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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

San Francisco, Jan. 2.--Chas. Kohler,
head of the flgm of Kohler & Frohling.
the leading wholesale wine merchants
Of this city. committed suicide early
this morning by means of morphine.
he had bsen drinking a great deal,
ago he was dMrirsn OF the right TO
issue chscksln ffhalf Of the firm.
This preyfd ION h's mind 90 that he
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

New York, Jan. 2.-Indifferent de-
mand for dry goods was marked with
some agents, accompanied by light
purchases, but as whole, the market
reflected that quiet usual to the open
ing of the new year. Printing cloths
dull and the market nominal at lille
plus l per cent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

london, Jan, 2.-ciosing. Canadian
Heiilc. so s.; Erie, 10 Us; Erie sec
'ds, "a; Illinois Central. o. "a: Next
n ordinary IL H.; st. I,lul common,
.4si New York Central. 10l Ia; Penn
'tfania. % Ia; Reading, "a; Mexi-
VI Central new tours SO Ia.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

New York, Jan. -cotton-spot
closed quiet Middllng upiands l-l6d
midl'ng, gulf 6-i6c Sales 25l bales.
Futures closed barely steady; sales &c.
100. Jan b,IS; Feb, $50 March b53:
April 5,5S. May 5.6s; June 5,GS. July SIS.
August SIT; September $50; October
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

New York, Jan. 2.-The evening
Pest's London cablegram says: The
rush for gilt-edged stocks was the
feature of the markets today. Consols
have broken all previous records. The
other markets We're quiet and the ex-
citement In mines shows symptoms of
non ing Americans were depressed by
the backdown of the Reading recon-
ftrhction scheme The junior securi-
tics were especially weak on the antici-
ptfion that the olcott committee will
impose more generous terms,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

st. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 2.-wheat--
Cash higher at 81 sac. Options lower.
January, 81 1-2ci May, 81 3-Sc.
Corn-Cash higher at AZ s-Sc. options
lower. January. AZ 1-4c; February, AZ
s-lc; May. A 5-se; July, 45 1-idiS
3-so.
oats--Cash and Januevy arm at 20
1-ic; May, 81 1-ic.
Park-Quiet. Jobbing. Sli 81 IL.
Lard--Lower. Prime. $3.50. choice,
$e70.
Elaxsaed--I aver 13c
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

New York, Jan. 1.-THE total saIe of
stocks today We're l43.525 shares. includ-
ing; American Sugar 3S,700; Burilng-
ton l2,7OO; Chicago Gas 1O.6OO: Distiliing
and Cattle Feeding 5000; General Flee
trio 1900; Manhattan consolidated $500:
Sorthwestern 22OO; Reading $500; sd
PAU $4,000; Western Union 1900.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

st. Louis. No. Jim. 2.-cattle-Re-
ceipts. $500; shipments, 1000. Market
slow aud easier. Native steers, 1900
weights. s2.s50s 20; cows, 81 .OO1s. 90;
Texas steers, light weights, s2.75; cows,
s2.85.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

81, Louis. Mo, Jan. .-Cotton-Quiet.
Mlddling, s Use; sales, 800 bales; re-
ceipts, $500 bales; shipments 1900 bales;
stock. 74,500 bales.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

Iendon. Jan. a.-Gold is quoted to-
NJ at Buenos Ayres at 2.5I; Madrid
Lisbon 2g.24; ST. PETERSBURG so;
mems u; Rome 106,40; Vienna lO3.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

In 1899 the percentage OF the crop
brought into sight was a 5o-1oo and
Tor the same time 10 1891 the percent
age marketed was n $4,000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

pndon. Jan. 2.-Bar silver q 1850
ounce. Money IA per cent. The
OF discount In open market for
II and three months bills SO per
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03
GnINcrlnn cniinn

Galveston, Tex, Jan. 2.-Cotton--
Firm. Middling, 1-i6c; sales. ESQ; re-
celpts. $40; exports. Si2g. stock. ISL
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03
nuiiinn on unIonce.

'nndon, Jan. 1.-The amount OF bull
4, gone Into the Bank OF England on
'+ice today $4,000 pounds.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

Belgrade, Jan. 2.-Serious differences
of opinion exist between King Alex
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

New York. Jan. Achievement
mds steady.
State bonds dull. IN ,tr..
Railroad bonds easier. 1870
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

New York, IAN. 2--clearings, $780,
!Aol7; BALANCES. N.7l2.7ls.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

st. Louis. NO.. Jan. 2.-Wool-Qulet
ard unchanged.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

Cotton-Low middling, Use; strict
low m!ddling. 1-sc; middling, 4 S-sc
strict mlddllng. 4 lie; good middling.
5-sc.
Wool-Llght medium. 1Oc; low medi-
um, Sc; heavy fine, 69sc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03
I.,yernool Producr stocks .

Flaxseed-Lower, lsc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-03

Cordage-Sisal rope. half-inch basis,
Z 1-2c, MANILA rope, half-inch basis.
DC; cotton rope, all sizes, lie: cotton
Irvine, l5e: 5-ply jute twlne. u lac.
Flve-bushel oat ..ags, &c; corn sacks,
La Platte, 1-2c; 0-ounce wheat sacks.
6 lac: l-2 bushel S-ounce corn sacks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
No More Singing.

Twenty years ago in Italy melody was
to be heard all over the country. The la
borer going home to bed through the vines
sang his stornello or his rispetto to tho
sleeping fields. The boy who drove his
yoked oxen or cows in the big square cart
beguiled the way with song, joyous or am
orous. The guitar and the mandolin were
heard at dusk at every farmhouse door,
and in the streets of the town youths went
singing and playing till the moon was
high
There was music all over the land, along
the hedgerows as in the city lanes, under
the poplars and mulberries as beneath the
walls of citadel and baptistry. How many
a time at sunset or in tho starlight have l
listened to the beautiful canzono of the
peasantry when the sweetness of the vine
flower filed the atmosphere or the dropped
acacia blossom shed it's smell on garden
paths. Now rarely are these wood notes
wild ever heard to tighten and spiritualize
toil.-Ouida in Nineteenth Century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
BLOND HEROES GONE.
Novelists Complain That Modern Young
Men Are Dark Haired.

Where has the fair haired laddie gomez
A lady novelist, writing to a contempt
rary complains that the golden haired
youth is fast becoming extinct, and that
heroes of fiction, to DO true to nature up
to date, must be endowed with dark locks.
1t was but week or two ago that 1
commented on the discovery, made by an
observant schoolmastcr, that red haired
boys wero now comparatively rare, so we
are presumably reaching an era when the
Saxon type of man will no longer exist.
This is regrettable from a picturesque
point of view, but there seems little reason
why tho novelist should be exercised by
the disappearance of the blond male from
our midst. 1t is my firm opinion that If
tho matter could be put to tho vote 1t
would DO found that the majority of girls
who are of course the largest consumers
of fiction-prefer the hero with soft, dog
gy'' brown eyes and blue black hair to the
insipid llaxen polled and blue eyed lover
But in any case there is no reason why
the novelist should not give his or her
readers what they like and if fair haired
men really are so scarce and really are nd
mired it will be all tho more agreeable to
meet with them in fiction instead of COM
monplace dark mon such as ono encoun-
tiers in real life. -Lady's Pictorial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
Nickname For Aluminium.

The use Of the chemical symbol ZAP
has already become very general and is in
common use That the original word
will ultimately be succeeded by the use of
the symbol abbrevation is extremely like
ly, but this use cannot be considered a
nickname any more than the use of sym
bols to designate the other metals.
In speaking of names, it is interesting
to mention a decidedly novel case, where
man, who. as an aluminium enthusiast,
honored the metal by christening his baby
son Aluminium, and he further says
should he ever be blessed with a daughter
that he will name her "Aluminia." His
choice of names is indeed remarkable, as
is likewise his reason-that he wishes as
great and glorious future for his chill
dren as is indicated for the new metal, and
in this he has tho sincere appreciation of
all those interested in the production and
manufacture of aluminium, and may lit.
tie Az and his sister ''Minia" keep pace
with the tremendous progress of the great
new metal. -Aluninium World
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
ROYAL SERVANTS.
Those of Queen victoria's Household Have
an Easy Time of 1t.

Ouoen Victorja's household Is q large
one. consisting of just under / 200 por-
sons. for the maintenance of whom the
nation sets apart the sum of $2, 900, OOo
every year. Most of tho posts arc sine
cures or fixtures for life.
In the early part of Queen Victoria S
reien n mistress of the robes may possibly
have done few hours happy work in the
wear. giving orders that the apparel Of the
sovereign should be carefully preserved
from moth and dust, renewing the regal
erminc. velvet and lace at stated times
and seeing that tho crown jewels were al
ways locked up safely after public air
ing. She could also fix her name to war
rants empowering tradesmen to sell sew
ing cotton to the royal household and al
lowing Others to put up the royal arns
over their doors because their various
wares were bought by pcrsonages of Illus
trious degree. Harriet Sutherland's sig
nature was almost as good an addition to
business advertisements as to the queen"
emblazoned in big gilt letters over the
shops.
Some of the posts are entirely ornamen
tai, and others have very little duty at
tached to them. Probably the only addi
tions to the household since the time OF
Henry VIII are two steam apparatus men.
Although there is no longora royal barge
nor any pageantry on the Thames, there
are still a bargemaster and a waterman,
with salary each of $4,000 year. For
the past 200 years there has been no
hawking in the forest of Windsor, but the
office of grand falconer, held by the Duke
of St. Adams, has only been abolished
within the last few years.
There are four table deckers, whose sole
duty it is to lay the dinner cloth and see
that the plates, dishes and cutlery are
fairly set forth. There is also waxfltter,
who sees the candles properly disposed,
and first and second lamplighter, who
receive the same salary as that of the poet
laureate which is $500 year. This may
seem shabby payment, but it must be con-
fessed that most of the poets laureate have
been overpaid for the stuff supplied.
Then there is the keeper of the swans,
who annually pockets $3.50 for looking
after the sacred birds on the royal waters.
Lastly, there is the queens rat catcher
who is especially attached to Buckii;
ham palace. His salary-S75-is provided
outside the civil list Every session the
house of commons in committee of supply
considers this vote and gravely agrees to
it-Detroit Free Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
COMPOSITIONS IN PRISON.
Confinement Did Not apparently Disturb
These Men of Letters.


Imprisonment of the learned, whether
legal or illegal, does not seem to have dis
turbcd the man of letters In the progress
of his studies.
1t was in prison that Boethius composed
his excellent book on tho Consultations
of Philosophy" and Grotius wrote his
Commentary on st. Matthew" during
his confinement.
While in the dungeon of n monastery in
Portugal, Buchanan composed his excel
lent "Paraphrascs on the Psalms of Da
vid."
"Flcta" well known and excellent
law production, was written by a mar
confined in an English prison for life. His
name, however, was not preserved.
During his confinement for five years
on account Of some state troubles Poisson
pursued with ardor his studies in the
Greek language and produced several good
compositions.
Tho best and most agreeable book in
the Spanish language was composed by
Michael Cervantes during his captivity il
Barbary.
When Louis MI was Duke of Orleans
he was taken prisoner at tho battle of ct
Aubin and confined in tho tower OF
Bourgcs. While there he applied himself
to his neglected studies, with the result
that he subsequently became an able and
enlightened monarch.
Margaret, queen Of Henry ", king OF
France, while confined in the Louvre,
warmly pursued the studies of elegant lit.
eraturo and composed very skillful apol
ogy for tho Irregularities of her conduct.
During his confinement Sir Walter Ra.
leigh produced his History of the World. "
Queen Elizabeth, while imprisoned by
her sister Mary, wrote some very charm
ing poems, and Mary, queen of Scots,
during her long confinement by Elizabeth,
produced number of pleasing compost
tons
1t was while he was cruelty confined at
. Holmsby that Charles l. wrote that excel.
lent book entitled Tho Portrait of q
King, " which he addressed to his son and
in which the political reflections are said to
be worthy of Tacitus. BY some this work
has been attributed to DIR. Gander a
blatant Radical of that period, but who
was incapable of writing single para
graph of it.-New York Mercury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
iunl4eod3mo

oottan ont it was so badly burned that IL
was nj once killed to pnt an emu 10 i's
sufr.rnes. The tiremcn found pau hr1
To manage. A strong wind was piowihe
tbe blaze directly on the main buiiding
and the bay and other dry stun IN tne
stable made hot fire. Well dlrecteu
work however, confined the fire to the
table and very small part OF the rear
end of the main building. Water ana
smoke. however, did great deal OF oam-
ace TO the dwelling rooms and also TO the
stock of goods in the store. The loss Is
hard one to estimate. Probably S4oo or
$500 will repair the buildings, but Mr'
Burgess could venture no estimate on tne
loss by smoke and water. The house was
NOT a valuable one. being one used on the
delivery team. No one knows now tne
fire started but some are Inclined TO tnlhk
that some children other than Mr.. Bur
CESS might have been playing IN the
Stable and accidentally starting the hre'
were frightened and ran away. Another
theory is spontaneous combustion OF the
straw and manure pile. The buildings
and contents were insured in Boothby S
agency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23

Sunday, the members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers with their
ladies enjoyed al excursion to Bar Har-
Dor. The excursion was given by Ticoulc
Division, No. sos, OF this city, and the
members of the divisions at Portland and
elsewhere were guests. A special train
left Portland at 3 o'clock, Sunday morn
ing, coming over the back road to this
city, arriving here little after clock
Here the trusty engineers and firemen of
Ticonic Division with their ladies Joined
the party, swelling the number on board
the train to nearly 300 people. The train
ran express to Bangor, where more
knights of the cab were taken on, and
then proceeded to Bar Harbor. Return
ing, the party reached here about Z p. NJ
1t is needless to say that the day was
most pleasantly passed. On the arrival
of the party at this station on the return,
J. Fields Murray of the station restaurant,
had a sumptuous lunch awaiting them
Every delicacy obtainable WAS all prepared
after Mr.. Murray own private fashion of
excellence, all steaming hot, and the
hungry excursionists immensely enjoyed
the repast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
WORK OF CUSTOMS lNoulslroRs.
Singular Credulity Of These Sharp Men
who Look Out For Smugglers.


who Look Out For Smugglers.
Man has been variously defined by the
philosophers as rational animal, laugh
ing animal and cooking animal, says an
exchange. Why not also smuggling
ANIMAL? For Of all the many manifesto
tions Of that original sin which standcth
not in the following of Adam smuggling
Is surely the most widespread. You may
find grocers who do not sand the sugar,
and you may find churchgoers who make
a point of following the sermon from start
to finish. But il you would find tho man
who scorns to smuggle you will have to
search industriously and long-longer and
more industriously even than If tho OBJ
ject of your quest were that prcux chew
aier who disdains to travo3 in first class
carriage with third class ticket.
Smuggling might even be dofendcd--as
murder has been-by philosophic processes
of ratiocination. Suppose, for instance,
that you, an Englishman, are on the point
of travelling in France. You are smoker
and are fully persuaded in your own mind
that smoking is beneficial, if not indeed
absolutely necessary to your health
From information received you are aware
thai from Calais to Marseilles and from
Bordeaux to Belfort nothing fit to smoke
can be obtained. There are places, it Is
true whore fourpenny books can be OBJ
tanned for franc apiece. But that Is an
extravagant price to pay, and from your
childhood upward you have been taught
to consider extravaganza a sin. For the
rest, you can obtain two sorts of ciga-
rottcs There are certain so called Turkish
cgaretteS-the ViZir-which taste prin-
cipally of the paper In which they are
rolled, and there are also the Caporal Gig
arettes. But it is notorious, and 1t was
principally because they wero always
smoking these Caporal cigarettes, that the
French were beaten by the Germans In
the great war Therefore you argue with
yourself thus;
1T is question, you say to yourself,
between damaging my health, IL not in
deed my moral character, by smoking
French tobacco and defrauding the French
OF few centimes. OF two evils one
should always choose the less.
OF course there is always the third al
tentative of declaring the contraband
goods and paying tho duty on them. But
that does not occur to you. As the song
says, "You can't think of everything,
can you!' So you put your cigars in your
boots, or in the lining of your hat, or in
any other place that ingenuity suggests,
and stride through the custom house with
your head in the air, and exhibit genuine
Indignation when tho douanier fumbles
about suspiciously among the undergar-
ments at the bottom of your portmanteau.
Considering all things, custom house
officials are a gentle and unsuspicious
race of men. With all the painful expo
rionce of the deceitfulness of human ma
ture that comes their way one would ex-
pect them to be invariably skeptical of
the traveller assertion that he has moth
ing to declare. AS matter of fact, they
are very generally credulous, especially
in foreign parts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23
EMAIL YACHT SUNK.
Struck Bridge In Portsmouth Harbor an"
Went Down In Five Minutes.

PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Sept. 22.-Shortly
before midnight Friday night as Wilbur
B. Shaw of Kittery was crossing the
Portsmouth and Kittery toll bridge on his
wav home from this city he saw yacht
collide with the bridge and sink inside OF
five minutes There were two men in the
yacht who, when the yacht struck the
bridge, made strenuous efforts to swim,
but the tide was running so hard they
were swept up the river, and were I'M
doubleday drowned. Mr.. Shaw several
times tried to reach them with life line,
but they seemed to be in dazed condition
and failed to reach it.
When Mr.. Shaw found that he was IN
able to reach the men in the water he
quickly notified John Parsons, the bridge
Waterman, and the two went to an adJi
cent house, where they secured boat, and
rowed to the scene of the accident, but nc
trace of the men could be found.
Saturday morning n search was made
where the accident occurred and marks
where the yacht struck the bridge could
be plainly seen. AS yet, however, there Is
no trace of the missing yacht. While
only two persons were seen on the deck oil
the i'll fated craft by Mr.. Shaw, he thinks
that there was third person below at the
time of the accident.
The yacht and her crew were undoubt
eddy strangers to this river, and they must
have come in the night as there was nc
craft of her description in the river at sun
set.
The craft was under jib and mainsail nj
the time, and the tide was running at full
strength and no craft could have lived in
the tide at this point, as there is a depth
of IA or Is fathoms, and as it is considered
one of the most dangerous points on tht
ply
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23

About 3 O'Clock, Saturday afternoon,
an alarm of fire was rung from box IS at
the corner of Ticonic and Brook streets.
1t was found that the blaze was in the
rear of the buildings owned and occupied
by Fred Burgess, on Ticonic street. In
the front ON the street is a grocery store,
overhead a DIV, ling, and adjoining in
the rear is stable 1t was in the stable
next to the main building that the fire
was discovered by one of Mr. Burgess
small children who left his mother a mo-
ment before TO go there. Mr.. Burgess
had just returned from down town and
was sitting in the front OF the store with
a neighbor who had walked up with him
When the fire was discovered the vi lie
interior of the stable was Il mass of fame
A horse was in stall in the back end,
but it was impossible to liberate him from
the front and hole was cut in the wall
on the rear, but when the animal was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23

Friday evening. about so of the neigh
b)rs and friends of Q. o. Cross met at his
home on Pleasant street it being the oc-
castor of the 50th anniversary of his birth
day The party was complete surprise
to the whole household, but a most pleas
ant affair to all present notwithstanding
During the evening Evander Gilpatric. in
behalf of those present, presented Mr..
Cross with handsome oynx-topped lamp
tble with appropriate remarks to which
Mr.. Cross replied in accepting in very
pleasant manner. Afterward refresh
ments were served and the remainder Of
the evening passed in social chat, to be
one of the many pleasant recollections Of
Mr. Cross S life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23

The teachers of the public schools in
this city held their first meeting of the
school year, Friday evening, at the high
school building, Supt. j. NJ. Larrabee
presiding. 1t was voted to hold the meet
ings tie first Monday evenings in each
month instead of Friday evenings as in
the past. The following were appointed
a committee of arrangements: W. L.
Powers, J. W. Chadwick, Miss Kate Fit
ner, Miss Nellie F. Springer. Miss Emma
F. Billings. The committee has assigned
papers to be read at the meeting of Oct T.
as follows: "Arithmetic in the Primary
School," Miss Emma n. Bailey OF the
Lawrence rural school Drawing LIN
vile W. Robbins of the high schcoi )
"What Shall Our Teachers Read?' Supt.
J. NJ. Larrabee Teachers and Parents,
Miss Clara Burleigh. The meeting VIII
be public to all persons interested IN
school work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23

The Hallowell high school base ball
team defeated the Water street team, Sat
urday forenoon by a score Of 10 to 8. In
the afternoon the same team with the cx
ception Of new battery, defeated the
River Drivers team by a score of II to B.
In the forenoon the batteries We're Patten
& Anderson for the II. H. s; Benner
and Brown for the Water Streets. In the
afternoon Hunt and Webster for the H.
H. s Quinn and Burns for the river
drivers.