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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
TnE PONY EXPREss-TnE RELAY

ilih lO4Nl ENlithoN-llilA hi4lIhl
roads cannot be RIM A sketch which
shows how the horses are changed is
shown herewith. Herewith IL what Mr..
Gushing says about Owuey the mail
carriers pet-Owney IL o Scotch terrier.
Gle travels from one end Of the country
to the other in the postal cars tagged
through, petted, talked TO-, looked ont
for M q brother almost But sometimes
no matter what the attention, he sud-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN.
denly departs for the South, the East or
the West. and Is not seen again for
months lie win defend the mail sack
against all corners except the regular
clerks
The oldest postmaster Ia the United
States. IN point Of time Of service. Is
Roswell BearlSlcy, Of North Lansing,
~ " lie was appointed on June %,
1873. lie WAS born in 1909 and was
appointed by John Quincy Adams. lie
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

qhe eaM nfIal for pfOn,4oncy 10 ma
fTllMny mai sffylce AZ Ban hIARepoo wna
az 4fdei lnf HflL 70 a young csIartd a1ah
Originally from North caioliaA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

rsrd refaiiel that The late Gcuerai neap,.
cum conb onht the FIRST cable railroad N ' th,s
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
Loie FuLLIR's PARIS SUCCESS
Three Years Contract al Ire Folles-Beroeros
and -Four New Dances

Perhaps the most remarkable success
OF any American girl In Paris No least
Tor mmy years past belongs 60 ] .Oie ful-
Ter Tho triumph Of Miss Fuller and her
scrpcntine dance seems to boz complete
uud permanent Two weeks aru her
lWlth Performance was marked hv
a souvenir night with little Fans tia
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

OWing to the inclination on IT, o,b,, a..
moon Is never exactly ruil ''o" tue
IN thirty-six yenre S,nu, A,,.,..,,.
hai forty administrations. mas
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
'oN'HoLE LANTERN.

"''''d 70 Coal and Lighted al
49, Wi.
n o now successfully ap-
nlA N ,faling Of little lanterns
~ 1'eh can De carried N Tie
- accompanying illustra-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

attends 10 bis work daily. and Is 10 per
fect health Another Gld-timer Is Charles
A. Tyler Of New York who is probably
the oldest lcttel-carrier In the country.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
Drowned by a Shellfish.

Among the snowy shells of the Paclflc
Coast of the United States none are bet.
ter known or more widely distributed
than the sea-cars or abalones, and none
are more eagerly sought for by Chinese
fishermen. One would scarcely anticl-
nate danger, much less disaster, from the
pursuit of an object so harmless IN IT.
self; but it is reported that Chlnaman
once lost his life near Bartholomew Bay,
on the cost of Lower California, While
gathering abaloncs. .
The foot of this shcllfsh is capable OF
takino a firm hold on flat surface. and
in most cases it becomes almost 1nlrossl-
BILE TO dctach the shell without breaking
it into fragments.
The unfortunate fisherman referred 10
was collecting the shells under shel'1ns
rock between tides, and had thurst MS
arm around sharp edge to dlslodgc a
large one which he saw on the surface,
Having no stick convenient to pry OH
the abaIone, he placed his fingers under
the shell and tried to detach it by quick
motion. The abalone, however, con,
tractcd suddenly and held the fingers o.
the Chinaman 50 tightly that they could
r,of BE- pulled away. The tide rose ana
the man was drowned, His companions
returned to search for him at the next
low tide and found his body still lmprls
oned by the powerful grasp OF the
abalone upon the rock.-LFores1 ana
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
The Dan.er F'ram DcreI!cis.

There is Il danger to which ocean
steamships are liable and which is per
haps more deadly than the breaNiny Of
the main shaft. This is in colidng
with one Of the derelict vessels that at
present strcw the Atlantic. Some of
these dcrclc:s have been drifting about
on the Atlantic for some time past di-
rectly in the path Of the big liners, and
are source of constant danger to pass
ing vessels. The photographic chart
for this mouth shows that at least three
der2lict vessels are in The steamship
lanes drifting hither and thither at
the mercy of the waves and wind, and
liable at any moment to come i'll the
path of one Of the transatlantic liners.
These dereIict vessels are the Norwe.
gian bark CapelIa, aband oned October
%; the British bark Cubana, aban.
November IA, and the Norwegian bark
Supreme, abandoned October 21. Since
this char; has been issued there are two
or three other sailing vessels and steam
shlps which have become derclicts in
midoctan, and all these abandoned
ships are a constant menace to naviga.
ton.
The life of derelict Is extremely
long, as can be secn from the bark
WyerG. Sargent which was sighted a
short time ago in tie middle of the
Atlantic, apparently as fresh as ever.
although she was abandoned nearly two
years ago. The consequences of a big
passenger steamer crashing into one Of
these floating distractions would be APP
paling, and the sharpest lookout is al
ways kept for them. There is no means
of doing away with these floating COT
fins, so that sthey constitute standing
menace to navigation, and are a STUN
bling block in its path.-New York
Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
4 Great Ph'la !ttr,p st.

The new Peabody Institute, recently
dedicated at Danvcrs, Mass, was necas,
sarjlv built of wood, but as long as ii
stands 1t will be a very worthy memorial
of the gift Of the phiianthroplFt to his
native town. Gcor4c Peabody was born
IN nanvcrs, February 18th, l1?5, ana
died in London, No9enber 1th, l6c'.
In 1856 he donated $40, 900 for An In3t!-
tute in his native town, and in lS6b he
endowed it with So 900, but untor-
tunately the original structure was
burned i'll 1879. ,,,o ,,.,
The present structure cost bucSSo,Vo''
The architecture is colonial, and the
dimensions ar. lifty-two feet in width
and ninety-two tcct long. 1t stannS IN
n beautiful park, which is bordercd ny
sylvan and Pond streets and Peabody
avenue, and is finished III fine woods
with the usual rooms Of such building,
10 library, main hall, etc. The latt - has
a seating capacity Of 100, with " lr9c
stage fitted II, with scenery tor pI"'H
thcatricals. ,o ooo
The library has shelves for 3o,ooo
volumes, and the rea'in2 room a'pceut
is very cezy and pleasant place. I'D
one room hangs the portrait, SIX by 1oc
feet, of Mr.. Peabody, which was saTc
with great difficulty when the original
building wa, burned. Its cost W." va,
sl5GO. The structure is dcN5oc" loT
library, muscnm, social ball aud general
gathering place for thc DA4ycFsl'es'-
New York Advertiser.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
Millions Of Quail.

There surely will be an exodus from
some sections of the world fake up It's
line Of march for the Mohawk Valley in
Yuma County: Tnc children 0. Israel
were at one time fed by the nun scr Of
quails that tlockcd around them and
mama from heaven. If they were in
Mohawk Valley to-day they could do
equally as we'll. The quail literally
cover the ground, and can be ought by
hand, Those who arc prolitinG by catch
ing them and shipping to San F-ancisco
catch moro than they can ha~. Hun
dreas of dozens are shipped daily by ex-
press. They have used up all the Ium-
Der for boxes and have about used all
the barley sacks in the county shipping
them in that manner. The children
make from seven to twenty dollars a day
catching them, aud their numbers do
not seem to diminish. Similar reports
of their numbers come rom Aqua Cali
ente aud ella Bend, and then slaughter
goes daily along. You fun-lovluS
sportsuen, the world over, if you want
to have a genuine good time shooting
quail now is the time to get pleasure.
There are millions upon millions of
them, and no let IN to their numbers.
When a band is .outcd the sound of
their wings is simply dcaf~Hing. re-
sembling distant thunder ron. T1ere
is no telling what Yuma climate will
not uext produce.-Iuma (ArIzona)
Sentinel
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
Metal money is bactcri., nroof


London omnlbusos arc to be liohteI
by electricity.
1t is twelve years since Pasteur beraJ
his notable experiments in germ culture.
The atmosphere, it compressed, would
make sea thirty-i.v feet deep around
the globe.
A case Of bleeding through the sound
skin Is the subject of a European med.
ical report.
Tne moon, whether full or not, has
not the slightest effect either upon foo |,
the weather Or the mental condition OF
insane persons.
The English Boarl of Agriculture has
classcd CHAMBERS and farcy as one disease.
and any animal suffering from wnicl is
to be slaughtered at once.
Statistics in London SHOW That IN that
city the consumption Of ga: is steadily
increasing, notwithstanding the more
general adoption of electric light.
Some oc the English pumping engines
perform work e4ualiny thc raisin. Of
12O, 900, 900 gallons one foot high by
the consumption or lo)weight of coal.
Experiments with bi.sulphido Of car
bon show that it will destroy all stage:
OF the insect known is bean wecvil
eggs, Larvae Of all sizes, pure and adults.
The moth has fur jacket and the
butterfly none, bCclusc re nocturnal
habits of the moth require it; the
diurnal movements Of the butterfly do
not.
The Queen of the Bclgian7 has lust
ordered two or three monographs, the
purpose Of which is to record her mai
esty's extempore compositions IN the
piano.
Comparison of results of the sunshine
recorder at Greenwich, England, for
fourteen years, shows that throughout
the year the average daily amount Of sun
shine is little more than three hours.
The first hospital i'll America devoted
exclusively to the treatment Of dogs was
opened December Both; as an adjunct
to the veterinary department of the Il
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Compressed Dir for cleaning cars is
used on the Union Pacific Railroad at its
Portland (Ore 5on) shops. The air, ua-
der pressure of fifty pounds per square
inch, is delivered from d flexible nose
with q small nozzle, and is used as water
would be.
Ice one to two inches thick will bear
men. Two inches thick is cstimated fit
to bear infantry; four inches thick to
bear cavalry or Iighc guns; six i--hes to
bear teams with moderate loads or heavy
field guns; eight inches teams with
heavy loads.
Charles II. Peek, the New York Statc
botanist, claims that thirty new species
of fungi have been found during the
year. OF the fifty-niue edible species
illustrated in his ao'ul( report, he states
that at least forty hsvc been used as fool
by him. "The more l experiment IL this
direction,' he further saws, "thc more
firmly | ar convinced that the number
of really poisonous or dangerous species
of mushrooms is very small
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

"The truth of history" gets another
blow between the eyes, exclaims the
New Ierk Tribune. This time it is the
esteemed busy bee who is involved. John
Burroughs reports that the bee does not
gather honey all the day from every
opening flower, the fact being that he
does not gather honey during any por,
ton of the day, nor from any flower :,
What he gathers is merely sweet water.
"Honey," Mr.. Burroughs explains, "is
the sweet water plus the individuality OF
the bee.nn Thus does the practical OBJ
serverfwho cannot tell a lie play the mis-,
CHIEF with the wisdom of the ages.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

Atlanta, Ga, according to directory
census recently taken, now has a popu.
lation of 104, AL. Building operations
during the year 1892 were the largest in
the history of the city. One thousand
and sixty-one buildings were put up, at
cost of $7 900, 900. Atlanta has main.
tanned its reputation of being "the
Yankee city of the South as the follow.
ing statistics in the New York Post
shows: There are within its bounds
ninety-four miles of street railway. Its
business amounts to $40, 900, 900 an
nually, and it contains 220 mercantile
houses, 633 manufactures, and nineteen
banks with capital of SIS, 500, 900. 1t
has no less than ninety-eight churches,
and ten public schools, twelve private
schools, and six institutions for the edu.
cation of colored children. During 1892
a central police station was built and
new water works were laid
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
The loss of the masticatino teeth h

The loss of the masticating teeth be.
fore the thirtieth year means shorten.
ing of the life of the individual of from
two to five years. To know the extent
to which many of these teeth arc lost,
even before the fifteenth year, one has
only to turn to the recently published
reports of the examination of the teeth
of children in the schools and orphan
homes of London and elsewhere. If
some effective measures are not adopted
for combating the ravages of dental de-
cay it looks very. much as though an-
other half century would find the poorer
classes of English people practically
edentulous before the twentieth year.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
Russia's Soil is Worn Ont.

There is general concersus of opinion
among the European authorities that the
climate of the black soil region of Russia
has deteriorated, and this deterioration,
taking the form of prolonged and fire.
quent drouths, with scorching hot winds,
and general severity of climatic condi-
tons, is chiefly due to the extensive de-
struction of forests. As to this years
harvest it is reported that rye, and other
winter grain, was decidedly below the
average, while the spring crops which at
first were favorably reported upon have
been much damaged by locusts, drouth,
and hot winds.-American Agriculture
ISL
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

dressing Thomson. And would have
continued the same treatment had 1t not
been for her scarf, which has proved
beyond oil bearing. That scarf is en-
tiroly responsible for what happened te'
day.
tits a stripe of faded terra Gotta, and she
ties it round her mouth before going out
into the tog. Her face is then sutti-
GENTLY irritating, but could endure 1t
By looking e.other way, did she not
tpSklessly make farewell remarks
through the scarf, which is very thin.
Then her mouth--in shor55, | can't put
up with this.
I had warned her repeatedly. But
she was like mad girl, or, perhaps,
she did not understand my meaning.
"Don't come neat nc with that thing
ro,ind your mouth" l have told her a
dozen times. | have refused firmly TO
tie it for her. have put the table be-
twee me and it, and she asked why
Through the scarf. She was quite
mad.
And to-day, when I was feeling rather
strange at any ratel It all occurred in q
moment.
"Don't attempt to speak with that
scarf round you,' l had said, and said it
with my back to her.
"You think can't because it is too
t'ghtS" she asked.
"Go away" said.
G{o trrpoI mo round
"Why," she said, wonderingly, sit il
quite loose. believe could whistle
through it,
She did whistle through it. That
finished our platonic friendship.
FIVE MINUTES AFTERwARD.
spoke wildly, fiercely, eAultingly'
and she, all the time, was trying to put
on her Jacket, and could not find the
sleeve.
"It was your own fault; but | an
glad. 1 warned you. Cry awsy: l llks
to see you crying
~ hate you'll"
"'No, you don't"
ga friend"
"Friend Pooh! Bah Pshaw"
"Mr. Thomson"
"Thcmsonl Tchut! Thomsonl His
Christian name isn't Harry. I don't
know what it Is. I don't care!"
"You said"
cit was lie, Don't screw your mouth
in that way"
II will, if like
IT warn YOU"
81 don't care. Oh! OIL"
II warned YOU"
"New know you in your true COL
ers.n
"You do, and I glory in it. Platonic
friendship-fudge! quarreled with you
that time to be able to hold up your
hands when we made it up. When sou
thought was reading your character |
Don -screw-yo
''Good-by forever"
"All the tine we were discussing the
mystery OF being, ! was thinking how
much l should like to put my hands be-
meath your chin and flick it,
eff you ever dare to speak to me
again.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. And ]
would rather put my fingers through
ycnr hair than write the greatest poem
i'll
She was gone, leaving the scarf behind
her.
My heart sank. flung open my win
dow (six hansoms came immediately
and I could have jumped after her. But
1 did not. What saw had remarkable
effect on my spirits. I saw her cross
the street on purpose to give twopence
to the old man who sells the matches.
Ais we'll with the world: AS soon as
| can lay down the scalf l am going
West to the house where Mary, dear,
lives.-NeW York Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
Tn the American NAVY there

In the American Navy there are now
but eleven of the old-fashioned wooden
vessels in active service. They arc the
Ranger, Alert. Marion, Lancaster, Mohi-
can, Yantic, Thetis, Kearsarge, Alii-
ance, Adams and Essex. These will
rapidly go out of commission as new
steel vessels are accepted. The Pensa-
cola is to be sold, being already out OF
commission. Her sale will be followed
by this Governments disposing of the
Omaha, Iroquois and other old timers.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
The fIOneer Engineer of the Country.

Christopher Benson, "the pioneer en-
CINE driver of the United States" as he
is called, is an inmate of the Philadel-
phia hospital. Although a servant of the
railroads for fifty-niue years, he is now
dependant on charity. He is eighty-six
years of age, and still enjoys fair health.
He held the throttle of the first engine
ever brought into this couotry-tha
"John Bull" That was on May 275n,
1929, and over the Albany and Scheue2,
tady Observation-Disclosures Journal. -
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

In order to induce farmers to immi-
Crate into Western Australia the Gov
eminent of the colony has formulated
what the American Agriculturist deems
a tempting scheme. The idea is to give
every applicant block of 100 acres OF
land, the only payment required being a
fee of S.; to lend him $3.50 towards
putting up $500 house, and, after he
has spent $3.50, or more, in cultivation
or improvements, to lend him a sum
equivalent to what he has spent up tc
$500.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
Philadelphia maintains her reputatit

Philadelphia maintains her reputation
of being the city of homes, observes tho
New York World. During the five
years ending December 81, 1891, there
were erected there 24,173 more new
buildings than in New York, and 5162
more than in New York, Boston and
Baltimore combined. This great lead
was due in large part to the custom in
Philadelphia of building small houses
for one family rather than huge struc-
lures of "fat" tenements. When we
observe the cost of new buildings the
story is different one. The average
cost of those erected last year in Phils.
delphia was $3sSs.ss, in Boston S..
54s.67, and in New York s17, 500. So.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
A BRIDAL MEASURE.

Gifts they sent her manifold,
Diamonds, and pears, and gold.
One there 1vas among the Mrong
Had not MidaS's touch at need:
He against q Sy1ua'. reed
Set his lips and bredthed song.
Bid bright Flora, as she comes,
Snatch spray Of orange blooms
For maiden's hair.
Let the Hours their aprons fill
With mignonette and datfoail,
And all that's fair.
For her bosom fetch the ro4
That is rarest-
Not that either these or those
Could by any happening bs
Ornaments to such as she;
They'll but show, when she is dressed,
She is fairer than the fairest,
And out-betters what is BEST
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in the Century.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

Kate Fields Washington throws cold
water on the hopes of those who expect
great things from being permitted to en-,
ter the Government service. Miss Field
says the opportunities for advancement
are worse than none, and that the longer
man stays in it the less fit is he for any,
fhiDr else
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
games.

The jackal IS a greater foe to Indian
humanity than the tiger. From the sta
tistics published by the Government OF
India it may be seen that in one year
while 92S persons were killed by tigers,
more than 1000 children were carried OF
BY iackals.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

Professor L. F. Blake, of the Univers-
itv of Kansas, says that he considers
lightning rods for buildings in cities, ex-
cept high structures, altogether unneces-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

President Dwight, of Yale, says that
plan is under consideration to put an
end t. gambling and betting at the uni
versity, especially on football and other
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
St. Landry Democrat.
BY T. A. SANDOZ.
Ope!ousas, GO Louisiana.
There are two blind men from Cook
County in the Illinois Legislature.

Chicago IS Dragging about her mar
riage record for the past year, which
reached the big figure of 1900 we'd
diugs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
TWO OF THEM.
BY j. M. BARRIE.

HE is a very pretty
girl, though that
counts for nothing
with either of us,
and her frock is yell
glow and brown, with
pins here and there
a foot long and when
they are not in use
she keeps them in
her hat, through
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
HER SCARF.

So tarI mad not Gas will have been
noticed) by word Or look or sign
broken the agreement whlcn rendered
our platonic friendship possible. 1 had
not even called her darling, and this
because, having reflected good deal on
the subject, I could not persuade my
self that this was one of my ways of ad.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-06-08
~Long-Distancs Skating.

Skating expeditions of great length
are not unusual features of the winter
in Holland. A popular feat is to visit
in one day the eleven towns of Fries
land, an aggregate distance of eighty
miles. It is necessary to have good ice.
practically clear of snow, a full moon.
bright sky and plenty of previous prac'
tice. w. J. II. Muller, of Harlem
accomplished this journey a few win
tiers ago in thirteen hours, of which
one hour and fifty-fve minutes were
consumed in resting and nourishing,
Another remarkable feat is to skate
from The Hague to Leenwarden in
Holland. It's distinctive claim to no,
'~toriety is due to the necessity of cross
ing the Zuyder Zee, which is only pos.
sible after an exceptionally severe
frost. 1t is on record that one Reindert
Renders delivered in one day, during
the winter of 1864, a letter from
William ". to his mother at The
Hague and returned. The distance is
vaguely described by the phlegmatic
natives as a 'forty-hour walk" w.
Koopmans made a similar journey more
recently with important state papers
in fifteen hours.