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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

Connecticut regiment After the war he
came 10 New York and became clerk 10
a wholesale drygoods and notion store On
broadway. He also connected himself With
the Young Mems Christian Association, and
when the society OF which he is now tbs
head was chartered he became Ito secretary.
This is briefly the uneventful history Of
Anthony Comatock up TO tho time he began
10 attract public attention as the NOR
oliess raider who cleaned out gambling
houses and sent their proprietDrs 20 prison;
who awooped down on tho dealers OF illegal
literature and contrahand pictures. consign-
iuK tons OF these mind poisoning productions
Ia Inc purifying action OF the flames: and
nu.inR the dealers for time, at least,
where they could labor for the benefit o.
Instead OF COMMUNICATING the body polite;
who also worked earnestly to make New
York to. hot 10 hold tho hundreds Of
.'r.rsen goods. operators ''bunko stecrcra'
ana crooks Of every description Who had
hitherto conducted their unlawful and ne
fsrlous calllngs unmolested by the city
polIce. Hundreds OF these men can thank
Anthony comstork for their enforced resi-
deuce under lock and key In buildings
ogned BY the State. and there Is At present
In t.,e enforced employment OF the STATE OF
New York a good-sizcd regiment Of these
same gentlemen. all uniformed alikp-"ln
stripes who owe their enforced congcrip-
lion to Anthony ComHtock
Tho police OF New York. from the Com
inssloners down to the lowest underEirapper
hete Anthony comstoek With deadly and
undylng hatred. Whyl beea'ine as long
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

blned seating capacity thus being 1900.
But when occasion requires the sliding par
titlon which separates tAe main room from
the Sunday school room can be pushed
aside, and by use OF all the adjoining rooms
the capacity can be made 1900. and the
speaker. standing on a temporary platform
between the auditorium proper and the sum
day school room, can easily be heard by
those seated in both.
Tho organ. which Is the FIT OF Professor
and Mrs olncy. is perhaps the dnest church
instrument that was ever conSiructed. The
organist sits at a detached keyboard, facing
the audience. The bellows are blown by
water-poWer.
organ that makes Of Pilgrim Church an
epoch- forming organization. II is the idea
that Is back OF Its construction and the
Mans nai In order to be carried out nocezSi-
tate such 8 structure as has been made. II
is the plan Of tho leading spirits Of the con-
eregation 70 make a home for young and Old
,hat shall be so attractive and practical that
it will draw to II those OF every class and
condition. It is a realization Of the altruls-
no tendencies Of the age that are only LITTLE
more tnan talked by many.
IL will not be a church for Sundays and
Friday prayer meetings alone, but for every
day and evening. IL Will be a clubhouse
mora attractive than any other IN the city.
IL vsll be place OF social amusement more
drawing than the saloon In addition to all
thls IL Is contemplated to start schools OF
insfruction In every line OF practical work
in which young men and women man 1T
themselyes for greater usefulness and profit
IN maths OF human endeavor. There will be
schnois OF Instruction 10 bookkeeping, stem
granny. manual training, electricity. draw
nE. penmanship. debating. German. dreas-
msiting. millinery, cooking. etc. There VIII
no IihParles not composed entirely d tho
tr,sitlanal Sunday school stories, but Of
snrb volumes also as bear on the work In
hsnd technical books that c9n only be had
here. a yerltable people 3 college WI be e.
,hSrsnglI way. The central idea Is TO mako
II, thst Is ussful and valuable crnter In the
chprrb and thus lead and draw all Ia the
ons direction. not entirely through ane-spun
.,s.rlss and iogmas but also through prac-
,i.si aifrulstlc work which eleyates tho
,by.lcai man making him capable on
xrrsspsng that which ID higher and spiritual
N its nature
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

y, Wspe vas little, fat. bullet-headea
ss9 -noseu cotton trader. curled I'm an ths
d,.f'. W.T. the traps between him and the
IL uuHeH. Siy companion, a sttapplnc
saii1 suddenly seized the frlghtened
hi,."', snouung; Get up here, and keep tho
vs,, 49,. gn me- with this he passed stall
,i',,it, s.ni around his body. and. holding the
49, Up before him, stood in the car
goor. nFiag his revolver with the other
uanu. me scared cotton stealer Kicked and
SiaWeu tue air wildly, and yelled like a
.uuNHs, put MS cantor held on while the
rsoei horsemen laughed Till they nearly fell
on tnelr norses, till, as the last ono dropped
1 o. the fellows captor flung him on the
u Wy win an oath Of disgust. and he scut.
ueu' hnarling and Rhverlug, behind the
u"ssase again, though the bullets had
ee1se1 nylng' II was a lulicrous perform
hhee throughout, and We had many laugh
tellng tho story afterward.
Ien years later | was a bank cashier In
western town. man came there and
went INTO business. He was a good. honest.
Dut careless fellow. and soon fell behind In
hls business; He came TO me for aid, and.
thougn rather strained authority TO do so.
| was moved by an unaccountable impulse
10 help him, though taking considerable
risk. | often asked myself why / did for
ms particular deposition what ! would not
have done for any other, but was never able
10 olVe'any satisfactory answer out OF my
inner consciousness' or anywhere else.
"One day he came In to see me- was
talking with another gentleman to whom.
for some reason can't recall. | had
Just begun to tell the INCIDENT | have just
told you. / nodded to the newcomer, and
asked him to Welt He sat down indlifcr-
emily, but soon began 10 manifest lively In
terest in my story. lie laid down his hat
aud began to draw closer. His eyes sparkl-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

ed. his color came and went swiftly. and
Precipitation started out all over bis face As
tho story ended with laugh from my other
auditor at It's ludiorous features. this man
grssped my shoulder with tense nervous
hnger5 and said. almost under his breath;
Why, Major; was that you there. that
1t certainly was ! replied But how
do you happen TO know anything about it,
Great Jerusaemr he answered. with
something between gasp and a laugh Il
snot at YOU more n twenty times that day
reckon. Just because you had on such
blamed good clothes
You were one Of Sholby's men, them
Yes; 1 was one Of Joe's boys. did
my best to kill you TN that big fellow held
up that little one. and then | laughed 50 ]
couldn't have hit the side Of a barn with a
shot gun. And Just think. he said. with
curious, half musng air. while his hand
clutched my shoulder closer aud his eyes
fliad with unshed tears. II ia "a done what
| tried so blamed hard to do that day. Ia
been teetotally bankrupt this day o, Lord
forgive me. Mgior, III never shoot at an
other man | don't know, war or no war
And with this queer remark he turned
and walked out OF the bank with an I'M
steady tread, postponlnE his business to an
other day"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13
TINE pNGLIsn on mownLLs.
They Think i'r Has No Sentiment,
and Distrusts Imagination.

and DistrustS Imagination.
Howells lately came under the notice
OF the vicious Edinburgh Review"
and 1t must be admitted that he has not
been left unscaihed It is the "Revlew's''
opinion that American realism Is best rep
resented in the works Of Howells. Ills nov
els are too well known In this country Il
require detailed criticism. In his hands
Americans seem to have lost the ylrlliiy OF
the race. Elabby characters. painted In
carefully subdued tints. actors In whom the
author himself does not pretend to be ia.
terested, drift nimlessy, without faiths,
hopes, passions or aspirations, through
stories which are never concluded, each
turned out with the neatness, grace and
precision Of an accomplished modiste.
Howells writes on the assumption that all
literature is written. that strong emotions
are played out that the trlyialltins OF life
are worth preserving In the clear amber
OF a finished literary style, that the nalser-
les OF tea table Yawns deserve TO be chron-
icled with the Rdme minute fidelity as a
daring deed OF herolsm. He has no stcry
to tell. He does not deal In sentiment: he
avoids catastrOphes, he dlstrusts lmAginA-
tion. he dreada melodrama, he eschews
theatrical effects, h. shrlnks from eXaggera-
ton. The result IL sum OF negatives. He
either possesses no romautlc force or has
curbed It till The spirit is crushed. He re-
verses the legitimate basis OF novels or
romance. Other writer's have ondeavored to
show the romance which underlias every
day realities. Howells tries to prove that
though tragic events actually do occur the
world Is q commonplace world after all.
Every trace Of personal sympathy is ellml-
mated. The characters are diligently stud
led. but the examination OF states Of mind
Is oysrdone Hia observation transcends the
limits Of analysis, for 1t discovers every
thing, and, # lhe ingredients are trivial,
everything is too much, His observation Is
clinical rather than pictorial, and his lg
ures, though llfe-like. scarcely seem to be
alive.
/, may be questioned whether persons
who are always intent upon the observation
Of Irregularities the collection OF folbles. the
Qualification OF varieties. do not lose the
power Of depicting characters. The univeT-
al motive forces OF men and women are
neglected. The realistic standpoint from
which Howells writes "a deadenlng; even
the def workmanship OF the artist falls TO
TalyanIze 1t Into vitality. His Intellectual
righteousness Is so highly cultivated that
he reeoils from strong passions or large
toplcs. His process OF refining produces
thlnness ever more than refinement.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13
Anthony -COmstock and His
Great Defective Work.
PURE ART AND LITERATURE.
Tons Of Illegal Matter Captured in
His Raids.
HATED BY CRIMINAL CLASSES.
shot ut Many Times. Once stabbed.
Internal Machines and SMALL
pox Laden Rags Sent Him.

The world is full Of detectives who have
become great in the art OF catching criminals
but without doubt there is no man who
calls himself detective who is engaged In
the double duty Of detecting criminals. sup
pressing vice and trying to uplift humanity
and protect tho innocent and rising genera
lions from the secret and insldlous work OF
the devil. carried on by aends In human
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13
PAINTINGS OF poMpnIr.
Every House and Every Room WA
beautifully Decorated.

Every House ANA Every Room WAS
beautifully Decorated.
or all the remarkable things found at
Pompeli none are more important than the
pictures. on account Of the light they
throw on ancient painting. While many
masterpieces of Greek sculpture and archi-
lecture have como down to Us, the Greek
paintings. from the iEagllity OF their nature.
have persisted. and It is chiefly in the Ro-
man ruins that We ind some tradition OF
them left. At Pompeil every house and
every room was decorated with freacoea.
The best Of these we're at hrst removed for
their preservation to the museum at por-
tlci. which was incorporated Into the Naples
Museum early In this century.
Descriptions can hardly give an Idea OF
the charm OF these pictures. Of harmonious
colorlng. which many art critics have com
pared to Titians. OF tho serene. Joyous
conceptions Of human life. OF The grace and
dignity OF the figures. Stately gods and
goddessos sporting cupds. hacchantes. dol
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

charles Matthews. the great English
acton. was wont to take things as they
csne III have played to an audience Of
ene. said he 10 a friend, ut was in the
Sandwich Islands. had advertised the
n nav 10 commence at o'clock had the
p.ay ,a set and, as make It rule never
~ dIsappoint the public. determined to
"a on win the show. came on and bowed
~ ~ he man Of color who, in white hat.
~ seafed In the stalls. He returned my
salute with becoming e., sole len ! went
tn IN ven.sstus,isfion.' and that man Of color
o. ~ onse smiled: he never changed his
p p5sitlon. At ono time was nearly send,
ihE -, alive. | lowered the curtain on
ne ne ~ sse5nd act and he was. IKE the House
oi Commons SIN sitting d lsl ne 19uR Rlns n
hoh'I Ave him the third act. gag and
a ana Quarter q an hour I St'G a, ny s9lSs'd
frien1 ..,,d and told him the show was
wen' Ne shook hianis with me and SMILED.
over a asked me what It was all about"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13
4 DUEL ON THE RAIL-,
Old Soldiers Eyes Will GllSten
Recalling Past Days.
SHELBY RAID THAT FAILED.
A Brave Man Used a skulker as a
Shield for Bullets.
FUN FOR THE ROUGH RIDERS.
years Aftcrwnrd One of the Union
Men saved One of His Assault
nnts From bankruptcy.

what narrow world 1t is af,or ALL"
,,ld A middle-ased gentleman, as he con-
tentatively pulled at bis cigar. In party
ot half dozen old Grand Army men, who
had been swapping army stories at a post
c,np are not long ago. II was 4 captain In
= New England regiment" continued the
sneaker. "at the capture of Roanoke island,
md almost the first man l saw among the
confederate prisoners was 1.-the. slender.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13
Cynical.

From tile Boston ctarier.
cuibbs-what constitutes good boy. in your
ppinionl''
nisbs--ileAithy ancestors. as much as any
thing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-04
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

French Toast To one egg thor cughly beaten put one cup of sweet milk and a little salt. Slice light bread and dip into the mixture, allow ing each slice to absorb some of the milk; then brown on hot buttered griddle; spread with butter, and serve hot.-Western Rural.
 Fresh Pineapple. Cut it round two inches from the top. Cut the lower piece lengthwise, just through tho skin, then peel round without break ing the skin. Lift the outside off and slice the inside around. Sprinkle pull verized sugar between each layer and cover it with the rind again. Put a small piece on top, then it will look like the uncut pineapple. Serve, using fork to lift out the layers. Chicago Record.
 Cream of Beet Soup Crate the beets after they are pared and then bring them to boiling point in one quart of chicken stock. Put one quart milk in 8 double boiler, moisten four table spoons of corn starch, add to 1t the hot milk, stir and cook for five minutes, and then turn this into the beet puree. Add palatable season. ing of salt and pepper and pass through very fine sieve. Add two tablespoons butter and serve at once.-House- keeper.
 Chinese Souffie.-Two tablespoons butter, one tablespoon flour, one-half cup milk, one cup grated cheese, three eggs beaten separately, one-half tea l spoon salt, speck of cayenne. Heat | butter, add four and seasoning, stir until thick, add milk cook two min utes, add well-beaten yollSs of eggs and cheese, then carefully cnt in stiff whites. Bake in quick oven over twen- ty minutes. May be made with potato instead of cheese.-Cooling School.- Farm and Preside.
 Gold Crabs.-Piclz the meat out from the shells and claws of boiled crabs; add some bread crumbs, papri- ka, essence of anchovy, two spoonfuls of vinegar, some clarified butter, and spoonful of cider vinegar; mix thor oughly. Clean the shells and fill them with the mixture. Pound the spawn in a mortar, pass it through a sieve, and lay it over the crabs in fancy
 
 shapes Garnish with parsley and the claws. The meat of one crab will fill but one she'll -Harper's Bazar.
 -Pickled Red Cabbage 3 firm, good-sized cabbage, and after re. moving any struggling leaves, cut it in quarters and then slice thin. Sprinkle we'll with salt and set aside for forty eight hours. Then drain off the salt liquor which has formed, and pour over the cabbage pickle of hot vinegar ir which has been boiled for each quart of vinegar, one ounce of salt, one-quar ter of an ounce of black pepper corns two sticks of mace, little cinnamon and some cloves. Place in jars, cover and let stand until the cabbage is cold fasten tightly. Gaulifower may be pickled in the same way.-Ladies Home Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-04

green cloth skirt that is bound with white and stops at her ankles. A white silk blouse bagging little over a white belt shows under smart green jacket. Her hat is white sailor tied with green ribbons.
 Miss Elsie Clews, who rides very we'll, wears tan color and dark blue.
 Men as well as women roll and reel with Johnson on Bellevue avenue, and they make much more co1nical pictures. Curiously enough, it seems to hurt them deal more to lose their dignity for minute, and then too they are not sensible enough to take so much help from Johnson. They want to go alone before they can, and so they sprawl. Women never sprawl under any cir cufnstances. If they tumble they come down in little heap, cuddled.
 Not all the men who ride are swells, for the fashionable women are having their footmen taught, to act as bicycle escorts. Miss McAllister set the fash ion and now you can tell truly true from factory girl-for Newport has factory girls who ride the wheel and ride uncommonly well-by the fact that the t. t, will have liveried at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-04
He lIlill Not Droun Himself.
(From the Troy, ". r, Tymes.)


 R. ". Edwards, of Lansingburg, was prostrated by sunstrolze during the war, and it has entai1ed ou him peculiar and se- rious consequences. At present writing MT. E. is prominent officer of Post Lyon, G. A. R., Cohoes anda past aide de camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief of AL bany Go. In the interview with a reporter, he said:
 1T was wounded and sent to the hospital at Winchester. They sent me together with others to Westinghouse ride of about 100 miles. Having no room in the box cars we were placed face up on the bottom of fiat cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro- tected heads. When reached Washington l was insensible and was unconscious for ten days while in the hospital An abscess gathered in my ear and broke; it has been gathering and breaking ever since. The result of this 100-miie ride and sunstroke was heart disease, nervous prostration, in- somnia and rheumatism. A completely shattered system which gave me no rest night or day. As a last resort took some Pink Pills and they helpedme to a wonder full degree. My rheumatism is gone, my heart failure, dyspepsia and constipation are about gone, and the abscess in my ear has stopped dischargfng and my head feels as clear as a bell when before it felt as | though it would burst, and my once shat | tered nervous system Is now nearly sound. Look at those fingers" Mir. Edwards said, do they look as if there was any rheuma- 1 tism thereln He moved his fingers rapidly and freely and strode about the room like a young boy. "A year ago those fingers were gnarled at the joints andso stiff that could not hold pen. My knees would swell up, and could not straighten my leg out. My l wO11ld ! mnVnd them That is the living truth.
 "When came to think thatI was going to 1 be crippled with rheumatism, together with l the rest of my ailments, 1 tell you life seemed not worth living. l suffered from 1 despondency. 1 cannot begin to tell you,n said MT. Edwards, as he drew long breath, | what my feeling IS at present. l think II 1 you lifted ten years right off my life and | left me prime and vigorous at forty-seven, l 1 could feel no better l was an old man and could only drag myself painfully about the house. Now 1 can walk off without any trouble. That in itself,n continued MT. Edwards, would be sufficient to give me cause for rejoicing, but when you come to consider that 1 am no longer what you might call nervous and that my heart is ap- parently nearly healthy, and that l can l sleep nights, you may realize why may ap- pear to speak in extravagant praise of Pink i Pills. These pills qulet my nerves, take that awful pressure from my head, and at | the same time enrich my blood. There | seemed to be no circulation in my lower limbs a year ago, my legs being cold and clammy at times. Now the circulation thereis as full and as brisk as at any other part of my body. used to be so light headed and dizzy from my nervous dis order that frequently fell while crossing the floor of my house. Spring is coming and 1 never felt better in my life, and am looking forward to busy season of work. J
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-04
SORE MOUTH IN BABIES.
Simple Treatment of Very Annoying
 Ailment.

Simple Treatment of Very Annoying
 Ailment.
 Young children are very liable to af- factions of the mouth which, though not dangerous, invariably produce dis comfort and fretfulness.
 One of the commonesU causes of sore mouth in babies is to be found in the irritation of teething, though any local irritant will cause the same trouble. Another frequent cause is gastric dis turbance, fact which is shown by the acidity of the stomach and by the character of the intestinal discharges.
 The first indication which usually appears in cases of inflammation of the lining membranes of the mouth is rest lessness on the part of the infant, and an indisposition to nurse.
 On looking into the mouth we ob- serve that the gums and other parts are reddened and infiamed in certain places, and heresand there are white specs like pimples If the inflammation is not cared for and promptly subdued, these pimples soon break down and be- come open sores
 The principal point in the treatment of sore mouth is to correct any general or special cause upon which the local trouble seems to be dependent. The bowels should be kept regulated, and the acidity of the stomach controlled. If the disturbances of the stomach and bowels are not very marked little magnesia or limewater added to the milk, or given separately, will prove all that is required.
 As local remedy we may wash out the mouth with mild preparation like borax and water or solution of alum and carbolic acid. There is no special rule to be followed in preparing washes for the mouth, except that they shall be cleansing and non-irritating.
 A very good way to treat sore mouth is to swab out the mouth carefully with warm water two or three times a day, afterward putting on the tongue pinch of powder made of equal parts of powdered white sugar and borate of Eoda.
 We should remember, however, in treating this affection, that it rarely comes of itself, but is almost always significant of some more general dis turbance. e.-Youth's Companion.