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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

attached TO the morning train on tho
indianapolis and Ninoenncs railway
were ditched between Marco and Sand
born this morning. Both coaches We're
badly broken aud the rear coach was
afteiNvnrd consumed by fire. There
were no ladies' In the train, Among
the passengers was I. s. Halton OF
lsminenoc, Wis. who suffered a broken
thigh He was taken to Worlhington
for medical attention.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

81. Louis. March e.--Insurance mana
gers representing the principal staieS In
the country west OF PeILyyivenia, and
especially Of the North Central states,
viii meet hers today. Over one hun
drod delegates are expected. The rating
OF buildings where electricity Is taken
from trolley wires and used for POWER
or light win be discussed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

CAlicr-wo nro very rich, and we wish
to narry our daughter to a count, mar
quls or duke,
Clerk with dlgnity)-You nrc in the
wrong Office. This Ia matrimonial
agency. You will ind the international
Purchasing agency two doors to the loft
New York Weekly
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

starlshes commit suicide. When one is
caught in q net, 1t dissolvsits corporation
into a dozen or SO of fragments, and the
pieoes escape through tho moshca. In
tinc each becomes perfect animnl. 10
preserve the starflsh whole II must be
nlunned into bucket Of fresh water be
fnre Il has tlneto take the alarm. Fresh
water Is instant death 10 It. and thug only
can some varieties Of the starish be pre-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

Lansing. Mich. March s.-The war
Mt ,yeen Mayor Pingree and the oppo-
sition promises TO break out again to-
DIV when the writs Of certiorarl IN the
case OF Drs. Weber and jerks vs.: tne
..ss,-,he-s OF the health board save
Mavor PinRree and Controller Moore.
sysinst the council. which have been
FAMED by the supreme court. are re-
turna bic.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

noped that they would have as good
time when they met again.
a, me stars were growing pale before
ae auNent OF the dnwn-when with
mueh regret the guests departed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

washington. March s.--The Jury IN
the TAYLOR Chase libel case after being
out only ten minutes returned q YER
dict OF guilty as indicted a n"fiAH FOR
4. new trial ,ssa Ant>rNc-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

Loayes OF brcnd ohnrrod to a mass Of
black coal hayo boon taken from tho Pom
peiiAn ovens
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

Cochituate. Mass. was namod from an
Indian word meaning the place OF tho
falls.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

Maddox, Notwithstanding the small
force at his command. makes a record
remarkable for the good order main
tanned. Mr.. Maddox having been an
ofiicer FOR the past sixteen years
speaks Volumes for his efficiency and
the high esteem in which he IS held
by the citizens OF oFrt Worth for his
many years of valuable and honorable
service"
A motion to adjourn was made and
the meeting adjourned until o'clock
D. m.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

Cardinal Mezzofantf had a memory
little short of miraculous DE-. Russell,
his ~biographer, says that the cardinal
spoke with the greatest ease 30 lam
guages; that he spoke fairly well 8;
that no used occasionally, but not
with any fuenoy, II more; that be
spoke imperfeotly 8, and that he
could read IL more. Taking, in addi-
tion, the number of dialects he used,
some so diverse from the mother tongue
as to constitute a different language,
DR.. Russell says that the cardinal was
master Of no less than III different Ian
guagcs and dialects. His German was
so exoellont that no was taken for q ma
tive Of Germany. while his French and
English were equally pure. Dr.. Tholuck
heard him converse in German, Arabic,
Spanish. Flemish, English. Latin,
Greek, Swedish and Portuguese at one
Of the pope's receptions, aud afterward
Mezzofanti gave him an original poem
in Persian and left him to take a lesson
In Cornish. He knew several Of the
American Indian languages and nearly
all the dialects Of India.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS
ONE Of thu R~omarkabie announcements
That Appear In Austrian papera.

Some Of the Remarkable announcements
That Appear In Austrian Papers.
Austrian matrimonial advertisements
according to a contemporaries CORE
spondent at Vienna, are marked by an 40
oeptable humorous audaoity. Here. for
instance, is one that ran for six or seven
days: Wanted. "A rich lady, no mat
ter how old, who will finance n stu
dent Of medicine until such time as he
obtains his degree, when no engages to
marry his b~enefaotress.
And another Is quoted wherein a
young prince seeks q handsome girl with
q dowry Of not less than $3.50, 900.
Whom the desired mate is obtained,
ali ones needs are apparently satisfied,
Judging from this advertisement for a
purchaser for "a we'll trained monkey,
a talkativo parrot and a beautiful sym
pathetic cat, " which belongs to a lady,
who, owing TO her approaching mar
riage, has no further use for them.
The most amusing Of the advertise
ments quoted by our contemporary il,
however, that Of tho very Irish peru
quier, who makes wigs for linen Of in
%telleot, philosophers. scholars and poll
tioians, whose severe mental labor in
tho aus Of humanity has filed their
brains with genial ideas, while depriv-
ing their heads Of their natural capil
larry envelopes. These ''artistically
finished wigs, " the advertiser continues,
while extremely useful and highly or
namental to the wearer, are guaranteed
absolutely invisible to the spectator.
They can DO seen any day in my private
showrooms.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
BouIanger's uorso.

Tho 14th of July was the great day
Of BoulangHr's life, SO far as popular
admiration ! exterior manifestations
woro concerted. 1t was tho date of tho
appearance of the black horse-the
horse that became for the time a party
symbol, a political finger post, a feature
in the history of France.
Ho was a prodigiously snowy horse.
as gorgeous as he was famous. he was
composed principally Of a braudishing
tail, a now moon neck, a looking glass
skin and the action Of D~emosthenes.
He seemed to possess two PAGES only
a fretting walk and a windmill canter.
He was a thorough specimen OF what
the Spaniards call IAN arrogant horse. "
Ho was gaudy, yet solemn; strutting,
yet stately; Haunting, yet majestic; mag
niloquent, yet eloquent.
He was drilled with the most admira-
bio skill. His manners were so super
lativs that with all his frework display
he could not have been either difficult
to handle or firing to sit. Never was q
horse SO emphatioally suited to his rider.
The two were identical in their ways.
Each was as gilded as the other. As tho
horse bounded the general. who had q
weak grip. rocked on him. At every
stride he swung tremendously in the
saddle and bent right and left alternate
ly, like a stage sovereign bowling to his
assembled people
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
Thn snnsnrn AInnhInn.

The Chicago girl had been unusually
manifest. She had told them all about
the Auditorium-not mentioning its OK
ternal dirtiness-and the waterworks
building, which Oscar Wilde describes
as looking like a choice collection of
pepper pots, and she had naively and
casually referred to one Worlds fair.
When the New York girl said some-
thing about a municipality upon the
island of Manhattan, the Chicagoan as
sumed a blank expression and remark
ed: "Ob, yes, l remember; we had to
pass through it on our way to Europe. Z"
Then she began TO boast of u of Chi
cago's proudest works Of art, not wholly
unknown to the others, as, indeed, what
is there belonging to Chicago that is
permitted to remain unknown? 1t was a
sausage machine Of some sort, and ii
was remarkable for its celebrity. "Why,
you put the live pig in at the top
Dragged the Chicago girl, land in less
than ten minutes the loveliest Ink sau-
sages that you ever saw come dropping
out below"
Even the placid soul Of the Philadel-
phia maiden was stirred at this. I'm
deed," she said calmly, well, our
quiet Quaker City methods go ahead Of
that. We have a m lchine in Philadel-
phia where you put the loveliest link
sausages that you ever saw in at the top,
and in less than ten minutes the lie
pig drops out below" Whereat the Chi.
cago girls jaw dropped with a heavy
clang.-New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
A Letter From Grant.

Major James W. Hinkley Of Pough-
keepsie says that some future president
Of tho United States will DO greatly as
touished soma day by the receipt Of a
letter from General u. s.. Grant. Mr..
Hinkley and Colonel Fred Grant were
cadets together at West Point. General
Grant and his son Fred were both grad
yates Of West Point, aud the general
was very anxious that his grandson
should also DO educated at that institu-
ton. Before he died he II a person.
al letter 10 the man who should be
president Of tho United States at the
time when his grandson should reach a
suitable age asking him to appoint tho
young man to a oadetship at West
Point. This letter is nov in Colonel
Fred Grants possession.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
L~fsRADoa's coAsr


harrcn hhorch Rolling Surge and Many
Icebcrss Make ne Dangerous.
The most noriberly Lighthouse on the
ooost Of thia continent stands on Belle
isle, at the head OF the straits of that
name, a little northeast Of Newfound-
land. By what freak Of taste IL was
called Belle isle I cannot say. for even
the old navigators had such a horror Of
IL that on their charts they marked it
with the figure Of o demon.
The morning the little mail steamer
on which / cruiGed down on the Lab.
rador. " as the Northumberland say,
plunged and rolled past Il through the
surge Tho rugged mass Of rock crouch-
cd there as if ready 10 seize its prey Of
ships and human lives The surf, un-
heard at our distance, flashed around
its base like a long row Of glisSening
tooth. A huge iceberg had driftod in
and lay stranded at one end Of the is
land; far up o the rocks was tho light
house; on a shelf below stood a little
hut, with provisions, for s~hipwrecked
sailors; the gray morning mists mado
these look heavy aud sodden, and alto
gether this glimpse Of Belle isle was
the most desolate scene / had ever be-
held. Over q bow the barren coast Of
Labrador was family outlined, and as the
last lighthouse on the continent drop
ped astern | felt that we were indeed
drawing away from civilization, and
this feeling was strengthened when, rs
we turned our prov northward, wo
sighted the vanguard Of the seemingly
endless procession Of huge icebergs drift
ing slowly down in single file from the
mysterious regions Of tho north.
We had mel with single bergs along
the Newfoundland coast, but off Labra-
dor they became a constant and unspeak-
ably grand feature in the seward
view. / doubt if they can be seen any
whore else except in arctic and antarctic
waters In such numbers, variety and
grandeur. The branch Of the gulf stream
which pushes its way into the Arctic
ocean has sufficient force left when it is
reflected by the frozen northern bound
airy Of that sea to send an icy current
down along tho Labrador coast. Prao-
tically all the bergs that break loose
from the ice sheathed shores of Green
land arc borne southwark by this cur
rent. One morning, when / went upon
deck, / counted no less bar 1856 huge
ones. Some Of these were great solid
blocks of ice; others were arohed with
numerous Gothic passageways; some
reached with spirelike grace high up
into the air. All reflected with pris-
matio glory the rays Of tho SUI. &C Gustav
Kobbe in st. Nicholas.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
Astonishing an Oriental.

Mohammed Abu Said. "Chiof Spoon
and Ladle Maker to tho Commander Of
tho Faithful, came to know what
Owen thought about the phenix and
whether tho bowl Of a ladle which he
brought with him for examination was
not made from the beak Of that bird. II
was identified as coming from a more
authentic s~ource-the helmeted hornhill
Of Ceylon, of which there was fortunate
ly a specimen in the museum.
""The head and beak were brought In.
to my study and handed to tho oriental
He examined it very deftly, comparing
tho hoax with the bowl, and then ex.
claimed, with astonishment and rever,
ence: God is great. That surely is the
birdP Academy.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

with More Especial Reference 20 Drain
Pipe and Tomato Can Chimneys.
Speaking Of chimneys, " said an old
soldier, tho chimney such az ono not
iufroquontly sees mado Of glazed drain
pipe always interests me greatly. We've
seen such chimneys run up outside Of
shanties, and we've seen them carried
from the tops Of ohimnoys over to the
side wall Of some much higher building
erected next door and thence ON upward
above tho top Of It. There Is one thing
about these drain pipe chimneys that al
ways surprises mo very much, and that
is that they stack 'cn mp with the
hangu end Of the sections mp. / never
saw one built the other way. / never.
could understand this. / suppose the
pipe is usually set mp with cement OF
mortar in the joints, but l should think
those upturned fianges would catch all
the rain, and that IL would work down
the pipes, and that frost would get in
there In winter and all that. ] should
think it would be immensely better to
stack 'em up with the smooth end nc the
top, aud / don't know why they don't
do Il.
Perhaps my great interest in this
simple form Of cylindrical chimney is
due to q more intimate acquaintance
with and q great affection for another
kind OF cylindrical chimney, one more
simple in form and construction. 1 re-
fer to tho tomato can chimney. Emblem
Of domestic peace and comfort as the
chimney undoubtedly is, it is not always
so, and tho tomato a chimney, per-
haps more than any other, oharacterizes
the livelier vicissitudes Of life. / know
that my own first acquaintance with the
tomato can chimney was in the army
in time Of war. And yet even there it
has some flavor of peace about IL, for
we never had M except at times when
we were more or less settled in camp
and were within reach Of q settler.
"And the tomato can chimney Is by
no means confined to army life. It is
built by hunters and campers out, by
squatters and pioneers and by early set
tiers in new regions pending the build
ing Of a moro substantial chimney, and
so / suppose it may be said of the Chin
ney, after all, that wherever it may be
set up and Of whatever it may be con-
structed it has about the same SAVIOR Of
the hearthstone. Now York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

Tho French industry Of icing milk is
an original departure in timed commod-
tiles. The milk is frozen and placed
In block form in tins and on the part of
tho purchaser requires to be melted pre-.
vious TO use, BeiLs Theoretically sealed,
the commodity thus iced preserves its
form until it is required, when a min
ute's exposure to the suns rays or to
the heat Of the fire is all that is necessa-
~ to reduce it to a liquid condition -
Baltimore Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

Suppose q Burmese husband and wife
quarrel and determine to separate. The
wife, who always does all tho market
ing, goes out aud buys two little can
dies Of equal length, which are made
especially for this use. She brings them
home. She and her husband sit down
ON the floor and light them simultane-
ously. One candle stands for him, the
other for her. Tho one whose candle
burns out first rises and goes out of tho
house forever, with nothing but what
he or she may have on. The one whose
candle has survived tho longest, even
by a second, takes everything. So the
divorce and division Of the property, if
you can call that a division, are settled.
Philadelphia Times
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

Speaking of tho young man who talks
in public places, / heard a retort made
to him last Thursday night which was
so good 1 was surprised never to have
heard it before. 1t was at the theater,
and the young man had seen the play
before. He let everybody for four seats
around know that, and no kept telling
Just what was coming ana just how
funny it would be when it did come.
He had a pretty girl with him, and he
was trying TO amuse her. At length he
said:
Ibid you ever try listening to a play
with your Dyes shut? You've no idea
how queer it seems"
A middle aged man with a red face
sat just in front. Ho twisted himself
about in his ssat and glared at the
young man.
young man." said be, did you
ever try listening to a play with your
mouth shut2''
And the silence was almost painful
Washington Post.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
A Fraudulent Banker.

The other evening o stylish and gen.
tlemanly looking individual stepped in
to ono Of tho leading restaurants in Par
is, took his seat at a table and ordered
a dinner tres recherche. When it was
served up, he tackled the dishes with
the placid delight Of u genuine epiouro
When be was half way through the dos
sert, a closed cab drew up at the door
Of the establishment, and n very grave
looking gentleman requested permission
to look through the premises, as he ex-
pectod to find there a fraudulent banker
whom he as a detective was instructed
to take into custody. OF course his de-
mand was complied with, and no sooner
had he entered tho dining room than he
pointed to the luxurious reveler and
whispered in the landlords ear:
You see, our information was cor
rect. There he is. But for your own
sake we prefer to avoid a row. Please
tell the gentleman that his friond Baron
l.. is outside and wishes tospeak to him
for half a minute"
On receiving the message our gastron-
omist Immediately rose from tho table
and went out on the boulevard. where
he was taken possession OF by the de-
t%ective, who put him into the cab and
drove of with him Next day the res
taurant keeper went to the nearest po-
lice office TO recover payment for the
fraudulent banker's' dinner, amount
ing to about GO francs. But neither the
oommissary nor his subordinates knew
anything Of tho supposed capture. In
tho end it turned out to be nothing more
or less han a clever bit of comedy got
up for the purpose Of enabling one of
tho actors to have "a good blowout. -
Figaro.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

It was remarked by a writer long ago
that there is no revenge so hard and
bitter as that of an old man., " and it is
one Of the astonishing porversities of
many natures that the longer they live
the harder they hug their possessions.
The most DISTINGUISHED affection is pass
ed over, the most faithful and most val
uablo services are slightly and grudg-
ingly rewarded This mental and moral
disease notably afiiots the richest Tho
Marquis d'Aligre was a singular exam
pie. His will was concocted with a spe-
cial desire to disappoint and insult his
relatives, friends and servants. To the
first it said: "As for you, my relatives
who have been SO long spelling upon
this fortune on which i had concentrate
ed all my Affections you arc not going
to touch a penny Of it, and not one of
you will be able to boast that you have
squandered tho millions which tho old
Marquis d'Aligre had taken so many
years to hoard up"
Sir Robert Bowl, one of James rs
officials, did not ever spare his wife.
81 give unto my wife tenne shillings in
respect she took her some part against
mo and did anymate and comfort him
afterwards. Those will not be forgot
ten" And the Earl of Stafford, who
married tho daughter of tho Duo dc
Grammont, wrote: ITO the worst Of
women Claude Charlotte de Grammont,
unfortunately my wife, guilty as she is
of all Grimes, / leave five and forty
brass halfpence, which will buy a pull
let for her supper. A better gift than
her father can make her. "-Westmin-
ster Review.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

An ola brakeman Tells Of n Queer Rail-
road Accident re witnessed.
"Tho most remarkable wreck I waa
ever in, > snid an old brakeman, chap
pencd on the Short Line botweon Poweo
and Boards some years ago It was a
freight wreck. / had charge Of tho Ia
Grange accommodation and was bound
In 60 Louisville. We were following
hard upon tho trail Of train No. 80, also
bound for Louisville. Train No IA was
coming in our direction. It had been
delayed some minutes at Pewee, but ok
pected to make mp the time and side
track between Pewee and Boards ON
schedule time, SO that train No 80
would have tho right Of way.
THE delay was what caused the
trouble. The side track ] am tellingy You
about was just behind and under a hill.
Train No. IA had just backed on to the
side track, and before tho switchman
could shift the switch train No. 80
came dashing around the hill. The en-
gineer saw the danger. He turned down
tho throttle with o hard shove and whis-
tied down brakes His efforts were Of
no use, however. Train No. 80 turned
in ON the side track and went crashing
into No. IA. All the cars Of tho train,
IA, were stripped OF tho track as cloan
as IL they had been peas in q pod. The
shock Of the two trains meeting was, Of
course, terrific. The whole Of train No.
80, including tho locomotive, toppled
OF the track. Remarkable rs Il may
seem. only the cars of No Il were
thrown of the track.
"When the two trains struck, the en-
gineer Of Is had his hand on the throt-
tie, about to stop his train. The shock
threw him out Of tho cab, and the wrench
threw open the throttle again and re-
versed tho engine. When the cars had
been stripped of the track, the locomo-
tive went wild down tho track toward
La Grange. Wo of the La Grange accom-
mediation had by this time neared the
curve. / was at the head Of the train as
lookout. I heard the sound Of q looomo-
tive approaching and signaled the en-
gineer of orr train to reverse his engine.
He had hardly time to jump to the
throttle when the wild locomotive
crashed into us. Twas thrown, 1 reckon,
so feet and came out Of it with two
broken legs. No one else was hurt, but
tho La Grange accommodation was a day
lato. No, / don't railroad any more. "
Louisville Courier-JournaL
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28
win the Accent on The voters.

Mrs. Meriwether Of Memphis says:
1--WE asked that the girls Of our state
DO protected until they were 10 years
old, the law extending that gracious
protection up to the ripe ago Of 10. We
fought a desperate battle for six years,
and when the age was finally raised to
l6 tho women who had stood the brunt
Of that long battle saw IL proved boyond
all peradventuro that no Influence of
theirs had won the day, but tho simple
fact that six years Of bitter experienced
had taught them the only weapon that
would kill, and they used it. They bur-
led tho senate chamber and representa-
tiyes hall nnder voters petitions and
came out victOrs.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-28

A broader experience Is needed to
compose a full grown novel than to
sketch a short story, and tho great o
elists have often essayed their first olab-
crate fctiols when no longer young.
SCOTT was moro than 40 when be pub
lishod the hrst Of tho Wavorley novels.
T~haokeray was not far from 40 when
VANITY Fair" was finished, George
Eliot was almost 40 when Adam
Bodc'' appeared. and Hawthorne was
40 when 10 sgnt forth 1.-THE Soarle ct Let.
tnr" in 1880 -Braudor Matthews in
50 Nich0iaa