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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
limited to Nav II for return at rate of one

limited to Nav Il for return. ar rate of one
and one third lure for the round trip.
On account of the Mai-Fest and trades
display at Fort Worth May is TO n, agents
may sell round-trip tickets to Fort WORTH
May IL and IS limited to May % for return,
at rate of one fare for round trip.
On account of the meeting OF the Texas
dental association at Waco May 70 to 80.
AGENTS NAV sell round-trip tickets to Waco
May % and 26 limited to May 80 for return,
and one and cne-third fare for the round
trim
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
EXCURSION RATES.
The Reduced Fares Authorized by the Fort
Worth and Denver.
mn.

Worth and Denver.
The Fort Worth and Denver announces
the following rates:
On May IL, on account of Mai Fest at
Fort Worth, one fare for the round trip
from all stations.
Excursion to Sunset May :. round trip
from Fort Worth 81.
For the Worlds fair convention at Fort
Worth May II, one fare for the round trip
from all stations, good returning until
May Is.
For the state Sunday school association
meeting a. Paris, fare and 4 third for the
round trip from all stations. Tickets to be
sold May II and Il, good returning until
May Il.
State pharmaceutical association at Hous-
ton, fare and one-third for the round trip
from all stations. Tickets to be sold May
10 and II, good returning until May Il.
For the Texas homeopathic association
meeting 1t Fort Worth. fare and third for
the round trip from all stations Tickets
to be sold May IL, good returning until
MAY Is.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Working for the Corpus Christi Road.

WORKING TOT tHe CorPuS NnrIStl hOaus
Special TO the Gazette.
VICTORIA, TEX, May "a committee of
Cueroites passed through here yesterday,
returning from Goliad, where their mission
was to consult with the citizens of Goliad
relative to the route of the proposed rail-
road from Corpus Christi northward, the
plan being to pool the interest of Goliad
and Dewitt county and work together to
secure the road through Refugio, Goliad
and Dewitt counties, instead of through
Refugio and Victoria counties.
A committee from Corpus Christi is 'ex-
pected here next week to examine the situa-
ton. The chances Of Victoria county will
not be allowed to suffer by reason of mac
tivity on the part of her citizens.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Officers Appointed.

The following circular was received In
this city yesterday:
THE EAST LINE AND
RED RIVER RAILROAD.
GREENvuLE, TEX, May /, 1891
Horace Booth is hereby appointed gen.
eral freight and passenger agent OF the East
Line and Red River railroad with head
quarters at Greenyille, Tex.
W. NJ. GILES, Receiver.
Mr.. Booth was formerly commercial
agent of the International and Great North
eln at Tyler. Z. VI. Alvord, recently pur-
chasing agent of the International and
Great Northern has been appointed gen.
eral superintendent with office at Green
Vile Mr.. Alvord is well known in Fort
Worth. having for some time been train
master of the Denver with headquarters in
this city
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
FORT WORTH AND DENVER CITY.
FoRT WORTH AND RIO GRANDE.
EoUSToN AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
Cashier Brantley Short.

ST LOUIS, Mo, May Ga dispatch from
Little Rock says that Cashier S. y. Brant-
ley, of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
that he has turned over $4,000 worth of
real estate as 4 Partial set-off. He has been
connected with the road eighteen years.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
THE KATY ON DECK.

Induced Rates for the Round Trip are
Authorized.
.xsERe passenger department of the Mis-
Ao6f. Kansas and Texas has issued the fol-
lowing circular:
To Ticket Agents in Texas
On account of the annual tournament of
the state sportmen's association at San An
tonic, May II to IL, agents may sell round
trip tickets to San Antonio May 10 and IL,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
General Manager Gt1hal.

CRY OF MEXICO, May 6.-Giehal, who will
be general manager Of the Inter-Oceanic
railroad during the absence of Detin San
chez in Europe, has arrived from England.
Work towards the Pacific on this road is
progressing.
Work extending the Cordan Valley rail-
road to Contreras, is progressing.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Get One Free.

The Fort Worth and Denver City in con-
nection with the Union Pacific .railrQal, 1iSa
first in the field with an. .s1N}2one 2 lels!
trated Western ResaHf zee Tor those
contenD,atian 111llMfer trip. Call at city
oiinA3f nam street and secure CYCLIC
pedia Of information regarding tho numer-
Gus and cheap summer resorts reached by
the Union Pacific railway
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
A HEATED QUESTION.


Mrs. Mary NJ. Clardy will deliver three
lectures to the ladies of Fort Worth at the
Missouri avenue Methodist church, dates
and topics as follows:
Thursday, May z p. NJ, Woman as
Priestess in the Home Tuesday, May L.
Woman's Power on the Side of Honesty !;
Wednesday, May 13, Woman's Power for
Social Purity. These lectures are free and
all ladies are invited to attend
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Their Annual Meeting.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, May e.-The stock
holders of the Gainesville, Henrietta and
Western railway company held their an
nual meeting in this city to-day. The mem
beers of the board elected are: ]. NJ. Dough-
erty, R D. Gribble, ]. NJ Lindsay, a. E.
Eldridge Of Gainesville, and R C. Foster
Of Oenison- I n Deugharty ~sa alected
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Hamilton's New Road.
Special to the Gazette.

SpICldI
HAMILTON, TEX, May 6.-Our railroad
committee is in great hopes of the line be-
ing built from Thurber via Dublin, Carlton.
Hamilton, Eyant and Lampasas. While
there has been no survey made or contract
entered into, the route is conceded to be
practicable. The country proposed to be
built through is as as good route as any
one could be for the same distance.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
A COUNCIL MEETING.
MAYOR SMITH ASKED TO CON-
VENE THE BODY TONIGHT.
A City Hall Site. Annexation of the Eighth
Ward and Redistricting the Mat
ters of Moment.

Last night the Office of w. ]. Bailey was
the scene of a meeting Of the public grounds
and public buildings committees. MIR. Bal
ley was in conference with the committees
and agreed to do certain things in regard 10
his proposition. Mr.. Armstrong and Mr.
Drake, it is understood, were ready to re-
port, but Mr.. Ryan wanted further time
Mr.. Drake the chairman of the committee,
is to confer with Mr. Bailey again this
morning. As I; result OF last nights meet
ing the following was drawn up and signed ::
To Hon. j. p. Smith, Mayor Of the City OF Fort
Worth:
The undersigned aldermen of the city OF
Fort Worth respectfully petition your
honor to call a meeting of the city council OF
the city for Thursday evening, May {, 1891
for the purpose of considering the matter OF
a city hall site, the annexation of the
Eighth ward and redistricting the city.
GEORGE W. ARMSTRONG,
c. c. DRAKE,
G.. II. DAY,
JAMES RYAN,
JONI F. WHITE.
Officer Towns was given the petition and
will present it to Mayor Smith this morn
ing. 1t is not known whether Mayor Smith
will call the meeting tonight or not as it is
optional with him.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Low Rate on Wheat.

CHICAGO, ILL, May 6-The lowest rate
on record. cents a bushel, is being charged
for carrying wheat from Chicago to New
York.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
INCREASE IN TEXAS RATES.
Cheap Transportation to greensboro, Ky
Conductors Statements.

Cheap Transportation to Owensboro, KY.
Conductors Statements.
Special to the Gazette.
Houston, TEX, May 6-F'or some n0asG
there seems to be an upward tendency in
freight rates just at this time. 1t is
stated on very good authority that
all Texas 1s roads will, VIII shorty c9,y
per 100 pounds. This is not the only COM
modify to be subjected to an increase in
freight rates, for it is equally as certain
that the Texas roads will increase their
lumber rates. Just how much, however,
it cannot be learned. This can almost be
stated as an assured fact and it is rumored
that a general increase in freight rates is
contemplated by these roads.
The Louisiana, Western Texas and New
Orleans, Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio, Gulf, West Texas and Pacific and
New York, Texas and Mexican, will on
May 10 and 20 sell tickets to
Greensboro, Kentucky, good to return
the round trip. Transit limit to be the
three days in each direction.
This is on account of the meeting Of the
general assembly of Presbyte;ians and only
applies from coupon stations east OF san
Antonio. The fare from terminal points on
these roads is as follows:
HOUSTON :-..........-..--.. so VI
sosi4A - ~
Beeyille. 81 IS
Guero 45 75
All passenger conductors on the first
division of the Houston and Texas Central
have received orders that for ten days,
commencing Tuesday, they will be required
to make a report of all colored people riding
on their trains, giving distance carried be-
tween what stations, name OF stations, date
of carrying and number of train on which
carried.
The Houston, East and West Texas has
purchased two engines and about thirty
cars from the Galveston and Western mar
row gauge railroad. They arrived this
morning and are being unloaded to-day.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
JOIN THE GAZETTE 4 With u? P E,GsqE1es

president, R. D. Gribble vice-president and
J. NJ. Lindsay secretary and treasurer. No
other business was transacted.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
TABLE OF DISTANCES

The following table shows the distances from
Fort Worth OF some OF the important points 10
as well ss outside OF Texas:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07

ST. LOUIS, ARKANSAS AND TEXAS.
Arrive. Leave
5:I5 p>rn. 80. Memphis Express. 500 a. IN
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
Cheap Ice,

Cheap Ice -
The Fort Worth paG11 - supply the
trade with .ieHo1 - ton, car lots, +. o. b.
1cks.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
wEATHERFORD, MINERAL WELLS AND
NnRrEIW SrERN RALLMAN

NOkIHW ESTENN NAILW AZ.
The trains Of this line make direct connection
with the Texas and Pacific railway trains Nos.
81 9ard l0at Weatheriord, leaving Fort Worth
Cvia Texas and Pacific railway and arriving at
Mineral Wells as follows:
Arrive. Leave.
1870 a. m Fort Worth IT & p. Ry). e:05 a. m
6u5 D. II. Fort Worth IT. & =. Ry.J. 4:S5 p. m.
i2nl o. IA .... Mineral Wells $3.50. 40 o.
1881 o. NJ 49, Mineral Wells 80. 500 p. IN.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
This Is the Best Route.

The Fort Worth and DepEan6lhnai1na,
wy, in connection VIZ acific, is
IS only dir mex route to Denver,
Salt 10y, Portland and San Fran
CO and all poins north and northwest
Ticket Office 4OI Main street and Union.
depot .uzss2Is =
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07

FORT WORTH AND NEW ORLEANS.
Arrive Leave.
No n; mall .. $40 p. IN.
No ~ accommodation. s:15 q. IL
poo a No.. No 40 Tnali........
zoo D. No. Al. accommodation
All the above trains from the Union Depot
c. u. LCSK, Ticket Agent
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
,1scorEI KANSAS AND TEXAS.
TRANSCONTINENTAL
Arrive

Teas and Pacific trains Nos. Band 6only stop
at Texarkana. Y c. Junction Atlanta, Jerer-
son. Marshall. Longyiew Junction, Big SANDY
Mineo!a, Wills Point Terrell, East Dallas,
Dallas and Fort Worth
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07

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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
FORT WORTH AND DENVER
c1-rF COLORADO AND SANTA FEE.
FORT WORTH AND RIO GRANDE.

FORT WORTH AND NEW ORLEANS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
Concise.

A teacher in a suburban school gave her
pupils twelve minutes in which to write an
abstract" A shoe was the subject select
ed by her, and the boys were to write il.
the first person. No limit as to the num-
Der of lines or words vas given them.
Most of the boys wrote and erased dur
ing the whole time allotted, but the teach
er noticed inc fellow who sat idle until
the time was within two minutes Of expir-
ing. AS the scholars filed out she said to
him: .
Brown, did you finish your abstracts"
eyes, ma'am," he answered.
Curious to see what he. could have writ
ten in so short u time she looked over the
papers, and found this:
II am a worn out shoe; my coffin is the
ash barrel, my grave the dump"
She says that almost as firmly impressed
on her memory as this remarkable compo.
sition is the expression of amazement on
the boys face the next morning when he
saw the "100' mark on his paper.-Youth's
Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
ORIGIN of Wen Known Words.

Indirectly our word dollar depends upon
a good mans name. The word is an alb
breviation of Joachimsthaler, a coin first
minted about 1918 in the valley of st.
Joachim, Bohemia. The valley (thaD bears
the name of the saint.
Boycott is u word recently introduced,
but already in use everywhere. A, few
years ago Captain Charles Cunningham
Boycott, al Irish farmer and land agent,
angered his tenants, and in revenge they
refused to work for him or to sell him food.
To boycott means to withhold custom from
a man in any line of business.
A martinez is what few soldiers like 70
be called. Colonel Martinez was an officer
in the army of Louis XIV. He was so
particular about small details, SO rigid in
his discipline, that he was looked upon as
q nuisance. His name has come down to
us as applicable to a military Miss Nancy
Finniken.
Bogus is the corrupted form of the name
Borghese, that of a noted swindler who
passed large amounts of counterfeit money
in the west some years age
Boniface is a common name for the land
lord of a tavern. The original was one Of
the rare kind-asleek, good tempered, jolly
landlord-but he wasn't in real life. He
was a character in Farquhar's comedy of
1.-THE Beaux' S~trategem," written In 1901.
-Harper's Young People.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
A Diamond Stealing Hen.

Some time ago the household of a gen
tleman well known in commercial circles
of G%ravenhurst, Ont, was very much up
set by the loss of a valuable diamond ring
belonging to a guest, n lady from New
York.
Suspicion at once fell on a servant who
was employed as housemaid, but upon her
continued and earnest denial of the theft
she was retained, as the gentleman, from
u sense of justice, did not wish to dis
charge her on mere suspicion. A few
days after the ring disappeared it was
found under the lady's window, with the
solitaire stone, however, missing, having
been pried out of the setting.
1t was supposed that the thief had re-
moved the diamond to keep it from being
identified. The mystery was solved, how
ever. recently in a most unexpected man.
ner, for in cleaning a chicken for dinner
the cook discovered a small, round object
in its craw, which on being cleaned was
found to be the missing diamond.
The supposition now is that the ring fell
from the lady's hand while she was in bed,
and the clothes being shaken next morn
ing it fell from them into the yard, where
it was found by the hen, which, pecking
the stone from the setting, swallowed it,
st. Paul Globe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
Going to Sec His Sister.

N1OAuk w JOY La 3sbVOEs
There arrived at the Union depot a hoy
of thirteen, who told a most interesting
story of his life while waiting for a St.
Paul train.
He is a bright little fellow, and his dress
and bearing indicated careful rearing. In
telling his story to the depot master he
said:
my parents died when l was quite
young. I resided with my parents in New
York city. When l was eight years
of age was playing with some strange
boys in Central park, and they lost me just
for a joke. l wandered about until dark,
and then became so frightened that Icould
not tell the policeman who found me what
my name was nor where i lived. I was
kept at the station that night, and the next
day l started u to find my way home.
1.-THE officers did not see me go, and as l
was afraid to go back there l would not
ask anybody to direct me. Two days later
Twas picked up and sent to the Children's
Aid Mission, and there l went to school
and helped about the place rs much as pos
sible. They made several efforts to find my
sister, but I could not remember the mum.
Der or street. ~
'tTwo months ago the priest in charge
saw an advertisement in one of the papers
Offering a reward for Eddie Cook, and then
giving II description Of me as I looked five
years ago. The answer was to be sent to
Minneapolis, and this the priest did. It
turned out that it was my sister, Who had
married and gone to that city. wrote
several times to her and she answered the
letters, and now I am going to meet her"
Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
The Silk Threads in Bank Notes.

The paper upon which bank notes are
printed is called distinctive paper" be-
cause used exclusively by the government
for the printing of bonds and notes. The
mills where it is manufactured are at Glen
Falls, Westchester county, Pa. An agent
of the treasury department receives the pa
per direct from the hands of the manu-
f%acturer, and every p%recaution is taken to
keep any of it from being lost.
When this distinctive paper" is being
made, scraps of red silk threads are mixed
with the pulp in a big tank. The finished
material is conducted to a wire cloth with
out passing through any screen which
might retain the silken threads. Next, an
arrangement above the wire cloth s~catters
q shower of blue silk threads, which fall
upon the paper as it is being formed. The
side upon which the blue silk is deposited
is used for the backs of notes, each thread
being so deeply embedded as to remain
permanently fixed. The smooth side of
the paper, that in which the red threads
alone are seen, is used for the front of the
note. Each of these sheets are registered
as soon as finished.-St. Louis Republic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
Electric Pinnace.

The electric pinnace designed for the
English government for the conveyance
of troops is likely to effect a revolution in
crafts used for the purpose, for the propul-
sion of which steam has heretofore been
used. The new launch is 4S feet 6 inches
in length by 8 feet o inches beam, with an
average draft of 8 feet 8 inches, and will
carry forty soldiers fully equipped.
Her speed will be eight knots an hour.
and she is so fitted as to be either called or
propelled electrically. The actual cost of
propulsion is not greater than that of
steam vessels with similar carrying capac-
ity, and there is to be taken into consid-
Grafton the great advantage that no skilled
hands are required for stocking and engi-
neering purposes.-New York Telegram.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
Opening Safe. Is Easy Work.

An expert not long ago chagrined the
treasury officials by opening the vaults
without a knowledge of the combinations.
Now here is a method by which any ordi-
nary burglar with a slight knowledge Of
electricity can "crack" the strongest safe
built with dispatch and without noise.
Let him connect the safe with one
pole of an electric machine, and put.
ting a carbon point on the other pole,
place it against the safe at the spot
desired to work upon. In q few minutes
the action of the current will soften the
iron or steel to such an extent that it will
be comparatively easy to cut. II the burg.
lar is an electrician, he cen utilize the cleo
trio light wire for the purpose.-Boston
Transcript.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
Cotton weaving in India.

The weaving of cotton into cloth was
first done in India centuries ago. Nothing
woven in America can compare with the
almly fabrics wrought in East Indian
looms. One man will take months to COM
plete u single piece, which is SO exquisitely
6ne that we cannot wonder that it is poet
ically called woven wind" Who but the
elves or the brownies could sew seams in .
web as dainty as this! ~
The tree cotton of India, with its redss
dish purple flowers, is grown about
temples of'the Hindoos, and from it,
lowish ibers is made the sacerdotal
tite thread of the Brahmins-the
Of their trinity.-Harper's Young.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-20
Our Grandfathers Died Too Young.

Baron Delessert, the founder of the
Philanthropic society of Prais, found that
the annual death rate in that city during
the g of chivalry-the Fourteenth cent
ury-was one in sixteen; during the Sew
enteenth, one in twenty-six, and in 1924, one
in thirty-two. Taking all of France to-
gether the deaths during 1881 were one in
Twenty-Five. but in the five years proceed
ing 1929 they were one in t%hirty-nine. Thus
the value of life in France had nearly
doubled since ''the good old times"
1t was next found that in the prisons of
England, which were already experiencing
the good effects of greater cleanliness, bet
ter food and other reforms, introduced
through the efforts of Howard and his CO.
adjutorS, the health of the prisoners was
so much benefited and their lives SO much
prolonged that, as Mr.. Beecher said, "peo-
pie might sigh for a location in some good
salubrious prison." So great were the ad-
vances on all sides that Sir Edwin Chad
wick, the father of sanitation, so far as it
a be defined, became persuaded that
there is a potential longevity in men of one
hundred years, and that death at a period
less than that should be counted prema-
ture.
He was born in 1900 and died July s,
1890, and if it is true, as many statisticians
assert, that the period of human life has
heightened nine years since this century
began we can see that his belief was not
altogether the dream of an enthusiast; for,
in spite of the great advances made in the
science of sanitation and in the art of liv-
ing SO as to insure the highest health, he
felt that only a beginning had been made
and TINT the coming century is to be the
one in which the seeds planted in this are
to attain their growth and bear their full
fruitage.-Mrs. H. N. Plunkett in Popular
Science Monthly.