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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-01

lumber, and contracts for the delivery of
nearly 1000 600 feet will soon be due, re-
quiring an extension of time or large in
crease in the number of vessels.
The completion OF the before
mentioned railroad line TO ChenangO
will of course relieve this blockade, but the
trouble now is the Immediate want of build
ing material, contracts for houses, both
business and residence. being closed at the
rate of seven or eight per day, not counting
small cottages, etc. The work of putting
the finishing caps on the jettieS is progress
ing, as the latter settle enough to prevent
any danger of the caps cracking. This cap
is composed of a mixture of cement and
broken granite, the latter brought here i'll
seven large vessels from New York, whose
arrivals We're noted in THE GAZETTE. As
this finishing work will only require eight
cen or twenty laborers 1t Will probably 9e
seven or ni1e months before it is eomplsfed
In the mearAime the river chaunel efrom
Quintana to Selasco is being imgSSved by
wing dams tAt prevent cayi1xeof banks
and oeause &RoE uniform Septh in the
S' On the steaA ship xsSffs and docks,
which will be among Utmost extensive in
America, the contEasArs are hurrying work
as fast as and recently doubled
The GAZETTE x8pace TO give list of ar
rivals nameSeere. They are from every
where betwen Tacoma, Wash, and Mazat-
Ian, Mexi&; from New England to Cali
fornia. Some come with money, look
around a W hours, at longest day or two,
buy and int up carpenter and u lumber
dealer. SOthers want to Cook only at
farming lands in the county, asI.d small
class are here,on venture ''waiting for
something to urn up and and anxiously
inquiring about ''those free lotS' they
heard of before coming Those free lots
were some three or four, presented by thet
Bryan family atQuintana to SOME of their
up-country friends who built summer resi-
dences thereon. There are not NOR ever
have been any free lots offered ina Velasco,
and except those Just mentioned, none in
Quintana.
The fishing and hunting is very good
throughout the county this fall, better, old
woodsmen say, than for several years past,
and never saw finer oysters anywhere
than are brought to town by wagon loads
every day, dripping, from their native ele-
mentS.
In some future letter will give You
few points on tarpon fishing, bear hunting,
etc, that may interest those OF your young
readers who are not caring much about the
up-building of new towns or the opening of
great deep water harbor. FoREToP.
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THE NEW TEXAS PORT.
SIXTY VESSELS RUNNING REGU.
lARLY TO vELASCO.
Tho Demand for Lumber Cannot be Sup
plied-Coutracts for Houses Being
Closed Daily-A Busy Scene.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette. 4
VELAsCo, Ten, Sept. 3O.-The extremely
bad weather since the 25th has put item
porary check upon business of all Kinds,
including real estate sales and houss build
ing. The lack of sufficient hotel .fccommo-
dations pr the visitors who arrite daily is
great d awback, but this wilLs{6t continue
proaehing eompleti GS1 and @dditions IS are are
here and at 3 lintana. III rains have de-
layed the prog hess of grfEing on the line of
railroad being Gilt iroff here TO Cheuango
on the Houston I'D QGumbia Tap of the
contractors inform ee they are sure of their
ability to complet9e work by November
l. There is a cor Rf surveyors on the
down between he Bsazos and the San
Bernard along al old grAde near West Col
umbia that was tarted Srom Wharton to
Columbia; TWEEN or twenty-five years ago
company that ran out of fund.- The present
proposed line is said to be an enterprise of
the Arkansas system, coming to the mouth
of the river from Giddings 1t is this line
that will when finished afford long needed
outlet fer the trade of Matagorda county.
and give Wharton competing line For a
week past almost continuous eastern and
northeast winds have kept the gulf very
rough outside the ietties and delayed the
arrival of twelve or fourteen large schoon-
ers with cargoes Of lumber and railroad
ties from East Texas and Louisiana ports.
Yesterday afternoon an appearance of
clear weather induced half dozen of the
largest vessels that were anchored in the
river to sail Tor Orange aud Lake Charles,
but it is probable they were caught out in
q brisk gale last night
There are about.sixty vessels, large and
small, now running regularly to this port.
not counting the steam packets and tugs in
the river trade, or between Velasco and
Galveston by way of the Brazoria canal and
the connecting chain of shallow bays along
the upper coast This fleet, however, SUP
plemented by line of barges towed by the
steamer Seminole, has been insufficient for
several weeks past 10 keep up the supply OF
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Special NOTICE.

Many subscribers ignore the stipulation that
from January apply received
prior THE GAZETTE could not antedate its offer
subscriber without those who subscribed
prior to the 18th day of January 1891 apply this offer all
who subscribers THE GAZETTE the 10th
would THE GAZETTE could
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-01

200 bales; last year, %, 5G5 bales Liver
pool stocks, all kinds, III 600 bales; last
year, 81 900 bales. Bombay receipts for
week, 1000 bales; last year, 5000 bales.
Exports since September /, 143, Ill bales,
last year, 23l, 2l1 bales.
Cofee-Ihe weeks trading has brought
about a complete collapse of the bulls, and
1t now seems as if prices had about touched
bottom for the moment, although the
market is so nervous that any fresh selling
movement would carry prices still lower.
Europe has been the most prominent seller,
and Rio has helped along by firm offers at
the lowest quotations thus far. The lowest
price for options wa. made on Wednesday
when the market 70. time seemed almost
demoralized and the bulk of the long coffee
was then forced out. After this the
market. although very irregular, seemed to
be getting into better shape, and for the
moment it looks as if the pressure was over
and that d rally in prices might now be in
order. Of course with such an exchange
market the street business was at 4 stand
still, with merely nominal quotations OF
14C014l4c, with sale of 800 bags to arrive
per ''Pine Branch" at 1870, with a firm
offer on later arrival at l1S4c, cost and
freight, which was not placed. Receipts
have fallen off somewhat at Rio and Santos,
owing to reported difficulty in getting
trans portation facilities: but the delay will
probably soon be remedied. The receipts
at Rio from July l to September % 1891,
are 1,l20,0G0 bags; for the same time in
1890, $50, COO bags, and in 1889, SIS, 900 bags.
For same periods at Santos-1S9l. 612, 900
bags; $780, Ga, 600 bags; 1885, 511 900 bags
Stock in New York, 149,419 bags; in the
United StatesA l55, 437 bags. Visible sup
ply. including 3fioats, 459,427 bags. Stock
in Rio, $4,000 sags; in Santos, 225, O9o bags.
HENRY CLEwss& CO.,
HQkFoRDrs Acp PHOSPHATE,
r k.Bran ansNerve foodf
forlscturer$ teachsfs, students tclergymen,
lawyers, antl brainsw orkers GENERALLY.
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The following letter of general interest
has been received by MIR. I. j. Hurley of
Fort Worth
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NOTICE THE CONDITIONS
secure copy the WEEKLY GAZETTE for
year copies six months they be sent
OUTSIDE OF TEXAS.
full the paid subscription And
this January H. 1884, the day it madt and
apply subscriptions received prior
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-01

Both the methoi and results when
syrup Of Figs il taken; it is pleasant
end refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clesnses the sys-
lem efertually, dspels colds, head
aches and Fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro
ducej, pleasing to the taste AID ac-
ceptabIe TO the stomach, prompt in
its ACTON and truly beneficial id its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and aSrssable Substances, its
many excellent qsaIities coanend it
10 all and have made It the most
popular remedy known,
Syrup Of Figs is f3r sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all fsQding drug
gists. ANY reliable dFqggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
care it promptly for any ene who
wishes 10 Try it. Do not accept any
substitute. ~ I =
C2LiTC9HlA FLO SXRyP{c0.
SsG Fai"2aSc0 CT
'owr'r'- f'-'g Hoo, N.Y.,
Mention the Fort Worth Gazette.
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,I0IN THE GAZETTE AMpLET US cyl TEXAS
OF n E x a 3
the rise already scored but preliminary

the rise already scored but a preliminary
canter.'
{. l believe in reaction from time to time,
owing to the European political situation
and to the possibility later on of financial
break down in Berlin or Paris on account
of light money markets in consequence Of
gold exports TO America, or to realizations
by large holders after an important ad
vance.
S. believe j ch reaetions will be only
temporary. andVrobkbly never more than
from 3 to per ceA in active securities. l
take it for gra10d that congress will do
nothing to dist9fb cod dence when it meets
You now hJ Re my views, but must add
something l how. It is this: that the risst
in Americas during the last month has
made a. market by sympathy in South Amer.
lea bonds, and has enabled the crippled
bankers to get on their legs again, 50 that
the position in London is such that nothing
short of a political cyclone will bring down
even the weakest of them. Yours sin
cerely, WALTER DEL MAR.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
What Electricity Is.

Professor G. S. Page delivered a
lecture on Electricity" before small
audience at Central Music Hall
Chicago, recently. With the aid of
electrical appliances, a galvanic bat
terry, and blackboard diagrams. he
set forth this new heories. Professor
Page claims that attraction is the
affinity of matter for ether, and that
repulsion is the meeting OF currents of
ether from opposite directions. He
also gives ether the credit for being the
fluid OF life, and tine nervous fluid
which supplies the body. A few of his
principal ideas are given in the follow
ing terms:
"Not one OF the sixty-four clements,
without the presence ofether, possess
es weight.
"Force is not creative, and can not
be annihilated.
"Ether is the cohesive force of ma
ture.
"Light is the divinest subject in the
universe, and the more you study it
the less you know about it.
"Light is the broken particles or
atoms oil ether"
Professor Page gave his peculiar ex-
plantations OF the thunderbolt, thedy-
namo, the arc and incandescent
lamps, the law OF gravitation, and
various other obstruse matters con-
cerning astronomy and the laws gov.
erning the universe. He was seized
with a fainting fit early in his lecture,
but soon recovered and was able to
proceed to the end.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
Horses on the Farm,

AS rule the average farmer has no
business with fancy horses, unless for
breeding purposes. He shonld fit for
sale and sell such horses as will bring
high price and content himself with
cheaper animals for his own use.
He needs horses that are not too good
to do all kinds of farm work in care
of the hired man, and he can't afford
to run the risk OF having frst-class
horses ruined physically or in dispo-
sition by his mans carelessness or
his ignorance. Neither can the aver
age man afford to have good horses
standing idle when he cannot use
them himself. Besides there is con-
slant risk of injury that will lessen
the value OF such horses, or OF total
loss by death. know Of IL dozen
cases where farmers refused good
prices for horses, and the ANIMALS
either died or got hurt soon after. 1t
is strange but n fact that ifa beast on
the farm dies it's the most valuable
one. Ii you can afford the luxury OF
fine horses, all right; If not let some
other fellow take the risk and you
pocket the cash.-National Stockman
and Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
IN A GOLDEN MIST.
An Old-Timer's Tribute to Tobac-
co Smoke.
.tr,.o W, 49,, u, .e y

An Old-Timer's Tribute to Tobac-
co Smoke.
Cigar? Yes, thanks; don't mind if !
Co."
''They may say what they please, {"
went on the old-timer, as he sunk into
an easy-chair at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and dreamily pulled away at
his weed, "but believe that smoking
has it's place in this world.'
zone OF the minor evils OF life."
''That may be, but | actually be
lieve, sir, that the weed goes long
way towards making this world better
Making the world better.''
Exactly"
"How so?"
'In many ways. Many and many
time when am castdown and an
noyed with business cares; when the
when erything goes
wrong; when life seems unbearable,
light my cigar, and in twinkling my
cares slip away"
'tDo you believe that?"
81 certainly do. I appeal to every
old smoker in the land. l tell you,
sir, the aroma OF fragrant tobacco
is the greatest enemy OF care in this
world"
"Yes, it is a consoler."
'fNo doubt of it. A Companion in
many lonesome hours. l actually
believe that it is almost impossible
for a man to be downcast and smoke
good cigar. Tobacco acts as gentle
sedative, bringing peace and consola-
tion to the heart. 1t is the poor men g
luxury and the rich mans friend. II
you do not believe it try the scheme
yourself"
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
Here ts a Cure. Indeed.

The oldest cure for nervous pros
tration is that advocated by Sebastian
Kneipp, Bavarian priest 1t is to
walk barefoot and bareheaded in wet
grass, on wet stones. in fresh fallen
snow or in cold water. Kneipp has
been in practice, he says. thirty years
with this curative method. He is said
to have cured thousands of patients
by it. His little village is overcrowd-
ed with visitors coming for help in
their various Affections. People of all
classes seem to have faith in the man,
and even Baron Nathaniel Rothschild
(taking with him cook, secretary
and two servants). has gone through
the necessary ordeal sleeping in his
own private saloon carriage at night
meanwhile, at railway station four
miles off. Kneipp claims that water
will cure every durable disease.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
Overlooking Hogs:

For some days past we have been
alarmed at the close proximity OF sick
hogs to our own just across the fence.
The neighbor commenced green corn
feeding with over 100 head OF healthy,
vigorous animals. Green corn was
fed literally for about ten days, when
the hogs began to sicken and die. Did
not think they fed too high, but the
o. inion OF others that observed the
feeding is that too much was gwen.
We have not been on the farm to
make examinations, but notice that
since thefeed is cut down the hogs are
getting better. The well hogs were
separated from the sick ones and
moved on to new grounds. How do
we know that they are better? From
the fact that the b1zzards have al
most disappeared. To our mind this
is plain case of overfeeding, in which
danger arises to healthy hogs near
them. Yet the trouble is pronounced
BY some to be cholera. Cholera OF
this kind comes to the front to q
greater extent than it should, and
caused by men of q lnetime's expert.
ence in hog feeding as we'll as by the
novices-National Stockman and
FaPmnar
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
The EIectrophonio Plano.

This peculiar musical application OF
electrical mechanism is the invention
OF DIR. R. Eisenman, and was exhibited
at Frankfort by DR.. Nehab, OF Berlin.
The apparatus may be attached to
any piano and can be removed at any
time without injuring the piano. By
pressing on the keys OF the piano,
without striking them, more as in
playing an organ than a piano, elec-
trical connection is made with the ap-
paratus. The springs begin to vibrate,
giving forth very fine soft, tones, in
quality more like q either than any
other instrument, except that the
tone may be continued as long rs de-
sired by manipulating IL pedal which
keeps the electrical contact closed. A
chord, when struck, Civ 8 the same
tones as without the attachment, but
if the contact is kept closed the chord
will continue as long as electrical con-
nection is made. In playing simple
chords and pieces, very fine effects
and variations may be produced.
First playing few measures without
the.attachment and then making con-
nection and playing the same again
gives an effect similar to repeating the
same strain on an organ at a great
distance.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
Grooming a Horse.

The number of farmers who take
pride in keeping their horses in good
condition by proper grooming is COM
paraitively small; 1t istoo much "both
er" and takes too much time. But
there are some things in this world it
is worth while to bother about and
take time to do, and do we'll, and keep.
ing the horse we'll groomed is one OF
them. For it not only greatly i'm
proves their looks-which is a point
worth considering-but also promotes
health and longevity. The first thing
to be done on going into a stable in
the morning-after giving the horse a
little hay-is to remove all the drop
pings and litter. The latter should be
carried off where none OF the ammon-
iacal fumes canreach the horses, whose
eyesight man be seriously impaired
thereby, as we'll as their general health
be affected. The grooming should be
done when the horse is taken to water,
and before the grain ration is given.
To make a thorough job of the
grooming, begin at the animals head
and go over the entire body with
comb and brush. Rubbing off the
dirt a little here and there is. not
grooming in any proper sense of the
term. To be sure, it is something to
get the dirt off; but the health and
comfort of the horse demand that the
whole body should be brushed and
currycombed.
The requisite implements are good
brush and curry-comb and broom
corn brush for name and tail.
Taking the brush in The right hand,
carefully clean the animals head first,
and then, with the comb in the left
and the brush in the right, curry and
brush thoroughly the entire right side,
taking pains to rub the fetlocks and
the entire legs till they are well cleaned.
The left should then be gone over in
the same way. Then carefully clean
the hoofs, and go all over the surface
again with the splint brush in order
to create friction and remove the dust.
Follow the brush with wooden cloth,
rubbing the hair mp and then smooth
ing it down.
A healthy horse will feel much uet-
ter after this complete grooming and
will enjoy his oats and be ready for
any service required OF him.
A similar process OF combing and
rubbing down will be of great benefit
to the cows also. 1t will improve their
health and appearance and very much
lessen the chances OF detillng the milk.
The foul condition in which COWS are
often allowed to remain is disgrace
to their owner and source of peril to
the consumer OF their milk. Cleanli-
ness is the first law OF the dairy, and
grooming the cows ls one of the ways
OF observing it.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
Infringing on an Ancient Idea.

"T'here is no new thing under the
SUM-" Messrs. Robertson, OF Long
Acre. in the course Of their business OF
supplying artists With pigments, be-
come possessed from time to time OF
remains of the great Egyptians, to be
in due course ground up by them, and
sold i'll tubes as mummy" paint.
The firm recently lent piece of the
beautifully woven and preserved linen
bandages, in which a high priest and
keeper OF the baths had been preserv.
ed, to be shown as some converse
zione or lecture in the Midlands.
The texture and quality excited
great admiration among the audience,
which eliminated to something like
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
A Reasonable Reoue.t.

Il have one cequest to mako" said
the pretty type writer. when she had
accepted her employers proposal of
marriage. Name it my love-"
'Let me select my successor at tho
desk. New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
SCIENCE AND lRoGREss.
WHAT IS BEING ACCOMPLISH
ED BY MEN OF GENIUS.
Volcanic Remains In Connecticut
Type-Casttng MachInes--The
Electrophonic Plano--ln-
frlnging on an Ancient
Idea.
Type-casting Machines.

Now to outline the working of the
type-casting machine A keyboard
similar to that OF a typewriter fronts
the machine. There is key for each
letter of the alphabet. The operator
sits in front of the keyboard. Let us
suppose that he wishes toset the word
''new." He touches the key n. The
touch on the key releases from a
magazine in rear OF the machine
mold, technically called a matrix, for
the letter n. The matrix, which is of
brass, slides down into receiver near
the keyboard. Next the operator
touches the key e. A matrix for the
letter is released, and slides down
alongside the letter n. The operator
touches the key W. A matrix for W
comes down and ranges itself along
side e. Now, in the receiver we
have, Wharf.-The word new
in type? No. nothing of the
kind. We have three little BRASS
molds standing side by side, from
which, if we poured molten metal into
them, we would set the word new in a
solid cast. But there is no type. The
machine knows nothing of type what
ever, though, for convenience sake,
we are calling 1T at present a type
casting machine.
But the time is not come to put
molten metal into the three molds or
matrices" An entire line should be
set, not merely word. Suppose the
line is to be, "new things come to
pass" The operator proceeds to
touch key after key for the successive
letters until the mactrices for the
whole line are ranged side by side.-P.
D. Ross, in the Popular Science
Monthly.
Volcanic Remains in Connecticut.
Several years ago, while walking
down the lower Connecticut Valley.
with a party of students, we CHANGED
upon curious ledge ofrock surmount-
ing a low ridge by the road that runs
from Berlin to Meriden, about half
way between Hartford and New Hav-
en-. A scramble up the slope though q
bushy growth OF young trees led to the
foot OF the ledge-a thick bed OF gray
greenish rock, not in layers like lime
stone or sandstone, not crystalline
like granite or gneiss, but loose,
structurless texture, here and there
carrying roughly rounded blocks of a
dense, dark rock which we knew to be
an old lave, from its resemblance to the
rock elected from modern volcanoes.
Although q ledge OF this kind is not OF
ordinary occurrence, its features were
so we'll marked that there could be
little doubt of it's nature and origin,
it was bed OF volcanic ashes, inter-
spersed with blocks or bombs of lava
that must have been thrown from
some neighboring vent long ago in the
ancient time when the rocks of the
valley were made. The ash-bed lay
upon series OF muddy sandstones
that had evidently been formed under
water, for they are deposited in lay
ers, just as sand and mud are now
when they are washed into o pond;
and to all appearances the eruption
of the ashes and bombs had taken
place during the accumulation of the
sandstones.-Popular Science Month
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19
Salt as a Fertilizer.

The value of salt as + .tilizer for
certain crons must be limited bv the
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19

astonlshment upon q declaration OF
manufacturer that this fabric, woven
by a contemporary of Moses, contained
the same disposition of threads which
he had independently invented and
patented only year ago.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19

Trains stop at all stations to take on or let off
passengers.
Passengers with tickets will be carried on rear
secrion of regular freight trains
The Dickinson press., 1891-12-19

A serviceable fire alarm has been
patented which consists of small
machine, fastened to the ceiling of any
room. The alarm is instantly started
by the heightened temperature in the
room. The use OF automatic sprink-
lers in conjunction with such devices
as this will tend to greatly reduce the
dangers OF insipient fires.