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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

New York, Sept. whcat--Re-
oeip,s, 1920 bushels; exports. 1880
bushels, saies. 2,sso.O0e bushels futurcn.
10000 bushels spot. Spot active and
steady No .. red. store and elevator.
81 sac. anoat 81 a-4ps7 7-sa; T. o. b..
IS i-so; No. 1. northern, 81 S-sc. dclg-
cred; No. !, hard. g. Use, delivered.
options opsned weaker On lower
cables. large no thwes'ern receipts ami
local liquidation. but rallied sharply
on the small visible supply Increase
and was generally hrm all the after
noon. closing At i-sc advance Tor near
montha and i-se decline ON May. May.
O. 5-sqs5 l-sc. closed &c; October closed
81 Use, December. 50 i.isg6o i-ie, closed
% Use.
Hldes-steady
Leafher-steady.
W00l--Quiet.
Pig irOn--Duil.
copper-s;ronE; lake, steady.
Tin--opeHed strong; ktrnlghtr. $3.50
aIG.E0. plates. quiet.
Cotton seed oil-1nActive; prime
crude sodI. nominal; on crude. 2sff
2ac nominal. yellow butter grades. $40
CSC: choice yellow. a6c. prime yeliaW.
sc yellow On grades. asass l-zc. prime
white. ss44oc.
e'ssGAe--eisticfs= opened flrm AZ 600
Dolnis advance on European buying
md EoTne local covering September
broke 25Mso points later, closing weak
for September and steady FOR other
months. sales. u. 5tO baer Including
september. fgs56Isso: October. 1850
II 70. November. z2Vq iz.25; December
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

New York. sepi. i7.--cotton- Net re-
ceipts, none. gross. 2i25 bales exports
to France. 800 bales; to the continent.
800 baifa; forwarded. 100 bales, roleu.
7sa bales; apinrers, COB bales, stock.
k6.ia haies.
Total today; Ne. receipts. sOfzs
bales; enporis to Great Britain. 900
baiss. TO France 200 bales. 10 the con-
iIEsnt. sszs. bales; stock 2sG.lss bales:
consolidated net receipts. $3.50 bales.
exports TO Great Britain. 1000 bales
10 France 200 baies. 70 the continent.
1s7s bales
Total since 6sDf=mbor I. Net re-
celpis, III 1870 balts; exports 70 0-cAt
Britain. 4g,t.B bales IL France. 10
bales; to ire continent. 1905 bales.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

on saturday, September y. g and
90 .bs santa re will sell excursion tick
cts 70 Galveston and return az me low
rate Of s.. -.
.tai frains leaving Galveston on the
spiio,vinr Monday evening. or on hrst
49,. ~ AZ tuesday morning, thus giving
ne excufslonisis two days IN SaiNes-
''i.' speciai train consisting q soa caches
,rse reclining chair and l'uilI,sln sl,iep-
er. viii leave ION ih,, ,s'i gglyeston al 5
DAY 3, cnnsev morning. and returning
o.gipolS esvs galveston Monday evening
al 8 o'clock. .-.,,ntty Of seeing
Ss svrf bsihiag e now e lis .. oes mac
Crabs. shrimp and o.ht 80 ssy NoF rti,.
&c cat SPECIAL rates .. &C., z - =
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Kansas cry. Sept. wheat-Dull.
i-2c lower. No 2. hard. 46 i-sWs1o. No,
2. red, ise.
corn-Falr demand. No. 2. mixed.
bic. No. ?, white. 81 i-sc.
onts-siog. No. 2. mixed. Gle; No.
2. white, aic
Bulter-sieadY az is02lc.
ETgs-firm az i2Ml2 i-2o.
Receipta--Whaat, 1850 buaheia. corn.
COO bushels oats 200 buaheln
Shipments-W Wheat. 1900 bushels
corn. none. oats. 500 buahelH.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

ST. Louis. No. Sept. i7.-cattle-Re-
ceipts. alOo; shipments. 100; market
strong for natives, but supply too light
to make quotable market, Texas steers
ioc higher 300 to 100 pounds average
81 e5asl5; cows. sis5325o
Hog Receipts. 1000; shipments 300.
Market quiet, with no s0od heavy on
sale. fair heavy, $3.50: good lights,
SO O0G6.Ih: common light and ordinary,
mixed, s5eoa5.s5
sheep-Reeelpts. 200; shipments. 800.
Market nomlnaily unchanged
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

New York. Sept. 11.-Money on call
easy at l per eept; last loan l. closed |
per cent Prime mercantile paper. SO
. l-s per cent sterling exchange firm
but dun with actual business In bank
ers oills at ass l-4gls6 L. for demand
ana $50 l-4eit.St l-2 for 60 days. posted
rates. 4sGd4s6 1-g and ASIA. "a i-2r .
commercial bills. 4.Si1-4a4.sti-2, Sill
W certlilcates. 6lo bid.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

er 49, depressed By persistent bearish
v,e,,l, IN the financial press. As pre-
.ous'y caeled. the best houses hsre
~, 49, not Interested In the recent Rad.
n nt1N further severe reaction is prob-
aole; Chesapoakes are favorable re-
saIaed and keep firm. Readings were
v ~, weak. Silver securities were
T., meak on the fistness OF silver. which
- nanny caused by the cessation OF
special mintage orders.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

New York. Sept. 1.-THE total sales
OF stocks today We're 1885 shares in-
Guiding American sugar 72,9OOi BurIing-
ton, 1900; Chicago gas, 2i,TO0: d. & C..
~, 34,iOO: general electric. $500; l.. y N,
$1,000 lead, 1900; Northwestern. 5lOO;
Heading 2f,S9G; II. a w. =. certificates.
$500; Rock Island 5000; st. Paul. 800;
Western Union, 800
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

good middllnR. iil6, mlddlng fair.
SIC; fair S l-s nominate rcceipis
ssoa. exports To uroat britain. $500. cons
fluent 400. stock saiib Futuros
barely stcady; sales, ga.60ol September
Gi2U61i; October, 6iOu6lii November
6iimGiS percmher. dahUd 20i January.
asouG.Sii February Ga59Ggd. March
Gt0W0ti. Ahri GiduG az, May. Gbi@
6.ba. June G6gaGGs. july GGlm6dl
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

lSndon, Sept H.. p. m.-Canadlan
'isfc, &C 5-S; Erie, ld; Erie seconds,
y; Illinois Central. 81; Mexican or
'aafy. is u; St Paul, CT L.; New
Ia Central. 104 IA; Pennsylvania,
y; Reading, Us; Mexican Central
~ W., co ia.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

New York sept. ll,~ Colion-Apot
closcd' Middung uplauds, 7 W.; mid.
dllnR gulf, fc sales. iad bales. Cotton
futures closed barely steady. ealre,
1872 500 bales September $50; October
90. November G5g March, GA May,
BS1.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Chicago. Sept i7s-As u result OF The
drouth there has been sensational
advance in the price Of broom corn.
II Is stated today that prices are 100
per cent above last years figures.
Brooms cost % cents dozen more
than formerly.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

New orleans, Sept I7.--cofion--
Easy. sales spot. 1859; TO arrive. 1867;
ordinary. ss-is, good ordinary. 8 ls-isi
low miasIiar. 6 lie; rn.ea.ing, ss-is;
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Charleston. Sept. ~ Cotton steady:
mlddling. cs.ico; uct and gross re
oelpte, 1855. sales, 600; shock, 99.GGl.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

London. Sept, i7.--cane sugar aulct;
price barely maintained Centrifugal
Java, las Ga; Auuscovado talr refining.
lis ID. Beet sugar Nat and lower. sep
Wmoef Ills i-gd; October. lis Va.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18
NNIImInrInn lnIlnn.

Wilmington. Sent l7.-cotton steady;
mlddllng. Cite; low middiinE, 5ia-iGe.
not and groea receipts. 1874. Stock. lgig,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Chicago, Sept l7.--In consequence OF
large decrease on passage. amount
ing to i,93G,O0o bushels. there was A
slight demand FOR wheat this morning
at the opening. but this movement
speedily disappeared as soon az It was
seen that offerings offset 1t and prices
Were allowed TO drop 5-sc. Longs who
have been holding on to their lines
We're among the best sellers. having be-
come discouraged at the course the
market has taken. Those who were
persistent, however, received some en-
oouragement when final figures on the
visible placed the Increase al only 10000
bushels, when Mt least 100000 was
looked for. This gave STRENGTHENING
impetus to prices. as holders arrtie
that the cause VI this small increase
IN the lace Of heavy primary arrivals
ana small exports. fully curraborates
Inc question ot unlimited grinding for
STOCK, and that the force OF the Wuar-
away caused by this new consumption
VIII In short time show ITSELF in n
marked degree on values. Mlllers were
boou Jumpers VI cash. New York re-
ported good export iuuulrr al the
" HNH a lliultl tons ABROAD were
all helpers in causing the later
strength. May opened at 56 1-4c, sold
sparlngly az that price, and as low as
DO Csc, later advancing TO 80 3-sc; clos
ing at 80 l-4c
Al the opening shorts IN corn were
good buyers and for a few moments
prices We're firm. AS soon as this buy
ing had been satisfied, however, The
market gave way under liberal offer
mss, influenced greatly by the heavy
receipts. The short market for a time
looked heavy, but once more the wos-
Their department came 10 It's rescue
ana ON prediction OF frosts, early
sellers became good buyers, causing "A
shary upturn, closing prices being the
highest Of the day There was an in
crease IN the visible OF $4,000 bushels.
with 500 cars estimated for tomorrow
ana an Increase In Chicago stocks for
the week OF $40 900 bushels.
oats have been buoyant and closed
hrm' speculation, however being light
the market Is not an attractive one
The visible supply increased 5000
bushels
Total visible TO date wheat. os.2i4.-
900 bushels. corn. I,iOi 900 bushels; oats.
100000 bushels.
Chicago stocks, Wheat. q, i46. 900
bushels; corn. l,S03.OOO bushels: oats,
l,4S9000 bushels.
Receipts today; Wheat. 2ls cars O4g
contract. corn, ga cars (j24 contract;
oats, 262 cars O72 contract.
Provisions closed firm There were
really no special conditions prevailing
To warrant an advance. except a ma
tural reaction from Saturdays break.
shorts reported about the only buyerH
Receipts today; Hogs. % COOS Satur-
day. S,s5i: estimated tomorrow, tiOjO;
market slow and weak. Cattle l2OOO.
market i0p20c up. Sheep, 1900.
RANGE or PRICES.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

g. Louis. Sept Cotton Quiet;
middiinn. ~, sales 100 bales. re-
oaipta. 100, Bhipmenis, 2QDi stock. siq0
Dalaa
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18
IN. Posse Review.

~ iosk Sept. 1.-THE Evening
49,. selal cable from London Is
|ss.,, The stock markets were lr-
's'sy. closing dun. Amerlcans
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

ceints during the week. 10000: shin
menis TO the uniied States. is,OVo:
stock, eSe geo
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Memphis. Sept i7-cotton steady;
middiinH. GIG; receipts. asi; ship
nienia. mono, saics. 10; stock. 1854
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Port worth. Tex, Sept i7--Tho en-
tire mercantile iutorvata have boon
crowded with trade Prices noafly MI
unchanged Data advanced - per
bu0hel. Grain bags made decline,
owing 10 the iarin reduction,
staple ProsisionH.
Meats Dry rnlt. clear . t-2ci bacon.
short clp1r, iD1-2c; bacon. bellies.
n l-2c. dry rait helliiH. I0i.2o. mn-
dium hams 1906 large hams ~ i-2c,
email hams, isi-ge. brcakfast bacon.
l.itd-compound. 1i.sc; pure leaf
io1-zc
sugar STANDARD grnuulnted s.sc;
powdered barrels. a4ci powdered,
half barrels. &C.. cut i0sf, barrels sg-fci
cut loaf. hair barrels, &C.. yellow
clarified, 47.Sase.
Cofee-A rbuchie'a Ariorn. e I.ses
midland. e l-2e: Lion, y i-sg. AlarumH.
q i-2a; French market. y Ice. xxx
.. l-zc.
Green coGce- BY Inc sack. good. ~:
choice. 2lc, fancy. e l-ec: pcabcrfy.
q i-zei old government Java. .ic: aio-
cha. re.
Rice Common. i,sc; Prime. bc; had
rice. o.; new head. 707 lie.
Afolanacs.-I3arrei lots. fancy Gun9r-
house $50; choice, per naiion, 20;
Fancy syrup, per gallon y 10 f0r.
Salt fzh-Few nncinrei medium,
no. /, half barrels. t1t9; No. :. i0-lD
net Kills. ii.lb. rnsdlum. No. !, lob net
kta. $40.
Pickies- Medium, barrels. fs.5s. me-
diun. half barrels, $500 small barrels
1915: small half barrels. 800. fo-Eulinn
kegs. $40: 6-snlion kegs. s1.7b; plufs
ssc; quarts, per eoren' n.zs; half sai-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

[New York Sept, 17.-Bank clearlngs,
|pNio5l; balances, s5.3O2, 423.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Galveston. rex, sept i3-cotton'-
oniot Miidllne a-sci paios. 30 bales
receipts, gs1 talcu. exports, N'b haies;
atock. 5000 balea
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

...- ~ Monday IN Gaiyssson
su y ,,Is VA santa Re runss: September
II. % ard ..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18

Value $40. our price, sgi. which IN.
eiudsn tho Cml-Weekly Gazette 10 any
address FOR one year.
Extra attachments Ia velvet lined
ocnicf drawer hro included,
These aitacHmnntn Az superior To-
those made ny 81 other nsnufso;urer,
Delpg tho only ones that sre on tho
market that .hrG warranted ni,snl
throughout OTTER fpts arc maic pfin.
cipally Of brnns, niolslo plated. tho plat.
ing AcrYing 20 hide the true character
" The metal underneath.
the Gazette'D innrhinu ~ Htrong and
fimpl. IA construction. Thnro nfe but
few Wort ING parts IN the arm h6uuo il
" easy 70 keep properly cleaned ami
oiled. and almost impossible for Il 10
get out Of working order.
Tile innching ~ fintiy finifhod and
Ooautifnily Orhane and can be de-
pended on 70 d0@quaiiy wcli mo IlRht.
cot and tho hclSdOnt work
Tho ga1attoa premium machine and
he seml-Woehly Gazette for one year.
Tho dazette,s premium r,aahlne
and tho daily ana Sunday Ga
zsltc by mail FOR ono year s-To0.
Tho oaxcttua premium machine aud
tho daily ana sunday 0azotta by mai
ok monthe. 1880.
Addrcna.
STATE PRINTING Co,
Fort Worth Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18
STATE PRINTING CO..
Fort Worth, Tex.

lon. per dozen. si7s: American, gallon.
pcr dozan. $500. iIcxrgnn. gallon, s..E0,
Imperial. gallon, ah7s
nhoehc--isAnoy full cream, ninglta,
u i-2e; choice fun cream. % iha. II
alci fancy full cream, young Aineri-
cans. ibc.
Flour ana nrain.
en.--No..g. sc; No. :, zee.
Iinur-ucHt patents, lif1 per 100
pounds. half patents. $50: third Nrads.
Eiio; fourth grade, $50; Northern pat-
cntY. t70o.
New en- heal wagon lots,
oats-ycxas rust proof, car lots. o.
b.. Fort worth, &c. sacked tie.
Dfan-l'rr 100 pounds T. O b.. Fort
Worth. c;r
Hay Car lots. 4 q, b.. Fost Worth.
hest Forney, $3.50 per ton; best M
land. $500; alfaifn. loose. local. mo-
per toni loose proirln. local. pei ton.
Chops Corn ana oats mixed par
ton. 1000. rer 100 pounds, yi.es
Grain. Sacks rad Tuiae.
cnrdaEc-rSiral rope. half-infD basis.
7 i-2c; paniiia rope. brif'Inch basis aci
c0it1n rope, Az sizes lie; cotton fwine.
ibe: 5-piy inte tNlne. II Ice
Five burhcl oaf hAra. 7 i-fc; corn.
racks, LRpiaffe. Ets 9.nafsre
saciss, g'i.s y IL bueiisl s-ounee corn
sacks, 6 isfc.
Cotton and wass.
cotfon~Lpw ulddIiug. s-isci otfics
law riiddiins. 7.ier, ryiadlira.
il.iec: strict mlddilnE, ie-ife: good
mid1i'nn, ft-l9c
Wool -L;sht medium M; low nso-
diHm. Sc; heay, nne. tgsc-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

About May 1, If the projectors sue
coed according to their hopes, work
will begin upon n Western New York
railroad of novel and curious design.
On this new road passengers will he
whirled across the country at the rate
of $50 miles an hour, If necessary, and
carried up high in the air In long,
slender cars driven along single rai1
by electric power.
The first of elevated railways for this
region will run from Oak Orchard
HarbOr to Batavia, y. Y, distance or
forty miles, according to the route laid
out. OF this route the right Of way for
three and one-half miles has been Sc
cured. The inventor, Captain Lima
Beccher of this city, claims the ao-
vantage Of elevated roads are many.
The cost of operation is cheaper; there
are no dangerous grade crossings;
snow and dust are equally out or the
way; no grading. ditching and fencing
are necessary. and high rate OF speed
can be maintained in city and country
alike. According to the Beecher sys-
ten, he says that the farmer can pillow,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15
ETCHINGS AND ECHOES.

Krupp has made fully 90, 900 guns Of
large caliber for the armies of Europe.
Lawn is fine linen bleached on the
lawn instead of the ordinary drying
ground.
A new set of stamps are to be issued
by the French government. Prizes
are offered for the most suitable de-
signs.
1t cost $40 ,OoO, 900 TO maintain our
army last year. The expenses in our
war department in the year 1866 were
81, O3l, 600, GEO.
OF people in the United Kingdom
above the age of GO, rich and poor
alike, one in seven is said to be in re-
ceipt of parish relief.
Benjamin Wells is said to be the old
est ticket agent in the railway service
in the United States. He is so years
old and for fifty-seven years has been
stationed at Elkton, Md, as the agent
for the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad.
An ounce of the tineture of BEN
.oin added TO half pint of distilled
water makes an excellent wash for
keeping the skin soft and free from
chapping. Apply it night and morn
ing, ana after every ablution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley of Cincinnati
found their daughter, who had been
missing for over twenty years, few
days ago. The girl was living but
FIVE doors from where the Rileys re-
side when her identity was discovered.
While Martin Larson was digging
cellar on his farm near Earles, Yates
county, n. Y, the other day, he
claims to have unearthed the skeleton
of a man who must have been nearly
seven feet high. Further digging
showed that Larson had invaded an
Indian cemetery, unearthing a mine
of aboriginal relics
This story is told at the expense of
the empress of Austria, in connection
with royal photographs. Permission
TO be granted a sitting by her majesty
was always refused, till one up-to-
date photographer issued 10 the trade
a counterfeit presentment, which was
SO unlike as to be almost a caricature.
The royal vanity was touched, and
thenceforth appeared more pleasing
and much more truthful portraits Of
the empress
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

openings on fits under surface, and air
discharging aperturcs in its upper por-
ton, impingcd by the flame, thus eff
fecting more perfect combustion and
producing an intense heat. The inn
proyement has been patented recently
On the gas supply tube, fitted in n
suitable base. is conicll nozzle sur
rounded by the chambered lower end
of a mixing tube, near the bottom OF
which are air apertures, while in its
upper end is inserted the threaded por-
ton of the burner. The latter consists
Of n casting. with lateral apertures
through which the gas issues, and with
lugs at short intervals, the top OF the
castings being closed by disk, which
rests upon the Tugs and is secured
in place by screws. The surrounding
air supply tube Is supported by right
angled rods, and is preferably Of oval
section, although it may be circular or
triangular In section. and its lower air
receiving openings are larger than the
discharge apertures. The flame, i'm
plnging upon the hollow ring or tube.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15
How 1t Works.

curves ut a high rate of speed with
safety and climb the steepest grades
with ease. The motive power is 10 be
storage batteries, and there will be no
danger from sparks. The weight of
the passenger ear carrying forty pas
scngers, with batteries and electric
motor. viii be only about 200 pounds
per passenger. says the inventor.
This elevated Batavia and Lake On
tario railroad is to be built by n COM
pany Incorporated with n capital OF
100000. Capt Beecher is president Of
the company and ]. w. Holmes Of
Batavia is chief engineer.-Buffalo Elk
press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

THE Boston West End railway sends
the mayor OF that city 5000 tickets
every week to be used by him for
charitable purposes These tickets
are sent TO the hospitals and various
asylums and to various poor quarters
and are all used in giving those an
airing who but for this opportunity
would rarely feast their eyes on any
green leaf or their ears on the songs
OF birds. The contribution does not
lessen the receipts OF the railroads a
penny while at the same time it puts
new life and hope In many sad
dened, disconnected heart
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15
Plan of the Railroad.

SOW. reap and even pluck fruit under
the line. The Illustration viii give nm
idea OF the construction OF the road.
II is proposed to make the elevated
structure light and narrow, so rs TO
occupy very little ground. The passen-
ger cars are about f0rty-fve feet long
and three and half feet wide, carry
ing forty passengers apiece. These long
and narrow cars will encounter very
little atmospheric resistance, says Capt.
Beechcr, and will cut the air like n
bird. The entrance to the cars is ut the
side. The coaches are made on the BIZ
cycle principle, and it is stated that in
motion they will balance themselves
on the center or traction wheel, while
the safety or guide wheels at the side
VIII not touch the guide rails, thus
causing very little friction. The cars
ara expected 10 round the sharpcst
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

PEOPLE always expect a big ship
to fire her biggest guns on saluting.
Big guns take big charges, which
means big money. Consequently
vessels use their secondary batteries,
six-pounders and such small ordnance
when firing fer politeness, and re-
serve their big guns for business.
Moreover, the life of these big guns
is limited, few hundred discharges
.exhausting their vitality and making
them dangerous 60 those who serve
them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

In gratitude for the kindly con-
duct of our government towards it
, during the recent rebellion, the Bra
lillian government has resolved to
celebrate our national holiday, the
Fourth Of July, with great pomp and
circumstance 1t is q delicate COM
pliment that will be fully APP
preciated in this country, and tend
to cement the kindly relations that
exist between the two great repub-
lies of the Western hemisphere.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

A PORTLAND. Me-, clergyman has
aroused the wrath of a portion of
his flock because he drinks ginger
ale and attends baseball games; and
yet his only purpose might have
been to put more ginger into his dis
courses and to get on the curves OF
his congregation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

A glimpse into the gizzard of a
California rooster revealed the pres
ence of gold. Unfortunately the de-
ceased had left no memoranda as to
where he had been in the habit of
dining. As consequence the Santa
Rosa rooster who does not wish to
be assayed will do we'll to hunt q
high limb.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

ANOTHER new explosive which lis
destined to revolutionize the art Of
war;" has been discovered by Tur-
pin, the inventor of melinite. At
the rate at which these inventions
are announced it would seem as if
grim-visaged war would stand but a
poor show in the future.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

IN knighting Isaac Pitman, the
venerable father of photography,
Queen Victoria paid fitting tribute
to one whose invention of the first
practical system of shorthand has
completely revolutionized modern
business methods, and made possible
the preservation of the speeches of
the great men of the age, which
would otherwise have been lost.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

To REMOVE the Ferris wheel TO
New York requires five trains OF
thirty cars each. The great axle
alone weighs seventy tons, and it is
estimated that its removal will cost
$3.50, 600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15

THE New York woman who claims
to have been pursued by 800 raven
ous rats was probably unduly ex-
cited. Still, to the average woman
three or four scampering mice are
terrifying enough to warrant such a
claim.