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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-29

General Passenger Agent Crush pre-
diets that this viii be one Of the big
gost business years Texas has ever
known" II VIII; IT will.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-29

Delivered by carrier anywhere in the
city, 15c per week. Subscribers who
tail to receive papers Will confer q
favor on the city clrculator by notify
ing him. Telephone iO6.
D. T. GOPHER,
City Circulator.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-29
A DEAp s,nn MINNrn
mckinley IL Sure 10 Lena nm an.
first Ballot

WnshinFton. n O., Feb. % r,,o
trends OF presidential oandido;Ss cnne
nnue 70 speculate and count mo daia
gates mat have not been elected " III.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-29

The time has arrived for FOR, WORTH
TO spread her nets for the partridges
OF 1896.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-29

At Q conference OF Republican and
ronuilsi iendcrv held In DirnaInehan,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-29
FORT WORTH PHARMACY co.
Main and Fifth Sis.

Alabama, It was agreed to nominate a
fusion ticket, Mr. Jerome Kcarby
should explain the relation OF this
movement TO currency reform
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
TWO.Thirds Of Eartlfis GOld.

Cripple Greek and "the Rand are
not the only great and promising gold
lands. The greatest yet is not land,
either, but water. 1t will produce
quams in the breast of Barney Bar
nato and Colorado managers, for the
new aurlferons area is boundess in
extent and offers an unlimited yield.
1t will surprise the unsophisticated to
learn that the ocean around our shores
teens with the precious metal. The
apparatus by means of which the gold
is to DE extracted from the jaws of the
deep consists OF a dynamo connected
with depositing cell which is lowered
into the sea.
BY the simple process of the cur.
rent passing through the cell the
"gold" is desposited in II mercury
trough; the mercury is afterwards re-
moved, and it is easy. to extract the
metal by means of heat or otherwise.
The inventor is nm American; but his
apparatus has been tried for some time
past off the old Chain Pier at Brighton,
England. Unfortunately the net re-
suit up to date would hardly suffice to
pay for his return licked to London
on.Ser. The scheme has certainly the
merit--shall we say OF simplicity?
But he considers its possibilities not
the less brilliant.-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
Tame Wild Animals.

Some Of the people who live on the
edge OF the Maine. woods have been
betwixt the "levil and the deep sea, +"
rs the phrase is, with the game law on
one side of them and the disposition
of the protected animals to be neigh
borly on the other, Said WOMAN. in
the Piscataquis backwoOds:
"a deer can be tanned as easily as
any other animal, and sometimes they
are bound to be tanned whether you
want them or not. A few years ago II
young deer came out with our catte
ana grazrd round with them and came
up to the barnyurd at night. He
didn't seem bit frightened, and |
gave it some milk. 1t drank readily,
and next day wanted some more. l
could pat it and fondle it as we'll rs |
could cOsset .lamb:- 1t stayed around
with our cattle for several weeks,
when one dny game warden came
and said was liable to a penalty for
keeping the deer aud feeding it.
Then l tried to drive it away, and the
way he would come up i'll spite OF my
threats aud attempts to scare it, and
coax FOR milk was pitifnl to. sec. l
had the hardest work to make him 60
away, and for a long time he'd keep
coming back to our place"
A similar case occurred in Portland
last summer where seal came t" a
tishermnn's boat and followed it for a
number OF days and wouldn't be driven
on.
These instances of tame ..:wild" an
finals remind a Maine gentleman OF
what he saw in Mayheld few years
ago He was. driving through that
town and ut II plnce where he stopped
his hostess, handsome young woman
asked him if he wanted to see deer.
Taking dish with some grain in it.
or something of that sort, she went
down the lane to the edge of the woods
and stopped, calling in n low tone
some name. Presently fine. large
buck came ont of the woods and
trotted up to her as tame US any colt
could be. He stuck his nose, ip the
dish and munched the food, while she
pAtted his neck and talked to him.
When she left him to come back to
the house he followed her to the fence
and seemed really anxious to go to the
house too. Lewiston, Me-, journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
IrOned Her Steps.

The rain, sleet and snow that fell
successively and then froEo left slip
perry surface to the sidewalks and steps
to the dwelling houses Shovels,
hatchets, ashes, salt, hot water anu
brooms were brought into reqnisitloh
hut it remained for u North side
woman to introduce new plan tor
the removal of the ice from her porch
Tn Centre street, Just west OF Mo-
hawk street, n woman stood LOOKING
from her window at the CLASSY surface
of her front steps, woud ring how she
could best remove the ice before the
coming of darkness. jack Frost had
anticipated her and rendered her usual
weapon, the broom, n useless commod-
ity Suddenly happy thought flashed
upon her, and she immcdiltcly repaired
to the kitchen and choosing her rough
est Hat irons she placed them on the
stove.
A few moments laterpassers'b were
attracted by the strange actions OF
this woman, bending over the steps
leading to her modest dwelling; closer
investigation revealed to them that
this ingenious woman was ironing her
her steps. The scheme worked we'll.
and the ice was quickly reduced to
water. Chicago Times Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

Marriage does not seem to b. TALL
ure in Black Falls, Wis, in one FINN
lily at least. 1t has Ind fair trial,
too, for Louis and Amelia Darwin
were married 80 years ago. And now,
although the husband is l07 years old,
and the wife 1Ol, they live happily
together. Twelve children have been
born to them, five of whom are now
living.
For thirty years Gra' dina Darwin
was totally blind. Strange and in
credible as it may seem, in her
ninety-ninth year she recovered her
second sight, and was able to distin.
guish her children. Yet during the
period of her blindness she performed
her household duties without any
assistance.
The old gentleman has been n re-
markable man. When he was 100
years old he could dance n jig equal to
dancing master, but the last four
years he has gradually wasted away,
until today he is but shadow OF his
former self. The aged couple are de-
scendants from race which, for
many generations, was noted for re-
markable longevity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
A Town Ruined by Sand.

Mr.. Bird Payne, an old citizen Of
Tishomingo. late of Vernon, Texas,
bnt now OF Tuckermnn. Ark, was in
Iuka recently. Mr. Payne gives a
gloomy account of his experience in
Northwest Texas. A few years since
Vernon WIS city of 6, 600 inhabitants
with electric lights, street cars, and
water works. Now it has barely 1000
and the street cars aud electric lights
are things of the past. Sand storms
wrought this change. The sand came
drifting in, carried by fierce northwest
winds from the Great American Des-
ert, and literally covered up the
prosperous and growing young city.
Mr.. Payne owned fine farm near
Vernon in which he had all invested.
This fnrm was covered with sand and
literally ruined, SO he sold it for a
mere trife and shook the sands of
Texas from this feet.-Iuka Miss. J
Eidette,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
QUA Pi.ruREs ON THE WALLS

The frames are not expensive and the pic
lures they are pain,
A.brooding there where sunlight or the
freight softly falls;
The stranger would not note them, yet no
hope OF Sreed or gain
Would make us think OF parting with our
pictures on the walls!
MAJ, We would have no changes In the por-
traits II We could.
For gazing on the faces, We can see them
as they were;
The father strong, the sisters In their lovely
womanhood,
The mother sweet and tender and the baby
in his chair.
Their voices come at even or on quiet after
Moons,
And while we look upon them We recall the
dearer days;
And still they seem to love us as when Hope
its sweetest tunes
Went chanting low and tender here among
the homestead ways.
The years have been so many, and the days
have gone so slow,
Since we were undivided in the years the
mind recalls;
And yet we feel less lonely as we on our
journey go.
With the faces ever with us--with the pic
lures on the walls.
Will T. Hale.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
Cork Culture.

A bulletin ON the subject of cork
will soon be issued by the Department
of Agriculture. The bulletin will adj
vocate the culture of cork trees in this
country, urging that forests of these
species of oak could be estab lished
with great profit in the Southern
States. Statistics show that 81, 600, 900
worth OF cork is imported into the
United States annually. 1t is steadily
increasing in value. fetching now
eleven times the price that was paid
for it in 1890. The soil-of California
is particularly we'll adapted to the
cork oak, which grows there with
greater rapidity than in Europe. Al
ready about 1000 of the trees have
been planted in the San Gabriel VAL
ley The University OF California has
distributed several bushels of the
acorns, which are said to be very good
to eat, tasting like chestnuts. New
York World. :.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
Caught in a. Wolf Tran.

Mrs. Frank Hull, the wife OF q
farmer near Sergeant Bluffs, Iowa, is
recovering from an experience which
narrowly missed costing her her life.
Several days ago neighbor set a
number of wolf traps about his farm,
placing one of them in lonely gulch
at considerable distance from the
road and in place seldom visited
even by himself. =, Mrs. Hull hap.
pened to pass close to this spot
on her way home from a friends
house, and, noticing the trap, stop.
ped to investigate. In handling it
she touched the heavy steel spring,
and before she could withdraw, her
hand was caught and firmly held by
the trap. Her efforts to raise the
spring with the other hand were I'm.
awaiting, and the pain soon rendered
her unconscious. She remained q
C ptive until the next night, when her
friends, alarmed by herr long absence
from home, started in search of her.
In addition to suffering severely from
the pain in her hands and the lack Of
food the sufferer was greatly tried by
the cold. the temperature having fallen
below zero.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
This Bird Has Horns.

The rarest species of bird now ex-
tant, and one which is almost extinct,
has its home in the jungles OF
South America. This archaeological
curiosity IL known to science rs the
palam eira corduda, and to the com.
mon people ny the horned screamer.
As rara avis nothing could excel the
cornudu unless it would be the acct
dental discovery Of n living moa or an
cpinoris. But few bird books let
YOU know that such horned paradox
ever existed, let alone telling yOn that
living specimens of the queer creature
are still occasionally met with. The
only one now in captivity in North
America, if the writer has not been
misiuformed, is that belonging to the
uviary of the Philadelphia geological
gardens, and which arrived in this
country about three years ago. The
creature is about the size OF a full
grown turkey hen, and OF blnckish-
brown color. One of it's distinguish
ing peculinrities is rnffie of black
and white which surrounds the head.
The horny nppendage which caused
the early South American explorers
to write so many chapters on the
"wonderful rhinoceros bird of the
Jungle" is about four inches in length,
and grows straight mp out OF tue
Heaviest and brondcst ported of the
head But the above is not the only
only natural offensive and defensive
weapon with which the horned scream
or has been provided. On each wing,
at the "elbow" joint, he has three
inch spur, and just back OF that
another an inch in length. He is said
to be match for any ten game cocks.
st. Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
Our Wabbly Earth.

The discovery that the axis of the
earth is not fixed in one direction,
but that it swings round in such way
as to cause the North Pole itself to re.
volve once in every fourteen months
round circle ten yards in diameter.
is now generally accepted as an estab-
lished fact.
It is evident that such a wabbling
Of the esrth's axis of rotation, small
though it be, must produce some
effect upon the level OF the ocean at
its shores, and an examination Of the
very CAREFUL records, which have been
kept for more than forty years, of the
height OF the tide in the canal at Hei
der, in Holland, was recently made
for the purpose Of determining
whether such effect could be per-
ceived.
The result OF the examination
showed that the average level of the
water had varied with great regular.
ity, in recurring period Of fourteen
months, ever since the tide records
were begun in 1851.
The inference is that the regular
change of level must be due to the
swinging round of the axis of the
earth. The amount by which the
level changes-a little less than Ave-
eighths of an inch also corresponds
to the calculated change that should
result from the supposed cause.
So we are gradually learning to sp-
probate how delicately the ponderous
earth is poised as it swings in it's vast
orbit round the sun. and how even the
mighty ocean responds to the slight
est tipping this way and that Of the
great axis of the globe.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
KNICKERBOCKER.
Unanimity of Opinion.

The mighty Sheik Abdullah, desiring
to test the sincerity Of his councillors.
asked the court sage, old Enekazi, how
he could carry out his wish. Every
easily" replied the sage. "You never
composed line Of poetry in your life.
Go and write at once a long ballad and
read it to your courtiers. You will
Judge of the effect for yourself. To-
morrow l will come again and learn the
result of your observations" Next day
the wise Enekazi entered the sheik's
tent, saying, Ibid you follow my ad-
vice, mighty sheik?" Certainly.
was completely taken by surprise at
what followed the reading Of my poem.
The councillors were unanimous in Its
praise. One exclaimed that this was
the long sought-for ballad Of the great
poet 1bu- Yemin; another that was a
bright luminary in the armament Of
poetry; a third craved permission to
cut off a small piece Of my robe in
memory of the eventful occasion and
the immortal bard-in word, they
! were all in ecstasies, and praised my
ideas and my language up to the skies"
"And what about old Henriadin?" Gag
erly questioned the sage. HIN! He
dropped to sleep while l was reading"
"Ha! ha! What did you conclude from
that, mighty sheik?" said the old man,
triumphantly. What conclusion could
come to-" replied the sheik, with some
surprise, IF not the same as all the
rest, namely, that possess very great
talent for poetryw Enekazi salaamed,
lighted his chibouk, and-held his peace.
For he was in sooth wise man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
ScGUSGnuul6jO1l,

of Cod-liver Oil, with hypo-
phosphites, is pure cod-liver
in a digested condition. So
that, when a person gains in
weight from taking SCOTS
Emulsion, it is because OF tive
things: First, the oil has
acted as a fat-producing food
and, second, it has restorec
to the body a healthy condo
ton. Such an improvement
is permanent: it comes 10 stay
SCOTS EMULSION has been endorse
by the medical profession for twenty years
(.4sk yonr docior) This is because /, Il
always tahltabie-always mJorm-nlwaw
contains NE pmresf Norseesian t1a-hte d
and hbofhoSbhfcS.
Put up IN so.cent and 81. 90 sizes. The snlar
size may be enough to cure your cough o.
help your baby.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
CO1nN6
to STAY

There is more than one food
which will cause the body 10
increase in weight. A free
supply Of sugar will do this;
so will the starchy foods;
cream, and some other fats,
But to become fleshy, and yet
remain in poor health. is not
what you want. Cod-liver oil
increases the weight because
it is a fat-producing food. But
it does far more than this. II
alters, or changes, the pro,
cesses of nutrition, restoring
the normal functions Of the
various organs and tissues.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
$1,000 For a Yard OF Land.

Recently plot of ground but 81
square yards in extent, on Lombard
street, in the financial centre OF Lon
don, and not far from the Bank of
England, sold at SO, 500 per square
yard, or 1922. % per square foot. 1t
is not altogether certain that this is
the highest price ever paid for ground
in London, but it is the most extern
sive recorded transaction of late years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
If'H1Hy>k3
f.l!34f43

W. C. Lloyd, workingmnn, living
at No. G6 White NV, in the 18th
Ward, Cleveland. o., first bought
Ripans Tabules of Bentleld, the drug
gist. In an interview had with him
on the 9Th OF May, 1895, bya repor-
ter named A. b. Calhoun, residing
al l747 East Madison av., Cleveland,
Mr.. Lloyd said that he was at pres
ent out OF II job, but expected to go
TO work next week ut the Bridge
Works. anyway, have the prom
Use of n job there. were his words.
He had been out OF employment
since last fall. We will let him tell
his story in his own words: "Work
was q little slack, and was feeling
so bad that concluded to lay of
for few days, and when I returned
my place was filed, 80 I've been out
ever since. don't care much.
though. I've been gaining right
along by my rest and treatment.
Last fall went to IL doctor who was
recommended to me rs Il good one
and with quite reputation. He
gave me medicines of all kinds for
noarly six weeks, and got no benz
ut that I could see. In fact, don't
believe he knows what IL the matter
with mo. A friend Of mine callah
one evening and told me he had
been using Ripans Tabules for II
short time and ha never found any
thing that helped his stomach and
liver troubles as much as they did.
He handed me a circular about
them, which l read, and concluded
TINT they were just what needed
and would fit my case exactly. l
dropped DR.. ---- at once, went over
to the drug store and got IA 50-cent box
of them, out Of which / took twoa
day for awhile, and within three
days noticed and felt much improve.
ment. That was about the middle
OF December. Last February got
another small box of the Tabules
and took part of them only, as was
feeling so much better that didn't
think I needed any more. The
rest OF the box gave to John G ---
the other day. II had heard OF
them at the time stopped work
could have saved my doctor bill. and,
better than all, probably kept right
on with my work. But I do not be-
grudge the time lost nor the doctor
bill, as feel I am we'll paid for hay
ing learned Of the Tabules. now
fee no pain whatever in my
stomach, liver and bowels active
and regular, and eat like a we'll man
should eat"
Ripans Tabules are sold by dru ;gists, Or by D
the price (5l Gems box) Is sent to The KY
hemical Company, No. 10 Spruce st., New 70
ample vial. 10 cent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

At last 1t has come. The memorable
law which governs destiny made it in
evitable. The news is conveyed in the
dispatches: Holmes Is writing q
book" He had done nearly every
thing else. He has fractured the COM
mandments and, according to the detec-
tives, he had piled up cellarfuls Of the
victims Of his malign passions. But
the roster was incomplete. He had left
something undone. And now, In the
solitude Of his dark prison cell, he has
discovered what it was, and hastens to
round out his career with one final
artistic touch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by looa! ap ica tiun ;, as hoycannot reach the
diseased portion If he ear. I hero IL only one
tOnal remedies. Deafne is caused by an in
flp ned condition OF TIE mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have a rum ,ting sound or imper,,
Deafness is the result, and unless the infam-
nation can bs taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an IN
famed condition If the mucous surfaces.
We will give Onn Hundred ID 'lars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cura by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. o.
kY Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

OF preventing the grippe. colds, headaches and
fevers is to use the liquid laxative remedy
Syrup of Figs, whenever the system needs q
gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefit ed
one must get the true remedy manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Go. only. For sale
by all druggists in Soc and 81 bottles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

Millions Of human outlets have been
made glad by Ephriam w. Bull, who
died in Concord, Mass. He was the
originator Of the Concord grape, which
has done so much to please the palate
and interest the vermiform appendix
Of mankind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

y VU0u DOZ "O1S's
II you own dog and think any thing, Of him,
you should be able to treat him fnteiligentiy
detect symptoms of illness. The dog doctor
book written by II. Clay Glover, d. V. s., spe-
cialist In canine diseases to the principal ken
y c 9th bound, handsomely illustrated book,
and will be sent postpaid by the Book Publish
ing House, 1874 Leonard st.. n. Y. City, on
receipt Of 40 cts. in postage stamps.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
HETTY'S RETICULE

r A I G - b all o,
therel"
I stopped short.
Jim Studley " q 8
behind me, waving
his cap.
"Are you walk.
ing for a wager ?"
he asked, as he
came up. ~ have
b Q e n looking for
you all the morn
ing. We are get
ting up a sleighing
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

THE MOST SIMPLE AND SAFE REMEDY for a
Cough or Throat Trouble is . BroTn's Bronchial
ITOchss." They possess real merit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

FITS stopped free by DIR. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsTORER. NOft after first day. use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, G}l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

A perfectly white squirrel, with
pink eyes, was caught by hunter
near South Windham, Conn, n few
DAYS apu
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

H. B. Cotton, bow oar OF the Oxford
crew in the last four races with Cam.
bridge and son of Lorn Justice Cot
ton. died recently of consumption,
from the effects of training.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11
For both laundry and kitchen use Savena.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
Hopkins Place. Baltimore. Nd Dec. 2, M
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

The weight of paper is sometimes
materially increased by the addition
Of clay and kaolin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

DR.. Kilmer's SwAMP.RoOr cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphl let and Consultation free.
Laboratory, Binghamton. MY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

Coffee can bs grown successfully in all
tropical countries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-01-11

Deans Rheumatic Pills are sure cure for all
& Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable always safe.