Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-21

on the four sides OF handsome tomb
J stone, erected by a man IN Niles, Mich
, lover the grave OF his wife, are these In.
scriptions "The more Saints the more
. Hypocrites. - ''The more Peace the more
Plenty" 1.-THE more Priests the more
Poverty "The more Religion the more
Lying"
A building contractor In London has
been using the sediment OF sewers as O
substitute for mortar. He has either the
wicked genius Of a Buddenseik or has
discovered solution OF the difficult
problem besetting the disposal OF sewage
in large towns The Metropolitan Board
Of Works are In fret as 10 which II ID.
on one Of the tea ships which lately ar
rived ~ Portland, Ore, was secured
singular bird, called the japanese tum-
bier IL has n habit OF jumping from It's
perch, turning eomersault and coming
down on the perch all standing, and this
trick It will perform dozens Of times IN
succession, till bcholders deem the bird
demented. II IS considerably larger than
a canary and Of rather pretty plumage,
but not muchin the musical line.
For fast irop-clads look to Italy. The
Italia has q record Of eighteen knots an
hour, and four other Italian vessels can
make seventeen and onC-half knots. The
English and French vessels average
about sixteen knots. OF forty-ilye fast
iron-clads enumerated in an official paper
recently Issued at Rome, the lowest rate
Of speed attained is fourteen knots, which
Is az much speed as can be got out Of
any American naval vessel now ahoat.
The Seth Thomas Clock Co. OF Thomas
ton, Conn, have prepared drawings for
the great clock which ~ TO be placed In
the tower Of the new city hall at Phlla
delphIa, and which, II completed In ac-
cordance with their plans, will be the
largest In the world The bells upon
which it viii strike the hours and quar-
ters will weigh $4,000 pounds, and the
! glass dlals, Rs contemplated, measure
| twenty five feet IN diameter.
Those interested in the wonderful ap-
| piicatiOn Of natural gas In the region
around Plttsbulg Claim that the supply Is
| ineXdaustiOle, and that wells that began
/ spouting gas twenty-five years ago show
no abatement. The area extends over
some portions Of Western Pennsylvania,
/ OF West Virginia, and of Ohio and Ken
/ lucky. 10 Is said that there are hundreds
| 0f thousands Of acres At excellent "gas
/ territory In Western Pennsylvania still
untouched The theory is that the gas
/ h forming IN the earth constantly. The
| daily consumption OF the we'll at Pitts
/ burg Is $4,000 feet, supplying the iScto-
| res and 10 600 houses and taking the
| place Of 100000 tons OF coal a year,
There Is a new gem in the market, the
/ violanc du cap, manufactured in Paris
/ 1t seems rather odd that gem should be
manufactured, though mutations are ia
mlliar enough, and though modern al
| CEpmigtg have 4 gnnTtulapitI from TINA %,
time with carbon and other materials IN
the hope OF making diamonds; but this,
albeit an artificial product, Is not an imi-
| tatlon. IL tx unique Possibly, some
where 10 the earth, the elements that COM
/ pose it--sillCa, aluminium, iron and GER
/ tain other matters-mHy exist In the same
! proportions and In crystallic form, in
[ which case art will have been but copy
lsti liz natural counterpart, II II exists,
has not been discovered, however. An
Eastern jewcler showed one the other
day OF perhaps sixteen Carats. II was
clear and lustrous and Of deep purple
color stronger than the amethyst, but In
room lighted only by gas It's hue was
that OF carbuncle, deep and vivid red
In hardness 1t Is seven IN the scale thal
registers the sapphire at nine and the dia-
mond at ten. It's discovery may lead to
other experiments in chemical combua-
lions and the development of other gems
OF equal beauty.
Philadelphia, as you all know, is almost
at the gates Of the coal fields of Pennsyl-
ynnla. You would think, therefore, that
coal would cost less there than In any
other city Not so. 1t costs more. Even
Boston, $50 miles farther Off has been
supplied at lower rates than obtained In
Penusylvania's great metropolis Of ,O0O,-
600 people Two companies, the Penn
sylvaniR and the Reading, control the
coal carrying traffic. They charged 81 so
per ton Wholesale TO dealers in Phiadel-
phia, yet sold the same article at Phila-
delpha's river docks for $3.50 per ton on
condition that It be shipped beyond the
Delaware Capes. There was heavy dis
, elimination against Philadelphia because
the carrying corporations pooled their
issues and agreed that there should be no
competition IN the Quaker town. Else
where competition was permitted. The
Philadelphia Record, a siaunCh Demo-
cratic aud 4 sound free trade newspaper
managed by w. M S'ngerly, q millionaire
business man, attacked the rail-
way giants, and John Norris Of
, the Record editorial STAFF lam
pOoned the companies and educated
] WV lNHAAf va hhh NAui DISCRIMINATION
; question through the columns OF the pa
per, besides formally making complaint to
the city councils. Legislative action has
not yet broken the odious coal combfna.
ton, but public opinion OF disgust has
! been born and Is growing to that irreslst.
iblo power Which viii some day soon lind
satisfaction in the defeat OF the incorpor.
ated thieYes, The Record newspaper was
, 9Esctical in It's reform movement, IN mat
1t took orders in It's counting room Tor
coal at reduction Of rs cents per ton on
current prices. That was begun on Sep.
temher 26, 1854 Ia one day IL broke the
retail price from $3.50 to 1913, and in
TWO years II has lowered the retail rates
TO ~ 80 per ton. In this space OF time
y the Record placed orders for Ga ,72l tons
OF coal, paying $3.50, 1857 90 to dealers
supplying the fuel. IL made no money
! proht out OF the transaction, reduced the
cost to consumers by 81 GO per ton, and
lrduced a saving estimated for the two
, years at $500, 900. Such a newspaper
, warfare Is the kind that pays.