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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
Solved III. Problem in His sleep.

Some men were talking OF dreams and
peculiar experiences OF kindred nature
around the dinner table, when one Of the
company said: "A friend OF mine had
queer experience which | think is rather
interesting. 1t happened while lie was at
college, and made vivid impression on
him. He had been engaged on 4 partcU-
larly difficult problem in higher muthe-
nIatics, but was unable to solve it. After
exhausting every means Mt his command
of working mt the puzzle, covering sheets
of paper with his Intellectual attempts, he
gave it up and went to bed. He slept heayi-
ly. and awoke refreshed and bright with
the chapel bell. Preparing to make his
usual lightning connections for chapel, his
eye lit upon the collection Of papers COW
cred with all sorts Of figures and diagrams.
lie gave start rs he saw the problem
correctly worked out on the top sheet. He
looked the work over again and again. and
could not persuade himself that the prob
lem had really been solved. He WIS sure
that no outsider had entered his room that
night, and besides the solution WAS done
in his own characters and figures, and NJ
the end OF it, in his own writing, wers
those triumphant initials Q. Z. D. He
had uuconsciousiy solved the puzzle dur
ing the night, and after the first surprise
over the weird achievement had passed
away he began to wonder whether he had
lit the gas to help him in his mysterious
labors. He never found ont, but he missed
chapel that morning. New York Trib-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
Social Etiquette.

A Moments reflection VIII show that,
far from there being any reason for wom-
ans future rs q diner out, there is every
reason why she should excel IN this char,
tcter. Tue French Salons prove that. as
leader Of sustained conversation, she is
uneGualed. If the women of the present
Jllk less well il is because they have less
Interested audiences. No one can be very
interesting without the stimulus of eathu-
-instir listeners. Recognition of the fsct
that one is expected to keep still would
have paraly wed the elOquepce of De Stael
Perhaps woman's happiest natural quail
ticatlons as good dinner company lies in
the fact that she cannot argyle. This, while
It ubiits her for the bar, should work out
hcr uuIuestioned supremacy at the dinner
able She is perfectly willing to subscribe
% I'VE or u half dozen opinions at once:
he ne, er let's talk about mere distractions
.si3era-e the slightest friction, and she has
he tact to avoid consistently all disagree
lble subjects
From feminine point OF view dinner
Darty is not 50 MITCH g place where one
GOES to crafty ones palate Us i place
where one goes to he rs charming Us posi-
BILE This is not disiuterestel attitude.
but ii promises at least better social re
suits than the manly one of making the
Inner itself serious consideration. Since
I woman regards her dinner more lightly,
It is reasonable to suppose that there is
corresponding increase in her enjoyment
+ the less material part OF the entertain
nent. 1t is, indeed, the browning virtue
# Toman us IL diner out that she may be
-afaly invited to an Indifferent dinner
Gate Fields washington.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06

The pure white luster Of the snow Is due
to the fact that ell the elementary colors Of
light are blended together in the radiance
that is thrown of from the surface OF the
crystals. 1t is quite possible to examine
the individual snow crystals in such a way
as to detect these several colors before
they are mingled together to constitute
the compound impression Of wilderness
upon the eye. The snow is then clothed
with all the varied hues of the rainbow
The soft wilderness Of the snow is also in
some degree referable to the large guam
tity Of air which 10 eetangled amid the
frozen PARTICLES.
Snow is composed Of great number Of
minute crystals; more than thousand
quite distinct forms OF snow crystals have
been enumerated by various observers.
One hundred and fifty-ore were noticed
during eight days in February and March,
1855, by Mr.. G!aisher, which were carefully
drawn, engraved and printed in paper
attached to the report Of the British Mete
0Neical society for that year.
szrhese minute crystals and prisms reflect
all the compound rays Of which white light
consists. Sheets of snow on the ground
are known to reflect beautiful pink and
blue tints under certain angles of sunshine.
and to fling back so much light as to be
painful to the eyes by day, and to guide
the traveller, in the absence Of moonshine,
by night.-London Tit-Bits.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
Only One Left,

A well known English actor. travelling
. Birmingham by the Great Western rail
say the other day, on approaching Ban
nLry began to feel hungry, and determined
% indulge in one of the buns for which the
own is famous.
The train having pulled up, he hailed
ny, handed him sixpence, and commits
,ipned him to get two Banburys," one of
he two Icing promised him for his trouble
just as the train was about to start the
boy came rushing up to the carriage in
= hich the now impatient actor WAS seated,
nd, holding out threepence, exclaimed,
with mouth half full:
Here's your change. sir"
Bother the change; where's the cake'"
reared the hungry The.pian.
They had only one left" replied the
hoy, land I'm eating iLat!'
And then the trair m"ved ofF-Jester.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
A Test OF Death.

Two Name boys were travelling on foot
through Europe some yearS ago, when the
cholera was raging in various parts Of the
continent. which somewhat Alarmed them
and their friends;lt home Finally one day
sam said to Bill, See here, Eli, this thing
Is getting serious. see that people are
diving SO fast in Spain that tAe people are
in q panic, and some of the sick, it is said
have been buried before they were really
dead " Dill was very naturally disturbed,
and the result was solemn compact be
tween the two that in cuse either one
were 70 die OF the cholera the other would
keep his body from burial until there
would be no possible chance to doubt that
life WIS extinct. Now it appears that both
these Young men were iuveterate lovers of
oyster stew. Nothing in the edible line
would so stir the pulses Of ench, or cause a
glow OF animation to light up their eyes,
as "A mention of the cheerful biv:llve.
AS itturned out, the young men returned
nome in safety, and friend who knew Of
the propensity of each to indulge in the
fragrant stew, in commenting upon the
agreement already referred to, said: 81
think | could have suggested an easier way
for either of you to have told whether the
other was dead or not. II one were ap-
pareutly in this condition it would only
have been necessary for the other to whis-
per softly Oyster stew and if he were not
rs dead az Julius Cesar he would have
opened his eyes and smacked his ipsf'-
Lewiston Journal
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
EAST TARRANT.
The Cotton MIL and Selster Wells VIII
Some Day be Incorporated ~
Part Of Fort Worth.

According 10 previous notice q hack line
commenced running between the Selsier
Wells and Eandey station meeting the II
o'clock a. N. trains. Seltser is now in
quick communication with Fort Worth.
Capt J. P. Moore is developing one of the
finest farIns in East TaITant. His improve
ments are 4 credit to this country.
]. G. s. HLyues is trying TO beat his
record this year as i tirSt-claSS farmer.
East Tarrant must be represented al Fort
Worth immigrant headquarters this year.
he Handley school Exhibition March 81
was j success. SeltSer Wells people fur
uished the music.
The direct wagon road 10 Fort Worth has
not yet been granted. 1t IS an absolute
necessity for Fort Worth and East Tar
rant. We must have that road.
The subsidy for depot here on the rapid
transit railroad has been raised. Unless
somebody II clSerS' we shall ere long be
within twenty minutes ride of the court
house.
The cotton mill is just half way from the
Wells to Fort Worth. The black smoke
rolling from its chiInneys is notice to our
farmers of home markets for all their crops
whether cotton, fruit or vegetables. 1t /,
no idle dream to say that it is expected this
locality will in Z few years be Incorporated
as part of Fort Worth.
Seventy-fve families Joined the Oklahoma
colony here By mail last month. From
present appearances the move on the Fort
Sill country this fall will be interesting
The settlers will probably meet and start
from Fort Worth. Parties in California
joined the colony last week Quite dele
cation is expected from that state.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
The Concentration Of Capital.

The real tendency ut present is to the
greater massing together Of separate pUr
tions of capital owned by many capitalists,
small great and OF moderate Dimensions
to the concentration of capital Ger
tainly, but not TO its concentration in sin
gle hands; to the union of capital for a
common purpose while still separately
owned. I be tendency is to the creation Of
companies and unions of companies: TO
the transformation of the larger businesses
into companies with larger capital, the
original owner retaining large portion OF
the shares, and possibly large influence
in the management, If the business is in =
SQUAD condition. The tendency is also to
give business ability without capital
chances of becoming rich through the
management Of such large concerns, and
greatly to increase the number of directors
of industry who, without being large CAPT
talists. may in time become considerable
capitalists.
The tendency to the concentration of
capital then, does exist as q fact, and SO.
ciaisrn might conceiyably come Us the end
OF the tendency: only it will not come Us
the result of its concentration in the hands
Of a few mammoth millionares, for the
tendency is not toward such in any couu
try save the United States, and even there
the tendency is not marked, or it only
shows itself in comparatively few Instances
William Graham in Popular Science
Monthly
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
THE MALTA.
It's Influence as a Commercial
Agency a Monopoly.
A DARK, DEADLY ASSASSIN
IN Association that Spreads Out Its AvaFi-
rl,a- Tentacles and Punish Men
Who Refuse to Contribute to
Its Exchequer with Death.

,-.,..s.- disclosures concerning the opera
-. he n ,fia In Ne" Orleans seem 20
=, 80. mi i,- commercial is far greater
H., -, - so~i.' rolftiral importance. as in
.E,.,.u Ifal. il appears 10 be an organiI!
- ..-,r.,,ri ss-rriv to prevent competi-
md ~ rs..lari-h practical monopoly
f.L,.yta,I i'll ,gi O her industries IN
- CrIaa,z IN particular. The whole
,,,.., r,r.5r, H.. -rea is also a5so-urely con,
...-r.E n.- -.s,-.. .t-s ~ mon of italian blood
.-.,.'-.,.F. -f,... .....r.i-m which has now run
e., -, - twenty years An old New Or
- - - r. han. recently told q correspond
a.. f.. y,....l.fr.g.Ju that ne would be Will
IN 10 rive q. twenty dollar bill TOT every
,-.........,. o1. rJ.-fll1an v,hO could obtain d
Ia. s-.-r.l.ra aloug the NJ" Orleans
r.. ..I,... sha4 a man succeed, lie
g.. ..f-. g..,-.ur 1rylk, he would receive
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
WaShingtom's DEATH.

Mr.. George Ticknor. who wrote "The
History Of Spanish Literature" and THE
Life of Prescott" remembered distinctly
The death of Warrington. de says il his
diary:
There never was a more striking orspon
taneous tribute paid TO u man than wis
paid in Boston when the news came OF
Washiugton's death.
1t was on Dec. "A, 1879. little before
noon. | often heard persons say at the
time that one could know how far the
news had spread by the closing OF the
shops. Each man when he heard that
Washington was dead shut his store, as
matter OF course, without consultation,
and in two hours all business WIS stopped.
My father came nome, and could not
Epeak, he was so overcome. My mother WAS
Alarmed to see him in such q state, till he
recovered enough to tell her the sad news.
For some time every one, even the chill
dren, wore Grape Oh TIE arm. No boy
could go into the street without it. l wore
1t, though only s years old.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
PERSONAL.

A. T. Spence of Kansas City is at the
Pickwick.
Mrs. Mollie Lee of ST. Louis is visiting
in Fort Worth.
G. S. Carlton of Kansas City was in Fort
Worth yesterday.
James p. Ford of Shreve )ort was in Fort
Worth yesterday.
w A Battaile of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat is in the city.
Mrs. NJ. R. Dickey ard son OF Cleveland
Ohio, spent Sunday in Fort Worth with
relatives.
Captain J. A Kidd. the most prominent
merchant of Springtown, spent yesterday
in Fort Worth.
Col. J. f. Cain of Clarendon. is in the city
The colonel earned his title during the Sal
isbury Indian scare.
NJ. F. Temple of Galveston, who has a
large circle OF friends in Fort Worth, was
in the city yesterday.
The Arkansas Pass Beacon contains the
following in regard to a former citizen of
Fort Worth: DR.. J. w. Iron, state quar-
antine officer, appointed at this station, h Is
been here during the last week doing rhe
city, examining the station and gathering
points and statistics preliminary to putting
things at this point in working order before
the big foreign trade shall pour in upon US.
We met DR.. 1rion and found him to be a
very intelligent and agreeable gentleman
and are glad to welcome him to our rapidly
developing community.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06

70 effect an early and pacific set
tlement" Signor Raquen's view Of
the situation does not cover the
potent factor which has given the italian
government good reasons to pause in its
hostile negotiations. The financial houses
here having the closest relations with Italian
houses state that in Italy widespread COM
mercial troubles, long chronic, are becoming
critical. and that apart from Italy's over
whelming public debt which would disable
unless backed BY other European
powers, any measures imperiling peace
would produce general financial
crash Already the effect OF the American
italian difficulty is felt in the hesitation OF
French financial houses to proceed with
negotiations pending for the prospective
Italian loan. in which German houses are
also concerned.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
NECESSITY IN NATURE.
A Vision Of q World Without Bacteria.
The Part They Play in Nature.

A Vision of World Without Bacteria.
The Part They Play in Nature.
THIS was the discovery of Theodore
Schwann. also celebrated for his cell the
Dry. He showed fifty years ago that what
we call "putrefaction" is not the result Of
death but of life The eminent Professor
Ray Lancaster says that the unpleasant
smell and the disintegration Of dead bodies,
whether Of plants or animals, is entirely
due to The bacteria-it is tine accompani-
ment Of their digestion. II you destroy
all the bacteria present by means of boil
Ing heat, and then prevent the access Of
new bacteria (which are blown about in
rie dust Of the eirl, dead bodies never
putrefy. Surprising that by the fiat of an
omnipotent being all bacteria could be an
INITIATED, the earth's surface would soon
be covered with dead bodies, remaining I'M
changed year after year, century after
century.
The seas and lakes would be choked with
them. and we should have TO use them for
paving our roadways and building our
houses. But, worse than that. all tue car
bon and nitrogen which we living beings
use in turn in our successive occupation Of
the earth's surface from generation to
generation would soon be tied up There
would be no foud for the green plants:
berbirorous creatures would cease to exist
The contemplation of these Imaginable
horrors gives Us some notion Of the part
played by bacteria IN the order Of nature.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
A TERRITORY ROBBERY.
TWO MEN ASK ADMITTANCE TO
a FARM HOUSE TO WARM.
They Proceed to Rob Their Benefactor.
One Escapos-The Other Sent Up.
He Wanted to Collect HIS So.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
ARDMoRE, l. T, April 5.--Jake Robertson
and man named kiser were arraigned De-
fore United States Commissioner Fleming
on a charge of robbing J. K. Standefer. Fol-
lowing is q statement of the case:
On January 80, 1891, near Tishomingo. l.
T, about u O'Clock at night two men called
at J. K. Standefer's house and asked TO be
admitted to the house TO get warm. Stand
efer. not thinking of robbery, opened the
door. lighted the lamp, made up fire.
About this time they threw down their
WinChesters on Standefer, remarking, this
is a cold night and money is what we want"
Standefers wife was il bed very sick. and
the robbers insisted that she had money in
the trunk They made Standefer open the
trunk and not finding any money became
enraged and began making preparations to
roast his feet in the Goals. At this stage of
the proceedings Standefer gave them 81, al
he had The men said, what we want IS
the 500 you collected Il few days since
Standefer assured them that he had not yet
received the money. They took what
guns there was in the house and left, en-
Joining on Standefcr to keep quiet about
he matter. They were blacked, but not so
complete that they showed plainly TO be
white men
hiser fed the country. Robertson was
arrested and on examination before Com
missioner Fleming was positively identified
by Standsfer and wife Us being one of the
men. Robertson has On enlarged eye, and
is very easily recognized. He was held in
bail III the sum of 500 which he failed to
give. and was committed TO Jail.
Robertson seemed to care very little for o
prospective term Of ten years in the Detroit
pcnitentiary. but one man owed him 81 and
Robertson thought he would loose ii. He
wept like child, and called on the Judge TO
assist him in collecting the -, saying he
was satisfied that by the time he returned
the man who owed him would be out OF the
country and his debt lost. He said u man
could afford to be sent to the penitentiary,
but he ought not TO lose q g debt. He
cried for some time. Finally the judge pre-
vailed on the man to pay it, Robertson then
frightened up, thanked the crowd, and left
in good spirits for a ten years term Of
service.
The Judge suggested to him that on his
return to the Nation he would find that
high-heeled, striped-leg boots would be
things OF the past That street railways,
electric lights. churches and school-houses
would dot he land where he piled his voca-
ton OF robbing OF the ten-cent plan.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
LOCALITIES.

The Democrats Of the First and Second
wards Will meet Ut the court house tonight.
Every voter in the Fifth ward should be
at the Houston and lexis Central depot
this evening.
The last rally OF the Fifth ward Demo-
Gratis will occur at the Texas Central depot
at O'Clock tonight.
The Democratic rally AT the courthouse
this evening promises to b grand affair.
Everybody should attend.
Hundreds and hundreds Of people visited
the Mort Inside, Riverside. Arlington Heights
and Lexington Heigh Yesterday.
F e. Malone, the champion pool player
OF the world who won the international
contest of 1854, IS spending few days in
the city.
Work will be resumed on the deep we'll on
fuckers hill this morning, the committee
having nude arrangements TO go 800 feet
further If necessary.
An alarm of fire yesterday q; p. N.
called the department TO Main and Eleven h
streets. \ small fire in Wades lheAter
WAS the cause. Damage light.
The little daughter OF, Mr. and Mrs.
James HnIyard, aged thirteen months. died
yesterday afternoon. The remains will be
shipped 10 Sealy FOR iRter1neut.
Saturday night O2icer K. {. Mosely az
rested John johnson, 4 negro, who lives on
the South Side. who is charged with steal
ing some harness from J. ". Spencer.
young lady who lives ut Borhan but
who has been Il frequent visitor 10 Fort
Worth. has Oeen offered SO per week TO
sing With he AiendelssOhn QuiEte,te club.
AT 10 O'Clock last nigh; an alarm Of fire
from box " called the fire department TO
South Main street. a small fire in the re-
4 .NsN T,. ~
Loss nominal.
The opera house was crowded yesterday
afternoon 10 witness the spiritual services
conducted by J. V Cor4iHgley Of the
United Spiritualists. The congregation in
his rity is growing rapidly
The test of the 800 feet OF hose recently
bought from u New York house was emf
neI,iy satisfactory. The large engine with
s,-all. pIcsouIe u l&5 pounds gave water
pressure of !GS pounds. The small engine
with steam pressure OF lie pounds showed
water pressure Of $50 pounds.
About / o'clock yesterday afternoon a
". F. Knoll on Main street by crawling
~ tt -Le o.,. winuow. just Us he was
letting ready to help himself. one of the
mplOyes came in the front way and
- -h'ened the negro off. Nothing was
stolen.
A. O'Clock last night Thomas Bardon,
hirty-four years old, brother Of John
Bardon, the well-known builder, died at
he latter's residence, 534 Pennsylvania
Avenue He had been sick for some time
The funeral will take place from the resi-
fence Of John Bardon ut O'Clock t9satay
Friends and relatives are invitsasss ND.
Lost, a lady,s sess' open face,
queen chair. a116S4l CFSg gram, M NJ" on
back Tor its return to the Ca
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
IN THE COKE REGION.
ALL QUIET AT THE SCENE OF
TIE RECENT TROUBLE.
auIul Companies Stiu ON Guard But are
Expected to Go Home Soon-Striilers
Determined to Hold Out.

e..r.,4r Pa. Apru 5-The utmost
.r........., rr.yHiied throughout the coke
4..-. t.-'.y The strikers generally
..... fr. mn. in DISCUSSING the situI-
f...f.g is usually the lay for raid
... 3D.. rH..,. are ma serious aupreLeu-
Kills .. MAJ linz and ,ht. bringing of The
.... .r.,r.y IN III. district has
r.s,orel quiet. The five
....- orUrteraf in passenger cars
-,a I,,.rHs,.,,-a,,i, rs,iIr,Il IRA. ks
20. .i-,. i'm si,.,fn,, tI,I,irr- and ii -bf-
tn are expected to leave for
. Pleasant tn-riorroU. although no
announcement has h,sn made.
~ - r,gTrrnd tIat several Of the coke
.....-..r..., in the region viii make siren
..... .r...s IN resume this week. and
--. .. .-f,1,-t viii he Dld,. 10 make
t-.... in The moTnirr II =
........ .....-t.. CIgT.issa and E,'1i. ulantS
....r.r.. i'm .-,..r.lriun. and that ih.. Cora
work, of. NeiuIyer 4 Son are in fun re-
..r.....
..'...- being shinpal from The Adelaide
-...-,r -he Irf,.k t.r-D4ry. and s,,t,.I- -
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
A Live Commissioners,

Uncle Silas Brown is very much gratiied
over his election to the Office of school com
missioner in the town OF S.. He assert
ed that when he assumed the duties Of
his position he intended to go into it for
all it was worth and make his influence
felt. So no one was surprised at the first
meeting Of the new board to find him in a
puguacious mood.
I've heern lots o complaints about the
lack of eddication about these parts" be
said, rising to his feet. Now, there amt
no excuse for this here state of affairs
There's plenty Of eddication in the world
More'n enough to so round, and our kids
have got ter have it. So move, Mr. Chair
man. that this committee find out Jest how
many boys n gals there are in town, ~
then get enough eddication to supply 'en
all. whatever it costs. I'd like to know
whar we'd be ef we hadn't got our full
share of it. Give the kids chance"
1t is a pleasure to announce that Uncle
Sias' remarks were received with applause,
and that the kids" got quite as much ed
ucstion rs most OF them could stand
Uarper's.