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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-31

Lateral II O'Clock tonight J. E.
Elgin holds possession of the Examiner.
He obtained possession by breaking in
the doors. He snd his employees were
requested by Mr.. Crisp to leave the office,
that they interfered with his business
and had no right there. No one knows
what will be the result. The Examines
will have no press reports tomorrow
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-31
VALUE OF THE PUBLICATION

The desire Is TO put TIE GAZETTE in
the hands Of $4,000 men during the next
:welve months, aud to the accomplish
uent OF this purpose the price will be
;heapened and.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
WAS RATHER EXPENSIVE.
Hotel Mans Bargain In a Diamond Sc
Watch.

Hotel Mans Bargain in n Diamond Set
Watch.
Milwaukee Special: A well-known
hotel keeper Of this city has watch with
large diamond set In the case that he
will part with for small sum Of money.
The watch Is all that he has to show for
board bill of four days or more and also
loan Of $50 in cold, clsmmy cash. 1t
seems that one day last week young
man, whose exterior appearance indicated
the possession Of more than average
means, put up st the hotel. He had q
good address, and WAS In high favor with
the hotel proprietor as well as
the clerks. One night, after he had been
in the hotel for three days, ne met the
Boniface in question in the hotel lobby,
and taking him aside eIplained.that he had
had hard run of luck, and awaiting a
remittance, asked for loan of $50.
Putting out fine looking watch he
offered 1t as security. The hotel mans
eye was caught by large diamond in the
case, and he went down in his pocket and
produced the money without snyshesita-
ton. Having occasion to be out OF town
the next day he thought no more OF the
matter.
When he returned, however, he made
inquiry for the stranger and WAS informed
that he had decsmped without going
through the iormality of paying his bill
Pulling the watch from his pocket rather
hastily he corAied to the clerk the story
Of the loan.
"Not such a bad bargain after all,
Frank" he said, gazing fondly upon the
diamond-set case. "Take it down to a
i9weler and find out what it's worth. l
believe the diamond alone Is worth con-
siderably more than the investment"
The valve set upon the watch, diamond
and all by the jewelers. trained eye
was IS, snd that WAS good price, too,
he said.
The hotel man is mad, very mad, but he
has carefully suppressed his rage, lest the
story might leak out and cost him more
shekels.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
ON CHANGE.
Spst Gotten Unchanged, Futures If
regular, In Sems Cases Higher. In
Others Lcwer-Aoney Easy.
Wheat Opened Weak. FIuctusted Mar
rowly and CLOSED at u Decins.
Live Stock Tranaactiona Brisk.
Daily Review.

Daily Review.
GAZETTE O1FIoR.
FORT WORTH, TEX. April Is. lsss
Trade in all lines hiss been fairly brisk
to-day. The order trade with whole
salers has been particularly lsrge.
THE DRY GOODS MARKET.
While no special 8" liyity prevails in the
market generally, more cheerful feeling
has been developed within the past week
In some branches of the trade. More
pleasant and spring like weather has i'm.
proved the sales Of the retailers TO such
an extent that 1t has caused some consid.
cradle purchases from the j0bbers and
importers in seasonable goods. Recorders
from the interior have also been larger
now thsn they were, and quiet but
rather slow business is in progress in all
departments Of the trade, snd the volume
of transactions is somewhat behind in
amount that OF last year.
Accounts from the west, especially
from Cnicsgo, are now more encouraging
among the jobbers on account CT the prac-
ticsl ending Of the railroad strike, and q
fair amount of recorders have been re-
ceived by the commission houses for sea-
sonabie fabrics, and deliveries upon
former orders are also steadily making
The market presents few new festures Of
special interest, but there Is better tone
to business and confident hope of i'm
proVement in the near future UGi.ed
States Economist.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

ordinary to gooJ, 81 25G4 on. Hoas-Receipts
800; shtpmcnts 800; market lower, ranging
from s. 0Od5 30. Sheep-Rereipts 1900; ship =
ment; 1907 market steady; fair to fancy, 81 coo
So 10.
CHICAGO, LII. April IS - Cattle - Receipts
SjOO; shipments 1000; market slow and steady 4;
steers 81 t G5 10; stOCkers and feed
era s. 5Od5 81; cows hul,- aud mixed s. 20 d
3 81; Texas cattle s. OOdSI 30. Hogs-Re-
celpts, 22,O0O; shipments none; III rket steAry
and G osrd strong; mixed s. - as IS; heavy So IS
G5 90; light - 5G5 40 en-ReCeipts 5000;
shipments ltO ma ket strong and higher ;
natives s. 51G6 55i western s. OOe6 40; Texans,
81 iOG5 3; lambs s. 75G3 -.
NEW YORK, April Is.-Heeves-R c ipts,
III catloaus for market, 80 CaIlOads for eN1ort9-
tiOn aliye, ana l5 carloads for city s,augh-
teTers direct. The market was dull and lower;
G mmon TO strictly prime ste rs sold st s. % q
30 extra and fancy steers ut s. j0G5 IS; bul 9
and dry cows at 81 Sodi 20. Sheep-Ret c pts
800 lrm ST 'teady prices, wit. good clearance
at s. 3O07 10 for unshorn sheep, anu 81 100
10 toI clip led yearliIgs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL hEoOnAs
.vscisl to the Gazette
NV YORK, April 1S.-R.ilwsy bonds
Nv closed as follows: Texas and Ps-
.Tsc consols at los; Rios at 6S5; Kansas
Va TeIss rs at SO; Houston and Texas
CENTRAL rs at ll2; Gulf, Colorado and
S.nt, Fe gold 6's at 941; Missouri, Kan
20 and Texas SIS at 30; 6's st 63i; rs at
Money 18G24 per cent.
Silver 93s
Sterling trmer.
Governments quiet.
Coffee lower.
Cotton points higher.
Oi87s
Whesl advanced.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
WV YORK, April 18.-The opening OF
.ba stock market WAS strong at an ad-
nee extending to l per cent and for
t1er gains ranging up to were estab-
itsbad in the first half hour, but the
.5y.nca YVES then checked and Kansas
nd Texas, followed by NOrfork and
western preferred, became conspicuous
tor weakness, while the general list
dronped to below the opening figures.
T5a afternoon market became stSgaant,
t5ougn Missouri Pacific was weak, but
later movement in the coalers started
and the general list responded TO linn
tied extent. There WAS no further fea-
tnre and the close WAS barely steAdy.
Active stocks show irregular fractional
cn.nges for May, but Kansas and Texas
Iost !, and Missouri Pacific and Norfolk
and Western preferred per cent. each.
Railroad bonds were more sctive and
.usIn firm to strong. Houston and Texas
7's lost st ll2.
Government bonds were fairly active
and steady to firm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

authorizing he appointment of board OF
United States engineers to survey and
thoroughly examine all the hsrbors OF
Texas for the purpose OF selecting that
one where deep water can be obtained
most speedily and economically; and
when such solution shall have been made
authorize the concentration Of all the
hsrbor appropriations for Texas at that
point in sum adequate for such work.
"The people of western Texas are will
ing and anxious to submit Arkansas to
such test, but Galveston objects, SIS
that plan would rule her out. Elde, you
know, estimated that 1t would cost
$3.50. 900 to get deep water at Calves
ton, and an annual cost Of 100000 to
keep the harbor open"
TEE HARBoR's DRPTH.
"How deep is Arkansas hsrborf"
"TwentY- eight to thirty-fve feet deep,
securely land locked, and capable of &C
commodatipg the shipping of q great rs
ton. No interior dredging is necessary
when the entrance from the gulf into the
harbor shall have baen deepened."
ABOUT COST.
"Has the water ever been deep over the
barr"
ayes. a Mexican chart published in
1886 shows twenty feet Of water on the
bar. This was its natural depth, but sub
sequent storms cut away the yielding
banks OF the harbor and deposited the
sand at the mouth of the pass. This was
caused by the powerful currents flowing
from the harbor during storm winds. The
sand is carried by the current to the point
where 1t meets the gulf currents and there
deposited, forming the bar. To remove
this deposit, protect the sides Of the har-
Dor from further erosions and extend It's
banks by means Ct jetties TO the deep
water in the gulf are all that is necessary
to make deep water there.
"This can be done at cost not to ex-
coed 81 600, 900. The Ulited States en-
gineers have time and again declared that
the work ct Arkansas offered the prospect
OF the earliest attainment OF success OF
any harbor on the coast"
NOT FAR DISTANT.
"Is not Corpus Christi situated near
Arkansas Pass?"
In direct line it is about twenty miles
across the bay from the gulf entrance &c
the Pass. 1t is situated on s bluff forty
feet above storm tide aud on the hand
soonest bay on the Texas coast. Corpus
Christi is dependent on Arkansas for q
gulf outlet, and consequently interested
in deep water there. 1t has the hand
soonest location Of any town or city on
the entire coast of the Mexican ulf, and
is destined to become the great coast re-
sort Of the south"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
A COLD DECK.
s. Practical Joke PlsJsd by Prominent
Railroad Man.



Railroad Man.
Helena Herald.
A good story is told on four prominent
citizens Of Helena who went by invitation
on last Saturday evening 81 the rooms of
a prominent railroad official to indulge In
the attractive sgame of "draW," at %
cents limit. The railroad man is q prac-
teal Joker. During the evening he
brought out Is box Of fine imported cigars,
passed them around, and while dilatlng
upon their excellence his confederate
raised "cold deck" and dealt to each
one around the table four aces. Betting
commenced and WAS continued for about
twenty minutes, each man raising his
neighbor % cents. The excitement WAS
intense. Finally one Of the gentlemen
arose and said:
"Gentlemen, this should stop. 1t
begins to look too much like gambling
We are playing 8 game for amusement,
and while have the best hand, yet will
not raise the bet again-will simply call
it."
Having thus relieved himself, he sat
down with q satisfied smile, preliminary
to rsking in the pot.
"Best hand be hanged" said his. next
hand neighbor. 81 have four aces"
"You picked up my hand" said the
fFst speaker, excitedly.
'Where did you get your four aces?"
said the third party, laying down four
aces and a king on the table.
At this juncture tue railroad man came
very near going into commissions. The
boys "took $ tumble" each one put their
hands in their pockets, smiled sicklY
smile, swore each other to secrecy and
departed to their homes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
IIHn stock MnrkSta.

KANSAS CTTT, MO-, April ls.-Cattle-RscaiDt,
Sass shipments 1919. Shipping ssteers slow
and weak; bu cher steers and good
cows ABOUT stead good TO choice cornfeo 81 80
"a SO; common - medium s. 2iG4 20; stockers
81 OOG2 90 feeders, s. NG3 90; cows s. oOs
lower; closing stronger; good TO choice s. % "a
35; common Ito medium So 75G5 81. sheep
ReceipttS1 ship nents none market for good 50
choice nutIons strong at 81 5oG5 20; common
10 medium slow 81 81 50a4 IS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April ls.-Cattls.- Receipts:
20 D; shipments 100; market steady; choice
heavy native steers 81 40G5 ., fair 60 goat
naive steers s. 1894 so; butchers steers,
medium 10 choice, s. 20G4 Is, stockers and
feeders, fair 10 good, s. 1898 50, rangers
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
The Coffee B1Rrkes.

GALVESTON. TEX, April ls.-Uof.c-
Unchanged. Wholesale grOcers quote A:
Good ordinary, l6%c; fair. lie; prime, Ike (;
choice, lSc; Pca5grry, l9c; OLD government
Java. 24c.
NEW YORK. April IS.-Coffee Spot fair; Rio
dull ut Iac; options 1925 points lower,
April 10 1910 30; May 10 500
August 9 10 { "a 9 50; Sugar
quiet, steady; refined firm. a,0lasses-,teady
81 ties; c. Rice st ady Petroleu Arm
crude, in barrels 6tG7; reGne1 ~.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
points higher,
GnInn % nm
SRlgOsCon

9ALvESToH, TEX. April IS Cotton -sprt
closed dull and unchanged.
GrOzs reCGipLs, 312.
Sales, 30
Exports, 37S
Shipments cosstwise,
RAI! shi0mGIt5, .....
StoCk u $50 Da'sH.
Low ordinary, I 3 l6c; ordinary. 73-l6': zood
orI.usS. s1<c. IST nltddn5, 90, Iniddlinz
s1I5; good mid Hing, 9hc; n 'iiulg tar, 1910
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. LA, April Is -Ootton-Spot
closed quiet, STEADY and unchanged.
Sales 1900 bsIes
Stock 2l9 Isl.
Low ordinary 71<c; ordinary, 7%c; Kooi ordi-
nary, SIC; low middling &c; TtddlinC 93.c,
good middling exc; middling fair lO5Ic; fair
1910
Futures opened cay at decline of !62 points,
hnd Llnsed lniet. 10 Ininl. lnMEr
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
Tho Wool MARKET.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April Is-WOol- Quiet
and steady. Unwashed and light medium
l4622 coarse braid Is f2Oc; yellow sandy 100
lSC: tine light l36l9c: fine heavy IO6I7c: tub
washed. choice 50; inferior 32GS}
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
ew YORK.

NEW YORK. April ls.-Ootton - Spot closed
steady and unchanged.
Sales. "A.
stock, PSI S45.
Ordinary, 10, good ordinary. 7-l6c; low
mtddl.Eg, 3 slice; Llicdling exc; good mid
ding lUr IT! 'n'n9 fair 1890.
Futures opened qHlet but steady at an ad-
vance OF to > points, closing steady, 10
points higher.
Coli -OO
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
FINANCIAL.
ENGLISH CoNsoLs.

LONDON, April l5.-Consols closed at Sc 9 l6
for money; silver ~ lS-l5d.
MONEY.
NEW YORK, April 16--Mone7 on call easy
TT pr cent; prime mercantile paper 5G7
per cent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

| empnsslS. ATUHuIU HAS
and viii develop them. =
now working prospecting, ,
bad and everything loc IS
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

anu WHICH ~ ursI seemed onerous TO col
lectors and others shected by them,
giving rise to some remonstrance and
COMPLAINT. were ueyerthelesS fraught
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

Just the state indebtedness to the univer-
sity; increase the Accommodations and
efficiency OF the asYlums to the extent
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

full collation. of facts. And In order that
you may be fully advised Of the financial
condition OF the state l refer you to the
Yenort of the ComntroIler which Ia
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
APRIL rs.

The date of sale will be made public in
the meantime, This being part of the
Patillo Subdivision, south Of and near
est the city, This is the most beautiful,
elevated and heathful suburb of Fort
Worth and commanding the best view
of the citysnd surrounding country. Each
lot fronts a frst-class broad street with
allsy in the rear. Plats will be posted
soon showing most convenient and de-
siIable plan, Two street car lines run
near this property. Broad avenues lead
from the city on both sides and through
it. The leading railroads are in plain
view and some of the best houses in the
city are built and being built around it.
1t is outside the city limits and free Of
city tax, 1t is owned by nonresident
and will be sold on most favorable terms
to the highest bidder, absolutely for one
fourth cash, balance in Six, Twelve and
Eighteen months, placing each lot in the
reach OF the poor as well as the rich.
This is the opportunity for the labOrer or
the wealthy, by paying only small sum
down, to get home, and for the specu-
lator to double his money in one year.
i. w. Goldsmith,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

t>-.-~~.~.-S.O = UuSIateu ny leg-
islstive des gnation of the specific amount
intended to be devoted to purposes of
public education each year, as the teach
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
UOTzOH AIARKHT2,
Receipts at An united States Por.,
Liverpool,

Liverpool
LIVERPOOL April s-Cotton-Spot closed
steady and prices unchanged.
Ordinary AID; good ordinary Sd; low mid
ding 5ad; middling upIsnds 16di middling
Orleans 53Id.
Total sales u, 600; American $780,
Imports, 1900; American, $500.
Futures opened quiet but firm closing steady
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
A COWBOY proznsd.
special to the Gazette.

0AL6ttU.
VINITA, 1. T., April ia eowbo,
named James Crowdus WAS drowned IL
Verdegris river, short distance from
Catoosa, on the 18th inst. His horse fell
while fording fhe river, and, being Grip
pied IN one hand, the rider lost his hold
snd was washed away before assistance
could reach him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

use Msssne's efhdlrango, sac great
l,ser REMEDY; vegetable anti-b5lious pur-
gstive esd preYsntivs of levers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
ON WALL STREET.
rss g, ,ck Market Opens Quite Strong
INIT becomes sssgnsnt In the Lat
ter Part Of the Day.

-,, Close was Barely Steady and Some
STOCKS showed LOsses-haiiroso
BONDS Active and Firm,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19

Sales ll,40O bales.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
j. w. Goldsmith,

ATLANTA. Gs.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-14
Smoking Under Water.

"Do you know how that trick of
smoking under water is donel' asked a
Snowman the other day. you'll see it
tried in the swimming tanks. 1t looks
strange, l admit, to see man go under
water with lighted cigar in his mouth,
smoke calmly at the bottom, and come
TO the surface with the cigar burning as
nicely as if he were smoking in his easy
chair. 1t is trick, but it requires
practice. used to be quite proficient
at it. Just as ] threw myself backward
to go down, 1 would flip the cigar end
for end with my tongue and upper lip
and get the lighted end in my mouth,
closing my lips water tight around it.
A little slippery elm juice gargled before
going in prevents any accidental burning
of the mouth. Going slowly down back
ward, would lie at full length on the
bottom of the tank and blow smoke
through the cut end of the cigar. Just
as reached the surface again another
flip reversed the cigar, and there was
smoking calmly. The reversing is done
so quickly that nobody notices it,
philadelphia Call.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-14
Care of Canary Birds.

A writer on the care of canary birds
says that raw apple, cabbage leaf and
plantain should be provided. Aim to
give one or the other of these things
every day the year round. Occasionally
give piece of bread soaked in milk,
but never cake or candy. Once a week
give boiled egg mixed with cracker.
Never hang auy birds in draft or the
wind, and never set them out of Their
cages. In moulting time give busting
of cayenne pepper to their egg and
cracker, or bread and milk.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-14
Bullets Without Billets.

The question has often been raised.
what proportion Of balls, exchanged by
hostile armies, will hit their mark and
kill. Difficult as it is to solve it exactly,
some approximation may be arrived at
from the number of balls-estimatcd ut
20, 900, 000-which were fired by the
Germans in the war of 1S7O-i1. The
French army lost, in dead and wounded
about 40, 900 men. According to this,
only one ball out of 143 fired hit its
man, and assuming that on an average
only one man out of seven hit was actu-
ally killed, it would seem that only one
ritle-ball in SjS proved fatal. If it is fur
ther considered that the number of men
wounded and killed by the guns of the
artillery are included in the above esti-
mate, it may safely be said that not over
one rife-ba in 1000 fired proved to be
fatal. Boston Beacon.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-14
III,

Seventeen years had rolled away.
A republic had gone down in a sea of
blood and an empire had risen. Maxi
milan was on the throne; the beautiful
Carlotta had surrounded herself with an
imperial court, rivalling the brilliancy
OF the one at the Tuilleries; Bazine's
leSions covered the land, and it seemed
the usurpcrs had come to stay.
Among the Mcxicsu hidalgoes who
rallied around the imperial standard, the
wealthiest and most influential, was I'm.
aoubtedly Senior Valdez.
The prediction is coming to pass"
the senior would frequently say to him
self. "The republic is dead, and we
have court swarming with princes.
Rita is the most beautiful woman and
the richest heiress in Mexico. Why
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Supper i'm New Zealand.

Soon came ''huppa," or supper,
which several of the women had cooked
IN large pot. A large tin dish was
laid on the ground and the contents of
the pot poured into it, consisting Of
jacketicss potatoes and cookies. Tea
with sugar, but no milk, was served in
tin cups from large tin can. The ma
tives used their fingers only, but they
gave me a knife, fork, and tin plate.
After supplying me bountifully they
crowded around their dish, and it
seemed a race who could devour the
most in the least time. What quantities
they ate! 1t was wonder to me how
they found room for it all They
plunged their claws into the dish,
grabbed a steaming potato or a handful
of juicy cookies, and swallowed them
as quickly as they could. 1t took but a
few minutes to finish the Gishfu. Then
everybody smoked. All Used clay pipes.
Even the pickaninnies enjoycd "tka
weed."--- lPittsburg Dispatch. r
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On the bed lay RIA, her face whittier
than the snowy pillow. There was
horrible, brown, hairy something on her
throati
One Of the women approached gently,
and tore the ugly thing away, and killed
it with her slipper.
1t was tarantula, and it had done its
deadly work only too well. Rita's throat
bore the mark Of its poisonous sting.
The servants understood it all when
they saw the bunch of bananas in chair
by the bed. The tarantul had crawled
out during the night, and had stung the
lovely victim to death while she slept!
Valdez recovered consciousness, but it
was only to be driven from the palace
to the asylum. To the day of his death
he remained gibbering maniac, without
the faintest CLEAN of sanity. Perhaps it
was blessing to have his mind so COM
pletely wiped out.
When the Empress Carlotta heard of
the death of her favorite she at once dis
continued her court entertainments for
the season. The empress felt the shock
so severely that it is believed by many
in Mexico that her subsequent mental
troubles really dated from the death of
the unfortunate Rita. i Atlanta Consti-
tuition.