Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-20

A there were just thirteen marriages
In Hruukcr y. H., last yeAr. the brides
are all the objects Of supersttious solicl
tulc,
Cvn engineers say the wings Of the
butterfly display the greatest possible
lrhtncss combined with the greatest POS
dible strength
A Georgiu girl who RAISES pigs marks
them 10y cutting their tails OF very short
She says II takes a bushel less corn 10
fatten thcm thus,
American burgies are superse1ing those
Of English make in London and Paris
the only light graceful vehicles in En-
rope come from this country.
A curious growth with unusual results
IL reported from Tombstone, Ariz. The
roots Of tree are said 10 have grown
around water pipe and caused II to
brenk.
A Manitoba farmer has garden patch.
the soil of which he imported bodily from
n wurWcr climate. On II hc grows vcgc-
tables which are entirely foreign TO his
naghborhood,
II Il the secretary bird of South Africa
tgat can whip any snake of twice Its
size. Stanley used 10 aver that the rep
tiles would rrMwl away from the birds
shadow In wild fear
Two PERSONS playing domuoes ten
hours day, and making four moves II
without cNhanstmg all the combinations
Of tue rtne, the total of which Is 2iS,-
12S211,SiO.
HIortenso Theynnon Bulsley died in
san FHrncisco IN 1865 and her body was
sent TO New York for burial. II was
placed IN vault in a cellar and forgotten.
4 few days ago II was found and Gle was
buried
The Belgium chamber has devoted
three months TO discussing the bill which
is TO usher In manhood suffrage, and has
just reached the second reading. If dis
cnssiOn IN the senate Is as prolific II will
be u year before the new Parliament can
be elected.
Petroleum has been known from very
ancient date. Italy, Persia, India, the
borders Of the Caspian sea, Java and
North America possess petroleum springs,
discovered years ago, About 1859 the
existence OF large petroleum reservoirs
was signalized In Pennsylvania. W
According to the last census the white
races in the nine South Atlantic states.
who pay nearly all the taxes, had 20 per
cont enrolled In the public schools, while
the negroes had is per cent of their p0pu-
latiOn enrolled. In tho south Central
states the proportions were ~ aud 10
respectively.
The highest hrnadgaugc railroad IN the
United States is the Denver and Rio
Grande, aud the highest point Is at Mar
Shall lass, where II climbs to height of
lO,Sao feet above the sea. There are
some narrow gauge roads that go u little
hlghor, but this Is the highest point at
taint'l by through route.
Whatever may have been the origin of
some negro stories told by Joe Chandler
Harris, negro nurses ON the Eastern shore
OF Maryland used 10 delight children with
lhe brhahy legend long before Mr..
Harris had put pen 10 paper. The Fast.
crn shore version of B'rcr Rabbits adj
venture wlrh the tar baby is much like
the story us told by Harris Uncle Re
INNS,
Quite the newest thing In the way of
dress fabric will not DO woven from file
covering Of any animal or the product of
the silk worm. but from an apparently
very unproniislng suhstance--wood.
Wooden gowns 30 not sound attractive.
hut the wood1ther when spun or other
wise prepared Il q beautifully soft and
lovely stun, aud scarcely dlstingub.hable
from tine silk or the downy contents OF
the cotton pod.
The power Of song is Illustrated in a
custom ON the railroads Of Northern
Florida. Whenever a train crosses Inc
Snwanee river the conductor Announces fhe
fact Ia each car. Ii any passenger has
never heard Way Down J'pon M
Suwanec River this particnlarisation of
the stream must seem peculiar, and the
snwanee Is re a dozen other rivers in
the same region end llese are passed
without comment from the couductor
The dramatic incident In a puccessfnl
play Of the present day Of young South.
Urn woman leasing her young convict
lover from the state and keeping him hy
Dor side seems Improbable, but an Ala.
bama newspaper says such proceeding
was quite possible IN reconstruction DAYS
70 the south, At that time convicta
were leased out To individuals, and ono
case is cited Of a father who leased his
ecnyict son from Tie state aud kept him
Ia comfort ut home.
The dead and gone New York hotel
used 10 have an almost continuous sue.
esssion Of meals on the American plan.
There were breakfasts carly and late;
There was noon,day dnner for gucst~
accustomed 10 such meal: there was a
late luncheon. thcre wns the nsual even
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