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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Among the many young men Of ability,
and faithful and efficient officers thar
Tarrmt county has honorcd, mono stand
higher than John +. King. the subject
Of this sketch, who IS the present county
clerk.
John T, King was born near Rron.
ham, Washington county Dec. .. 1861.
and is therefore - years Of age. His
family moved 20 q farm near l1andley,
this count. In 1872, aud John came 10
Fost Worth and went Ia school for
three years. He thcn went 10 his faith
er's farm where he remained for five
years, acquiring habits Of industry ana
thrift for which he Is today noted. Al
the end OF the period Of farm war;, he
engaged himself with the b c. Evans
company with which concern he was EN-
ployed until lSSS. MIR King showed
business tact beyond that displayed by
was one Of which his friends had reason
In the ran Of 1855 he was elected
county clerk. The Popullsts wore on The
high tide OF success that year aud Il took
Democrat OF worth, popularity and sin
gular ability TO hold his own. Hn had a
hard hsht. hut knowing no such word
as fan. making q brilliant personal can.
yass. and deyoting himself 90 his race
he was elected by majority OF ST5
His first year in Office brought TO the
knowledge OF tho voters what was In
him, and he proved so acceptable that
two years later he was reelected bv fbe
Immense majority OF 500 Nominated
thlrl time HE majority stan crew.
and he reached the tifuros. $50
Modest In his bearing, never Vainelorl.
Gus over his trinmphs l0hn =. Kim
Is always typical ToNAs gcntlenap
whn numbers his persnnal friends ana
admirers in al circles Of soci,iv. H.
Inc hundred. Honest IN every nartisulnr
faithful Ia details, n model bubble sar
want. no hn. -,np fer hialsalf 4 ns,,o
as An officer that reGests credit an M
aarty. lis county npi Ms state.
via fo'e pcrier King. I'M hoDor,s
'ifiren Of the county. lives near Mans
| feid.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Fort WOrtiL and special partnership
formed with George Mulkey aud j II.
Ellis, well-known business men Of Fort
Worth, Later a stock company of $780,
600 capital was organized and recently
increased to a charter for S2O0,O0O.
The Chicago Cottage Organ company.
so well known throughout America, took
IN interest In the Collins 4 Armstrong
COMPANY whose officers NJ present are
j. II, Ellis, President, IL, ID. Gable.
ylce-presdont; Warren Collins, secretary;
Elmon Armstrong treasurer aud general
manager.
Tho buSincss Of tho company has
steadily increased until agencies have
been established IN nearly all the cities
Of pcNns, and thein trade extends
throughout tho states Of Texas, Arkansas
aud The Indian Tcrrtory.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Whnt do you think. a clear Havana
cigar for 81 per boxl During the holt
days George II. Dnshwood proprietor Of
pnshwood's Pharmacy 500 Main street,
VIII sell you these excellent smokers for
exactly that prise. II you don't smoke
yourself buy a box for a gift to some one
else Mr.. Eastwood also receives fresh
ever. week fine assortment Of picked
Flows candies.
Flows candies arc acknowledged 10 be
the purcst and best made, which fact You
are perhaps aware Of a one or two
pound box makes very acceptable pres
cnt for young lady acquaintance, or to
your own wife or children
odd Santa should buy none else.
IL you live out OF town send postal note
for what yOu want.
Holiday novelties in profusion; also the
most fragrant Of pnrlumciie8. can be
purchased ~ wonderously low prices at
DaslwoOd's Pharmacy. 10 mention even
n potion Of what son can get az this
Iiacc would entail too much Of an expen-
diturc, 90 We simply extend an Invitation
10 call around and take peep. Tho
number IS 5O2 Main street.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

10 work for Mr. TAYLOR be has been
steadily coming 90 the fnnl aud now oc-
cupics the best aud mOst responsible po-
siiion. fiat Of general floor mana ger aud
also having charge Of the advertising de-
pariincnL
The newspaper advertising men. Of
course. wJn 10 be on the good side Of
Mr.. Price and Al most any hour iu che
't,y yoa will lind some one OF them
either telling bis little story or waiting
very patiently for COPY.
The first $3.50 Mr. Price saved he in
vested In Fort Worth realty and has been
buying and ceiling ever since-his first
Improbable deal u yet to be made. He
has married since coming here and has a
mobile little wife and interesting family
Mr. Price j. buyer for four departments
goods
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

built with noble aims and i9 ~.
and as such Is the only nap..,
citation OF its kind. II has Ne v, v.
the leading brainy men OF 49, n
az the wholesalers who emplol
grims. The Texas Division, 4
il ever working for Iexas' "
their own good, and ~ ,,sisi
potent factor in the uppuiir V.''
Empire state. Let then .ST =
forgetting that though " .ns w n
occupation may have peen WI y Z
they should remember tnht M ~ n
full il takes the most honvi ~ /,
ana the most aifahle q w w u
walks Of life; they shosi l'a, M ~ b
that honor and fame ron ,r q
rise, act well your PT'' l
honor lies
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

he is armmeniaiive rithrr than eio.
aucai He treats The Jury a. lhoush 4
Nhs ronlpOseh u reasonable nea mud
newer asks Tor verdict without giving
good reasons why Il should b,' rendered.
lie Is tireless worker IN me preparh-
tion OF his eases.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

The annual aversee o. q TT I 7:
In Germany for al ,, oas,'iB risaii z
IN Italy 1912, in urea' ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

The United States NJ 4sohl
death rate from dipii'n i,,ss reyi y
each.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

The iron lighthouse exhibited NJ n,.
Worlds Fair is % replace lie Waec
kaaek hsNcen, near SANDY HOOK. Tiic
Chan tac prcscilt one.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

While Mrs. Catherills p. ri II
lyn was returning ~ = y N hesft
Il on Tuesday, she diea y
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Savage, Sharp, SILL nv ~
Witty, Cute aud y l,1 b. Be il5 2
planetary titles a1aeu !"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

alterations ana
necessary place footing with t
this opportunity to notify those taken e.
yards those who shipping this MI
future of Nothing shall left thonobl
shippers every respect their va
ing will the other yards
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Railway bnila'hs Jspan N
ant proportion " jessia 2 .,|'
having an Aggregate .ss,ns'i z,
miles are now unarI ~
electric lines have as
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Several Of the gTse .'1l,,. I. y,
were used in che AZ m
fair have been ~ Sril|a1is
summer hotels in 'pe
giOns. ---------''' -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
ALocoMo1IYE EXPERIENCE.
How = Rejected Flyer Turned Up nc q
Prize Machine.

How = Rejected Flyer Turned Up nc =
Prize Machine.
Strange things happen when men
make up their minds that they can't
help happening.
1t is now over twenty years, says
writer in the Locomotive Engineering,
since Superintendent Healy, of the
Rhode Island locomotive works, built
a passenger engine for the Old Colony.
This engine had seventeen and one
half by twenty-five inch cylinders,
with fve-foot wheel, and the only
innovation on the standard engines OF
the day was the trial of two and one
quarter inch tubes instead of two inch,
there being about one hundred and
sixty of them. Before the engine ever
made a turn the general superinten-
dent heard of the big fiues and openly
announced that the engine would
never make the time with the Fall
River boat train for which it was built.
The master mechanic admitted that he
didn't believe IL would ever steam, and
one by one the engineers shook their
heads and allowed that it couldn't
make it-because it couldn't. Then
the firemen announced that no man
could keep it hot, and no one ought to
expect that it could be done. The en-
gine was doubted from the start.
Everybody said it couldn't make the
run-and it didn't. 1t went ON the
road and was failure from the start,
and after eighteen months service it
was rebuilt. The general superinten-
dent paid the Rhode Island locomotive
works 81, 900 extra for a new boiler ire
turning the old onel like the old ono
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
TIME FOR PRUNING.
Close Trimming When the Tree Is Do
lnant Induces Growth.

Close Trimming When the Tree Is Dor
mant Induces Growth.
The time to prune deciduous trees IS
when the sap is down and leaves of the
tree. Pluins are generally the first
ready and are followed by pears, dpri-
cots, peaches and lastly apples.
Close pruning when the tree is dor
mant induces tree growth. Hence If a
tree is feeble or has not grown rs could
be wished, it should be closely trimmed
in the winter season, always cutting
lust above healthy bud a severe
shock to the tree, while the sap Is low-
ing freely, causes the tree to throw ont
fruit buds and spurs for the next sea-
son, and pruning while the tree j. in
blossom will cause that crop to set
When tree growth is desired, prunc
while the tree is dormant; but if fruit
is desired. prunc either root or top while
the sap is flowing.
For plums, prunes and apricots, leave
all the small spurs growing along the
branches, no matter whether the tree is
Young or old, for on them the bulk of
the fruit is grown. Head in well from
the outside, which tends to develop
these spurs, and also strengthens the
tree, and the fruit will grow where the
tree is best able to bear it. Apples,
peaches and pears are inclined to bear
nearer the tips, and young trees should
be we'll headed in during the win
ter season, both to give the tree
symmetry and strength, and also to in
duce a more vigorous wood growth, and
prevent 4 premature bearing of fruit, "A
fault that fruit growers do not seem to
appreciate, but which is nevertheless,
a very serious one-Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
NEW AND NOVEL.

A NEW thing in the surgical world is
a curious brass button recently de
signed by surgeon for the purpose OF
joining together two ends of an in
testine that has been cut.
AN English matchmaker exhibits an
engine of one hundred and twenty-five
distinct pieces mot including thirty
three bolts and screws) which could
be hidden in lady's thimble.
THE spinning of wood pulp into yarn
is the invention of Hungarian. 1t is
stated that fabric may be woven from
this material which equals the best
cotton goods in the principal features
AN auger that bores square hole
consists of a screw auger in square
tube, the corners of which are sharp
ened from within. AS the auger ad,
vances, pressure on the tube cuts
square the round hole.
A WATCH in the form of a shirt stud
has been made by an English artisan.
It's dial is three-sixteenths of an inch
In diameter and is to be worn with
two other studs. By turning the upper
stud you wind the watch, while by
turning the lower one the hands are
oIiuctad
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
NAMES ARE NOT KNOWN.

A BASEBALL player in Independence,
Kan, can throw ball 900 feet.
HIccoUGHs too freely indulged in
proved the death of an old man in
Massachusetts,.
AN industrious little colored boy in
Atlanta, Ga, aged seven years, was
lately induced to set fire to house for
a reward of five cents.
A MONKEY that died in Butte City,
Mont, was such pet that his owner
induced an irreverent wretch to
preach a sermon over the animals re.
mains.
Two YOUNG men were injured
similarly in Brooklyn few days ago
by accidentally falling from windows
about the same hour, in the same
street and within block of each other.
Both were picked up unconscious and
removed to the same hospital.
An east side New York junk dealer
purchased at farm sale on Long
Island the other day fine old crown
topped bronze bell. 1t bears a cross,
the pious initials 81. III. S." the date
17T9, and this inscription in Spanish;
"Conmi boz. Alabo a Dios." 1t looks
like relic with history, and it may
have been the bell of wrecked Span
iSh vessel
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15


a class Grafton, sit is decided that
may accept your offer when your in
vention is a success"
The lump in the young mans throat
disappeared, and he said, bravely:
Then shall consider you safely mine;
for although it has taken me years to
make my model, 1 am now at the point
of perfecting it, and you will not have
long to wait for your fate. May my eff
forts be crowned with success!" So
saying the young man rose, and bid
ding his prospective fancee adieu.
stepped out into.the night.
During the time that Allan Penton
had been engaged with his all-absorb-
ing mission little spark had been kim
died which already gave evidence of
the demoniacal fury of the power
which it had created. De Koven street
was wrapped in flames which seemed
to spread with the rapidity of a forest
fire, hurried on by the wind, which
drove it impetuously forward, first on
one side and then on the other. The
young man fastened his steps in the
direction of the confagration. The
fire engines were already busy, and a
general alarm had been sent out; but
the fire, which had been started in a
barn at the rear of small house in
De Koven street. had in this brief space
of time attacked the entire block. The
young inventor was soon busy, with
others who had fiocked to the scene, en-
deavoring to stem the fiery tide of the
onward-rolling flames. Shriels and
cries for assistance resounded on every
side. Men, women and children, in all
degrees of desha5ille, were huddled in
disconsolate groups in the streets
Panic shone from the eyes of these ter
rified outcasts forlornly watching the
fremen and ~olice in their struggle
with the remorseless flames.
"Help" ''Help!' that pitiful cry of
beleaguered victims, came from hun
dred lips at once. Twice already had
Allan Penton responded to that be-
seeching call and fought his way
through flame and smoke with quiv-
ering bit of rescued humanity in his
arms. Again he heard it and again in
response dashed up stairway from
which wreaths of flame darted like the
tongue of serpents. This time he was
gone longer than on the previous occa-
sions, and it was feared by the trem-
bling watchers that he would never
reappear. A glad shout rose to their
lips when he emerged from the smolx-
ing ruins, bearing in his arms the limp
figure of young girl. He had scarcely
laid her down at safe distance from
she falling debris, when, overcome by
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
DECEIVED BY HIS CAUTION.

Counterfeit Package Mistaken by It's
Owner for One That Contained Money.
I arrived here just before the first
bank suspension, says Denver cor
respondent of the St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat, and one of the first calls made
was on q merchant whose nervousness
made it painful to do business with
him, no matter how large bill could
be sold to him. On this particular oc-
casion he seemed afflicted with an ex-
cessively severe attack of his chronic
complaint, and he told me he was too
much worried about finance to talk
about giving orders.
After awhile he became communica-
tive and told me he had succeeded in
withdrawing from the bank that day
rather over four thousand dollars,
which he had put away in a strong box
in an actually burglar-proof vault, into
which thieves could not possibly break
through and steal. He proceeded to
tell me in addition that he had made
up a dummy package representing,
and indeed counterfeiting, the pack
age of currency, which he had careful
ly labeled with the actual contents OF
the valuable roll. The dummy pack
age, he explained, was in the back OF
his ordinary cash drawer, which he
showed me. His explanation of this
peculiar precaution was that as he had
been seen by several people who had
helped start the run on the bank he
was afraid his place might be burglar
lied, and that if it was the dummy
package would undoubtedly be taken
without being opened and examined,
and the thief would hurry away with
out searching for further booty.
smoked good cigar with the mer-
chant and tried to convince him that
his bank was all right and that he had
taken a great deal of unnecessary
trouble Late in the same day, how
ever, the bank had to suspend, and
when I saw my customer the next day
he chuckled over the success of his
precautionary measures. When / got
him down to talking business he sud
denly remembered he owed our house
a few hundred dollars, and said II /
would wait he would go to the vault
and get the money. He came back in
about ten minutes looking as though
lightning had struck him. He carried in
his hand what presumed was his roll
of bills, and when he threw it on the
counter and rushed headlong to his
cash drawer began to doubt his san
ity But in q minute his peace of mind
was restored and the explanation was
obvious. He had made up the real and
dummy packages so much alike that he
had deceived himself and had placed a
roll of brown paper in the vault, while
the package containing over four thou
sand dollars had been lying loose in
his cash drawer without any protec-
ton against fire or thieves. His re-
marks on his own blunder were abus-
i've in the extreme.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
Nf4SaSs5 u EgAs3 W.
a1I4lS'+7f1sY y
rELronD BEFORE AEDGIxa.

1t is then imperative to cut or fill, or
both, as may be found most expedient,
in order to give sufficient fall in the
cutters to carry the water to the near
est stream. Underdrains are also re-
quired in such places to relieve the
subsoil of water. This matter of secur-
ing dry foundation for the pave
ment is really the most importapS
end to be gained by grading, as the
pavement may be constructed and
permanently maintained on grades of
very inconvenient steepness, bnt if the
drainage is neglected the existence of
the pavement itself is imperlled.
The total depth of pavement was
generally twelve inches On some of
the roads the telford foundation was
not laid under the entire width of Tie
pavement. but a strip two feet wide on
each side consisted of macadam stone
only. Underdrains were laid wherever
required to relieve the subgrade of
water and to fit it for rolling and con-
solidation.
The telford foundation consisted of
trap rock on most of the roads, hard
granulite or similar stone being used
on the others. The stones were of the
general wedge shape shown in the il
lustration, set on their bases and
placed side by side with their longest
dimensions transverse to the line of the
road
The stones were at least eight inches
deep, the base being from eight to
twelve inches in length and not less
than four inches in width. After
sufficient length of this foundation had
been laid all projecting points of stone
were broken off with hammers, and
smaller stones, spalls and chips were
wedged and hammered into every open
ing until the whole was made a rigid
mass of stone This process of KNAPP
ping was continued until all points
above grade were broken off, the low
places filled with stone, and the telford
presented sufficiently even surface at
the proper grade.
The foundation was then rolled thor
oughly, the roller used weighing at
least five tons. In the construction OF
the latter roads thin layer of clay
was spread over the telford previous to
the rolling to prevent the screenings
(which were to be applied later) from
sitting through the foundation, and
also to form a cushion for the macadam
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
GATHERED ODDITIES.

A ruREE-LEGGED chicken attracts
many visitors to the farm of John
Owens, in Bucora, Wash.
A sHrNGLE was removed last October
from the roof of the Congregational
church at Pennington, Conn, where II
had been since 1771.
A DUCK in Galloway county, Mo-, has
initiated q new fashion in the line oi
eggs All of the eggs it has laid this
month have had shells that are perfect
ly black.
A GOVERNMENT check for one cent
given during the war to correct an
error, is still in the possession of q
New York man. 1t could be cashed
at any time if the owner so desired.
A WHALE of the hump-back species
that is believed to have been struck by
some passing vessel, was washed
ashore at Long Beach, Wash, one day
lately. The whale measured nearly
ffty-two feet in length.
THE rocking stone," in Sullivan
county, N. ", weighs forty tons, and
is so evenly balanced on a table OF
rock that it can be easily set in mo-
ton by the pressure of a finger, yet SC
solidly laid the combined strength OF
one hundred men without artificial ap
pliances could not displace it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
except that it had two-inch tubes

except that IL had two-lnch tuoes.
He said he knew that the new boiler
would steam and the engine make the
time. The master mechanic said he
knew so, too, and the engineers and
fremen agreed with them that now 1t
was all right.
1t was all right, steamed well and
made the time-because everybody
said it could and would.
Some months afterward John Thomp-
son, general mastar mechanic of the
Eastern railway, wanted a seventeen
inch passenger engine, and wanted it
as cheap as possible. He was induced
to take the boiler discarded by the Old
Colony latter being thoroughly re-
paired). None of the engineers knew
the engine had an old boiler or fues
larger than the ordinary. Mr.. Thomp-
son said she was q fine engine and
would just play with their fastest and
heaviest express. The men all counted
on her as a good steamer, and a good
steamer she was This engine never
lacked for steam, did her work well
and as economically as the best engine
on the road, and is in the service yet
running in sight of the scene of her
former failure.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
FUNNY FACTS.

'po YOU call your wife your better
half, Mr.. Henpeck?" Better half?
H'ml My friend, she is more than
three-quarters. IN. Y. Press.
Ir very frequently happens that a
man gets on bust and loses his bal
ance; but just now it is the bank that
gets on bust and the man loses his
balance: Post
A SUMMER hotel youngster was talk
ing with lady on the piazza, and her
father appearing the lady said face
tiously: "Who is that gentleman?"
That's not gentleman" replied the
youngster. chats papa.
Journal.
DowsER-"There goes Judge Wurd-
leigh. In addition to his being a fine
jurist he has the reputation OF
being a master of the English Ian
guage." Bowser-''That may be, but
don't like his sentences; they're too
long; it took me six months to get to
the end of one of them. m."-fonkers
Ga1attp
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-15
c1r1'rrvAT1Ss A FENCED GARDEN

such reasons that some people feel
obliged to fence in their gardens, and
deprive themselves. and the gardens
also, of the great advantage of the full
and frequent use of the cultivator. A
plan is given herewith by which a
fenced garden may be cultivated with a
good deal of ease and thoroughness.
The ground used should, if possible, be
much longer than wide, with every
thing planted in rows, and the rows
running lengthwise. The end fences
are made up entirely of gates, as shown
in the diagram. These being set wide
open, and the rows having been
arranged SO that row occurs III exact
line with each fence post at the ends,
opportunity is afforded to cultivate
every row in the garden, and that, too,
completely to the ends, with no turn
ing of the horse within the limits of the
garden. the advantages of which are
too apparent to need dwelling upon. -
Webb Donnell, in American Gardening.