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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
General and Personal.

Work on the foundations OF the Texas
and Pacific's new shops is progressing
General Livestock Agent Sam Hunt OF
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, has
gone South.
Fort Worth and Denver at Dallas, was in
the city yesterday.
H. T. keenan,, general agent of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy left for
the South yesterday.
B. NJ. Thompson, general agent of the
G. G. G. c., Is in the city, having just
returned from the South.
G. H. Boardman, travelling passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, is back home again.
F. S. Pussy of Denver, COL, and q
prominent railroad contractor, is IN the
city guest at the Pickwiok.
NJ. NJ. Jewett, livestock agent of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, went out
iuto the cattle country yesterday.
The Fort Worth and Denver has no
cause to regret having put on the local
train to Wichita Falls. 1t is doing a
good business.
Railroads up the country are testing
snow plows, while down here a man s
pants would be scorched If he sat down
on steel rail. That's just the differ
ence.
The cattle business is keeping the rail-
roads busy and there appears to be no
let up to the long trains coming in. The
Texas and Pacific from Fort Worth to
Big Springs is dotted with cattle trains.
Tomorrow morning at 2;55 'clook
the first fast train thr ough from Fort
Worth to st. Louis with out change will
leave the Union depot. 1t will mark q
new era in Southern pas senger service.
Large quantities of cross ties from the
mills of East Texas and Louisiana are
going west over the Texas and Pacific for
the Sonora, Sinola and Durango road
now being built from Deming, n. NJ. :,
into Old Mexico.
The best news about the Fort Worth
and Albuquerque road is that the grad
ing forces are pushing their way to
Springtown at lively rate. The iron
horse will be among the fert lie fields of
North Parker to haul their cotton to
market.
Maj. F. NJ. Burrows of Fort Worth, a
prominent business man, and who is also
interested in railroads in that section, is
in the city, visiting and looking over the
field. He speaks very highly Of this city
and its prospects, and may invest here.
= FL Paso Herald.
1t is the usual thing now to see long
trains of palace or stable cars filled with
cattle going over the railroads, and tits
a rare thing TO see trainload of cattle
in any other kind of car. Railroads will
have to improve their stock cars or they
will have no use for them in that line of
business. The palace car is here to stay
to q dead certainty.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
Y. II. c. A.
Annual Meeting of the Texas Association
at Marshall.
Special to the Gazette.


Special TO the Gazette.
MARSHALL, Ten, April 18.-The an
nual convention of the Young Men 8
Christian association was held in this city
yesterday. The state executive commit
tee met at the association rooms at 80
o'clock and at the same hour at the lee
ture room of the NJ. E. Church South, a
service of prayer was conducted by Rev.
H. G.. Scuddav, pastor. At night the
meeting was opened by Judson B. Pal
mer of Galveston, chairman. Devotional
exercises were conducted by Rev. j. NJ.
G.. Breaker, pastor of the First Baptist
church of this city. The address of well
come was delivered by William Bradburn
of Marshall and was responded to by J
B Palmer of Galveston. An address on
the aim of the Y. NJ. G. A. was delivered
by F. H Jacobs, state secretary Of Y.
NJ. G.. A. of Missouri.
After this meeting a prayer service by
the young men was held, the object be-
ing to pray that the executive committee
might decide best in choosing a state
secretary.
out to-day:
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 10.
Prayer service-For the descent of the
Holy spirit on the convention, Judson
B. Palmer, Galveston.
Permanent organization. 4
Reports-(a) State executing commit
tee, Thomas Conyngton, Galveston,
chairman; II. G. Damon, SAorsicana,
treasurer. CO. Association not ex-
ceeding two minutes.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Paper-How can our associations in
terest and draw in Fsooiety' young
men, w. NJ. Lewis, Waco.
Bible reading-George s. Fisher, state
secretary of Kansas.
Paper-The mistake of employing an
amateur general secretary, Thomas CO.
nyngton, Galveston.
Paper-The Bible training class, J. P.
Jackson, Dallas.
Paper-How to successfully organize
and MAINTAIN working committees, D.A.
Gordon, Houston.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Song service-ReY. H. G. Scudday,
d. D., Marshall.
Address-Stats work, its scope and
object, George S. Fisher, state secretary
of Kansas.
Address-A well constructed character
the only guarantee of success, Rev. A.
P. Smith, d. D., Dallas.
Large crowds attend the meetings and
the delegates all seem happy and well
pleased with the city and their reception
generally.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
RUSSELL SAGE TALKS.
He is Queried About the Gould-yanderbilt
Affairs, and Anticipates an Early Set
Element of the Difficulties.

He is Oueried About the Gould Vanderbilt
Affairs, and Anticipates an Early Set
Element of the Difficulties.
Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, April ia reporter
called this morning upon Russell Sage in
search of information regarding the out
look for a settlement Of the difficulties be-
tween the Gould and Vanderbilt interests
in the West. Mr.. Sage said that he was
not at liberty to say what progress had
been made in the direction of a settle
ment, or to state the basis on which ne
gotiations between the conflicting inter
ests are proceeding. He returned, how
ever, very prompt affirmative answer
to the question: care you as firmly
convinced now as you were a week ago
that the settlement will be effected?''
As to how soon the settlement is likely
to be brought about, what interests will
be Immediately affected, and what gen.
eral effect upon the market its accom-
plishment would produce, Mr.. Sage de-
clined to hazard prediction.
"What is the present general situa-
ton, and what is the immediate future
of the market?'' was asked.
CAN have got to say as to the future
Of the market is that it will be governed
by two things-legislatIon of congress on
the silver bill and the prospect of the
settlement of the Gould and Vanderbilt
difficulties.
'And are you hopeful that the latter
will not be long delayed?" the reporter
asked.
"'I am Mr.. Sage replied, adding,
"Mr. Gould will be home again in the
beginning of the week.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
A General strike Threatened.

NEW YORK, April 18.-Speoials fro N
Albany, Lockport and other points on
the New York Central railroad, state q
threatened general strike of employees of
the road seems to be imminent. The
chief grievance IS against General Super
intendent Voorhees,, who Is accused of
disoharging men, reducing wages and
lengtheniug the hours of work. The first
aggressive step was taken by men yes
terday, when the firemen refused to
operate the switches at remote places
where fiagmen s services had been dis =
pensed with.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19

railroad would always listen TO any
grievances their employees might have.
The conference between the superin-
tendent OF the Pennsylvania railroad
and his employees this morning was very
satisfactory. Mr.. Pitcairn says his men
employed on the road will do what is
right by the company. Chairman Haw-
ley OF the local grievance committee Is
authority for the statement that the
strike will not be ordered to-day. He
thinks the matter will be adjusted with
out Tesorting to radical measures.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
"PunchinE.B'

There is big difference between the
present method of conducting the passen-
ger business and the method in vogue in
the past. It has not been great while
since certain railroad was fined by q
passenger association for holding one Of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19

its trains back IN order to catch the
atrical company, but now such practices
are becoming common. This is what
street car companies call punching -
that is, laying back on the time of other
oars-and is generally punished by lay
off of the driver and conductor, but
steam railroads seem 20 indorse the limo
walton especially when it is local line
that iapAnched.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
Roge Mem on Tor Rusk.

Special to the Gazette.
MINEoLA, TEX, April lS.-An excur-
sion party composed of flfty-three mem
bers of the "Jim Hogg Democratic
clup' left here this afternoon for Rusk
to hear Gen. Hogg make his opening
campaign speech there to- morrow.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
T,censy-Eighs and oHe-Half Hours to ST.


A new train on the Texas and Pacific
railway, commencing Sunday, April 20,
reduces the time between Fort Worth and
st. Louis to twenty eight and Qpa If
hours. This train will leaSH worth
at 2:55 q. IN. daily Tisilsf via Sher-
man, Paris and, EAk fkaha, and arrive
in ST. Louis st 80 q i. m. the following
day. PntlznRn combination cars will be
q fsEsure OF the service, and these will
be open at Fort Worth from 8 p. m.
daily for the benefit of passengers wish
ing TO retire before the train leaEes.
Secure sleeping car accommodations and
full information from C. d. LUsK,
Ticket Agent Union Depot.
J. T. ZURN,
City Ticket Agent. Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
Proposea to MARRY the eirl.

EpecihI 10 Inc OHLctke. 80
PARIS, TEX, April 1S.-Jackson VIZ
son was arrested to-day for the seduction
of Allie Cuington. Both parties move in
''high colored society," ana after the
arrest Wilson wanted to compromise by
marrying the girl, but the matter has
not been arranged yet. He is in jail in
default of $500 bond.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
Capt. Couch Growing Worse.

OKLAHOMA CITY, I. t., April 49,
Capt. Couch is hourly growing wesee
and upon consultation of eminent hgai-
clans it has been decided to ampuskte lbs
leg. Adams, mis- assailant, hE bee4
turned over to the military ureoritie4
There Is considerable feeling in shs ms&
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19

Gordon & Dilworth g pressfFe 6fiYes
and full line of table deiiEaCfes at the
Fort Worth Ggaese 6s. =
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19

Water coolers from 81. so to So. Alaska
refrlgeratorsS from SO to sl3-thIs is the
best-at h. r. b., Twelfth and Main.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

A teaspOonful of granulated sugar moistened with pure vinegar will gen. orally remedy that annoying complaint, hiccough.
 Three simple meals day and daily labor, warm clothing, sufficient food, sun and air are the main conditions upon which health can be enjoyed.
 An old recommendation often given young housekeepers is to use tea leaves in sweeping carpets, but their use on delicate colors should be avoided, as they will surely stain light carpets.
 Silk, of all grades and colors, can be washed in clear water which is poured off from grated raw potatoes. Dip the pieces of silk in this water and wipe them on both sides with coarse towel.
 -One little dish alone, varied each day, of dainty preparation and inviting nature, with an accompanimento of bread and butter and relish, will do more to preserve the complexion than all the so- called ''plain food" under which our tables groan in un8sthetic superabun- dance.
 Hop Sirup.-Take four handfuls of hops, put in porcelain kettle with one quart of cold water, simmer to pint; pare and slice two lemons; put them in pitcher or bowl with one and half pounds of granulated sugar; then strain the pint of boiling hop-extract in the lemon and sugar, stirring till the sugar is thoroughly dissolved. This sirup is anodyne and eXpectorant, pleasant to take and excellent in disposing of a troublesome cough.-N. Y. Journal
 A wrong and over-indulgentc conduct of parents to children is the greatest cruelty to them; for if they never meet with 9 contradiction till they are of age to engage in the great concerns of life, how will they be able to sustain the disappOintmentS and mortifcations they must encounter in this world? But a perverse, injudicious manner Of cOntradioting and thwarting them, and very severe corrections for trifes. does them almost as much harm as a uni versal indulgence.
 -Russian Salad.-This consists Of boiled carrots, beets, turnips and pars- nips cut in small round pieces by means of tin cylinder, and inch-lengths ol boiled string beans. All the vegetables are separately boiled in salted boiling water, only, until tender, drained, and then immediately plunged into cola water to set their color; after they are dried upon a soft clean cloth they will be ready to dress like any vegetable salad, with salt, pepper. oil and vinegar. 2 This salad is excellent with any roast.- Household Monthly.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
HUMOROUS.

Hooker Crook (to um)-eSo you've been getting married during my ab- sence-who was best manP" Hen Peck (sorrowfully ly)-"Maria. "-Time.
 Waiter (at the club)-''There is a lady outside who says that her husband promised to be home early tonight. 7" All (rising) -'Excuse me moment."-l Boston Budget.
 Van Wallzer-''Ah, old man, bought new horse?" Van Rider-''Yes; spir- ited creature, don't you think sop Van Walker-"He is certainly rum-look- ing beast" "-Munsey's Weekly.
 Noisy Man ton railroad train, going west)-"Yes, siree, Bob. The place for the Worlds Fair of 1892 is Chicago, and don't you forget itr' Quiet Man Gin seat behind, as conductor enters) )-''C Conduct or, does this train stop at Chicago?"- N. Y. Weekly.
 -"Why have you such a complicated lock on your front door? A Burglar can get in just as easily with that as he could with simpler contrivance.' 5 That's very true. Any burglar can get in, but woe be unto him when he tries to get out. Why, it takes me four min utes to unfasten that door from the in- side. ."-N. Y. Sun.
 Managing Editor-'Did you pay the artist who illustrated that great poem, Christmas On imes,' on your first page?' Secretary-"Y sir Sent him a check for S250." ''Good. How much did you pay the engraver?" q sent him s75' "Yes Is any money left?' ''About seventeen cents." Every well; send it to the man who wrote the poem."- Philadelphia Record.
 -Traveler-''See here, my friend, noticed the way you threw that trunk around and smashed in four sides of it. "- Baggage Smasher-"Well, wot of it? A feller ain't got no time to handle de trunks wid gloves" Traveler-''Oh, that's all right; only I would like to make some arrangement with you. am trunk manufacturer, and business is little slack just nOw."-America.
 -Smith-"I am sorry, Jones, that I can't offer you any thing to drink" Jones-''Never mind me; it's good idea not to keep it in the house." But I do keep it in the house as general thing, but Parson Purewater, my wife's uncle, ProhibitioniSt lecturer, is vis- iting us, and" ''I see. You don't want to shock his sensibilities." Tt ain't that; he drinks it all up. The last drop went last night after his lecture. Tex as Siftings.
 -Brown-"How is it you are such a favorite everywhere you go?" White ''Oh, that's easy enough. Whenever any thing pleasant happens to me keep it to myself, so as to make nobody envious; but all my miseries and misfortunes I tell to every body who will hear me, and you can't imagine how happy they make every body I tell them to. They say, you know, that misery loves com pany. I don't know how that is, but company loves misery, every time. "- ROStOn TranScriOt
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
CROOKS AND JARS.
They Are Made of Potter's Clay and Mus
 Be Fashioned Carefully.

They Are Made of Potter's Clay and Must
 Be Fashioned Carefully.
 Stoneware is made of potter's clay, which is of bluish gray color, very heavy, free from grit, and found in many parts of the world. It is found in considerable quantities in Ohio, Vest ern Pennsylvania and Maryland. It is usually near the surface, just below the common yellow clay. A stratum of it ten to fifteen feet thick is not uncom- mon, and it is generally easily mined. Before it is ready for use it has to be ground in mill. Some mills have a combination of large knives and crush ing wheels, and are run by steam power. When the grinding is completed the clay is made into large, square blocks, and placed in cellar where they will keep moist. From here it is taken as needed and made into smaller balls, proportioned to the size of the crock or jar to be made.
 The turner takes one of these balls of clay and places it firmly on the center of his wheel" metal disk about eighteen inches in diameter, running horizontally, and worked with foot treadle. As the wheel revolves rapidly he dexterously fashions the ball of clay into the desired shape. By passing a fine wire between the bottom of the jar and the surface of the wheel, they are separated, and the jar is gently lifted and set on a board. When the board is full of jars it is taken to the drying room, where a regular network of scaf- folds holds up the boards full of ware.
 In few days the ware is dry enough to glaze inside, and to decorate or ''blue, /" as the workmen call it. This deco rating is sometimes done by hand with a camels hair brush, and also by the use of stencils cut out of sweat cloth. The ware is now ready for the kiln, which is built of stone and lined inside with bricks. It is about twelve or fifteen feet high, round, with arched CT conical top. At the bottom are the fues wher the fire is placed. When the kiln is full of ware the door is walled up and fire is sstarted underneath whichis gradually increased until the blaze comes out through the holes in the top of the kiln. This heat is intense; the "burning'' lasts about three days. Then the fire is allowed to die, and in a few days the ware can be removed.
 The outside glazing on stoneware is accomplished by throwing salt into the kiln just before the burning is com pleted. The inside glazing is a solution of slip clay" applied with force pump before the ware is burned.-Treasure Trove.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
QUARRYING ONYX.
How It Is Taken from the Mexican Mines
 in Blocks.

in Blocks.
 Some rare specimens of Mexican onyx and mosaic agate from Southern Mexico may be seen in one of the Coleman House parlors. They are the property of Will jam Cooper, a gentleman who has tray eled almost the entire globe. He has a passion for exploring and he found this beautiful collection in the volcano of Zempoaltepetl, in the extreme southern part of Mexico, one hundred and eighty miles south from the nearest station on the Mexican railroad.
 Mexican onyx is a form of stalagmite, and it's colors are formed of oxides of metals in the earth over the caves through which calcareous water passes. Gold is represented by purple, silver by yellow, iron by red, copper by green and arsenic and zinc by white. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have almost destroyed the caves in wkich onyx ex- ists, and the native Indians who mine it have to cut through masses of ruins.
 Blocks of the material are quarried in primitive way, in order not to shatter the substance. Deep round holes are drilled by hand on line. In each hole is inserted snug-ftting piece of wood, which has been grooved from end to end. Hot water is poured into the grooves at night. This swells the wood and the block is split along the line without damage. The natives then saw the block into slabs and polish the sur. face by hand. Each piece is transparent and when placed between the eyes and a strong light presents remarkably beau. tiful effect in form and color.-N. Y. Times
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
LITTLE WAX MATCHES.
Made in Mexico by Girls Who Work for
 Twelve Cents Day.

1uduc III heAACO bJ OlIlS ftlO AOE
 Twelve Cents a Day.
 George Morrison, formerly connected with the Mexican Central railroad told me some interesting facts yesterday concerning the little boxes of wax matches which the small boys push un- der the nose of every man that gets off an ''L" train at downtown station.
 ''Those matches" he said, ''are near ly all made in Mexico, and so cheaply that, after paying heavy duty, cigar dealers and others sell them at the cheap rate you see. In Mexico they sell at the rate of two boxes for one cent. There are about fifty matches in a box, and considering the care required in their preparation, this cheapness is won- derful. The body of the match is made with cotton wick and wax, like par affine candle, with colored mixture of phosphorus at one end for ignition. But this is not all the work. The little boxes, holding fifty of the matches, are complicated affairs, consisting of two pe- culiarly-preparedp pastebo cases, fast ened together with rubber, with gay little pictures on both sides. These matches are made by Mexican girls at about twelve and one-half cents day, and the machinery in the manufactories is what we would call decidedly crude and un- satisfactory. How they make any money off of them, or even get living is more than l can tell. But the little dealers seem to thrive by selling them at three boxes for a nickel. That does not bring them into much competition with our own manufacturers, and l guess none but smokers buy them. ."-N. Y.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
4 Eorelfst,s yrnstcd Yonih.

Opie Rie1. editor of The Arkansaw Traveller and author of the fOrthcomino novel, Len Gansett," tells me an inter ssting story about Thomas Nelson Page who was made famous by the charming little story, "Meh Lady," published two pr three years ago in The Century Page was a poor boy strugali, z a aiust his very nature to learn to be lawyer in a.Vir ginia town. He had the itch to write and he did write this story, ''Aeh Lady" Some of his friends said that it was well told, and he thought so himself, so he sent it to the Scribners. who were then pub fishing The Century. He never hearu from them and could not fetch an aas Wer to any of She letters he wrote about the matter. SuppUsiug they had thrown his manuscript away, and knowing the story was as good as any Le could write, he gave mp the idea ot writing and pushed On III the law as b'st he could. making q very scaut Hv.nA. Twelve years after that he was surPl S-} t receive a check from The Century for he story, which was then priutcd Twelve years that struggling young mans fame lay tucked away iD the dust of pigeon hole, and he. unconscious that it wjrs there, felt sat isiied that he was failure as writer. Twelve years, the bestyears of his life, he Wriggled along, making q sort of living in a profession for which he had not a genius, while he might have been writing beautiful stories for the pleasure and profit of the reading world Chicago 'T;D1ac
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
Ne,r Musical Instrnment.

A new musical instrument, the Clay! harp, the invention of M Dielz, of Brus sels, has passed a successful private trial It has a keyboard like piano, but the mechanism piucks the strings like harp instead of striking them. Any pianist can play is.-New York Sun.