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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14

The Jolly Old Chums, which viii he
seen At Greenwall's Saturday, October
20 matinee ANA night, a. nusical
farce-comedy to amuse and please tue
public The author has undoubtedly
met with success. 40 II one OF the few
comedies that sends the audience away
fully satisfied. II Ia certainly entitled
10 Tho classification of musical. as the
popular selections from the different
operas are suificihiently numerous as 10
make n concert OF considerable 'enEth.
Tho ainglng Is beautiful, the selections
are splendid. new and catchy II Is u
pnlpable hit and ~ received al each
plnuse, Seldom ~ such utter nban-
donment OF mlrth seen IN any PERFORM
ance, Old, straight laced solemn Wis
aged citizens. seldom lsiiy 10 MIS-,
throw thcmselvoA into an sorts or COM
tortions, whOop and yen lir- school
boys A man in the very Jaws OF DIS
traction would be compelled g., laugh
at the funny antics OF the Jolly OlA
chums. No words can paint MS ludl-
orousness. No description can approach
tho reality ~ lis performance. 1ho com
and represents some OF the leading
pHuy mas utru chpaen with great caro-
lights In The profession,
The New Orleans Daily Item speaks
VI 'HhiAfH AfAfhhNh kiAAA GpHChN
1ncog" and IF ita presentation IN that
city MS follows;
Bright, chaate. healthy, delightful
comedy is the attraction at the Grand
this week; comedy which lsRves moth
Ing to be deslrad--whlch satisfies In
fullest measure. yet carries with II
not an innnitessimal OF safety And
for this rare enjoyment we are pre-
marily indebted TO woman-Mrs.
Pnoheco. and in homage 10 her gen-
tuH we bow TO this splendid woman.
Mr.. Dickson's acting throughout was
perfect. He Infused a life. vigor and
flavor into his role which completely
captured tho audience.
Mr. Thomas Keene's repertoire dur
ing the coming season includes "Rloh-
ard" Hamlet" Louis XII" "Rioh-
elleu." "othelo," "The Merchant Of
Venice" and Romeo and jules
faultless prepared list, such as nppeaNs
70 the taste and sentiment ~ ali whose
love for the stage has NOT been pa,iatod
by the modern unpalatnhle schools Of
society and melo-drama
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14

Fx-Empress Eugenic has never been
popular In England. She Ia generally
dlsllked. partly because abe Is thought
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14

aescrihs uns 40, or more OF the following
the Pe-r,,V svAA VIII be sent free by
Drug Manufacturing
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Valuable Information for the rnx.,,,
or s,ddent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Editor Describes How Weighing Ma
chine Was Received.

ANOTHER INNovATIoN.-Two weeks ago,
when Captain Burt, the popular proprietor
of the Great West saloon, restaurant and
poker room combined, called at THE KICK
Err office and said that he was going to
Chicago and should probably bring back a
nickle- I'M he-slot Weighing machine with
him, we shut and locked the door and
gave him half hours talk. The captain
is a man who is sot in his ways, and
though he frankly admitted the force of
our arguments he was determined to in
troduce the innovation. The boys might
not take to it kindly, but he relied on his
popularity to prevent an open rebellion
The machine reached here Tuesday morn
ing and during the afternoon was set up
in the saloon. About 100 of our citizens
called to inspect the novelty, but old jerry
Black, who had just come down out of the
mountains with IS bearskins to sell, was
the only one who asked any questions.
After standing in front of the machine for
quarter of an hour he turned and asked:
'Whats she fur?"
ITO weigh yourself" replied the cap
tain.
whats the objick in weighin myself?''
ITO get your weight"
"What do I want of my weight"
The captain couldn't answer that. We
advised him to close up and barricade the
doors, but he was sot again and paid no
heed to our advice. At 7 o'clock process
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25

seats is a depository for all kinds of useless
material which has been carried there from
the open space to get it out Of the way
The lesson of the Boston fire has been well
learned, however, and | doubt not there has
since then been a general cleaning up of
these dark and unfrequeuted places all over
the country.
The Brooklyn club is one of the few in
the country which have all along been well
protected from fire. Not Il chip, shaving or
splinter of any kind is allowed to lie under
any of its stands. On the contrary, water
plugs have been placed at convenient points,
long lines of hose are kept under the Seats
and besides innumerable barrels of water,
with buckets attached, stand within easy
reach of the spectators. Had this precau-
ton been taken by the Boston magnates,
how much would have been saved!
The Boston grand stand which was swept
away in that fire was a magnificent perma-
nent structure. Some years ago the club
purchased outright the ground on which
their baseball park is located, embracing
an entire city block and more. Being thus
secure from ejectmcnt and believing that
professional baseball was an established
business, the owners of the Boston club
erected their grand stand with an idea of
permanency. Its foundations and lower
600. 1t had no rival in the Union except
the stand on the Philadelphia ground,
which cost 1000. These two clubs, own
ing clear titles to their grounds, could risk
their money in permanent buildings.
The Boston hackers have more causes
than the burning of their grand stand to
discourage them. The local attendance,
while fully up to the mark of last year, is
not proportonate with what it has been
in other cities To the mere observer this
fact is most puzzlng. In years gone by
Boston, according to the size of it's popula-
ton, was the best baseball city in the coun-
try. This year, in spite of the fact that it's
team has Won three consecutive champion
ships and shows championship form again,
there seems to be Il lack of proper enthusi-
asm.
There may be several causes for this state
of affairs. In the first place, strange as it
may seem, it has never been financial ben
eft to Il club to win Il championship twice
in succession. l think the Chicago, ST.
Louis, New York and Boston clubs can all
bear testimony on that point. The reason
is not plain, but the fact is incontrovertible.
Then the silly chatter OF the Boston play
ers, as soon as they got an idea into their
heads that their club was going to make
money this year, did not please the people
who pay to see them play at home. The
players openly avowed their dissatisfaction
with the amount of salaries they are re-
ceiying and declared they would compel
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
THE TIP KILLER.

Tip took the poison, and poison took Tip.
Springfield Republican.
Tip struck out on bran ball He would
never have been an expert in the national
game.-Buffalo Enquirer.
Killing elephants with poison is certainly
unromantic, though it may be humane and
speedy.-Columbus Dispatch.
Civilization was failure in the case of
old Tip both as to his life and character
and his mode of death.-New York Tele-
gram.
1t was undoubtedly necessary to kill the
beast, but it would have been far less brutal
to have ended his life with a bullet or with
a dozen of them if necessary
American.
If Tip had been in Adams place in the
garden of Eden, would he have spurned the
apple? Yes, if park employee had offered
it, but so would Adam.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser
1t has taken good while to poison New
York's elephant, but it is to be borne in
mind that the elephant is a very large ami
NAL biologists have observed a similar
difficulty in communicating a sore throat
to giraffe.-Boston Herald.
The execution of the beast appears to have
been botched piece of work, long drawn
out in its cruelty. Had the Society For the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals not inter
fcrcd, the taking off of this brute could
not have been more brutal.-Utica Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25

EACH FIRED SIX SHOTS AT THE MACHINE.
sion of 90 men came down Apache avenue
and turned into the front doors of the
Great West. 1t was led by Jerry. Every
man looked serious and was silent of
speech. They entered in single file, passed
from front door to back, and while cross
ing the room each one fired six shots at
the machine. Each one of the 372 bullets
took effect. When the last man had pulled
trigger and passed into the alley, only
few scraps of iron and steel were left to
represent the novelty. We understand that
Captain Burt has telcgraphed to Chicago
for a lung tester and an electric machine,
which he proposes to set up in his place
and defend with his life. If this be true,
his friends should call as early as possible
and bid him farewell Our people might
possibly stand lifting machine if intro
duced by q man they loved, but if Captain
Burt attempts to force the twentieth cen
fury on this town he will go under ground
the dcadcst man that has ever been plant
ed west of Omaha.
EXPLANATORY Three or four weeks
since VIC stated that James Y. Griffin, the
shystcr lawyer who has an office in the
Wildcat block, had served q sentence of
five years in Sing Sing for grand larceny.
We had no idea of holding the man up to
tation. We simply wanted five line item
to fill out local column, and so we made
the statement as above. 1t seems that Mr..
Griffin was greatly worked up over the
matter, but he did not call until one day
last week to explain matters. Being con-
WINGED that we did him an injustice, we
hereby apologize. From papers in his pos
session we are satisfied that instead of five
one year in q county Jail III Illinois for
stealing q calf. We somehow got Mr..
Griffin mixed up with another man. While
the matter wouldn' t have hurt his rcputa-
tion in the least, TIE KICKER is cheer
fully willing to set him right as to facts.
The death of our agricultural editor, who
kept the records of most Of our citizens,
has not only given us double work for the
last few weeks, but somewhat mixed us On
the records In another column of this
issue will be found an article stating that
Henry Johnson, Esq, the genial druggist
of Apache avenue, came to Arizona to cS-
cape arrest ft9' big&nly. If we have made
a mix of it, we trust that he will call and
set us right as to the facts in the case 1t
wouldn't make any great difference whcth-
er his offer sc was arson CT bigany, but we
like to have things straight.
LOOKED FoE A GAIA party of hunt
ers who have been in camp on Bill Will
liams' mountain for the last month yester-
day brought into town one of their num-
Der to be patched up and restored to life.
His name is Banning, and we understand
that he is Il tcndorfoot Nimrod from the
east. Three or four nights ago he was
aroused from sleep in the camp by what he
supposed was the waili,g of IL lost cat.
that the feline had straycd from
home and was lost and in Il suffering con-
dition, Mr. Banning went out into tho
brush and called her in tender tones. She
came. She turned out to be mountain
lion about II feet long, and she didn't
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
CONDENSED SPORTING CHAT.
The New York Yacht club will celebrate

The New York Yacht club will celebrate
its fiftieth anniversary July 80.
Steinitz the great chess player, is So years
old On his birthday recently he was pre-
sented with a silver mounted walking stick
at the Cosmopolitan club, New York. The
crook of the stick is beautifully decorated
with miniature kings, rocks and other chess
symbols.
Major B. G. Thomas is reported to have
received an offer of &l3, 900 ior the yearling
brother to Domino, but refused it. Tho
earning capacity of race horse is yearly
increasing, for in the comparatively short
period elapsing since Fremont won $4,000
as a 2-year- old to 1898, when Domino won
$1SO,O00 at the same age, there is an i'm
mense margin of difference.
George Eckhardt and Charles W. An
drews, two very clever San Francisco ana
teur wreStlerS, recently battled Oh the mat
for over four hours without either being
able to secure a fall. Each weighed exactly
$40 pounds. The match was called draw.
In a letter to an American friend ! frank
Ives, the billiard champion, says he j. max
ing $50 day in Paris. He is workn:, l:rd
to arrange a match with Nignau:, the
French champion.
At Roby recently the horses carrying ne
number 0 won four races.
1t is said that prominent Partisan r"n
cier, Baron Oppenheim, has ordered II FIST
class sailing yact, single sticker, to ba Ll.ilt
in France, with the view Of competing with
the Vigilant in the fall rvgattas.
Richards, the famous Yale Splinter, has
for the second time wrenciled a tendon, and
Trainer Murphy states that Richards will
be incapactated for active work for years.
Richards was last years intercollegiate
champion in the 100 and 220 yard dashes
With the American yachts Lasca and
Vigilant racing on the Other side, yachting
will prove an interesting sport to the gen
eral public this year.
There is some talk of u meeting between
Jack McAuliffe and Young Critic. The
men are bitter enemies.
B. A. Bartlett, a sportsman of Buffalo,
recently shot at so birds without Il miss.
He used - gauge repeating gun.
While the Chicago club was in Louisville
recently some friend of Captain Anson's
made him a present of Il box of ginger.
The National Tennis association ranks
r. D. Wrenn, the champion, rs the best
tennis player of 1888 Clarence Hobart, +.
H. Hovey, NJ. G.. Chace and w. A. Larned
follow in order of merit.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
THE CRITIC.

The Bavarian government has awarded
Mr. Ridgway Knight, the American paint
er, the cross of the Royal Order of St.
Michael.
John William Preyer, the famous paint
tr, was so small and had such q childish
face that he looked to be boy of 10 after he
had passed his thirtieth year.
w Clarke Russell lives on the island of
Thanet. The house is large and inviting,
and from its windows can be seen the toss
ing waves of the turbulent North sea.
Oscar Wilde has designed the decorations
for the new and unique room which Mrs
Langtry has added to her house in which
to display her valuable collection of fans.
Lenbach, the famous portrait painter of
Germany, has painted more portraits of
Bismarck than perhaps all his brother art
ists. bismarck has been to him life study
Two Swedish ladies have received honora,
hle mention ut the Paris salon for sculp-
t'Ire. They are Carolina Bruse and Agnes
kjciiber.s The latter holds the scholar
>hip Of the Swedish academy.
Foreign papers show that Mascagni has
gwen himself up to gambling and has lost
Il large part of his fortune i'll Monte Carlo
1t is also said that he has severed his rela
i.ouShip with Publisher SonZagnU.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
THE SCIENTIST.

With every thought a certain amount OF
gray nerve tissue is decOmposed.
The primitive atmosphere of the earth is
believed to have consisted of nitrogen only.
There are only 10 recorded cases in the
annals OF surgery of successful amputation
al the hip joint.
Professor George Wellner asserts that he
has solved the problem of aerial naviga-
tion. His machine is being tested secretly
by the Austrian government.
No receptacle has ever been made strong
enough to resist the bursting power of freez-
ing water. Twenty pound steel shells have
been burst asunder as though made of pot
terry.
In Russia lady was saved from prema-
ture burial by means of amicrophone placed
over her heart, which enabled a medical
man to detect Il faint beat, which had es-
capped TIE ordinary tests
A vibrating helmet for the cure of nerv-
Gus headache is constructed of strips OF
steel, put in vibration by a small electro
motor, which makes COO turns a minute.
The sensation, which is not unpleasant,
produces drowsiness- The patient falls
asleep under it's influence and awakes free
from pain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
CAYLOR'S BALL GOSSIP
The Sage Points the Moral Of
the Boston Fire.
HOW THE PHELLIES COULD WIN.

If They Had Cieveland's Pitchers, They
Would Capture the Pennant In a Canter.
Why Pitcher Young Succeeded . Ono
Thing That Is Ahead of Being In Society.
neglecting little leaks was aptly illustrated
by the fire which broke out under the so
cent seats of the Boston club during the
second game with the Baltimores recently.
From mere small tongue of flame, caused
by a lighted match dropped through on
some neglected rubbish, Confagration
grew which in few hours not only licked
up the Bostons' magnificent grand stand,
but swept away acres of surrounding resi-
dences and destroyed human life.
There was gross carelessness exhibited
by the Boston club and it's employees in
two ways, if the published reports Of the
fire be true, and have seen no contradic-
ton of the statements as originally made.
In the first place, had there been no rub
bish left to accumulate under the baseball
stand, bundle of burning matches would
not have caused a fire. The superintendent
of the grounds, it seems, should have
thought of this danger, which must have
long before existed on account of the de-
posits of finder, where spectators were sure
to drop not only spent matches, but burn
ing stumps of cigars.
In the second place, there were no provi-
sions made on the ground to check fire
should one break out-not water plug
nor a foot of hose inside the inclosure-not
even handy bucket of water. One plug,
with line of house hose, or even few
buckets of water would have saved $3.50, 900
in property and one human life. Even as
it was, Right Fielder Bannon attempted to
fight the fire single handed. while it was
still confined to the heap of inflammable
material in which it began, by scattering
the burning material.
have often wondered why more baseball
stands are not burned in this same way.
AS a rule, the territory under the stands and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25

their club to make an increase or Know the
reason why. Naturally this implied threat
sounded to patrons of the club like threat
of Indifferent playing, and when the team
lost few games I've no doubt thousands
of Boston ''rootcrs" believed the champions
were not trying to win and at once with
drew their patronage.
Still the Rostons would have come out
winners financially had it not been for the
loss of their ground buildings, for the cham
pions are the best drawing cards on the
road. They played to 10000 people in
their first 10 games, a record almost unpar-
alleled in the history of the sport.
The Clevelands continue to hold onto
their lead in the League race. AS showed
before, the greatest part of the credit for the
'Spiders'" standing must be given to their
three pitchers, Young Clarkson and Cup
py. To everybody's surprise the veteran
Clarkson keeps up his great work. How
funny some of these baseball complications
look. The Brooklyns would give almost as
much for first class pitcher as Richard III
once offered for horse. Yet two of the
pitchers whom the Brooklyns turned out
on the commons last winter are winning
their games for other clubs right along
Lovett for the Bostons and Haddock for
the Philadelphias
In Young the Clevelands come very near
having the best pitcher in the country.
There are qualities about Young which
combine to make him player any club
might feel happy to possess. He is country
born and bred In his hardy frame are
muscles fashioned and seasoned by bracing,
pure country air, by nutritious, wholesome
country food and by the training of work
on a farm. He grew up without suffering
harm from the temptations of city life,
and all of those steady habits which he
contracted as n country boy he has wisely
carried with him into his baseball career.
Young is not only great pitcher now, but
his habits will make him king in his class
for years to come, for he is still young in
age as well as in name. His success, like
that of Nichols, lies mostly in the fact that
he has fine control, an even temper and
plenty of gray matter under his cap with
which to put his talents where they will do
the most good.
The Clevelands have met only their five
western rivals so far, and of the five four
have shown up decidedly weak. The team
cannot expect the same success when they
go east on their three weeks trip along the
seaboard, beginning May 90 Then they
will have to face three of the strongest
teams in the League, if not four, for though
the New Yorks so far have proved to be a
great disappointment l look for them to do
fine work as soon as they get settled down
for long series on their own ground.
During the visit of the western teams to
the east l expect to see three or four of the
eastern clubs go to the front, where it will
be very difficult matter to dislodge them
am still fearless in my opinion that the
Phillies could win the pennant hands down
if they had the Cleveland pitchers. 1t
would be a mere canter o. hem. In these
days to be a successful pitcher is better than
to be in society. O. p. CAYLOE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
Steamships Stecred by a Finger.

Marvellous progress has been made in
marine architecture and equipment
within the past few years There was a
time when the wheelhousc of big
ocean steamer contained eight stalwart
men, who, i'll rough weather, would find
it almost hcrculean task to manage
the wheel. Nowadays the light touch
of an infants hand upon the wheel is
of sufficient power to turn vessel COM
pletely around. Huge boats are now
steered by steam apparatus, which is
as quick and effective as the touch upon
tho ordinary electric button.
phia Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-25
ON THE BLUES.
How History Was Made by Bending Tree
and Creeping Panther.

How History Was Made by Bending Tree
and Creeping Panther.
"Cone, Creeping Pantherr'
"What is it, father"
"Here is the spot!''
1t was Bending Tree, the Chippewa
Chief and his only son, a boy of IA. The
boy had followed his father for miles and
miles through the virgin forest until they
had suddenly como out on grand bluff
on the upper Mississippi river.
''Here we make history for the white
man," said the chief as he looked over his
assortment of warclubs and selected one
made of second growth hickory.
care you going to mash me, father?"
'Finer than squash. Got to do it. In
the years to come the palefaces will write
of these rocks that a famous Indian chief,
who was taking his son on his first war
hunt, was discovered by the Objibeways
and driven to bay on the edge Of this cliff.
They held out and held out and held out,
but at length their fried oysters and roast
turkey ran short, and there was only one
thing to be DONE Rather than have his
son fall into the hands of the relentless
Objibs the father Drained him with his
own warclub.''
'But what became of the father?''
Don't ask any foolish questions! Some
palefaces will have it that he uttered his
warcry and leapcd into the pellucid river
below, and others that he rushed upon his
enemies and died surrounded with bar'ls
of blood. I'll think it over after you are
gone and see what I'd better do
Cant we fool the palefaces, father?''
innocently inquired Creeping Panther.
Not much! The first sarsaparilla or
pill man who came along here and couldn't
sec your blood ON the rocks would say the
story was q dead fake and kick about pay
ing his steamboat fare. I may be an In
jun, but I'm no putter up of jobs on his
tory
cit wouldn't do to kill smother boy,
would it-some young Injun who hasn't
got any show to climb up?" asked the boy,
who seemed strangely averse to dying.
NO." roared the now indignant father.
"Boy, do you want me to be ashamed of
you? Stand out there till 1 crack your
head! If the palefaces get hold of it that
you didn't want to die, the heroism will
be knocked out of the whole thing and
tho legend won't be believed below Du-
buquc.''
Father, I am ready-whack away!''
And Bending Tree hauled off and crack
ed him one and Drained him and killed
him and went away happy. Only last fall
as I went up the river steamboat I
saw the mighty bluff and had some Of the
dried blood pointed out to me on the rocks
by the captain. M. QUAD.