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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31


the day, most of the stocks this evening
still being q fraction better than lsst
night. The strong spot 10 the list was
Missouri Pacific, which was started ~ oy
rumors that Mr.. Gould had obtained coz
troll OF the Atchison, other Gould shares
following, ard though the rumor was
authoritively denied they retained their
advance. There was no special feature
of interest, however. and the market
fasliy closed quiet but steady to firm,
generally ct shout the best prices
reached, which were close to the opening
figures. The active list Is almost lnVa
riably for small fractions above last
nights figures while Missouri Paclnc
rose |.
The railway bond market WAS some
what more active, though the general ist
showed no Improvement IN tha! respect
over the pas, few days.
Government bonds we're dull ana
steady.
Safe bonds were entirely neglected.
COTTON RESUME.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3).-Huooard, Price
& Co. ssy: The opening price varied out
little, IL anything, from Yesterdays close,
and X the absence cf buyers the market
weakened during the day. The move
ment toward the sessoArd has been free,
snd the amount OF freight directed to this
side has increased materially eince last
week.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.
special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Railroad bonds
to-day closed So follows:
Fort Worth and Denver City at 9l4.
Texas and Pacific 1's at 93i.
rs at 404.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs s,
95
2'sat So
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass 1t 81.
Galveston, Houston and San Antonio
at 95.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas IS 8. 81
7'sat OH.
Money 2 per cent.
Silver "a.
Governments firm.
| Sterling strong.
Whest weaker.
Oil s2s.
Cotton dull aud without inportsr
changes.
Coffee % points lower.
Sugar STEADY.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
BOSTON, MASS, Oct. 80 There WAS |
good demand ard firm market for 81
kinds OF wool. Manufactures bug read'
lily Gil desirable woods otfered. Fin
fieeces Of all kinds ar
particularly firm and cannot b.
obtained except at extrem
valuation. Ohio ard Penusvlvanis fleece
were OF red at Sl@32c for Y, 32@53c TO
NN and NIX and above, and Sc; for No
1. In Michigan y neeces there have bee!
sales at 2s@29c, and some choice line
cannot be obtained for less thsn soc
Conbing and delsiue selections are in de
msnd and firm, No. OHIO comblng sell
. il giet $50 SOC and No. Michigan comb
ing at 36@S7c, Ohio fine delaine S4@S5c
Mich gan foe dslane 81 32c. In territor
and Ttxis woolls there hsve been sale
principally in range Of i1@55 SECURED .
to quality. Fine and meoium C-lforni
and Oregon woods are in fSir demand
previous prices. Pulled woods ar
steady. Foreign WOODS firm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
Liverpool.
Special to the Gazette.

LIVERPOOL. Oct 80 Toiton-Futures opened
steady at q ELL hit advance. ruled steady. end
crossed barely steady. to > points hig er tina =,
Yesterdays close. spot cotton, October 81
aske'; October November % bid: November
December 6 "a bid; December-January 2S
asked; Jan uary Feb uary % asked; February :
March %; March Apr "a bid; April May
&c asked; May June IS asked.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 30.-UotIon-Marhet quiet;
nil dir uplanos 514u; do. Orleans sid. sales
1000 bale. of which lCOO were for speculation
and export, and included 1000 American.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
3 he Wool Bc.kss

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Oct. 3O.-Wool-Ia demand
sno marfet finn; bright medium i6d 231sc;
coarse braid 1lG2Dci low sandy l06l7c; fne
lignt 13a20c; heavy fine l6l7c; tub washed
25G 344c.
Special to the Gazette
GALVESTON, TEX. Oct. 3d. Wool Firm at
yes erday's quotations.: Spring. Twelve
months clip, fine ls62Jc; medium l9G2lc; fall,
fine l6GlSo; medium 1890: other grade, un-
changed. Receipts this day l6,6,. po1nGe; this
seasoa 2,6lS,6sS pounds; shipmeou this dag
-. pounds; this season 500 AIS pounds:
ssies this da, So 600 pounds; this season sol 500
pounds; stock on hand ,95s 49, pounds.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
New YORK,

FEW YORK, Oct. TO Cottor-Quiet: mid
dling uplsnos Is loo; midc ling orleans 10 10;
saet $40 bales. Futures closed easy. Sales "a,
OOO. October 8 :s; november 94; Dece Der
So; January 9 IS; February 9 20; Mach S.;
April "a: May 9sSi June 10 O9; July 10 10
August 10 2i.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
THE STOCK MARKET.
II WAS Ftverieh and Irregular IN New
York Yesterday with Dewa-
ward tendency.
The gtroug in the Lat YVES Missouri
Paeifio-Ths Course OF Railroad
Bonds The Cotton arket.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.

NEW YORK, Oct.
~ so The stock
market WAS fairly
active to d,y, though
the greatest animation
WIS IN the forenoon,
snd il wss ievarlsh
sad Irregular, with 8
general downward
tendency 10 the FORE
noon, but there WAS a
fulJ rpcoyarp later in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31

ing trial before Mayor A. Edwards and
WAS placed under . $500 boud for assault
with inten. TO kill, which he readily
gave
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31

Ensland is csiESS JoltT Bull; but there is no
sobria1et for DR.. flutes Cough Syrup.
Salvation OH Is; esult of years Of study to
produce pertsstfnfAent at small cost.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31

II you weat ihat.peace Of mind which
pssseth sIl Understanding put The child
rem TO bee, kiss Re N3fe and light Grand
Republic CigsrE5 nd erj ~ q good smoke.
Sold by al Il ,sx.efk dealers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
Galveston,

Liverpool quiet and unchanged. Sales
5000 bales.
New York quiet and unchanged. Sales 4e4
bales.
New Orleans easy and unchanged. Sale, $500
bales
GALVESTON, TEX, Oct. 3O-Cotton quIst
Middling go; low mlddhhg szsc;gooo "r
oiDary IL TO-. Net and gross receipts 1864
bales exports coastw Sc 4455 bales. Sales 33S
bales. Stick 81 .664 bales.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31

New YORK. Oct. 3O.-Mors. ON cal, easy at
262}.sper cent. Last loan .; closing ffered
at 2. Sterl ng exchange dull but firm ct
81 81 for siNty-dsy bills and 81 SIX for de-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
GSlss Marks.

GALVESTON. TEz.. oc:, SO.-Ccfes-Firn and
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10

Matrimony is at present the sole mode of es- cape from the dilemma of mutual infatua- ton. The man who tells 6 woman that he loves her, but is unwilling to make her his wife, tells her, unless there be insurmounta- ble obstacles to the union, a shameless false- hood. He may be principled against wed- lock, but he will make an exception of such 8 case. Even if she were willing and glad to be his on any terms, he would not permit her to be other than his wife, knowing the feeling of public enlightenment on the sub ject. Love means esteem for and pride in the object loved, and a sincere lover will not, if he can help it, expose woman to condemnation and social ostraeism. What ever may be thought of marriage abstractly, 1t is, under existing circumstances, at least a concession that should be made to society, and will be made by every man of honor. It may be seoffed at as compulsory liaison, 8 conventional intrigne, a legal Interference with the affections; gibes cannot harm it, cannot change it's intrinsic character or it's bene6cent and blinding force.
 No topic has been perhaps so much deri- ded, and none perhaps yield itself SO readily to derision. It must have wonderful vitali- ty, otherwise it would have been slain ages ago, even in the house of it's friends. They who have been the most satirical at it's ex- pense, az well as those who have denounced it most violently, have lived long enough to be married themselves, and have often proved pAttens of conjugality. The hercest anti-matrimonial philosophers are usually considered predestined husbands. BalEac, by his ''Physiologis du Marriage" is said to have made marriage ridiculous. Neyerthe- less, he afterward welded, under the most romantic conditions, at forty-nine, charm ing widow whom he had passionately and deyotsdly loved for fourteen years. Even the warmest vindicators of wedlock will con- fess that there is something grotesque and laughsble in the frequent contrast between it's assumptions and it's outcome. The best satisfied pairs are disposed, unless innocent of humor, to crack jokes at the price of what they so thoroughly enjoy. They feel that what alone constitutes home, and is the basia of all civilization, cannot be imperiled by any amount of testing.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
A Tishominwo Mule.


 One of the favorite amusements of those mighty men of wisdom, the Senators and Representatives at Washington, is go-as you- please contest to see who can tell the most startling stories. Here Is case in point:
 '1 see," said Representative Allen, of Mis- sissippi, with mischievous twinkle in his eye, "that Senator Hampton has been telling about crow that can talk, and Senator Vest tells about dog that can black boots and initiate Methodist exhorter. Now have 8 mule on my farm in Mississippi whose favor ite amusement is swimming with the boys; and, would you believe it, he can swim on his back and dive hesdforemost like a fish. Yes, sir, he has dived at least thirty feet and come up with his head all covered with mud.
 "The mule can counterfeit almost any wind instrument. There is ferryman who has shot at him several times. The ferry man has horn on the opposite side of the river for travellers to blow ss a signal when they want to come over. The mule caught on to this racket, and whenever he gets chance he goes down to the river and brays just like horn blowin'. On foggy days the ferryman cannot see across the river, and he doesn't know whether it is the mule or 6 traveller. He told me the other day that last year he pulled his boat over sixty. times to answer that blessed long cared mule,' as he termed it. "tEHTs tE
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
Halndkerchiefs.

Unparalled valnes are the only words that can convey the meaning of the wonderful display made by us in Handkerchiefs; we not only show the greatest bargains in low priced Handkerchief ever offered, but also in the finest goods imported. Our stock is simply marvellous in lowness of price and variety.
 Ladies' Colored Bordered Henastitched Handkerchiefs, guaranteed fast colors, for 95c.
 Ladies, Hsnnstifohed plain white bsauti- fully embroidered Handkerchief, large as- sortment, for 9SC.
 Fine assortment Ladies' scallopsd edges and hemstitched embroidered Handkerchiefs at 19c each.
 Snperb line Ladies' Scalloped Edges and Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, colored, white, embroidered, at 33c.
 Superior line of Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs from sec to S3.6O.
 Genta' Colored Bordered hemstftched Handkerchiefs, fast colora, for 25c.
 8 Gents' Colored Bordered hemstitcked Linen Handkerchiefs. guaranteed fast colors, for 95c.
 Gents co1ored bordered hemstitchsd Linen Handkerchiefs for 95c.
 Gents' selected styles colored bordered hemstitched Linen Handkerchisfs at 10C and 95c each.
 Ladies' and Gents' Plain White Hem- stitched Handkerchisfs at 96c each, pes itively worth 6Oc.
 Ladies' Initial Handkerchiefs ai A91Sc each.
 Gents Initial Handke1chiefs at 25c each, worth double the money.
 China Silk Hemstitched Handkerchiefs at 95c.
 Japanese Handkerchiets at 30c.
 24 inch China Silk Handkerehiefs, 3 inch hem, at soc.
 Japanese Silk Handkerehisfs at S0C.
 25 dozen Fancy Silk Handke1ehiefs, posi- lively worth dollar, at soc each.
 dozen Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs at 5Sc each, worth $1.50.
 dozen Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs at $1 each, worth s.
 dozen Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs at 9l. .6O each, worth $3.
 dozen Duchess Lace Handkerchlefs at S2 each. worth $4.
 dozen Duchess Lace Handkerchfefs Rt S3 each, worth $5.5O.
 The above iots of Handkerchiefs are the greatest bargains ever shown in New Haven. We feel confident the people will appreciate our efforts to place before them goods that have merit.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
TO MARRY OR NOT TO HARRY

Word About Bachelors and Why
 They Dread she Experiment-some
 ConsiderafIons Worth Weighing Be-
 fore Marrying.
 lJunius Henri Brown in the Forum.1
 In these days more than ever bachelors, whether young or middle aged, are exposed to criticism and censure for being such. It seems to be taken for granted that they are negiectipg their duty to society. They are everlastingly told that they have made se- rious mistake in adopting celibaey, and that they should remedy it as soon as possible. Is not this gratuitous impertinencea Is it not fair to presume that they should know better than those busy bodies whether they ought to marry or noti If they say that they are not adapted to matrimony; that they have never met woman they wanted for wife; that they disbelieve in the insti- tuition; that they have not money enough; or give any other excellent reason, they are apt to be told that their words are nonsense. Not improbably, if the adviser be a man. he replies that he used to hold similar opinions, but that, since becoming husband, he has found them hollow. It is noticeable, by the by, that many of the most active counsellors are very poor examples of what they preach, suggesting spontaneously the fox in the fable that had lost his tail.
 Lack of money is generally decried in this country as 8 miserable excuse for not marry ing. But it is not A certain amount of capital or income is almost indispensable Many union has proved disastrous, which, if the couple had not been very poor, might have gone on smoothly to the end. Ample means is great saver of friction and pres venter of conjugsl woe. Wealth, even in moderation, is superduous; but straitened circumstances long continued may tax pa- tience and mutual affection beyond endu- rance. Penury is prone to undermine wed- ied love like the loss of esteem; and he who incurs the solemn responsibility pecuniarily unprepared is rash in excess. The fact that hundreds get on who begin with nothing scarcely justihes the experiment, particularly in a big city. It is wiser to delay until pros poets have been assured than to assume that the desirable will happen. Love, if 1t be naiiss genuine, can wait, as creditors will not. To marry is not an obligation, as might be thought from current talk; it is purely op- tional. He who rsfrains from wedloek and fatherhood cannot, in the overcrowded state of the globe, be charged with violation of duty to his fellows. To intimate that 6 man should take wife, when he has not found 8 woman who wishes him to take her, is akin to inviting the blind to q spectacle or crip- l pie to enter for race. And yet such inti- | nations are incessant.
 When young couple believe that they ! love one another they seldom consult pru- dence or perceive obstacles. They will mar r frst and reckon consequences sfterward.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10

tier from San Remo to ventimiglia is entire ly undefendsd and there is not cannon along the Alps. The French have everything prepared for war, so as to make passage that is almost certain to meet with only 6 feeble resistance on our part.
 How Democratic reform sometimes works is told by the Washington Post, good Dem- ocratic organ. The journal clerk of the House of Representatives, who had held that responsible position for ten or twelve years, was succeeded at the last session by Mir. Rob- inson of Indiana. MT. Robinson's qualifca- tions for the office were chiefly political, his Democracy having been vouched for by the very highest authorities of his State. But he had certain equipment of experience also, since he had been employed for time, some twenty years ago, in copying petitions into the journal of the lower house of the Indiana legislature. This experience was scarcely sufficient preparation for the important du- ties of journal clerk, for the journal is the final evidence of the proceedings of the House and it's accuracy, therefore, is of the greatest consequence. He had an assistant, however, who was fairly competent, and 30 for time got on pretty well. Last June the assistant resigned and page was appointed to the va cancy. MT. Robinson soon after had politi- cal business in Indiana, managing the State convention and making stump speeches dur- ing the campaign. While he was absent his assistant took minutes during the sessions of the House and a friend of his, who was also messenger in the clerks office, wrote up the journal. Lately the journal has been in- spected by an expert who finds it full of er- TOTS, no less than two hundred having been discovered in few pages. The committee on rules will Iequirs thorough examination and correction before the journal is de6ni lively approved by the House as the official reoord D"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
Monday, December 10, 1858.
PLANS FOR A sR0RET BALLOT,

PLANS FOR A SECRET BALLOT.
 It is probable that something will be done this winter in several of the States to bring about reform in the method of conducting elections. The reformers assert that what is needed is secret ballot. Massachusetts was the first, and has thus far been the only State, to pass a law providing for secres ballot. Such law was passed there last spring.
 This matter has been much discussed in New York, and two plans have been pre- pared there. One ofs them provides that the names of all candidates shall be printed onsa single paper, grouped under the various party designations; that each voter shall receive one of thaA papers from ballot clerks in the polling place, and, retiring to compart- msnt alone, free from supervision, shall mark the candidates of his choice and imme- diately thereafter cast his ballot. If he is unable to read the ballot, or incapacitated from marking it, the ballot clerk may pre- pare it for him at his request. This provis- ion Is go guarded as to secure the voter abso- lutely from outside interference or supervis- ion. The other plan provides for printing the names of the candidates of each party organization on separate slips of paper, ar ! ranged in ballots for the various offices in the form now prescribed, with perforstions ! between them them so that they can be easi- ] ly separated. It requires ballot clerks, pro- vided with booths from 200 to 250 feet from the polling place, to give out one of each set 1 of ballots to every voter applying for them,
 who, on reaching the polling place, must pass into compartment by himself and come out by another door prepared to cast the bal lots of his choice. Presunably he is to select his set of ballots while in this place alone,
 detach the separate ballots, and fold them
 for the boxes, and for this one minute is al-
 lowed. A very serious objection to this plan
 is that after the voter comes out of the secret
 place he may be exposed to solicitation or
 bribery.
 The subject is very important one, and its general discussion is encourage
 ing and promising. Something effective
 ought to bs immediately done to secure the
 secrecy of the ballot.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
Home of Santa Claus.

After many months of preparation we trust oar efforts will meet with success. We purchased what we thought the most useful and ornamental Holiday Goods to be found; variety is large and will, we trust, meet the wants of both young and old. You are cor dially invited to look at the display. We know our prices are the lowest.
 Rocking Horses, Doll Carriages, Dolls, Iron and Tin Toys, Games, Blocks, Baskets, Willow Ware, Fancy Plush Goods, Perfume r. L.nps. Lemonade M Sets, ,N. Water rs.saa Sets, Deaks, Crockery Ware. Plush Albums, Writ ing Paper, Tool Chests, Wheelbarrows etc., .etc.
 The above is synopsis of the home of Santa Clans. All will be oourteously waited on and cheerfuIly shown.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10

tactics and said with apparent indifference:
 Would you grant me small favor be- fore carrying out your intentioni"
 Certainly, if it Is in my power,n was the answer.
 Well, then, oblige me by hiring-at my expense of courss-a room in some other neighborhood where you may perform this last act of your life. You know am rather excitable, and shooting initiates my nerves even on the stage. Come, there's good tellow-my purse is at your disposal"
 This request produced the effect of cold shower bath on the young bankers clerk, who left his friends apartments thoroughly cured, for the next day he acknowledged by letter that he had come to the conclusion that the false fair one was not worth the hire of a room at hotel where man might shoot himself at his leisnra
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
SUICIDAL MANIA CURED.
A viennese Author Shrewdly Saves
 His Friend.
LFrom the AIIaemeine Zeitung. ]

From the Allaemeine Zeitung.1
 A young yiennese author sat busy writing, when the door of his study was suddenly opened and former playmate of his entered the room and related, in tones quivering with emotion, that young lady whom he passionately loved had played him false. The author endeavored to appease his friend by some trite observations on the fckleness of woman's affections, but without avail. The despairing lover grimly declared that he was disgusted with life, and proceeded to take revolver out of his pocket
 1T am going to shoot myself, he said. s'You know the reason, and can give the necessary explanations when my dead body is found on your premises"
 The writer was in terrible fix, but seeing that rational argument had no effect on the wonld-be suicide, he promptly changed his
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
Fancy Goods Counter.

Plush Toilet and Leather Cases, we always show the finest line of these, and in the past our prices were unquestionable. We now not only show larger line than formerly, but promise still lower figures. A visit to this counter is just as good as sale. You cannot resist our magnetic prices.
 Plush Jewel Cases only 25c.
 Plush Case with Mirror and bottle Per- fume only 19e.
 Plush Jewel Cases and Work Boxes, fine goods from soc tO SAYS
 Plush Toilet Cases, white Brush, Comb and Mirror; the greatest bargain yet offered; only eSc.
 Plush Toilet Cases, made by the best mak- CTS and containing the very finest White Goods, from g \ .25 to SIS.
 We guarantee the prices are below all quo- tations.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
Lace Department.

10 dozen Black Spanish Guipure Lace Scarfs, actually worth $1, at 4Sc each,
 15 dozen Spanish Guipure Lace Scarfs, g. bargain which will create considerable com ment--as they are worth $1.50-8t 70c each. These are over B yard wide and ? yards long.
 5 dozen Black Spanish Guipure Lace Scarfs, never sold under $2 and good value at that price, at .30 each.