Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 18, 1887 Page: 3 of 8
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LADES COLUMN
Nature and Fashion Demand Sons
Sunshine and Beauty for the
Easier Awakening
Hair Stripes Flowered Stripes Greek
Squares in Spring Silks Trim-
mings and Ornaments
Housekeepers Want Considered Pad-
ding KccipcH from Boston Cook
Notes Etc
Deep down in the heart of winter lies
the hope bud of sringand there shielded
from chilling blasts and cold cerements
the embryo life is cherished Finally the
sumbeams woo with warm glances and
the song birds in musics own language
entice the tender child Shyly it somes
forth arrayed in delicate hues to witness
the resurrection miracle in which each
year rejoices Woman in her love of the
beautifui watches the unfolding and the
tints so suggestive of life and beauty be-
come a law to ber in the selection of her
ado nings hence the apple green the
moss gray the lilac and tne delicate pink
which show in her attire that spring is
here Young girls with delicate com-
plexions surround their fair faces with
the apple and sea foam shades until one I
almost fancies there is wafted from the
old orchard under the hill breaths of the
freighted fragrance wnich childhoods
memories associate with the gnarled
trunk of many a tree
Lent in the fashionable world means
the folding away of the pretty bail dress
and rest for societys subjects It also
means time to collect forces for the
spring campaign which on Easter shall
be mirFhaleu and give dress parade to
waiting spectatois The Easter bonnet is
the first anxiety and all else is subsidiary
to its requirement A little bird ha
whispered that Paris milliners mindful
of Thk Gazbttks protests are trying to
erfec n compromise in the high bonnet j
quetion by placing the poiDt oi high of
itnbo further back directly over the sum-
mit of the crown This negatives the
use of bow and the ribbons lace and
feathers are thrown together to have the
sanvs effect as before but with a sensible
decrease in height while well simulated
butterflies and
place of the birds
butterflies wings take the with dress skirts are very fashionable and
taeuse of which has with two or three of them and a few ex
be n so condemned
Models for summer bonnets sent over
from Paris are made of silk etaminc
IVreiin ganziiu exquisitely lovely lints
and zephvr silk muslin embossed with
raised velvet figures The brim of the j
bonnet is covered with dark velvet in
black goldtnbrown terra coita or
Japanese red and the garnitures are light
this season in every imaginable device
from the simplest narrow Grecian border
tra skirts many changes may be rung
Serge and camels hair are among th < >
novelties in white wool goods Some of
them are piaided in colors and others
have colored borders on one selvage to be
used in the draperies
Dress bonnets of the new Charles X
pink are made of velvet and Timmed with
green ribbons and green flowers and
and how many
aigrettes and crape flowers Pretty day j there are also pale grayblus velvet bon
bonnets to be worn at 5 oclock teas etc
arc of fancy rough straw trimmed with
velvet snd hign montures of French j
flowers and al o of dainty nets worked
with colored beads in shaded effects and I
coquettish shirred fdlk bonnets trimmed J
with gold or silverpowdered aigrettes i
and sprays of white lilac in softest velvet j
Ilugt buttii flies both of bronze and gold i
powdered peuzes are again usea upon j
summer bonnets by leading milliners i
Straw round bats in dove color and mush j
room shades are trimmed with goldenj
brown picut velvet ribbon loops mixed
with goldenbrown tulle into which are
set large plaques of scarlet Japan poppies
Bonnets for spring are also of lace in
all colors The lace is light or dark and
the designs are worked over with silk in
bright colors The lace or embroidery
matcies the cosume The genre for
ttifvi bonnet which are without strings
s that they have neither flowers plumes
nor rlobons but are simply trimmed with
the lace of which they are made The
latti r is iu all widths and is arranged in
loops in front of the head These lace
bonnets tirein pointed capote shape
SPRING SILKS
India silks ami French foulards ore
largely imported for house dresses in the
soring and for general wear in summer
Th old designs of flowers palms and
PersUD arabesques are aeun shown but
the new fancy i for plaids bars and
stripe in these eilks wry similar in col-
oring to those of cotton or wool goods
Tnt ioletblue silks will have irregular
bars of pink and green the darkest blue
grounds will be crossed with white or
with red and brown will alternate with
ecru as ground or as figures The inch
square pliids are thought handsomest in
light colors v the dark grounds look
well in ratUvi large or extremely line
small crossings of contrasting bars Th
striped designs are most varied of all
one of the best new patterns be-
ing inch wide stripes of very fine
white specks with blue brown green
gray or dud red stripes of the same
width separating them The hair stripes
of lastyear are repeated but have become
monotonous as they are in all kinds of
fabrics Flowered stripes are very effec-
tive in leaf or lilyofthevulley patterns
or in slender viu s of gay small buds
partly blown Greek squares and the
zigzag of chuddah stripes are also shown
A great deal of French foulard is in the
market but this has worn so badly that
it has lost favor and merchants are too
much given to calling it India silk because
the latter is more durable White India
silk with all over patterns of graceful
lines in blue brown or scarlet will make
pretty summer dresses and there are
many Watteau and pompadour designs of
roses and pinks iu pale and charm-
ing colors The surahs with large
wide diagonal twills are shown in all
solid colors and in many plaids some of
the prettiest being dark blue crossed with
pink and lighter blue Suede with bars of
rose and green and green grounds barred
with pink These are to be made up in
entire dresses not in combination with
velvet collar vest and cuffs and scal-
loped drapery on lower skirts bordered
with velvet or else folded in exceedingly
wide plaits with velvet inlaid between
r Harpers Bazaar
HOUSEDRESS
A simple pretty fashion for the house
toilette is a dress of soft wool fabric
the skirt full the draperies irregular
many pleat the front breadth in at the
waist leaving the sides of it to hang
straight or caught up slightly on the left
the back drapeiy very full and pleated on
the sides or cut shorter in the middle and
coming in points to meet the required
length of the front The corsage has
loose jacket fronts which epread open
widely and show a sagging vest of rep
silk of the same shade as the dress ma-
terial The back is a short postillion
and the collar cuC and the straps which
button tne jatket fronts at the top are of
iilk The skirt is finished at the bottom
with a narrow pleating
FRINGED TRIMMING
Among the lengthy list of beautiful all
wool fabrics is a pretty white chuddah
cloth with fine arete or herringbone
weave and a stylish way to trim dresses
of this material is to border the panels
tunic and portions of the bodice with
pleated rucbings of fringed silk Another
garniture also a revival which will be
light wool dresses both
colors is the rich white
sills glps which Appear
nets trimmed with this new shade of
pink
Silk blouses for neglige wear at home
are made of twilled surah in gay red bars
ou back ground blue bars on red etc
These are made like the childrens sailor
blouse with a rubber in the hem and
dropping below the waist
Dresses for rray and evening wear have
small bows on the shoulders These are
often replaced in the evening by a fiawer
or by a diamond ornament Sometimes
the bow is added to these A simple way
of arranging the short sleeves of a gauze
dress i to take a piece of satin ribbon
around the arm and tie it in a bow over
the shoulder
Posies for the spring hat and the much
abused bonnet include sprays of witch
hazel clusters of scarlet pomegrmates
set in dusty railier leaves piuk thistle
blooms on prickly stalks snowdrops
edelweiss dandelion flowers and piim
roses Cowslipa water cresses and fern
fronds do their artistic but artificial best
to rival nature in delicacy of shape and
coloring
The jackets arc tailormade cut so as
to fit tae form with the most exquisite ac-
curacy and have the lapped seams which
were only introduced on ladies garments
a few months ago Thf > y are trimmed
with braid and lined with gay colored
satins in imitation of rains coats and
perhaps on this a c juut as much as atv
othev have a narticulary jtunty appear
ance
New materials for tr > richest evening
dresses are known In alternate stripes of
cream whte satiu and faiil the iifr
having fern leaves and wild soses m tat
ural colors en hissed upon their sot face
Similar fljwers are shown on pale blue
primrose yellow ani a delicate shade of
green Heliotrope and ivory white strip-
ed faille is adorned with sprays and blos-
soms of pale lilac and also in a tone as
deep as pansy
A handsome black dress is of heavily
repped and lustrous laille Francaise In
front there are three distinct sashlike
pannes of the silk ending in jet fringe
which falls over tulle plaitings Between
these are draperies of jetted net loose
yet keepng in ttieir place and reflecting
the lignt lik dusky diamonds Tne
back is skillfully and art stically draped
and the basque has vest and garnitures of
jetfed net
In millinery garniture there promises
to be a tidal wave of French flowers
which will send to the background the
use of birds and feathers on spring and
summer hats and bonnets Every sort of
material that can be utilized will be seen
in flowers and foilage mosses fruits and
tiny vegetables These material include
plain and tancy velvets plushes change-
able satins crape tinted silk mu diu
etamice grenadine and crape with trans-
parent Dead diamond du3t and metal
powderings
Among the new skirt draperies are two
directly opposite styles the bell skirt
and the inverted bell skirt the one de
signed for ladies iicl ued to stoutness
which shows the back of the skirt draped
with an effect of extreme fullness at the
bottom and a decided collapse as it nears
the back of the hips and waist The ex-
treme of this style is for slender women
the fullness coining jus i below the waist
Upon some of the models these folds are
unduly distended at the sides and over
the tournure The effect when arranged
in moderation is excellent
Household
If the woman who acts as chief ofllcer
and at the same time subaltern and pri-
vate in the average American home should
be asked to mention a want in the domain
of household service in spite of all that
has been said of inefficiency of help in
the kitchen the majority would answer
a competent seamstress The careful
prudent wife understands the necessity of
economy in the clothes department and
much enxiety and wearisome planning
would be saved if the sewing girl was
competent Aside from expense much
of the work entailed by changes of sea
son cannot be done out of the house and
the tired worn mother full of ft variety
of cares attenpts it herself often to be
abandoned in sheer despair because she
has no time to think Now if into that
household there was introduced a woman
who could remodel lengthen or devise
the spring garments for the little ones and
for mamma herself with what gratitude
would the money she earned be paid her
ot relief would be
given at the thought of spring sewing
done Here Is home good living kind
work to the most elaborate and intricate attention all offered to those girls who
appliques in srabesre ati > rns are now so sentimentally termed Prie
VKLVKT VKSTS
Upon pretty French dresses for yonng
ladies wear are half vests of striped or
deep clored velvet starting from the col-
lar band and fitting in the opening of a
cutaway jacket or natty basque bodice
the edges of this jaunty short coat fin-
ished with revers of velvet lined with
satin and decorated half their graduated
length with large buttons of hamrrfered
bronze gold or silver
HOSIERY
Spring colors in hosiery are usually
varied and in quality are beautifully fin
in all grades of regular made goods
In solid colors there are some handsome
shades in the colors rich in tone and
also delicately tinted The dove gray
and heliotrope dyes are parti ularly at-
tractive In the line of fancy hose there
are very few styles that can by said to be
strictly new yet there are enouh de-
partures from the standard patterns to
give the charm of novelty to the exhibit
ORNAMKNT
Fine gold necklaces are again popuar
for evening wear on fulldress occasions
Very elegant ones are shown set in jewels
and there are some pretty styles in fine
gold and enamel with a hand om1
i endant iu front The Cleveland
1 necklace is oe composed of a very dtli
I cate gold chain wuh a diamond cross
attached Although thesp necklaces will
j be very p puiav there will hu a choice
I between the flue thread of gold about the
throat and the massive dog collars of
gold or silver set with gems of varied
kinds Another fancy is a velvet band
edged on each tide with R iroan pearls
This is faUn d in front by a white daiey
1 in the heart
formed wholly of real pearls
of which rests a dewdrop the dropbing
a diamond of purest ray serene
NOTES
Wide gold bands are an old style now
revived in bracelets
The newest visiting card for ladies is a
complete square
Applegreen and chestnutbronze is a
coli > r coraoination favored in Paris
Gray and black pearls are the only
jewels now tolerated far earrings worn
during the day
Anemone cashmere trimmed with apple
green faille Francaie makes a stylish
demitoilMt for a young lady
The hair is still dre sed high but the
small knot at the back of the head is
adopted by many ladies
Combinations of heliotrope with prim-
rose yellow sre a feature of new hats and
bonnets prepared for early spring wear
Corsages dissimilar but in harmony
will devoe time to fitting herself for this
work can fail of these comforts for this
is one field of labor that is not overcrowd-
ed All housekeepers will testify to the
difficulty of obtaining this kind of help
and one qualified for simple dressmaking
cutting childrens clothes and neat white
sewing finds no difficulty in earning 2 a
day always her dinner and not Infre-
quently board and lodging she for the
time being regarded as a welcome addi-
tion to the family And yet on the
threshold of this avenue to well paid la-
bor the same old objection is urgedgiris
are willing to work in shop3 but feel
their position lowered if asked to do sim
ilar work in private houses In
these objections there is a want
of reason for no situation in the
domestic life differs from that assumed
in marriage and if there be a difference
the hardness comes to the wife of the
middle class who in the struggle to keep
up appearances ha3 to be nurse seam-
stress and housemaid and oftentimes
cook and laundress The want is seam-
stresses not the girl who sews so much
as one who can do the family sewing
with brains and if girls would qualify
themselves and cast aside all foolish
prejudice the tales of the woes of the
sewing women would be less frequent
The song of band and gusset and seam
was the song of the factory where men
donvnate and not the refrain of a sewing
girl in the home of overburdened house-
keepers where her presence is eagerly
expected and her coming planned for
The spring brings with it change m all
departments of the womans kingdom
and by no means as the least the clean
iug out of the winters dirt and rubbish
This is such a work that what wih win-
dows and paint to be washed stoves to
be put away and carpets to be taken
ip and shaken the young
housekeeper grows fairly dizzy at
though and even older beads have not
learned to plan the work successfully
If there be one injunction over all it is
take it slowly do not allow the demon of
upsidedownness to rule but tike one
room at a time that the inmates of that
home be not like Noahs d ve without
rest for the sole of their feet Let one
room be finished and rendered comforta-
ble before another is upset and then
there will be less discomfort duruig the
necessary work of house cleaning This
work is important for health and no
closet or stowaway place should be over-
looked but all be thoroughly ventilated
and before their contents are restored a
thorough sifting of the worthless that
these piaes may not be cumbered with
rubbish
TOK PUDDING DISH
Batter pudding One and a half enps
of fljur one teaspoonful of baking
powder one toaspoonful of salt a quar-
ter of a cup of butvr three eggs one
pint of milk Sift flour salt and powder
together iuo in butter cold add eggs
and milk stir all well together pour
iuto a butter mould and steam one hour
Serve with sauce
Lemon Pudding Mix the beaten yelks
of six eggs one cup of sugar half a cup
of water and two grated lemons together
Soak six crackers in warm vater lay In
the bottom of a pan pour the custard
over and bake Beat sweeten and flavor
the wnites of the eggs spread over the
too and brown Eat with sauce
Delicious Pudding Two cups of grated
bread crumbs two of white sugar half a
cup of butter one quart of new milk six
eggs and one cup of blackberry jam Beat
all together put in a pudding dish and
bake slightly Take out cover the top
flrst with jam and then with meringue
Brown in the oven Eat cold with hard
sauce
Queen of PuddingOne pint of bread
cruinos one quart of milk one cup of
sugar yelks of four eggs a spoonful of
butter a teaspoonful of extract of lemon
Bake done and spread with a layer of
fruit jelly Whip the whites of
to a froth with a cup of sugar
juice of a lemon spread on
brown
Cabinet Pudding Take a pound of
stale sponge cake half a cup of stoned
raisins half a cup of canned peaches
half a cup of blancheei almonds half a
cut of citron Lay some of the cake in
the bottom of a mold cover with fruit
put more slices of cake
I it of milk four eggs
Mjgir Steam an hour
and
and
frUit sauc
SpongeCake Pudding Slice enough
stale sponv ejhe to naif till an ordinary
pudding di > add u pint and a half of
uilJk ani two wellbeaten eggs a little
sliced citron half c ttacupful of sugar
and a little nutmeg aid a small piece of
butter and lay two or tnree strips of cit-
ron over the top Bake twenty minutes
Here is a delicate English pudding
called the Chester Unite Ave ounces of
suet five of moist white sugar Ave
ounces of bread crumbs three eggs orn-
ament a mold with finest Sultana raisins
lay four ounces of orange marmalade at
the bottom of the mold steam the pud-
ding three hours Serve with a foaming
white whip on the top and wine sauce
Milan Pudding Boil a quarter of a
pound ot macaroni in one quart of milk
one hour till tender put in with the
macaroni tae finely chopped rind of a
lemon stir all occasionally to keep the
macaroni from settling in tae bottom of
the pan When done pour into a pud-
ding dish and add two ounces of soft su-
gar a little nutmeg snd a qusrter of tea-
spoonful of essence of almonds add
enough cold milk to bring the pudding
nearly to the top of the dish and lastly
stir in quicsly three well beaten eggs
Bake in a moderate oven
Orange Pudding A ehange from the
too well known plum pudding is a south-
ern orange pudding Grate the yellow
of the rind add the juice of two large
the
and
top
the
and
a cupful of
serve with
sweet organges half a pound of butter
the same quantity of white sugar stirred
together to a cream and mix wine and
brandy at discretion beat six eggs to a
foam and stir them gradually into the
mixture put it all in a dish with a broad
edge around whjch lay puff paste in a
florai wreath bake half an hour when
cool grate over it white sugar Lemon
pudding can be made in the same manner
Almond Pudding Take from the inside
of a stale loaf six ounces of bread-
crumbs mix with these four ounces of
finely chopped suet two ounces of sugar
two ounces of sweet almonds blanched
and pounded and two spoonfuls of milk
Add three well beaten eggs and a little
grated nutmeg Sift white sugar over
the top and bake three quarters of an
hour Turn out and sift pulverized sugar
over the top In stirring beaten eggs into
a hot padding mixture beat very briskly
to keep the eggs from curdling
Cocoanut pudding is a dainty desert
for Sunday dinner and is easily made
Beat two eggs and add a enp of sweet
milk and a quarter of a pound of grated
cocoanut Mix three table spoonfuls of
powdered sugar the same of flour five
ounces of raisins a small lump of melted
butter and a little grated lemon peel
Stir all together well put into a deep
buttered dish and bake in a slow oven
Serve when cold with a little sugar
sprinkled over the top
A Delicious Pudding Mix three table-
spoonfuls of baking powder with one
quart of flour chop a quarter of a pound
of suet very flne also one cup of raisins
and one of currants pour over the fruit
a cop of molasses a teaspoonful of mixed
spice cinnamon cloves and nutmeg or
mace and one cup ef milk then gradu-
ally mix in the flour This makes a stiff
batter but none too much so as the pud
oners of Poverty Nj seamstress who ding will have more body than if the bat
ter is thinner when every lump of flour
is stirred out put the batter in a pudding
dish and steam for four hours
Delmonico pudding Three table
spoonsful of cornflour the yolks of five
eggs six tablespoonfuls of sugar beat
the eggs until light then add the sugar
and beat again till very light mix the
cornflour with a little cold milk mix all
together and stir into one quart of milk
just as it is about to boil having
previously added a little salt
stir it until it has thickened well
pour it Into a dish for the table and place
it in the oven until it will bear icing
place over the top a layer of canned
peaches or other fruit it improves the
pudding to mix the syrup of the fruit with
the custard part beat the whites to a
stiff froth with two tablespoonfuls of
sugar to an egg then put it into the oven
until it is a light brown
Chocolate Pudding One quart of milk
one pint of stale bread crumbs four eggs
two ounces of grated chocolate half a
teacupful of granulated sugar three ta
blepoonfuls of oowdared sugar haif a
tetspoonful of vanilla extract and one
teaspoonful of salt Soak the bread and
milk together for two hours then mash
the bread flne by pressing it with
a spoon against the side ot the
bowl Put the chocolate with three
tablespoonfuls of the granulated sugar
and one tablespoonful of boiling water
in a small stewpan and stir over a hot fire
until the liquid becomes very smooth
then take it from the fire and add a few
spoonfuls of bread and milk Stir until
the mixture is thin and smooth then add
it to the bread and milk Beat the yolks
and one white of the egg with the rest
of the granulated sugar add this mix-
ture and the salt to the bread and milk
Pour all into a pudding dish and bake in
a slow avey for forty minutes For a
meringue beat the three remaining whites
of eggs to the stiffest possible froth and
with a spoon beat into them three table-
spoonfuls of powdered sugar and vanilla
Spread this over the pudding and bake for
an added quarter hour with the oven door
open
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Aniatfur Ladj Ohernlets
kro the Editor of the Gazette
Sir It is worth while
hardly fq peo-
ple to remain deceived oy the pr < s ended
experiments with baking powders made
in the effort to introduce nerV brands
wherKjhese pretended experiments can be
so easily exploded J
Science revolts at the tricks of those
charlatans who attempt toYsteal its great
principlesJ r iilegitimatefe nds
The exponnients S being made by
these agentscan he performed by any
housekeeper wlio wiliyadd a little lbur to
her baking powr er jf Tds will cause it
when mixed with water to produce
the slower actionSghown by the women
with their powderrVvyjiicn is no evidence
of superiority butj div the contrary an
unmistikable prxiof of t e adulteration of
the powder they peddle
The performance cf these agents is
simDiy a tric4 and a very dishonest one
at that As a chemical experiment it is
too ridiculous for seiious consideration
The baking powder makers musHake cur
housekeepers foraljtof illiterate fools
to expect to pay such tricks uponUhem
Our 1 adits know how to resent itTwhen
any onS attempts to play them astthe
boys say or sell them baking powderbx
anything else by deceitful representa-
tions Chemist
All
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
Labor Is Entitled ro the Protection of
tlia Law
Chicago Herald
A fundamental and mischievous error
made by members of the Knights of Labor
lies in the claim which is sought to be en-
forced by terrorism that a workingman
not a member of that organization has no
rights under the law and shall not be per-
mitted to carry out any contract he may
choose to make for his own labor if that
contract places him at a bench which a
Knight of Labor has vacated There is
colossal impudence in such a claim it is
grotesquely egotistical and when asserted
with force and arms justifies the calling
out of every agency possessed by lawfully
pour over half a organized communities to protect the
rights of individuals from invasion by
such labor organizations
All labor is not organized There are
tens ol thousands of men who da not care
to surrender their individuality into the
keeping of a committee who even if
they seek to act for the best interests of
all cannot possibly be so good a judge
of a mans needs and desires as he him-
self Native independence of mind edu-
cated or other revolts against the tyran-
ny of government b committee so abso-
lute that though a man need the reward
of daily toll to provide shoes for
his children or comforts for the
wife who may be in travail the
next week or make up a payment
upon the homestead which he has man-
fully struggled to possess he shall not
take heed of these but upon the mere
nod of a man whom he knows only by-
name and who will never know him even
by name shall throw his tools in a corner
and walk out The knight has thus sur-
rendered his individuality He takes the
chance that his committeemen may be
using him in what to him is a matter of
life and death as a mere cats paw to at-
tain some end beneficial to the committee-
man lie lapses into idleness which he
cannot change without an order from that
tyranny his own suffrage has set up and
unless he have a claar sense of right and
wrong and the moral stamina to bear him-
self without reproach he will speedily
find himself personally an assailant of
men who with absolute right have taken
the place he has vacated
Labor organizations striving by lawful
means to attain the best possible reward
under the happiest possible conditions
are proper and desirable But men who
decline to join them must not therefore
be deprived of the chance of existence
and the protection of the law Unorgan
ized labor might seem to be entitled to a
tenderer care from society than banded
labor The individual must work out his
own maintenance If he strikes no
powerful organization promises to
maintain him in idleness Whatever
his hand flndeth to do he must
do with his might for the night
cometh when no man can labor He
will be called a scab by men who are
eating the substance of their brethren
laboring elsewhere he may be waylaid
and beaten by ruffians but under the in-
exorable law of nature he is compelled to
earn his daily bread and in the doing it
he has no protector but the law The
proposition found practically in the atti-
tude of certain Knights of Labor that
because he is not one of them he shall not
enjoy that protection is monstrously ab-
surd
The elemental maxim that all labor is
entitled to the protection of law organ-
ized labor would amend to read No labor
is entitled to the protection of law unless
it is banded in a secret organization
The bestIo
For Sals
ted stock farm in Lincoln
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county New Sfescp5 A perpetual stream
through it Thoa nd acres together or
in lots Ice wat r pxings Address
HrsU M Harris
RosDeifrNew Mexico
AFRICAN SLAVE TKADE
Its Horrors Recalled tYm J Haynes
Describes the Work of the Steam
bbip Grampus
Hgiv YFhIte Glrla Were Bartered to Chiofs
for fehiPJLioads of Motive Afri-
cans
St Louis Republican
Yes said Wm Jack Haynes the cen-
tenarian yesterday I was in the slave
trade for three years that s X was engi-
neer on the steamship Grampus which
ran from New Orleans to Africa for three
years buying negroes inAfrica and sell-
ing them to planters in New Orleans
How dia you get possession of the
negroes to bring them over
I will tell you how we generally man-
aged and we always had a good load on
our return trip You know in those days
fifty or sixty years ago the servant
girls in the south were of a very ordinary
and worthless kind and would do most
anything Many of them had no home
and few if any friends and so no one
noticed their departure The captain of
the ship Grampus would induce a number
ot these girls to go ou board as servants
and when we reached the coast of Africa we
would cast anchor and the captain and his
men would have the boats loweredaLd go
ashore They would soon ascertain
vhere the chief or head man of the tribe
livedand then they would take one or two
of the girls ashore with them and pay a visit
to the head of the savage tribe The
girls were always willing to go and see-
the country and when they reached the
Atrican chief they were made an article of
merchandise just as were the trinkets
that we carried over with them The
captain would negotiate by signs when no
interpreter could be had and the savage
chief most always was
CHARMED WITH THK WHITE GIRLS
and was possessed of a strong desire to
have them remain He would give them
all kinds of presents and make much ado
over them and it was by taking advan-
tage of this weakness that the captain was
almost always successful in bartering
them to him for as many negroes of his
tribe as he could carry away Sometimes
he vould have to leave two girls if he
brought back a very large number of Afri-
cans
These girls were then forced to slay
were they
There was always more or less strat-
egy used and they generally consented to
remain until the ship returned Through
the overtures of the chief and the assur-
ance that everything the country afforded
would be at their command and partly
through the threats of the captain and
his promises to return they generally ret
niaiued seemingly content to wait for our
returti but always waited in vain We
would make up our load of slayes turn-
ing a certain number of them in each
evening and storing them securely in the
hold and by repeating this each diy we
would with the chiefs help eoon get as
many as we cared to sail with They
were never obstreperous and seemed
perfectly content as long as they got
plenty to eal and were joyous in their
barbaric conversations iu the ships hold
Occasionally one woulel die and
we would throw him into the sea
and then the others would make strange
signs and motions I think they wor-
shipped the sun and moon when in their
own country
SHIP LOAD OK AFRICANS FOR TWO GIRLS
And could you get a shipload of
negroes for two servant girls
l es sir thats what we did Of
course there were more or less trinkets
given but we never hoped to accomplish
anything until we had made peace with
the chief of the tribe and this could
most always be done with two girls We
never left more than three with the head
of a tribe
What kind of slaves did you prefer to
bring over
We always picked for the youngbucks
say from seventeen o twenty years old
We also brought a number of females
about the same age My what a scent
would come up from the hold of the ship
when the hatchway was raised It would
almost knock a man backwards We
frequently brought them all up on deck but
when a storm came they would drop back
to the hold in an instant at the wave of a
white hand Tney were very obedient
and I never knew one to show any iaclina
tion to be otherwise
What report would you give on your
return to America of those girls who went
out with you
They were as a rule never inquired
after but on one occasion a girl whom
we left happened to belong to a pretty
good family and when we returned to
New Orltaus her friends were on hand to
meet htr and when she did not appear
they besought the captain eagerly as to
what had become of her He informed
them that she had preferred to remain in
the sunny land until the good ship re-
turned This did not at all satisfy them
and they pushed their inquiries day and
night until they learned the truth and
Captain Johnson for this was his name
was in danger of being mobbed when he
quietly set sail ODe evening and passed
down the river and out through the gulf
aud I
NKVER HEARD OV HIM AFTERWARD
Then you did not return to Africa
No it was just at this time that I had
an offer to take charge of an engine on the
first steamboat ever run on the Lower
MisMsippi and I accepted it
When yon were in the slave trade did
you ever return to the place from where
you secureei your previons cargo
No indeed we would always go to
some other point but we heard afterward
that the girls left there did much good for
the natives teaching them to sew cook
and do housework
Did the Africans have any idea at the
time that they were being sold into
slavery
Not the slightest They thought from
the signs tnat had been made to them
that they were coming to a place where
all was lovely where the sun ohone
brighter and the moon looked larger and
to eat tropical fruits would be their chief
employment Sad indeed must they
have felt when they began to realize that
they had been sold into slavery from
which it was as impossible for them to
extricate themselves as n would be to
change the color of their own skin
How many slaves did you bring to
America in all
I kept no record of this myself but
on one occasion I remember well we had
1000 on board and we landed them
saiely in New Orleans They were all
sold in less than a week We brought
six shiploads over during the three years
I was with the ship and I suppose the
total number would be-
AT LEAST SEVEX THOUSAND
Where were they kept in New Orleans
until they were sold
They were taken to what was known
as the negro pen which was an inclosure
where a large shed was built In this in
by their new masters to the cotton aria
sugar plantations from which many ol
them were never released until death
Senator Beagau Talks
St Louis Mo March 12 Senator
Reagan of Texas arrived here today en
v V5 z nsKmr j s
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS FRIDAY MARCH 18
route to his home and in the course of aj
conversation this evening said he had I
been endeavoring to the
secure appoint-
ment of Mr Maxey to be railroad com-
missioner under the interstale commerce
bill but would no say whether he had
the promise of the appointment or not
He did say however I dont
think the members of the commission
have been fully decided upon by the
President He wants men who have
ability who are representative and who
will enforce the provisions of the Dill
The railroads will endeavor to find flaws
in it and will resist portions of it No
doubt many questions will arise that will
have to be settled in court but I am of
the opinion that a better bill could not be
framed taking it altogether
3IR5 CLEVELANDS MODESTY
Thu IrsAidtnt Wife Thanked for Wearing
HighNecked Dressts
Chicago Iltrald
Mrs Heleu M Woods presided over a
meeting of the Moral Educational Society
held at the Grand Pacific yesterday after-
noon A vote of thanks was passed to
State Senator Streator and Representa
tives Burke Miller and others for their
itiDg the sale of tobacco in any form to
boys under sixteen years of age iMrs
Dye read an interesting letter from Mrs
Lucinda B Cnandler President of e
society treating of the good work of trie
Womans Protective Agency In which
she argued that marriage reform would
insure the firmest foundation for social
purity Tne society passed resolutions
urging the daily press to cooperaie in
the advocacy of the bills furthering pro-
tection for girls
The following message was sent to
Washington
Chicago Mopal Educational Soci-
ety Mas Fkaxces Folsom Cleve-
land Esteemed Lady This society
holds as a cardinal iiea that the high
selfrespect is the flrst element cf human
dignity and that a modest appearance
and a consistent apparel are alone be-
coming to women We are grateful and
wish to express to you our thanks
that you have in your conspicuous
position displayed womanly delicacy in
the nonadoption of decollete dress and
have thus afforded a healtafJ contrast to
the fashion taat not only exposed indeli-
cately womans person but also and
justly exposed womanhood to caustic
observation by the press Slid tends to aU
disparaging estimate of womankind ana
to the great pain and humiliation of many
women With sincere regards yours
Mary Dye Secretary
Mrs Lucinda B Chandler
1
cause DrM
Kidney Balm and
cure
i3Sw
Presidents
Sick headache and a sensation ef
a majority ofiilcasesftbe traced
7 2T T
A TRAIN SiOPPED BY FISH
Tha Tanlc of tli Tender Filled With the
DFlnny Tribe
Chicago Herald
Did you ever hear of a train being
stopped by fish inquired an employe of
the Michigan Central I dare say you
never did Well we had an experience
ol that kind on our road last Sunday
Our eastbound passenger train was
actually stopped and detained two hours
by flsh The engineer pulled up at the
watertank in Michigan City to get the
usual supply of water for the boiler Rut
when the fireman pulled the rope no water
came out though the gauge showed that
the tank was half f ml
An examination showed that the pipe
was stopped up with fish hundreds of
thejm from little wee minnows up to
pretty goodsized perch Nor was it such
an easy matter to clear the orifice so that
the water cmld 11 jw out The stock of
water wan lo v in the tender and the en-
gineer did not dare try to run to another
tank so there was nothing for it but to
clear the fifch away A number of passen-
gers went out to help the trainmen atthe
novel work and after an hours labor the
little pests were tcopped up and removed
in sufiicieit quantities to let water pas
though a good many fish went with the
current into the watertank on the tender
At last the engineer pulled out and ali
hands supposed that the trouble was at an
end But not so The fish in the tender
tank got into the feedpipes connected
with the boiler and upon starting his
pump the engineer found that it wouldnt
work The train was stopped and again
the passengers came out to see wnat the
matter was and some Of them swore a
good deal when they learned that the
train had been stopped again by flsh At-
one time the engineer thought that he
would be compelled to draw the fire from
his locomotive and wait until another en-
gine could reach the scene
The train lay another hour at Buch-
anan Station and the conductor was
about to telegraph for a locomotive when
the engineer announced that he had suc-
ceeded in starting the pump The train
then resumed its jjurney more than two
hours late ali on account of fish
HI T
List of Misused Words
Tweeds Xtw Grarnnur
Acoustics is always singular
Cut bias and not cut on the bias
Allow should not be used for admit
Come to see me and not come and see
meBursted is not elegant and Is rarely cor-
rect Almost with a negative is iidlculous
Almost nothing is absurd
The burden of a song means the refrain
or chorus not its sense or meaning
Bountiful applies to persons not to
things and has no reference to quantity
Affable only applies when speaking of
the manner of superiors to inferiors
Methinks is formed by the impersonal
verb think meaning seem and the dative
me and is literally rendered It seems
to me
Admire should not be followed with the
infinitive Never say as many do I
should admire to go with you etc
This error is singularly fashionable just
nowAllude
Allude ls now frequently misused when
a thing is nampd spoken of or described
It should only be used when anything is
hinted at in a playful or passing manner
Allusion is the byplay of language
GULLIBILITY
The wild phantom and
shrieking cries of a
worthless humlms can m money by Impos
ing upon the ccedullty and Urnoraac of art
honebt t nb k end the supjljftor this epclts of
work scenia more than an
The enunciation of fat ts f
crucial tertsfa ts iroven
tangible evidence should
enterprises but tho axe
tepcinn false ideas and do
Black w m H
Hell L 11
Bell vv ill
C ck Y J
Bed ord Q C
Barry G R
Baker W A
tquaie tlenantl
s that have stood
oraln force ana
fy all laudable
lo practice of
lnes r rselfsg
rrandlzomcnt is truly rtprel fcibletndahould
be scorned by all ciases
When one ousc In Is yorttaat Iodide of Pot
ash Is a pols rto hj i e th ir opponents
use t and beafcaeTTra re p inderin io your
Unoranc as tSey suppose iou sho ilu look
upon all sach sslicrant frauds and tier reme
dies ssnnworthy ffchlic confidenceand j u080
who make such hsxiivloos do not know bet er
they are a set of uneMisbe ignoramuses
Doctors and Sot Spring
Hot Sprin
oral terrlb
legs with whS
years Severs
salxuv3tecJy ti cure me of aer
lndolent rmlnin ulcers on ray
me but failed Tbhave naed only a few bouies
of 15 u B madtf Atlanta t a and the ef
fect has been tnfra i aglcal as they nave all
healed and I am ctfjeed It s wonh ali uiedl
ines lrade for purf > H the bkod This won
derfully quick cure nag been eirected after
everything bi rttd aJlcft Your medlcinf is a
daisv and has rot > f4lNffeu8lncs for mo I have
lived here twcrffc Hv < ytsrs My general
health is also tirprowajrappftlte and digestion
earnest work on the bill raising the age of I fwtoMtoid
consent Progress was also reported iul e r r b iias
j
Ml I have been troubled for many
iKtoctors also at empted to cure
sou and never felt better
ahd
me th i I otpld not be enred bat
cured me
bdls for punishing seducers and procurers U is d eideciv tu qnickestbcst an < cheapest
Toe society is about to draft a bill pro hib d lmrlfl < iwrsS S8 II ls anoad rl Hl1
Others As and Us I refer to
tofetylSMfr cure
every merchanrtor pr fesslunal man of Iino
limn a A ITAIOIiiHCoton Buyer
Iine Bluff Ark Ma i tf
dancenms Dicers Cured
v
Ihavt eeafeaklTis Qterilc Blood Taha B
B B and ram about wfflfcof n ulcer 1 had
upon my nose tor six yeatTsild by all to be a
cwncer 1 refer to Lestniastirlueifro of At-
lanta jg v Xi T Kellah
WiiShtsvllteyGR ilav 3 lSi
> K
AH v desre full inormatlon about the
causo and cure of Blood JP ieons Scrolul i and
Scrofa usSvv l toKS Uie ers S res Kheumn
tlni K uey Tompigipt Catarrh etc c n s
cureby tnKll2tf s acipy or our M page Illus-
trated Book oT wonder filed witu tae most
wonderful and startling proof eve bfore
kiown Address BLOOL BALM Co
Atlanta ba
dullness in the head
pression are A ays
very commorita produced by indigestion j
morbid despoixgejicy irrita
the nerv
Uoltir Thoma
Coleman O L M
Collier Alf Vfftf
ConlonThoma3
CorbonJacob
ClarkII
i urtl Camp
Ciddcl FM
Dwyer D R
Douglass W II
Dlmmlh LC
Davis E P
Elliott Wm
Edwards Master Jce
Eiten Henry
FxshlcCL3
owler E J
Fltzgerel John
Fin ayon James
Fltzacrald MC
Falna Ruolan
granger E J 2
bre r M
GreenN L
Gregg W L
Grltli h Ben
Grlble Lyon A
Goodman O S 2
George Sam
Hudson J A
Hnddleston TG
flclden Wm
Hooner Monroe
Hoffman Charles
Hoilue Willie E
Henry Wll lam
Hall Mo > e
JndleMJ 2
Jones M
mrhi
RRrIi InriBreris
l3nti 1 rprra txr t
p
Cr
AJuerf Uterine Tr > nlc and Fcmi Rcj l ttfc
tdrtlu cure ofall Fcnalf CWp int d Irre
lintt P r safe by ail < Jru Kt > fu y M
nl I < r S I Pre > i no
> J uicaiG00Li COlou Kv
Phfto IInM < C
CuredIn ITJ
o ay tinjfurcd
Letaaaggpiiio
DI3OVEilT
i feUogi1faf and
Liver nd
will positively
ori wm
30 a wilt and mfii es
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ltJKKTc AojgUui Mo
LIST OF LETTEKS
Remaining in the ncstotiice at Fort ornb axw <
Monday March 14 lsni To obtainauy ofwHSr
letters the applicant must call tor advertised
letters and glvt thn date of this list
Lndlcs
Allen vjsg vannia
Anderson June
ronautli Miss Mollle
Bradford Mrs Alllce
Bau iton Alie
Bell MrsM E
Baker Kalc
Brown Matile
Iaier Mrs Doct Wm
Crumbwell Emma
ontrighr air S E
Caron Allinilay or
Ms > P Wilson
< raer Mr
Iei > gre Martha col
Fcry Mrs Bell
Far ell Evia
iTiiflith Kiiie
tirillUh Mrs Corra
wo idiii Ma tle
Grlilin Mrs l B
Hurt Mrs Hattie
Holland Peail
llupprMr Brady
Jliggirs Alice
11 in crsonAnnie
lUrrtn Virgil 1
Ireand Mrs C J
Johnson Emma
Kertlce Clancy
Login MthME I
Malono Mrs Mundy
Marshall Jem le
Moorf Minnie
McAfee EUrn 2
Oliver Ml s Fannie
Quinn Betty
Itevno ds Lizzie col
ItcathTs MraMulriny
Ruff MrsT
fclaton Mrs Fannie
Scurley Mrs Alice
Srllcrs Visa Alice
Scott Mrs Ehfa
Scott Miss C
Savage Mrs Sarah
Sallso ry Mis3 Gcorslc
Smith Miss Annie
Tomuie Ml LlBIe
Taylor Mr Annie
Tr tiaanMrs Wl He
Wood Mrs O 1
Wright Nannie
West Zlta
Haul Lara
Gents List
AndTson Jno B
Athmend L II
Allen X K
Burns Baker Co
renett Josentia
Burns TO
BrockmanTedle
rown A 1
Brown 1 nomas
Brown JoBes h II
tiiidby Jlt
Brady Jasper E
Beoman M11Q3
Barman Jas T
Boyd Nurseryman
Hering John L
L pp A B
Loving Joo
Longtellow J J
Long Wm
Little Jofeph E
Leiah I W
LaBlount Uabt
Murphj Joseph P
Murihy Wm or Htnry
Mulling Mike
M rg n Major
Manila G H
llattln w C
MoVonV W
JilcheiB Henry
iH ler NJ
jiMLaln John A
Vj McCabe James H
T W
NVal Henry
Nelson Abraham G
Neal H Cl
Oliver Louts 2
i
fcOipenhelmer Maurli e
ONeal James II
S > Xeil Wm
otk Jim
PArten Albert
PaSplcs Alex jr
PeflStlec Lewis
Phillips Y
PrlnCfr Aaron
2uarIejt JohnC
Randofiti Pat
RoblnsotJfcl w
UobInfOniil
Skinner Jofin
Schwatz Simmons
Scott S W
Sewell N
Snbln Dr
Smith Joshua
Smith G D
Stanley C C
Stanford E A
Steriev M
Suggs S
Sullivan Oscar
Turner E M
Toltn Frank
Tlner John
Thomson Bolen
Tavltr Wm M
Trapp Millar
UUnian Co MessrE J
Wood William
Woodson JL
Whle J E
Williams Robert
Williams C O
Wilkinson RB
AVDklns J W
JohnsbnPerrv or Frank Wilcox HP
Jon son D a Wyatt George
Johnson AG WhitdonJC
Jeflerson Andrews Watson Sam
Jackcon Ella Watt Ins W H Co
Kitzmiller E J Wardenl Anonio
Kerr John Jr
Long Letters
Smith C A TeLottiWL
Miscellaneous
Recorder Fort Worth Steele Carl attorney
Commandery f ortWorth Cn B ef Co
EC511Main6t2 F S
X orMgn
Butteaiever Helene Llmmcr Margeretha
Parker Tnomas i jrls n Andreas
SlngLe Oftnvlile I rimlor
Julien Field p m
Live Stek ComnHSsion Merchant and Froprietoi of rafldoxia Stock
S S lmPr and feeder or allio Jacks and
Ipls andHogs
I also keep on hand ready for the nfa et Saddle and Harne Horses JHules and
ivMilchCows llamwell prepared fee l aad pastujeStock t ieas iable rates
irn and Stock Yardar oentiaHyflocated Office at Barn cornei Sourth and Knsk
Fort T oxtli Tex
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