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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
(ton and
Minister Carpets.

H. sales in the two above
Ia makes of carpets have
h greater IN 10 days past
.bably than for all the
before that we have
Il in Fort Worth. We
/ amazingly glad TO note
4 because there is moth
4 which you get better pay
4 than in good carpets;
hing in which you are so
Roughly cheated as in
Il carpets-~youch cheat your
les
bf whatever grade you
/ take the best, for often
/ or l5c per yard gives you
larpet worth double or
he times more, The stamp
'uuality should be upon
htever you buy
10. T. SMITH G CO.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
THE MARCH ACROSS IOWA.
Colonel spead is Reduced to
the Ranks,
rho coSeyltes In Minnesota Capture
rruin nnd 900 start for WASH
inxion-rbe national Treasury
omcer- LnyinR In Arms.


ny AHsocintcd Press
Walnut Iowa April N.-soon nftc'
iteliy's army lott Walnut today at
least hundred men left the ranks and
started across the country IN various
directions The lonr mnrch ahead and
the vanishing proapect Of securing
train caused a rapid dlasolving Of the
cnthuslasm which has heretofore
marked the progresa OF the army, ana
the men quietly dropped out Kelii
disclaimed all knowledge NJ the whole
snle desertion aud asserted that ht
t.,,. 80. 49,. 40, ,,..t,.., ,,,,,, ,,h,
W." ~, NV W.,
hnd quit nut the mon IN Tue fnhM
acknowledged that theig comrades wen
lowing nuu the fenr WINS espresso,
AZ. .,,..,,t..,., ,,.,,,,,,t r,,,t.,t,. ,-,.ts
''''' WV "''N' ''V'''', ',N'N t"l'N'
moro numerous. Plnkerton's men an
also an the tan aud Il ~ expected thN
,.,.,t.,.,,., ,,,..., t., ,,.iit 1,, ,reao nt pe.
.,.. vi,
Mo'm's' lhe mon Pu' u'VoHh"b Wv
lent In thelr complaints over the FORGET
rnnrcb nctnss the cea,nttv. md lSeIlyt
A., NJ. ~ .','..'',.,i,, 80,
WuN'"'''F - 'iN''S w Wy
" transt ortntion ~ not secured AZ th'
state capital,
Almost Another Mutny.
,r,, .. . - t, af.ta.
NelN eNpeetH 10 ronoh po" Mo'h"
r,ri,nhE uHt me- i'fi ,N,i tnet1 W,,. p'Hm
w We ~. ~ ~ ,.l,i'' ..,a..
us"'' u.', , ''nen az y, 's ,'.
w., ,'''' ~, 49, .,,,s. ~,
,,'"' .,, ,,s ~.
9peau whose popu"llly WIN 'ne NV
N us great ms That or tho commander
positively refused TO obey orders Oh
,.1s,.,, ,,,n,,A ,,d ~ WAS onnarenl
,"""S "'N',"' "'"
thnt any nttempt 10 ulrelplhe hW
would cause a split In the army, Spead
hnf been Inclined TO hu unruly ever
since Col Bnkcra discharge and has
| secretly eympathiged With the ok
colonel Az the army neared Walnut
| Kelly ordered spend TO march with the
! commissurv wagons and look nftW
| them. Spoad promptly replied that hs
was doing an he could and would moi
! follow iho cammnndor'a Instructions
| decidedly heated exchange OF cnm-
| ailments between tho men followed
md for time general row was inn
! miuau' ne the Sacramento men promt-
| ~ took sides With 9nend while thu
| California division favored Kelly, Tho
latter fnnliy turned away with the re-
mari, INIT he would settle the mattcr
latter when the men reached walnut
! ihoy were M state uf great exnite-
mont and predicted serious trouble be-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

Special Dispatoh.
Atlanta, Tex. April 2i.-The heav-
lest rain storm ever known In this
country passed over here about 4
o'cIocl, this morning. II WIS accom-
panied by O very heavy wind and han.
Xii nc guttors ana ditches IN the city
eero Hooded, and the gardens, orchnrda
and sbnde-trees bear strong evidence
IN the severity or the storm. Much
damnge has beea done 10 farms and
crops throughout the country
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

Special Dispatch.
Austin. TEX, April 2i.--The State
Medical society met here today in lts
twenty sixth annual session with about
100 members present The report Of
the secretary and treasurer WIS re-
celved showing the condition Of the
order 10 be excellent. President Sears
Oh Waco delivered his annual nddrens
and recommendations The afternoon
session was devoted 70 the discussion
of different papers read by the members
Of the association.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

today annonnee that trains carrying
the mails over she Great Northern
have been resumed throughout Min
nesota and North Dakota, but there
is prospect that the line will be Inn
mcdlately opened for points through
20 the Pacific coast. The decision Of
the attorney-Eeuoral MS 10 the inter
ruption TO mails Is declared by officials
to have had a good effect. us leaders
OF the Amevican Railway Union are
acting in strict compliance with the
terIna of tho deciaian.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

voiley az him. He ran short distance
and fen In ditch. where he lay TIL
sunday evening when he crawlcd out
To the house 90 a negro woman The
officers have the names OF the men,
given by the ncgro. and will look dill
gently into the matter, and the guilty
parties will doubtless be brought 10
in.ffn.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
wIIL nrN rIlI.M nowN.
The Assnssin~ OF sesro Man VIII
he HrorFht 20 Justice.

7p0'IdT I7T7TUT0N'
Atlanta. TEX, April ai.-The negro,
Bill Williams or Bin Dycus, as he is
sometimes called, who was shot Sat
urday night. died today. Ike told the
particulars Of the shooting before he
died He gave the naines or four men,
who be said met MN % the roan ard
anod that he had done nothing 10 run
Tor, when one ~ them replied. I'VE
viii See" and then shot him IN the
nrm. lie then ran and they fred =
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

By Associared Press.
Laredo. Tex. April 2i.-Julian Perez,
one OF party u bathers. was drowned
IN the RIO Grande. lie leaves a large
family.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

eeial Dispatch.
$500 .- s.nia' Tex, Anril 2l.-Fire was
Ishrns s'e1 IN the store OF AIcHorse &
|as,os last night at II o'clock. Tile
I'M ~ ana stock We're a total loss
Il ~, 10y insurance on the stock in
L ~ 's-,i. OF New Orleans. and none
y building The saddle and Ear
~. s,ore Of w D. Stephenson was
+ stocS ~ 10. on building. a part Of
b ,ss W.. store OF n n st ~ men.
ock ~ a.. also scorched; part ~ the
'oler lle,i saved no Insurance. Me-
the stss,' unaware aboui two-thirds
b stock 5 ~, was saved 5000 insurance
~ YORK p q building IN Greenwich Of
.aknoWn 'As origin o. the IRE IS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

The steamship san Franoisos VIII
GO There At Once.

BY Associated Press
washington. April 2i.-word was re-
ceived at The navy department today
that the United States steamship San
Francisco had sailed today from Port
Liman for Blnehelda. The vessel had
run down from B,uefelds 70 Port LII
mon 70 cable the navy department
touching the stair Of affairs at Blnc-
lcnnt,n,,..s u secnna rnreA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

tpresses ~ Woman IS phrase that
na a thoe ~ 10y sum o. hundred virtues
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
a Good Background

Is everything IN the enect OF pic-
tire. SO IL !. with m advertise
meat. You wan, background OF
news. not OF plate matter, for your
advertisement.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
1xo Is Now Ready

~. d t~. COUPONS Tor FaF'
ruo Of tac century War
,roeure 1t by presentation
1 ,oun,ins room of the Ga
+, with ten cents
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
KILLIEs AND THEIR FOES.
Not Only Fish. Fowl and Man Devour,
 Rnt EHon Cl.ic!,ena RilIncra Them.

Not Only Fish, Fowl and Man Devour,
 But Even Chickens PiiIage Them.
 He doesn't mind little thing like that, said the deacon, kindly, as he passed his hook through the skin be- hind the back fin of the killie and cast minnow, hook and sinlzer the length of his line to try the effect of a fresh bait. If the snappers don't bite any better than they've been doing he'll be swim ming as lively as ever when we pull up anchor to go home. Look at those llillies in the bait box. Nothing damper about them than some seaweed slnce morning. and they'll all be ready to swim away if they stay till tomorrow.
 They are tough and hardy little fel- lows and no mistake" he continued, lifting the seaweed to look adniringly at the wrirgling little stumptailed fish packed like sardines in the box. They seem to have been created for the good of others. Everything prcys on killies, from men who bait their hooks with them or eat the n2innows as white bait, down to the guils and herons and bass and blacl1iish and weal1fsh and fluke and snappers that follow them among the grass every full tide. And with all this keeping after them they don't thin them out that anyone can see. Why, the very chickens along shore will run from q dough trough for the sake of eating l1illies' eggs"
 Hold on a.minute. deacon" said the reporter. who was the pious mariners fishing companion that day. Il grant all the rest you say, but please explain how chickens manage to get at the killics' eggs. If you'd said ducks or geese, l could understand it''
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
IMPROVING THE EYES.
Country Life Is the Best Antidote for i
 EearsiGhtedness.


 EearsiGhtedness.
 It is satisfactory to be told by Mir. Ellis that blindness in England is slowly decreasing" says the Specta- tor, though Great Britain still stands in this respect behind two other Euro pean countries, and three more come before Ireland. Shortsightedness, however, appears to be increasing everywhere, Germany having a signal and sinister preeminence in this re- spect.
 A French doctor has noted the re- markable fact that wild beasts caught quite young or born in captivity become shortsighted. the conclusion being that the eye adapts itself to it's habitual sphere of vision, and unless ''educat- ed,'' to use MT. Ellis term, to see ob- iects at distance, loses the capacity of so doing Even in after life the eye may be, to some extent, so educated, though probably only when the myopia is not considerable.
 It is thus within the experience of the present writer that his sight great ly improved in days gone by, when he became volunteer, by practice at the butts, so that while at first he could not see the target to shoot at without spectacles at the three-hundred-yard range, after a twelvemonth or so he only needed to put on spectacles at four hundred yards. But beyond that range he was never able to dispense with them.
 Country excursions are therefore ex- tremely valuable as means of strength ening the sight of town-bred children: and the conductors Of such excursions should take pains to direct the eyes of the children to distant objects-to the furthest hill, church tower or other landmark, noting, if possible, any in capacity to discern the selected object, and then selecting some nearer one for the weaker-sighted.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
POINTS ON sNAILs.
Nothing Meteoric But Much That Is
 teresting in Their Career.

Nothing Meteoric But Much That Is In-
 teresting in Their Career.
 The Smithsonian institution has hit upon something extraordinary in snails. The creatures may be slow, but they hold the record over all other animals for prolonged vitality under adverse conditions, says the Provi- dence Journal. Stories of toads dug out of rocks in which they had been imprisoned for ages are 'apocryphal; but recent discovery has established the credit of this humble mollusb as No. in the tenacity of life.
 Only the other day. a specimen from an island off the coast of Lower Cali fornia, inclosed in @ drawer with part of the molluscan collection, was found to be alive. It had no food or water for more than six years. When placed in the box with moist earth it pro- truded it's feet, began to move about, and seemed to be as well as ever. Some time ago a few snsils of differ ent species, gathered in Mexico, reached the Smithsonian institution and were placed in a box. They re- J three months, at the end of which time they were put into a jar of glass with some chickweed and small quantity of tepid water. Pretty soon they walked up and appeared quite ac- tive.
 Pond snails, which are sometimes found alive in logs of mahogany from Honduras, possess equal endurance. Specimens carried from Egypt to Paris, packed in sawdust, have arrived uniniured Other kinds have been eX- perimented with by shutting them up in pill boxes and dry bags for years, but they have survived. The limit of their vitality is yet to be ascertained.
 Land snails in cold climates bury themselves in the ground or under dead leaves in winter; in tropical re- gions they become torpid during the hot season. When about to start in on period of sleep they seal up their shells with a close-fitting door, which sometimes is a shield of thin, tram sparent mucus, and in other eases an opaque membrance as thicl: as a visit ing card. Behind this the animal con structs other walls, which serve like so many partitions to protect 1t against prolonged cold or dryness.
 It is believed that just as the seeds of plants are distributed by winds, so likewise the eggs of snails are scattered abroad on the breezes, thus dissemi- mating their species. They are very prolific animals. Some of the great land snails of the tropics, which live on trees and weigh 8 pound apiece. lay eggs that look strikingly like those of pigeons. being quite as large. The eggs are deposited among decaying vegetation, the heat of decomposition matching them
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
LOSING HER ATHLETIC LEAD.
England Finds Her Callic Neighbors For
 midable Competitors.


 Now that the French people are cuIti. vating athletics of all kinds the per formances of the French amateurs and professionals are attracting con siderable attention in England. The victory of the French oarsmen on the Seine was great blow to our boating men, says an English contemporary, and M. Terront's feat of riding some thing like three hundred and ninety two miles on a bicycle in twenty-four hours is causing considerable appre- hension in cycle circles over here. Only couple of years ago, when Mills won the Bordeaux-Paris race, it was considered inevitable that the winner would be an Englishman and, as matter of fact, the first Frenchman to arrive was hours later than the last Englishman. Things, however, are very different at the present moment. Terront's ride of three hundred and ninety-two miles in twenty-fOur hours has been beaten here by only one rider, Shorthand, who did four hundred and thirteen miles in the same time. A writer in Bicycling News, however, comforts it's readers by pointing out that the difference between the two men was probably greater than it ap- pears. At the Herne hill track, where Shorthand rode, the measurement is from the inside edge, whereas at the Palais des Machines iii Paris the meas urement is from distance of rather more than yard toward the center. This would make a difference of, say, a yard a lap,'so that Shorland's per formance is really better than Ter ront's by about twenty-two and half miles.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
STAR GROWERS.
Times When They Teii from the Heavens
 Like Isstl

The first of the notably third of 9 century" meteoric displays which went into the records occurred on Noveu. Der 12, 1799, and vas witnessed by lIum- boldt, the scientist traveller, in South America. Humboldt gave a vivid de- scrlption of it. which is in books on popular astronomy. Boupland, an other scientific writer who also ob- served the display, sail that from the beginning Of the phenomenon there was not q space in the Armament equal in extent to three diarneters of the moon that was not filed at every no ment with bolides and falling stars.''
 The next of these third of a century star showers occurred on the night of November 12, 1853, and 1t lasted seven or eight hours. During most Of this time the meteOrs flying through the air were as thick as snow1iaEes in 6 mod crate snowsforn. This was seen all over North America. Tn the southern states many of the slaves were so frightened by the spectacle, thinking the end of the world had come, that some of them died with terror. But the fright was shared in to a large ex- tent by whites also, and all over the country.
 Thirty-thrce years later, or in 1866, Europe saw almost as remarkable a star shower, at the same time in No vember, which lasted six or seven hours: but as this country was still turned toward the sun at that time we missed most of 1t. The next year, though, the shower came when it was night here, and as the atmosphere was clear it was observed over the greater part of the United States.
 As this third Of a century law of periodicity is established we may eX- pect another of those notable displays in 1899 or 1900 at the same time in No vember.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
THE YANKEE BIRD.
Facts About tho Origin Of the
 Christmas Turkey.
Our Barnyard Cobbier Is Not the Direct Descendant of American Stock, But Relative Imported
 from Mexico.

Among the luxuries belonging to the high conditions of civilization exhi- bited by the Mexican nation at the time of the Spanish conquest was the possession by MoateZuma of ore of the most extensive geological gardens on record, says the Washington Star. It embraced nearly all Of the animals of that country. with others brought at great cost from distances. It is stated by historians that turkeys called by the Spanish adventTers "a kind of peacock furnished in large numbers as food to the beasts of prey in the emperor's menagerie.
 At that time the bird had been do- mesticated and reared in Mexico for hundreds of years. It was carried by the Spaniards to the West Indies, whence it was taken to Europe early in the sixteenth century. Before long it became in Europe highly appreciated for its flavor. Being known to be of foreign origin, a report gained ground that the fowl had been obtained from Turkey, that being a region little known in western Europe. In this way it obtained the name by which it has since been designated.
 People coming to the United States from Europe brought this Mexican fowl to the United States, and the progeny of the stock thus imported and fetched back to the continent whence it was originally derived fur nishes Yankee tables to-day. In fact, the contemporary turkey of the barn yard did not belong here originally. It is not derived from the wild turkey of the United States, which is quite another species, with dark meat on the breast and other differences plain ly distinguishable. On the other hand, the wild Mexican turkey has white meat on the breast and resembles our tame turkey in all other points.
 There are two species Of wild turkey in North America. One is confined to the eastern and southern parts of the United States, while the other is native to the Rocky mountains, parts of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and extends along eastern Mexico southward. Biologists were long time finding this out, being puzzled meanwhile to account for the marked difference in color and habits between the wild and domestic birds of the country. That a darlz-meated fowl should acquire white meat through do- Inest;cation would seem indeed surpris- ing.
 In its wild state the Mexican turkey derives nourishment from plants and insects, scratching with it's feet for food. It is very shy. The birds live in families like wild geese, keeping sem tinels on the watch when the flock is feeding. They are so heavy that they are not fond of taking flight, but the swiftest dog cannot overtalzc them in running. The female lays from three to twelve roundish, red-spotted eggs, and matches them out in thirty days. In Yucatan and northern Guatemala this bird is replaced by third species, less in size, but more striking in ap- pearance, the tail having spots some what like the "eyes" in the tail of a xNaacooly
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
KING OF THE GULF.
The Resident and His Home Among the
 Motley Crowds of Eushire.

The Resident and His Home Among the
 Motley Crowds of Bushire.
 Bushire is the capital of the English protectorate in the Persian gulf. Here our resident lives, who may be styled king of the gulf, and before whom all the petty potentates along it's shores, be they on the Arabian or Persian side, bow down. He has his steam yacht and his steam launch provided for him, British man-of-war is appointed to be always in readiness to do his bid ding, and the British residency, with its flagstaff and extensive compounds, is by far the most conspicuous build ing in the town, says the Fortnightly Review.
 Bushire is a truly horrible place, built at the edge of 9 split of sand run ming out into the gulf. It's population is very mongrel-Arabs, Persians, Hin doos, are all hopelessly mixed up there in. It has an English bank. What with its English residency, English bank, English telegraph, English steamers agents and English men-of- war, Bushire is as English as could NC4l Dt " lSllGI. IIdtfn DCGLIS HidD DC seen upon the quays, ladies may play and ladies may ride without mourning more than an ordinary amount of star ing from the Moslems.
 It is confidently asserted that, if the Karoun route is opened out into the heart of Persia, Bushire will cease to be the seat of our resident, and the cap ital of our Persian gulf protectorate will be removed to Fao or some other spot which has not yet got name. If that time ever comes, and Bushire ceases to be the chief outlet for. the Persian caravan trade, the place will not long survive, for it has no preten- sions whatsoever to call itself har- bor. Big steamers have to anchor at least two miles off land outside a sand bar, and, if the sea is very rough, landing is next to impossible. Bushire chances to be the outlet for the roads across the Kotals, and if it ceases to be that it's reason for existence will cease also.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
ONE MANS DIPLOMACY.
It Stopped the Baby's Crying and Earned
 Him Everlasting Gratitude.

It Stopped the I3aby's Crying and Earned
 Him Everlasting Gratitude.
 It was in an ''L'' train and baby was crying with all the strength of it's two-year-old lungs. 1.-The expression on the faces of the occupants of the car changed from indifference to pity, then to annoyance, and finally to downright anger. Finally, says the New York Recorder, a man two or three seats from the crying child leaned over and snapped his fingers quickly.
 The effect was magical The child stopped in the middle of yell, and gazed open eyed and open mouthed at the man. He snapped his fingers sev- eral times, then, accompanying them with grotesquely cheerful smiles and a peculiar shake of his head which seemed to highly interest the cross cherub and appeal to his sense of humor, for wavering little smile crept around the corners of the droop- ing mouth and the cries ceased for good. The man leaned back in his seat, bestowing occasional cheerful winks and smiles at the vanGuished foe.
 He reaped his reward. The old fel- low next to hir1 declared he had diplo- macy enough to make prime minis ter, the men opposite pecped at him in friendly recognition over the tops of their papers, the woman near him with nerves and a headache said: ''Thank you," and the pretty girl in the cor ner gave him q sweet smile. That man left the car followed by 8 score of blessings, and the cross baby turned over and actually went to sleep.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
Too Much for the Parson.

A Scotch clergyman, much addicted to snuff, resolved to abandon the habit and preached sermon against it. Some little time afterward, during the course of a sermon on another subject, one of the elders sitting immediately under the pulpit and within reach of the preacher, took a comfortab ble pinch, which so sorely tried{ the ministers self denial that he stretched ont his hand and, seizing the box, thus ad- dressed the astonished elder: After the sermon that I so lately preached against the vice of snufing, how can you venture, sir, to do this (tapping the lid), and this (opening the box), and this (taking copious pinch), , and then handed the box back to it's owner.