Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-24

celtic beings. who consider modern civ
ilizatlon far too luxurious, and there
fore agree to live upon nothing but
fruit and water to-iive In bare huts
without any comforts and TO wear
as little clothing as possible. The So
ciety Is headed by n retired German
lieutenant. who has gone 10 the sand
witch islands TO found a colony In some
out-of-the-way spot, where his disciples
can follow out their doctrines undis-
turbed.
I3ieotroiier is o word that has found
a place IA the business world, and even
in some dictionaries, though the great
public. with the characteristic conserva-
tlsm That held on to chandelier after
oil and gas had displaced candles. still
refuses to adopt the new word. AS TO
the thing itself. II is a puzzle 10 decor
aiors since there Is genuine difhculty
in producing just the right form 50
long as people skcptically demand u
double instrument that can furnish gas
when an electric current fails 70 run
Bee comb. or 'beesw;Ix." the material
Of which the honey cells in the bee
hives are composed. is a wax producsd
by "a system: OF chemistry carried on IN
the ''wax pockets" which are located
In the abdomen OF all working bees. II
Is a peculiar stibstan.e, ana is saii 10
be analogous to the futs Of higher ani-
mails. Originally II was supposed IN -
this wax was taken up in an almost
pure state from the flowers by the
bcch hit re mt experiment carried on
by the leading botanists and chemists
Of the world ccnoluslvely proves that
the bee is capable OF celebrating his
peculiar wax, although confined TO a
diet purely saccharine in It's nature
Watches first came into fashion in
the ycar 1471, at Nurenhurg, and On
that account and because of their pecu-
liar shape they were known as "Nurem-
Lerg eggs" They were not all egg
shaped, however. some being made in
initiation of pears, gourds, acorns,
birds skulls, etc. Morgan, the English
cur SHY collector, has an old-time
watch in the shape OF a cows horn,
whicr discharges tiny pistol at the
end Of each hour. The Earl of Stan
hope has one shaped like an egg, cus
in iacinth and set with diamonds.
About the year 1870 watches began to
assume the shape now generally worn
In the seventeenth century, however,
it become the fashion to make them in
the fo.m Of a cross.
New important harbors on the North
sea are projected y both Belgium and
Germany. Belgium wants TO make a
large port of Heyst, the little fishing
DlGNe peyonu 1loStenu. pesl Known as
a quic' bathing resort and rs spot
whore the old form Of Viking ship can
still be seen in the fishing vessels. Ant
werp ~ up in arms at the Id "a of such
a rival. Then Germany proposes t.
develop CuNhavcn into big port OF
war feeling that sincc the developm ent
of hcr navy she Is BADLY off with only
| two such hbrbors.- W:ihelmshafen on
! tie Norlh sea and l<iel on the Baltic
| CuXhavcn Las the advantage of being
| at tip mouth Of the E'he and close to
| the entrance of The North sea canal.
| Emperor William would like also TO tee
| the coast connected with the interior
| by n network Of canals which 9hould
| unite the shg rivers OF the empire,
! (Tnlucklly parliament win not voty the
ecessary funds for the latter scheme