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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17
THE EARL Y WORM
The Story Of Texas Panhandle Courtshlp.

uishincar on his shelves, which seemed %
have accumulated there sometime during
the pliooene period, lie was highly sue
cessful.
PURCHASES were solemnly aud judi
cinlly made
Tie basin, towcl broken mirror and
blasc comb In tho cornor were in CON
slant aud violent requstlon, and for
half an hour the rear end Of the store
looked like the green room Of nn ANA
tour theatrical troupe. Then the shut
tiers were put up, the lights out, ponies
mounted. and tie cayalcade took It's way,
with courage that ebbpd at every step,
to Bar q.
Miss 1lula seemed somewhat awed and
astOnished, not at the visit--such calls
Lad been common during her stny-bul
al the manner Of hcr visitors. They
might, had tho number been sufficient
have been readily taken for the pail
bearers going ia q body TO funeral
When tie party was finally seated
there fell solemn hush. Old Hank
i'oarsall, who seemed to consider himself
elected Chairman OF the meeting By the
silent suffrage Of tie eye, deemed this
httiug time TO spcak
Rising, he waived his hand toward his
companions Ike Il Snowman exhibiting
collection Of curious animals.
We heerd, Miss he said, tibet you
wuz tLinkin' o leavin' MS. Harter county
II miss ye, They aint nothin' Harter
county wouldn't do 10 try 10 keep yc. n
seemed TO some o us thot ef ye WIZ per
yiled wcth n satisfactory ptl7lner. yc
might be more In the notion L settle
hyer
Nov, this" with lnotLer comprehen-
siye gesture, ''ez the layout" lie spoke
with some depression, as though the
goods. on the whole, did not iJOk rs well
AK he had expected.
"iop know liner tricks an gait4 by
THIS time. imam, an wheth0r there's
anything 10 The drove t'would do yc.
Some's old, but .pr'ars they're stiddicr;
mono o 'em don't handsome very mucl.,
but they're all t0lcruble sound an kind,
an If IT, one y pick don't travel iist to
suit yc. Here's III rest o rs to wallup
him into shape fer yc-can we trndey'
some ycnrs ago all well conducted fe-
males were represented. IN literature. at
least as ialniing upon receiving a propo-
sal Of marriage, Il ~ to be recorded TO
the credit of Miss EuIa's nerves that. on
receiving q round Lnlf dozen NJ one blow
she neiiuer tainted nor screamed.
WHY, The fact b., gcntlcmcn," said
SHE, divided between amusement and
alarm ,.ai Va yo!ag proposal oyyerwhelms
tie expression | really think too much
ni all of you collectively 10 accept any one
Individually"
This sounded well; but somehow It was
ralhcr aiisfauury. The band Of
snitoiN looked one at the other Ia see If
any comfort might be- extracted from Il.
and tnling none, looked gl0omily down
aud twrlcd their bats.
Seeing unrclrved depression, Miss
Eull tried urlin. "Thn fact h." she
said, that your kind 0flcrs-or offer
comes Too late anyhow. I'm engaged al
ready; in fact I'm going home TO be mar
Derurr gloom on every fac. "e,r,o
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17
THE INDUSTRIAL W0RI

lambs l'. and gas wben i,
" struck agalnsi s, w eleylrs,
SO P ~ <t s,nt They nv, \, 2. iha|
N ~ NE sity was bnsnSNH 2 va
oil The strike. '"nipg To- 4
Ihe laborinr nan
want; Opportnni,r Ivy q fhs |
lice, not CHARITY, ol llgl pisips,,|
d l NJ. not liccosea.. la Il
s,sln.lence; order. M, ~. p1o,gs1|
non, not fevolution. 1uafcAf; Il
'isSa nyo,-S, Si.a nSp' y
country have retr,. 'tsdeais |
OF Imprisonment. 4 W. ess' \, n
every young man "a INV XIV lstis
1 Sa becoming Of age, l Or M y AZ
PPo PAY. q li9e of 500 FaiTTss. ~
households goods an . sl.1ns 4
r ,.oid,iIc cannot be found 't ,bs VI
bear the brunt. 'oals 4
Hon. Il. +. Jones ~ M.
Never did this coupt, y !, ri ".
an era of prosperity K WV 5 y
Immediately preeeiins' !, ,,' s'iltg /
ual election. Never M.
opportunities. and nere, ~ "a
tunities SO well used. ~, W. .
bpeerily. Today there 4 esis \.
5o per cent Of the Iron l sl.s ~
was produced a year ~ w. !. , |
ployed.' " htx
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17
BABY RUTH PHOTOGRAPHER.
New YOU. Cor. Baltinore Sun

Inc following story, which Carries n
very evident moral, as well as 4 rebn,;..
70 many Offenders against good IN 80 o,,,i
tie decencies of polite condurt is ~ ana
day. Ever since little Ruth Cleveland nj
arrived ct TIE age OF viccinl'ion. ban Sifin,
NY ph2loGaphy, usually concurrent ne.
lods, me leading pEJiograpkers Of H.
country have. had ambitions 10 try b ~
cameras. on tie little GIRL WbepsS. n li
IIp p2ets l.. IN public whole battery 9o Of
mont for > Snap shot" ME- C SI"u mo,
Las wanted q good picture and pron 's,
4 New York artist, through Nh. ''"'ie g
, mont, tLat he should have the omar a1.
Feeling shat "hopc long aefor.,,
maselh the Heart siek' the ROTOR 9 b,.
pTSpsilS ESSila NM Mrs Lamont Of heF
Kept my. promise, and Won peFso5el, We
u ,in posCd little Ruth. mai out
asnuper Of excellent negatives ana d "a
witted your VIVIAN mas out
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

10 his mother, friends thas more than
one lad, asked The supposed niece IA
marriage for her son, aud was not
lit,le surprised 10 mud her 80 aNerse 20
matrimony AS man never sees MS
witcs face before the marriage, ne mas
10 depend upon the opinion OF ms old iady
friends, who are regular marriage br9H,
crs Ia M0slem countries. These useiW
persons were moi cNacdy agreed as TO me
Respective superiority OF AcBmed OF inc
priests dnughter Amuna.
Achmud WAS too tau, eertniuly, ahd not
quite so soft ia language az Aihuhai
hut thcn Ia wit and gayety he equaAed
Ayesha, the best loved Of the prophet
In short. the friends were the most ceic'
brated bellies Of their quarter, and rivals
as it were, in spite oil themselves ne
old priest caused il 20 be inrustcd 10
Called Boy who had ordered some IN,
puirics TO be made touching the personal
attractions Of the rival beauties, thht
Aiuuna would bring a dover worthy 81
his notice. while the widows niece WOULD
. according to the more usual custom, de-
maud one.
Called Bey wished TO appropriate both,
and carried out his plan by making
oycrtures 10 the priest for his daughter
and informing the widow that he wished,
Or rather commanded. her niece 10 attend
his bride TO her mansion as her future
EUhNNulNls 4 ne Nll lNug uhllg ANAN'NNA
to part with her niece, and threatened
to appeal 10 the basha If the officer per-
sisted In his demand. Amuna, on her
part cntrclted and implOred her father
not TO consign her to a man SO notorious
rs Called Bey unhappily was for repulsiye
looks and domestic harshness. The old
priest was not 50 ridiculously iudulgent. as
10 refuse rich son-in-lnw merely be-
cause he had taste for killing MS
wives, and his daughter detested him,
and the marriage went on.
The mother OF Amuna exchanged pres
SCENTS with the senior wives of Ca.ed,
the day, dover and jewels were fixed
upon dld the bride ceased to lament,
that she might examine her robes with
her confdant, the widows niece. Ach-
med TOO, gave up all opposition to Caleds
order and submitte1 50 cheerfully to an
adoption in that officers household that
his mother IN sheer disappointment left
the city the morning of the nupuals
Attended by her faithful companion,
Achmed, Amuna was conducted IN state
to her husbands mansion, where, loaded
with gems and embroidery, she received
the congratulations Of her friends.
Called. according TO the Moorish Gus.
ton. parlded through tho city, with a
gallant train on horseback, and nj the
lucky moment when his bride was lifted
over the threshold OF his house, amid
music shouts and the ringing OF iirenrms,
he turned his face homeward to meet his
invited guests at the bridal banquet in
the mems apartments. When the hour
approached at which he was to see for
the first time the face of his wife, Called
Withdrew to the inner apartments. a
servant wished to interrupt him to in
Quire whether he had ordered a horp to
ROMAN at the door suddlod for instant
use, The bridegroom impatiently waved
him away and entered the chamber
i'm IN "a d iii ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17
LnANlN, on TnF FrNrr

Leanln' on NE fence.
e, SR,a,Nln' with q nelghbor.
on ile rights OF llh,r.
SWenWn' IN or ilkes
Aiun' what Il Ia "a
kllplW m the folks
THAT We ihink aeiu ne
oIten Il gotta not.
,lhlhe' are said to rllc n.
IarA. o. like az NOT,
=. lemners apt 90 mn, ~
~. i1ere's no ularm.
.. fnf Q guard to- screen mi,
trlm the touch o. harm
~ Inc fence atweun IL
FaiAin over v5ies.
Ml ihc whime % tblnl-.
L ihllng ont .hn Mote
~ q ue'ghb,r's hllnker..
i.eahn' on the fence,
ihl, T. life, my brolber
NUNS 81 common spise
irai.n, with each oibs,.
i'iee > o'Nelli In October bona
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

London. Dee. ~, y.
Co. tbe Lonaqn P ,s.,,s,l \ 8
ne General I ,i.s,ie siils
York ihe valnap'l ro,i1s \
belonging % Dr. issei.i'5,
Owens eollese. i, y'' ssi.i b, p Z
college. ldverRgy,i' .,iil.ciol q n
iege. Leeds, m, ~ '.,.'., 3,
IN the world. ard 9 .l;s.sl y
puhlished AZ rali.s3s.r-, sl
Inc fifteenth e, INV,
10 lie prescnl u'n~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

The emperor Of Russii hs "a
performance Of three u Tsl|
latest operas during the alntr 4
Petersburg, These repnsenn
have been cOtnmanled as 4 mas
mlrntl0n In which ihe ear hslff
OF the laie cOmDoser, wln u "a
Imperial opera house ID ths ~
guAge.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

unritv '7eN' lfNt'lI1.
80 - Avuuy nere Is ohlg +,
~ per cent OF the iron la,-'.i
was produced a year AZ
proportiOnate Amount ~
plOyed.' "a h1N
! mn ANU Wlll
80.
Inc NOiute ue Paris IA .t.-
uy ne.ihs OF a boOg, uhas /, Z.
q MS ueep lelieyuols abln. ~
Oh plhcuice Is wVrtn 4 lvuld a Y.
10 dvuy. his royal h,g1ao, =.
mat ounce. -
-
Young Wilhelm pheasant 49,
II - most was,eiui inl,
He shoots seven uuuangl htA
let cannot eat bu, one
Mr.. and Mrs Cladsta...
Christmas holidays az an
WA pc the gues,a u Nj W.
Che Chateau ne Tnogene 2
CHASED u lew weeks an ~
duchess OF MOufrusp '.li' ".
ueaEntiul Situation In 10. I,n,tl
or pannes.
spain follows up d, M, -.
And hundreds OF afI.,, Ia ~ ".
a "a .
Their plans Tor f0hlt e.,f -
-
Mr.. Albert Chevalle- 4 -
p.ate retiring IrOu tne ~. t,a
one music hail to another Il list.,
evening tells injurionslr tol \
lie Is credited with the iNada Z
lug TO The playhouse 10 4 ,lisa Z
composition.
10 Bengula sill runs hon ri
And l.nbUy ut weNnlnsgf :
About tubs stuck lr0nqinf I,
The emperor Of Rissia Il. a
latest Operas during The sintiS "a
Petersburg. Tnise repnrenls
have been commanded asffllf1
mlrntiOn In which The ear hl,lff
In,nrTi 4 IN one Sg,'g Man, ~ "
at,i si so wv" i'V'ise va Nuf -
,a.... ,,...,.
A.uuSS Allhnue s!n lne f.'t
WI o ,, wy ~ ~ Y ~, ,s
40 execute tae uAq'' 'e''-
Monte carlo ,las eeen noe .., "
H1I,ll RON the RUSSIAN urlni lgl
re stopped ~ Tue Hole y ~,
nc learned ulat the eellais y
alnong others some , ian0as ,r, si' =.
uor was found 50 stronr nd 5
thnt iho Grand duke ininieilliili
nnito ~ nstasnisb mill I'm a,,an- i'1 n "
address In 81 Ietershirs
-. ,.,.n, =, c,--,.,.,,.,. "a.
A3t gInn9 oll n,als'ou 81 i Nv.
neIore llls e9urage ana IAN
nor any nope i2r vIfhny
tort Dunroven vnos /, i,4a.l
miiiia ~ neae,nha ~ NJ
Iavs,.,i ves,,s al Riero N,nes 4
a asi =. III NsvAs ~ s. n,sa X, N !,
e i Where NJ, y sny 1870 xxx y, is
Tvs WI pc enter 'Ai''et NN''-a -
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Mr.. Albert Chevalics ASH 4 |
p.aie retirlng Irom tue ~ IN
~ he tiilus tult tne stnt, v M,
one music hail to another ID list 4
evening tolls injuriousy ia
lie Is credited with the lfads 4
lug TO the playhouse 10 q ,liss Z |
composition.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

10 Bengula stlll runs ifdtl ri,
III Africa. where no npAl ~
And l.nbJy at Meslndnspf
About thls stUck.pronqani "A
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Prince Blsnack has Issued 4
HIS health. IN which be sass y
bly, wei, satisfied With hlnseli Y
slowly he also goes surely; a.l
he able by mldwlnier 70 Ahf Il
share In political life, prznnily
portfolio.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Let grand old Giaistone's il1is
liefore his courage and lkn
Nor any hope for tyrfnny
behind his frall coiEilea ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Lord Dunrnyen Fpos 70 lfaall
middle Of December ~ . y
several weeks at Adare Minga . j
prlcli. where n succession Of ~
ties will be entertained during "
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Has willis wiltel. or has "
No will TO take The faclni "
Or has tho eagles angf3 tcgs-.,
To Willis the whole sflilh ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

The Chinese pirates nom rgtl|
To wage dread war epcn "
But they'll retreat Whentei
"Old Glory" flutiering "a u
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

spain follows up ltnr, ,,,.a|
And hundreds OF ms ID. ~
Menltume conspirdtitnlln
Their plans Tor fola.efI s.y.|
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

John Bull is joyful, for BE- psl Y,
New batt,e-shlps both nlgN 4.
"Givp me some more OF tne'g III
"And lighting France VII q
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Alexanirs DuEss, ms, ,islgi.
friend that the -. eskhi y, n
comedies , aSse S KIN q crH.; "a y
enys. n young h .is ,,sas oais Y Il
M A.phonse tnsn ,sr19aiaa'l y =
dactian Of the Play a ny err. "a
so lose The moue{:; r.ss,5i ( Y T, q
9 q, nnoe taada and erel''
IN ana / receiyed-noIAn-- \
~ ~ r'Ill, r.
rqoF H n1SS1ias al h
Bii Wilhrm NJ NJ, n ntriH
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17

Young Wilhelm phelsanl .lI..I
II = mUst was,eiui ana; y
he shoots seven uunafcdhtk.
1et cannot eat bot oar.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17
FAR AND WIDE.

The Comte lie Paris 4 sis,
by int.iiis OF a bovk, whaai Z.
OF MS urep lenevnols ab,n. ~, =
OF prHcucc Is wJrtn 4 llsqaa ~ n
no dVuD. his royal h'gnse,- !.
tnAt ounce. ~" *
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-09
Origin of a Famous Hymn.

1t is well known that the hymn
Hold the Fort" was inspired by the
story of the signals exchanged by
Gems. Sherman and Corse when the
latter was besieged at Allatoona, Ga,
but few know how the idea was
brought to Mr. Moody's mind. The
Boston Globe says that once when
Gen. and Mrs. Corse lived in Chicago
Mr.. Moody called. While there he
took up book that told the story of
tfat famous conflict in which Corse
had been SO badly wounded. and, see
ing the message from Gen. Sherman,
Hold the fort, for | am coming ex-
claimed, enthusiastically; What n
magnificent motto that would be for a
marching song for the army of Christ"
And the day after the famous hymn
was written, beginning with Hold
the fort, for l am coming, Jesus sig
nails still" hymn that has been sung
il almost every hamlet on the con-
t;nent and whose strains across the
ocean have become familiar 10 the ears
Of men who never heard of Gen. Corse
or the beleaguered men at Allatoona.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-09

cation OF the student. The French,
Italian and Spanish are the softest,
most comprehensive and most mu-
steal languages now in use, and
not one of them has die
tionary of one-third the mum Der
of words dumped into ours by
photographers. They find the inferior
number of words in common use by
their people fully adequate to an ele-
CANT expression of their ideas without
wandering into other lands to gather
foreign words, while our photographers
are constantly gathering foreign words
into our already-overtaxed collection
When the penal code of New York
state became so mystifying that even a
Philadelphia lawyer foundered in it
and il was discovered that there was
other law and render it nuga-
tory, like one nail driving another out,
an eminent lawyer was chosen TO
simplify it A laynan or even a
drayman would have done better, for
the patching made il weaker and more
incomprehensible than ever. And thus
il would be with our dictionary sub
mitted TO a photographer for simplify
ing Notwithstanding the vast accu-
mutation of erbiage in our dictionary i
is not to be wondered at that our writ
ers and speakers are at times forced 10
coin words to express their ideas and
that the less learned follow the exam
pie in the coming of what we term
slang words, principally because they
are used by the masses and are not yet
honored by places in the dictionary.
But they land there in due time.-N.
Y Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-09
Royal Life Saved by a Spider.

On the ceiling of one of the rooms in
Sans Souci, the world-renowned palace
of Frederick the Great, is painted a
great spider with its web. The origin
of this strange decoration is said to be
as follows: This apartment was the
great kings breaIzfast-room. and adj
joining his bed-chanber. Every morn
ing when his me- jesty entered the room
he was accustomed to find a cup of
chocolate. but on one occasion, Just as
he was about to drink, he bethCught
himself of something he had forgotten
and returned to his bedroom. When
his majesty again entered the break
fast-room he discovered that great
spider had in the meantime dropped
from the ceiling into the cup and he
naturally cried out for fresh chocola tie
to be prepared. The next moment the
king was startled by the report of a
pistol No sooner had the cook re-
ceived the order than he blew out'his
brains. Not because the king refused
the chocolate did he do this, but be-
cause he had poisoned the cup and
thought himself discovered. 1t was
in remembrance of this narrow escape
that his majesty ordered the spider
with its web to be painted on the cell
,r3c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-09
USELESS VERBlAGE.
Tsuy Superfiuous Words Found in the
Dictionaries,

Dictionaries.
| A NUN Der of obsolete words are to be
found in Webster's dictionary. They
| crop out on almost every page of the
big book. and apparently are inserted
for no other purpose than to continue
the growth of the work and increase
the difficulty of acquiring our language.
Some idea of them may be gathered
from the following letter. written by
an alleged poet to an editor who had
treated his poetry with derision:
SIR:-You have behaved like an impetigi
nous scrogle, Like those who. envious of any
moral celsitude. carry their ungicity TO the
height Of creating symposically the fecund
words which my pollyma,hic genius uses with
liberty 20 abligate the tongues OF the weetless,
Sir, you have Grassy parodied my own pet
words as though they were traugrams ! will
not cosceTvate reproacnes-I will obduce veil
over the atramental ingrstitude which has
chamfered even my indiseerptible heart am
zilent on the focillation which my coadjuvancy
must have given you when offered to become
your fautor and adminicle. I Will not speak
OF the iippitude the oblePsy. you have
shown in execerbating me, one whose
genius you should have approached
with mental discalceatfons So / tell you. With
baA ~ iPeTNaNdEtGGS WoguS. lOEhiL- VIII fFlLEE
ignoscible your conduct TO me. warn sou
that would vellicate your nose IL I thought
that any moral diar;hrosis could be thereby
performed-if thought shor!d not iupignor
ate my reputation. GO taehygraphic scrog}e.
band with your Grass inqUinate fantors; draw
oelec'ations from the thought. If you care OF
having synchronicaIly lost me existination Of
the greatest poet sinceMilton,
Ridiculous az these words may seem,
nearly all of them are to Be found in
Websters unabridged dictionary. and
few OF them are declared obsolete.
Many robust Saxon words which met
all requirements have been thrown out
and force merely TO satisfy the ex-
tremely polite taste of feeble minds
Thus the language is weakened ord
losses much Of its power of expression
in str-1ning after eupho1y. The pure
and good old Saxon word sweat was
good enough for our forefsi theirs, but
some Of our dilettanti photographers
declared il vulgar and now we have az
least three words in orr dictionary 10
express the idea Of water passing
through the pores Of the skin 20 the
surface-namely. Perspire, tr6nspire
and sweat
After this iatsrninable mixture a
words IS stirred into our dictionary our
: photographers further cast Egyptian
darkness around the searcher after ia
formation hr comforting TIE meaning
% each into every shape lis inventive
genius il capable % and which was
never intended or thought of iE the
original Then their scientific work IS
complete and so. indeed is the Ers.iE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-09

/ seeing them surrounding and entering
the house, the little boy quietly made
his way through the garden into a
thic1et. Late that afternoon he VEN
tHred to the house. He had expected
the worst, and as he walked :nto the
door he did not expect to find n mem
Der of the family alive, but rather ex-
pected to see an Indian with toma-
hawk come toward him. The house
was still, not sound could be heard
except the beating of his heart. AS he
sight met his eyes.
The whole family had been massacred
by the Indians. The boy fell on the
floor and cried. Having looked at the
corpses of his parents, brothers and
cousin, he went with sad, sorrowful
heart on his way to the home of a set
tier who lived some ten miles distant.
He arrived there the next morning and
was nearly exhausted. He was given
food and water and he told them the
story of the horrible massacre of his
family to a sympathetic family. The
men present prepared to go and bury
the dead
Arriving at the place they looked at
the faces of their dead friends and then
dug large grave. A cart body was
lowered into the grave and all the
corpses We're piled into it, and thus
were they buried. The dirt was thrown
over them and the grave was banked
up high. There are two grandsons Of
this little Wilds boy living in this
country to-day. The spot is held sacred
to the memory of those who are buried
fhara
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-09

In others. Where it is thinneSt the con-
fined, terrible forces of the under
world, chiefly in the form of gas, seek
constantly to escape. and when the
pressure Of the atmosphere around the
earth is lowest the gas finds an outlet,
usually in well-defined districts, gener-
ally through the volcanic vent-holes.
But beyond the constant pressure of
gas, DR.. Falb has the theory that the
sheolic molten mass beneatheus is sub
ject to the influence of the moon,
which produces waves, and occasional
1y great tidal waves, which sweep
round the inner crust of the world
with terrific force, shaking the earth
in its passage. DR.. Falb publishes
every year a list Of the days on which
he expects seismic commissions. These
ne calls critical days~-and these
days are those when the moon ap-
proaches close to the earth. This year,
from April to August. the satellite will
approach at certain times closer to us
than usual, and will have, says Dr.
Falb. this disturbing influence.
DR.. Fab is a native of Styria. in
AuSUTld, InC- son OF q herman miller,
and is now about fifty years of age
His reputation as an earthquake proph
ct, which began in 1870, was greatly
strengthened in 1880 in Agram. The
city had had a visitation of earth
suakes, which seemed as if they would
never come to an end. In order to
calm the panic among the people the
city authorities asked Prof. Fab to
come from Vienna to give a series of
lectures.
He gave TIE people comforting as
su-ance, but told them that there was
one critical day yet to be passed.
namely, December 16. when there
would be a violent shock, though it
would not be as bad as some that had
preceded it. December is passed and
no shock, but exactly at midnight his
prophecy was fulfilled and he himself
was almost thrown out of bed. His
fame thcn spread all over Austria,
Germany and the world. He is a
scientist whose prophecies command
serious scientific attention.