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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-16


Waco narrowly missed having an eX-
press robbery to record right within the
city limits on Monday night.
Rumors of an attempted hold up" Of
q Wells-Fargo express wagon reached
The Gazette correspondent yesterday
inc vbnt WINS clearly an ATTEMPT TO nlun-
dor tbe wagon on its way to the Waco
and Northwestern depot Monday night.
Tho wagon contained packages aud ok
press natter for the south bound train
which leaves the city at 9l5 o'clock.
Monday night the city was without lights
nnd thc night was black in addition, with
Shnrti, aftnr 7 o'clock the wagon
roadbaI tho susnrnsion bridge, in charge
~ nriror D,yis and Express Messenger
Trsbi, ,''
NN WhnnS mar tl,a center of the bridge a
man appeared at the horses heads and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-16
COTTON.
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-16

Galveston Tex, Nov Is ESPECIALLY
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-16

Ia ~. companion ofIer to the
|Ds@nassaah holds good until midnight Of
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
Another Four Hundred.

1t IS generally thought that the
saying, that the only people in New
York worth knowing can be numbered
by 400. was originated by Ward Nc
Allister, but il can be found in the
bible. Acts v, SO. which speaks OF
Theudas boasting himself to be some
body, to whom a number of men,
about 400, joined themselves, who
were scattered and brought to naught.
The verse referred to reads as follows:
"For before these days rose up Theu-
das. boasting himself to be somebody.
to whom a number of men, about 400.
Joined themselves; who were slain, and
all, as many as obeyed him. were scat
tered and brought to uaughL" An
other verse worth mentioning in this
connection is from Samuel, 22.e:
''And every enc that was in distress.
and every one that was in debt, and
every one that was discontinued. gath
cred themselves unto him, and he be-
came q captain over them, and there
were with him about 400 men"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
CHANGED BY ELECTION.
TAs Rsmarkabls Freak q . HERE'S
Formerly Very sssid.

IAo Remarkabls Freak of . a0eD0
Formerly Very seaid.
Captain Samuel Urann, of Sullivan,
Maine. once had dark-colored horse
renowned for his horsey virtues and
steady habits. 1t so happened that at
one March meeting" the Democrats
carried the town for the first time in
twenty years Up to the time of that
election Captain Sans horse had
never been known to shy, ball<. run
away, or do any act unworthy of .
model horse. Three days after tho
election town business in q remote
quarter Of the town required the 1T
tention of one of the selectmeu.
He invited his wife to accompany
him, and hired Captain Sans horse to
make the trip. They reached their
destination in safety, the business was
satisfactorily adjusted, and they
started homeward Captain Sam was
q stanch Republican, and it is sup
posed that the horse was Republican,
too At any rate, without seeming
cause, the horse ran away at q break
neck pace with the official and his
wife. Our Democratic friend held ON
so hard that he broke one Of the reins.
and. after q time, with the remaining
rein, sheered the horse out against the
fence and stopped him Nobody was
hurt. and it was the horses first. last,
and only exhibition of bad behavior.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
ANOTHER "ANcELUs" STORY.

How Aillet's Great Painting Was Treated
Before It Became Famous.
n. Henner is the authority given for
the following anecdote. in addition to
the dozen stories already current re-
garding the '.Angelus" of Jean Fran
co.'s Millet When that painting had
acquired sufficient mark to cause
It to be engraved. it was in
trusted with scant ceremony to the en-
graver. who took 1t from its frame
and wrapped it in an old newspaper
and left it in the gate-room at the
porter's lodge where he lived. On re-
turning to his rooms he forgot tho
picture entirely, and it was not till two
weeks had nearly Elapsed that he be-
thought him of the commission He
then hunted through his room high and
low and was somewhat disturbed to
find no trace of poor Millet's produc-
ton. for he knew that however insig-
ni6cant it might be as a work Of art
the painter in all probability consid-
cred it, after painters wont, q master
piece. Luckily the porter did not
think fit to throw it away, but called
attention to the fact that An unwelcome
canvas was knocking about his room;
the latter then found himself repos-
sessed of the forgotten loan.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
IRELAND'S DEAD KINGS.
Nest Of Them succumbed With Their
Boots On.

Nest Of Them succumbed with Their
Boots Do.
In Whitaker's Alnanack for 1898
there is q short and succiuct account
of the kings of ireland, dating from
the Milesian conquest in 1900 B. C.
There is apparently no record of the
fate of the first two kings; they were
probably translated. But from the
year 1855 B. C. to the Christian era out
of 1863 kings fifteen died of malignant
distemper or plague and the rest were
either killed i'm battle or died other
violent deaths
From the Christian era to the reign
of Henry ii. of England the record is
not more promising. There were ap-
parently seventy-eight kings; of these
thirteen died natural deaths. that is to
say that they presumably did not live
long enough to enable them to share
the fate of their predecessors and sue
cessors: one was drowned in q fog:
one had thirty sons. in itself enough
to cause death; one was chokcd by a
fish bone: three were killed by ''thun-
derbolts," but as the three reigned
successfully it is not unreasonable to
suppose that the ''thundcrbolts' were
but rocks" ''hefted' by the hands of
aspirants to the throne: the remaining
fifty-nine succumbed to the inevitable
assassination or death in the battle
field Happy Ireland,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
wellington and the Cook.

The duke of Wellington was, in his
habits. one of the simplest of men.
His daily food, for instance. was al
ways of the plainest. That he kept a
French cook is true. but this was for
others, not for himself 1t was the
cooks constant complaint that he
could not prevail upon his master to
make trial of his skill as an artist
Every day he sent up the bill of fare
to the duke, but it always came back
marked merely joint of meat and pud-
ding or tart, or sometimes, by way of
change, tart or pudding. And the
cook also complained that the duke
was so easy to please. eff 1 cook a
good dinner" he remarked, ''the duke
only says 1t is we'll If l cook bad
dinner, he says the same thing"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
Cow. Calf and Express Train.

The train crew of the Flying Yankee
was an hour late and tearing down
the line at a great rate when a most
ambitious muley cow and her calf,
which. it seems. had inherited some
thing of the same quality, concluded
to try a race with the Maine Central's
pride. They started, making good
time. but the train soon gained a lap
and the cow was struck by the engine
and actually turned end for end. but,
strange to say, was little injured The
calf turned around. addressed some
loud bovine language to the train. and
showed fight. but the train had passed
before he finished the preliminaries of
an attack.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
The Months Of Leaves.

The botanist, the real investigator
who has got down to making real ex-
plorations for himself, will talk to you
about the thousand minute ''stomachs'
On the surface of leaf. These invis-
ible 'stomachs" are really the mouths
through which the leaves take in car
bonic acid. They are most abundant
on tho upper surface of leaves; each is
an oval opening guarded by a pair of
lips which open and close according to
requirements. They vary from less
than 1000 to more than 10000 to the
square inch of leaf surface.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
r. WAS BEYOND BELIEF.


He Could Not Get Anybody TO Believe
He Had Been Such a. A.
Four or five well-dressed young
men were sitting around the club
window talking about clothes. their
uses and abuses.
IL used to have q tailor" said one,
'.from whom / ordered my stuff at
regular times and always paid him in
advance"
For q minute all his listeners
looked at him. and then. as one man.
they arose AID were about to depart
Hold on" exclaimed the talker.
IL knew you would do that; that's
the way they all did"
WHO? How" they inquired, and
sat down again.
III tell you," said the talker.
The last time l paid my man Or
dered two suits. summer and winter,
paying for both in April. when got
the summer outfit, with the under
standing that was to get the other
in November. or whenever l wanted
it l paid 800 for booth. saving
thereby $40 oR8eseh suit. Well. dur.
ing re- SUMNER my tailor. . careless
fellow. by the way. died. and when
the estate came up for settlement
put in my claim for $50, and ex.
planned how it was. The administers
tor looked incredulous, very incred-
ulous.
".Nevef heard of such a thing be.
: fore. he said You'd better swear
to it,
IL did swear to it. Then the ad-
ministrator looked pityingly at me and
refused to pay. l sued before a mag
, istrate for the amount: The magis-
trate almost had apoplexy when my
statement was presented. The claim
, was refused. Then I took it to q
? higher court and got q jury on it.
When my attorney stated to them
that had paid my tailor in advance,
each juryman stuffed q handkerchief
, in his mouth and the Judge lodged
behind his desk for several minutes.
NV sworn statement didn't improve
matters any: Made them worse. in
, fact. because it gave my enemies q
chance to drag me up for perjury.
The jury brought in verdict agains,
me without leaving the box. but rec
commended me to the mercy Of the
court on the ground Of emotional in
sanity. Then gave it up As = bad
job. and took . solemn oath never ia
paw another tailor in advanced"
Silence reigned supreme for several
seconds.
"How about paying them at alp"
ventured hardy youth in a moment,
and they all got up and shook hands
In speechless unanimity.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Again we call the attention of our
readers to the muniicent offer of the
publisher of The BAzoo to send some
worthy young lady clerk to the
Worlds fair for a week, free of cost
to the fortunate young lady. Much
interest has already been manifested
in this contest, the particulars and
rules governing which will be found
another column. The friends OF any
young lady who would like to see her
carry off the prize, would better begin
bestirring themselves early, as the
contest promises to be an interesting
one. A number of contestants have
already been entered by their friends
for the race. The more the merrier
and the easier for the winner to Sc
cure the coveted prize. Don't delay
but begin at once. A good start wins
many race.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
Costly to Keep Her

'This is your little sister, Tommy"
said his father. showing him the baby.
"You will love her dearly will you
not?"
"Yes. of course" replied Tommy, in
specting the latest arrival, ''but it'll
cost a good deal to keep her, won'tity'
II presume So"
"Yes," said Tommy, with a long
drawn breath. land when I asked you
the other day to buy me a white rabbit
you said you couldn't afford it."
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

The citizens of this country have
always shouted at home and abroad
of the United States being the haven
of liberty-lovlng and oppressed peo-
pie. Our foreign friends have taken
us at our word and have come to our
shores in countless thousands. As
long as the fare of passage on the
ocean steamers was high only the we'll
TODD came. The steerage
fare now is so low
that many undesirable and really Vi
cious foreigners are yearly Aocking to
this country; so much so. that rigid
immigration laws were passed. but
are systematically evaded and conse-
sequently imperative. For man to
advocate the restriction of immigra-
ton is to he called know-nothing by
a certain class of treacherous
politicians. No one wants to
shutout desirable immigrants.
They are thrice welcome but maj
; to hold opinions, and advocate them
looking toward attaining the end tina
. only those who will make worthy cit
zens shall come among us, should no
be the subject of vile vituperation
More than one-fourth of the pOpula
ton of this country are of foreig1
birth. From 1920 to 1856 Their
came to this country 4,212.624 immi
grants, of whom about 3, 400, 600 cam
to settle, while the others were merel
I visitors or sojourners. During tn
thirty-six years, 1862, the numbe
Of immigrants has risen to the total O
1881 ,959, so that altogether durini
) the century, 5000, 500 aliens hav
arrived in the United States. Ii
these latter days not more than one
half the immigrants that land are tn
making Of frst-class citizens. On
look at the people delivered from tn
average ocean steamer will convinc
any one Of the fact.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
HOW TED WON HIS CANDY.
A Boys Intsrpret stion Of the Text He
Had Heard.

A Boys Interpret stion Of the Text He
Had Heard.
Ted's grandmother was . martyr to
dyspepsia and patent medicine. She
was a great church member and took
Ted to service every Sunday.
One evening the minister called and
asked to see Ted.
"You know who this is, don't you,
Teddy?" grandma said sweetly.
"Oh, yes, it's the man who talks all
the time in church, I" Ted said
"And do you remember any of the
things say? the-minister asked.
Ted thought moment, then drew
himself up and said in . deep voice:
sect thee behind me, Satan!'
Sand what does that meanY' the
minister asked
Again Ted was silent for moment,
then said:
"when gwanma gets up full Of
'pepsy, en- scolds me for maxim er
noise when I amt maxim any, en-
scolds Sal fur burnin' thur bread when
she don't burn it, en- scolds mamma
and papa, and says she wishes she was
dead, she oughter say, Get thee be-
hind me. SATAN"
Everybody laughed except grand
ma and papa told Ted be could 80 and
buy some candy.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
The Joke on Sam.

A jackson, Miss, drummer tells
this story in the Globe Democrat, about
the cratic Sam Jones, who will be one
of the features of the Missouri Chau-
tauqua, now holding in Sedalia:
The Rev. Samuel Porter Jones will
soon invade the sinners camps of Mis-
sissippi again. But when he returns
he will not be apt to hunt up Mr..
Thomas Boone, or send out embassa-
doris requesting his attendance at his
meetings. Mr.. Boone travels for a
Cincinnati whisky house. He does
not believe in religion any more than
Mr.. Jones believes in dudes, but out
of idle curiosity he went to hear the
Rev. Samuel sling his psalms when
he was in Mississippi before. Mr..
Jones was descanting upon
the sins OF men and women
in general. He used his
his grandmother and his grandfather
to illustrate his point. "My grand
father said he, twas a righteous
man. He walked in the holy paths
of righteousness, eschewed all frivoli-
ties of the flesh, and consecrated his
soul to God, and when he died | am
satisfied that the angels sang their
sweetest songs ard the saints rejoiced
at his entrance into the pearly gates to
heaven. But my grandmother was
different person. She cared nothing
for the Church, nor its teachings. She
INDUCED in worldly affairs, gave up
her heart to fashionable society sin,
and when she died 1 am
satisfied she went straightway
to hell. Here the preacher
paused. His resntless ewes passed
quickly from one end of the pavilion
to the other. He detected the Gin
cinnati whiskey drummer slowly
making his way out of the church.
II there is anything that Mr.. Jones
hates worse than he does the saloon
keeper it is the man who will attempt
to move in the audience during his
services.
"And, my breathern," said he
pointing his stubby finger at the re-
treating drummer, there goes anoth-
er soul straightway to hell"
Boone turned his faceslowly around
until he saw that his prophecy was d.
rected at him. There was intense ST.
!ence in that big pavilion. Suddenly
be raised up his hand, and, pointing
toward Mr.. Jones, calmly said
"Well, old horsefy, have you got
any message you want to send to your
grandmother"
Sam Jones hesitated and illustrated
the old saw that he who hesitates is
lost, for Boone marched slowly out of
the church and the joke was on Sam.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

II may not be generally known that
the little seaport town of Wismar, in
the Baltic, is virtually in the same
position as Montague Tiggs' shirt
namely, at the pawnbroker'a 1t was
in 1903 that Sweden pawned the town
to the duchy of Mecklenburg for .
round sum of money. It was then
stipulated that the town should be
restored to Sweden at the end of the
century, providing the, sum lent, to-
gether with interest, were paid back
to Mecklenburg.
The sum is now said to amount to
several hundred million marks, and
apparently there is little chance Of
Wismar being able to pay it at the
date fixed
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

A man who has q generous guam
tity of gray in his hair. but none at
all in his heart. says that he finds
occasionally great satisfaction in eat
ing pint Of peanuts. He does this
after dark, buying them at a street
stand and having them not put up in
q paper bag. but emptied right into
his pocket He knows of no pleas
anter reminder of youth than pea
nuts.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
ChAnRfne Feed.

While hogs thrive best especially
during growth. if given a variety OF
food. at the same time care must be
taken not to make what may be
termed radical changes Of feed too
suddenly. II they have been on dry
feed exclusively and especially II
confined in reasonably close quarters
it will not be best to turn them out
on grass or clover and expect them
to maintain vigorous growth on Il
alone. Or il they have been fed slops
for some time changing to somsthine
else will affect the growth for Q time
at least With hogs as with nearly
or quite all other classes of stock
every advantage must be taken to
secure the best results at the lowest
cost With pigs there must be no
stoppage in growth from the time
they are narrowed until they are put
on the market, and q radical change
Of feed will often change or stop the
growth. OF course in q few DAYS
they will recover from the effect but
IL causes . small loss and it is these
small losseT S tia often determine
s the aa;sifs sian of profit dslo' loss It. i.
IN esiy possible to supply "." -
without making sudden chHke' ~
the ration. II 1t is necessA
change let it be done gradually - 81.
then change can be made without s
animals feeling the effect.
During the winter all stock are
largely upon dry feed With hogs.
course more or less slop can be give
nearly or quite up to the time of mar
keting. During the growth q differ
emit ration Is needed to what should
be given after a sufficient growth has
been secured to commence feeding to
fstten, but at all times in making
what may be termed radical changes
it is best to make them gradually,
and in this way the change may read
lily be made without any stoppage of
the growth Of the pigs. In the
spring pigs that have been kept in q
good. thrifty condition during the
winter can be made to make q very
rapid gain after the grass or clover
starts. but in order to do this IL II
very essential that they be kept On
free feed. Give them all OF the grain
they will eat and then let them have
the run of the pastures in addition.
The grass or clover will be q help
and If they are given plenty of dry
feed they will gain very rapidly.
With pigs it Is best to feed literally;
but as the grass and clover make .
growth so as to furnish q full feed the
grains may be lessened somewhat.
still it is not best to depend upon
grass or Glove, alone. even in sum-
mer. as a better gain can always Be
secured by giving light feed Of
grain daily in addition to good pas-
turage. Of Agriculture.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Marriages Between Whites and 6lseks.
Negroes and whites are allowed e
intsrnarry in twenty-three states and
territories They are all Northern
states but one-Louisiana- They ars
- follows Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa,
Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, 'Massar
chusetts. Minnesota, Montana, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York.
North Dakota, Ohio. Oklahoma, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Vermont. Washington. Wisconsin and
Wyoming. In all the other states
such marriages are absolutely void
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Since the MethOdists have decided
to permit their church exhibits to re-
main at the Worlds fair with a cloth
spread over them Sundays, the Dis
ciples' church has begun figuring on a
boycotte. The Presbyterians declared
war some time ago and ordered the
government to detail troops to force
the managers to close the gates Sun
DAYS. That was before Justice Fuller
had his say, however.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Congressman Tarsney is great
pension fraud detective. He is finding
out all the pensioners who are draw
ing for bald heads and corns. Tarsney
should resign his seat in the lower
house and enter the pension depart
ment. Hisservicesarei invaluable to the
pension "retrenchment" policy of the
present administration.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Gov. Stonedenies that he has designs
upon Senator Vests or any other seat
in the United States senate. Admin
istering the state government to the
satisfaction of himself and other good
democrats, and for the welfare of the
state, encompasses the whole ambition
of the governor at the present time.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Again to-day the Worlds fair gates
swing inward to admit the working
class to a view of the great exhibits.
And the agony of the Sunday closers
can be greatly alleviated by their join
ing the working people in the pleasant
and profitable days outing on the
Midway Plaisance.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27

Sedalia sinners would better begin
to mend their ways for "Sam Jones
will get you if you don't watch out. "
He will be here, horns, mouth and all.
This is fair warning.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
Pork P0in eorS.

Oats fed to Q hog. afford muscle
and vitality.
An old SOW does not cost as much
for her keep as young and growing
one.
II pigs cost more to raise than
they will sell for there is no good In
them.
There is not much danger in feed
ing corn when there is plenty Of
clover.
To secure a rapid growth the pigs
should be born with Is much vigor as
possible.
Do not attempt to make the pigs
fat, but keep them in a good. thrifty
condition.
It is difficult to get SOW to bring
two filters year after she has got
into the habit of producing cce.
1t is quite an Item to breed the
sows as nearly together as possible in
order to secure an even lot Of pigs.
In many cases it will pay better to
60 in debt for improved breeds Of
stock than improved farm machinery.
The objection to having sow too
fat ut narrowing is that she will be
more liable to lay down on her pigs
With hogs especially. the success
secured depends largely upon the
general welfare and thrift Of the
herd
1t is quite an item to have all Of the
stock on the farm tame, so as to be
handled if necessary and the SOW Is
NO exception.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-27
He Recognized HI. Infirmi,x.

Sometimes insane people are con-
soious of their own condition. At an
entertainment lately given in an
asylum one OF the patients said to
another: LETS stay here by the door
and watch the crazy people come in. g"
'.Why. we're the crazy people," 70
piled tho other.