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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
FAVORED GRAHAM.
What Texas Town Can Boast of More Nat
ural Advantages than the Progress
sive Town of Graham?-Reads
the Facts.

Railroads from any directi&, through
Graham, would cross over cQA and other
minerals, which, through hotfor cold, wet
or dry seasons, for all time, would reliably
contribute to them and general local trades
and business an enormous rade, compared
to that from agricultuE and livestock,
which would fully equaA that, their only re-
Moreo1g, state maps Show Graham mid
way (of Vie 120-mile Astance) between the
Texas ann Pacific End Fort Worth and
Denver railroads, aM the central point of
the circle (aNaysAhe strong point-''the
hub, y formed4Ekahe nearest surrounding
railroad towns! he of them-each approx
imately sixty mi distant. whose thrift is
more or less &uIfprted from Graham's
legitimate trad& Sdgreat that, neverthe-
less it is ivaFtown, hich, being without
and so remote from Hlroads considered,
all passing st myers pronounce it the best
and prettiest3 own in the &te. With rail
road advant ges, Young punty would
treble its poi nlation within year, and its
agriculture nd varied mineral resources
would accor4 ngly develope low, exclu-
sive of thef coming 'Rock Is4hd," four
railroads, 81 their finished gr4Ge range
within from forty-one to fifty-seISn miles,
either of which could build herex within
four months time, their CONSTRUCTION only
contingent upon the sale of their bends, a
probable matter soon, and completed Hereto,
would assure the recovery Of her legitimate
trade, and obviously concentrate it in
greater ratio from surrounding railroad
towns than before they wrested it from
her. So, home-seekers, and those seeking
places for new business enterprises, should
look well to Graham, whose location in
healthy, beautiful, reliably good agricul-
tural and stock-raising country. certainly
the equal of the best west of Dallas, and
amidst abundant, varied mineral resources.
distant sixty miles to nearest railroad
towns, and from ninety 20 one hundred and
twenty miles from nearest cities, show its
exceptional favorable position and condi-
tons to warrant marvellous growth and
progress in industrial and general business,
and finally bound to take precedence. ar
lead all towns west of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
100 miles

At the right in the cut is represented a
spider spinning the threads to form the
balloon. At the left is shown spider with
a balloon completed and floating in the air.
At the top is seen a tuft of threads left by
spider after the completion of the journey.
The cause of the buoyancy of these little
spider web balloons is not thoroughly I'M
derstood. Apparentlythe separate threads
are charged with electricity as soon as
formed, and thus repel each other, to form
light, bulky plume, instead of adhering
together in heavy mass. Their buoyancy
is most probably due to the currents of
heated air which surround them. and, in
fact, the fibers themselves would become
sufficiently heated by the suns rays to
warm the surrounding air and create an
ascending current 1t has been noticed
that the spiders only take their aerial jour
neys On bright, sunny days, and that the
shadow OF Il passing cloud, or the cutting
off of the suns rays by an artificial screen,
causes the threads to droop and collapse.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
The New Slow Burning Powder.

Guns have lately been built longer In
order to get the full advantage of the slow
burning powder which is now being used.
This combination Of longer gun and slower
powder gives a higher velocity, which
means in effect not only longer range
but also greater penetrative power and de-
structive energy on the part of the shot.
With the old powder the shot received
merely sharp, short blow-that is to say,
the powder suddenly produced a very high
pressure, which fell as soon as the shot
commenced its movement-and had long
gun been employed, the result would
really have been diminution of velocity.
With the slow burning powder high
pressure in the bore can be maintained for
a much longer period.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
AERIAL SPIDERS.
A Description of Flying Spiders which
spiu Their Webs in = balloon of Fibers.

a description Z
Spin Their Webs in = balloon of Fibers.
Popular Science News calls attention to
an interesting description of the aerial or
balloon spiders, which, spinning their web
In tassel, or balloon of fbers, rise into
the air and are sometimes waited immense
distances by the wind, much as the seeds
of dandelions or thistles are scattered over
the land by the feathery plumes with which
they are provided. The studies of careful
observers have shown the way in which
these little balloons are made. The spider
climbs to the top Of shrub or some other
elevated position, to avoid collision with
surrounding objects. and spins thread,
which as it is formed rises into the air,
probably lifted up by the current Of heated
air ascending from the ground After the
first thread reaches the length of foot or
two the spider cuts 1t off, and attaching 1t
to some neighboring object proceeds to
spin another. The process is repeated I'M
til q sufficient number have been formed
to give sufficient buoyancy to carry the
spider on her proposed Journey, when
gathering them together she lets 60, and IS
waited by the currents of air for many
miles. These flying spiders have been OBJ
served at 4 height OF 1900 feet, aud it Is
believed that their journeys often exceed
100 miles.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
No. 17S.-An Acrostic Problem.

Make small cardboard counters, and let
ter them like the printed ones on your dia-
gram. Place them exactly over the cor
responding ones in the picture, and then
move them as follows: Moving one letter
at time, get, in the three spaces A, word
describing an insect Letters or counters
cannot skip or jump, but each one must
have clear path. When this word is
made move three more letters to B spaces,
making word representing color. Next,
in C spaces, make an animal. Last, in D
spaces, make Q pet name for girl When
the words are properly arranged, the I'M
tials reading down will give kind of
meal, and the finals will give the name of
garden. The numbers will serve for ex-
planning moves.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
The Tallov Tree.

The tallow tree Is a curious vegetable
growth of China, in regard towhich Brit
ISL consul gives the following interesting
information: The tallow tree (stillingia Sc
bifera. roxb) bears fruit which produces
oil as well as tallow. The berries, which
resemble coffee beans in appearance and
size, are first steamed and then pounded in
an ordinary rice trough. By pounding, ths
soft, mealy mesocarp is partially separated
from the kernels. The whole is then placed
in a bamboo sieve, the meshes OF which
are just large enough to allow the mealy
matter to be scrubbed through and small
enough to keep back the kernels, which are
hard, black and about the size of peas.
From the mesiy matter the tallow is ex-
pressed in primitive wooden presses.
To obtain oil the kernels are dried and
passed between two rnillstones held at such
a distance apart by means of n bamboo
pivot as to crush the hard shells of the
kernels without injuring the white in
teriors. The whole is then passed through
a winnower, which separates the broken
shells from the solid matter. The latter is
then placed in deep iron pan and roasted
until it begins to assume brownish color,
the process being accompanied by continusl
stirring to prevent burning The crushed
shells make an excellent fuel for the pur-
pose. 1t is then ground by huge stona
roller in circular stone well, steamed and
made into circular cakes, with bamboo and
straw castings and passed through tha
wooden press. A good lighting oil Of a
brownish yellow color is thus obtained,
The tallow is called 'pi yu"-that is, skin
or external oil
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
No. 1So.-AnaSram.
NO. ISU,-Au2yf1n.
A distinguished American:
HE LIVES WE'LL, LORD O. Mel
No, 1S1.-Easy SQUARES.


l. Square point Of the compass with a
plant which flowers but rarely, q word ex
pressing part, and river in the north Of
England.
q Square a word expressing a valuable
but often misused possession, with a
thought, name for animal food, and .
PERSONS action when that food comes to
table.
8. Square word meaning destiny, with
space on which a building stands, an
outward sign of grief, and the plural Of an
organ of sense.
4. Square beautiful sweet scented flow
er with precious stone, a part Of ship.
and female Christian name.
5. Square a river in Germany with
heavy metal, with a word meaning una
dorned, and the name of a garden men
toned in the Bible
8. Square a savage animal with the shape
of an egg, with the condition OF a cripple,
and o word meaning to run away.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
why I. Is Called rimo,h, Grass.

Timothy, or herd grass, is the most COM
mon grass of continental Europe, growing
wild throughout all the vast region be-
tween the Mediterranean sea on the south
and the North sea in the direction the name
implies. According to The American Gar
dener, it Is not known exactly when it was
first introduced into the United States, but
this much is known: 1t takes the name
from Timothy Hanson, a farmer OF Nary
land, who brought it under general notice
as hay grass after he had cultivated ID
extensively for his use for years. 1t Is q
curious fact that although its native homo
is in Europe, the United States is the first
country in which it was grown, cut and
cured for hay. A.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

A member of the Chemists association
of London recently described how those
who are disposed to amuse themselves in
this way can make an instrument which
will render audible the footsteps OF fly;
The little apparatus consists of box with
q sheet of straw paper stretched on its up
per part. Two carbons. separated by
morsel Of wood and connected with the
two circuit wires, are fastened to it, and
carbon pencil, placed crosswise between
the two. is kept in this position by groovs
made in the latter. A very weak battery
is then sufficient to set the instrument ut
work, and when the fly walks over the
sheet of paper it produces vibrations strong
enough to react geographically on an ordi-
nary telephone.
Phospho boric glass for microscopes is a
new kind Of optical glass, which contains;
phosphoric acid and boracic acid, and is d.
signed especially for the constructionj6f
object glasses. According to The PH6toss
graphic News, it Is asserted that by l(aapf
Of this nav glass, lately produced il GG
many, an object possessing no mole IAN
the ordinary 1-S2oth part OF / mild -
can b distinctly Recognized
II
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
Key to the PuzKIer.

hey TO the fu2XkeE.
No. 164.-Crossword Enigma: Bill Nye.
No. 165.-Pi:
A glory apparels the corn;
The meadow lark carols the morn;
The dew glisteus over
The grass and the clover,
IT'S June-and the summer is bornl
No. 166.-Three Consultations: LJra.
GeInini. Capricornus (cap-ryeoornu.).
No. 167.-Favorite Gercniums: l. Lady
Washington. Q. Marshal Mcmahon. 8
New Life 4. Happy Thought.
No. 16S.-Conundrums: They are both
ON time.
No. l69.-Rhcmboids:
L q N G II OTAL
P A r L S MA IA L
B ATS NOR All
P R OPS N tai
SPATS SETON
No. 1To.-Incomplete Sentences: Prntes
-praees-pates-pats. Q. Bsamin-hrain-
bran-ban. q Gfabbae-gabble- gable
gale.
No. 1T.-Hidden Rivers: Edisto, Adige,
Saone, Colorado, Wabash
No. 1s2-Beheadings: Ideal I-rate, /
slam. LIVED. I-conical
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
Natural and Artificial Rainbows.

Rainbows are to be found in every water
fall when looked for at the proper angle.
Sometimes there are plain single bows,
sometimes double bows (ss at Niagara),
sometimes treble bows and complete rings,
as among the cataracts of the Yosemite
and the Yellowstone. But falling water
is not essential for their production. Ac-
cording to Mr. Froude. there is a rainbow
every night and morning over the island Of
St. Lucia, in the West Indies. And rain
bows can be made in the laboratory.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
No. 1S9.-Dfamonds.

L. In correspondent 2. A head cover
ing. 8. Vies. 4. The chief city. 5. Small.
6. To speak. Z. In vestal.
l. A consonant. 2. An article. 8. Some
thing enjoyed. 4. A place of amusement.
5. Consumed. 6. A number. Z. A conso-
nant.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
Tho Ne.. Theatrical Season.

The theatrical season just passed has
been the worst on record. and there is lit
tie prospect that next season win DO any
better. The chief characteristic Of next
season will be the great number Of com
panies which will play farce comedies. In
fact, there seems 70 be some probability
that farce comedy win be largely everdene
and that many Of the rs eQMpauisS going
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
Firpratirel1 Speaking

What three figures multiplied by Will
make precisely 5? N or LIS.
Why is twice ten like twice eleven2
Because twice ten are twenty, and twice
eleven are twenty-five Goo).
Which is the greatest number six dozen
dozen or half dozen dozen'
Why, six dozen dozen, of course; six
dozen dozen being S64. and half q dozen
dozen n
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
ALONE.

Ny life puts forth to sea alone:
The skies are dark above;
AL round hear gray waters moan
Alas for vanished love!
20 lonely life that presseth on
Across these wastes Of years,
Who're are the guiding pilots gone
Whose is the hand that steers2"
The pilots they are left behind
Upon yon golden strand;
We drift before the driving wind;
We cannot miss the land
Tia. land to which we hurry on,
Across the angry years;
Hope being dead, and sweet Love coae,
There Il no hand thatsseers-
Philip Bourke Arsten iDsew York Truth.
Cure Babys se Fith bog Of Tetterine
All druggists, 50 enf By mail by
y Sh9ptrine Bro. Savannah, Ga .
4 w wnliahs Z CO.. !
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
ARTIFICIAL MAKING OF A RAINBOW.

In the cut here reproduced from Golden
Days i. illustrated one of the simplest
methods of arti6cially making rainbow.
The suns light is admitted through the
hole in the shutter, and reflected from the
water bottle on to a screen. This simple
experiment can Of course be readily per
formed at home by the most youthful! of
scientists
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

No. 177.-An Arithnetical Puzzle.
Show that the half of eleven is SIX, 0.
twelve is seven, and of thirteen is eight.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
No. 1To.-Pi.

Kucl 81 veer Gantiwi fro tomsighen OF
nurt pu-
BTaol hwu enek syee mad rgsnto ilw,
nwi ntru pu metsghoni.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
IN THE DAYS OF GOOD QUEEN sEss.
This Famous Queen Dined With Sound
ing of Trunpets and hettIedrums.

While the queen was ut prayers in the
antechape! gentleman entered the room
having q rod, and along with him another
who had a tablecloth, which, after they
had both knelt three times with the ut
most veneration, he spread upon the table
and after kneeiing again they both retired.
Then came two others, one with the rod
again, the other with saltcellRr, a plate
and bread; when they had knelt Us the
others had done and placed what was
brought upon the table they also retired
with the same ceremonies performed by
the first. At last came an unmarried lady,
who we were told was countess, and
along with her Il married one, bearing a
tasting knife. The former was dressed in
white silk, who, when she had Frustrated
herself three times in the most graceful
manner. approached the table and rubbed
the plates with bread and salt with Us
much awe as If the queen had been present.
When they had waited there little
while the yeomeE of the guard entered,
bareheaded, clothed in sclrlet, with gold
en- rose upon their backs, bringing N ut
each turn u course of uwenty-four dishes
served in plate, most of ii gilt. These
dishes were received by gentleman in the
same order they were brought, and placed
upon the table, while the lady faster gave
TO each of the guard n mouthful to eat of
the particular dish he had brought for fear
of any poison. During the time that this
guard (Which consisted OF the tallest and
stoutest men that could be found in all Eng
land, being carefully selected for the pur-
pose) was bringing dinner, twelve trum-
pets and two kettledrums made the hall
ring for half an hour together. At the end
of all this ceremonial a number of uumar-
ried ladies appeared, who with particular
solemnity lifted the meat Off the table and
conveyed it into the queens inner and
more private chamber, where after she had
chosen for herself the rest went to the la
dies of the court. The queen dined and
supped alone, says Henrzer, who gives this
vivid picture of court customs. There wero
very few attendants, and it was very sell
dom that anybody, foreign or native. was
admitted at that time, and then only at
the intercession of somebody in power.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
No. 17s.-words Within a Word.

NO. 11o.-W ofus WItuIu WoEu.
In word of ten letters, meaning por-
ton or subdivision, find without trans
position of letters words having these
definitions:
l. To so away. q Equal value 8. A
portion. 4. An article. 5. Intrigue. 6.
Members of the human race. Z. Myself
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

No. .4.-Two in One.
We're at home In high lie,
She and !.
We're both at the top,
And 't~ould break US to drop,
She and /.
We're both OF US tongusy-
Both.
Saints and sinners I call
To my golden wall;
"To charity ball
Come, golden friends allr
She quoth.
Sometimes we are cracked,
She and l.
But we go at full swing,
And we both love a nng,
She and |.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

ON 1ks road viii lose money. Another
feature of the season VIII be the large num-
Der Of playa by American authors which
viii b produced. Ths era Of worship for
things foreign which has prevailed fer
some ysars has ended, and the Yankee
playwright viii have things all his own
way for q whfls new 1t any rata
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

The lgzag, beginning at the upper left
hand corner, will spell the delight of every
boy. Gross words of three letters each: l.
A kind Of tree. 2. An article Of dress. s.
Much used in winter. 4. A snare. {. A
vehicle. 6. Skill. Z. A body Of water. s.
Much used In summer. 9. Relatives. 10.
a wager. II. A sailor.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

1n5teAd OF on the yacht know that L
should have jumped overheard out of
sheer envy. How salt and cool was the
wind which blew athwcrt our bows that
dayi how clear and distinct showed the
shores by which We sailedi 1t was nay first
big spree" and enjoyed it accordingly.
Paddy Gander was giving me most anus
ing account OF the little articles prac-
ticed by Rosenberg, a young Hebrew who
was trying to get Into society in Newport,
and who went necessarily to Prcsbyteri-
an church, thinking that no one would be-
heye that he could be a convert il that
were his faith, when Captain Brague called
to us to come and Sec his little invention.
This consisted Of roulette board, chalked
out upon the deck, and teeto.um which
one OF the saiiors had made for him ont of
bit of wood.
The captain Constituted himself the
bank" and we were all of US soon alb
sorbed in pushing about the little squares
OF cardboard from game Of logomachy
which somehow turned up in the cabin,
and Other small articles, representing the
heavy stakes fthey were only quarter dol
lars) for which we had agreed to play
Eleanor Gander became tremendously ex-
cited, and when Mrs. Especiales pulled out
a little package Of Cuban cigarettes de-
clared that II she had not learned to smoke
in Cuba it was only bccsnse she had never
had the opportunity. and promptly thrusta
cigarette between her audacious little lips
OF course IL became disastrous wreck;
but after she had one rolled for her she
pulled away with much delight
Mrs Freebody began to smoke without
any ado; but declined, because 1 was
privately afraid OF beng i'll, and / was
rather glad had done go when saw
Eesnnr coughing al every third pull Our
game, which YVES interrupted By this iittls
inckdeut, vas resumed with mure favor
thsn ever, and Whenever Mr.. LasEtan ma.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-05
4 GRIM VISITOR.

NEABr DIeEAsr rHr nAII1ar.

81 ~ = S1EABT Disc A0E TIE 0AUoH. IS {:
New York, Jan. 80. Secretary Win
dom died suddenly here Thursday night
from heart disease. Just as the Secretary
concluded hia speech II the Board 81
Trade dinner he grew deathly pale, his
eyes shut and opened spasmodically,
and he fell inert on isclair. Thence
he slipped to the floor where he lay nm
conscious. The most intense excitement
immediately ensued Judge Armour, ex-
Secretary Bayard and Captain Snow
were the first of several who ran to
Mr.. WINDOWS aid. They found him ap-
parently unconscious They lifted him
gently and carried him into an ante
room,. where several physicians pro-
ceeded at once to his assistance, but II
was found that he was dead. His had
been the first toast of the evening. He
had finished hisresponse, had seated him
self, swooneds at once and died almost
instantly. Every effort to restore him
was made, but in vain. He died OF
heart disease. The great assemblage
at once dissolved. Mr.. Window had
been the only speaker, and the senti.
ment to which he responded was: ''Our
Country's Prosperity Dependent Upon
Its Instruments of Commerce
It was to have been night Of feast
ing and flow OF soul at Delmonico's.
The New York Board of Trade and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-05
PEOPLE OF ROYAL BIRTH.

THE high court of Amsterdam has de-
cided that all official and public servants
shall address the little Queen as King
Wilhelmina.
ONE block of real estate owned by
Queen Victoria is the most valuable in
the British Kingdom. 1t is in London,
of course, and includes both sides Of the
Quadrant and Regent street from Picca-
dilly circus to Oxford street.
ARcHDUKE CHARLES LOUIS, heir pre-
sumptive to the Austrian throne, will
allow his sons but fifty forms month
until they attain their majority. At the
age of eighteen they become free with
an income of at least twenty thousand
forms. -.
THE Sultan Of Turkey is not in all re-
spects the ease-loving monarch he is re-
ported to be. He passes good part of
the dey with his secretary discussing
matters pertaining to the Empire, and
it is his boast that he has never signed
state paper without reading it.
THE Princess Louise, daughter of
Princess Christian, will be married to
Prince Aribert of Anhalt during the
coming summer. The private chapel at
Windsor Castle will be used for the
wedding ceremony and whole stream
of rightrreverend prelates will be laid
on for the occasion.
THE Persian Shah's dinner is served
to him in two courses. The first is COM
posed of caviare, picked fruits, dried
prunes and apricots. Then, after an in
terval of two hours, a dish of thick
broth, containing roast lamb, chicken
and stewed apples, and a rice stew are
placed before him. The Shah eats very
daintily with the tips of his fingers.