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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
RAILROAD NEWS.
Railroad Earnings.

The earnings of the railroads reported in
the past week are in the main satisfactory,
and yet they are not entirely so. says the
Wall Street News. The ST. Paul, Atchison
and Burlington and Quincy have each re-
ported very large gain in both gross and
net revenues for September. The increase
and the increase is proportionately larger
in the net than in the gross. The Burling-
ton and Quincy gained nearly 100000 net
in September, the increase in the net for
the one month being very nearly as much
as in the previous seven months. The ST.
Paul also passed the 100000 mark in its
gain in both gross and net and for the first
quarter of the current fiscal year shows an
increase of more than a quarter of a million
dollars. The handsome returns of the Read
ing company has already been discussed in
these columns. The unsatisfactory returns
are those of the Pennsylvania and the North
ern Central, which have not shown an in
creased profit proportionate to those of
other roads. We may, however, venture to
predict with safety that for the month of
October the returns, both gross and net,
will probably be larger than ever. In fact.
the third week of the present month shows
a gain of over 10 per cent in the gross earn
ings of eightytwo roads with an eXtraordi-
nary increase for the st. Paul of Sl63, $50,
which we believe is the largest increase
ever reported by any road for 4 single
week. There are other increases ranging
from 10 to 20 per cent and the losses as COM
pared with the same period last year are
hardly worth mentioning.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
Where Embroidery il Made.

In 1890 St. GaA sent out to the world
near S, oO0, 900 worth of embroidery. Half
of that came to this country to adorn the
petticoats and so forth of American WON
en-. In early times embroidery was made
by hand and it was worth its weight in
gold. The knowledge of the craft spread
through Appenzell. Thurgass and st. Gall,
three cantons of the Alps country. A
great industry grew The technical skill
and readiness of hand of the Appenzell
women were marvellous, and gradually
the exquisite embroidery made by them
became famous all over the world. Very
many thousands of>the people are engaged
wholly in the skilled business. Girls were
trained to it from early childhood. At
that time all the beautiful work was done
with the hand and in the peoples homes.
More than half century ago the hand
machine was introduced, and that rauidly
changed the whole situation. Today DOS.
sibly not 5 per cent. Of the embroideries
are made exclusively by hand, and these
only of special articles. fine and expensive
The hand machine was soon in the houses
of half the peasants, and factories were
founded, where many machines were col
lected aud worked, but still by hand power
only. The character of the work was then
and remains now excellent, but the pro-
ductiou was comparatively slow. The prof
its were usually large to the dealers, but
the embroiderer barely made good living.
SIS it was always necessary for him to pay
an assistant known as the ''threader" to
help work his Observation-Disclosures Cor
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
PITTED PLATES.
The Causes of the Pitting of Boiler Plates
and q Simple Preventive.

The Causes of the Pitting of Boiler Plates
and q Simple Preventive.
Growing is often found in boilers around
the stay bolts of water legs or furnaces,
radiating from the bolts as centers The
plates probably bend backward and for
ward slightly under the varying pressures,
and though the flexure and consequent al
teration of the surface may be too small to
be seen, it may be great enough to start in
cipient cracks and open up the iron to the
action of the water.
An instance of pitting, which seems to
be due to this cause, is described and illus
treted by The Locomotive as follows: 1.-THE
pieces which the cuts represent were cut
from a horizontal tubular boiler forty
eight inches in diameter, which had been
in use about six years in a nail works. The
plates were of steel, one quarter Of an inch
thick and the boiler was set over a blast
furnace. the waste gases from which are
used in the place of fuel The lap from
which these pieces were cut came directly
over the vertical flus through which the
furnace gases were admitted to the boiler.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
Do diamond. Abound in America?

Professor G. E. Foote, in paper read be-
fore a meeting of scientific societies in
Washington. spoke Of geological forma-
ton that gave rise to some very interesting
suggestions. His thesis was based upon
the claim that in q collection of very re-
markable specimens Of meteoric iron, found
on the side of Crater mountain, Arizona, he
had discovered diamonds. Crater mountain
rises abruptly 49, feet above the surround
ing plain. The walls Of the SO called era
ter, which are very steep, are formed of
sandstone and limestone, and are lifted at
an angle OF 20 dogs. But as no lava or
other volcanic products are found, the hol-
low cannot be considered true crater As
this depression is of similar character to
that from which the diamonds at Kimber-
iy, South America, are dug, why should
not diamonds abound in Arizona, New
Mexico and Mexico, which are the richest
regions for meteorte iron in the worldi
Professor Foote's theories are among the
soundest advanced In the sea of specula-
ton or the production of diamonds of the-
past decade. But as the conclusions Of
science are often too premature and too
positive, the letter Of the learned gentle
mans proposition must not be accepted
without the proof derived from thorough
invsstigaeisn. saTs The Jewellery Circular.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
The Elevator Fiend Again.

There is an elevator operator in preten-
tons Office building down town who all
day long amuses the infantile intellect with
which heaven has afflicted him by playing
on the irritability of his passengers. His
favorite device to that end is to stand in
his car with the door partly open and wait
until he sees somebody coming. Then he
calls out, Coin upr' and the passenger
usually starts on a run for the elevator
Just as he gets to it the operator slams the
door in his face and starts the car, grin
ming idiotically at the bafied and usually
irate person on the other side This is fun
to mind of a certain stamp
This same operator used to relieve the
tedium of his work by lying about the ten
ants and the number of the floors. When
q man came along and asked for John
Smith the operator would bark with that
irritating insolence peculiar to his kind,
Eff floor" But when the man got out
out at the eff" he would find that Mr..
Smiths office was on the tenth or twelfth.
Then the human gadfiy would stop the car
to watch with glee how his unfortunate
victim was wandering miserably about the
building.
One of his favorite diversions was to
change every day the system by which he
counted the floors. One day the ground
floor was the first and the next day the
first was the first floor above the ground.
BY this means if a man came in today and
got out at the fifth floor to see Mr.. Jones,
tomorrow he would get out one floor too
high or too low. At which, of course. the
young man in the elevator was immensely
amused
Avenging lightning may not strike this
young man nor the building fall on him,
but the tenants still have hopes. They
think that some day somebody will come
along who isn't afraid of him, and not ap-
preciating his peculiar humor will lay for
him and break his neck perhaps.-New
York Herald
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
VIM. Jonathan.
John Arnold.
Caleb Jething.
INDEED ROMANTIC.
A Man Leaves a Woman $4,000 with
Which to Protect Her Good Name.

Special to the Gazette.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. S.-A romantic
story was brought to light to-day which
contains piece of good fortune to Mrs.
Anna Brown, who is now nurse
in st. Louis charity hospital.
About year ago the people of
Central Missouri were greatly agitated over
the crusade trouble at Lathrop and the sub
sequent divorce of Rev. j. NJ. Carmichael
from his wife, Anna Carmichael, ON the
charge of adultery. It was generally be-
lieved that the woman was prosecuted and
she went to some other county and obtained
a decree of court granting her permission to
change her name to Brown, as she
said that the name of Carmichael
brought sorrow to her and was hindrance
to her success in obtaining a living. She
then went to st. Louis and got her present
position. A few days ago John Morris, a
wealthy bachelor, died. When his will
was opened it was found that he had left
his entire fortune, amounting 10 $4,000, to
Mrs. Brown for the purpose of reopening
the case, as he believed her to be an innocent
and prosecuted woman. He had never met
her but knew her family, and when the
trial came up took great interest in the
case. He said in his will that he would
leave her enough to put her in position to
show the world that she was not the woman
pictured by her husband.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
The Misuse of "a Phrase.

There is nothing obscure in the etymology
of the Spanish phrase, FL Dorado, which
means literally ''The Gilded," yet to such
an extezit has it been abused that few know
that it originally related to man and not
to a country. In the latter sense it has been
applied to almost every gold bearing dis
trict encountered in America since the dis
coyery, and there is scarcely mining camp
. in our far west but has named its richest
lode or most popular resort, whether bar
room, billiard saloon or theater. Ell Dorado.
As early as the Sixteenth century it
served to designate an imaginary region
Astounding In gold and precious stones in
the interior Of South America, but prior to
this acceptation it had become synonym
for the most remarkable legend of the New
World. the supposed eastern proximity Of
which invested its unexplored territory
with the glamour Of oriental romance.
The term was indeed an appellation Of
royalty, and FL Dorado perhaps veritable
king. whose daily attire is said to have
been a simple coating Of aromatic resins,
followed by a sprinklingo of gold dust blown
through bamboo cane.-Lieutenant Il Z.
Lamly in Century
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Tail Lights.

The Jacksonville. Tampa and New West
and Jacksonville, st. Augustine and Hall
fax River railroads have offered serious
of prizes, consisting OF forty to 100 acres of
land, to the Northern agents selling the
most tickets reading over their lines during
the winter months. 1t is hoped that the
Northern roads will not consider this suiti-
Gent grounds for boycott, but will give
some of their agents a chance to reimburse
themselves for last winters losses.
A faseservice war has broken out be-
tween the Western lines out of Chicago,
which will likely lead to increasing the
speed of the through trains on the five i'm
portant lines, largely increasing the eX-
pense of running the trains, if not endan-
are now running on thirty-seven-miles-a
hour schedule. against thirty-fve- miles
an-hour schedule five years ago.
The largest compound locomotive in the
world will soon be running in the freight
department of the Erie. 1t weighs,
exclusive of the tender, 49,, 0GO pounds, and
has three pairs of driving wheels sixty-two
inches in diameter. These wheels hold up
a weight of 107, 900 pounds II is ifty-six
feet long and stands sixteen feet high
The Erie has ordered besides this monster,
five locomotives, each weighing 1T7,OOO
pounds.
The average cost of fuel used on locomo-
tives of the Wabash road is 20 per ton;
on the Union Pacific road. 81 per ton; on
the Southern Pacific, 81 per ton; on some
of the New England roads it costs s. per
ton. That is the reason assigned by mas
ter mechanics of New England roads fer
the Importance of the hasty perfection of
the compound locomotive, which will cut
down the coal consumption of an ordinary
engine IS to 80 per cent.
1t takes a Georgia editor to get the better
of a soulleSs corporation. One of them who
recently moved to another town boycotted a
railroad which refused to give him pass.
He shipped his hand-press by another road,
and walked the whole distance, seventy
five miles, Wall Street News.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
General Lees Answer.

After the surrender at Appomatto1, Gen
sral Wise came riding down the road furi-
ously to where General Lee and his staff
we're grouped. He was splashed with mud
from head to heels, and there were great
splotches of mud dried and caked upon his
face. Addressing General Lee, he asked,
in theatrical voice, is it true, General
Lee, that you have surrenderedf" Yes,
General Wise, it Is true" II wish, then,
to ask you one question. What is going to
become of my brigade, General Lee, and
what is going to become Of me," General
Lee looked at the splashsd warrior for q
full minute. and then said, calmly and in
low tone. General Wise, 20 and wash
yenr xca"-6an Francisco Argonaut.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
Dogs and Their Affections.

1t has often been moored as a vexed
question why all men of genius or great
ness are SO fond of dogs The reason is
not far to seek. Those who are great or
eminent in any way find the world full
of parasites, toadies, liars, fawners, hypo-
critics. the Incorruprible candor, loyalty
and honor of the dog are to such like water
in barren place to the thirsty traveller.
The sympathy of your dog is unfailing
and unobtrusiva Ii you are sad, so is he.
and if you are merry, none is so willing to
leap and laugh with you as he.
For your dog you are never poor; for
your dog you are never old; whether
you are in a palace or cottage he does
not care, and fall you as low as you may
you are his providence and his idol still.
-Ouida in North American Review.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09

PARIS, Ten, Nov. Son the surrender
of the Modocs they were removed to a
small reserve near Baxter Springs on the
northern line of the Indian Territory. There
was only about land enough to comfortably
support them, and they were paid no annul-
ties nor government aid of any sort beyond
their first start and outfit. An agent was
placed with them as director in their efforts
at self-sustenance, and IL was made plain to
them that they must take care of them
selves; they have done So and now there are
no quieter, more industrious or better fixed
people than this remnant of the band which
made that desperate fight under Capt. Jack
in the lava beds" A few days ago about
a dozen of them left on visit to their old
Oregon home They went as any other
people might go on round-trip tickets
bought and paid for by themselves.
IMPORTANT SUIT.
The suit filed by Sarah Ellis at Muscogee
against Joel B. MayeS and the Cherokee
people will have far-reaching effect. The
plaintiff applies as a member of the
Cherokee nation to have her rights as such
member segregated from the community in
which they have been held by the nation
and set apart and allotted to her exclusive
individual use If she is successful there
will no doubt be enough others follow the,
precedent to force 4 general allotment OF
the Cherokee lands, and in fact of all the
lands held by the five tribes" since allot-
rlent being in vogue, there would be a rush
for first locations" which would sweep
away the tribal bond But should she lose,
and it be decided that the tribal-communlty
can only be dissolved by tribal action, then
the status of the Indian lands will be more
firmly fixed as they now are. This suit has
been instigated by the ''boomer" element
GOVERNMENT PAP.
1t is reported in the Indian country, though
on what authority is not clear, that Presi
dent Harrison has decided to make immedi-
ate payment to the Chickasaws and Choc-
taws for the leased district, and the delega-
lions are rushing to Washington to secure
the pie, 81, 500, 600 This amount will add
materially to the treasury of $4,000 people.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
FORT WORTH AND RIO GRANDE.
AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
why People Marvel at TeIepathy.


Nothing in nature is really abnormal. 1t
Is most probable that q power to influence
the minds of others, with susceptibility
to be Influenced by other minds, exists in
human beings universally. in a greater or
less degrees. To the hypothesis, distracted
ly considered, that mind Can act on mind
directly-that is, not only through no
known medium. but without any medium
whatever-l see no valid objection. The
action Of mind on body. and that of body
on mind, Is far more mysterious than any
action of mind on mind. For it is com
paratively easy to understand that things
of the same kind can affect one another
directly. Yet to many persons mysteries
with which they are familiar seem to be
10 mysteries at all: they wonder only at
that which is unusual, and marvel at tele
pathic phenomena as savages at an eclipsa
-Blackwood's Magazine.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
Save Health and Money.

Mrs. Cobhlestone-My dear, the doctor
says my health will improve by change OF
air.
Mr.. C.-What kind of changer
HE says l must live at higher alti
tude."
There's sense in that, and we can save a
heap of money besides"
Save money!
"Of course. Here we're paying ninety
dollars month for this third floor fat
when we can get the sixteenth floor for
thirty."-New York Weekly.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09

FIG. IA PlTTfD PLATE (oUTER LAP.
Naturally there were great and sudden
variations in the temperature to which the
lap was exposed, and the expansion and
contraction Of the plates at the lap must
have been sudden and violent. At one mo-
ment steam would be blowing off freely at
ninety pounds and a few minutes after
ward the gauge would show only forty
pounds. The plates, being light. would
readily transmit heat through to the wa
ter, while the lap, being thicker. would
not part with its heat SO readily, and there
would frequently be considerable differ
ence in temperature between the lap and
the plates, which would cause the adjacent
parts of the plates to twist and buckle
slightly Water would enter the small
fssures so produced and attack the metal,
fresh Surface of which would be contin-
ually exposed, and the higher and more
varied the temperature became the more
active would be the buckling and corrosion.
such changes in pressure would natu-
rally be accompanied by slight changes in
the form of the boiler The lap being
sitter than the plates, the greatest motion
would take place along the edge Of the lap
where the two come together, and We
should expect to find the pitting and
growing most severe at this point. This
is the fact in almost every such case. 1t is
indicated In Fig. l, and in Fig. it is evil
dent that the rivet heads exercised sim
liar stitfening power over the inside lap,
for the outlines Of the rivet heads may be
easily traced by the pitting that took place
along their edges where the motion of the
metal composing the inner lap was great
est"
When boilers are set, as this one was,
over fue leading from blast furnace,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09

Most people know what The Burlington
Route is-Some people, perhaps, do not
know that it is the Model Railroad of the
West. The Burlington Route is the name
of first-class railroad from Chicago, Peo-
ria and St Louis to and between the prin-
cipal cities and towns of Illinois, Iowa.
Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Colorado. The 1000 miles of this great
road pass into and through the best farm
ing regions of these great states~spo6d
Deadwood, So. Dakota, and tbasNe9H mining
country of the Black HillsbaeA1ong the lines
of the Burlington Re9((e are the best oppor-
tunities in newest, Northwest and South
west. fessefe farmer, the manufacturer,
-tjs0merchant, the miller, the miner and
the pleasure seeker.
The Burlington Route runs through pas
senger trains every day in the year between
ST. Louis, Chicago and Peoria, Kansas
City, Atchison, st. Joseph, Council Bluffs,
Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, St. Paul and Min
neapois, making connections at these
points with all Eastern and Western roads,
and giving the travelling public unequaled
facilities.
For speed, safety, comfort, character of
equipment and track and efficient service
for passengers and freight, it is unexcelled.
Send ten cents in postage stamps to the
General Passenger Agent and get hand
some wall map of the United States and a
descriptive folder of the train service
For further information, tickets, rates.
maps, ETC., call on your nearest railroad
agent. or address A. G.. DAWES,
w. c. BROWN, G. p. 81 T. A,
General manager, St Louis, Mo.
St. Joseph, Mo
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sgTs 8: IA. 81, WI,
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FIG. IA PITTED PLATE INNER lap.
per end Of the flue be curved toward the
rear end of the boiler, SO that the gases
will not impinge directly on the plates, but
be delivered horizontally along the under
surface of the boiler Some very trouble
some cases of this kind have been cured by
this simple expedient.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
WHERE | WOULD BE.

Where buttercuPs and daisies nod
Along some mountain stream,
Where sunlight smiles through dusky
shade
Like faces in a dream:
Where whispering winds their vespers
say
Mid rustling boughs that droop and
sway.
Where brigh. leaves wander with the
breeze
And dewy berries grow
Where modest flowers bloom unseen
And ripping waters glow;
Where smooth worn stones lie cold and
gray
And robins chant plaintive lay.
Where willow branches gnarled and bent
Do form II tempting seat,
Where banks Of cool green MOSES spread
a carpet for the feet;
Where forest echoes die away
In a drowsy roundslay.
Where sweet bird songs are minghng with
The breok!et's mellow tone.
Far away in woodland bowers.
There | would ~ alone.
Where care and duties never stray
One long. delightful summer day.
-Eousekeepers' Weekly
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov s.-A party OF Mis-,
souri, Kansas and Texas officials passed
through the city yesterday, en- route from
New York on a complete tour of inspection
of the system. Vice-President and General
Manager Walsh stated that on and after
the 18th of this month the Offices of the
vice-president, general manager and gen.
eral traffic department, freight and passen-
ger, will be located in ST. Louis.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
Taylor Notes.

Special to the Gazette.
TAYLOR, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEX, Nov.
S-J. W. Maxwell, superintendent of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, on
special is here. He with other employees
are inspecting the Taylor, Bastrop and
Houston railroad, South.
The Westinghouse air brake car has
been here five days. and some eighty en-
ployes took special lessons in the use OF air
brakes on engines and cars. The car re-
turns to Parsons, Kan