Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-29
cunlors COMBINATIONS.

| The "Perfumers' street. was I'm.
earthcned some years ago IN Pompcii.
Marie Antoine,te preferred Hungary
water TO any other kind OF perfume,
Experiments made in Florence lnd-
cate that II would take n snail exactly
fourteen days 10 travel mile,
Il is said In England that families
llNiDg IN the country have eight per cent
more children than those that live in
town
Hoo Is corruption Of Bah, the name
OF famous Gothic general. II hHs been
used us terror word Tor centuries.
Unless n Chinese father happens TO
he school muster, at home with moth.
lug TO do, he never thinks OF teaching
Lis daughter TO read.
The new British dictionary OF Ma
tonal Biography win contain biogrnph.
ical sketches OF les Smiths, iflrcn
SmS tbs aud eight Smythes.
Several towns In Russia have elected
women ny mayors, On the ground that
tley arc best lifted u be intrustcd with
tac interests OF the community.
The erca of English orchards il 2063i4
| acres aud Of this % per cent is In Here
! f1rdshite, Worcestershire, Somempt,
| Devon and Gloucestcrshirc.
There are words in the Chinese Ian.
gpnsc that have Ms many us forty dit.
ierent meanings, each depending on the
information used in prononncing IT,
ON behalf OF the now perforated bed
clothes IL Is claimed that they permit
! the Vnpor of pcrsprntiun to escape ana
thus prevent the sleeper from mourning
rdcumStism.
| While men were saving ZIP n huge
| oak on Earl COwpcr's estate u Ave toad
wus found embedded In the trunk where
II must have been for many years liy-
| lug on the sap,
Attempts are now being made to ne
| climate Scotch grouse in Denmark. The
birds thrive well on the extensive moor,
ltnd of Jutlnnd. They are fenced until
tile end Of next year.
On Thursday September 20, swarm
of butterflies, consisting Of red NdmirulH
aud small tOrtoiscshclls appeared at Cul.
lcrcoats England. The sea banks aud
grass fields were literally alive with
item.
Tho word "clgnr" Ia believed 20 coma
from tho sp0nith oigarra, meaning
RfnHshoppcf, and at irst the Jaignlhcanco
able lut IN Spanish IA garden Was cigar
| raj or the place where the graashopper
sang. Tobacco was usually grown IN Il
oigarral
A dlyicc for producing dimplca has
been patented. II is n womRn's idea
The device consists OF wirp maskput
on when going TO bed. by nm arrange
ulentB Of screws pencils OF wood are
made to press upon ihe checks aud chm
at the points where dimples arc do
sired.
The large Drained horses nre the
clAvcrcst In the Household Guards the
horses with broad furchcads learn their
dri more quickly than the others. A
gentleman measured the heuds of all
his hunters and found their Intelligence
aud good sense were Ia propoiun To the
breadth.
Nine Mara, the noted songstrcss, had
dark, Irregular features but with such n
play Of expires sion when she sang that
they seemed TO glow. She did not at
appearance on the stngc taNornbly I'M
prcsa ais audience Oh account OF her
lnmonos4 but when she bpgan 10 Stag
every thing else was forgotten.
An Englishman Is the owner of ro-
markablc duck Tho head and neck are
ike those Of hen. white leghorp also
tic legs from the knee downward tho
bird waddles when walking and can also
swim. It lays an egg like tho rest OF
the lcghorns, an is perfectly healthy.
A new Rsh hook has been invented.
The bait holding device 10 supplied with
self-openng hooks which are closed nnh
concealed at ,their, points ma which sprihg
In opposite directions when the elighiesl
tension is put upon the line. One Of the
chief advantages cln med Is that when
tho first rs landed they can be readily re-
leased.
Tho style of beauty possessed by
Dnnte's Beatrice u uncertain. she y
described by one authority NJ brunette
by another as golden haired blonde.
III she was tho latter. the golden hair
was nrtiiIcinlly cO.orcd, IN accordance
with n custom then prevalent ~ ltnly
OF blonding the hair by the use Of honey
aud sulpher.
A conflict of n savage nature, which
. | a -. la In. nI
don's forests. was fatal 70 both OF inc
combatnnts Two large harris, after q
furious and deadly thrust, had entnnFleu
their horns 30 firmly together that they
: We're inextricable, and the victor remain
Cd with the ysnapshsd IN by thl s'i ioa.
cater, who killed the survivor.
IL is well known that layers Of air
Ia certain coudi uons Of moisture and tenn
peraturs act as acoustic syrens. Even
round n fog syren there are zonsg or LOUD.
ness and falntncss Of the sound-a fact
e rseSptiy made lde In America. Vessel.
sieaming towards . syren heard II at a
distance Of n little over two aud three
i quarter miles, and continued 20 hear II
with Increasing loudness until they came
within two milen.
The number OF craters on the moons
surface, says Cassells New Popular
Educator. Is very large, A largo lunar
map BY schmidt, published In 1873, in-
cludca nhout $1,000 OF these formations,
Dme Of which are very deep. They
are surrounded by rampnrts, or walls,
rnlscd above the general level, The
mountains arc proportionatey high; ona
peak named Newton. has an elevation
Of % 900 feet There arc also ring
mountains varying from ten 70 fifteen
mics In diameter.
The Oldest herbarium In tho world rs
TO be found In the Egyptologist museum
at Cairo. II consists of q large number
OF wrsa,hs and garland nowers, collect
"a together from ancient Egyptian
graves. These floral remains are prnc-
ticnlly all In a well.preserred condition.
In most OF the flowers those parts
which have been protected by an outer
covering are, in spite OF their extreme
deltcacy, perfectly intact, while their
colors have been preserved In a rcuiark-
able manner.
A correspondent informs the Shooting
Times thai specimen OF that rnre
Towering plant, tho American aloe. can
b. aeon nj present In flower at Rathrnr,
near Dublin. The flower commenced
10 unfold in May, and y now fourteen