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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-19

In Georgetown, D. G., in humble
cottage which rents for $40 month,
lives the only surviving grandchild OF
Thomas Jefferson. Her name ls Mrs.
Septimia Randolph Mickleham, widow
of David S, Meikleham, long since
dead. She is now in her 10th year,
o cultured, amiable, venerable old
lady, with two daughters and one son
in Ler household.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-19
IT'S point long to know,
Oft It causes anxious thought
Do love the Lord orno.
Am I His or am not?

Long to know do you? Why do you not
find out! Go to work for God and you will
very soon find out The man who is all the
time feeling of his pulse and looking at his
tongue to see whether it IS coated is morbid
and cannot be physically well. The doctor
will say: "Go out into the fresh air and into
active life, and stop thinking OF yourself and
you will get well and strong" SO there are
people who are watching their spiritual
symptoms. and they call it self-examination
and they get weakler and sicklier in their
faith all the time. Go out and do some thing
nobly Christian. Take holy exercise and
then examine yourself, and, instead of New.
toms saturnine and bilious hymn that first
quoted, you will sing Newton's other hymn:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

May, Sc 50.
Cash quotations.:
Wneat-No. sOring, 81 oOh. o
CoTn-No. 2, j1l.c-
GorE-Sll %.
LarI-E6 31G6 s2H.
Short ribs sides-,5 50.
Dry settled shoulders (Boxed)-s5 6?1as5 10.
Short clear sideS-SJ gOGJ %.
ST. LOUIS WOOL MARKET.
ST LOUIS, Mo. Oct. 25.-Wool - Receipts
IS, SIS lbs. Market unchanged.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
Special to the Gazette.
Boston, MASS, Oct. 25.-Wool meets with
a good demand at full prices. but buyers are
slow to respond to any further advance.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Oct. 5.-Cattle-Receipts sos
shipments. 400. Steady. Good TO fancy native
steers. 81 4Od4 90; fair to good, 50 s0GG As;
stockers and fee lers, 81 1913 10; Texans and
Indians. 81 SO62 40.
Hogs - Receipts. 25OO; shipments, 20o
Steady Prices ranged, 81 70d4 10.
Sheep-Receipts, 3j0; shipments. 700. Marke.
strong. Good to choice. 81 OOG4 so.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Oct. 25.-Cattie-RecaiDt,
600: shipments, 200. Market good for strong:
others weak. Steers, So 4,d4 %; stockers and
feeders, 81 40G3 40; range steers, 81 U0a2 70.
HOgs-Receipts, Ii. coo; shipments, 50JJ Mar
ket l0c lower. All grades, So 25a4 90.
sheep-.Receipts, 800; shipments, 200. Mar
ket steady. Good to choice muttons, 81 Ola
80; stockers and feeders, 81 55a4 %.
New YORK, Oct 5.-Beeves-Receipts, 1000;
shipments, 1000. Market about steady. Steers.
81 75a2 s.; Texans, 81 2OdS 40; rangers, S! 5Oe
Hogs-Receipts, q. 600: shipments, 5000. MAJ
lfet advanced shade frmer. Rough and COM
mon heavy, So 70G3 80; best mixed, 81 00Gj Ol;
prime heavy and butcher weights, s. 2OG3 q;
light, 81 10.
sheep-Receipts, 200. Natives. 81 coal 81;
Texans, 81 Is; Westerns, 81 65 %.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
A Conductors Close Call.
Special to the Gazette.

SALISBURY, Tex, Oct. 2d.-Finch Hodges,
conductor on the Denver ana Fort Worth road.
while jumping from the caboose OF freight
train at this station this morning. missed his
footing and was dragged between the platfor m
and the wheels OF the train His left foot was
cut off aud he was badly bruised about the head
and body. He was put on board the pas senger
train and the company physician at Childress
accompanied him to Wichita Falls. His escape
from instant death was almost miraculous.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
Special 70 the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS La. Oct. 25.-AtwOOd, Violet
Court of Appeals-Tyler.

srecial TO the Gazette.
TYLER, TEX, Oct 25.-The court of appeals
in session to-day transacted business as follows:
Reversed and remanded-McCollum VS.. State,
from Cooke; Mossey VS.. State, from Parker;
Carr VS.. State, from Titus; Leeper VS.. State,
from CoryeI; johnson VS.. State, from Lime
stone: Andrews VS.. State, from Ia rant; Field
VS.. State. from Morris; Counts vs.. State, from
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.
EXCHANGE AT NEW ORLEANS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Bonds and stocks closed
at the following prices bid:
BONDS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
THE GAZETTE. FORT WORTH TEXAS. SUNDAY. OCTOBER &c

Titus; Walton vs.. State, from Wood; Pitts VS..
State from Jack.
Affirmed-Texas and Pacific Railway VS..
Mays, from Tarrant; North Side Street Railway
Company VS.. Nestor, from Tarrant: Wilson VS..
Bowie.
Appeal disrnissed-Jones VS.. State, from
nrx-ia
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
New York Banks-Receipts and Shipments.

Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The Commercial Bulletin
says fifteen banks have received from the inte-
rior this week 1854 600. and shipped to the inte-
rior 81 s6. go, loss of 81 222 900. Receipts Of
currency have been chiefly from neighboring
cities. Shipments have been to the West and
South, chiefly in small lots.
The Chronicle reports loss to banks by inte-
rior movement of 81 03S, coo, and a loss by sub
treasury operations OF 81 l60, 900. Total loss of
s.. 36S. 900.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
ON CHANGE.

Spot Cotton Fractions and Futures
from One to Four Points Lower.
Wheat Opened Weak, Fluctuated Narrowly
and Closed at Decline-Coffee and
Wool Markets Unchanged.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
Fell from an Electric Light Pole.


TERRELL, TEX, Oct. 25 Mr.. Ed. Futrell,
working for the electric light company, fell
from electric light pole yesterday, by his
foot slipping, and was badly mashed up. He is
getting along pretty fair to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
FINANCIAL.
~ - ~ SA-hA<s
BRITISH CONSOLS.

BRITISH CONSOLS.
Special to the Gazette.
LONDON, Oct. 25.-Consols closed, "a 9-1s for
money; for silver, +Shs
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
RECEIPTS AT UNITED STATES PORTS.
GALVESTON, tx, Oc.. Is.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE SPOT
MARKETS.
Special to the Gazette
GALVESTON. TEX, Oct. q. The following ara
the closing quotations for cotton on the spot to-
day at the leading markets, together with tia
closing tor middling yesterday, with to-day's
Gala
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
NEW ORLEANS SPOT.

RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS AT ALL UNITED
STATES PORTS.
GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. Is.
Special to the Gazette.
Receipts thus far this week ...... 1871
Receipts same time last year. As ,0I9
Receipts this day ..... ............. -.....
Receipts this day last year..............
Total receipts thus far this 49,. l. $50 25S
Total receipts thus far last season.. l. 6ls 374
Difference ......... .......-.... ...... 40, sS4
Exports to Great Britain. ............ -.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
To Measure the Speed of Trains.

An ingenious contrivance for indicating
the speed of railway trains is French in
vention. The apparatus consists of simply
putting in play cord giving normal
musical note Connected with this is an
arm carrying a stylus which. marks its
vibrations upon piece of paper covering
Ali this mechanism ia In small box
which can easily be placed among the bal
last between the sleepers, and which be-
gins to register the moment a train reaches
it and begins to pass over it. Additional
features consist Of tubes secured to three
wooden pedals placed along the outside of
one of the rails. When the wheel passes
q pedal little cork button placed in hole
in the pedal is forced down, and the air
which Is compressed raises valve and
sets spring vibrating.
The wheel acts similarly upon the other
pedals, and the result is that three marks
are made upon the cylinder, which indi-
cate The beginning, the middle aud the end
of the operation. The three pedals are
two meters part, SO that there is spa 20
of six meters covered by the system. The
speed of the train is then determined by
the number of vibrations indicated. which,
through the known number of vibrations
DER second given BY the n ,ical note, car
be readily ascertained. as the more rapidly
the train runs over the distance between
the pedals the smaller will be the number
of vibrations traced ON the cylinder. Con-
venient tables are prepared showing to
the practical observer the exact relation
the readings have to the speed --Phalodet-
phaG Record.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
A Trick Of q Lawyer.

A few days since famous lawyer sat in
his shirt sleeves in his inner Office, with
his feet on window sill and cigar in
the corner of his mouth, at 1890 in the
morning. People came to see him at short
intervals and they were all told that he
was engaged in an important conference
uptown, but that he would be at the Office
between IL and /. At 10 o'clock the law
yer had finished his cigars. got through
with the papers and narrowly escaped fall.
ing asleep half dozen times. At the
stroke of the clock remarkable change
came over him.
He pulled on an alpaca coat, brushed
his hair back from the bullying forehead,
buttoned the coat up severely to the neck
and sat down in his consulting room, sur
rounded by ponderous tones and legal
documents. All the people who had been
to see him that day crowded into the Office
at 10 o'clock and patiently waited for
chance to speak to the great man. ALI
were impressed by the tremendous rush of
business in hand. The outer room was
crowded to suffocation. At o'clock the
last of the callers had been disposed of and
the statement went forth that the lawyer
could see no one else until 10 o'clock the
next day. 1t is quite trick and have NO
doubt that it is practiced extensively
Blakely Halls Neao York Letter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Abandoned, but Saved

The following pathetic fox story comes
from England:
A fox was fairly hallooed from hiding
place amid ledge Of rocks-bigh, &c.
Guided and inaccessible, yet withal con-
veniently enough situated for those
nightly raids by which she had laid half the
hen roosts in the district under repeated
contribution As the hounds were at
hand, the felon bounded away through the
bushes, distancing her pursue1s in the
first instance and holding out the promise
of days excellent sport. These exer-
tons, however, were too violent to be
long continued and the hunters knew
from the increased yelling of the pack
that it was gaining upon the enemy every
moment
At this juncture gentleman who rode
foremost in the chase observed the animal
pause, look around aud then bound away,
apparently with fir, sh vigor and greatly
increased speed. Attracted by this cir
cumstance he rode up to this spot, and
there found very young cub. which the
affectionate mother had carried at least
two miles in her teeth, ard which she old
not abandon till the Very last extremity.
Situated as they were, the party had no
means of restoring the cub but as re-
ward for the q ielity of the mother, the
whipper in was Immediately ordered to
call of the dogs and recommends the
sports of the day in totally different
Exchanges.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Little Emily's Versi m.

Little Emily belongs to a family where
there is great deal Of talk about Labor"
and "the rights of the workingman." Her
father, who is respectable workingman
himself, once left place where he had
daily labor because the lady Of the house
said to him, innocently: Your master
would like to have you clean out the fur
mace this morning."
81 cal no man master" said the irate
workman and thereupon demanded his
wages and departed
Emil; had heard this incident proudly
dilated on in many family council, and
had learned her lesson we'll. One morn
ing she sat on the front steps. playing
with her little dog, when gentleman ap-
preached.
"Ah, that's pretty dog" said he.
Eyes, sir, said Emily, proudly, strok-
ing Fido's long curls.
''And are you his little mistress p
The indignant color flashed into her face.
"No.sir," said she, in a ringing voice,
I'm not Fidn's mistress. Im just his
employerl"-Youths Companion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Difficult Men to Find.

should say that the two Rockefellers,
John D. and William, and Henry M. Flag
Ter, are the hardest men in New York for
stranger TO get at. They are the princi-
pal men in the great Standard Oil combi-
nation, and when they are in the city are
daily at the palatial offices in the Standard
Oil building near the foot of Broadway.
The visitor to this building is received
with the utmost suavity and courtesy, and
every attention will be given to him If he
goes on business but, though he can with
out difficulty see the secretaries of the
millionaires named, he may go 1000 times
without ever being able to see either one
of the three named. 1t is little strange
that they should be SO very averse to
seeing strangers, unless they are afraid of
being imposed upon. for all three of them
are exceptionally liberal men outside Of
business transactions. John d. Rockefel-
ler's favorite line of benefcence seems to
be giving checks to churches and other
religious institutions. = Cor. augusta
Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Sunday on Boston Common.

One of the most striking things is the
sight which is presented by Boston Com
mon on Sunday afternoon. 1t is coming
to be grand rendezvous for cranks of all
sorts. The salvation army holds it's meet
ings here; there are lectures on the faith
cure, ON the single tax, on astrology and
on socialism, with all varieties of orators,
who must speak or die Of inward imitation.
There is mixture of hymns, of turgid
eloquence, of wild defamation, of argu-
ment, which it would puzzle the editor of
a prize conundrum column to make head
or tail out of; the singing of psalm tunes
and the humping Of holy tambourines
and the waving OF gospel banners, the
smoke of vile tobacco and the sound of
Strauss waltzes from the band stand. It
is wonderfully orderly for such motley
gathering, but, souls of the Puritans
what would the cody forefathers say
could they but return with earthly eyes to
behold the spectacle Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09

The wool and sheep industry OF the
Argentine Republic has reached enormous
figures. There are now in that country
nearly 100000 of sheep, producing
about $4,000 tons of wool, valued at
945, O0O, 900. OF the wool exports from
the Argentine Republic. Germany takes
upwards OF one-fourth, Belgium about
ons-fourth, France upwards of forty per
cent, the United States only $500, 600
worth, and Great Britain 81 600, 900 worth.
The wool is Oil shipped In the dirt. one
third being wool and two-t thirds dirt, so
that, when figured down to hard pan, the
product of the II, O00, 600 sheep is less
than 1O0, 200, 600 pounds Of washed wool.
AS q wool producing country, these fig
ures place the Argentine Republic below
the United States. Even In our census OF
1880 our product of washed wool from
10000, 900 sheep was nearly 100, 0OO, 900
pounds The Argentine sheep yield an
average Of only one and half pounds OF
clear wool to the fleece, while those of the
United States yield almost four pounds to
the fleece. The wool shipped TO the
United States was almost exclusively the
Cordcva carpet wool, 1t being the only
class that could be pro6tably sent under
our tariff law.-.Ex.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
A Very Good Reason

Druggists who are selling Smiths Tonic
Syrup, made by DR.. John Bull, of Louis
vile, KY wonder that it's sales increase
so rapidly. At first, they began to buy a
quarter or a half dozen, bus found that
amount was sometimes sold in a single
day, and now they say they are obliged to
buy In half gross and gross lots in order to
keep a supply on hand. There Is very
good reason why Smiths Tonic Syrup
should sell so we'll. There is not much
newspaper advertising done, but it adver-
tises itself. Every bottle used is an ad-
vertisement, for it does exactly what 1t is
expected to do. 1t will break up the chills
and fever in less time than any other drug
It will prevent and quickly cure colds, in
eueDzs, Ia grippe, etc. In fact, 1t can be
substituted for quinine in every instance,
and with better satisfaction, for it's effect
Is more certain and reliable, and it never
le ayes the unpleasant effects that quinfne
sometimes does-Marton Co. Signal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09

The amazing solicitude of some poll
ticians over the suppression Of the negro
vote in the South, and the consequent lack
of negro representation in Congress, is q
mere subterfuge under cover Of which
Congress is asked to pass law which will
place the control Of congressional elections
In the hands Of the party in power at
Washington. In the fourteen Northern
States, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Mime
sofa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, Nevada. North Dakota, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and
Washington, in which the Democrats cast
total vote for congressman Of 684, 987,
they have not . single representative In
Congress and yet nobody thinks OF talk
ing about the suppression of the Demo-
cratic vote In the North. Under any sys-
tenn Of popular government the vote Of the
minority e suppressed for the time being.
That il the meaning Of majority ruls.
"A HgeTi6G,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Mail For a Grave.

There was received at the postoiice on
the morning of one memorial day, wreath
of flowers that had come by mail some dis
lance. The tag bore the requisite amount
of post age stamps and the address, ITO
the grave of John Smith, Bowers, N. "
1t is very unusual thing to receive par
eel addressed to q dead man or his grave,
and the officials naturally were puzzled to
know what to do with the wreath They
had no presidents to go by, so, after due
deliperation, postman was sent out with
the wreath. Accompanied by second
official, who could affirm, if trouble arose,
that the parcel had been rendered. he
marched to the grave and waited awhile to
see if a claimant for the wreath would
come. No one appeared, of course, and as
they were not authorized to leave it,tt was
returned to the office. The wreath was
presumably consigned to the dead parcel
department Albany Argus.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Wasted Energy.

The train for Cleveland was pulling out
and Lad gained considerable Roadway
when there came whiz and the sound of
splitting wind as man with tall silk
hat crushed down on his ears dashed
through the gate. He carried two big
valises, but they were apparently as light
as feathers, for they did not interfere with
his mad rush after that train. He fairly
flew along the platform, and the brakeman
on the car was SO busy looking at girl in
the window of the National hotel that he
did not see him. The crowd yelled and
whooped: sect there, old man |" "Pull
for it hard !" you'll make it if you don't
fall deadl' and hundred such aggra-
waiting remarks. The man made an heroic
effort, but he didn't have the legs, and the
brakeman didn't see him thus he missed
the train. He came slowly back to the
gates, put down his grips, mopped his face
and remarked:
swell, I'll be bowed" He didn't say
blowed, but let 1t 60 at that.
"Had lively rum" said meek and
lowly gatemaD.
"Rathar. Just my luck, though, to miss
that train. Why, wouldn't have missed
that train for $780,"
'.Where were you goingi' once more
asked the gentleman with ginger colored
whiskers.
Lafayette. have an important en-
gagement there tonight"
"Well, you can keep it."
"Hey2"
''The train you were chasing goes to
Cleveland. The Lafayette train don't
start for eight minutes yet. There it
stands"
The drummer didn't say a word. He
gathered his grips and climbed aboard the
car, while the faintest bit Of smile how
cred about the meek and lowly gateman's
chops. -Isdsan0polis Nesos.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
Budding and Grating Cause Of Short
Lived Trees.

notice in the Journal of May 1st, an
able written article from the pen OF w..
Jennings. of Georgia, headed "Degeneracy
of the Pear Tree" Mr.. J. seems to think
that the cause of the present short life OF
the pear tree is from impure stock
and grating on impure stock. The
whole upshot of the business is, grating
is what has done the work and is 80 eff
fectually killing off the pear tree. This is
progressive age. sold fruit trees one
year for J. C. M, of Tyler, and about the
first question that was asked me by man
who intended to buy was-"How long be-
fore the trees will bear? Men nowadays
want to put out trees and the next year
gather crop of fruit; they can't wait
for seven years after planting seed for
fruit, as they did fifty years ago. You
cannot get good seeding from grated
tree, but take the seed from good Seeding
and plant it where it is to stand and you
will have good tree, not apt to be trou-
bled by blight, disease and decay.
The peach and apple are growing shorter
lived every year, from the pernicious habi:
of budding and grating exclusively. The
pear and apple each have five seed cells,
the bloom having five pistils, or pistil to
every seed cell, and about five stamens to
each pistil No man ever grated or bud
ded tree without implanting in it the
seeds of decay and death. When budded
or grated they will grow, but nature is
nature, and her best fruit, her richest leg
acy, is when nature is not interferred with.
The pear tree was among the trees
"whose seed was in ITSELF" and its longev-
ity is shortened ever time you try to force
nature out of her regular course. Much
has been done and can be done by graft
ing, budding, etc., but for the result to the
tree in it's early decay, trust grating every
time against everything else. have put
out several orchards, and find that a seed
ling tree will live and do we'll, while its
neighbor, budded or grated one, sickens
or dies. The whole, sole cause Of the
"degeneracy" of the pear tree is grating
and budding. God never intended it, in
the general economy Of nature. that a
limb cut off and put into the ground
should produce a tree like unto one that
grows from the seed. So, Mr.. Jennings,
and others who want good orchard, here
is the way to get it Put out an orchard
of grated fruit forty feet apart each way,
then plant seed between them, thus max
ing them twenty by twenty feet; your
grated fruit bears early, and when they
die your seedlings will be bearing, and
they will be forty feet apart and you will
have an orchard that your great, great
grand children can eat fruit off of, and
wonder who planted the trees.
In my next, will give you my method
of pruning, and what I do it with, and
when l prune.-B. z. H., Smith co..
TEXAS, in Southern Horticultural Journal.