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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
TTAsoA WILL HELP.

Itasca, Tex, May 2.-(Special) The
people Of Iiasca are responding to the
call for aid from Cisco. A contribution
of money and clothing win he forwarded
from here today.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

ColiInsyire, Tex. May 2.-tspeeiaL)--
The citizens Of this village sent $40
worth Of provisions to the Cisco suffer
ors today.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

Paris, Tex May - Special) Paris
today raised $3.50 for the cyclone suf-
fercrs at Cisco. The mayor sent Sl00
Sunday which makes $3.50 Fully $1,000
will be raised.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

San Antonio, Tex, May 2,-lSpecial)
-The citizens Of San Marcus made up
S21G.5O to send. anil RENTED Il 10 Cisco
70 aid the cyclone sufferers.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
wIII.IAaI IN swITzERLANp.

ImoorDe, MAY 2.--Iln GeFrnn einnPfor
and enpross had u cordlpi welcome today
on tlieir arrival 10 tucrnc on thor way
bert,s silver wedding. The city u cnjoy-
ine q holiday aud the streets are highly
dscorntsi IN honor Of the imperial vls-
itDrs. while crowds FROM all parts "a
Switzerland have ,hronRed ~ The scene.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

Meridian, Tex, May Especial. LIN
response to call By Mayor Rudasili,
made sfom sick bed, The citizens Of
ibis place convened this evening in the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
TO TEXANS.
Cisco, Tex, April 20.


To the People of Texas
Cisco has been destroyed
by the most destructive cy-
clone that has ever visited
Texas. More than three
fourths of the people are
without homes. There are
many killed and wounded.
Help is needed to bury the
dead and care for the wound
ed and relieve those deprived
of everything, We appeal to
Texans everywhere.
W. G. Davenport,
County Judge,
G. W. Graves,
Mayor,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

Hillsboro Tex, May 2.-tspecial)--
Hillsboro sends $500 to the relief Of the
cyclone sufferers at Cisco aud more will
be sent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
WILLS POINT AND CANTON.

wnls Point, Tex. May tspeciall-
Wills Point sends $500, and Cation $40
to Cisco for the benefit Of the cyclone
sufferers
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

ST. Louis. Mo-, May 2.--About $500
was today subscribed TO the Cisco re-
lief funds.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

weatherford, Tex, May 2.-(specinl)
"A delegation Of Indy nurses left for
Cisco to relieve the distressed and take
care of tbe sick and wounded.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
ADD nan RESpONDr

1horp's Spring. Tex, May 2.-(Spe-
cial.i--Add Ram Christian university
and the citizens " our siliage respSsdsd
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
COTTON FUTURES.

ATwoon MOMENT 4 co.

Now orlegns. La. May - (Spccial)--
ATWOOD Violet n Go. say.
Futures The market showed consid-
ernhle disposition today. not only 20 linz
prove hut to hold the advance, which
at one tiInc here was 10 pOlitS, tea con-
siderable encouragement was given hy
liverpool, where the Improvement WIS
Ublths and l-lGth Ia spot. To this
WAS added reports Of rising rivers &C
Memphis and cold ruins In the guilt
states. As soo, us the buying had spent
It's force. however. the sentiment seemed
10 change and We closed here one lower
than last night. No response from tho
SPOT market, We think Tho most favor
able feature Ia the market Is thar tho
government on the 10th inst ~ likely In
show material reduction IN the amount
OF Increased acreage, which tho cotton
world generally has been led to believe
would he realized.
A prominent firm here hAa tlbuMtcd
All reports from the cotton belt, which
show the following increases; Alnbama,
I ~ per cent; Arkansas. D: Floridn, q.
Gcorgin, Z IL; Louisiana, 4 l.2i Mis-
slssipph .; North Cdrolna, i2i South
Carolina, ~ Tennessee, -. Texas, z mis-
crllnncous, q; average, T.2i.
Also that q small ANA was replnntad
In Mississippi aud Louisiana, about ~
por cent replnnting IN Arknnsns. Some
complaints FROM Texas; too little rain.
plant looking NcklN. Least complaints
are from the Atlantic states. our own
Impressions are this average h. too high.
There has boon nothing, so fur Us we can
ascertain, directly or indirvtly, 10 give
tho impression that Southern merchants
as q rule have been willing Go, or able,
or that the planter has been willing, 90
undertake the cultivation Of any cunsid-
orahlc increase In area In Wow NJ tho
continued decline In cotton. aud common
sense, " nothing elise, would suggcAt
combining acreage approximately 10 last
years acreage.
Port receipts today. 400 balcs, against
100 bales last year Liverpool hard
cninF. Deliveries steady, sales IWDO
hales mlddliug. 4 1-ld.
Spots opened frm. closed easy: sales,
hGOO bales; quotations up I l.lu.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
.l,sis THEATERs-sTRrrr

,,.,aql e,s, , May a.-tspocJai1.r,o
N ~ III "a ~, been iicensinws' s ,a,, say
IA q u ~ aile and biack s'i ~
4, q Qaa ~ ~ .Suncll the license v. sre
4 I w riose y. ,Ne theaters aanon mcfs
b ~, " ID ne Ian Bell says he VIII
:. hn danas.se expires unless lie
! q 4. sAEsRs' STRIKE
aissi ana iun SaS worked % last
PILED to DO w wa Si f hi.'l,.
'Ay BY trainmean..' 'O"u
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03
THE ODD FELLows

are doing q grand work. Their orsnniza-
ton is working perfectly under ;he Nobie
Grand Anry Brown, local chairman re-
lief committee. State Lecturer Gibson
and w. +. Shook, state chairman relief
committee. aud other officials arc on
hand and provisions. clothing aad funds
arr beginning 10 come IN. All cOntribu-
lions sboald be sent to Avery Brown,
when they viii beprcpelly applied. Money
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-03

The Amount Received Yesterday Over
S4OOO--Odd Fellows Work.

Cisco, Tex, May 2.-(special)-The
people are beginning to realize the extent
of the great disaster TO Cisco. BESIDES
The loss of life and agonizing suffering Of
the wounded, the financial loss looms up
into colossal figures To look at the few
remaining houses standing one would not
realize their actual condition. Inspection
shows them to he out Of plumb founda-
tons knocked out. chimueys unsafe. holes
IN The side and wrenchcd badly. IN
fiss not house has escaped nuscathed.
The workmen are now getting down TO
cold business and putting in regular
hours, being under bosses detailed from
the different departments. but with sew
eral hundred men they have not made
much show yet
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
Conversation by Noted Authors.

81 never heard distinguished people
talk among themselves but once" de-
clared a young lady the other day, "but
then was quite satisfied. 1t was even
more interesting than l had expected"
what did they talk about? asked
her companion curiously, "and who were
they
The young lady named them-two
noted authors, a gentleman and lady.
land they talked" she added, with a
smile, "about pokers."
"Pokers?' calculated the friend incred-
ulously.
"Pokers." repeated the first speaker
firmly. The authoress had just built a
new house, and her furnace did not
work well. She thought her companion
had one of the same kind in the house
and asked about it.
He gave her information and advice,
and then they branched off to pokers
and the iniquity of manufacturers who
make them Of soft iron so that they bend
out of shape the first time they are red
hot. You have always heard, haven't
you, that his style is exquisite and his
English singularly clear and vigorous:
Well, it is so, | assure you, when he talks
of pokers, and she is charming when she
talks in a humorous vein about back
hampers and cold air boxes. was de-
lighted with the entire conversation,
though it certainly was not what an
ticipated. youths Companion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
Two Remarkable Cures.

An old Irish woman's COW was SICK
unto death, so she turned to the priest
to save it. Il can't do anything to keep
your COW from dying" he said impa-
tiently.
Faith an begorra its you that can if
any one can" the answered in simple
faith.
Unwilling to have her reverence in
him shaken, the old man went to her
cabin. The sick COW was brought out
into the yard and propped up, then the
priest began n solemn march around 1t,
chanting monotonously, "If you die, you
die; if you live, you live" When a; last
the tired priest sat down, the COW was
reviving, and it afterward lived to a
green old age. Some years later the
priest was at the point Of death with a
terrible quinsy, when tlge old Irish WON
an presented herself at the house and
told the doctor she could cure him.
She was laughed to scorn, but at last
had her own way. She insisted upon
having the dying mans bed brought out
into the middle of the floor, and around
it she slowly cautered, singing, IF you
live. YOU live, and if you die you die. 5"
The humor of the situation ticliled the
suffering priest 50 that hearty laugh
broke the quinsy, and he also liyed-to
a green old age.-Springtield Homestead.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
ALouisville Dog That swears.

A Louisville railroad man has dog
that distinguishes the days Of the week
and different railroad trains. On days
when Midget's owner makes his regular
trips the dog accompanies him to the
station, but never attempts to board the
train-just stays on the platform, an in
terested spectator, and wags his tail
cheerfully as the train moves out. On
other days and other trains-suburban
trains to Falkland or Pewee Valley
he hops aboard without hesitation, evil
IDENTIFY aware that the ride il prospect is
one that he may share. Midget swea-s,
too; swears like pirate.
The family understand him, but they
report that his language is too terrible
to be repeated. When things don't go
to suit him, he retires under bed or
sofa and lies there rolling off oaths Of
fearful description for hours. a young
man who was attentive to Midgets
young mistress unintentionally offended
him, but the dog got even. He actually
broke off the match. He knew the regu-
lar nights on which the youth appeared,
and at an early hour would ensconce
himself under the parlor sofa, from
which coign of vantage he would growl
forth such volleys Of personal and pro-
fame remarks that the prospective lover
became intimidated and ceased his at
tentions. In recognition Of these serv-
ices Midget's master gave him beauti-
full silver charlottesville Courier
Journal
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
An unrea.onabIe Mermaid.

"This here show business" said the
dime museum man, "ain't what It's
cracked up to be by a long shot. a
mans allus runnin agin things that DO
him up"
whats troubling you?" inquired the
advance agent.
why, that durn mermaid of mine Is
gettin me into debt over my head. Now,
you know I've got the only genuine mer-
maid Ga exhibition. She's maid OF the
sea. she is, living example Of the
stored nymphs of the wave of old, as
my programmer says. pay her big
salary, and she puts all my other attrac-
tons in the shade. 1t would put your
eve out to see the way the people look
at her. tell you, she's the greatest
freak in the business, and the best OF 1t
is she's genooine. But to come down to
cases. as l wuz saying, she keeps me In
hot water all the time. There amt a
day that l don't have to do somethin
special for her. don't dast refuse, for
1 can't get along without her in these
dull times. Sometimes, though, she
makes me crazy by her unreasonable
requests. What do you suppose she
wants now:"
Couldn't imagine" replied the ad-
vance agent, "unless tits fresh sea water
every day or something like that"
"Huh" said the dime museum man
disgustedly, ''that would be easy. That
durn mermaid don't want thing but a
pair of button white kid shoes. buffalo
Express.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
India For the Indians.

A Madras native gentleman was once
asked by Lord Roberts what he thought
of India for the Indians He replied:
Go to the geological gardens and open
all the cages. You Will then see what
would be the end of India for the In
dams. There would be a grand fight
among all the animals, with the result
that the tiger would walk over the dead
bodies of the rest" On being asked
whom he meant by the tiger, he replied,
THE Mohammedan from the north"
The moral of this allegory Of my
friend, who was certainly one of the
most enlightened native gentlemen l
have ever met with. was that India
could not be left to herself, and that a
supreme power was necessary to hold
together the varied and various races
London Spectator.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
rnucr of the Imagination.

81 never was more firmly conyinced of
the power of imagination" said man,
than was by something that happened
to me on the occasion of a visit to friend.
1t had been an extremely hot day, and
when l went to bed at night the heat
seemed almost insupportable. Itseemed
to me that if l should open the door from
my room into the hall it would make a
little circulation and make the air more
comfortable, and l felt safe in doing this
because l am an early riser, and knew
could get the door shut before any
body was stirring in the morning. So l
opened the door, with the pleasant result
that had anticipated, and when went
to close it in the morning found that
had opened not the door into the hall,
but the door into a closet. New York
Sr1N
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
\ Plea For EEoism.

Ask yourself hard questions about
yourself; find out all you can about your
self. Ascertain from original sources if
you are really the manner Of man you
say you are; if you are always honest; if
you always tell the square, perfect truth
in business deals; if your life is as good
and upright at II o'clock at night as 1t
is at noon; if you are as good a temper
ance man at a fishing excursion. as you
are at Sunday picnic; if you are as
good when you go out of the city as you
are at home if, in short, you are really
the sort of uan your father hopes you
are and your sweetheart believes you to
be.-Panola Tex Waterman.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
The Business of Hotel Keeping.

Some idea of the enormous proportions
of the business of hotel keeping has as
sumed in this country may be gained
from the fact that there are in the
United States upward of $4,000 hotels,
exclusive of what may properly be
termed inns and taverns and what are
commonly known as apartment houses,
although the latter are in many instances
conducted as hotels in that they have
common kitchen aud dining room.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
The Cause of waterspouts.

A waterspout is meteorological phe-
nomenon Of peculiar character, which is
occasionally observed on land, but usu-
ally occurs at sea. 1t consists of a cone
shaped pillar OF condensed vapor, which
descends, with the apex downward, from
a dense cloud and at sea attracts a
somewhat similar cone III a reversed
position from the surface of the water.
The two may not inaptly be compared
to gigantic hourglass. The cause of
this phenomenon is supposed to be the
gyratory movement of the air with such
swiftness as to produce Il vacuum in the
axis Of rotation, and the contact of the
lower extremity of such an axis with
water would effect the elevation o. n
column of the latter to considerable
height. The most probable solution Of
the phenomenon is that waterspouts
originate in adjacent strata of air OF diff
ferent temperatures, running in oppo-
site directions in the upper regions of the
atmosphere. They condense the vapor
and give it a whirling motion, 50 that it
descends tapering to the sea below and
causes the surface of the water to ascend
in a pointed spiral till it joins that from
above Brooklyn Eagle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
A Descrtcr's Good Fortune.

A deserter is not always a deserter,
even though branded with a great big
3D." according to the laws Of Queen
Victoria's realm. Some time ago a well
known English resident of Wilmington,
Del, applied to the British consul here
for pension, claiming to have served
his country in an Australian regiment.
He admitted having had his breast
branded with a red iron, with the letter
"D," which marked him forever as a de-
serter, but claimed to have rejoined his
regiment after his punishment and
served out tie term of enlistment. The
British home Office found that he was
right, and the pension has come to him
after a long wait.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
HOW CATS OFTEN SPREAD DISEASE.
Mothers should Teach Children Not to
Handle Strange Animals.


Since have spoken in defense Of the
dog, let me say something more with
relation to that other favorite household
companion of mantle cat. | would
call YOUR attention to the fact that the
cat is beast far more useful to mankind
than the dog. Without the latter we
could get along, but if we had no cats
we should have a continual plague OF
rats and mice, which would overrun the
cities and devour the crops and small
live stock of the farmers.
At the same time you may set 1t down
an indisputable truth that the domestic
cat is prolific source of a great variety
of diseases. 1t breeds them and dis
saminates them-skin troubles partlc-
nfarlv. It carries about with it the con-
tagion of Gphtheria, one of the most IA
tai of human complaints, and 1t Is serl-
ously suspected of helping to sow the
germs of consumption. A trouble akin
to ringworm which attacks the scalp and
causes the hair to fall out is frequently
conveyed by cats. Likewise it is with
scarlet fever, which, when it is in
house, is always likely to be scattered
abroad by the pet pussies of the estab-
hshment.
The way of it is this: When there is
sickness in a house, old cloths are apt to
be used for various purposes. These are
commonly thrown afterward into some
out of the way place, like the corner OF
a closet. Suppose that there is tabby
about that is on the point of bringing
into the world litter of kittens. Fee
male cats are constantly having kittens,
as you know, being among the most pro-
life Of animals. She searches for Sc
ouestered nook for her ACCOMPLISHMENT
and is likely to make her bed of just
such a lot of old rags as have described.
As natural consequence, not only Is
the mother cat infected as to her fur
with the contagious disease, but all OF
her kittens are likewise. The latter are
fondled by the children. Pathogenic
germs seem to find most favorable
breeding ground in the hair of cats. AS
a result the complaint is spread. I'M
fortunately the infection is not limited
to the house. It is spread abroad by the
oats, which are notorious stragglers.
Thus before many days have passed
there is an epidemic of scarlet fever or
what not in the neighborhood. Nobody
can imagine how it got about. Little
Johnny dies of diphtheria, and nobody
dreams that he contracted it by picking
up strange cat.
Children have a way of picking up
cats and holding them to their faces to
caress them. That accounts for many
cases of that very disagreeable disease
called ringworm. 1t is the same way
with other skin troubles that are con-
tagious. Cats as well as dogs are liza
BILE to tuberculosis of the lungs, other
wise known as consumption. That they
communicate it to human beings ismore
than Observation-Disclosures Star.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
HE WAS AT WORK.
But His Occupation Did Not Entltle Him
Tn Free Seats mt the Theater.

to Free Seats ut the Theater.
He was what Steve Rowan would call
"a SHIN bit av a turkey" and he stood
near the box office of the Columbia, first
looking at his last half dollar clutched
in a grimy palm and then shooting an
occasional glance at the main door,
through which the strains of the opening
overture could at times be heard.
His clothes were loud enough to serve
as Worlds fair hotel fire alarm, and
the checks were too large to be honored
byanything smaller than first national.
They were of the latest Kerry cut and
hadn't been long enough in this country
to kill the smell of the bog. He wanted
to see the performance, and he hated to
part with his money, so he waited and
got into an argument with himself.
First he thought he would, and then he
guessed he wouldn't, and while he thus
hesitated a trim little woman trlpped
across the foyer. She sailed along like
a clipper ship with free wind and port
in sight. There was distinctive air OF
the "profesh" about her, and she carried
her nerve in the outside pocket of an
Elton Jacket. He watched her and lis
tened with astonishmentw she opened
her face and addressed the man in the
box Office.
"Hello, Hat;Tf
"Howdy, Mag"
Gimme two seats, will yer, Harry"
care YOU working"
"Sure. Me and Jess is doin turn at
the Olymp'."
The checks for seats were handed out.
and Mag calling Jess the two went in
side, while the "shlim bit IVA turkey
moved a peg or two closer to the box Of
fee.
Another form appeared in the door
way. Its hair was parted in the middle.
and its buzzsaw hat reposed on the back
of its head. Its trousers were freshly
creased and sharp enough to pare corns
1t shuffled up to the box Office much aft
er the manner of a crawfsh in net.
and the little Irishman could scarcely
prevent himself from laying violent
hand on it and mussing it up. In a low
tragedian voice it said:
"Ah, there, Harry"
"Hello, Falstaff, old boy"
"Favor me with two, old fellow"
care you working"
"Well, l should say l am"
"Where:"
"Men Eds doing Henry Irving bur
lesque at ther Park"
Again two pasteboard checks were
handed out, and by this time the "tur-
key" on the outside was becoming fran
tic. 1t was coming easy for everybody
but himself, and he resolved to hazard
chance and keep his half dollar. He took
= fresh bite of plug, gave his trousers an
extra hitch and approached the window
On tiptoe. He peered cautiously around
the edge of the narrow opening. Harry
was still there, checking up the house.
He hesitated only for moment, and then
he blurtad out:
"Hilloo, Harry, ould bye"
How are you, sirI"
"Oi'm wur-r-kin."
care you, my friend:"
"Yis."
"Where:"
"Shtock yards"
And when the Goork7eper was through
with him aud t'o patrol wagon had
gathered him in he sadly wondered at
the eternal uuftnc>s Of things and why
all men are not born equal.-Chicago
Mo;l
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-16
Tho Lnla.Jerusalem Railway.

Rather Il striking illustration of how
trade and money getting make strange
bed fellows is furnished by the Jaffa-
Jerusalem railway. The concession for
the railway was obtained by native of
Jerusalem, it was built 10y French
company, while the engines and car
riages, manufactured in the United
States, run over rails made in Belgium,
and most of the remunerative part of
the passenger traffic is drawn from
British tourists. London Tit-Bits