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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18
WOOD AS A FUEL
The Value Of Different Kinds As Compared
to Ordinary Soft Coal

Z
to Ordinary Soft Coal
In comparing wood with coal as a
fuel it is safe to assume that 81 pounds
OF dry wood are equal to one pound OF
average quality soft coal. and that the
fuel value of different woods is very
nearly the same. That is to say. a pound
of hickory is worth no more rs a fuel
than pound of pine. assuming both
to be dry. II the value be measured by
weight, it is important that the wood
be thoroughly dry, rs each ten per
cent. of water or moisture will extract
about twelve per cent. from its value
as fuel.
1t may be interesting in this connec-
ton to give the weight of one cord of
different woods which are thoroughly
dry. These weights are about as fol-
lows: Hickory. or hard maple. $500;
white oak. $3.50; beech. red oak and
black oak. 1880; poplar. cAestnut
and elm. 2. 1850; average of pine, 1000
pounds.
The fuel value of these different kinds
OF wood. as compared with coal, is
about rs follows: One cord of hickory,
or hard maple, is equal to 1000 pounds
OF coal; one cord of white oak. To l, us
pounds of coal; one cord beech. red
'ak or black oak. to l, 4lo pounds; one
cord poplar, chestnut or elm. to / 1850
pounds; and one cord average pine is
equal to 925 pounds of coal. 1t is sup.
~ IN, I1
all the wood has been air-dried. The
comparative values of woods not men
toned may readily be Appropriated
by the reader Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18
LIGHTNING TRAINS.
Brave Hearts and Cool Heads Needed on
the Fast Locomotives.

Brave Hearts and Cool Heads Needed or
the Fast Locomotives.
The starting out of so many limited
trains to the West has caused quite q
shaking up among the locomotive en-.
tineers of the Chicago roads. Not a
Jew ambitions have been stirred only
to be disappointed. for only one eng
aeer in a hundred of those anxio US to
get a run with the flyer could be ac-
commodated. Only half a dozen men
on each road could gain the honor
which hundred craved A run on
the limited is about the top notch of To-
connective engineering. Yet those who
were lucky enough to gain the prizes
find their tasks any thing but easy
ones. The fast runs out of Chicago
are not so very fast, but they are cx-
ceedinglv difficult to make on schedule
time. This is because of the large
number Of stops which it is necessary
to make, on account of railway cross
ings and other Instructions.
The schedule time of the new trains
between Chicago and Council Bluffs is
rather less than thirty five miles an
hour but in making the trip engineers
often find it necessary to steam ahead
at the rate of fifty to sixty miles. Be-
tween Chicago and the Missouri river
a train must come to halt about thirty
times for railway crossings or other
causes that may be depended upon day
after day. In addition to these certain
stops are several contingent ones.
making an average Of probably forty
full stops en- route. As each full stop
is equivalent to the loss of four or five
minutes at the least, little calcuia-
ton shows us that the time spent in
stopping and starting amounts to
nearly three hours on the trip. This
brings the running time up to almost
forty miles an hour, and as along a
goodly portion of the line it is impossi-
BILE to make any such speed. on ac-
count of steep gradients and passing
through towns and cities at street
grade, the engineers find it necessar,
to speed up to sixty miles an hour Oh
the most favorable stretches of the
road. The fast runs out of Chicag,
re all night runs, and it is the night
run that tries the engineers courage.
Driving ahead, at mile minute, int
IL sea of darkness which human eye cal
not penetrate is work such as no cow
ardly or even timid man could perform.
Among engine drivers there ar,
bold men and timid men. but only tn,
former were selected for these fas
runs. A timid man, prone to shut of
steam for every shadow seen on Tho
rack or for every imaginary danger
or engineers are called upon continu
| lilly to beat back their own apprehen
sioni. could never make time on rul
| ike one of these limited trains to th,
West. Some Of the best and bravest ell
| ,ineers in the world are on these foo;
'lates, and in this climate and undc
he disadvantages besetting them the,
will find enough to try their metal -
Chicago Herald
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18
THE TABLES rLRNED.
A WeIl-Laid Elan Which Didn't Work To
Every Body's Satisfaction.

Every Body's Satisfaction.
"Jes' minute, If you please said
man in Western Nebraska as he came
out of house and hailed US as we were
going past. Ibid you happen to notice
the school-house much when you came
past it down here mile?"
Eyes, we saw it,
"School WASH called yet, reckonP'
mo"
WAS the boys out havin' ring
rastle an whOopin' a good deal like in"
junsP'
mo. every thing was very quiet"
"School-house broke up any-w.n-
ders gone or door stove INF"
Guess not"
''See any thing of the teacherp"
"Ycs; saw him through the door sit
ting with his feet on the desk reading
book"
WAS. hey? Seemed calmP"
"He appeared that way"
"See any thing of a big. raw-boned
boy, with long arms an big hands.
wearin' a high felt hat painted red,
white m bluep"
"Yes; we noticed him."
WANT he walkin' round talkin'
loud, with his thumb under one gallus
an a chip on his shoulder"
mo. He was sitting on the ground
near the school-house. with his back
against tree. His nose was all bloody,
his arms were hanging down. and he
looked sick. His clothes were about
half torn off of him. and one of tin,
small boys was carrying his striped hat
tull of water to him from tho creek"
"Well. l sw'ar if that don't beat me!
Didn't holler no slang at you or offer to-
fight your"
Il don't think he saw US at an-one
eye was closed up"
81 experimenting s'prises mo now
| reckon the plan didn't work"
"What was itp"
IVY. that feller's my boy, you see.
an he lowed to lick the teacher this
mornin', but I reckon from what you
say something went wrong somewhere
The teacher give him longer 'rithme-
tic lesson than he orter. an says to
him, Hop onto the little dood an whale
him -jes' show him that you under
stand what's the matter O. Hanner?'
Bill said that he'd do it an that I'd
better see the other two school officers
an git another teacher somewhere.
cause there wouldn't be enough o. this
I'm left to wad gun when he got done
with him. Says he. Pap. dom be scarf
if you notice small pieces of a school
teacher fallin' round here long durin
the forenoon! One eye shut and his
| nose bloody! An Bill al'ays claimed
he was fighter, too! I'll be teetotally
chawed if he amt been trottin' in the
wrong class for two years. When h,
gifts home if don't bring out the ole
strap an larrup him myself then yo,
can shoot me. A black eye an nose al
| bloody! Say, wait till half-past foul
o'clock an you'll see big. lazy. double
listed fraud of IL boy git pounded all t.
pieces by his old father!'-F H. Car
ruth, IN Chicago Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18

1t is estimated that So. 675. 900 yards
of silk ribbon. equivalent to about 22,-
700 miles. have been made in Paterson,
N. D., during the past year. Boston
BtId0et
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18

) The man who absconded with a
'ed-hot stove has been eclipsed by
Denver individual who jumped n
cemetery. The citizens are talking OF
compromising with him by giving him
burial plat and planting him in it,
San Francisco Alta
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18

The axiom that cheat expands and
cold contracts" does not apply to coal
dealers bills Philadelphia Inquirer.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18

"A new undertaking in the fruit line
Is the shipment of Florida oranges 70
E1rope.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-18

-Ferrets are trained to hunt rats in
New York houses
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02

ing and harmless Illusion, sereeably
and happily impressiDg the youthful
mind, while 1t furnishes fund Of amuse-
ment to those who have lived long enough
to outgrow its fsncies. The ideal Santa
Claus is an inspirer of hope, and dis
penser OF real Joy, once a year, in the
heart of the moving world, without
bringing IN accompaniment of fear or
sorrow. Nobody ever was able to tell
exactly how the hoary old visitor could
be everywhere present to make his
Simultaneous descent down the
millions CT chimneys of the world,
to deliver his presents to ex-
pectans children, and SO his Wis
itation hangs as an inexplicable mystery
with them, while mature minds laugh st
the temporary delusion. Mythical ideas
and traditional stories, however, are what
the world lives and thrives upon, and that
which is least harmful had better be left
undlsturbed. The story Of the swallow
ing OF Jonah by he whale, and his sue
cesstul return to dry land, has an air CT
imprcbability surrounding it, which the
imaginary exploits of Santa Claus do not
more than fairly match. The worlds
Imagination requires food; lei it be that
which is least Injurious.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
COAI, AND WOOD.

II it's issue Of yesterday, The GAZETTE
printed g communication signed "Jus-
tice" that made a reasonable demand in
this: That wholesale allegation was un-
just, and that wrongdoers Of any class
should not be made g textIfor sermons OF
castigation to the entire class.
And in it's issue to-day THE GAZETTE
prints the reply OF one OF the complain
ants that offers reasonable explanation
of why the demands of "Justice" were
impracticable under the circumstances.
The GAZETTE was asked for space by
the fuel dealers for q reply to these CON-
plants, and accorded it, but the reply
was not sent. The columns of THE GA
ZETTE are open to the dealers for & pint
reply and defense.
But oil that can be accomplished by
public complaint has been accomplished.
Complaint Of shortage in any purchase, rs
"Justice" claims, is reflection upon all
dealers, and, unless the dealers de-
sire space in THE GAZETTE for reply,
We fail to see where justice Or good cen
be attained in further public discussion
or complaint.
The people have remedy in their own
hands. II any dealer, Willingly or IN
Willingly, perpetrates wrong or his cns-
toner ard refuses to rectify it On COM
PLANT, boycott him; for the right TO accord
or deny one's patronage to any man is The
reserved right OF each individual in the
land No unlawful combination is neces-
sary 20 this, end it is the privilege of
every man to trade with whom be chooses.
There is truth in what is said by both
"Justice" and 50. NJ. H." and those who
have cause OF complaint should apply the
remedy suggested and pstronize those
only who Will correct all mistakes on
complaint. And il purchasers 90 not
prefer such complaint TO the dealer they
cannot expect rectification of any mis-
take by such dealer. The remedy IS with
the people themselves.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
An MAIGRANTS, HOME

The people and the railroads of Texas
have inaugurated a movement that will
result in bringing hundreds of rhous-
ands of immigrants TO Texas, and, as the
center of the great trunk lines OF the
state, Fort Worth must necessarily be-
come the distributing point OF st least
seventy FIVE per cent. Of these home.
seekers. Fort Worth, it occurs to TIE
GAzETTE. should not only provide for
the comfort OF those who must ses
Texas homes via this city, but through
such provision attract to this
place every immigrant coming into the
state under the impulse CT this movement
of the railroads and people.
At a slight cost Fort Worth can erect
an Immigrants Home, wherein families
may lay over and do their own cooking I'M
I'll they are ready to start for their new
Texas homes. With such provision as
this, advertised in ell the emigrant
centers OF the north and east,
Fort Worth would coon become
the grand distributing point of immigra-
ton, and the money expended in the city
by these families would be rich return for
the expense Of providing the warehouse
structure.
There will be sharp competition for
the benefits to be derived from this immi-
grafton movement and Fort Worth should
be early in the field with an announce
ment that IN this city are provided &C
ccmmodstions for the distribution Of the
people to any and ell points in the state
Prompt action can make Fort Worth the
gateway to the state for eli the thousands
who will now seek homes in Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
For the Gazette.
WOULDN'T THOU?

Woulds't thou have the world to love thee?
"A lily be with heart of fire,
With mind and soul forever free
From selfish thought and vain desire
Woulds't thou have the world to love thee?
BE as a dewdrop-puEe and chaste-
When it falls on flower and tree,
Where by sanbeams Its form is traced.
Woulds't thou have the world to love thee?
Be IS snowflake IN the air
That lightly floats DER land and sea
In fairy form and beauty rare.
Woulds't thou have the would to love thee? :
Be sunbeam and light LIES way.
With thy bright blue eyes that merrily
Sparkle all the live long day.
Woulds't thou have the world 10 love thee?
BE better, nobler than thy kind
Purity of hear, and thoughts the key,
FIuition of thy wish TO find.
Woulds't thou have the world to love thee?
Then be thou ever as thou art
Let not the sunbeam and the lily
Be puTer than thy mind and heart.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
the tariff many fine grades of torefo

the tariff many fine grades of foreie
wool are noHopoiized by the msnufsct-
urers OF EGgland, France sid rms
While the wool is kept out, she d q
wooden GOODS are brought il over q tar 4
wall OF more than 60 per cent. on the
value. Ii the tariff should be made pro-
hioitory, IS many Gespsiring protection
lists insist that i. ought 10 be. the wo
would still be kept out, and the SNUG
glers would fad more ways han one e
| reaching their customers # the whole
coast should be lined with guards.
By repeating the du les On wool the
| n G kets for WCoIen faorcs would be ex-
tended, and American wool spinners and
weaverS would receive : larger share Of
the prcd's Ct production Ia enhanced
| wages. II American wooden mapufsc-
turers should begin TO export their pro-
ducts TO iorelgn markets the imports OF
European WOQlans would decline
Americsn manufacturers would not only
control their OWE ms:kets, but they
would be able TO compete with their
European rivals N markets which the
t riff closes sgainst them. This
| IS witnessed in the trsde in
refined sugars, leather, boots and
shoes, cotton goods, machinery, neta
good, and other articles Of which the
raw material are free from tax. In some
OF these industries which thus succe ss-
fully compete with the ''pauper labor" Of
Europe the wages Of labor are among the
| highest fact which completely disposes
OF the assertions Of Mr.. Blaine apd 9TH r
| advocates OF the existing system OF tariff
| plumber, who ak: Chow are we to com
pete with Europe unless We get cheaper
labor than they have in Europe?"
The proof is that the well
paid skill and industry of Ameri
can worklngmen and their superior meth
DDS OF organization and production are
more than match for the i'll paid labor
OF European countries. All that is re-
quired IS to relieve them of the heavy
taxes on their raw materials and on the
necess&ries Of their families. AS for the
predictions Of the disastrous effects o.
free wool upon the sheep raisers, these
dire prophecies have been already utterly
disgrsced by the experience CT every in
dustrisl snd agricultural country In the
world, including our own.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
GreonviIle's Recent Fire.
GREENVILLH, I'm, Lee. 80, IScI
To the Editor of the Gazette.

GREENVILLR, len, Dec. 81, 1881.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
THE GAzETTE's type made your CORE
spondent commit several inaccuracies in
his report OF the fire here on the morning
of December q.
Mrs. Kate Hsle's building (two-story)
represented $500. instead CT $500, as the
|ype made me ssy. The name +.
"Rockwall" should have been J. F Sock
well, al old aud we'll known merchant
here. who, in addition TO e large dry
goods store, was interested in the brick
and also the drug store OF j
which were reported damaged, end
h L. Lowenstein is the correct name OF
the implement merchant reported badly
damaged. J. W. Little, manager Of the
alliance and grange grocery, sustained
damage to stock in $500, and not $4,000
as was made to say. In addition TO the
losses reported your correspondent has
since ascertsined that Dr.. +. E. Yoakum,
s well-known physician, hsd his Cface
with laboratory, chemical and surgical
appliances burned, valued at some $500
or more; the dental Office Of Dr.. S. j.
Duff, adj0infng, WAS also o complete
loss, some $500 or more. The two offices
were in the Balthrop corner building,
second story, lower part OF which was
occupied by L w. Welborne's dry goods
store. The dental rooms Of Delaney
Brothers, dentists, had their contents
also entirely burned; loss, from $500 to
S400.
GreenvilIe with her characteristic and
widely known grit and vim, Is undand ed
by her late losses, and pushes ahead just
as If nothing had occurred to mar some
what for the time (only) her wonted
progress and prosperity. 1t may be set
down es fact that the burned portion OF
the city will be rebuilt next spring.
C.C.J. /.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
THE HALF NOT TOLD.
The Fame of Fort Worth Must be Sprea
AhrnuA

The Fame of Fort Worth Must De spread
Abroad.
FORT WORTH, TEX, Jan. l, 1S6s.
To the Editor Of the Gazette.
Ihave always liked The GAZETTE, but
now am little disguised ct it. l know
i. has often attempted to tell all OF the
glories of Fort Worth. but 1t could not,
and the half was never told. It has told
much, but more remains to be heard.
After leaving the LAST suburbs CT Dallas
behind, the air became purer, the seen
cry more beautiful, and the passenger
more happy It WAS like moving out OF
frog pond into some isncied scene IN
fairylend. And, when l caught the first
view Of the Fort, lying q few miles west
Of me with the morning SUI glisterlng on
lis thousands OF houses, l could easily
have believed 1 bsd been transferred
into some fsir land unknown to oil but
fairies. thought Fort Worth, Ike Dali
Las, Wss stuck up in the black mud, 80
YOU can easily imagine my surprise ct
indipg it On high hill or hills with
hard, dry foundation CT gravisa color.
would suggest that The GAZETTE ley
aside all mock modesty aad boldly pro-
cisin the greatness Of its naive city
Lift ND your voice and CRY aloud unto the
deniz.ns Ct the crowded east and leE
them understand your wonderful chances
for fame and fortune, and every train en-
tering your city will be crowded with
anxious home seekers. Spread the good
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
FOR FORT WORTH.

In April Of this year the people OF Fort
Worth will be called upon to chose G
Msyor CT the city Scr two years following.
In the selection Of this official and of the
eight Aldermen, to be also chosen at that
time, the people Of Fort Worth should be
actuated by common resolve to elect
only such men ss are for Fort
Worth. THE GAZETTE addresses Itself
to Gil the people of the city, and
to no one class of the people. Every man
whose home is in Fort Worth-every man
whose property is in Fort Worth, every
man who is in Fort Worth to make q
home or accumulate property, has O
common interest in this April election.
The coming two years will be pregnant
of good or i'll to this city, and in that
time Its destiny will be largely determ-
ined. The municipal government will
be potent for veal or woe, and all the
people should, with one voice, resolve
on government that will not only
give business attention and control
to our public affairs, but whose person
ell ehell be guarantee and proclamation
to all home seekers and investors outside
of Fort Worth that this city is wisely and
periodically governed.
The interests of the city ere the inter-
ests of every citizen, and these interests
demand the very best men for Mayor
and aldermen. Glass interests
and bummerism should be
relegated to the resr, and all good men OF
every class should unite 10 put none but
the best men in charge Of the city's GOV
eminent. II there ever was time when
Fort Worth required brains and patriot
ism and public spirit to direct it, that
time is the present. The petty demsgogue
is abroad, the hummer is alert, the
sycophant and the barnacle are at work,
and the good people must begin to resolve
their action TO common and united pur
pose. The votes OF good men should not
be divided in city or ward, aud the gooo
men are those whose welfare is to be ad-
vsnced by business like, patriotic and
progressive conduct of aff.irs; and in
this the interest of the day laborer and OF
the millionaire are identical.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02

SAN ANTONIO modestly reaches out for
one OF the Democratic conventions this
year, and she should have it. II & Demo-
crs:ic convention were held in the Alamo
City where the people there could see
that officers ruled and laws were made by
the grace OF free peoples voice, they
would understand the institutions OF the
country and perhaps study them, and
stop organizing crusades against the true
ideas Of the American government. Let
one Of the conventions go there, even if
the rangers have to be called in to pro-
tect 1t.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
Indieputable Facts About Wso,.
Philadelphia RecorC


Great Britain, France and Germany are
the three great wooden manufacturing
countries OF Europe, and they are the
three great importers Ct wool At the
same time they are among thh larges
producers Of sheep, and they oil admit
wool free Of duty. According to the latest
comparative wool statistics the sheep
product OF Great Britain and Ireland is
2S,s55, 240 under absolute free trade
against a 1850, 5l4 in the vast territory
of this country under the boasted
system of protection. France has
22.6l6,547 sheep, and Germany has
l9,lS9,7l5. With unlimited command OF
the markets of the world for free raw ma
terisls these countries are the largest ex-
porters of wooden good. On the other
hand, countries like the United States,
that handicap their wooden industries
with tax on the raw materials, cannot
compete successfully with their rivals
either in their own OR foreign markets.
But how comes it that the gloomy pre-
dictiops of the protectiOnists or this coun-
try in regard TO free wool have not been
realized by the Isheepraisers OF the free
wool countries of England, France and
Germany? The lands in those countries
are as dear ss in ours,
and the sheep, at least, are
no more epaupers" than are the sheeo
that browse upon the river bottoms OF
Ohio, the mountain ranges of Colorado Or
the plains of T.xss. Why DO not the
farmers of protective France and protec-
tive Germany demand tue imposition OF
duties ON wool in order to prevena the
ruin OF their sheep industries? Because
they know that the free importation Ct
foreign woods, for mixing, in order to
produce all varieties of goods, increases
the demand for the domestic clip; be-
cause they know that if taxes should be
imposed upon Australian. Sou hAmerlcsa,
Russian and other foreign woods. many
German and French manufactures would
be obliged to close their doors, and that,
in consequence, the prices Of their own
wool product would decline.
Every reason that impels the manuffct-
uring nations OF Europe to admit wool
rec Of outy spplies with equal force to
this country. Under the operation OF