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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-01

as delegates; W. ". Wood, William 1.
Booth, E Petit, NJ ]. Hall, H. c. Hord, as
alternates
William l. Booth was elected permanent
chairman Of Hill county and William O
Christopher secretary.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-01
Houston Adopts the Australian System.

SpeCIHI 70 Ilt UdztIIt
HoUsToS, TEX, Feb. 29.--In regular ses-
sion to day the city council passed q resolu-
ton adopting the Australian ballot system
for city elections hereafter The next mu-
nicipal contest is in April, when it will be
first used here.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-01

The weekly GAzsszn1s TIE best advsg-
tiseRaenesEet Texas 70 be had
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-01

First ward-Dud Wooten.
Second ward-Joe Record.
Third ward-George Il. Potter.
Fourth ward-Sam Klein.
Fifth ward-M. B.sLo onie.
Sixth ward-R. B. Allen.
Seventh ward-T. II. Donohoe.
Eighth ward-W. G. Lemon.
Ninth ward Ben F. Tanner.
Tenth ward-T B. Rhodes.
Eleventh ward-W. NJ. G. Hill
Twelfth ward. r. Briggs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-01

First ward-R 7. Brownr1s, T. J.
Brown. ]. o. Davis and Dudley G. Wooten-
Second ward-P. ". Cannon, sam Bras
well Ice W Record. John c. Burns, W.
n. neneman. ". I. Strange, W. NJ Ed
xards and james Stacey. Proxies Of j. j.
sS5nroy and James Russell held by J. c.
Burns.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14

4, of red top, each of which is affected
by e. 1t as is shown by the black
grow where seeds ought TO be. The
result. of feeding hay affected by ergo
disease are frequently disastrous. TIL,
skin of the animal becomes red anC
itching in spots, the hair falls off anC
repulsive sores appear. In cattle, hog
and sheep, the sores more commonly
appear on the legs and feet. The
ankles swell, suppurate, the bones be
come diseased, and finally the lowel
joints drop off. This continues unit
the animal is destroyed, affecting frs
one, and then by degrees all the limbs
1t is a terrible disease, and has beer
known in the old world for several cen
turtles.
OF the multitude of remedies tried
only two have proved of any value:
Poultices of soap, rye-meal and salt Il
the legs and feet. 2. A wash of bee
brine, composed of saltpetre and com
mon salt applied several times a day
and afterward washing and rubbing
the feet with bittersweet ointment
After the disease is well advanced
treatment is useless When the frs
signs of the disorder appear, make al
entire change of food, feeding that o
good quality, nutritious and free from
ergot. Administer a dose of physic
keep animals warm and give plenty o.
water. Ergotism will probably not ap
pear if the hay is cut before the seed
formed. Green cut hay is easily di
gestible and readily eaten.-0rang,
Judd Farmer.
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AN IDEAL HOME.


A Place That Is a Model of Refined Taste
For drawing room in a country
house there is nothing prettier thar
broad, low wicker chairs with am.
pie chintz cushions. The chintz should
match the window curtins, which may
also have inside curtains of dotted swiss
muslin. A certain typical and most
''livable-loolxing" drawing-room sug.
gests itself as an example. The room
is large with low ceilings and the
slightly uneven floor. which is indica.
tive of very old house, is covered first
with white India mating and Their
again with tremendously tinted rags.
The walls are hung with simple but
pretty paper, which is finished at the
top with a narrow gilt molding, from
which hang few good water colors
and three mirrors-two oblong anC
convex, and the other long and narrow
with twisted gilt sides, a heavy top cor
nice, and the division at the top which
was common pattern in our grand
mothers days.
The prevailing chintz is exceedingly
pretty and cheerful, and the various
low tables all indicate plainly their diff.
ferent uses. One for the weeks period
icals, another for books, a coZy-look1ng
tea-t BILE and utilitarian, albeit dainty,
work table complete the number. The
becushioned chairs, it is needless to say,
are most comfortable; and with few
logs burning on the brightly-polished
firedogs in the deep, low brick fireplace
a big bunch of daffodils on the white
wooden mantel, the delicious all-per'
vading odor from handful of violets
on the tea-table, and the general air OF
''je ne sails quoi' of comfortable and
refined living, it is no wonder the fam.
lily exclaim joyously: How quite toe
delightful to be in the country again.
N Y Tribune
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How His Wife Makes Coffee.

Plenty of people have an individual
way of mixing their coffee, which they
try at times to teach TO their individual
friends A man who says that he has
the best coffee in the world at his house
tried tn tell some other men the other
day how il was made. He said that
his wife ground enough coffee 10 half
ill big jar. and poured enough water
in to make the jar clear full Then it
was turned over in another jar in such
a fine filter that il took all night for
the water 10 filter through into the low
er jar. and by shat time the lower jar
had almost an essence OF coffee in il.
For breakfast this coffee fluid was
mixed with enough milk TO suit, and
was raised 10 boiling point quickly Just
before being served. For sfter-dinner
black coffee, tine coffee fnid was sim
ply heated and served. The rest of
the time the jars were kept in the ice
box. the coffee going through the filter
ing prOcess.-N. Y. sun.
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He held his breath as he opened the
barn door and stealthily climbed the
ladder to the haymow. He might just
as well have hidden the cookies down
stairs; but that would have been easier.
and pirates life should have its diff
culties- He had reached the top now,
and stretched ont his hand TO the spot
in the hay To where he had them piled.
ItorrOrsi II seems as If his little fat
fingers were being pinched off With
one scream after another he pulled
them away from that unseen dreadful
something, and, yelling at the top of
his voice. rushed down the ladder and
toward the house, where the whole
family was aroused and hurrying 70
meet him
There's something awful out in the
barn. he cried. Its got fiery eyes,
and seven legs. and horns. and a tail.
and it bit me dreadful, Ow! OWL
Ow,!r' The last part of Wiliie's story
was surely true, for his fingers were
torn and bleeding.
He was very glad to sit on mammals
lap while she bound them up. and Mr..
Howard and johnson, taking the Ian
tern. went to see what horrible mon
ster had invaded the peaceful hay-loft.
Mr. Howard stood at the foot of the
ladder while johnson, grasping the
lantern in one hand and a large self
cooking revolver in the other. slowly
and carefully assembled
He very cautiously peeped over into
the hay, and sent up shout of laugh
ter that shook the ladder he was stand
''Shure, sir. an it's'-here another tit
of laughter nearly choked him, and he
had TO stop for breadth.
''Shure, an it's only'-but whatever
he had seen was again too much for
him, and his voice rang out in peal after
peal of uproariOus ha-hasi
johnson" said Mr.. Howard. sharp
ly, stop your nonsense and tell me at
once what you have found"
''Well, sir" answered johnson, wip-
inC his eyes on his coat sleeves, ''shure,
an it's nobody but SpeckletOp herself.
sir" His voice trembled, and he gasped
with his effort to keep serious. 'She's
been that bint on settin', sir, as we
couldn't do nothln wild her. She's
a-sittin' on them cookies, an Master
Willie must af put his fingers plump ur
ag'inst her bill. Shure, an l wonder il
she expects to hatch bakery from all
theIS little cales"" and again johnson
laughed until he seemed about to burst
blood-vessel, and old SpeckletoE
cackled Indignantly at his boisterous
mirth.
II was a very meek and subdued
pirate that, about midnight, allowed
his mother to tuck him comfortably in
bed, and, although she drew the covers
snugly up to his chin, when she left the
room, taking the light with her, he
thought mis- head might as well so un.
der too.
The next morning at breakfast Mr..
Howard looked up gravely. well,
Willie" he said, IF you still intend &c
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DIED IN HIS SLEEP.
Last Days of Nathaniel Hawthorne. the
Great Novelist.

Last Days of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the
Great Novelist.
Nathaniel Hawthorne died early on
the morning of May 10, 1864. His health
had begun to fail in the spring of that
year. and he seemed intuitively to feel
that he could not recover. In add 'tion
TO being physically weak he was much
depressed mentally, and frequently in
timated to his friends that his life's
work was nearly over. In April an
event occurred which shocked him
deeply and foreshadowed his own fate
in most peculiar manner. He was on
trip with his publisher, William ID.
Ticknor, and was stopping for a few
days in Philadelphia. Mr.. Ticknor
seemed to be in the best of health, but
one day he was taken suddenly i'll and
died almost without warning. Haw-
thorne became more depressed than
ever and his strength began to dimin-
ish so quickly that his acquaintance
became alarmed. In the hope that a
trip 10 the White mountains would ben.
tit him, his friend. ex-PreSident Pierce,
suggested that they should go there to-
gether. Hawthorne consented. and on
the 18th of May they reached Plymouth,
y. II. The next morning the author
was found dead in his bed. life having
become extinct at some hour in the
night while he slept His remains were
taken 10 Concord and buried in Sleepy
Hollow cemetery, not far from the
graves of Emerson and ThOreau.-Chi-
Csago News
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be pirate, you needn't walk to the
lake this morning. I'm going to town,
and can drive you around that way in
the phaeton."
Il believe I'll go TO school, sir" an.
swered Willie, almost as red as the
Strawberries in front of him.
On his way TO the gate johnson hailed
him with a question about the old her
with horns and seven legs" which
Willie found convenient not to hear.
What's the matter with your fingers,
Bill?" asked Bobby Jones as Willie en-
tered the school yard.
Hurt" answered Willie, briefly.
"How?" demanded Bobby.
Maybe in a buzz-saw; maybe cat
fish bit 'em; and maybe something
else answered Willie.
"Oh. say, tell a fellow all about it!''
begged Bobby.
''Sha'n't. either" answered Willie
and he never did.
The promised brides of marbles,
string, fish-hooks, chewing-gum, lacked
the power to make him tell 1.-The Oar.
ing Exploits of Willie Howard, the
Princely Pirate of Silver Lake" That
afternoon he gathered together all hi.
trashy literature, and enough paper
was given TO Nora to start her fires fOi
a long time to come.-Clara Clark, il
Christian Union.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14

The most valuable property of her
manure is ammonia. If allowed to lib
crate it loses its value as fertilizer
For the better preservation of the drop
pings loose earthen floor of dry road
dust is best, for it catches all of the
droppings of the fowls when not on the
perches, and the frequent busting GOV
ers them and prevents the liberation o.
the ammonia. Common ground plaster
is excellent to mix with manure. i
can be sprinlSled freely on the drop
pings during night and put away il
barrels in dry, cool place till needed
The dropping board shosld be NOV
able, taken out every morning and
scraped into the barrel and then shake
a heavy layer of plaster over the
manure each time; about ten parts o.
plaster (gypsum) to one of manure.
fine tooth rake made for this use viii
gather the loose droppings, which car
be treated in the same way.-Stock
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14
Late skirts and Princess Dresses

A draped front seen on several of the
imported gowns shows a bell shape
with drapery the full length coming
to point on the lower edge, with the
sides turned forward to form large re.
vers. Another dres S shows an apron
rather pointed in the center and narrow
at the top. The Vatican bell is shaped
like the bell skirt worn for some time,
only the center back has triple box
plat on the outside, which is only -four
inches wide at the top, tapering wider
toward the bottom like a Vatican plat.
This Vatican fullness at the back is
now seen upon jackets, capes, dressing
sacIues, blouses, tea-gowns, wrappers
princess gowns, and also on low and
high bodices, with the fullness looking
as though an extra breadth had beer
elongated from the skirt and caught VI
to the back between the shoulders with
bow of ribbon or passemeHterie orna'
ment. Puffs, ruffies and fiat borders
are fashionable for a skirt. Trimming
the seams is not yet passed, and outlin
ing with passementerie, is still fla
vored garniture.- Ladies' Home Jour
nal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14
TELEPHONE STORIES.
Some Amusing Things That Came Owe
the Xfrea

Some of the replies which come over
telephone wire at times make one
feel cheerful. despite the natural melan-
choly which is associated with familiar
| itv with tbs instrument. A quick Office
boy whose zeal sometimes leads him
into amazing paths, answered a call the
| other day. After exchanging few
questions and answers he turned with a
perfectly serious face and said:
'She wants to know; is that you,
dear?. Is he here?"
A newspaper man, who sometimes
talks like streak of lightning, after
getting his connections, volleyed off in
one long sentence a string of words as
long as the Brooklyn bridge, ending
with: 'Can you2"
"Wait a minute" came back the an
swer in long drawl, until we get an
other instrument put in. That light
ming burned this out"
Here is one which may or may not
have pleased one of the speakers:
as Mr. k in?" asked man after
he had got" the other man-only it
was an office boy.
"No, he isn't in, Mr.. W" was the
answer in thin but clear voice.
How do you know it is Mr.. w."
asked the other, who may have been
pleased to think that he had such good
telephone voice" that even an Office
boy could recognize it.
cause you're the one what nobody
can ever understand" came back the
prompt reply.
Another Office boy, after ''tackling'
the telephone, turned and said: Now
he wants you, Mr.. X"
Tell him that I'm busy as the devil, y
said Mr.. K, not knowing just what
he said, but knowing that he was very
busy.
"He says" now called back the boy in
the telephone. that he's 'busy-busy
as the'-now, you know"
Now one more:
Have you any K, T. & OF" shouted
a broker through the telephone to a
friend, another broker.
"What?" was the answer.
*, T. & Or
whats that?"
"Stock, man." naming it in full.
'What do you think 1t is?"
Say, but this is grocery here" was
the answer.
''oh, suRarF' cried the broker, dis
gusted at getting the wrong connec-
ton.
"Why, yes" yelled the other man.
'Lots Of It. What kind do you want?'
N V Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14
A safe Inyestment

May be shortly defined as one guaranteed
TO bring you satisfactory results. Among
investments which come up to the standard
are these:
A ticket over ''The Burlington" from
Minneapolis or st. Paul to Chicago and
points east.
A business lot or good home in any OF
the many hundred thriving cities and
towns located on the Burlington lines in
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-.
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming.
A ticket over 1.-THE Burlington from the
northwest to St. Louis and all points south
A cheap farm selected from the fertile
lands of Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas
Oregon or Washington, taking ''Ihe Bur
lington" as the best route to get there.
An application to your local railroad
agent for your ticket via 1.-THE Burlington"
sheet of paper, envelope, and two
cent stamp, expended in writing to W j.
&. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul
Mimi, for further information on the
above points.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14
HE WAS GENEROUS.
A shylOck Who Was willing to Help q
DIV

shyIO ok Who Was willing to Help the
Needy.
He was hard up and wanted money
so badly that he finally concluded to de-
posit a handsome diamond ring in the
hock-shop.
Can / borrow one hundred dollars
here on a diamond worth two hundred
and fifty dollars?" he said to the pro-
oritor.
"Lemme see the stone," demanded
the money-lender.
1t was handed over and examined.
Well?" inquired the applicant.
81 guess you can have it."
Thanks; what are your rates?"
"Ten per cent a month, in advance.
That is, take out the interest and give
you the balance"
81 don't care how you DO it; all
want is the money"
"You say you want one hundred dol
lars?"
Eyes"
Glow long -
BLAMED if | know, but a long while,
should think"
For a year -
"No, not that long: say about ten
months" and the applicant hummed.
II want situation" in low key as
the money lender was making his cal
culation on sheet of wrapping paper.
That's all right" finally said the
money lender. you can get the ring
when You call with The money"
But where's my hundred" asked the
nstonished applicant.
THE interest has absorbed It," re-
sponded the money lender with placid
smile. "Ten months, you know, at ten
per cent. in advance. Didn't you say
you wanted a hundred for ten months?
/ think you did. There's your ticket.
Thanks. Call again. please. We are
always glad to assist the needy"
The applicant was dazed for almost
4ven minutes, then he walked out and
hunted up a policeman. Detroit Free
Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-14
DOMESTIC CONCERNS

TO paint or whitewash to line
without smearing beyond it, use smaL
brush and let it lap on to 81 Get of tiT
with straight edge held Ia the Other
hand. The strip painted may then be
tapped on to by the larger brush in wide
spaces.
Paste list of its contents on every
box or trunk or closet of stored-away
goods Write down each one as you PM
it in, then the list win be headed with
the bottom ones. Then when the name
is written on each package it is an easy
thing to find any needed article.
Salad Eggs: Boil eggs fifteen min.
utes, remove the shells and cut them in
two lengthwise; take out the yollxs and
mash fine, add salt. melted butter ano
vinegar TO taste; return to the whites,
smooth over the tops and they are
ready for the table.-N. Y. World.
The proper method of darning is
very simple, care and neatness being
really more essential than actual skill.
First lay parallel threads closely to
gether across the broken place, ano
then pick them up ia basket fashion
with crosswise threads, making the
darn look like a piece of cloth inserted
in the stocking.
Cream of Rice: Toone quart of con.
somme add a pint of rice prepared as
follows: Boil the rice in three pints OF
milk; rub il through a sieve and ado
the milk to it. Beat the yollxs of two
eggs and whisl1 them into the rice
When the consomme is slightly warmed,
whisS the prepared rice into it, after
which do not let it boil, but gradually
bring il to very near boiling point, and
serve with toasted bread dice.-Bostor
Budget.
Southern Sweet-Potato Bread: Bake
three large sweet potatoes; peel and
mash them through a colander with q
potato masher, adding to them n tea.
spoonful of salt and tablespoonful Of
butter; after they have been mashed
mix with them cupful and a half o.
corn meal, a scant cupful of milk, and
one egg (beaten smoothly; pour this bat
ter into a buttered baking dish, and
bake in moderate oven for twenty
minutes. Use the broad hot, with plenty
of butter.-Good Housekeeping.
This corner wants a touch of col
or, commented a young woman who
was fixing up" the parlor of her tiny
apartment in expectation of a visitor,
"a bit of bright color. l have it," she
interrupted herself suddenly and ran
out of the room. In two minutes she
came back with delicately painted
plate on which lay small cluster OF
Malaga grapes and fine orange with
quarter cut out. A pearl-handle6
knife lay across the plate, and when
she put it on the little table in the coll
or-needing corner she tucked slightly.
rumpled little napkin half under it
There" she says, sis the color and the
look of hahitancY" IN Y. Trihnne.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
ERooI AND ERGoTIsM.
The Terrible Disease Produced by Fungu
-Popular Remedies

The Terrible Disease Produced by Fungus
Popular Remedies.
Ergot affecting forage crops such as
wild rye, red top, timothy, etc. causing
great distress at times among farm
animals, begins by the termination of
spores of fungus, which have been
carried by wind, or other means, to the
flowers of grasses favorable to their de-
velopment These spores terminate in
contact with the outer surface of the
newly-forming seeds, penetrate and in
the end displace them, preserving the
original form, and later bearing spores
which perform the Office of seeds, and
falling to the ground, or upon flowers.
again terminate and produce the fun
gus. Therefore, ergot is not a dis
eased seed, but is entirely a fungus
growth. developing below the young
seed and preventing its formation. 1t
is the dormant form of the fungus,
which remaining in this condition until
autumn, or more usually until spring,
terminates in the damp ground and
sends up a growth which produces
spores that fall on flowers OF the
grasses and thus completes the cycle.
The fungus has different appearance
on different. grasses, but the results from
animals eating it are the same. In the
illustration, is a head of orchard
grass, 9, of timothy, 3, of wild rye, and
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COLORS OF THE SEASON.
Some Very Delicate and Pretty Efects
VIII BE Worn.

Some Very Delicate and Pretty Effects
VIII BE Worn.
While the present season will be not
able for the general use of delicate
colors, there are very evident indica.
tons of the popularity of black. Darl
intermediate shades are less in demand
although a great deal of navy blue is
seen among the best goods, as well as
all shades of red. Brown seems less de.
sirable, dark green is fairly popular.
The special fancy of the market turns
to tints. Tan in all shades, from the
dark color with a reddish cast to the
lighter tint shading on ecru, is specially
good. Black grounds with bright color,
and tints of almost every imaginable
grade are among the Understandable
fabrics.
For street costumes, black silks bro.
caded with tiny buds, leaves, wreaths.
OF set figures are much admired; light
blue in all grades, and tints of gree q
are seen in the best importa.
tions. A green with a yellow.
ish cast which is invoiced as
"Cronstadt" is very popular. Heliotrope
is to be one of the leading colors, the
more so as there are rumors that the
exquisite light tints are to be brought
out in fadeless qualities. Such a thing
as "a fast color" heliotrope will GER.
tainly be an innovation, and will make
this one of the most popular of all OF
the summer and demi-season colors
Dark heliotrope and the colors verginQ
on purple are in very general demand.
even to the royal purple, and plum OF
dahlia. Yellow is very generally used
little orange and some of the mandarin
yellows, but these colors are not as
much liked as many of the lighter
shades.
Pink is one of the leading tints, snc
whether in the very palest of shades OF
the duh old pink and strawberry tints
all are equally good. Pink with salmon
standings is used, but this is somewhat
trying, and is not as popular as the clear
primary rose and h-blow.-Dem
crest.