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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

London Sept. 2i--Bar silver. % i.2d
per ounce. Money. IL per cent The
rate OF discount in the open marRe,
Tor short bills IS i-2 per cent and for
three months bills ais per cent,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

Galveston. Tex. Sept. st--cotton--
Steady; middling, &c; sales, Gio bales;
receipts. i4,AsS bales; exports. 1881,
stock, fa.f48
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

RIO De Ianerlo. Sept weekly ro-
port-Cafrco weak: exchange standard
not quoted. Exchange, y ~. Rerfiptn
during week o.. 900: shipments 10 United
states 1000, stock 2is000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

New York, Sept si.-Government
bonds firm; states dull. Railroad bonds
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

!. ~ IN York. Sept. ei--Money on eau
a. l per cent: last loan. I. elossa
- cent. Prime mercanuis DALI
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

London, Sept. 2i,-Goid Is quoted TO-
Jay at Buenos Ayres at 21f: Mnd,ia
.o.oV, Llspon 1900. st. Petersburg Lo.
Athens 7l; Rome lOsSa; Viennn loa
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

St Louis. No, Sept 2t,--cotton---
quiet; middling. si-4c. sales. none; re-
ceipts, 400 bales, shipments, 400 bales:
stock. 5000 bales.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

wheat-No. 2, isc, No. 8. zee.
Fiour-Best patents. ;i';s per 100
nouuds: half patents. fi.30; third grade.
SIG. fourth grade. s5e; Northern pat
cern-Hew ear. local. wagon lots.
40o per bushel.
Oats-Tcxas rust PROOF, car lots. Z o,
Il Fort Worth, Bic, sacked, gSc
aran--per 100 pounds. T. o, b.. Fort
worth. csc.
Hay-Car lots, T. o. b.. Fort worth.
bert forney. 1850 per ton, best UP
iand 81. alfalfa. loose. local, 400
per ton. bose prairie. local, per ton.
$500.
cbops.-corn and oats, mixed. per
ton. 5000: per 100 poundg, tl,25.
Grain, sacks apd Twiu.s
cordarc-elsnl rope. half-lnch basis.
i.ae. manila rope, haif-inch bahts, ec;
cotton rope, all sizes, lie; cotton twinc,
iGc, s-piy jute twinc. n i-zr
J1vc buahei oat bags 7 Lie; corn.
aarlts. Lapiatte, &c. 9-onncs wheat
sacks 9 i.sc: z i.2 buahei s-ounce corn
sacks, i-ic.
Cotton aud Wool.
coiton-Iow middling. $500; strict
law mlddilnR, 8 7-ieo; middling
ii-icc; strict mlddlinE. ls-iee: good
middling. i5-iec
Wool-LiSht medium. u.s. 10" ms
kl.as> La hasEs Una HA.-~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

:. New York CienrinES'
i, 'sw York, Sept. 2i.-clearings ses-
7'H5i balances s2.7l2.77i.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25

They. Open Weak, hut Close Firm.
Fort Worth Tex. sept. 2L--Review
of the Chicago market by f. g. Nc
Peak & Co. commission merchants;
Early rulings in wheat were very
weak Initial quotations were the
same as Saturdays close. around
which point. or 81 10 for December,
the market played for some four min
utcs. but II soon developed that too
much Wheat was pressing for sale and
values gave way about 3-sc. The trade
however. was much broader than for
some time and considering the large
break we have had operators and some
Investors thought It Rn opporunc time
TO buy. while shorts were also playing
TO keep close to shore around these
prlcos. The early selling was led by
Bodmnn, presumably for the north
west walker-wren were also free of
ferers. Later Ia the session Sc, Louis
became good buyer which together
with better feeling caused by n
smaller Increase IN the viRlbles than
expected and better tone TO the corn
market advanced prices b-sc, while the
closing was l-su above low point Re
celpta at Chicago 209 cars. OF which
100 graded contract, estimated for to-
morrow no cars, Visible supply
showed nm increase of p75.O0o against
100000 bushels expected. Total Wis
ible to date, 111aS,000
Corn has had It's downs aud ups In
n much broader way than wheat RE-
ceipts t50d cars over ran the estimate
and the demand at the opening was
very slack. The best selling was led
by some OF tho large commission
houses who afterwards, however, were
noted as buyers May opened ut Ole,
declined to 90 3-ic. but DURING the
last hour became very strong helped
by the light estimates Of 2ss cars for
tomorrow advancing fun cent per
hushel closing at 81 7-So, The visible
supply showed an Increase OF al.0e0.
which was smaller than looked for.
Provisions opened aud closed at
about the same price, although the
market at one time was very pnnlcky
There appears 10 have been determ-
ined effort to tonch long product, par
ticul0rly long lard. The bears raided
the market. Armour selling This
| carried January pork down to $500;
! January lard, TO N57 and January
Z Iluh upNn 10 9vspai NhNllfl an up,Hihk
respectively OF 1880. E.7T and Sc.
II is reported that sneciai efforts were
made TO catch line Of long lard,
which belongs 20 the country and
which Is held by n country commits
sion house, The close. however, was
Arm IN sympathy with grain,
Total exports today wheat. 10000
bushels flour 10000 packages, corn.
5000 bushels Closing cables; Paris,
wheat 6G20 confines higher -four. o
QiOc down. Antwerp. n ~ centimos
up; Berlin. l-2 mark lower.
nauur nf lsrfgrs
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25
LOCAL mAmKnrS.

Fort Worth Tex, sept ~
Salt moath are down lido win other
pricOn unchanged except poultry aud
vegetables. Hens are q little Huffcr IN
price with short supply hggr are
worth Zoe IN case lots Tomatoes and
wax beans are both scarce and high.
Trade fair, Cotton coming In freely.
JObbrrh an crowded with orders
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31
Tremendous Prarle Fire

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 26.-Lashed on
by furious wind the prairie fires that
are now raging in the northwestern
part of the State are travelling with
almost lightingradidity and consuming
everything in their track. Last night
the blaze was driven through the central
portion of Sheridan and Cherry coun-
ties and in its track were the big
Osborne and Spade ranches and num-
Der Of smaller ones. This morning not
a Vestige of these ranches remains,
except the bare and scorched ground.
Late this afternoon the fire is reported
to have reached Pullman, and the
whole country IN that neighborhcod IS
a raging furnace.
1t is not known whether any lives are
lost or not, but thousands of head OF
cattle have perished. People in the
track of the fire are fleeing for their
lives, and leaving all the property to
the mercy of the flames.
At Homingford John Bliss, one Of
the men badly burned while fighting
the demon, Is reported as dead and
others of the victims dying. So far as
can be learned the flames have not
Jumped. the Freemon Elhorn and Mis-
souri, valley Black Hill tracks but it IS
feared they may at any time. Little or
no damage has been done as yet to rail-
road property on this line. The Bur
lington railroad, as yet, reports no
damage.
The blazs is supposed to have been
set by drunken man near Mullin but
this Is not authentic. So far the flames
have tra7eIsed a stretch Of country
over 200 miles in length and seventy
miles wide. The last report IS from
Hecla where considerable damage was
done. At this place the wind turned
south, driving the flames to aD, as yet,
unYiSited country.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31

ton. This is free country, and every
man is gwen the right 10 vote and think
for himself.
6. And while we admit that this con.
stitusion should BE- amended, there sre
seve;al good C'assea 10 it that We do not
want changed. O!e is tho homestead
law, shat has saved 10 many poor wo-
mau her It'll, home and bread for her
children. Then there is another clause
in the old constitution prohibiting &
creditor from selling q wite's property
to pay her husbands debts. Nov is there
a iustand humane man 10 South Carolina
who would want these laws changed?
Better let the people "doc:oc" up the
old constitution, aud th5n they CA sar
what chan es they want.
7. When you d:siranchise the negro,
you also take Tho ballot from four-ft.hs
of our cotton mill operatives; and this
vote is their most precious possession.
Aud then, The pay of the members Of the
convention has not been fixed. and We
cannot tell what it may be. If we are
going 10 change our con tituticn, let us 90
10 work in business-like way, snd give
the white people voice in saying what
they want done: If the legislature will
pass a bill outlining the work of the con-
ventiou, and saying just how lar it must
90, fixing the time il can remain in ses-
sion, and then regulate the per diem OF
members, 80 that tae people can see
what Is expected cf them, then tbsy will
readily vote for couveation. But II
our leaders are afraid TO trust the people
how cap they expect the poop?e to i'm
plictly trust and blindlV follow them?
Nov, those papers that sre trying to
rule The Headlight cut OF the reform
party lust because We don't support a
convention. should set to WORK and an
swer the above arguments. When the
vote is counted in Spartanburg county,
you will SEQ that this paper now, as ia
the past, Is representing the wishes Of q
large majority OF our reform voters
The Headlight.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31
GOODBYE.

Kiss me and Say goodbye;
Goodbye; there Is no word to say but
this,
Nor any lips left for my lips to kiss,
Nor any tears to shed when these tears
dry;
Kiss me and say goodbye.
Farewell. be glad, forget;
There is no need TO say "fcrget" l know,
For youth is youth, and tima Will have
it so,
And though you lips are pale and your
eyes wet,
Farewell, you must forget.
You shall bring home your sheaves,
Many and heavy, and with blossoms
JWined
Of memories that 90 not cut of mind;
Let this one sheaf be tWined with pop
py leaves,
When you bring home your sheaVes.
In garnered loves of thine,
The ripe good fruit Of many hearts ana
years,
with tears,
It grew too near the sea WING, ano tLs
brine
OF life, this love Of mine.
This sheaf was spoiled IN spring,
And over-long was green and early sere,
And never gathered hold in the late
year
From autumn suns, and moons of har'
Vesting,
But failed in frosts Of spring.
Yet was it thine, my sweet,
This love, though weak as young corn
withered,
Whereof no man may gather and make
bread.
Thine, though it never knew the sum-
mer heat;
Forget not quite, my sweet.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31

would bid you away into tie heart
Of al all comforting God. On, l have
noticed again and again what botch
this world makes of it when 1t tries to
comfort 8 soul IN trouble. 1t says,
Don't cryw How can we help crying
when the heart treasures are scattered,
aud father is gene, and mother Is gone,
and companions are, gone, and the child
is gone, and everything seems gone :
1t is no comfort to tell man no. to
CIV. The world comes up and says
"Oh, 1t is only the body Of your loved
ohe that YOU have put in the ground.
But there is no comfort in that. That
body is precious. Shall we never put
our hand in that hand again, and shall
We never see that sweet face again
Away with your heaTtlessness, . world.
But come, Jesus, and tell us that when
the tears fall they tall into Gods bot
tie, that the dear bodies of our loved
one shall rise radiant in the resuTrec-
ton, and ali the breakings down here
shall be lifting up there, and "they shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any
more, neither shall the sun light on
them nor any heat, for the lamb which
is in the midst Of the throne shall lead
them to living fountains Of water, and
God shelI wipe all tears from their eyes"
You may have noticed that when the
chafinch, or the stork, or the crane
starts on its migration it calls all those
of It's kind TO come too. The .ree tops
are full of chirp and whistle and carol
and the long roll call. The hird does
not start off alone. It gathers all of
its kind. On, that you might be as
wise in this migration to heaven and
that you gather all your families and
your friends with you. l would that
Hannah might take Samuel by the
hand. and Abraham might take Isaac,
aud Hagar might take Ishmael. l ask
YOU if those who sat at your breakfast
table this morning will sit with you IN
heaven? / ask you what Influences
you are trying to bring upon them
what example you are setting them.
Are you .calling them to go with
you? Aye, aye, have you started your
self?
Start for heaven and take your chill
dren with you. Come thou and all thy
house into the ark. Tell your little
ones that there are realms Of balm
and sweetness for all those who
fly in the right direction. Swlfter
than eagles stroke put out for
heaven. Like the crane or the stork,
stop not night nor day until you und
the right place for stopping. Seated
today in Christian service, will you be
seated in the same glorious service
when the heavens have passed away
with great noise, and the elements
have melted with fervent heat, and the
redeemed are gathered around the
throne of Jesus?
The Saviour calls.
Ye wanderers come.
On, ye benighted souls
Why longer roara?
The spirit calls today.
Yield to his power.
Oh, grieve him not away,
lis mercy's hour.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31
Too Much for Him,

AUGUSTA, Ca, Oct. 24.-Harrtson
Smith, a negro laborer who worked for
w. II. s. W. B. Brigham, and VINO
lived il Summerville, committed sui
eide. He shot himself twice with an
old British bulldog pistol once IN the
breast and once through the heart. lie
was found dead about o'clock last
afternoon by party of boys who were
out hunting in the woods IN the valley
at the foot of Monte Sano, and In the
rear of the Exposition grounds near
the street car line. He was lying on
the ground on his back in pool OF his
own blood and the pistol which had
done the work was tightly clasped IN
his right hand. In his pocket was
found razor, and from his having
been so we'll armed 1t Is believed ne
had thoroughly made up his mind and
was determined to end his existence.
Harrison's troubles were Of domes.
tic nature. He was the father OF a
large family who were entirely depen-
dent upon his labor for a support. His
house was encumbered, and what MADE
matters worse and caused him to be-
come despondent and lead him to com.
NIT the rash act was the present OF
twins his wife made him on Sunday
which increased the count of his chill
dren from eleven to the unluckY num-
Der of thirteen. The large and sudden
addition to his family broke Harrison
up completely, and after med1tatlng
and soliloquizing he concluded life was
a burden and that the responsibilities
were greater than be could bear and
decided to shake off the mortal coil.
After dinner, while returning TO Work
down the lonely road, Harrison con-
Guided the time had come 30 destroy
himself, and he walked into the woods
and after finding quiet and secluded
spot under thu shade Of the pines he
laid himself down on the grass, pulled
his little gun out of his pocket, placed
it to his breast and after closing his
eyes pulled the trigger.
Not having been killed instantly he
imagined the bullet had missed the Wit
al parts, he located his heart by run
ming his fingers over his breast until be
struck the spot where the throbs of the
organ of life were felt palpitattng, and
there he placed his pistol and fired the
second shot, which put his lights out.
Some of the negroes were OF the opln'
ion that Harrison had been murdered,
but there was no reason for that theory
and 1t is believed that he Intentionally
did it all by his lone self. The body was
afterwards removed to the negro
church nearby, where 1t will be kept
until after Coroner May holds an in
quest at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31
Porsuipe the Cook Gang.

FORT SMITH, Ark, Oct. 24.-The
news was brought here today by Dep
uty United States Marshals that the
Cook gang Of robbers who have been
holding up trains and looting towns in
the Indian Territory raided Gibson
Station yesterday. They looted al the
shops, escaping with considerable boo
ty but it is not known exactly how
much the band raided. The band then
raided the cotton fields in the vicinity
and robbed the plckers at work. They
are being holly pursued by Indian
police ana strong posse OF deputy
Earshals. News cf fight in which
the bandits may be eXterminated is
looked for at any moment. The pur-
suing officers say they will show no
quarter to the robbers.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-31
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-02-03
Moral safety.

Deacon Lightfoot and Deacon Ohm
stead were brother officers in the same
colored church in q Kentucky town and
while the former was fond of slipping
around a smokehouse in the night
time, the latter had hankerins for
chicken coopA One day they met on
the street
Look . heah. Brer Olmstead." said
Lightfoot, warnlngly, you is go: ter
be mo keerful how you fool round dem
hen coops, you il"
Deacon Olmstcad was greatly
shocked.
"Whaffur you talk like dat ter me,
Brer Lightfoot," he responded. II
spec faint NO wussen stealin' meat"
''Huh.- said the other: you doan
kno what you tallkin' about Ell you
steal a chicken, de chickens gwintef
holler an you is gwinter git shot an
bring reproach on de church, but who
ebber heah a ham holler?" And with
this knockout argument Brer Light
foot passed on.-Detroit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-02-03

paper. Single and double Ink stands.
the latter for ink of two 1fnds, some
round in shape, others hexaaonal, with
covers. were found at PomPeii. Pens
were made from reed Of nearly the
same shape as our old-timo quill pen.
1t was split like our pens and SO had
the name "cloven-footedf Certain
Asiatic people use this reed even now.
With the waxen tablets . asharp iron
instrument called stilus was in use.
One end was sharpened for scratching
on the wax: the other end uas fat and
was used 40 an eraser.-NaterlyM Maga-
zine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-02-03
MISSISSIPPI HoUSEBoATS.
The Slow and Primitive MetQDds Used Il
Moving Them Up Str4a0.

The Slow and Primitive MeteDds Used In
Moving Them Up strtHo.
The house-boats, it APPEARS, are .
survival of one among MANY kinds Of
boats which were very mu0h m ore nu-
merous upon the great rixey before the
era Of steam navigation han steam.
boats are now. Among tho earlier
forms of boats were the fapous ken
lucky flats" or .'broad-horus," and
family boats of this pattern were an
early modification of their general
plan. which was that q q strong.
hulled ark, long and marrow. and GOV.
cred with curving roof. have read
that family boats of this description,
fitted up for the descent of families to
the lower country, were pqpvided with
a stove, a comfortable Apartment,
beds. and arrangements I'd c0mmodi.
Gus habitancy, and in them ladies. serv.
ants. cattle. sheep, dogs Ind poultry.
all floating on the same bo4tom, and on
the roof the looms, plow4 spinning
wheels, and domestic indictments of
the family. were carried down the
river" Fulton's Clerm@ut, which
proved its usefulness as tie first prac-
tical adaptation of stealh-power to
water travel in 1907, mus have been
quickly copied on the Mi3aissippi, for
in one list o; notable passages up that
river have seen y note q . trip by .
steamboat in 1914. But lo&9 after that
the barges. skiffs. horse bats, broad
horns. and family boats mast have re-
mained very numerous they hoated
down stream with the current, and
were pulled up again h means Of
wheels worked by horset or cattle.
and by the toilsome and sltw processes
known as warping and bu4hwhacking.
A boat which was varied up the
river kept two row-htats ahead
of her, carrying hawters. which
were made fast to the Fees ON the
shore. and then pulled in = the bigger
vessels were thus hauled a&ong. When
the length of one cable had {been pulled
in, the other boat had fast1l1ed the 9th.
er cable far ahead, and q the vessel
''inched" along against Ae iave-mile
current of the stream q little moro
quickly than . house ns0e . when Its
owner has decided to move it down a
country road to distant cellar he has
dug for it. 1t took day to go six or
eight miles bv that method. Smaller
boats were propelled against the cur
rent by rowing, sailing or polling them
along: andsswhen the water was
high and overflowed the banks, they
bushwhacked up lstream-that is. they
pulled the vessels along by hauling on
the craft.-Julian Ralph, in Harper's
Magazine.