, born in the
year 1872. She is a superb blond, tall and
slender, with delicate features and certain
sylph-like loneliness of her own.
Michael Moore of Brooklyn is the oldest
second lieutenant on the army list. He was
for years a musician, was made d lieutenant
in 1869, and two years later was retired.
He now draws three-fourths pay (SlG5) 4
month, and is supposed to be not less than
ninety-one years old.
Louis Cyr, a French Canadian, is six feet
high, weighs 800 pounds, and has lifted
1000 pounds of pig iron with his hands and
back and without using harness. Shoulder
ing 300-pound barrel of cement with one
hand, lifting SIG pounds with one finger,
balancing mis- wife upon his chin ard rails
ing with his back a platform holding a 235a5-
pound dumbell and twenty men aggregate
we ght 1881 pounds are among his every
day featS.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30

the legislature by bringing forward the
elective" clause. Beaten at all these
points, and smarting with wounded
vanity, the next step is to endeavor to
overthrow the party by calling in the
sub-treasury mercenaries.
Now mark the words: The Demo-
cratic party of Texas will have to fight
not only the sub-treasury following, but
it will have to contend against these
alleged Democrats, who, if they cannot
have their way, will not hesitate to
embarrass the party by giving all the
aid and encouragement they can to its
foes. The first step to that end has be-
gun in the assault they are making
upon they chairman of the party's ex-
ecutive committee because he has de-
clared that a man must be Democrat
before he can take part in Democratic
convention, or be member of an eX-
ecutive committee of that party.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
SOME CURRENT COMMENT.

Mr.. Blaine has seized his opportunity as
secretary Of state to steal Democratic thun-
der in the reciprocity idea, which, as far as
it goes, is what Mckinley called it, "a death
blow to protection" Wherever reciprocity
of trade IS established the so-called protec-
tion of the Mckinley bill Is abolished; wher-
ever the latter is maintained, reciprocity is
mpossible.-[ Brooklyn Citizen.
The interesting fact about Mr. Blaine's
letter is that so far as the presidential race
is concerned he is distinctly lin it, and let
not Mr. Harrison forget it. 1t is also prob
able that another gentleman will find the
letter profoundly interesting, to-wit. Mai.
Mckinley who will feel like asking himself
in dazed sort of way what he had to do
with the Mckinley bill, anyhow Mime
apolis Times.
The people can always be trusted to do
what is right when they are given time for
reflection. The masses are impulsive but
patriotic, and they always come back to
their first love, no matter how far they may
be induced to stray from it for time The
Democratic party is the only party that
promises relief to the people of the country,
and all parties, whether open or secret,
must fade away and vanish when they come
in conflict with this grand old party of
equal rights and equal justice. Every gen.
GRAFTON has its craze, and every craze -four
ishes for time, then falls out of sight.
The Grange craze swept over the country
some years ago The Greenback craze
came next The Alliance, or rather the
sub-treasury craze, came last, but is now in
the thrOes of dissolution. No party or con-
federation can live in this country, North
or South, unless it includes and takes in on
an equal footing all classes of citizens. It
is contrary to the genius and spirit of our
government to have public affairs discussed
and passed upon in secret The broad open
light Of day must be let in No secret oath
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30

NEW YORK, Oct. 29-The directors of the
Union Theological seminary met again this
morning to confer with the committee of
eight ministers and seven ruling elders
from the general assembly, regarding the
general assembly's disapproval of Professor
Briggs appointment to the chair of Biblical
theology in the Union theological seminary
The session began at $50 o'clock
and lasted all day. When the conference
adjourned tonight, the proceedings of the
two days session were made public. The
directors of the seminary have maintained
their independence and allegiance to Pro-
fessor Briggs, whose election to the chair
of Biblical theology was vetoed by the gen.
eral assembly. The two days session re-
suited in great deal of talk, but the matter
is still unsettled, with the indications very
unfavorable to any near settlement.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30

NOTHING truer was ever writ than
this by the Atlanta Herald, and if any
Texan doubts it, let him consider his
own welcome to Kansas orators who
come here to tell us how to vote: 1T
is great mistake to presume on this
thing of sectional peace to the extent
of sending Southern orators into
Northern districts. There is danger
of injuring the Democracy. not in
driving Democrats off, but in failing to
capture recruits from the element that
is debating the matter. This had
something to do with the result in the
last presidential campaign, doubt it as
you may. The best policy is to pour
oil on the troubled waters at dis
tanceD
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
Signs of a Hard Winter.
Baltimore Herald.

Our rural exchanges are full of prognos-
tications concerning an approaching hard
winter. The weather prophet who regu-
larry makes his appearance at 1.-The corners"
or in country stores at this period of the
year appears to be unusually busy. He has
observed the signs, and he knows that
long winter Of unprecedented coldness is on
the way.
The goose bone is of the character which
portends intense cold, the nut crop is large
and the shells are thicker than they were
last year; corn hHsks are numerous, the
ear being surrounded with a covering
which the blasts OF winter would not blow
away, squirrels are laying by large store
of food, and the sheep are covered with an
unwonted fleece Migratory birds have
gone South weeks earlier than in former
years leaves are falling early, apples are
ripening quicker than usual, and pumpkin
is deeper yellow, and grass in the pastures
show signs of whitening in October, when
it should last sweet and wholesome until
November.
To these rural and old-fashioned signs of
severe cold might be added certain metro
politan indications that winter is on the
wing. Coal has gone up 80 cents a ton in
some places, while the ice man now sleeps
until in the morning. the straw hat has
been gathered, and the melton oyercoat has
come forth from its hiding place all rejolent
with camphor and p1psh powder. SsaIskins
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
THE CIGARETTE BUG.

A St. Louis chemist has made the start
ling discovery that cigarettes are filed with
bugs. The horrible smell is fully accounted
for at last Grand Rapids Telegram.
According to Dr. Onmann Dumesnil. of
St. Louis, cigarettes are often made poison
Gus by the ravages of 4 worm that comes
from the egg of q coleOpterous insect, which
is passionately addicted to the use of to-
bacco. Hence bronchial affections and
throat complaints, and no wonder, if the in
sect is as terrible as the description Bos-
ton Post.
A St. Louis physician has discovered bugs
IN cigarettes. He says the bug poisons the
cigarette. This dictum will probably not
spoil the demand for the article, but it will
furnish the perishing dude with remark
for his part of little sweet colloquy.
''Wot's eatin' yer?o the gamin will flip
PANTY inquire. "a coleopterous insect"
the dude will answer, with faint flourish
of cane and monocle. Then the gamin
should wilt.-[New York Journal.
a St Louis physician has made the dis
covery that cigarettes are infested by
coleopterous insect which he considers
poison, and he attributes many mysterious
cases of bronchial affection to this source.
The germ of the cigarette habit has not yet
been revealed by the microscope, but there
is room for the suspicion that the habit
itself is an ''illness,'' and the next achieve
ment of science may be to spy out its special
bacillus Philadelphia Record.
The cigarette fiend is threatened with a
new horror. He is now told that his
favorites are infested with insects. DIR.
Dumesnil is the discoverer of this fact. and
he says that many bronchial affections may
&c traced to the presence OF these bugs. He
declares that the insect is the product of an
egg which bug peculiar to cigarettes lays
inside the wrapping. Fearful of doing the
insect an injustice, however, the discoverer
says that it only feeds upon the tobacco be-
cause of necessity. He also adds that the
bug belongs to the coleopterous class of in
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
Thkoad Question.


Next Wednesday the Georgia road con-
gress will meet in Atlanta, and on the next
day will give way to the Southern road con-
gress. These two meetings are supplement-
airy to meeting of the road congress of the
United States, which will meet at Pitts
burg Pa, in November.
The latter will doubtless be the most i'm
portant meeting, all things considered. but
the conventions which are to assemble in
Atlanta ought to do a great deal of good.
Such a reform as these meetings contem-
plate is difficult to set on foot, but if, with
the aid of the press, they can get the people
to studying the question and discussing it
in an intelligent way, great step forward
will have been taken.
There are one or two facts that ought to
be impressed on the public mind. and these
road congresses ought to be equal to the
task-namely:
/. That there is nothing in common be-
tween road-making and our methods of
road-repairing.
2. That good roads are more economical
than bad ones.
8. That good roads are only less impor-
tant and useful than railroads.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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rejected manuscripts. Persons wishing to pre-
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
Ralph wilkes Work.

INDEPENDENCE. Iowa, Oct 29.-Sunol's
and Monbar's records for wo-year-olds are
again tied in a grand mile here to-day by
Ralph Wilkes, b. s., by Red Wilkes. Two
weeks ago he made the acquaintance of kite
tracks, and three times during this meeting
he has been started to beat his record of
2:2l. Each trial he has knocked
OF niche. To-day he stands
before the world with but one
superior. but he is on record breaking
track and his hackers think has the blood
and speed 10 overtake the Californian. c.
W. Williams handled the ribbons, and sent
him to the first quarter in :3+I4, the half in
/ O915 and the mile in 2:lS fiat. The heats
were made without skip, and he will be
started again TO beat his present mark.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30

put in an occasional appearance in the af-
ternoon, and female envy has begun to agi-
tate the community three weeks earlier
than it did some other year within the men,
DRY of the Oldest inhabitaut.
If anyone can doubt, in the face of such
convincing signs, that the people of Mary
land and the country generally are to SUI
fer the rigors of unprecedented cold, he
must be hard to convince indeed. What
can IL great forces of nature mean by
placing such evidences before the eye of man
to be read and interpreted, if q prophetic
vision OF storms, cyclones, cold waves and
deep SHOWS is not intended If the signs
do not foretell hard winter, what in the
name of all that is sacred, or even sensible,
DO they portendl