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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

A curious story OF violin and It's Wells
STUDIES is told by VIII Il. Dickorson OF 7ss
East franklin avenue. About ten years
ago, when the Dickinson company oocu-
pied a store room on Washington avenue
s., between Nicollrt and First avenue. s.,
they had 90 cent sale. Dlekerson, who
WINS Young fellow at that time, with a
pcnchant for music and "A turn for tinker
ing, bought at tho sale violin, which ho
took huhic with him.
Together with his chum he went to
work ON tho instrument took II to pieces,
and after giving IL thorough ovorhaullng
no scrapod his initials "W. II. ID. on
the inside OF tho back and put It together.
A good Job was done, for in short timo
the newly put together violin was sold for
$40.
A second time tho violin was taken TO
pieces by tho second purchaser and put to-
gother, n now coat OF ynrnish being added
Still another advance in price was effected
when tho Instrument was sold again and
went Into lumber camp up north. Here
all trace OF 1t was lost for some timo, but
ono day while passing pawnshop MIR
Dickorson boheld n violin In tho window
which he thought ho recognized Ho won't
into the shop and asked TO see It, 1t provcd
TO be the old W cent violin, and there on
the back were tho initials he had scratched
there two or three years before
Tho pawnbroSor told him that it had
been brought into the shop by man who
had evidently come from tho woods, aud
who after n protracted stay in tho city,
Ind become completely strapped He had
advanced $500 ON the violin, and 1t had
never boon called for
Tho instrument has passed through a
number Of hands since then and Is now
said TO belong to one Of the principal mem.
bors Of tho DAM orchestra, who values IL
50 highly that he has refused an offer Of
$3.50 for minneapolis journal
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

at $50 morning dril Mt 5l5. then rest
aud a study Of the tactics. Evening
drill r. held from 10 10 At quarter
past 10 taps rs sounded and the young
soldiers 20 to their tents and sleep as
only we'll and hard drilled soldiers can.
These rules are enforced when needed.
So far the atrictest obedience TO all
orders has prevailed.
Every officer and every man Is en-
alphabetically at work, and their en-
erey has told beautifully. The Loyds
are only a year old but they are al
ready compared with such military
organizations az the Belsnnps OF san
Antonio and the Light Guards of
Houston. They have received bran new
uniforms and look splck and span In
every way. They WIN go to Houston
on the 10Th. laccompanied by their
beautiful sponsor, Miss Leetl Clark,
ono OF Danaa bellies. and Captain NJ 10.
Lloyd. for whom the company II nam
ed. The boys viii be ohaperoned by
MIR. and Mrs. G. VI. Connery. They are
In the finest trim Of any company OF
North Texas. and will be the especial
pride OF hundreds OF admirers here
and at Houaton. Their drill at the
Mai-fest last night shows what they
can do, and the company that wants
10 beat them drilling would do Wen
10 spend about two years at West
Point.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

The most trying time for sick person.
says an authority Is between the hours OF
! and 4 in tho morning Vitality becomes
diminished, and the strength should there
foro DO fortified rs far as possible with
some strong food, either soup or egg or
milk, about midnight, Meals should be
made TO look as tempting as possible and
the tray taken away rs soon as the ropast
Is finished 10 leave untasted food by n
porsons bedside In tho hope that no will
eat It later on is simply to disgust him
with food altogether The craving which
most Gici persons have for ten can be sat
isfactorlly gratiilod by infusing tho ten
leaves with boiling milk instead of water
"a very Strengthening and refreshing bev-
erage. Neither tea nor coffee should bo
given after O'Clock In the afternoon II
tho patient is at all inclined to DO wakeful,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

It is said on good authority that the
word tory is derived from an Irish term
once applied 10 the most degraded and say
age tribes that formerly inhabited north
and west Ireland. Tho word came into
general use in politics about the year 1879,
when there was n great aght In progress
between tho court and country people on
the question Of excluding the Duke Of
York from the line Of succession. Those
who opposed tho bill were contomptuously
referred to Us "Tories," while tho friends
Of the duke retoriod by calling their OPP
ponents "Whigs," the word "whig" being
a contraction OF the old Gaelic word "whig-
gamore, which means O oountrymnn. or
more properly, droyer or swineherd.
In the United Stntos the term "whiP"
FIRST camo In vogue during the Revolution.
airy war, IL being applied to the American
or patriotic party, while tho adhorents Of
tho crown were referred TO Us Tories.
At about the opening Of tho present cen.
tury both words disappeared from the pc.
litlcal vocabulary OF this country, aud
wero not taken up again until the time OF
the presidential election Of 1882, when the
anti Jackson party took tho name OF
"Whig." Bishop, in giving tho origin OF
the term "Whig, says that the early Brit
ons used the word "whiggam" In urging
their horses forward, Just rs tho modern
.Iohu used "get ep." He further says that
all British horsemen were once referred to
us "whigs st. Louis Republic.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

al was all broken down In health.
so weak and nervous / was hardly
able to be up. had severe pains in
my side, and headache. would often
have to stop when going upstairs on
account Of palpitation OF the heart.
| had no appetite and distressed feel
ing in my stomach, resolved to try
Hoods Sarsaparilla. / took two bot
Ties and have not had spell Of sick
headache for four months, feel well,
work all day aud eat heartily. My
friends remark how well am looking.
l think all nervous, run down people
ought TO take 1t, especially nursing
mothers.' MIS- .AsnwoRTn, Eaton,O.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Assistant City Secretary Harness has
rendered his resignation to City Secre-
tary montgomery to take effect at
once. Mr. Hardness was appointed by
Mr.. Montgomery and confirmed by the
council when his predecessor, James
Nj. Collier, was elected city auditor. He
resigned because the work was inJuri-
Gus to his health, and to accept a situa-
ton where he win not be confined SO
much. He made n very courteous and
efficient official and those about the
city hall and others who were just be-
ginning to know him regret TO lose him
very much. Mr.. Montgomery has not
appointed successor TO his late as
sistant yet, but has picked out a suit
able man and will ask the council to
confirm him at Che next session. Audi
tor Collier assisted Mr. Montgomery
last nlght.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Ny boyhood home was not far south Of
tho great chain Of North American lakes,
says j. b. Do Motto Our fuel was poles
cut from a neighboring tamarack swamp.
IL was my business after they had been
brought to our yard, to saw them to prop
err length for tho stoves. They were long
and slick and hard to hold, one morning,
when ! was in hurry to DO of fishing
thoy seemed TO be especially agRrayating,
Getting the saw fast, l ierked about until
finally plunged the teeth some distance
into one of my feet, making an ugly cash,
My father saw the exhibition OF my tenn
per but said nothing until l had finished
my work and my passion had subsidized.
Then he called me TO linn.
"John," said ho very kindly, ~ wish
you would get tho hammer"
"Ycs, sir"
snow a nail and piece Of pine board. I"
"IIere they are"
"Will you drive tho nail into tho boardp
1t was done.
"Pleaso pull 1t out again"
"That's easy"
"Now, John" and my fathers voice
dropped to n lower, sadder key, pull out
tho nail hole"
Ali boys and girls, every wrong act
leaves scar. Even II the board were a
living treo--ycH, a living soul-the scars
remain. Horn.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

"Worth, the millincr, says London cor.
respondent, was up to many tricks. Ono
Of them was 10 trim deliberately the backs
Of ball dresses. II was thus impossible 10
cit down without spelling them. As Worth
copyrighted all his stuifs, tho spoiled ma
torinls could not be replaced for six months,
NJ which tlmo the dress was a decided back
number. He did not understand girlsh
beauty. To work IN rich stuiHs glowing
with color was what he liked. II he had
been pupil Of Titinn, he might hayc sur
passed that master Hc had tho visual
memory In an extraordinary dcgroe and
could trust to his eye 10 take measure
He did not care to work for customers who
NODDED TO be built up by dress until lat.
torly he saw his way 10 dress them bocom-
ingly in liberty stuns and enjoyed produo'
ing now effects of drapcry ON mere skelo-
tons
Nobody understood better the effects
that could be produced with plain black
silk or satin dress The prloc he charged
for such IA garment was enough to take
ones breath away. What ho said in OK
ouse was this: Women pay fearful prices
to heap upon themselves unbecomiug trim
mings. The ordinary drcssmnker's great.
est profits arc what she can flloh in the
trimmings. Why not pay us much for u
plain dress in which one will really hnvo
an air Of style as for an deliberately trim
med ono In which ono will be dowdy In
spite OF all the cost that has been in
curredf' -
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

The odds Are Very Largely Against
the Player.


"Rolling the dice is, of course,
game of chance If they are honest
dice" said Mr.. Morrissey, and wen
assume It is an honest play. In craps
two dice are shot, and there are eleven
possible results, You can throw 2, 3,
4, 3, 6, Z, s, 0, 10, il and u, and you
can't throw anything else. Now, under
the rules of the game, II upon your
first throw you make or IL you win.
If you throw neither Of these sums,
but turn up 4, 3, G, s, or 10, you neith-
er win nor lose, but have another and
another shot until you either throw
T. whereupon you lose, or repeat the
first point you throw, whereupon you
win. Now, look what a sucker game
II is. There is one throw only by which
you can make ., two throws by which
you can make o, three throws sum
up 4, four throws 9. five throws G. six
throws Z, five throws s, four throws 0,
three throws 10, two throws IL, and
one throw IL. You understand what
mean, that there are only that many
combinations Of two dice that VIII
bring up those sums. On your first
throw, II you can roll or IL, you win.
There are six ways you can roll Z, and
two ways you can roll II. eight in all.
and there are twenty-eight other ways
in which the dice can fail In which you
viii not get either or II, and conse-
quently not win on your first play
That Is, 1t is 2S 10 s, or Z to 2, that you
VIII not win on the first dash out Of
the box, while there are in those TWEEN
ty-eight throws four possible ones
one 2, two 3's and one 12-upon which
You lose Immediately. Leave that out
OF the figuring, and take 1t that the
odds against your winning on your first
shot are to .. Say you throw 4.
Under the rules Of the game you can
go on throwing until you cast another
4, when you win, or Z, whereupon
You lose. Whichever comes up first
determines It. There are three ways in
which you can throw with two dice,
and six ways In which you can throw
Z. Hence, 1t is to 9, or to /, that you
will throw the seven first, which loses
for you. II your point was a or an
on the first roll. the two best. then.
as there are five ways to roll either of
these sums and six ways to roll Z, the
odds are TO against you. That IL,
If YOU will look at 1t reasonably, and
with the figures before you, when you
play craps It is to that you will not
win on the first roll. and, according
TO your point, from TO ] TO TO that
YOU will not win afterward on any
other roll. don't know Of any game
that looks like a game OF chance where
The advantage in the betting Is so
much against the player"-St LOUIS
Glnhe-DpfnOcrat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Dallas, May III. c. Burgess this
morning made affidavit before Justice
Lauderdale against the following
young men. under 20 years of age,
charging them with insulting the girls
VINO work in the cotton factory in
south Dallas; Mack Garrett, George
Chlndest, Charles Mckinney. Ephrlnin
Schminsky. Thomas Stewart and Frank
Jones. Burge says the factory girls
work In the day time and at night at
tend school in the neighborhood. The
boys mentioned, he says, wait on the
outside and insult the girls when they
start home, Last night he says they
got bolder than ever. and even took
hold OF the, girls. Justice Laudordale
bound the boys over in bonds OF S900
each to await the action of the grand
jury.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08
Spring
Medicine

Issoimportantthat You should be sure
TO get THE BEST. Hoods Sarsapa-
rillahas proven its uncqualled merit by
It's thousands Of remarkable cures, and
he fact that 1t has a larger sale than
any other sarsaparilla or blood puri-
Ter shows tho great confidence the
people have in it. In fact II is the
Spring Medicine. II cures all blood
diseases, builds up the nerves and
gives such strength to the whole system
that, as one lady puts ii, " 1t seemed TO
make mc anew"
II you decide to take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla for your Spring Medicine do
not buy any substitute. Be sure to get
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08
A FINE BUILDING
To BE Erected In Fort Worth by Win
field Scott and u. d. Harold.


II the constant erection OF new and
handsome business buildings is any
indication OF n citys progress. and
surely It must DO 20. then Fort Worth
is surely In It. No city in the state can
Mt this time show more building going
on than Fort Worth. and constantly
there arc more to follow. The latest IL
n contract that has Just been lot by
Messrs Winfield Scott and II. d. Har-
rold for the erection OF tine three
story brick building on Fifth street,
between Main and Houston, the cost OF
which viii be $4,000 The building
when completed will be leased 10 w. II.
Taylor for ten years.
Messrs. Scott and Harold have been
very successful during the past season
In their cattle transactions and have
realized handsome profits from the nd
vance. having fed 1900 head Of stock
at Dublin, Alvarado and brentwood.
at their oil mills Mr.. Scott has invest
ed over 100000 in real estate in Fort
Worth within a short period. and in
tends 10 improve Il all.
The work on the new building will
begin at once, and 1t Ia TO be compleisa
by nsxt septdnber.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Roby Ind, May 7.-The threatened
-aid on the race track ala moi oce,tr
today, nor was there any Interference
OF any kind by the state authorities.
First race--l'lya and one-half fur
longs; Kindora won, Nativity second.
tlorry Meyers third, Time, 1Ii.
second race-Four furl0ngs. NIlgs
Lyon won, Security second, Colonel
Neil third, Time, 80 80.
,Ihlrd raee-Onc mile; Llsmore won,
Time, 1'i6 H.
Fourth r7ce-slX furlougs: Yucatan
won, Caesar second. Character third.
Time, l:1S.
Firth race--SlN and one-half furlongs.
Da60 won, Mordotte second. Tom say
ers third. Time, 1924.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

-filen fNNFA-Afs
PEA isa siay 1.-The Dallas conso,l-
i iIspSssssslo street railway propeptv
sstAoSSs ose = q at public outer NJ tSs
h iissssss, DOOR this afternoon Inv s me-
|ssss. " NJ IN IN chancery charlesy Fred sps
.ge b,s IA ,l.9,s,eciosure Of the HUI nd ~
|.,lss osnasoSllaerl to satisfy mn iu ,iI
|siaat " 5000 with interest s' in 81 thc
|ss IA I, about $4,000. me nro IN rny
|sllIasrca BY Nj. Frank p. e eIoPsfS y,
elcosSaos.' q for $50. 900. NJ ,or +
arslSs, q the City Nstionoi IT. hsnl,
|ssss " v 2 $4,000 The nh prtn. Ih !,
~ souSs.' he Main street i Rpeps tbS
|'lss.Iaa, ihs extension and the eellea e
ia ' " street inn rnnS S,d avenue ZEN line;
|;:liss ,sryay street i,n ,nf o ASard
R.ss s,aS,..Ae track, roIi,n oIacs s;o. n
1elsn ny. power house, stc s'o =,
sasl NJ. Of realty were MA S' Win Fix
~ tat .o,ne Purchasers Of the nron-
4 'YFporation and oper-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

The fashion Of powdering In the city Of
Havana extends down among all GLASSES,
even the negroes of tho darkest hue A
French commercial traveller, who repro
tents a Paris house devoted TO tho manu-
faoture and s'iie Of faoe powder, told mo
that Cuba was their best market. His
house alone dispoees Of 90 900 dozen boxes
OF powder a year 10 Cuba, and this, he
fald, WAS not half Of what is annually con-
sumed thore. Tho tendency 20 ooppery
and sallow compleIlons may account for
the teraoity with which thc Cuban girls
cling ~ their powder or perhaps ono
should say with which tho powder clings
to them. -Wa'hington Star
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

San Antonio, Tex. May T---AIrg. C.
A. Worthy and children secured vor-
dot today for $4,000 damages against
the Galveston, Harrisburg and san An
tonic Railway company ON account OF
the death Of the husband and father,
who was engineer.
W. G. Long, who was shot by acci-
dent on the train. got a verdict for
500 against the Galveston, Harrisburg
ana san Antonio railroad.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08
NEWS or THE COURTS.
Arguments on the Thomas Case Com
menced Last Night.

In the Forty-eighth district court yes-
terday the Hatcher VS.. Mack boundary
line ease resulted in hung jury. In
the afternoon Judge Green heard argu-
ments OF the attorneys on the petition
10 enloin George Hollands variety
theatcr and decided that there was a
legal right for injunction but refrained
~ present from making any decision TO
me Facts in the case, leaving II to the
attorneys for the state to prove what
was set forth In the petition at a
future setting OF the court.
IN the Seventeenth district court the
SUIT OF $. M. Fry VS.. the Traders
National bank is still on trial.
Last night at 1850 o'clock Judge Har-
ris heard part Of the arguments on the
motion for new trial In the case OF
the state w, W. p. Thomas, and adj
Journed to hear the conclusion OF the
arguments at another time. The court
room was iilled with Thomas friends.
IN the county court there We're a
number Of judgments by default.
Remus Laisley, colored. was tried on
the charge OF carrying pistol and
found not guilty.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

There IS busincsslike inscription at
Adur Manor, County Limerick which ~.
cords how this goodly house was erected
by Windham Henry, earl OF Dunraycn,
and Caroline, his countess, without Dor
rowing, selling or leaving debt, A. ID.
1900" And ut the old school at Great
Blencowo, which was rebuilt In tho year
1898, and where Lord Peterborough ro-
coiyed his education, arc inscribed those
lines:
Yo youths rejoice nj this foundation
Being laid for your ediiloaton
On nm old house in Chester arc engraved
these words Gods providence Is mine In.
horitanoc, " In connection with which there
are two traditions current In tho ncighbor-
hood. According TO one story, the iuscrip-
tlon was put up in memory OF It's inmates
escaping the ravagcs OF the plnFuo, II having
been tho only place in which thrrc was not
one dead, and another version informs us
that 1t was for tho picty OF tho owners,
who sdinsCribed IL that tho plague was
staid thuro. Over the door Of Hcmpsted
roctory, Worcestershire, In this couplct:
whoe'or shall pass within this door
Thank God for Viscount scudanore,
And Mr.. Hnwker, the Cornish poot, put
up tho following lines over HIS parsonage
al Morwonstowi
house, globe, pound a day.
pleasant place 10 rond and pray.
Be true TO church, DO kind TO poor
a minister for ovormoro.
London Standard.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

The Loyds are in Camp Near the Ball
Park.


Captain NJ c. Raysor and his com-
pany. the Lloyd Rifles. hrve gone into
camp near the new ball park on Jen-
nlng's avenue. They have pitched sew
erai tents ard are thoroughly COM
pretending the meaning Of what 1t ia
TO be soldier" After rejecting many
names for their camp, euphony being
considered, thcy unanimously decided
10 cali II Camp Reilly" after the
bearer OF that name who sits at a
desk n the American National bank.
and Is known TO thousands OF his
friends al Jim"
They started right by giving their
camp a good title. and have followed
this with as fine series Of drills as
Fort Worth ever saw. Captain Raysor
Is the klndest OF officers, yet firm
and unyieldinS dlsclpllnarian. REGULAR
west Point rules are closely observed
They have rsveiiis at o'clock. coffee
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08
ARLINGTON Inranrs SALE.
The Hotel Property Bid In by the
Bondholders.

Yesterday morning the Arlington
Heights hotel property was offered for
sale at the door OF the county court
house. One hundred lots were bid In
by the bondholders at nominal sums.
The sale Of the property OF the land
company, the water company, the
Atrect railway company ana the cleo
trlc llght company was postponed until
the 4th day OF next June.
Tho company VIII be reorganized by
the bondholders and the property will
be developed. The sale W s postponed
In order that the bondholders and stock-
holders could complete reorganization.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Colon, Colombia, May 1.-THE steam
ship lines have been notified on behalf
or the Nicaraguan government that
the port OF Corinto. which was de-
clared closed when the British occupied
II. Is now open for the arrival and de
parture of steam and sailing vessels.
The Nicaraguan authorities at Iiiue-
fields are fastening extenaions of Inc
Notifications on the bluf at tnat place
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08
DENIsoN RAILROAD News


Denlson, Tex, May Carl Peters.
young man In the employ OF the
haty at Muskogee as switchman. was
kllied by the train there this morning.
he was engaged In taking up the
sWltch lights and In getting on the
gine. fell beneath the wheels.
VI. casey returned from the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas hospital nj SedaIis
today, where he attended Tom Farr
the young railroad man who was shot
in good shape.
~ Division Superintendent Bethard and
I,t,selhtlaster Bennett are inspecting the
Wlchlta Fails extension today.
IL IS the opinion Of railroad men that
IL the Texas and Pacifc's proposed
rate war will result,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

TO the fact that the deposed CHIEF
Clarence. now a British pcnsi0ner at
Jamaica. has asked Great Britain TO
take steps looking to restoring him to
nuthority
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Last Nights Festivities at the Old Pa
vllion by the Sons or Herman.

The Malfest last night. which was
held at the old pavilion. was not as
well attended as the night previous.
Besides the drlll by the Lloyd Rifles
there was nothing on the program.
The boys did well and were literally
applauded at tho conclusion Of their
manOeuvers
The dance lasted until early morn.
Ing. a display OF fireworks enllyened
the scene.
In the afternoon program OF sports.
including legitimate racing and wheel
barrow races, etc, was the feature.
Tonight will be the last night, and
doubtless viii be wen attended.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

San Antonio, Tex, May 1.-The Rapid
Transit street car line from Alamo
Heights to Alamo Plaza was sold to-
day under an execution, being bid in
by Edward Packard. representing the
bondholders for $4,000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

Boston, Mass, May dick Moore,
Who Is training for his light with Fred
Morris. has accepted the offer OF
to meet Jim Williams In July.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-08

fest in power among the Christians.
and enc soul saved. Brother Byron
VIII have charge of the services this
week. All are invited to attend and
lend a helping hand.