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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15
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Tho correspondent who desires e know 2 y
me eo' either branch Of the Fifty-fi s.
wnesns ss acted acted fayorably on the trencn
spo ons ~ tho claimants. and n better auc rs
II attorney for one, It's matter s z. 1 honsss
hss s that the bill passed DOM h0usse
end - Law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15

Ms. &ILLEE's GOWNS.
VIII now try and give you an idea OF
ans reform II outer garments by showing
(oa some Of my costumes" and the lee,
suIef leit the stage soon returning attued
% charming costume Of light India SIX
WIN iu!i waist and ekirt joined by woe
I0"s d snlTing at the waist. all III one
pee How long did l take 10 change
KY GOWN" inquired the feir lecturer.
=, Giee minutes exactly" was the reply.
u!ly one minutd Of that tiiae was taken
W IL going from the stage down a hight
~ S'a.fo and down short passage 70 the
- S.l,essng-ToOm and back" She continued,
IeaVing two minutes 10 make the
eA1Lge Of Costume. DO you not think L
!4asl be the ideal wifeY This style OF cos
tuue Is especially desirable for school
guis and covers the unforpe ed figures with
Lisceiul folds. IL is pathetic, think, 70
~. httle girl with her waist strapped IN
van eofsets and her poor little figure
uIaWn tight together-pathetic, because IL
Leans DO much. In this costume one can
Dieathe. You have no idea how many peo-
Pc aie from want Of breath" she said.
,.aQghlngly, literally want Of breath. re-
t1l5lhg rom comprising the part OF the
Again the lecturer left the stage and made
4 smother lightning change" This time
:, y was walkine-suit OF olive-cloth. with
.sslof-iaade,. cutaway jacket. showing
neat white vest, as stylish as
pOesiole. but proving 70 be modelled
"a "a the one-piece plan after all
asst was black Lace gown, pic
:, ,uiesgue and becoming, and next visit
.lg costume of brocade silk. With
sS@eh, some one in the audience inquired
e avw 70 get into the gown. apparently o
III si piieated affair. but in reality delight
in.y simple, as the wearer :proyed by un-
ssls.toning the basque. and showing at .
s'&aGe the modus ooersndi. The next COS,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15
John Jasper and His Absurd Dogmss,
RICHMOND, VA, March 10

To The Editor Of the Dispatch:
It is a curious fact what ideas people OF
;ntellicence and some members of the
church have of the sacredness of Gods
house and the Sabbath day. They, would
he Mortified TO be invited to place of
amusement on the Sabbath day. But they
do more than this without any. compunc-
tious of conscience. They VISIT In Groves
Gods house on the Sabbath day purely 1or
amusement.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
Depe,y's Railroad Notions.

had a meal on Mr.. Depew's road the
other day which cost me 4 dollar. ! gave
quarter to the colored waiter who brought
Inc the dollars worth. and he looked at it
as if he had never seen such small coin
before and wondered what it was used for.
He little suspected that | usually have
my midday meal for a quarter in
Detroit. Now, MIR. Depew, let me tell you
what happened to me a few weeks ago on
one of the despised government lines in
Europe. | took the morning train from
Basel to Mayeuce. The conductor after
taking up my ticket, gave me slip OF paper
On which was printed i'll four languages the
following information ! was to tell the con-
ductor whether, 1T 4 certain point, | wanted
dinner. and if so. how many of them.
The dinner, the paper went on TO say, con-
sisted of three kinds of meat, roast chicken,
three kinds of vegetables, bread, butter.
cheese, pudding, and a half bottle of either
white or red wine. The cost of this would
be Sill htly over 80 cents. and all this in a
country where provisions are very much
dearer than they are in America.
There were two of us, and we ordered
two dinners The conductor pasted the fig
ure two on the window of the compart-
ment When we came to the place where
the dinners were TO be had walters came
rushing along the platform with the dinners
on wooden trays. which the paper aforemen-
toned said would serve as an excellent
table for two people by merely sitting oppo-
site each other and placing the board upon
their knees. Exceedingly clean table linen
accompanied the spread. The trouble with
American railways is that they seem to
look on traveller as merely victim to be
feeced-ID Detroit Free Press.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
The Texas and Pacific In 1t.

Special 10 the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Oct THE story circulated
in regard to the Texas and Pacific is that
control of the bonds is now held iii Phila-
dephla in the hands of men independent of
the Gould interest, and that if the interest
on the bonds is not paid by March of next
year, advantage will be taken of the pro-
vision that the voting power will go
TO the bondholders by reelection of
u new board of directors. An alliance
with the other system in this event is
talked of which it claimed would interfere
materially with Gould's recently expressed
plans of increasing the grain movement to
New Orleans. In the Texas Pacific offices,
when questioned by i GAZETTE reporter in
regard to foreign holders, as there is known
to be large amount of Texas IS held
abroad, as well rs in New York
and elsewhere, there is good reason to doubt
that the control is held in Philadelphia.
While the clause in the mortgage permits
one-third of the outstanding bonds TO re-
quire the trustee TO take possession of the
road in case interest is not paid. and control
may be thereby placed in the hands of
a majority of the bondholders, it is not
probable such extreme action would be
resorted to merely for the purpose of OBJ
tanning control of the road. 1t largely de-
ponds upon its condition for its earnings,
as to the Texas Pacific, TO remove the i'm
preston that seems to prevail among GER
tain classes of bondholders, it is well to
point out that the interest on these income
bonds does not become obligatory on March
1900
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
THE PECAN VALLEY FAIR.
Some Wholesome LessonsuDrawn from Its
Phenomenal Success.

Editor Gazette
1t is not my purpose to tell the public
what they already know-that the Pecan
valley fair was Success-but rather TO call
attention to the cause of that success.
From all quarters comes rthe ringing
verdict from thousands of tongues
at once, 'Henry Ford is the best president
fair association ever had = No man more
readily or more gladly admits that fact than
myself. The magnificent gold watch pre-
scented to President Ford was one of the
most justly earned testimonials of regard
ever offered to or accepted by any man.
Fairs in general are regarded by some
very good people as IAN unmiXed evil and
some warm friends of the fair speak of
it as "a necessary evil both of which
ideas Mr. Ford repudiated, believing as he
does that whatsoever is necessary is not
evil and conversely that whatsoever is evil
is not necessary, and while he thinks that
speed is as necessary in one horse
as strength is in another, he
is opposed to county fair being
made 1.-THE tail to jockey club kite" He
secured, at the very outset, the confidence
and cooperation of the most substantial
morality loving people of the land. Two of
the most conspicuous places in the building
were given to the two Christian
colleges of Brentwood, and he refused to
sell privileges" to saloon men.
The points / wish II present for the con-
sideration of the reading public, drawn
from the phenomenal success of the Pecan
valley 1.-THE Brown county, fair, are: l.
The morality that affects the world finds it
self in practice rather than in profession
9. When morality and common sense part
company, there is not much left of either
the one or the other. 3. The evil of the
average fair can be eradicated by good
men giving their time, money
and influence to make the fair
what it ought to be- But said evil can never
be cured by moral dyspeptics who do moth
ing for the country themselves and de-
nounce everything no matter what amount
of benefit it may be to the country, espec-
tally SO if 1t costs any money and is not run
in the direct interest of the church they
happen to be members of.
JOHN c. S. BAIRD.
Santa Anna, Tex, Oct. e, 1sll-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09

car they carry. What they save
out of that is credited to them at
the end of each month. One-half
the value of the coal saving goes to
the engineer and fireman and one-half to
the company. The constant calculation oc-
cupies the time of great force of clerks.
Engineer Hartman earned $23 extra in this
way with the John Bullgine last month.
He got $23. his fireman got $23, the company
got s46, and the total saving was S92, con-
siderable sum when the amount in year is
considered. Ordinarily engineers earn be-
tween s. and SIS per month by this pre-
MUM.
But" said MIR Covert, 'tyou ought to
see the English engine when she is running
at her best. She is the prettiest sight on
the road. She lies down like race horse
or greyhound, and she leaps ahead so that
you get the full idea of force and speed
personitied in the most picturesque man
Her. She's as pretty as wo-
man. She don't look pretty when
does many a woman whom you afterward
think is beautiful. Stand about thirty feet
off, at the side of the road, and see her come
along and she's the finest thing you ever
saw at the head of a train. She has
absolutely no rocking or side motion, and
she just FORCES or darts ahead,
holding herself down to the track
and letting out for all she is worth. On our
engines. you know, the power is applied
at the sides exclusively, but hers is right
in the center and she keeps as steady as
mill wheel She makes very little noise,
because where our engines exhaust into the
stack at ninety pounds pressure she ex-
hausts at twenty or thirty pounds
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
WEATHERFORD.
New Roller Mill Company Organized.
Move to Establish First-Class Mile
Driving Track.
Special to the Gazette.


WEATHERFoRD. PARKER COUNTY, TEX,
Oct S.-The Alliance roller mill company
have purchased the milling plant of the
Parker county Farmers Alliance milling
and elevator company in this city, and have
just received their charter. The new COM
pany is composed Of about twelve of the
leading farmers Of this county. vino are all
good business men and who have put the
mill on a good. solid. financial aud paying
basis. The officers of the new company are
J. j. Cretsinger, president, Cord W. Bed
ford, vice-president; S. B. sSandifer, secre-
tary-treasurer and manager.
This evening /. c. Stanler had an exam
lining trial before Esquire Winston on
charge of burglary, and was discharged by
the court.
Lou Burton was before his honor. Esquire
Winston. charged with disturbing the
peace. She pleaded guilty. and was fined.
There is a move on foot here TO establish
first-class mile driving track near the city
for the improvement of the speed of the
many fast drivers now in Weatherford.
The movement is meeting with deserved
encouragement.
The young society gentlemen of this city
have got up fine dancing class, and if the
services Of hrst-class dancingmaster can
be secured the class win begin at once 10
take instructions In the art Of dancing.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
Quarantine Proclamation.
Special to the Gazette.

special 10 the GaZette.
AUSTIN. Ten, Oct. S-The following
proclamation has been issued by the gov
ernor of the state of Texas:
Whereas, it has been made known to me
that there is no longer necessity for the
restrictions of a general quarantine.
Now, therefore, l, j. S. Hogg, governor
of the state of Texas, do by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the constitution
and laws of this state, hereby revoke my
proclamation of March 10. A. d. 1891, i'm
posing certain conditions upon all vessels
from ports and places south of p deg. north
latitude, and entering the ports of this state
after May the 1st. 1891, to take effect on ana
after the lSt day of November, \. D. 1891 ;
provided, that said portion of said procla-
nation applying to the entrance into Texas
ports of vessels infected by contagious dis
eases, such as smallpox, cholera and yellow
fever, or having had either of said named
diseases on shipboard within a period of
twenty days before arrival at said Texas
port, shall remain in full force; and all such
vessels are hereby prohibited from landing
persons or things at any town or place on
the gulf coast of the state of Texas until
permission to do so shall be given by the
state health officer. or the health officer of
the port or place. | further declare quaran-
tine, on and after November l, 1891, against
any person or persons infected, or liable to
be infected with yellow fever, smallpox or
cholera, either within or without the state
of Texas, and hereby direct and authorize
the quarantine officers of the state, and the
health officers of counties and towns. to es-
tablish local quarantine, and maintain the
most rigid isolation of all such infected per-
sons whenever and wherever discovered.
The citizens of the state and all health au-
thorities are earnestly requested to notify
the state health officer of any outbreaks of
epidemic diseases, and to give to said officer
any other information that may promote
the public health.
In testimony whereof l hereunto sign my
name and have caused the seal of state to be
affixed, at the city Of Austin this 9Th day of
October, A. ID. 1891. j. S. HoGG,
Governor of Texas.
BY the governor.
GEORGE w. SMITH.
Secretary of State
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
PORTABLE ELECTRICITY.
A Primary Battery that Can be Carried
About Like Hand-BaE-Numerous
Uses to which 1t can be Put.
,.n New York Herald

fla plaa primary battery thatwill run
un the Dehnd powerfully fasS at least ten
! moi =. at rechargipg, has long been
the 10 tnes of many an electrician of high
| ran.e, to vin,ientific world. Judging by an
exh.. :. ---ude yesterday in room 40, No. 81
Broadway, before number of experts, Mr..
c. j. Hubbell has secured the prize.
A primary battery is merely generator
of electricity by means Of cells. in which an
acid sets up current by dissolving metal
Zinc is the metal and sulphuric acid the acid
most commonly used. The zinc is eaten or
burned up and the ashes are found to be the
Sulphate of zinc. In most batteries the de-
post of this sulphate on one of the poles of
the battery SO increases the resistance to
the passage of the current that less and
less is transmitted, and finally the whole
flow is cut OFF. 1t is this gradual dimnu-
ton in the battery's strength and its final
st0ppage which make ordinary forms of the
primary battery unsuitable to creating light
or driving motor, in both of which duties
a uniform current must be maintained for a
considerable length of time. Though these
difficulties have been overcome by several
inventors, the cost of their devices has rem
6ered them useless for commercial pur-
poses, while their acids have been noXious
and have caused the loss of too much time
in cleaning and recharging the cells.
SIMPLE DEMONSTRATION
The display made by Mr. Hubbell yester-
day was practical test of his batteries in
a way that any observer could understand
without knowing anything about electric
ity. A number of four, six, eight and
twelye-cell batteries We're on view, each
cluster of cells being compactly inclosed in
a box. When the covers of the boxes were
shut close down the cells were put out of
action. There was then no waste and no
current was generated. The lids fitted tel
escopicaliy into the boxes, and on raising
them several inches the current was instan-
taneously produced. The box, or battery,
could then be carried around anywhere
without interfering with the current or
spilling any of the fluids inside. The
greater the number of cells, the stronger
the battery.
One four-cell battery was attached to a
small motor which ran sewing machine.
Moving a small lever about an inch started
the machine going, and it was equally
quickly stopped.
Another four-cen battery was running a
three-candle power iIcandescent electric
light. The battery occupied Il space of
4lsx41LSfx6 inches, and, with the lamp, it
weighed four and half pounds. 1t has
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
Tres of the Hubbell bat
TO FORT WORTH CITIZENS.
Let's Stop WranEiInG About Things on
Which We Are Divided and Build
the Albuquerque Railway

Editor Gazette.
Fort Worth seems divided in opinion as
to whether the outlook is such as to justify
any further internal Improvements. \
recent visit TO the Panhandle country in
GLIDING the plains justifies me in the opin-
ion that all this may be speedily settled in
favor of the proposition of a forward move
ment here In Fort Worth if our people will
cali halt on matters that divide us and
unite In action at once towards the iInmedi-
ate building of the Fort Worth and Albu-
querque. This road is chartered to occupy
vastspace between the Fort Worth and
Denver and Texas and Pacific that cannot
be equaled on the globe for inexhauStible
fertility i'll raising the smaller grains. Now
Is the time for lines east and west to cover
this space. lifetime to do this is fast reced-
ing. In short while you will see perpen-
dicular lines traversing this TO the gulf as
speedily and silently as the mouth of the
BraZoS at NelaSco was pried open by private
enterprise. All Fort Worth remembers
how suddenly and silently the Missouri Pa
cltlc railroad and the Gulf road and one or
more lines suddenly Sprang out from this
place or ran into it in the early SOS. Now
the era of prosperity for Texas is just in
its incipiency. The sugar plum is to the
vigilant. the active and the brave-not to
those who stand all the day idle. looking up
i'll the heavens for 4 sign. The sign is
there in that unoccupied space. The one
that gets there first has got it. The one
that doesn't hasn't-that is the size of it.
While the people farther north are wrang-
ling over little strips of counties that poor
Lo has been envied SO long. there is III
this space, to the line of New Mexico. Il
space larger than all the practical area
north of Texas, that lies fallow awaiting
the touch of the hoe and plowshare TO make
it bloom and bear. Fort Worth is asleep if
she sees not this opportunity The Lord
has done his part in putting the soil there
better than you could order it ready made.
and the latter rain comes there when it
fails here. Water, the purest and best. is
had at 30 cents per foot at from thirty to
900 feet There is a gradual rise from here
to the line of New Mexico, giving you
choice of any atmosphere you wish. 1t is
there-I have been as far as $50 miles, and
have seen it. 1t is condition. not Il
theory. So let us do what we can land we
can do it if we Will to secure this territory
There is tide in the affairs of cities, as
well as men, which must be taken at its
food. The waters are rising. viii you
back the men to build IT. See the Reaches,
the Tierneys and the Hurleys. and 90 your
last dollar on this. This will spring q mine
and give you all the waterworks you want.
C., c. CUMMINGS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
The Exception Sustained.


AUSTIN Ten, Oct S.-Judge Robertson
to-day sustained the exception to the petit
ton to the encouragement, filed in Sep
TENDER, 1SSS, against the Texas and New
Orleans railway, asking that the penalty of
500 month be assessed against it for fail
ure to keep its principal offices in the state,
as required to do by the act of 1855. Judge
Robertson held that the act of 1883, known
rs the Pope law. whose real object was to
compel the Texas and Pacific to keep its
machine shops at Marshall by assessing a
fine of $500 for failure to do So repealed the
prior act. the penalty of which fell with it.
In circular No 81, issued to-day, the COM
mission adopted the annual report form
prepared by the interstate commission, and
asked the railroads to fill out the blanks to
the end that uniformity in railway statis-
tics may be secured.
The commission gave the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass the following rates on
railroad material from Beaumont and
Orange and other mills in that district to
Alice: Standard gauge ties, 10 cents each;
narrow gauge ties, 1875 cents each: bridge
timber, 13sI cents per 100 pounds. Effective
October lii
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09

been run thirteen hours without diminu-
ton OF power. but the inventor modeStly
claims only ten hours for it, for which
length of time it costs cents.
INVALUABLE FOR MINERS AND FIREMEN.
This battery can be quickly slung on a
mans back and the lamp with a strong re-
Hector attached to his hat. Firemen who
have seen it say that it is the best lamp for
their use ever made. Oil or other COM
bustion lamps are liable to be extinguished
IN thick smoke, while nothing would affect
this light. For miners in fiery gas mines
this lamp would give ample light and per-
feet safety
One of these batterses was emptied yes
terday and then recharged in one minute
and half without any attempt at unusual
haste, though half dozen experts were
sure it could not be done in less than five
minutes.
An eight-cell battery was supplying the
current to run a one-eighth horse power
motor, which was driving ventilating fan
at very high speed.
This speed, Mr.. Hubben said, could be
kept up for ten hours at q cost of 5 cents,
using only one charge
I2-cel battery, occupying space of
SIX inches cube, was running l6-candle
power light, and steady life of twelve
hours is guaranteed for this battery with
out recharge.
Inc cHlel purposes OF tnlS invention are
to supply cheap and brilliant portable
lamp and to produce the power necessary
for driving light machinery without dyna
mos or other expensive plants. The gov
eminent of the United States had this pat
ent made special for use in magazines
and on board vessels of war. where there
were no dynamos. Mr.. Hubbell has also
perfected types for street car lighting,
wreckers' use, for medical and surgical
purposes. carriage. cab and bicycle lighting
and for propelling pleasure boats and other
light machinery.
The principal features of the Hubbell bat
terry are great compactness and high cleo
tro-motor force, constancy and freedom
from polarization, together with low inter-
nal resistance; freedom from noxious
fumes and deposites, low costs of material,
ease in charging and absolute safety in
handling
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-09
The Denver, Apex and Western.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Oct. S.-The Herald this
morning says: The Moffat-Smith crowd of
the Rio Grande officials who lately resigned
to avert defeat at a reelection, is behind a
new railroad scheme, which may give the
old line considerable annoyance. Moffat,
eX-president of the Rio Grande, who is
worth about S20.00O000, is putting up a
large part of the money. a few days ago
Moffat diverted ali shipments of his mines
from the Rio Grande to the Union Pacific.
Thus it will be seen the bad feeling is likely
struction company has been found to build
the Denver, Apex and Western road. The
route of the new road has been selected be-
tween Denver and Georgetown, and several
preliminary surveys have been made into
Teadvi1le