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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-20

Andrew Carnegie has taken beau
tlfui rent at Huckhurst, near Whiting
ham Sussex. England.
Tho United States consul Gen. Will
tam HAYDEN Edwards. IL seriously IN
with influenza al Berlin.
bishop wirFer % tn Catholic do
cese,pf Newark N, j.. win sail for
southampton by the Normannia on
June 7,
President Andrews ~ Brown uni
tho graduating clqSs 81 the Atticboro
CAfass.j high school nerf month.
Cincinnati has already organized
Auuicipal Art society. The movers be-
Inc Mefars W. r anderson. ooshorn.
i. G. Weir. W. W. TAYLOR, ur. SrciY.
c. II KeilcEg and A. Howard Hinkis-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-20

telegraph and the free ana uni,,,ttnS
coinage OF silver
me thiid party is losing strength
mere; anu VIII not poll as many votes
as they did two yeiss ago.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-20

"Yes. think the fire was due 20 an
electric spark. and sonfhow the cleo
tric forces are not very wcll hurnessed.
rh- other church went hat way TOO,
There have bean 80 many accidents
due 10 the use ~ electricity that u
seems dangerous 10 use u until 1t can
be perfectly controlled"
"Siy piAnsy Weil, leave for Column
bus. Miss.. tonight. and then 80 IN
furn 10 Meridian and jackson Ia the
same state. then 10 Little Rock, Ark.
and then 10 sea Francisco. / Will
lecture In ali these places and my son
VIM join me In California. ard we VIII
70 from there 20 Honolulu eafron.
New Zealand, Australia. Ceylon and
India, and W that time think IN
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
interchangeable Heels,

An English firm have recently been
granted letters patent for an invention
whereby the heels of boots and shoes
can be easily detached or reversed.
The invention consists of steel, or any
similar material, shaped as lift, with
flange and groove, by the first of
which 1t is fixed in any part of the
height of the heel at the option of the
maker, while the upper portion of the
heel is so constructed as to slide into
position so that it is indistinguishable
from an ordinary heel; but to insure
absolute security n fine screw is in
serted from the inside. The advant-
ages claimed for it are that when the
top piece becomes slightly worn down
the wearer can reverse 1t to the other
boot, and after these have been well
worn they can be replaced by a new
set at a very small cost.-Shoe and
Leather Facts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
FACTS IN FEW WORDS.

Ancient Egyptians worshipped the
| onion
French lovers have sealing-wax
code.
Lemons were looked upon in ancient
Greece as poisonous.
An cightcen-year-old girl at Ballston,
n. V, has three living husbands.
Football was a crime in England
during the reign of Henry VIII.
The aged and sick in parts of Siberia
arc assisted in committing suicide.
The vogue of the danse du ventrc
began in the Paris Exposition of 1880.
The huge guns Of modern navies can
only be fred about seventy-6ve times
before they are worn out.
1t is a point of honor that Moorish
women never know their own ages.
They have no birthday celebrations.
The apple has larger proportion Of
phosphorus than any other fruit, and
is, therefore, an excellent brain food.
A Boston business man displays n
sign on his office door which reads:
"Ofiice hours II to l every other Tues
day"
Engineers on the first locomotives
were equipped with tin horns, with
which they warned people from the
tracks.
Because she did not get any Christ
mas presents, Mrs. William Thompson,
of st. Joseph, Mo, attempted death
by suicide on Christmas night.
1t is estimated that the fire losses in
the United States in the year 1898 will
reach total of S160000,000, n greater
amount than has been lost in any for
mer year, except that of the Chicago
fire.
Application was made at the New
York Post-Ohice the other day for
mourning stamps, and the applicant
expressed great disappointment when
he was told that the Government did
not keep any in stock.
A pious-loolxing man snatched a lit
tie woman's pocketbook in New York
cable car. She jumped off the car
after him and chased him until her
cries brought the police. The thief
was arrested and the plucky woman is
again carrying her pocketbook.
The following is n chara cteristic ex-
tract from the manuscript diary of
King James H., which is preserved in
the imperial library at Paris: II did
not retire from the battle on the Boyne
from sense of fear, but that l might
preserve to the world a life that I felt
was destined to future greatness"
An Aroostook, Me-, farmer travels
in great comfort through the long
reaches of snow and in the face of
the bitterest north winds in one
horse sleigh, hooded over like q prairie
schooner, and with stove inside, the
funnel sticking through the top. 1t is
a rig of his own invention, ani, while
not architecturally beautiful in appear
ance, is mighty comfortable in use.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
LITERARY NOTES.

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt is about to
publish her memoirs, which will fill
two volumes.
Mrs. Humphrey Wards new novel
will be shorter than either Robert
Elsmere" or David Grieve," and is
said to be written in n more popular
vein. Its shortness will not prevent
its being brought out in three volumes
in London.
Bret Harte's latest story is called
"Johnnyboy." Mr.. Harte does not
write great deal nowadays, but what
he does write he gets well paid for.
His income is said to be $4,000 from
his literary work alone. He lives in
England and he has his greatest vogue
there.
Mr.. II. d. Blackmore, the author of
Lorna Doone," on being asked to
write New Years message for an
American periodical, bluntly declined,
saying that, as all the magazines had
refused his story "Perlycross," ''he did
not feel inclined to duck his head to
the Americans"
Miss Louise Stockton, the sister of
Pomona's inventor and of him who
raised the question between the lady
and the tiger, has started q Round
Robin Reading Club, with its head
quarters in Philadelphia. The plan is
for the members to do systematic read
ing at home under the direction of
Miss Stockton.
Miss Dorothy Klumpke took her de
gree as Doctor of Mathematical Sci
ence at the Sorbonne the other week
During the last century there have
been many proofs of the ability OF
women to earn distinction as students
of higher mathematics, but before the
present occasion no woman student
ever took her degree in the department
of mathematical science in Paris. Fol
some time past Miss Klumpke has held
an honorary post at the Paris Obser
vatory.
Mr.. Mitchell, who Is founder and edi
tor of the New York Life, is described
by London journal as quite figure
in American literary society; pleas
ant little sandy-haired man, inclined
to badness, with comical face. HI
is an habitue OF the Century Club
which corresponds in n way to oul
Athenaeum. and, though editor of {
satirical paper, is really popular will
every one. For in a country in whicl
, newspapers take so much freedom
with the person his journal is always
gentlemanly, and conducted in q way
worthy of its splendid illustrations
which, in the presentation of beautiful
and elegantly dressed young girls, hav,
no equal in journalism. In its frs
year Life was dead loss; in its sec
ond it about paid expenses; in it's thirt
there was 10000 of net profit"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
Paying Social Debts.

The name Of the women who live in
single rooms in boarding-houses, and
yet long for an opportunity to receive
and entertain their friends, Is legion,
says an exchange. One Of their num-
Der has decided that 1t may be done,
and has made an excellent beginning
in that direction.
Her room is-or was-an ordinary
looking, moderately large back one on
the second floor of an ordinary board
ing-house. She turned 1t into n charm
ing apartment by the expenditure of
n great deal Of time and thought and
giving up new winter frock. The
bed was banished and luxurious cot
lounge was substituted with denim
cover and multitude of silk pillows.
There was leather screen picked up
at a bargain, to shut out the view of
the washstand. A set of box book
shelves served the simple purpose of
bookcase, sideboard and closet, by be-
Ing stained and having a door with
hinges swing over one long box. Dain-
ty blue and white china, a copper cof-
fee pot and some silver spoons occupy
the sideboard. All sorts of pretty
photographs in pretty frames hang
about the walls, and a CRATE fire COM
pletes the prettiness of the room.
In the closet, every Saturday night,
are stored olives, crackers, cheese,
bread and butter, lettuce, a little eel
cry, coffee and sugar-all of them de-
licious. Every Sunday the landlady-
for n considera tion-cooks and chops
up chicken. Every Sunday the young
woman makes chicken salad, for the
preparation of which she is justly IA
nous, and thin bread and butter sand
wiches. Sometimes she toasts some
crackers over her CRATE fire. She
makes delicious coffee in the Russian
coffee pot. And every Sunday after
noon she Is "at home" to her friends,
dispensing the dainties from an old
mahogany table in the corner. She
does not spend fortune in entertain
ing, but all the people who drop in"
during the long afternoon have the
best sort of time, and she owes no
social debts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
California Mis6ts.

There is at least one level-headed
farmer in San Joaquin County. There
is more point in the following few lines
than can be found in an average speech
occupying as many columns. He says:
I'VE let our timber rot and buy fenc-
ing. We throw away our ashes and
grease and buy soap. We raise dogs
and buy hogs. We let our manure go
to waste and buy guano. We grow
weeds and buy vegetables and brooms.
We catch five-cent fish with n four
dollar rod, We build school-houses
and send our children off to be edu-
Gated. And lastly, we send our boys
out with forty-dollar gun and a ten
dollar dog to hunt for ten-cent birds"
That Is precisely what is being done
all over the State.-San Francisco Call
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
WHY MIKE BURNED THE BOOK.
A Night Watchman Who Had the Tn
terests of His Firm Really at Heart.

A Night Watchman Who Had the In
terests of His Firm Really at Heart.
The secretary of the Eastern Rubber
Company, at Trenton, n. j., lost let
Textbook containing copies of a months S
important correspondence a few weeks
ago.
The whole office force was turned
out to hunt for II, but It had disap-
peared as effectually as If swallowed
up in the earth. After closing hours
the other evening the secretary, the
general manager and a couple of clerks
sat in the office discussing the loss and
trying to account for it, Mike, the
new watchman, came in to sweep and
dust.
mike, have you ever seen anything
ager.
mo, SIR" said Mike.
WELL have you seen a book like
this?" taking another letterbook from
the safe.
Yes, sir; I seen one like that one
night 1t was in the waste basket"
Where is it now?"
Sure, l burned it"
If ever watchman received n lee.
ture for stupidity, Mike got 1t then
The secretary became hotter and hot
ter every minute as he talked II sup
pose you'd burn up the cashbook II
you ever found it outside the safew
he shouted finally.
'No, sir; l would not" returned
Mike, gently, what would l do that
for, when there's nothing but figures
in it that don't mean anythln' but to
the man that wrote 'em? 1 wasn't
goin' TO burn this book at first be-
cause l wanted to keep the nice papers
to put tobacco In. But when / thought,
well, perhaps some one will get a-hold
of 1t and read somethin' that was none
of their - business, just burned it
to make sure. You'd do the same, sir,
now wouldn't youT'-New York Her
aid
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23

Dinner is the great event of the day,
for to this meal all the people employed
in the biggest show on earth" sit
down at once. The mess tent is an
oblong affair. There are six rows of
tables with broad aisle down the
centre; it will seat 500 people. The
1ristocracy sits on the right side and
the masses on the left. The aristoc-
racy has little better service than
the others, but the food is about the
same. There is roast beef, vegetables
and desserts with soup and fish at the
eook's caprice. The cooking is done
in wagon fitted up with two ranges.
The coffee making and boiling and
broiling is done in the open air. 1t
takes seventy gallons of milk to put in
the tea and coffee of the mess every
day, and more when the boys are
tired. After dinner there Is an hour
Of rest at twilight. This is the only
time in the entire day that the per-
formers have wholly to themselves 1t
is the social hour, Little family groups
gather i'll the open air, lying on the
grass picnic fashion, about chariot
or near Il tree; the women cluster in
little groups and talk woman wise, and
make feint of doing fancy work,
sewing or reading.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Ask his

Ask not mans creed. Ask his
need
Cunning differs from wisdom as twi-
light from open day.-Dr. Johnson.
There is a time when the truest cour-
age is shown in retreatlng from temp
tatiOn.
The most effective argument against
Anarchism is the practice Of the Gold
en- Rule.
Habits are soon assumed, but when
we strive to strip them off it's being
flayed alive.-Cowper.
There is a duty not only to aid the
unemployed, but, as far as possible,
to employ the unaided.
People live, not because they care
for themselves, but through and by
the love that other people bear them
Tolstoi
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
sonthern RniIroad RniIdinr,

The financial depression has not had
= very decided effect on railroad CON
struction In the South. The total mum
Der of miles Of railway built in this
section since January l of last year is
only fifty-seyen miles less than was
built during all of the year before.
The total new mileage in the South
for last year, Up to December 1, was
Lip miles Texas leads with 21G
miles, Florida comes Il close second
with Dos miles, and Georgia is third
with III miles.-Atlanta Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
The Bathtub Trunk.

Some novelties in bathtubs are made
abroad especially for travelling pur-
poses. They are made of best timed
iron with iapanned oak outside and
white inside, The novelty is that they
san be closed up with a strap and util-
-zed as Il trunk to hold the clothes of
the owner A self-heating gas bath
s made upon the following principle:
An atmospheric gas burner being en-
ployed from which the heat is conduct
ed around the body of the bath by
iucs, and after doing this duty escap-
.ng by Il main fue. A bath can be
heated in this way in forty-fve min
ateS at an expense of three cents
Hardware.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23

A curious point in Swedish criminal
law is that confession is necessary be-
fore n capital sentence can be carried
out. If, however, the culprit persists
in protesting his innocence In the face
of overpowcring evidence, the prison
discipline is made extremely strict and
severe until the desired confession is
obtained.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
Lady and Woman.

1t has been decided by an English
court that 1t is not libellous to call a
lady woman. This recalls the fact
hat in II Western town, couple of
years ago, II young woman who work
ad as clerk in a dry-goods store
threatened to sue newspaper for libel
because 1t referred to her as a sales
woman ana not as saleslady. She
lid not carry out her intention, how
ever, as she was advised that she had
no case.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
The Humors of the Museum

"Slang is always vulgar" said the
manager of the dime museum, but it
is sometimes funny, too"
"Yes?"
"Yes. For instance, 1t does sound
funny to hear the living skeleton ask
ing the fat lady IL she will lend him
n couple of bones. New York Press
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23

1t isn't always nervousness that
makes girl bite her lips. Sometimes
very often, in fact-she does 1t to
give them a nice color.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26

FRUIT THrEs, Small Fruits. Grape
Vines. RElD's NCRsERIEs. Tel. Ills.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26
a Commission Firm.

Tho old quarters OF the Wheeling
Press Club in tho Reilly block are now
occupied by tho Wheeling Commission
Company, of Pittsburgh, who deal in
stocks, bonde, grain, provisions and
petroleum. Tho firm has q wirc direct
to thoir office, and tho varying quota
tons on tho various stocks are slated
Immediately from tho New York and
Chicago markets. This Ia something
that has long been desired in Wheeling,
and tho manager. Nfr. /. NJ. Drumbaugh,
says that business at tho new stand is
oil that could DO desired.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26

In Ohio, Clark's senate bill allowing
women over twenty-ono years OF age 10
vote at school elections has passed and
will become Il law us soon as tho senate
shall have concurred in a house amend.
ment slightly changing the p~hraseology
OF the bill. It will take effect from and
alter its passage. A separate ballot box
is to be provided Tor women and all
laws relating to the registration OF
voters shall apply to women, upon
whom the right to vote is thus con-
ferred, but the names OF such women
may DO placed on q separate list. Men
who expect to run for the board OF cd
ucation will have to get on the good
side OF the women.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26

There arc 100000 negro Catholics in
the United States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26
a NEW PATENT WHEEL
Tho Invention OF Wheeling NTcu-Thc Spl
cfni Cinims for Il,

The Invention OF Wheeling ,Tcn-Thc Spc.
cfnl Cinims for Il,
Mr.. George p. Hobbs, tho inventor OF
q new wheel OF which mention was
madc In yesterdays 1STELLioESCER,
writes that tho patent on /. waserantod
to George T. Hobbs aud a. l. Edwards.
lie says also that the article patented Is
q atccl wheel, such as GRO used on chill.
dren's carriages. bicycles, etc. Instead
OF using special rolled iron and MALE.
able castings and special machinery in
its construction. this now wheel is made
from sheet steel and wire stamped into
shape by regular machinery, such as is
used in stamping works. The wheel
when finished has a much neater up
pcaranco, lie stronger, weighs ten ounces
less, and car be made for twenty-five
per cent less than other wheels now OH
tho market.
1t is the purpose OF the Investors 10
orgunize Il company for tho manufacture
OF this wheel and the sheet metal axle
recently patented, trimmings for this
line OF goods and other inventions BY
Mr.. Hobbs which will DO patented in
due timo.
Propositions have been received from
several other places looking TO the start
ing OF the new industry, but tho inven-
tor prefers to locate here If 4 company
can DO formed to take hold Of his
Datnnts-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26

DIED.

DIED.
REDMAN-On Wednesday, April q. 1891, Of 6
o'clock. ~, MARY JA.E lsgDIAE.
Funeral from the residence OF II. II. Hubbard.
;J2 Fiitecu;h street. Thursday afternoon at Q
O'Clock. Intcrment ut Pcninsular cemetery.
Friends OF the family invited to attend.
RoBB-on Wednesday. afternoon. April IS.
1891. NJ 3:ij O'Clock, Mrs. ASSIEL NoBB, aged
70 years md Is days.
Funeral services at her late residence, No. loi
Fourteenth street, on Friday afternoon ut l
O'Clock. ln:crmcnt private. No flowers. "
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26

WHEN YOU CAN'T Eat
without TINT uncomfortable feeling of full
ness or drowsincSs afterward, then it's time
to tako DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
make digestion easy. Keep q vial Of them
in your vestpocket, nnd tnlo one after
every hearty meal.
It's timo to take them, too, whenever
you "fccl bilious" They're specific for
biliousness. They act wonderfully upon
the liver.
These tiny, sugar coated Pellets = tho
smallest, tho ploasantest to take, end tho
most natural in their wnys-absolutely and
PERMANENTLY cure Constipation, Jaundice,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick or Bilious
Headaches, Sour Stomach, and every liver,
stomach, and bowel disorder.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26
Successful Entertainment OF Centre Dis.
trict school.


The closing exercises OF the fifth term
OF the Centre school, Liberty district,
taught by Miss Bird NJ. Curtis, OF West
Liberty, occurred on Friday atll o'clock.
Tho patrons and friends began to as.
scmble and after one hour Of profitable
and pleasant converse a bountiinl din
was served, OF which all partook
with relish and hearty enjoyment.
Then the scholars entertained with rec.
i,at!ons, speeches and dialogues, inter.
spersed with aongs by the teacher and
scholars. Tho exercises werc highly
creditable. Miss Curtis Inns tho reputa.
ton OF being one OF the best instructors
in Liberty district and returns TO her
home with the best wishes OF her schoN.
ara and the patrons Of the district.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-26

II tho care OF the hair were made a
part OF n lady's education, we should
not nee so many gray tends, and theuse
OF Halls Hair Remover would be uu-
necessary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

contracting of the pupil. and the
sparkle of the eye, and will not admit
that they are able, independent of the
lid, to convey a suggestion of emotion.
Whether this be so or no. it is certain
~ true that the slight elevation of the
under eyelid-the expressive one-pro-
duces that languishing look which the
Greek loved. and which one sees on the
face of Venus.
The Turkish and Circassian women
use Lenna for penciling the eyes, while
those among the Arabs of the desert
blacl1en the edge of the eyelid with
powder. and draw line about the eye
to make it appear larger. In fact it is
whispered that these women of the
desert are not the only ones who
make use of the device. The Spanish
grand DANES squeeze orange juice in.
to their eyes. 1t is trife painful at
first, but it cleanses the ball and i'm
parts remarkable brightness temper
arily.
Eyelashes are thickest in the middle
and taper toward each end, and are
constantly being renewed. Each hair
natures in five months, and then drops
out, to be succeeded by a new one.
Long and silky eyelashes are said to be
q sign of gentlencss.
The ideal brows are arched, well
marked, though not heavy, and dis
tinctly separated. Although, indeed,
the Roman motive of beauty included a
small forehead and united brows. Ovid
tells us that the women of his time
cleverly painted them so that they ap-
peared as one.
The perfect eyelid should form an
oblong, for the large, round eye in
a circular aperture is indicative of
holiness; the small circular one OF
pertness. Lashes should be lsng and
silky.
The care of the brows is a very sim
pie matter. At night, just before re-
firing, take little pomatum on the tip
of the forefinger and rub it gently into
the arched eyebrow. Then lightly pass
a towel over the same. This is to pro-
mote the growth. I'VE do this every
night and morning" as one maiden
jocularly remarked; I'VE have braids. "
In the morning the sticky substance is
carefully washed out with a soft cloth
and warm water; then little fragrant
eau de cologne is applied, and the tiny
silver-mounted brush comes into play.
1t gently pats and smooths the fine
hairs into a slender, arched line. If
this be repeated every morning def
cient brow will quickly mend its ways
and wide, refractory one be brought
into meek submission.
Eyelashes may have their ends
clipped with the scissors once in every
five or six weeks. This is all the treat
ment they require to make them long
and curved.-N. Y. Press.