Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-24
NEWS AND NOTES.

L., ola Nantucket Is still TO be seen the
i,n,,sein which I.ucretla Mott was porn'
II IL large frame structure, WIN wv
min roof" characteristic OF architecture
of the period
Hidden away In an unpromising part o.
The gallery Of thf manufacturers pullu-
ing stands case of leghorn hats OF MI
Imaginable fineness. The unsugslahl,iai
French chip hats are coarse peslue .ne ~
Americans, they seem wholly uhfei"'ya
sort of straw The burly Italian IN
charge Of the exhibit explains that the
hats are moi for sale. They are treas
ufes c,sn in Italy. Some Of them are
300 to 200 years old aud the value sel
on them Is up In the hundreds OF uol,hrs.
Spools of the leghorn braid from whlen
,nss,. beautiful hats were made are
shovn In tho same case. The exhibit is
from Naples.
The Christian Endeayor convention OF
1894 will be held in Cleveland, July ~
10 10. Twenty-Five diplomas, II - saiu'
will be awarded societies reporting the
largest number of pledged proportlonate
Systematic giyers In their membership
Twenty-Five more will 90 to tue 50
cietles forming the largest number OF
societies during the year, and a banner
win be given to the local union thut
gains the greatest number of societies
during the year.
The bishop Of Illinois has invited the
saloon keepers of Chicago TO assist the
churches there in aifording relief to the
unemployed. The bishop calls attention
TO the fact that there are $500 silloons III
Chicago, whose annual income Is about
100000, Mt the lowest estimation,
and of this at least SS,000,OO0 represents
the profits of the saloon keepers. The
bishop does not believe in the boycott
but II any of these saloons neglect TO re-
spond to the call he invites oil topers
10 give them the go-by.
Following the recent continued rains
and heavy foods in New Mexico, thous-
ands of dead FISH. weighing from ten to
Pecos river, In Chayis and Eddy coun-
ties. literally drowned by the muddy
water, which perhaps had become more
noXiOus through gaining some poisonous
element from the wide country so sud
denly drained. The fish indigenous TO
the lower Pccos are Goldfish and mul!et
but black bass abound in the clear cool
streams and pools of the mountainous
region hundred miles to the east
Many OF the latter fish were carried down
to the Pecos river during the high
water, to he left on its subsistence in
overflow pools along the banks, afford
Ing great sport TO local fishermen. More
than 1000 large black bass were taken
in these impr0mptu fish pounds In the
vicinity of the town of Eddy.
As to the henlthiness of going without
shoes or stockings there eau be no ques-
ton. Some of The healthiest children in
the world are found In the Scottish
highlands. where shoes are seldom worn
at an earlier age than Il and IL. The
negro and cody lnborers, who work bare
footed, are unusually In robust henlth.
Brown. in the History of Man" tells
of an African monarch who suffered
from what appeared to have been cold
in his head, besides other ailments, while
his people were always as well as pos
sible, The reason was that by the laws
of his kingdom lie alone was permitted
20 ciothe his feet, and that he gratitied
his vanity by always wearing gorgeous
sandals.