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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-01

a desire 80 communicate with The world
beyond the grave is not confined TO amy
ogc or race Of people Almost al ma
lions have their ghost lore and their
tales Of spiritual manifestations. The
chiefs Of some African tribes. however
have unique way Of communicating
With their dead ancestors. They car
Mp slave and deliver to him the de
sired message and then cut on his head.
VI the chief forgcts anything be wishes
to say he sends the postscript by another
slave. who l. prepared for the part Of
courier by The same heroic method
Doubtless the chiefs memory Is matter
Of much solicitude to his slaves, who
! should think, would be- apt to prompt
him ere he dispatched the first messenger
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-01

The beauties Of litigation are well cx.
cmpllncd ln the case OF Hut,hlus w.
George. IN 1880 Hutcuius died at Cam.
den, y. d., md lrft au estate OF $4,000
one. third 10 his widow, aud the balance 10
Henry George. TO disseminate his modern
Democracy The win was probntcd aud
revoked, and suit begun. The ease has just
ended m lhv New dorsey courts Henry
George finally being victorious. The widow
died u che county Aims house aud Henry
Gcorgc has received for his puri $3.50. The
lawyers have the rest rhry mill,ed the
estate no tlIr rate of about $1,000 year.
The highwt point at'uucl by "a railroad
m the United State, N ln the Rocky mpun.
tains, pu2, feet above tho sea, 1raius ON
the Cullao-Oruy, liuc m Peru are now u5.
cnd,ng TO a height as lar above this great
elevation as tha total height OF Mount
Washington lu Other words, whom q train
ou the Oroyn uuo cntnH HE Col'ra tunnel
10 cross ffum ihr western To the cNstw
slope 0f tlic Curdiilcias 40 Is morN lhnd "a
mile higher above the sea than the hottest
hit OF railroad track va this country. Some
stretches of truck IN Mexico are also higher
thin ans railroad IA the United Slntcs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-01

Everything you need h &.
en- nc lowest prices
Rolling Pins. .........
Large size Steak nmisn
Egg Bcatcrs. ...........
Lage Blasting Spoon. ......
Tea Strainers. ..........
Steak Founders. ..........i'
Wire Potato Washer.
2-Bladed Alincing Krifs
Can Openers. ............,.
Pairing Kniyes............
Butcher Knives. ..........
pTza gyguI-<r~
Bread HALVES. .......'.l
IL Gallon Measupn.......
Large Grn,ers. ..,,....s.
Butter Moulds. ........a
Corn Peppers.
Bread Pans.
IL Gallan Bucketa...aA
Galvanized Iron BasIn.s.
Dust Pan. ..as.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-01

Finger prints have long been the bone
of rcat housekccpcrs, but 70 Is only Of
late that these have become study
for the scientific. In France it is the
custom to make an criminals impress
their finger tips upon am Unreasonable
surface. aud Zoe this way give TO officials
q sure mark for future Identification,
Now men are endeayoring to show that
the same means may be made valuable
in determining race and family The time
mny come when knowledge mt the fin
ger ends VIII mean more than q ready
acquaintance with things
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-01

The year 1900 Il made memorable by
the birth Of tlrcc men, distinguished in
different lines, but each stnudmg above
the common herd. This unusual trio
comprises Abraham Lincoln, Mr.. Glad
stone and DR.. Holmes.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-01

The New YORK sun has hlt the coaoei
way u spelling ne
"thorp ARE some folk
Who ppvll ~ liOlk
And A,uc with ouulNOuuc
Who Hptll q iloquc
Ana sOup WHO or0Ak
Ad Spell it llhuki
TINS pun'r auOke,
liuwryprR llnkC."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17
FRANK sHAw's BIG BID.
He Secures the Betting Privileges at Wa
ingtOn Park, Chicago.

He Secures the Betting Privileges at WASH
inGton Park, Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE figure at which
Frank Nutting Shaw secured the betting ring
privileges Of the worlds fair meeting at Wash
lngton Park must remain subject for con-
lecture, the officials of the club regard the
transaction a private business deal, the de-
tails of which are not of vital interest to the
public. The contract between the club and the
lessee OF the concern WAS signed yesterday
Shaw filing the necessary bond. The cash con-
sideration wAl be paid over when the meeting
opens. June "a. After that the individual book
makers will do business with Shaw who
will collect the usual rental Of 500 a day from
each.
1t is expected that the entries to the Wash
lngton Park stakes, which closed yesterday. will
reach a total OF 700. The eastern entry is very
heavy; many of the best all-aged performers.
including the likelest suburban and BROOKLYN
handicap candidates, are nominated for the Co
lumbus. Wheeler, Great Western and lakewood
and the best of the last years two
year-olds named for the Dearborn.
The annual race meeting of the Citizens
Northwestern Association of Trotting and Pac-
ing Horse Breeders will take place September
to is, inclusive, nearly month later than
usual. The dates were set yesterday. 1t is the
intention of the association to hang up nearly
: LOG, 600 in purses, added money and premiums
for special events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

FROM the st. Louis kepublc
Every oyster has a mouth. a heart, a liver, a
stomach, besides many curiousy devised little
intestines and other organs-necessary organs
such as would be handy to a living, moving, in
telligent creature.
The mouth is at tine end of the shell near the
hinge and adjoining the toothed portion of the
oyster s pearly covering. This tiny little apol-
ogy OF mouth is oval in shape and although
hardly visible to one unused to making such
anatomical examinations. can be easily discoy-
cred by gently pushing bodkin or a piece of
blunt, smooth wire along the surface of the
locality mentioned. When the mouth is at last
located you can thrust your instrument through
between the delicate lips and a considerable
distance toward the stomach without causing
the oyster the least pain whatever. From this
mouth there is, of course. a miniature canal
leading to the stomach. Food passes through
this canal to the stomach and from
the latter organ into the intestines. Just as
really as though the little bivalve were as large
as an elephant or rhinoceros. Remove the
shell (this operation is rather rough on the
oyster, but can be done in comparatively
painless manner by an expert), and You will
see the crescent. which lies lust over the So
called heart. This half-moon space is the
oysters pericardium. Within is the true heart
the pulsations of which can be readily seen
without the aid of a glass The heart is very
human like, made of two parts one of which
receives the blood from the gills through net
work OF real blood vessels, the other portion
contracts anu drives the blood ont through the
body. The other organs of an oysters anatomy
are all IN their proper places and performing
their several functions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17
"The Criminal TYNE.

From the Manchester Times.
An important result Of the recent congress at
Brussels on criminal anthropology has been the
discrediting of the so-called '.criminal type
or habitual criminal. The person who was
born criminal and must be one ''nolens
volens" was supposed to have smaller capacity
OF skull than the average, more retreating
forehead. the back of the head large, the lower
jaw very strong and pronounced. the ears often
deformed, the hair coarse and thick, the beard
scanty. and 80 forth. Dr. Tarnovski of St
Petersburg and DIR. Naecke, from a very large
collection OF data, maintained that there was no
special popularity in the physique of criminals,
male or female. and the general tendency of
the papers read and discussions on the subject
was to regard crime as the result of social and
psychical rather than physical peculiarities
1t is true that physical departures from the
normaltype are commOnsr among the criminal
class than the rest of mankind. but no constant
relationship between these and crime can be
detected. Many criminals inherit tendency
to some form of mental irregularity, but many
also Ego to the bad simply from deeterious
personal and social influences. Society, it would
appear, is far more to blame for their delin-
quencies than has been recognized or at least
acknowledged, and if crime is to be stopped we
must institute sounder moral teaching in
schools, better systems of legal procedure and
an improved doctrine Of punishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17
COVER STREET,
where Dickens and Darwin Lived and tn
Eccentric Mr.. Sutherland.

where Dickens and Darwin Lived and the
Eccentric Mr.. Sutherland.
From the London Daily News
Prosaic in its uniformity is Cover street.
even now that it has been almost rebuilt but
1t Is shown by writer in Temple Bar TO be a
place of many bright associations. Charles
Dickens here passed part of his childhood. a
he himself tells us No. North Cover street
was the house from which the little lad was
sent round at dusk TO drop circulars down the
areas inviting parents to send TO his mother
school children who somehow never came.
The great lawyer, Lord Eldon. lived in Cover
street in days when from its windows it was stiIl
possible to look over fields right away to what
William Hewitt has called Z" the northern heights
of London" At No. 40 Darwin spent the
early days OF his married life, working regu-
larry at his scientific studies from a. m to 9 80.
from 10 to II and from TO 5.
The fame of a Mr.. Sutherland who also lived
here, rests upon his having spent forty wears
and a handsome fortune in the stupid pastime
of grengeriZing" history of England-that
is. illustrating it with portraits and other en-
cravings which did not belong TO it, When
death at last laid his bony finger on his shout
der Mr.. Sutherland had inserted 10 900 prints.
spent fl2.0 over them and extended the
history" to sixty-seven huge volumes Per-
haps the strangest part of the story is that
when he died his widow went on with the inter-
minable job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

The coming q Doctors Fritz and Damon. the leading
rn-mb-- q the PhtlNl~lphia Council Of Physicians.
means much 20 tn sick and Afflicted people Of this
city. Ih~~@ are the Hy-i,lans who have been per-
forming sub remarkable cures iU-inz the PAST few
Years aud have built mp lsre tituon in thztcity.
Many 81 Cr people have been 10 see these gentle
men. have b-u treated and cured by them and they
Nork- Their power q natural healing by MAGNETIC
tn ? almost Incredible and impossible, Yet the
IA remains at th-y actually do people Of al
ri1-t a manner 81 diseases
Iu~y make I'D and hsu- ir-u: lSe OF their powers
- hsa th-y have engaged Builders Exchange Hall.
~ siS l3Jh -trr-t a. ". between % and II
-tre-t~ where people may witness. there this
public Place they treat the worthy poor without
and without prIce This also affords skepticsl
people . i.gf pr~iIlce opportunity OF seeing
these reformed all treatment IL s1ven on
the l4tflrt in ful, o: the audience and
sdfni-~i II o TO- - sharved.
bOrtlr> f-ltz All Damon will give their first lee
tur--t iulr~-st Builders Exchange Hall. 1I9
lith n ~, on January l. AZ = O'Clock in the
afternoon aai aftern the sane hour until
further uHft- Al worthy poor Will BE- treated free
The ffl.sa-iFLia Council Of Physicians Of which
lu'tar- iri'z 1ut n in chief have ofice
a. t!s l.Eh street 4 ". where those who are
abe aut ~i!i.g % pay and receive treatusa:
daily from 10 % y AMI agzin daily from
q O. and from : % o'clock IN thu evening"
slstf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

do with the cycling organization, II being IN
the hands of other parties. Such old time pro-
fess'onsls as Eek, Howells, Robb and men of
their class will not be taken into the ton
The originators of the movement claim to have
contracts with Zimmerman and MANY OF his
class to join the organization, SO that it seems
that the chief riders will come from the amateur
ranks. They say these riders are becoming
weary Of winning q barn full Of prizes each
season ranging in variety from medals to cook
stoves and pianos. They prefer to handle the
cash instead
The feature that is counted on to meet with
the most favor is the proposed international
races to be given each fall. The gentlemen
are already In possession of letters from
cycling representatives of France. Germany,
England, Australia and other nations, all
promising their hearty support and co-opera-
ton 1t is expected that these races will
bring together the best wheelmen Of the
world and be full of interest The purses for
these events will be large and all the money
will be guaranteed.
The track for Pittsburg will be laid In Ex-
position Park as soon the danger of foods Is
over. The incorporators are not known at
present, but the base ball club will be inter-
ested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17
Carv;rg-Knife Nomenclature,

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Its funny to think what changes have been
made in our language in the past generation or
two" said Edward Fullwood, an old gentleman
who comes to st. Louis from Philadelphia about
twice year and stops at the southern .'Now
adays you hear people talking about things that
you wouldn't know the meaning of if Won lived
when was a boy. We talk now about .focks. >
'covies,' herds, 'bevies,' flights and | don't
know what not when we speak of game. In
my days they were all focks. but at dinner we
used to distinguish them by the different terms
we used in carving them. These terms You
never hear anybody use today. Suppose, for
instance, you were taking dinner with some
friends and your hostess was to ask YOU to
sauce a capon?' What would YOU think she
meant? The only things that were carved in
those days was the flesh of sheep and oxen. To
be absolutely correct you would have to border
game pie, thigh a pigeon, mince a plover.
wing quail, alaye pheasant, untack a curlev.
unjoint bittern, display crane. disfigure
peacock. dismount heron, unlace a coney.
embrace mallard. frush a chicken, spoil a hen,
sauce capon, lift a swan, rear a goose or break
deer. tell you. in those DAYS man had to
know something to mingle in society,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

L. Brewer to shoot match at 200 live birds
each for 81 900 side. Carver says he cannot
shoot until July.
J. C. Chapman will be found at Buffalo next
season il he decides to accept half interest in
q club there.
Catcher Connie Mack is pretty sure to be
found here during the coming season.
SWEETS has signed with Boston and will not
receive over o.. 400
The various ball clubs agreed not to negotiate
for players until the 18th instant. Rumors of
deals will now come thick and fast
Jack Sicily, who was beaten by Geo. Dixon
at New Orleans last September, will accept the
Buffalo Athletic Clubs offer of a 81 900 purse
to fight John McTiernan, provided the latter
agrees TO fight at 125 pounds and make side
bet Of 81 900.
Base Ball Director Scanlon shakes his head
when the new bicycling-base ball combination
is mentioned.
Shortstop Mexican of the Clevelands and Al
H. Wood OF that city will sign articles today for
a wrestling match, to take place within the next
few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

From the New York sun.
1t is to be regretted that so few Of our Ameri-
can boys learn any trade or are willing to serve
as apprentices for the term Of four or five years.
Almost any good and smart boy can procure
employment in some one of the hundred skilled
industries that are carried on in this city, and
the boy who serves his apprenticeship faithfully
gets a training that will be advantageous to him
all through life and that will very surely enable
him to earn a living as long he lives. We
should suppose that any real sensible bow would
like to think of becoming skilled workman in
a good trade; would like to look forward to the
time when he could stand up as an independ-
ent journeyman, for example, in the carpenter 9
trade, the brassworker's. OF the tailor's, or
the stonemason's. or the watchmaker's or the
bookbinders, or the fresco painters, or the
weaver's. or the printers or the machinist's.
or the locksmith's, or the gilder's, or some
other trade worthy of his manhood It is
splendid thing for young fellow to start out
in the world with good trade. He can be as
stiff as he pleases and doesn't need to knuckle
down to ybody. neither to the boss nor the
foreman, il he minds his own business and
steers clear of gallivanting. He can nearly al
ways get job ut fair pay, and can often have
chance of travelling to some other part of the
country to look for better job at higher pay.
What long-headed American boy would not like
to have such a show in life?
Yet vast number of our American bows
don't want to learn trade. They are anxious
to be Office boys, or counter jumpers, or sales
boys, or clerks, or something OF that kind
Stupid fellows, when thew can get a chance to
become skilled mechanics! Why, we were told
by gentleman the other day that he knew of
three youthful Americans who were serving a.
door boys in a large uptown six-story apart
ment house. What show for promotion have
they? They can hardly hope even to get
janitorship.
We say that boys who need to earn Q living
do well to learn trade. and then strike out In
life, free ~ the American flag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

From London Society.
When the queen dies her mortal remains will
rest In the gray granite sarcophagus with the
late lamented Prince Albert's ashes. Under
meath the arms of the queen and Prince Albert.
on the monument, is inscribed Farewell. we'll
beloved. Here at last will rest with thee. With
thee in Christ l will rise again" The white
marble recumbent statue Of the prince consori
is in the uniform of a field marshal wearing the
mantel of the Order of the Garter-this is on
the right; the left side OF the lid and the unoc-
cupied space is where the queens body will be
laid. Bronze angels with outstretched wings
and flowing robes are at each corner of the
tomb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17
A Singular Man.

from Temple Bar.
The Hon. Henry Cavendish was a mathema-
tician, astronomer, geologist, alchemist, recluse
snd-eccentric. Mr.. Cavendish was intensely
shy. He had quite a decided aversion to all,
and especially to female, society. The only
way to get him to speak was never to look at
him; talk. as it we're. into vacancy, then it was
not unlikely that he might be set going. Never
theless, men were trouble to him and women
an intolerable nuisance. We mention this as an
eccentricity, but there are doubtless many men
who share his prejudice. He avoided communi-
cation with his female housekeeper by deposit
ing notes on the hall table. A female servant
showed herself she was instantly dis
missed. In his villa at Chaplain he
had a second staircase built so that he
might prevent the almost inevitable encounters
with the hated sex. To Mr.. Cavendishs town
house in Cover street few visitors were ad-
mitted. 1.-The favored ones who crossed its
threshold reported that books and the neces-
sary apparatus for a science student we're its
chief furniture. He had a second repository
for his bulky tones in Dean street, Soho,
where he kept a large number of works
science. He did not object to lend these books.
but they were to be well taken care of and re-
turned quickly. In fact. so fond was he of
method that he would himself actually sign a
recent for any of his own volumes which he
wanted to take away.
Whenever Mr.. Cavendish entertained his
guests he would always give them the same
fare-a leg of mutton. A story goes that one
day when four friends were coming it was asked
him what should be ordered for dinner. He
answered, "A leg of mutton" Sir" was the
reply, that will not be- enough for five. "
We'll, then, get two said the host When
this gentleman died he was the largest holder of
bank stock in England lie owned f1.1H 600
In different public funds, besides freehold
property of $4,000 year and a balance of
t5O,OO0 on account. This large income was al
lowed to accumulate without attention On one
occasion, when the bankers had in hand
balance Of Gs0,000 they thought it well to &C
quaint Mr.. Cavendish with the fact. "If it is
any trouble to you l will take it out of your
hands; do not come here to plague me" "Not
the least trouble to us, sir. but we thought you
might like some of it to be invested?" "Well,
what do you want to do?' perhaps you would
like half Of it invested?" do SO, do so, and
do not come here to bother me or I'll remove
II" was the churlish finale of the interview.
Cavendish was seventy-eight years of age when
he died, in 1910, and he had never changed the
fashion Of his dress for sixty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17


From the Boston Herald
The great oaks at Waverly. Mass, are sur
vivals of an oak forest that must have existed
in that region, according to the biologists and
students of trees, as far back as the tenth CEN
fury. They bear every evidence of great age,
and an elm tree in the neighborhood, with its
great limbs lying on the ground and nearly all
of its branches decayed. is the most venerable
object in the line of trees that can probably be
displayed in any part of New England 1t is
well worth Il visit to Waverly just to see this
venerable elm. 1t il immense in the size of
its trunk, and its dignity in decay is very i'm
pressive. The dozen oak trees in the neighbor
hood are of the sort that attain very great
age unimpaired.
England that can be compared with them.
That is located in Ipswich and is larger and
more venerable, apparently, than any of the
Waverlv oaks, and that and the Waverlv oaks,
we are glad TO know, have been inspected by
the state park commissioners and are likely
to be preserved. 1t is worth one's while to see
and study these majestic oaks. They are seen
to great advantage In the winter, when tie
rugged limbs are bare and their immense
strength is revealed, and in summer, when
they are covered with foliage, they are objects
of wonderful beauty. The state of Massa-
chusetts has duty to enfranchise these trees
and make them public property. They are
the glory of the state and almost as much an
object of interest the old state house or the
venerable structure called the Old South Meet
ing House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17
CHICAGOANs DISSATISFIED.
The Windy City Wanted to Have the Ma
tional Regatta.

The Windy City Wanted to Have the Ma
tional Regatta.
A. G.. Spalding of the Chicago A. A. yester-
dsy afternoon had consultation with the Off
cisls of the Amateur Athletic Union in relation
to the worlds fair athletic championship meet
ing. In relation to the trouble that existed be-
tween the old Western A. A and the A. A. L.
he stated that everything had been amicably
settled. The Chicago A. A. has decided to
assume all the responsibility of the worlds fair
tournament, and has also decided to join the
Central Association of the A. A. T.. and Presi-
dent J. st. John of the old Western Association
has promised Mr.. Spalding that all the clubs of
his association will apply at once for member
ship in the A. A. L.
Mr.. Spalding was much surprised to hear
that Detroit had been selected as the place of
holding its next championship regatta. There
Is a movement on foot at Chicago to give a
worlds fair regatta, as has already been stated
in The STAR. Ii is also the intention to give a
professional regatta Mr.. Spalding has hopes
of having TIE winner of the Oxford-Cambrldge
race come to this country to meet the winner
# the lale-Hsrvard race.