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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-14

New York Exports.
BY Associated Press,
New York. May i2.-Exports OF specie
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-14

chicngo Grain.
chicago, lll;, Aiay ll.--Leadlng futures
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Aunt Patty's Cow.

Daisy was Aunt Patty's COW. She
gave rich milk and was very gentle.
Aunt Patty made great pet of her
and always MIXED her herself.
by and by auntie felt too old to take
care of her COW and hens and garden,
and concluded to go and live In the
village with her sister.
The cow was sold to q neighbor,
who felt very much pleased to get
such a good one as he knew Daisy to
be. 70 a, sDc
But he changed his mind when he
tried to milk her. She seemed very
cross COW indeed. She put down her
head and shook her horns at him,
kicked and sent the pail across the
yard. He tried again and again, but
it was no use. She would not let him
come near her. "a
Away he went to Aunt Patty.
IL thought your COW was gentle"
said he, but / can do nothing with
her"
Auntie was surprised to hear this of
her pet. She thought minute.
eI'll tell you what to do" she said.
Daisy Is used to me, you know, and
she does not like change. Go home,
and put on your wife's sunbonnet and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

There is great field for the new pa
per that is to be started i'm the City of
Mexico. We are not prepared to dis
css the financial features of the
sheme, but from news view 1t ought
= be magnificent success. OF course
will have II column OF Revolution
airy Jottings," or something Of that
sort, in which to record the trifiing in
cidents of the section of the world in
which it is to be published. The fact
that 1t is to be located close to the seat
of perpetual war is an advantage, also.
A war correspondent can be kept con-
stantly employed, moving from one
Central American or South American
republic to another, as one war Is end
ed and another begun. 1t is always an
advantage for n paper to be published
close to localities that furnish good,
lively news, and that is where the pa
per projected for the City Of Mexico
will be particularly strong. We pre-
dict that the items that may come I'M
der some stlch heading as THE Latest
Wars" will be spicy reading.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

near the end for the inflow OF water
(c). The pipe was then, with a large
mallet, driven down about ten feet
into sandy loan, until it had pene-
trated layer Of sand containing wa
ter. To the top Of the pipe the cross
piece was connected, and about five
feet down plug was inserted con-
tanning hole fitted with a leather flap
valve on top (b). A plunger Of hard
wood with a hole In the bottom also
fitted with leather flap valve was
connected to a handle by an iron strap,
and the handle was supported from
the spout of the pump on two strips of
hard wood bolted fast together. On
the piston, or plunger (a), strips Of
leather are fastened to promote sue
ton. A drive well at first brings up
the fine sand with the water, but as
the sand Is pumped out cavity is
formed which holds a barrel or two
of water, and in time all the sand
near the bottom of the pipe disappears.
One advantage the driven well has
over a well that is dug and walled up
is In its freedom from mice, toads and
insects. Another advantage Is Its
cheapness. The well here described
cost only about six dollars completed,
and has done good service for several
years pumping much water in a dry
l.. Townsend, In Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

That the art of war In modern times
Is more and more reducing itself to
the art Of finance we have lately had
many facts to remind us afresh. War,
in truth, Is only another name for
financial speculation OH a great scale.
IL Japan whips China she stands to
win $200,000,000, which she will ex-
act as ''indemnity"-that is, as a re-
turn on her investment. Military glory
continues to be fine thing in the eyes
of mankind, but without an accom-
paniment of hard cash when all is
over 1t partakes too much of the ma
ture of a barren ideality. At any rate
the finance ministers who have to pro-
vide the funds for securing the glory
keep a sharp eye on the gold which
they hope to get along with 1t, and,
IL 1t comes to n choice between the two,
are disposed to say with Omar Khay-
yam, "Take the cash and waive the
rest" Even such "war scares" as
those caused by the death Of the Gar,
when 1t was first seen to be impend-
ing, or the threat of complications be-
tween France and England, or the
troubles Of the French in Madagascar,
throw the stock markets into shiver,
and show how war in commercial and
Industrial world is like blood-poison-
ing in the body. When hotheads begin
to talk about the need of fighting off
Russian assaults on Afghanistan the
bankers and merchants at once begin
to ask who is to provide the $4,000
900 necessary to send a British army
there, or the 500, 100000 which would
be required to keep it there a few
months. Down go the stocks until the
official assurance comes that there is
nothing In it."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

Rub spoons with salt to remove egg
stains.
To purify cistern, tie charcoal in a
bag and drop it in.
Canned sardines carefully Drowned
on a double-wire gridiron and served
with lemon are appetizing.
The merest dash of cinnamon In O
cup of chocolate after 1t is poured is
said to add a piquant and undistin-
guishabIe flavor.
A silk dress should always be brushed
with q soft camers hair brush, as
whisk brooms are too harsh and cut
the silk.
When an eiderdown comfort has got
hard and lost all of its elasticity hang
1t in the cool, balmy sun for a few hours
and all the life will come back.
Linseed oil is better than anything
else for removing rust from stove
pipe. Rub the pipe thoroughly with the
oil "a little goes a great ways) and build
a slow fire until 1t is dry.
When you are through with washtubs
or wooden pals, turn them bottom side
up on the floor Of the woodhouse or
cellar and set a can Of fresh water un-
der them to keep them from coming to
pieces.
Mix lemon and vanilla when you are
tired of either Of these fiavors. To n
tablespoonful of lemon extract add
about third of a teaspoonful of vanilla
and you will think you have discovered
a new flavor.
The breath may be kept sweet by
using a tooth powder which contains
.orris root, and by rinsing the mouth
with water into which few drops of
blsterine or tincture of myrrh have
been put.
In these days Of bacteria let the sun
light have free access wherever its pol
son-scattering rays can reach. In
other places use boiling water and cop
peras, or chloride of lime where water
is undesirable
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Tins lump.

Tins Jump.
Tim wilkins went to school In little
red school-house. 1t had fiat roof
and great stone chimney.
One day in winter there came deep
snow, very light and very soft Great
drifts were piled up all about the
school-house. They were so high that
the very little scholars had to get up on
the benches to see over them through
the windows.
At noontime the teacher and the big
boys went home to dinner. Some Of
the small boys stayed to eat apples and
beechnuts around the glowing hearth.
After time they grew restless, and,
putting on mittens and little coats, ran
out into the snow. They tumbled each
other over and over, till they all looked
like small snow-men.
Then Tim crawled up over the big
gest drift, which reached nearly to the
caves, and got up ON the roof Of the
school-house. How the boys did cheer,
wave their fur caps, and stamp ut this
act Of bravery!
Tim wanted to show the other boys
that it was nothing to what he dared
do. Edging along to where the drifts
fell off few feet, he swung his arms
around his head, shouted merrily, and
then gave plunge!
Foolish Tim! Down he went into the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

course, no fumes Of any kind from the
electric light which is used to produce
the heat, and therefore the process Of
using the kettle is absolutely clean.
Nor Is the simplicity of the new kettle
and its method of use any less admira-
BILE than its perfect cleanliness. 1t is
only necessary to attach the cord in
which the electric wires are Enclosed to
any connection which may be fitted up
In a room for lighting purposes, and
the apparatus is in working order In a
moment. The kettle, which is very
shapely and agreeable production, is
made in such a way that when 1t Is
filed with water and placed upon the
stand in which Is the electric lamp, it
can be tilted up and the water poured
from 1t without the necessity Of re-
moving 1t from the stand, and by this
means the risk of scalding the hands or
Of splitting the water is avoided. The
lamps with which these kettles are fit
ted are of varying powers, ranging
from eight to fifty-candle power, the
most useful size, which Is generally
recommended for ordinary purposes,
being of sixteen-candle power. This
size is very serviceable and economical
in usage, and capable of afforSins all
the heat which is required under ordi-
nary circumstances. A lamp of this
strength is amply sufficient to keep
boiling water hot as long "a may be nee
essary, while one Of fifty-candle power
will boil pint of quite cold water in
twelve minutes, while to go to the
other extreme one Of even eight-candle
power will suffice to keep water hot.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Deer and Bison.

The bison Of India has nevey been
kept long in captivity, except in the
case of one bull which is now III the
possession of his highness the MALARIA
jah Of Mysore. How this bull came to
survive, when so many Of his fellows
had succumbed, Is very pretty story.
1t Is related by the author of Gold,
Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore,"
who took 1t down from the lips of his
neighbor, Mr.. Park, who captured the
animal and was knowing to all the de-
tails of the story.
When captured, the bull was sup
posed to be about three days old. A
week afterward young doe sambur,
pursued by jungle dogs ran into
laborer's cottage and was made pris-
oner. 1t was decided to keep the deer
as n companion for the bison, and the
two were accordingly kept together,
though never shut up. They were fed
on milk, and then allowed to Craze, and
soon became inseparable.
They were fed at twelve o'clock and
at four In the afternoon, and seemed
to know their feeding times exactly.
When the bison was two years old II
was thought best to fit him with a nose
rope. He was tied to tree, his nose
was bored, and he was liberated. Ho
ran all about the grounds, and then, for
the first and only time, he was heard
to below.
After this he was regularly led out
to Craze. The sambur would some
times remain behind, but seemed to
have no difficulty in finding him, put
ting up her nose to catch the scent, and
then starting at once In the right direc-
ton. The bison had no such power,
and II ever he missed his companion,
would go wandering about until he
found her.
When the bull was three years old he
was presented to the maharajah, and
was sent Off to the nearest railway sta
ton, some sixty miles away. The doe
soon noticed his absence, held up her
nose as usual, got the direction, and
when the bull was five or six miles on
the way she overtocS him. He showed
the most extreme delight, and the two
travelled happily to Mysore.
Mr.. Park saw the bull In 1901, and
two or three years afterward Mr.. FL
hot was glad to learn that the bison
and the deer were still inseparable CON-
panions, and both I'm excellent health.
He believes that the bull would long
ago have pinned away and died, but for
the society of the doe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
WOES OF DRUG CLERKS.

Mistakes Made by Doctors, Blind Pre-
scripti0ns, Troublesome Customers. :
doctors make mistakes In writing
prescriptions" said druggist to a
Portland Oregonian man. "Some are
careless; others cannot spell. The
pharmacist must not tell the customer
who brings the prescription OF this.
The customer would either think the
clerk very impudent fellow or lose
faith In the physician. Another vexa-
tious thing is the practice of quacks In
making out prescriptions with several
things In them that can only be pro-
cured of the advertiser. We are often
obliged to ransack the store to satisfy
these customers.
'"Do you notice these silver threads
among the gold" asked the clerk as hei
pointed to few white hairs among the
lusterless brown ones that adorn his
head. Those silver threads are the re-
suit of repeated and continual attempts
to read prescriptions that contain only
a slight clew to the intended meaning.
Now, for instance, what would you
give little miss Of who asked you
for cents worth of glory divine?"
'I'd tell her we were just out of it.
but would have some in Wednesday,"
'No;y you wouldn't IL you were drug
clerk. You would probably do as did,
give her cents worth of chloride Of
lime
Ell tell you how it Is, reporter. A.,
drug clerk works more hours, has more
responsibility, and gets less pay gener-
ally than the clerk in any other bust
ness. He must also be u walking ency-
clopedia. He must know where all the
streets are located, where all the physi-
clans live, be able to give off-hand any
information that a benighted individ-
ual may choose to ask him for. If he
does not have it at his tongues end he
is charged with lack of courtesy.
And drug clerk must be courteous.
He must always be able to read any,
sort of handwriting, and guess the corr
rect prescription when palpable mis-
take has been made in writing it."
At this juncture u fat woman, wear
ing, in addition to other things, a de-
termined look, waddled in. She only
wanted a stamp and the change for a
$40 bill, and she was also much obliged
when the clerk had answered her in
quiries concerning the whereabouts Of
DIR. Webersinski and the exact location
Of Kowkowsky street.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Trouble Breaks Out Asainy

"There is no bigger lie in the world"
growled the exchange editor, jabbing
his shears vindictively into an unof-
Tending newspaper before him, ethan
an old proverb. I've seen it rain lots Of
times when it didn't pour"
There's nothing strange about that"
said the financial editor. "I've seen
plenty of dry weather when all signs
didn't fail"
"Well," rejoined the other, you're
not the only one that's seen it. And
know there are plenty Of fools like the
old fools, too
financial editor, "but / am willing to
make affidavit that watched pot will
boil as well as any other pot"
II don't know that your affidavit
would strengthen the statement any,
but it's all wrong about live dog be-
ing better than a dead fion. 1t isn't
necessarily a wise child that knows it's
own father, and the hand that rocks
the cradle doesn't rock the world by a
jug full"
1.-THE child isn't the father Of the
man, either. The mans the father Of
the child"
"And troubles do sometimes come
singly."
''Early to bed and early to rise won't
make you healthy, or wealthy, or wise,
either. 1t only makes you cross. I've
lived i'm the suburbs long enough to
know that"
"A penny saved isn't two-pence
earned, and care didn't kill the cat"
Neither does it take nine tailors to
make a man."
"And If you pull out one gray hair
there won't be any thousand"
what do you know about hair?'''
snapped the financial editor.
what do you know about what It
takes to constitute man?" snarled the
exchange editor.
II know you can't always tell man
by the company he keeps. Sometimes
he's got to stay in the same room with
men that"
1.-TWO isn't always company, either.
Sometimes two is a crowd. l know
men that take up altogether too much
room for their size, and"
! "Well!'
"Wellr'
But friends interfered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
The Use of the Harrow.

The harrow has never been used to
anything like the extent to which 1t
ought to be In our systems of agricult-
ure. The necessities of some Of the
prairie soils Of the far West are COM
polling many farmers to do what sci
ence and good Judgment should have
taught them long ago. We refer to the
narrowing Of the grain after 1t has ap-
peared above the surface of the
ground. Owing to the persistence with
which they have grown wheat on the
same lands from year to year. those
lands are becoming very foul with
weeds. Two ways Of cleaning them
have been resOrted to. The first Is
through the fundamentally Of the bare
fallow, and the second is through the
free use of the harrow after the grain
has appeared above the surface Of the
ground The latter practice has not
been resorted to very generally, but
some farmers have tried IT, and with
When land is to be thus narrowed after
the crop has appeared above ground,
the grain should be sown with the drill.
Were 1t sown broadcast, some Of 1t
would become rooted so near the sur
face that the teeth of the harrow would
probably drag it out. The depth to
which grain should be sown will de-
pend-first, on the character Of the soil,
and second, on the kind Of grain sown
On prairie soils of a light, loose and
spongy character, the grain should be
sown deep, and, IL possible, with the
press drill, to firm the ground under
meath the seed and above 1t, otherwise
the high winds that prevail may carry
the soil away and lay bare the seed
Field and Farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
But friends interfered.
building a Tunnel Five Miles Long,

Building q Tunnel Five Miles Long.
There is nearing completion at Jeddo,
Pa, one of the greatest feats of mine
engineering ever attempted in the coal
regions. The Harleigh and Ebervale
coal mines, valuable properties, were
flooded with water years ago and had
to be abandoned. The plan Of freeing
this immense body of water by driving
n tunnel five miles long through the
Jeddo Mountain was projected and
now, after the expenditure of $4,000, 900
the great tunnel Is nearly ready to do its
work. The tunnel was driven from both
ends at the same time and so close was
the engineering that the openings met
within six inches Of each other. All
that is now required to place the tunnel
In operation is to fire blast and let the
pent-up water free. The completion of
the work means the re-opening OF the
mines affected and the repopulation of
the mining towns Of Harleigh and
Ebervale, now almost deserted.--St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
July II last william Fitzgerald il

July IL last william Fitzgerald in
cautiously shosted "scabs' at some
Federal soldiers who, 1t will be remem-
bered. were "A Chicago at that time.
For this he was speedily arrested, cast
into Jail on a charge of melting in
surrection. and then forgotten. The
other day De managed to get word to
the Unites States District Attorney
that he would like his case tried or
otherwise disposed of. Naturally he
was Immediately discharged. There Is
a fiavo, Of European, even Russian,
methots about the incident which Is
not PLEASING to the American taste.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
American Horses Abroad.

The remarkable increase Of the ex-
portation of our horses to Europe is
opening up a new era to American
horse breeding. We learn Of ship
ments to England, Scotland, France
and Germany. Many of our importers
are buying high-class horses for export,
especially in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. The
only drawback is the great scarcity Of
suitable horses good enough for this
export trade. But the trade will grow
just as our cattle export trade has
grown, only faster.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

What is the value of human life,
not the sentimental value, but its
worth in cold cash calculation? Ever
since Cain slew his brother there has
been divine and human insistence
upon the sacredness of human life, and
the old law was an eye for an eye and
n tooth for tooth. He who slew his
fellow-man must expiate his crime by
his own death. In times which were re-
garded as barbaric as compared with
these damages for the loss of life
were. sought by the sufferer, who
judged himself what the measure
should be and executed his Judgment,
II he had the power to do so, but civ
ilization has instituted courts for the
purpose of ascertaining the value Of
human life and the sufferer must APP
peal to these. The law-making power
of Illinois has saved speculation upon
the point. 1t has declared that the ut
most that shall be paid for destroyed
life by the agency responsible for de-
struction is 5000. The great man.
slaughterers I'm civilization when con-
tending armies are not in the field
are railroad corporations. The killing
of human creatures is incidental to the
business Of common carriers. There
Ia no malice prepense upon the part Of
n company. 1t would very gladly avoid
such killing, because 1t means respon-
sibility In damages. But its own reck-
lessness In centers Of population, its
own methods of moving locomotives
rapidly over street crossings at grade,
result in these murders, and when Wild
ows and orphans appeal to the courts
for redress they find the way barred,
no matter what may be the money
value of the life that Is taken, by this
law in Illinois that the value of hui
man life I'm no case exceeds $1,000.
What will the Legislature of Illinois
at its forthcoming session do to remedy
an enactment which Is a travesty upon
civilization and has wrought infinite
disaster because 1t has prevented COM
mon carriers from being held to what
would be the real loss to survivors In
the destruction Of human life2
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

The Rural New Yorker suggests a
plan by which many small farmers
would be able occasionally to reach the
public to theextentof selling Off any sur
plus stock on hand without too great
expense In the way Of advertising The
plan is nothing more than bulletin
board. constructed like the one shown
In the Illustration. Such board nailed
In conspicuous place would give you
lots Of advertising and increase your
circle Of customers. What are you
raising goods for? To sneak them of
to market with the least possible pub
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

soft, light showdown, down, down!
out of sight, out of sound almost.
There he stuck fast The little boys
crept up to the hole and shouted to
him to climb out. But the more he
tried to do so the deeper he sank in
the snow. Then they got sticks and
the fire-shovel, and tried in vain to dig
him out.
But by-and-by the teacher came, and
Tim was pulled up out of the snow
drift. He looked very cold and scared,
and sat in the teachers chair before the
fire, where he soon fell asleep.
l think little Tim will be careful
where he leaps hereafter. Don't you?
His Danger.
"Mr. Gump," said little Rattlehead, "I've
wondered long in vain
Why you carry that umbrella when
there's not n sign Of rain"
"Oh, no." the Gump replied, ''it's not on
that account at all;
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

Caprivi left his great oflice. II Is now
said, with $125 In his pockets. and moth
Ing in the bank. He, perhaps, gave all
his thought to performing his great
duties. and none to making a fortune.
This type OF man always fails.