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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27

win ncGin II Conccs-
sion. Can lie Obtained.

Cleveland o.. Sept. 20, THE annual
meeting OF the Jacksonville ard Tam
pa Railway company was held here to-
day. II was decided TO at once lay
tracks from Jacksonville, Fla, TO st.
Augustine, Fla, " concessions can be
obtained from those elites In addition
to the state grants of 1000 acres OF
land,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27
COTTON Al pENIs0N.
bringing n Good Price Thcre-fiat-
tcrIng Prospects

penlson. Tex. Sept. 2G.--(speelai.)-
Tho Denson cotton market went TO
$40 yesterday afternoon, and today II
selling for Slb The receipts for the
Inst few days have been heavy, and
the prospects are for n fiattering Ousl-
ness the balance of the weekA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27
DIED FROM ms MOUNDS.
Posse In hot rursuit of Lacey ana
owens.

Little Rock. Ark, Sept. ga late re-
port from England says that u. H..
Stlffe has died from the wounds re-
ceived la attempting to arrest Owens.
Lacey and owens are still at large. but
u posse Is In hot pursuit with blood
hounds on the trail. They were COM
PEELED to abandon their horses at Hum
phreys. Lacey 10 dead game and a per-
feet rife shot, and the posae Is deter
mined, so there Will be death II the
outlaws are taken,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27

San Antonio, Tex. Sept. gs,-tsn.c.
ial)-7John Humphrey. aged 20 years
attempted hls own life today by shoot,
ency was the cause. He cannot live.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27

Two Men Ne ,lsss

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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27

At ST. Louis-st. Louis. 4; pittsburs.
delphia. /. A"'"-
At chicago-chicago. /; Cincinnati
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27

iantic coast line. Another meeting OF
the association will be held tomorrow.
when there Will also be a meeting OF
the Southern Freight association and
Southern freight and steamship lines.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27
THE SUNDAY LAW.
chief of Police WIN Enforce II n,
Dcnison.

Denison. Tex, Sept. 20. Especially
Chief OF Police Hackney today served
notice that the Sunday law would be
enforced In this city to the letter here
after. He cites merchants TO the law
$50 for violation.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27
DUEL TO THE DEATH.
MortalIy Wounded Mnn Lives TO
KIN Hts slayer.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 26.-(Spec-
ialJ--After being mortally wounded in
the thigh by Albert Prohne, a dis
charged soldier, John l.. Buck. farm
er, shot and killed Prohne this after
noon at the Salado. Ave miles from
town. The trouble was about Bucks
wife,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27

Topeka deep water convention are @.
W. Russ. Oscar Bersstron, j. N.
Brown, j. j. stevens and ]. d. Whelp-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-27
Deep Water Dri.a,,..

/. San "A; Antonio, Tex. Sept. as-,sn..
'a'''fhs san Antonio deleeatcs i y ne
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
South African kaffir Choir.

When in the course of their sing
ing the words become especially deep
and full of meaning the bodies Of
The singers sway from side to side
and the hands beat the time. This
swaying is especially noticeable in
the Song Of the Bell the body seems
to initiate the motions Of the tongue
that strikes the bell, then falls back
quivering and plunges down on the
other side. Another song is in mar
rative, describing the progress of a
family Of natives from the forest on
journey to the coast. The listener
is supposed to be at house on the
side of the road upon which the pro-
cession is to pass. At first he hears
them family, then louder and louder,
until the singing family reach lis
door; then he too, with all the men,
bers of the household, joins them
with his voice and hands until the
party passes away from sight and
hearing. During the entire journey
this singing and clapping Of hands
are kept up. Although you cannot
understand the words OF the song it
is so wildly pictured that you catch
its meaning without conscious eff
fort on your part.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
Interesting to Parents.

Mothers OF puny and delicate
babies need not despair. The ex-
cessively weak condition of Voltaire
prevented his being baptized for sew
eral months after he was born.
Perhaps he protested at that early
agel Newton was so small and frail
at his birth that his life was despaired
of. He lived, however, like Voltaire,
to the age of eighty-five. Jean
jacques Rousseau says: Il came In
to the world sick and infirm." Up to
the age of five the life of De Thou, the
historian (born 1859, hung by slen-
der thread. Fontenelle, whose men,
tai faculties remained unimpaired to
the end OF his life-he died within a
month of being a centenarian-was
so delicate in his infancy that he was
not allowed to be taken out into the
open air. Walter Scott was an in
valid before the age of two. His
right leg being paraiyzed the poor
little fellow had to support himself on
crutch. After being sent into the
hill country with his father he came
back strong and active. And Victor
has told us in his Autumn Leaves"
how delicate he was from his birth
and what anxious solicitude made
him twice the child Of his persistent
mother"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

There Is cherry stone at the
Salem (Mass.) museum which con-
tains q dozen silver spoons. The
stone itself is of the ordinary size.
but the spoons are so small that
their shape and finish can only be
we'll distinguished by the microscope.
DIR. Oliver gives an account of a
cherry stone on which were carved
one hundred and twenty-four heads
so distinctly that the naked eye
could distinguish those belonging to
popes and kings by their miters and
crowns, 1t was bought in Prussia
for SIS, 600 and thence conveyed to
England, where it was considered of
so much value that its possession
was disputed and it became the OBJ
iect of suit in chancery. One of
the Nuremberg toy maker inclosed
in cherry stone, which was exhib-
tied ut the French crystal palace, a
plan of Sevastopol, railway station
and the Messiah OF Klopstock. In
more remote times an account is
given of an ivory chariot constructed
by Mermecides which was so small
that fly could cover it with his
wing; also ship OF the same ma
terial which could be hidden under
the wing of bee. Pliny, too, tells
that Homer's 'Iliad," with It's fif-
teen thousand verses. was written
in 80 small space as to be contained
in nutshell; while ELAN mentions
an artist who wrote distich in let
tiers of gold which he inclosed in the
rind Of kernel of corn. But the
Harleian MS. mentions greater
curiosity than any Of the above, it
being the bible, written by one Peter
Bales, q chancery clerk, in so small
book that it could be inclosed in
the shell of an English walnut. Dis
raeli gives an account of many other
exploits similar to the one of Bales.
There is a drawing of the head Of
Charles III. in the library of ST.
Johns college, Oxford, wholly COM
posed of minute written characters,
which at small distance resemble
the lines ofan engraving. The head and
the ruff are said to contain the book
of Psalms in Greek and the Lords
Prayer. In the British museum is o
portrait Of Queen Ann, not much
larger than the hand. On this draw
ing are number Of lines and
scratches, which, it is asserted, COM
prise the entire contents of thin
folio.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
A Clock Run by Alcohol.

There is in st. Louis q clock that
for simplicity and accuracy sur
passes the historic one Of Benjamin
Franklin. 1t is the property OF Ger
hard Eckhardt, l.242 South Fourth
street, and was constructed on plan
designed by one of his assistants, Rob
ert Saloch.
The framework is shaped like an
elongated horseshoe, about two and
one-half feet in height, and from its
center hangs wheel four and one
half inches in diameter and one inch
wide. This wheel is inclosed by glass
so as to be alright. Along its inner
circumference are sixteen small par
titions connected with each other
by means OF puncture the size OF q
pinhole.
The wheel turns on an axle six
inches long, about which is coiled the
thread by which the wheel is sus-
pended. Now if the sixteen par
titions were empty there would be
nothing to prevent the thread about
the axle uncoiling and the wheel fall
ing down. AS counter force,
therefore, eight Of the partitions are
filled with alcohol, and when the
thread begins to unwind the alcohol
on one side is higher than on the
other.
Consequently the force of gravity
acts to prevent the string from un-
twisting further. 1t is here that the
pinholes come in, for as the alcohol
slowly oozes through them in order
to seek the proper level the thread
unwinds a little more, the one side is
again raised slightly and so the
thread by scarcely perceptible step s
slowly descends.
On the scale figured out in this in
strument it takes just twelve hours
for the wheel to descend the distance
OF two feet. 1t can then be easily
wound up again by twisting back the
thread upon the axle. To mark the
exact time of the day there is con-
structed on one side of the frame a
straight dial with divisions as close
as five minutes. A single hand bal
anced upon the axle OF the descending
wheel points the time upon the
scale.
Mr.. Saloch told reporter that he
had been at work on this ingenious
device during the whole Of last sum-
mer. He had tried all sorts Of SUBJ
stances, water, oil, etc., but had found
none so serviceable as alcohol.
There is, OF course. no very great merit
to the clock as it is now, except as
a show piece.
By slightly complicating matters,
however, adding four wheels and en-
larging the axle of the wheel, Mr..
Saloch says that the clock can run
from three to ten years with de-
scent OF only about foot and half
during that time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
Slang Words and Phrases.

Dun" is word whose meaning
is now known to everyone who under
stands the English language. About
the beginning of the century, says
the Boston Post, constable in
England named John Dun became
celebrated as first class collector OF
bad accounts. Where others would
fail to collect bad debt Dun would
be sure to get it out of the debtor. "
soon passed into current phrase
that when person owed money and
did not pay when asked he would
have to be "Dunned." Hence it
soon became common in such cases
to say: you will have to dun So
and so II you wish to collect your
money"
Until the nomination of franklin
Pierce for the presidency the word
'outsider" was unknown. The COM
mittee on credentials came to make
its report and could not get into the
hall because OF the crowd OF people
who were not members Of the con-
vention. The chairman of the con-
vention asked il the committee was
ready to report and the chairman Of
the committee answered: Eyes, Mr..
Chairman, but the committee is I'M
able to get inside on account of the
crowd and pressure of the outsiders. |"
The newspaper reporters took up the
word and used it.
"You are = daisy" is used by
Dickens in David Copperfield" in the
sense OF calling person daisy in
the way to express admiration and
at the same time to laugh at ones
credulity. Steerforth says to young
Copperfeld: David, my daisy, you
are so innocent of the world. Let me
call You my daisy, as it is so re-
freshing to find one in these corrupt
days innocent and unsophisticated.
My dear Copperfield, the daisies Of
the field are not frosher than you"
TOO thin" was given currency
by Alexander III. Stephens, OF Georgia,
in the United States congress in 1870.
Some members had made a reply to
Mr.. Stephens and the latter had his
chair wheeled out in the aisle, and
said in that shrill piping voice which
always commanded silence: ''Mr.
Speaker, the gentleman's arguments
are gratuitous assertions made up of
whole cloth-and cloth, sir, so gauzy
and thin that it will not hold water.
1t Is entirely too thin. sir.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

A refreshing instance of old FASH
toned honesty has been noted in
Houston county. Before the war al
Kentucky horse dealer sold Dolly
county farmer lot Of horses, taking
in part payment the farmers note
for $3.50, payable in the fall. When
the war broke out the horse dealer
considered the note Cancelled, like
other obligations. However, about
fifteen years ago the dealer sent
collector through the state, who lost
the Dooly county farmers note, and
which, strange to say, was found by
the farmer himself. The farmer af-
terward moved to Houston county.
and few nights ago Kentucky
horse dealer stopped at his house to
spend the night. During the even
ing the Kentuckian was surprised to
learn that the farmer was the one
who had given him the long lost note.
The farmer paid the note with inter-
est.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

At Hornsey, London suburb, the
dust of the district is collected and
burned, leaving considerable residue
in the shape Of clinker, and the
coarser OF this is found to make ex-
cellent material for road making and
will easily sell at so cents per load.
The finer clinker is put in mortar
mill, says the Philadelphia Record,
and mixed with lime or cement is
used as mortar and grouting but
there is still a great deal left and
this, it is stated, mixed with q fair
quantity of Portland cement makes
excellent paving stones, at about half
the cost of those purchased from the
various patent stone makers. A Sec
tion of Southwood lane, Highgate, at
the entrance to the railway station,
has been laid with this paving. It is
said to be very hard and wear exceed
ingly well.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
ELECTRIC FISH.
The Three Varieties Now Known To
Science.

There are three species of electric
fish known--the electric shad, the
electric eel. the torpedo or electric
ray fish. The first named is found
in the Nile and the Senegal, and
varies from twelve to twenty inches
in length. The electric organ of the
shad, according to Brelim, consists
of the tissue between the skin and
the muscle over the whole body, and
is composed OF six or more men,
branes superimposed one upon the
other, with space between them for
gelatinous mass furnished with q
peculiar arterial and venous system,
and with very braEched nerve.
This electric energy is entirely un-
der the control of the fish, which on
being touched with the hand gives
shocks of varying strength. The
electric eel is endowed with much
greater electric energy than the shad
and is capable OF giving most power
full shocks. 1t frequently reaches
length OF six or seven feet and q
weight Of from thirty to forty
pounds.
There are four electric organs, ex-
tending from the hinder part Of the
abdominal cavity to the tip of the
tail, and weighing fully third Of the
total weight Of the fish. They con-
stitute bright, reddish yellow, soft,
transparent, gelatinous mass, and
consist Of longitudinal bundles,
which, in their turn, are composed
of a great number of closely COM
pressed, almost horizontal, MEM
braneous plates, held together and
divided into cells by longitudinal
membranes. While the electric eel
cannot communicate shock to it's
own body. it can impart shock to
an isolated person who may touch it
with one finger only, and is capable
OF giving so powerful shock that it
can be transmitted across q small
space. The electric ray, which
reaches length of five feet, with a
breadth of about three feet, and
weighs from fifty to sixty pounds,
cannot give so powerful q shock as
the eel, though it can impart one
which IS painful enough. It's cleo
trio organ occupies the space between
the head the gllls and the pectoral
fins, and consists Of small cells, close
together like the cells Of honey
comb. separated by close membrane
Gus walls and permeated by nerves.
The discharge is entirely under its
own control, and is most violent in
water. Recent Investigations Demon
strate that these organs are modified
muscles, their purpose being to serve
the fish with means of defense
against attack, as well as paralyze its
prey. Although the electric dis
charge is discretionary with the fish
the direction of the discharge is fixed
and constant. In the case of the
ray the discharge is from the back
to the belly, and from the head to
the tail in the case Of both the eel
and the shad. The strength of the
shock OF an electric eel is said to be
equal to that Of battery of fifteen
Leyden jars with an area of $500
square inches. 1t is also continuous,
like that OF galvanic battery, while
in the case of the torpedo it consists
Of series of shocks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

\ Craze Akin to the Witch DsIuslen
Of OIdsn limos.

The country Is experiencing q
hypnotic craze which in some OF its
features reminds us of the witch de-
fusion Of two centuries ago, Young
women are accusing young men Of
hypnotizing them into insensibility,
criminals are pleading hypnotism as
an excuse for crime, and in one In
stance this plea has been successful.
In the Appleton, wis, } cases, which
have attracted great attention. the
town was first considerably excited
by the wonderful deeds of q pro-
fessional hypnotist. Then number
OF young people began to experiment
in private. Soon after the young
women began to have frances and
behave in most remarkable manner,
and finally explained that they were
hypnotized by certain young men.
The young men deny in the strong
est terms that they have exerted or1
attempted any such power, and the
specialists in hypnotism who have
been consulted say that the girls are
hysterical and have hypnotized them
selves in all probability. The phen-
omena are plainly due to the same
natural causes which our more super
stitious forefathers attributed to
witchcraft, and while we. with an
assumption of scientific knowledge,
talk about suggestion" hypnotic
power, etc., as matter OF fact even
the best physicians, who have made
the subject Of mind influence q life
study, are only on the border land Of
the great unknown. Science is push
ing forward slowly and surely step
by step, but meanwhile charlatans
and fools are plenty and the oppor-
tunity is too good for the former to
miss. The recent experiences show
conclusively that it is not safe to
play with these strange forces. They
should be used only in the hospital
and asylum by expert scientists. and
the sooner laws are passed making
it criminal to use them in any other
way tho better. AS for the plea OF I
hypnotic influence in criminal cases
it is too specious to be recognized for
moment and should be nipped in
the bud by all the courts Of Justice.
The hypnotic state has been fully
proven to be voluntary, at least in
the early stages. No man can obtain
this power over another except by his
consent. Therefore. the plea of ir-
responsibility should have no more
weight than that of Drunkenness
and if hypnotism is really proven
both manipulation and subject should
be equally punished.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

One of his sons established o bank.
which two centuries ago was removed
to Toxic, the present capital, and
from the name Of the principal at the
time took the name by which it Is
now known, of the Mitsui bank.
Like the Rothschilds. the whole fam
lily Is engaged in the business, a
marked feature OF which is that the
capital belongs to all in common,
while no one member can claim q
separate share. The most competent
individual is chosen president. The
bank has now over thirty branches
and Is the largest private bank in
Japan.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

Some Hints About the Way Il 10 TO
be Obtained.
There is a universal demand for
tender meat. but how Is 1t to be OBJ
tanned when large proportion OF
the choicest cuts of beef are misera-
bly, tough and to make them palat-
able require different treatment In
cooking from the tenderloin part of
the same steak? Would 1t not 10
practicable for the butcher to remedy
this matter by differeut method OF
cutting? II the tender and tough
parts OF beef could be each to itself
there would be an advantage to the
buyer and no disadvantage to the
butcher excepting perhaps his hav-
ing to put different prices on the two
kinds.
The Frenchman secures tender
meat by keeping it till 1t becomes
''gamey." but this flavor is not popu-
lar with the American taste. Under
certain conditions Of atmosphere it
Is possible to make meat tender by
keeping 1t o certain length of time
without its developing the objection
able ''gamey" flavor. This may be
done in cold storage; it is also done
in the Southwest. where the air is
very pure and dry. The meat is
hung in the open air where it will
grow more tender and delicious from
day to day without the least flavor of
faint; meat is sometimes kept in this
way for six weeks. In the many
families where neither cold storage
or northwestern air is available
tough meat may be at least improved
il not made very tender by certain
methods of cooking.
In the case Of steak have the meat
cut three-fourths or one inch thick !;
crush the fibers by pounding smartly
with potato masher or other smooth
implement; this does not let out the
juices so much as chopping or break
ing the surface with meat hammer;
brown quickly, turning often. over
bed Of good Goals, il to be had, II
not in a hot skillet; the point is to
seal in the juices, not to cook the
steak through; lay it in a dry hot
skillet, season both sides with butter,
pepper and salt; cover closely and
set on the back Of the stove, where it
will keep steaming hot without frying
at all; in from thirty to forty min
utes, according to the thickness Of
the steak, it will be done, and il the
directions are carefully followed it
will prove savory. juicy and tender
enough to be eaten with satisfaction.
Round and flank steaks are excellent
cooked in this way.
For pot roast brown all the cut
surfaces in hot skillet; rub with
-four. In pot containing some boil
ing water put a trivet; on this lay
the meat, to keep it out of the water;
cover closely and keep at the boiling
point till tender. The time will vary
with the age and condition of the ami
NAL; three to four hours cooking is
sometimes required. When nearly
done salt and pepper should be
sprinkled over the roast and bay
leaf dropped into the water. Just
before dishing lift the roast out OF
the pot, pour off the gravy and return
the roast to the pot with the fat side
down; when Drowned turn the other
side to brown; it is then ready for
the table. Remove the bay leaf from
the gravy and pour into the pot after
the meat is dished heat and thicken
If necessary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
BIRDS OF PARADISE.

The birds of paradise
In white and silver go,
And when they shed the white feather
There falleth down the snow.
The birds of paradise
Wear wings of living green.
And when they drop the wing feather
The days of spring begin.
The birds of paradise
With rosy plumes are shod,
And when floats down the rose feather
The roses are abroad.
The birds of paradise
Their crests are gold and light,
And when sails down the gold feather,
Lo. autumn burning bright
Pail Mall Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

"You come home with me--for good
As the professor ceased speaking
Mabel's head bent lower till her lips
touched Mary's cheek. The profess
nor's head sank till he kissed the
:,ther cheek. Then lifting their
lips from the. pale face they let
their eyes meet. Mary very softly
put her hand In his, bent to kiss the
child again and murmured;
1--WE shall 60 home together, dear"
Boston Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
The RothsohiId OF Japan.

Japan has banking house that
has been in business without q break
for over 800 years. 1t began with
Yechigo No Kami, an impoverished
feudal noble OF the province of Ise.
who broke away from the traditions
OF his caste and went into the liquor
trade, manufacturing sake from rice.