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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-08
FINANCIAL.
ENGLISH CoNgoL1,

LONDON. March 7.-Consols closed at tll5-I6d
| for money. Silver, 4Szd.
MONEY.
NEW YoEK March Money on call easy al
263 per cent; last loan at 8 per cent; C 'Osed
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper 565H
per cent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-08
silea 75,40O baleB.
EsS YOFk,

EGS YORK.
NEW YORK., March 7.-Cotton-spot closed
cary and Lie; lower
sales. 1893.
Stock, 295 $50 bales
Low ordinary, &C; ordinary, ) 49,; good
ordinary So, low middung, 9ll Ice; lnI1-
ding 10 1851 Sood middling, IL 7l6o; middlinR
fSir II Lice
Futures closed very steady, IL to 1G points
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higher s. 25a7 90 for common to prisns fnesp
and Sc 756s 90 ior ordinary to choice lambs; l
carload went for S. TO-
CHICAGO. ILL, March -Cattle-Reeespts
1000. shipments 5000; market str lng and
l0e higher; fancy IS 2595 So; steers Sc lOa
5 90; 81 ckers and feeders 81 2Oe3 IS; COWS,
bulls and mixed g o063 40; Texas s.eers 8 20
"a 90. Hogs-Receipts IA 600; market slow
and eas'er losing be lower; mixed $ l065 IS;
heavy s. 30G555; light S. 0065 Is. sheep
Receipts 800; shipments 1909; market strong
ern 50 50G5 75i Texans s. 50a5 IS; lambs 8 00G
o.
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Fancy Candy, So Gents Per Pound.
Fresh choice mfxture, at the Fort
Worth Grocer Co.'S.
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The Fitness EaEors In the World
AiAndersou's gun store
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nave rrcn sIass~Ss ~ . "60 @'s--S~-~- -
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Receipts at An United States Porss.

that three DINER women WING cIa,msg .uzJ y
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| fnr tha governmen|
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i statutes OF the United States be
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A Married Woman EISpes with q Single
Man-FIre Department Disbanded.
sneciaI tn the Gazetre
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-13
Planting Trees in Bed Rock.
IGnnr rrnantn (--el J Bee


Some sixteen years ago Mr.. Rutter be-
gan the planting of trees over holes bored
IN the so-called bedrock, or hardpan,
and the success of his experiments has led
to more or less general adoption in that
district of the plan of breaking up the bed
rock for orchard planting Boring and
blasting are often employed together, to
secure not only drainage, but also the &C
cess Of the tree roots to the rich store of
nutriment in the once despised hardpan.
But the expense of planting in this
manner is considerable. The cost of
Boring and blasting, added to that of
!!rees, prevents many poor men from avail
ing themselves of the advantages of bed
Iock holes So planting still goes on
over the unbroken bedrock While there
are numerous thrifty orchards so planted.
lne benefits of perforating and breaking
up The lower strata are so great that any
method which will bring these advant
ages within the reach of men of limited
means must prove an invaluable boon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-13
A Sandwich Islands Superstition.
Honolulu Cor. Anne Jean FieId.l


We have a periodical visit of small
flat fish called uini. 1t makes its appear
ance at intervals of from ten. fifteen to
twenty years. When these fish appear in
the bay immense mum bers Of men, women
and children arm themselves with baskets,
rod and line. and repair to the water
front to get each one his or her share of
the bounteous feast swimming before
them. Those who have plenty of idle
time on their hands pass days and nights
along the wharfs and beach in their quest
for the fish of the gods.
The superstition still prevails-when-
ever it appears it is taken by fishermen
and people generally as a sure precursor
of the death of a very high chief Since
nv residence here | have noticed such to
be the case and within the past twelve
mouths in fact, foreigners of long resi-
dence here accept this fish omen as fore
gone conclusion, and why not? We all
Of older and more civilized countries have
our myths and superstitions, so let us be
charitable towards the genial and hOspit-
able natives we SOiOurn among.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-13
A Brilliant Scheme.
Lillian Whitinr,s Letter.

must tell you funny incident heard
today. An euterprising young journalist
suddenly conceived an idea that he be
1eved would make him famous. This in
99PlTatlon was that he would engage DR..
MONIES and Miss sarah Orne Jewett to
TAX, and have the conversation reported
~ stenographer on which he would sell
II 10 the journal so fortunate as to pay his
price. FILLED with zeal he laid this brill
.ang scheme before the autocrat, who
n Snilled oenignantly down upon the origi-
nator Of the suggestion.
s1- y, l could not think of it, " he replied
gu see l don't talk to state what l
4 AfnoW' but to find out what know. Now
u a, you had a hose you would feel all
a; .. and sprinkle great deal of grass.
- may be, in finding your point, y he said,
~ out gun must be aimed at a mark and
80 OH only once. That would be fatal to
SYE on Ct Talking is like the hose.
do think. " LIN 0'' -i''' w
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-13
A Green ID aIee ate.
TDpfTO { Fro res ).


c,,.oroI DAYS ago a dealer in oysters in
49,. c;tv received a call from an indi-
.ii5 ~. Who announced that he had been
a ,rrItr a delegate to come in from a
a2iIPfogp about fifteen miles away and see
about bout getting oysters for a church festival.
How many cans would youswant?"
asked the dealer.
"'e We'll you may give me figures on
twenty cans.
The lowest price was given him and he
took his leave but in about fifteen
minutes be came back and said:
1--WE been thinking it all over. We
shall have at least 200 people to feed, and
you'd better give me figures on forty
cans
4 price was made, and after doing some
figuring on his own account he observed:
Come to figure upon the crowd l think
we can count upon at least 300 Nobody
out our way has had any oysters yet. and
everybody will expect to fill right up to
the brim Let's figure on sixty cans.
price was made on this number, and
he started for home, promising to send in
an order within three or four days. The
order was received yesterday. 1T read:
Il never had nothing to do with q
church festival before, and so, of course.
was liable to make a mistake Inclosed
find money to pay for two cans, which
are to be sent by the stage driver. One
of the cans is for me. and the other for
the festival No more at present-good-
hvp
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-13
He Declined the Offer.
lEXchange.l

go Gienteman Ito little boy)-What are you
gong to do with the puppy. little how?
c f3l'tle Boy-l,m goin' to drown him.
him mentleman-lll give you a dollar for
N Lutte Boy after due consideration
CIV nop guess not You see, I'd have to
V wonI most of the money to father. and I
do" have the fun of drowning the
NOD. guess won't sell him.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
"a HAPPY THOUGHT STRIKES Me-

started fol- Richmond in July, 1862, a lad
Is years old, junior in college, and chatting
to be at ito double quick it after John
Browns soul, which, since it did not require
a knapsack, or three days rations, or a can
teen, or halt during the night for sleep,
was always marching on. On the night be-
lore Christmas, 1862, was detected young
patriot, wishing I hadn't done it, shivering
in the open weather mile back Of the Rap
pahannock, on tho reserve picket, and OK
posed to wet snowstorm. There was not q
stick of wood within five miles Of us; all cut
down, even tho roots of trees dug up and
burned. We lay down on our rubber blankets.
pulled our WOODEN blankets over us, spooned
it as close as we could get, to steal warmth
from our comrades, and tried not to cry.
Next morning the snow lay heavy and
deep, and the men, when walked and looked
about me, reminded me Of a church grave
yard in winter. The snow covered us all,
and my comrades seemed as if small ceme-
tery-just like a graveyard and its mounds
sFau in for picket dutyl There, come,
Moore, McManus, Paxton, Perrine, Pollock;
fall in!" We fell in, Of course. No break
fast: chilled to the marrow; SNOW q foot
deem. We frightened our belts On our empty
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
1--WE HAD BR1DGED THE RIvER.n

Day. Let us all touch elbows and share with
our neiRhbor who needs us most. Then make
truce with enemies, with care, with fears.
with tears and sorrow, and lot joy be uncon-
fin+d on Christmas Day. Let justice soften
into mercy. Let not hato harden into wrong.
but be transformed into love- Let anger
cease, let wrath Be forgotten, let q1a1re!s h
reconcled.
Let charity dispense bounty. Let the rich
man love the poor. Let the lap of childhood
be filled with plenty. Let all T-Appahan.
nocks OF estrangement, separation, bitter.
ness, unequal lots, opposing interests, be
bridged by the Babe of Bethlehem IN Christ.
mas Day of 'S7. And 'sbe We kind ono to an
other, tender hearted, forgiving one another
even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven
you" There, I am preaching again, in
secular journal of civilization. YeJ can't
help it. This Christ born me has thrown of
and left behind the other me, the old me,
who followed Grant and Hancock to Rich
mond in the wild, mad days of turbulent
youth. / have taken off that faded blue
jacket, and can stretch my arms; have un-
buckled that worn belt and can breathe
freely. Come, jacket; come, swo7d-hang
again on the wall. You are my old me; but
the present, real me is a man Of peace and
acquainted with grief; not so happy as q
saint as he was as soldier, but stu trying
to do his work, since God didn't sens. for him
at Gettysburg. -Harpers Weekly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.
How Christmas Day Is Celebrated II
Those States.

How Christmas Day il Celebrated in
Those States.
| Christmas day is not only the most widely
and universally observed holiday in the
Christian calendar, but it is also susceptible
of a greater variety Of observance tllan per-
haps any other holiday Santa Claus and
the Christmas tree are known ard owed of
| all children. In Kentucky and ether south
ern states the day is ushered in with gun
powder accompaniment. In the north the
Fourth of July is made horrible by the BOOM
ing of cannon and the rattle of firecrackers.
In the south these are reserved for Christ
mas morning. Among the country and vii
lage population Christmas is the occasion of
a general turnout in fields and woods with
guns and dogs. On that day Of all days do
the rabbits, squirrels and quail find them
selves pursued by about every man and boy,
both white and colored, who owns or can
borrow an old shotgun, blunderbuss or shoot
ing iron of any kind, and the fields and
woods resound from morn till night with the
echoes of exploding gunpowder as the hunt
ers stalk up the hapless game. The dogs
lend their quota to the days noise and ex-
element, baying on the trail of frightened
foxes and rabbits
In Tennessee the wise men who made the
laws in the early days of the states existence
recognized the merit of Workmanship, and
to encourage this accomplishment enacted q
law exempting wagers on craftsmanship
from the general penalties against other
species of gambling. So that the men of q
village or farm community may congregate
and put up money, q quarter of beef or a
turkey, as the prize to be carried off by the
best shot. The target is often the top of
paper cap box about as large in diameter as
silver quarter, and the distance ranges
from twenty-five to 100 steps. The guns
used are long single barrel muzzle loading
rifles. If the match is to be shot CT hand
(restilig the gun against the shoulder with
out a rest the distance is seldom greater
than twenty five PAGES, and even at that dis
lance the bullets are often punched from q
dozen rifles into a space which can be covered
with silver dollar.
These rifle shooting matches are now
largely reserved for the Christmas Gay, and
are looked forward to all the year round On
these occasions all the young men who boast
Of their ability to ''cut the bulls eye three
times out of five" gather to banter a1d take
the co1ceit out of such as think themselves
crack Shots
Christmas night is largely given up to
'tiddlin' and dancin' in the homes of the
hospitable backwoods southrons, ulld even in
the towns and villages it is very common
custom to have dance on Christmas night
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
stomachS, seized our rifles, and marched to
the river to take cur six hours on duty.

stomachS, seized our rifles, and marched to
the river to take cur six hours on duty.
1t was Christmas Day, 1862 "And 80 this
is war" " my old me said to himself, while he
paced in the wet snow his two hours on the
rivers brink. "And am out here to shoot
that lean, lank, coughing, cadaverous look.
ing butternut fellow over the river So this
is war; this is being soldier; this is the genu-
inc article; this is H. Greeley's On to Rich
mond.' Well, wish he were only hero in my
place, running to keep warm; pounding his
arms and breast to make the chilled blood
circulate So this is war, tramping up and
down this river my fifty yards with wet feet
empty stomach, swollen nose"
Ala: whom lying under re trees in the col.
l.ke campus last JunA. ~sx Ll&At to me mar
'i;l music; gorgeous bigadiers in blue and
cold: tall young men III line, shining in brass
War meant to me taln ultuous memories of
Bunker Hill, Caesars Tenth legion, the charge
os the Six housekeeping but this
Pshawl wish I were home Let me see.
Home3 Gods country. A tear!- it is a
tear. What are they doing at home? This is
Christmas Day, 1862. Homeg Well, stock
ings on the wall, candy, turkey, fun, merry
Christmas, and the face of the girl left be-
hind Another tear? Yes, I couldn't help it;
l was only IS, and there was such contrast
between Christmas, 1862, on the Rappahan-
mock, and other Christmases. Yes, there was
a girl, too-such sweet eyes; such long lashes;
such low, tender voice! "Come, move
quicker! Who goes there!'' Shift the rifle
from one aching shoulder to the other.
Hello, Johnny, what are you up to!" The
river was narrow, but deep and swift. It
was wet cold, not a freezing cold. There
was no ice-too swift for that.
''Hello, Johnny, what you coughing so
forg"
"Yank, with no overcoat, shoes full of
holes, nothing to eat but parched corn and
tobacco, and with the derned Yankee snow a
foot deep there is nothin' left-nothin' but to
get up cough by way of protestin' against
this Internal treatment of the body. We uns,
Yank, all have cough over here, and there's
no sayin' which will run us to hole first, the
cough or your bullets"
The snow still fell the keen wind, raw and
fierce, cut to the bone. 1t was Gods worst
weather in Gods forlornest, bleakest spot of
ground, that Christmas day of '62 on the
Rappahannock, a half mile below the town
of Fredericksburg. But come, pick up your
PROSTATE pluck, you shivering private.
Surely there is enough dampness around
without adding to it your tears.
'Let's laugh, boys"
Hello, JOHNNY"
"Hello yourself, Yank!'
Merry Christmas. Johnny"
"Sane to you, Yank!'
"Say, Johnny, got anything to trader
"Parched corn and tobacco-the size of our
christmas, Yank."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
.lOIHER'S MENAGERIE.
BY OLIVE HARPER.

Sm sixty years ago Madison street In
9iWk was one of the most aristocratic
rs in the city, and on both sides it was
lTlth stately stone mansions, with wide
immense parlors and large handsome
'A and each had garden in the rear.
W The wealthy old Quaker families who
nnAabited them are gone and the whole
s4h@ desenerated until it is known a. a
cement house DISTRICT and these old
SSale full Of ragged, half starved chill
pale, Wretched women, and a gener-
aoaet but rough class Of men. Every
: ls family in every room, where
ar work and sleep, and even where
1'S lAe most sobriety there is still enough
sa unhealthines, and misery. In most
-Ia mems drunken curses and women
uilens shrill screams are heard al
hourly.
d I atuc room Of one Of the handsomest
* Oh houses there lived a widow with
"0 children, Ruth and Robert. No
!, .S u: picture the bare dssolation Of that
Uat In spite Of the bitter poverty so
~s-' IL was neat and clean. The young
! was born in this house, as had been
M, -.uel' and though she now owned
~ IS On earth but the wretched furniture
S,I and she could barely pay the rent
.s'lTerleSs attic, her heart chung to the
IVY. -T ana here she staid. Her father had
\ @H4ile1ly, as had hi, father before him.
! , ,s his only child, had married a man
b l. /" unworthy his trust and in a short
pp,, = mad disSipated every dollar they
sr,. ~ anu then had died, mercifully for
me NJ and little children
] T.. hlcks had tried to earn a living since
s5. n. Ni'h delicate health and two help
\, , ~.; she could not do much. Like the
ebr s"iSg OF women, she had no resource
ttt,,.o.' and sho found employ in a
Nh, and BY ,lavinx night and day
d Ii sts n r poor little hands could hold the
ssfsIir managed to keep her children and
ssoiI ns' Their clothes were the last of
ttan J ts. days, and were almost falling
SaSrprs ~ t sleer age, though the patient
q mi y" nad patched and darned them
'alle,ad =, yer and her heart sank as she
cegs M Snere she could get more.
7 eTerrbo d.nel mad been thrifty old man,
Ia be ~ had supposed him rich; but
2shr s a 1t was found that this house
as wss 'n uu dollars, which was at In
aarssooJ. al In, ne had, and it was never quite
Pa Or b,n nj. no amount of searching in
d md s g brought to light ANYTHING
.assa tbo ,ne search was finally dropped
tssrn ~ question was often discussed
..assh to lisbt 40 ~, 70 sew and not quito dark
Aaotbsr -. Inc lamp, and this hour the
'sasgkketir uail took to run out and do
'or the next day; and so tell
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15

GAN right; you shall have some Of our
coffee and sugar and pork. Boys, find the
boats"
Such boats! / see the children sailing them
IN the small lakes in our Central Park. Some
Yankee, desperately hungry for tobacco, in
vented them for trading with the 'Johnnies.
They were hid away under the banks of tho
river for successive relays of pickets.
We got out the boats. An old handkerchief
answered for sail. We loaded them with
coffee, sugar, pork, and set the SAIL and
watched them slowly creep to the other shore.
And the Johnnies? To see them crowd the
bank, and push and scramble to be first to
seize the boats, going into the water, and
stretching out their long arms Then when
they pulled the boats ashore, and stood in a
group over the cargo, and to hear their ex-
Carnations: "Hurrah for hog!' "Say, that's
not roasted rye, but genuine coffee Smell
it, you uns."s "And sugar, too" Then they
divided the consignment. They laughed and
shouted, "Reckon you urs been good to we
uns this Christmas Day, Yanks" Then they
put parched corn, tobacco, ripe persimmons,
into the boats, and sent them back to lis.
And we chewed the parched corn, smoked
real Virginia leaf, ate persimmons which, if
they weren't very filing, at least contracted
our stomachs to tho size of our Christmas
dinner. And SO the day passed. Weshouted,
Merry Christmas, Johnny" They shouted,
Same to you, Yank." And we forgot the
biting wind, the chilling cold; we forgot
those men over there were our enemies,
whom it might be our duty to shoot before
evening.
We had bridged the river-spanned the
bloody chasm. We were brothers, not foes,
waving salutations of good will in the name
Of the Babe of Bethlehem, on Christmas Day,
in '62. At the very front of the opposing
armies the Christ Child struck truce for us
broke down the wall of partition, became
our peace. We exchanged gifts. We shouted
greetings back and forth We kept Christ
mas, and our hearts were lighter for it and
our shivering bodies were not quite SO cold
Go thou and do likewise; push no poor debtor,
prosecute no quarrel, bear no grudge, at
Christmas time; forgive your enemies, re-
member your mercies and do not brood over
your misfortunes, at Christmas time If the
times are hard do not let the children know
it, or Lazarus on your doorstep become
aware of it, at Christmas time, to his deeper
despair Cannot you be cheerful and brave
by your firesides, as we soldiers were on the
on Christmas Day In go,
shouting good wills to rebels on the opposite
<horsl Let Us all shake hands ON Christmas
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15

!xa the stables pointed gables
Nlthat star of heaven stand;
hadOring, wealth outpouring,
Lrtt men from Judah's land.
xT saying, mid their praying,
Vile their eyes with tears were dim,
|nnaiar we've seen his star,
hlhave come TO worship him!
szame wincinS, sweetly singing.
lists on hosts Of cherubim,
2ry glory, hear the story.
PACE on earth, good will to men!"
%. 81.
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ing the children to lie still in bed, for it was
bitterly cold up there so near the roof, she
took her threadbare shawl, and throwing it
around her started out