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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

scrivener's cramp, or writer's wrist, I" as
It is sometimes chilled, is induced by the use
OF too small penholder The penholders
in common use are all too small to allow a
firm grip to be taken, and the result is the
fingers close down tightly in an effort to
hold the pen securely, and the long tension
results in cramps. Ii men who write habit
ually will use penholder three or four
times as large MS those commonly employed
they will never have trouble with their
fingers or wrist. The best way to enlarge
the penholder is to take bit Of rubber
tubing which. can be had in any rubber
store and place it on the holder This both
gives larger stem and affords a soft sur
face, which does not need to be grasped so
tightly.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

Bright beach pebbles that have been
rolled back and forth on the sandy shore OF
Lake Michigan nobody knows how long are
used as commercial commodity in Chicl-
go, They eventually find themselves stick
ing in hot tar and making the gravel part
of gravel roofs crushed under heavy rollers
for street payements and packed away
selidly as the base Of made stone sidewalks
The most interesting operation through
which these bright colored bits go is the
gathering. Men clad in trousers rolled up to
the knees, shirt and straw hat wade along
the beach where the water line makes the
pebbles show clearly. In their hands is a
sort of net and hoe combined. The hoe
part is an open iron frame with thin shoe
where the edge Of the blade would be-
Stretched on this frame and bending at an
angle Of As degrees is stout wire net
With the shoe the gravel is lifted from tho
beach and drawn back into the net, through
which the adhered sand percolates.
Having filed a net, the workman with Il
peculiar ding lands the load against a sieve
perched upon wagon. This sieve allows
the pebbles Of commercial size to pass
through into the wagon and rejects those
too large, which fall back pattering into
the road. IL IL q common thing to see two
and three wagons at time punched along
the beach in Lake View, each attended by
bare legged man with one Of the peculiar
gravel scoops in his hands. Chicago Trib-
une.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

An English statistician has calculated
what the cost OF removing the sea would
be II a CONTRACTOR undertook to shift it at n
penny per thousand tons. If he performed
his contract. his bill would amount 10 10,
go times the amount Of the British M
tlonal debt II the sea could be piled up ia
a round column reaching to the sun, the
column would be "a miles in diameter II
you could sell the sea Mt a penny per 1000
gallons, Il would fetch el55, 900, 100000 600
II you were to try to pump it dry at the
rate of 1000 gallons per second, it would
take IL 900, 100000 years.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

SALT LAKE. Uigh.. sept. 2S--Ine
grand jury has indicted Lieut. - 3
Buck, formerly Of Hinsloro, Tex, for
murlcr in The second degree. An ex-
soldier named Lcoinrd was killed by two
az Bucks command. Both were ac-
quilted. Buck win IN all probability be
Quilted. a. the orders he gave are con-
ddeipd justihable.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

TIM king is here An hail the King!
N1i the king of Bulgaria, nor of tue
Sandwich islands, but the king Of
tramp8. 1t Is not often that Fort Worth
IS houorcd with the presence of such a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
KNOVIRDoR

,oa LING eonfoFs aui ia,,,'
rightly used. The n ssl'Ia
ter than Others ana s 'as' n, (.
les expenditurs, n " 'ehss
adapting the wofldTi, , Esa n.
t tae needs Of physical III ''.' l''ls'
the value to health Il " i
iaAatlve principles IN. lDH \
Its excellence i AZ. !,
IN ne form most stss5 w NJ;
ant to the taste, he n;,' aas ,'ll'
beneficial propertios' I, "a
alive; eiIectually cIs.v', Il'a K
dispelling colds, bes sS'''l' Wi
and permanently cn,; N. y \.
1t has given satisfaetIos /.
met with the appro M I, I.
profession, bccause L n
neys, Liver and Bor,I'
ening them and il Is ~
every Objectionable MI ~
syrup Of Figs is ~
gists in 60c and ! ~
ufaetured by the CAls,
Co. only, whose name N.
package, also the raa.
and being well iniorai
accept any substituie 4
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
TRAIN ROBBERS KILLED.
THEY MADE PLANS TO ROB a
TRAIN, BUT WE'RE NIPPED.

Two of the wouId-Be Robbers Were
Killed Outright and the Others
Escaped-A Neat Job of the on
GERS.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

The mite mentioned In the Gospel IN
connection with the widows contribution
To the treasury was Greek copper coin
weighing eighteen grains.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

There are over seventy miles OF tunnels
cut in the solid rock OF Gibraltar.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

Sea signnls We're invented and put into
during the reign Of James H.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

Mans sent as.-rae miners Of the
cSrnenx district OF Tarn have voted lof
a general strike.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
Fine NOve1tie
LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY

GRANITE NOVELTIES in Silk and Wool
Mixtures the most elegant effect prod uced this.
season. same goods offered freely at "a yard.
Our Price $500 a yard
HoPsACKING NOVELTIES, silk and Wool
MIXTURES new elegant and fine, would be cheap
at 50 so yard
Our Price Sl.5O yard
Bias Plaid Novelty, all new color combinations,
SIX and Wool Mixed; must be seen to be ap.
preoiated. Our Price $3.50 a yard
Fine Fall Novelties Highly Illuminated silk
and Wool Mixed; same goods are offered in this
city at Sl7 so to $50 pattern
Our Price 5000 a pattern
Elegant line of High Novelties twenty-five diff
ferent styles all wool cheap at 81 50 yard
Our Price SiOO yard
BLACK DRESS GOODS
We have everything from the cheapest to
the best Black Broadcloths, Henriettas, Serges.
Novelties silk Warp Henriettas etc, positively
best selection in the city.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

Medieval doctors considered chips from
me gallows on which somebody had been
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
ST. LOUIS SEHlyll

A HOME SCHOOL rsi,ue. select
for young ladies, locain u lhl no, i
tractiye suburb Of NslnaA. EslAi
IgSHED 1871, properly vN,h s5o,pll
Thorough English Course Lang
ages, Music, Art, 0 instructor
Pupils BIT BLEWETI, hl.Dl
Jennlnas
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
POLITICAL.

Judge Allen b. Morse, Of Michigan,
will be appointed consul to Glasgow,
an Office whose emoluments are about
$4,000 a year.
Theobold Often Of Milwaukee has
been nominated by the republicans
as candidate for congress, &c
succeed Mr.. Mitchell, elected United
States Senator.
The result of the republican
caucus in the Massachusetts, Seventh
congressional district makes it sure
that w. Il. Barrett, speaker of the
house Of representatives, will be
nominated to succeed Henry Cabot
Lodge in congress. The democrats
will probably run DR.. William
Everett again.
The republican tariff banquet at
Canton, o., was a political success.
Four hundred guests were present
from various cities in Ohio. The
banquet was spread in the Taber-
nacle, a mammoth structure dedi-
Gated to political purposes in 1884
with d speech by James 6. Blaine.
Speeches were made by Gov. Nc
Kinley and many others.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
GENERAL DOMESTIC NEWS

The trial Of the armored cruiser
New York was an unprecedented
success, the vessel breaking the
record Of first trials and developing
the fact that she is the fastest vessel
of her class afioat.
The New York Times has been sold
by the Jones-M Morgan interests to a
syndicate said to be headed by Chas.
Il. Flint. Considerable life in
uranc money appears to have gone
into the purchase. The price paid
is reported to be S950,0C0. The sale
includes only the newspaper plant.
Nashville, Tenn, is in a state of
plnic, and the streets arc filed with
hundreds Of excited citizens. In
addition to the failure of the Com
mercial National Bank, for $3.50, 600.
two more banks have closed their
doors. They are the Mechanics
Savings Bank, with a capital Of
$500, 600, and the Bank OF Commerce,
with a capital of S250, 200.
A SO far unaccOunted-fOr phe-
nomenon vas seen in the western
sky at San Francisco and as far
south as San Diego. 1t had the
appearance OF a large electric light,
but flashed, flickered, changed colors
one moment being brilliant red,
another white, then green, then blue
moving slowly from north 10 south,
then gradually sank below the hills.
A bank robbery, .partaking Of the
daring shown at the famous Coffey-
vile affair last October, was enacted
at Caney, Kan. The only thing miss
ing TO make it more closely resemble
the robbery in which the Daltons
took part, was tAat nobody was hurt.
The bandits got $4,000, and a good
start on their pursuers and perhaps
will never be captured. Caney is a
small town close to the Indian
territory line.
o. w. Potter, the millionaire iron
manufacturer who was sued by
Ernest w. Dunnavant, an ex-Eewsboy
who claimed 100000 because, as he
alleges, Potter had him railroaded to
the penitentiary to keep him away
from Gertrude w. Potter, the
daughter of the millionaire, has
broken his silence on the Gaze. He
denies that he had anything what
ever TO do with the prosecution OF
Dunnayant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Fire in a mining town in Germany
re, 1lted in at least fifteen deaths.
Challemet Lacour, the newly
elected president of the French SEN
ate in the place Of Ferry, has taken
the chair as the presiding officer.
1t is stated IN the official report
that an average Of $50 Few cases OF
cholera and fifty deaths from the
disease are reported every week ia
the government Of Podolia, Russia.
The Anarchists M~eyrules and
Chappuliot were sentenced To life
imprisonment at Paris for the
murder OF a fellow anarchist, the
youth Bison, whom they suspected
to be a police spy.
Minister $. b. Mahany, from his
post OF duty in Ecuador, transmits a
copy OF the official journal OF Quito,
OF tie 25th OF February, directing
the flags Of that distant republic To
be placed at half mast, In honor OF
the late Mr.. Blaine.
The French ministry was defeated
In the chamber Of deputies and the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

cabinet has resigned. The crisis
arose through the submission TO the
chamber by NJ. Lockroy of the report
Of the budget committee. There was
an adverse majority Of 5.
Cholera, has appeared at Ralosce, a
market town OF Galicia. Every
attempt is being made by the town
authorizes to check the disease, but
dispute their efforts it is spreading.
Three deaths from cholera have
already occurred and a number OF
new cases are reported.
The labor troubles in Lancashire,
England, which ended by a comprom-
Use Saturday, take rank as the
greatest struggle between capital and
labor which the world has seen. The
campaign lasted twenty weeks, in
| volyed directly or indirectly l25,00C
employees and cost in loss of wages
alone $4,000, 600. Each side was
equally willing at the outset to en-
gage il the test OF strength, and at
last they were just as glad TO call a
truce with honors even.
A Honolulu letter says the engage
ment OF Commander Whiting of the
United States man-of-war Alliance,
to Miss Eta All Fong, daughter Of
All ECpr n wealthy Chinese NOR
chant Of Honolulu, is formally
announced. The father Of the
prospective bride is very wealthy and
entertains in a princely and oriental
style. The bride, n Of a family of
thirteen children, is a beautiful and
accomplished girl Of seventeen, while
the prospective groom is said to be
fifty years of age.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

Senator Kyle has learned from
President Cleveland a rule that he
will follow which viii cause both
satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the
Western states. 1t is in effect that
under no consideration whatever will
any official in any OF the land Offices
in the western states be removed
until they have served their full
terms, dating from the time they
were appointed, but not from the
date of confirmation. This means in
substance that all registers, receivers
and other officials in the various land
Offices throughout the country will he
permitted to hold their offices fol
exactly four years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06


The wealthy citizens of Buda-Pesth
in Hungary have anticipated by a
little the rest OF the world in the
matter OF getting the daily news. A
telephone connects the residence OIL
each w. c. with the Office of the
leading newspaper OF the city. An
excellent reader has been placed In
charge OF the telephone at the news
paper office. Whenever a bit oil
important news comes to the office, II
is Immediately told off in a sweet
voice TO the w. G. at home. The
w. C. places the tubes to his ears
when the bell rings and learns all
about the latest fire, scandal or gov
eminent bill. The citizen can have
his news In any language he wishes.
He a even lie In bed in the morning
and listen TO that soft voice telling
him the latest news from all over the
world. solomon, Sardanapalus or
Nero never enjoyed luxury like this.
And il costs the Buda-P esthian only
about 80 q year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
BY ROBBERS
Horrible Treatment OF ia Mother 49,,
Baby 1T Findleyyiue. DO ne

SllIe, Pa. @
The four masked robbers who TX.
been operating in and around Fiod,a.
Vile, on the Baltimore & Ohio ran
road in Washington county, Pa
the past two years, turned un il ~
neighborhood again recently
added another a~trocions outraca
their already long list OF cr,ma
They went to the residence of : =
McClelland, a wealthy farmer resid,ne
one mile from ~Findleyville static
during tie absence OF all mamhaa
of the household except Mrs. Willlar,
Kerr, McClelland's married dauobtos
and elghteen-months old baby NJ.
McClelland had gone to Washingtoa
Pa, to deposit $1,000 in the banr
This the robbers were after, and as,o.
terrorizing Mrs. Kerr and the cbila
began ransacking the house. Tn
baby cried, and one OF the mon
grabbed il by the throat. cbokinoit
The mother flew at the fellow, who
dealt ner a blow with his fist. knocp
ing her TO the floor. She was tbo,
bound and a gag forced into ha,
mouth and she was thrown upop ,
bed while one OF the gang stood oyer
her with drawn revolver. Finally
after an hours search, foiled in their
attempt to find the money, thew
returned to where the helpless woman
lay, and demanded that Mrs. Kerr
tell where the money was secreted
This she was unable to do, Roughly
loosening her Lair they cut it from
her head. Then n of the men tony
the baby from the room. Soon tho
mother heard the baby's screams and
was told that her child was being
killed by inches and the only way 70
save its life was to disclose the hid
ing place Of the money. The frantic
mother tugged at her bonds until the
cruel strands cut into the flesh and
blood gushed under her finger nails.
This continued until tho men ran
from the house. Mrs. Kerr's
struggles loosened her bonds. CRASH
ing her child in her arms she ran to 2
neighbours house and fell in a faint al.
the door. When consciousness was
restored she told her story, and a
posse Of friends organized to hunt the
robbers. So far no trace Of the men
has been discovered. An examine
ton of the child's body shows where
the tender flesh had been pinched and
jagged with pins 10 make it scream.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

1t is gradually becoming recognized
that even consumption may often be
cured. But the best way to treat it
is in the special hospitals now
provided for il. In the progress of
medical science it has become
recognized, too, that consumption Is
a contagious disease, communicable
through germs in the air and in food.
In the special hospitals for con-
sumptives repeated cures and
apparently permanent ones nave
been made. When it is remembered
that more people are carried out OF
life by this disease than by any other,
the fact that those on whom 1t
fastens are now frequently cured
sheds a ray Of brightness upon the
dark cloud Of hopelessness which
usually attends this ailment to the
end.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
THE AMBASSADORS CUNNING.
lie saved Himself from Death by Means
of "a New Trick.

of "a New Trick.
An Ambassador, whom the
Emperor Cnarlemagneonce sent to an
eastern monarch, while sitting at the
table Of the latter, quite thought
lesSly moved q dish that was near
him.
1t happened that the King had
issued an edict that If a guest
touched a dish before himself was
served, he should be put to death.
Therefore, most naturally, every eye
was turned toward the enemy, and
some OF the courtiers proclaimed his
o%ffense and loudly demanded his
immediate punishment.
The monarch was in a dilemma.
On the m hand, he dreaded to
excite the ~displeasure OF so mighty
a ruler as Charlemagne by putting
his representative To death; on the
other, he was unwilling that his
subjects should find him remiss in
the execution of any law which he
had promulgated. OF the two
alternatives the latter seemed To him
the worse; SO he acquainted the
ambassador with the law OF the land
and told him he must die.
Il sinned i%gnorantly," said the
Frank, 'but ignorance OF the laws is
no excuse for its violation. Your
decree must be carried out to the
very letter, and am the last who
would wish you to relax from your
rigor in my behalf. / only implore
your highness to grant me a single
favor before | die"
at is not my desire, but the law,
that renders thy death necessary,
replied the monarch, ''and | promise
to grant whatsoever you askest. MY
word is fate"
81 only ASK remarked the
ambassador, looking around with a
grim smile, ''that the eyes OF all who
saw me touch the dish be placed in
my hand"
Hearing this, the courtiers gased
upon one another with fear ano
trembling. Even the King himself
was Sismayed. But the promise had
been given, and the singular request
must be complied with. So he said:
ut shall be DONE"
On inquiry, however, not n was
to be found among the courtiers, mol
among the servants, who was willing
to acknowledge that he had Wit
messed the act; and the King con
fessed that he had not seen it.
IF 10 one saw me commit the deed
there is no evidence to prove me
guilty." observed the ambassador;
'and certainly there can be no reason
why / should suffer DEATH
Thou sayest wisely" returned the
monarch, who was SO delighted al
the ambassadors cunning that ne
pardoned him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

Texan people ought to walk chalk
better than they do. Ia their state
is a vast chalk bed nearly as large as
all England, extending from the Red
river to the Rio Grande. 1t is of a
quality admirably adapted to the
manufacture of artificial marble, an
industry assuming large proportions.
The houses of San Antonio and
Austin are built Of chalk blocks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

The South African diamond feds
were opened in 1867. A London
statistican says that the diamonds
mined from these fields since then, If
put together, would weigh more than
ten tons. Their value is something
like $3.50, 900, 600. If it is true that
most OF these stones have been
purchased in the United States, then
there must he a good many diamonds
lying around in this country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
FURNISHING A HOUSE.
The Artistic Decoration and the skulfu
Arrangement of Color.

The Artistic Decoration and the skultui
Arrangement of Color.
First decide upon the design and
general scheme of color, and it is then
easy to select the wall decoration,
furniture and curtains, which should
be done with reference TO the
original plan and color scheme. The
amount Of light and the size Of the
room are perhaps the chief factors in
determining its color. In rooms
facing north the north light, which is
whitiSh to blush in color requires it to
be decorated in luminous tints, rang
ing from orange yellow To warm red.
Rooms with a southern exposure
should be decorated in tints ranging
from greeniSh yellow TO blue, because
the south light has yellow and
purple. Rooms facing east and west
should be decorated in yellow tones,
as east and west lights have yellow
and purple in their composition.
The character of the rooms them
selves often determines their coloring.
For example, we may consider the
various rooms of the house, begin
ming with the hall, as TIE radiating
branches of a tree, the hall being the
trunk thereof. The hall therefore,
should be accey tuated with strong
dark colorS, while the other rooms
may range from low strong tones Of
the library to the gayest tints of bed
rooms and bOudoiT. A good color for
the hall would be either a Pompeiiau
Oh Damascus red. These reds, hay-
ing yellow in their composition, will
naturally harmonic with the yellows
and browns of the woodwork. Other
colors, such as the varying tints of
dull yellows, russets, browns and
tans, are suitable for hall decoration.
In libraries rich hues also are
necessary. There are, for example,
reds, browns, golden green's and
orange, gobelin blue, sage green and
terra Gotta. Salmon pink and all
light, delicate colors are good for
parlors. For dining rooms, the warm
colorS, such as soft reds and browns,
are frequently used. We may also use
combinations OF blue, green and
silver, which are cool and refreshing
in the daytime and light UP brill
iantly at night.
The ball room or drawing room is
best decorated in light monochromat-
ic tints, relieved with gold. The
purpose Of such an apartment is to
show off the inmates at their best
under artificial light, and the poly
chromatlc dresses of the ladies will
appear even brilliant against "a
uniform background Of cream and
gold.
For boudoirs and bedrooms, self
tones OF the softer shades, such as
pale red, pale green and so on. are
appropriate, eniivened with gold or
silver or their complementary tones
in small masses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
A Remarkable Operation

One OF the most remarkal lie and
difficult operations the medica profes.
sion has ever known occ,rred at
the Allegheny General hospital
al Pittsburg. 1t was the removal of
an ovarian tumor weighing 100 pounds.
The patient was Mrs. Brush, the
wife of Albert J. Brush, clerk IF
Coroner II. Mcdowell, and the opera
tor was DR.. Stanbury Sutton.
This is probably the largest tumor
that has ever been removed from a
living person and the operation was
also one OF the quickest on record, as
IT only required forty-five minutes to
remove the tumor. The medical rec
ords show that the largest ever take.
from a person previous TO this oc-
CURED at Edinboro, Scotland, where
M weighing l12 pounds was removed
from a corpse. Mrs. Brush has been
suffering from the tumor for several
years and the operation was made 10
save the patients life. The tumor
measured five feet five inches In cir
conference and the patient only
weighed s~ixty-1ve pounds after the
operation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

I've Worlds Fair Sunday closing
war has assumed a new aspect. The
attempt is made by those who want
the exposition opened to have a bill
passed in the Illinois legislature
permitting the Illinois exhibit to be
shown to visitors on Sunday in spite
of the act OF congress closing the fair
on that day. Lawyers declare that If
this bill is passed it will open the
whole fair on Sunday, since the
exposition commission is a body incor-
porated in Illinois. This would bring
up an important states rights
question.