The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 14, 1895 Page: 1 of 4
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FIVE CARDINAL POINTS.
/. There is not a free coinage
country in the -world to-day that ts
not on a silver basis.
2. There is not a gold standard
country in the world to-day that
does not use silver money along with
gold.
j. There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day that
uses any gold along with silver.
4. There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day that has
more than one-third of the circula-
tion per capita that the United
States has.
5. There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day where
the laboring men receives fair pay
for his day's work.—Secretary Car-
lisle.
James Billings, who has been con-
tributing weekly articles to this pa-
per, is the oldest Universalist min-
ister in Texas. Universalism does
not attract as much attention now as
it did fifty and sixty years ago when
the Ballous were writing, lecturing
and discussing in the New England
States. Universalism seems to be
giving way to Unitarianism. Rev.
Mr. Billings is an old man now, one
of a very few of those brilliant men
who, Half a century ago, did so much
'towards emancipating the Christians
of this country from the nightmare
of Galvanism.
Decorated tea and dinner sets and:
Hairland china at Pollard, Hoerr &
Co/s.
Mr. W. L. Richards has started a
newspaper at Caddo, The Progres
sive Advocate.
No one interested in the business
progress of the country, (and who is
not?) should fail to read our Phila-
delphia letter every week.
A livery stable was burned in De-
troit early Wednesday morning.
Twenty-five men occupied rooms
over the stable. How many per-
ished in the flames is not known, but
five ’charred bodies have been re-
covered, and probably there are
more. Eighty horses were in the
stalls, but all but one were gotten
out iaAafetp, the one which perished
being valued at $1000. A stable-
man jumped from an upper story
window and may die. The loss will
reach $40,000.
Mrs. Catherine O’Leary, the
owner of the cow which kicked over
the lamp, which started the confla-
gration, which destroyed the city of
Chicago in 1871, died in Chicago
last week.
A short time ago thirteen indict-
ments were found by the gPand jury
against as many, society people, in
Denton, for playing progressive
euchre. The prize was an oil paint-
ing which was won by a young lady.
The justice before whom the case
was called last Monday promptly
entered a nolle prosegui, and thus
the firce ended.
There will be no oats saved in this
vicinity worth mentioning. The
^protracted rams have done the busi-
ness. A good deal will never be
and that in shock is rotting in
)
*eld.
structiye storms prevailed the
' of the week all along the west-
ern slope of the Rocky mountains,
from Nebraska and Iowa to middle
Texas. Crops were destroyed,
houses blown down, and a number
of lives lost. In many places in
Missouri, Kansas and other points
the rains did great damage.
Ton 8hould Bead This.
The following letter from the
Texas Immigration and Industrial
Association, headquarters at Waco,
fully explains itself. This associa-
tion is composed of some of the most
influential and wide awake men in
our state, and they ask your co-
operation to properly advertise Tex-
as and her resources:
Waco, Tex., July 6, 1S95.
My Dear Sir—A dead or dull
city, town or community is like a
slick wall—simply a place where a
man can’t get up. The avorld is al-
ways holding out its hands to take
hold of live men, for such places
have rounds or steps to go up.
When God wanted to appoint a
successor to Elijah he did not take
an idle man in a dull town or com-
munity, but he selected Elisha, who
was alive, busy at work plowing.
The live, unselfish, patriotic men
of our state have determined to do
something to develop Texas. This
country is like a ship loaded too
heavily on one side—the heavy side
being New York, where our money
drifts.
We have made an important step
—the Texas Immigration and Indus-
trial Association, organized at Dal-
las, June 5th ; object, the promotion
by co-operation of all Texas. Its
purposes:
1. To get 100 organized commer-
cial or industrial bodies to become
members of this state organization,
to work unitedly.
2. Thus by united strength, secure
governmental aid to canalize Texas
rivers.
3. Thus unitedly, invite desirable
immigration, factories, capital and
railroad build-ng.
4. Thus, unitedly, advertise Texas
as a field for investment, its soil,
climate, rainfall and general advan-
tages and inducements.
5. To work generally for the pro-
motion, development, up-building
and industrial advancement of our
grand state. To do these we must
secure the co-operation of
1. The newspapers.
2. The railroads.
3. The co-operation of every com-
munity.
4. The help of our senators, con-
gressmen, governor, legislators and
public spirited, wide awake aggres-
sive men.
Now, do you want your commun-
ity known and developed and your
state advertised? Please appoint
from two to five of your best, most
enterprising, intelligent and wide
awake men. Put their names on a
postal card and mail to me here
immediately. As soon as we get 100
pledges a state meeting will be call
ed and these parties will be notified.
Please note in your paper some other
matter touching on this point. The
advantages, prominence, success to
your community depends upon your
action in this matter. Working to-
gether will not onlj promote your
success much more rapidly but de-
velop all Texas.
Thanking you in advance for your
prompt reply and valuable assistance
in this matter! am
Yours very truly,
J. W. Riggins,
Pres. Tex. Imp. and Ind. Ass’n.
POE RENT.
July 13 and 27—August 10 and 24.
On the above dates the H. A: T. C. will
sell round trip tickets to Galveston at
$5.00 for the round trip. Limit Tuesday
following date of sale. For further in-
formation call on or address
C. G. Calvert, Ticket Agent.
Judge Stuart’s little boy was sud-
denly killed'5at McAlester last week
while witnessing a base ball game.
The Gainesville Hesperian says:
Judge and Mrs. Stuart had been
watching the game with their two
little boys. They got tired and went
home, leaving the little boys in
charge of a man who wanted to stay.
They were standing some distance
behind the catcher. Little “Jinks”
between Roy and the man, each one
holding one of his hands. A ball
was thrown by the pitcher which the
catcher let pass. It struck the ground
and bounced, striking the little fel-
low on the breast just over the heart.
He never breathed, but sank down
dead.
THE MASS MEETING.
Our Oitisens are Enthusiastic for the New
Railroad.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain
which prevailed Wednesday night,
there was a large response to the
call to meet at the city hall to con-
sider the proposition looking to the
speedy building into the city of the
Texas and Pacific railroad. Pat
Tobin called the meeting to order,
and Howard Hanna, president of
the Young Men’s Business League,
was elected chairman, and N. Pic-
ard, of the Herald, secretary. Chair-
man Hanna stated in a few brief
words what had been done by the
League looking to the securing of the
road, and what must be done by our
citizens. A committee had gone
over the route and seen every prop-
erty owner in order to arrive at a
careful estimate of the cost of the
right of way. ‘According to their
figures the right of way, depot
grounds, etc., will cost about $30,-
000. The railway company agree
to construct the road if the right of
of way is secured, and this must be
done by the citizens of Denison.
The meeting was addressed by
Col. R. C. Foster, Dr. Acheson and
W. B. Munsop. The remarks of
these gentlemen were received with
enthusiasm. Col Foster offered the
following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that we heartily approve
of the action qf the Young Men’s
Business Leaghe in securing terms
for right of way for the proposed
line to connect Denison with the
Texas & Pacific railway, and hereby
tender them our thanks for what
they have done in the premises ; and,
Resolved further, that with full
confidence in their ability to com-
plete the work ip hand, we respect-
fully request tjhem so to do, and
hereby tender them our hearty co-
operation in the; transaction thereof.
Committees were then appointed
to canvas the city for subscriptions,
as follows;:
First Ward—P. H. Tobin, chair-
man; W. S. Nevins, Alec Rennie,
One nicely furnished southeast
room with five windows, gas and
bath-room; one block from post-
office. Mrs. C. Redwood.
Debbs- has succeeded in getting
the term of his imprisonment cut
1 down to six months. u
Galveston and Return $5.00.
1
Tickets on sale July 13 and -7 *nd
August to and 14. Call at H. At T. C.
ticket office for further information.
C. C. Calvert, Ticket Agent.
Two sections of a passenger train
on the Grand Trunk railway in Can-
ada, collided Tuesday morning at
3 o’clock. Every passenger in the
Pulltnan, twenty-five, among them
three priests, were killed. The con- j
ductor saved himself by jumping. ;
The train was bearing pilgrims to
the shrine of St. Amos de Beaupre.
Galveston and Return $5.00.
Tickets on sale Julv 13 and 27 and
August to and 24. Call at H. & T. C.
ticket office for further information.
C. C. Calvert, Ticket Agent.
The Dallas News of Tuesday
publishes the names of about 600
tax payers of the city who are noti
fied by the board of appeals that
their assessments for 1S95 have been
raised.
An article of twenty lines copied
into a recent issue of the Cleveland
County Leader (Oklahoma) con-
tained ten typographical errors.
Cross-Eyes Straightened Free.
M. J. Sweeney, L. B. Eppstein, A.
H. Coffin, Fred Hibbard.
Second Ward—rG. L. Blackford,
chairman; J. R. Cullinane, A. F.
Platter, F. -A. Utiger, P. J. Mann-
ing, C. D. Kingston.
Third Ward—R. S. Legate, chair-
man ; E- T. Hathaway, J. D. Yo-
com, Frank Shaffer, B. C. Murray,
M. J. Fitzgerald, E. A. Thompson.
Fourth Ward—Franz Kohfeldt,
chairman; E. jH. Hanna, R. S.
Wootton, Tim' Murphy, E. H.
Lingo, Geo. Mc.Lagan.
The funds as received will be de-
posited in the banks.
Mr. W. B. Munson has started
the subscription with $7000. Sev-
eral years ago Ije purchased the de-
pot grounds at a cost of about $20,-
000. These grounds he has agreed
to turn over for1 the sum of $13,000.
Adding the interest and taxes on
this investment, since the purchase,
and the property has actually cost
him close on fo $23,000, so that
Mr. Munson, ’ while contribut-
ing nearly one-fourth ot the
money necessary to be raised by
Denison, has given $10,000 addi-
tional to secuse the road. This is a
liberal contribution, and as much as
the most exacting could expect, and
shows how earnest he is in securing
this additional road. This has given
confidence to qur property owners
and business then, and they now
fully realize the impor.ance of the
project.
To be sure, a good many of our
most public spirited citizens on
former occasions of this kind, are to-
day in such a Condition financially,
that they do not see their way clear
to make contributions, yet they to a
man realize the great importance of
securing the road, and the necessity
that devolves upon every one to do
somethings and they are doing it.
The members of the soliciting com-
mittee are thoroughly acquainted
with the situation, and fully realize
the embarrassments under which so
many of our citizens are laboring,
indeed a numbfer of them are in the
same box, anil consequently they
are not asking ‘for large donations.
They do no bulldozing. Their idea
is to get everybody to contribute
something, in proportion to their
means, so that 410 one may feel that
he is expected to give more than he
can really afford. The committee
was at work ’ Thursday afternoon
and were well pleased with their
success. Very few declined to con-
Houston’s 8qo»w Wife.
In a brush tepee on the banks of
the Washita river lives “Granny
Houston,” a hideously wrinkled old
Washita squaw who claims to have
been the wife of General “Sam”
Houston of Texas. Tribal tradition
says “Granny” is over 100 years
old, and she certainly looks it. Her
skin is wrinkled by age until it looks
like fire-crackled potters’ ware ; her
teeth are gone, her eyes are dim;
and her head is covered with a thick
mat of coarse white hair. The priva-
tions of a wild life have had full ef-
fect upon whatever mental faculties
she once possessed, and while the
members of the tribe revere her as a
great medicine squaw, the casual
observer sees in “Granny Houston”
as she sits by her tepee in the sun,
mumbling her insane vagaries, noth-
ing more than a crazy old hag. And
there is evidence to show that in the
days when “Sam” Houston, still a
young man, was cutting his name in
the nitch of fame in Texas, this now
toothless, demented old squaw was
young, beautiful and intelligent.
She was plump, black-eyed and be-
witching, and young Houston in one
ot his forays, met and fell in love
with her.
It was a common thing in those
days for white men to take Indian
wives, and Houston asked the
squaw’s father, a Wichita chief, for
the girl. With Indian avarice the
old man fixed her value in blankets
and trinkets. The deal was closed
and Houston took his squaw bride
to Texas, where they lived together
for years. One day the longing to
rejoin her tribe became too strong to
resist and Mrs. Houston ran away
from frontier civilization to the te-
pees of the Wichitas. Houston
never reclaimed her, and there she
has been ever since, freezing, starv-
ing or feasting in turn with the rest
of her tribe.
What makes the old squaw’s story
of greater interest is the fact that at
Woodward, O. T., only 150 miles
away, lives Temple Houston,young-
est son of the famous Texan. Mr.
Houston is a bright lawyer, with a
large practice, and has an army of
friends in the best social, business
and professional circles.
The above is clipped from the
Ardmore State Herald. In the main,
the statements of the correspondent
are substantially correct. She did
not, however, run away from Hous-
ton. Houston, on leaving the In|f
dians, came to Texas and made his
first stop at Nacogdoches, Texas,
where his Indian wife joined him
some years after. Judge Crooks
tells us he remembers to have seen
a letter, written by Houston to the
late Mrs. Isabella Gordon, asking
her kind offices in caring for Mrs.
Houston while en route through
Clarksville, Texas, (Mrs. Gordon’s
former husband located in Clarks-
ville) to the Indian country. This
letter was conveyed by the Indian
wite to Mrs. Gordon, then Mrs.
Clark.
MEETING OF THE SHERIFFS.
Dr. J. Harvey Moore, the eye,
ear, throat and nerve specialist of
Atlanta, announces in his advertise-, tribute and those who did, asked for
How easy it is for a certain class
to make a great noise about what
others should do towards encourag-
ing new enterprises, who never in-
tended to contribute a cent them-
selves. They think to hide behind
the dust they kick up.
If in need of table glassware call
ou us before purchasing. Pollard,
Hoerr & Co.
JUldrUKKUtaaeli Dr. MUa*‘ Pa la Pills
jnent that he will straighten all cases
of cross eyes by his painless method
and Teat all cases free of charge the
first day. He will open offices in
the State hotel, Denison, next Wed-
nesday, July 17, at 9 a. m. Dr:
Moore has made a splendid reputa-
tion in Sherman, where he has been
for the past month.
Another girl was bom to Presi-
dent Cleveland and wife Monday,
July S, at 4 130 p. in. Mother and
daughter were doing well at last ac-
counts, and papa had gone fishing.
Dr. Milos’ Pain Pills. “On. <
a little time and will be heard from
later. All classes feel an interest
in raising the money, and a number
of railroad men^ whose only property
in the city is! their homes, have
called on metqbers of the commit-
tee and subscribed $10, $23 and
other sums. This speaks well for
Denison and v^ill do much towards
stimulating larger property holders
to be liberal. ' |
Get
groceries,
the city.
McMiliU
Bros’, prices on
are the lowest in
The State Sheriffs’ association
met in annual convention in Waco
on Tuesday last with a large attend-
ance of old members, and many new
names were added. Hon. R. L.
Henry delivered an eloquent ad-
dress to the association, reviewing
the splendid work accomplished by
the sheriffs during the past year.
Mayor McCulloch welcomed the
members to the Geyser city in an
appropriate manner, while President
Love responded for the association.
Sheriff Bickett, of Milam county,
addressed the meeting on the sub
ject of fees, and at the conclusion of
his remarks a committee composed
of Messrs. Bickett of Milam, Sim-
mons of El Paso, Cabell of Dallas,
Cunningham of Taylor, Womack of
Cooke, Bland of Orange and White
of Travis was appointed to prepare
an address to the citizens of Texas
setting forth the views of the sheriffs
upon this question. The committee
submitted the address, which was
unanimously adopted by the con-
vention, and taking the statements
therein made as true, it would seem
that the sheriffs are not overpaid, but
in many instances the compensation
received is entirely inadequate for
the services performed.
A committee on the cipher tele-
graph code was appointed as fol-
lows: Sheriffs Bell of Hill, Taylor
of Bee, Sherman of Hopkins, Wil-
liams of Young, Bickett of Milam,
Cabell of Dallas, and White of
Travis.
The secretary’s report showed the
association to be in splendid condi-
tion, while the report of the treas
urer announced a cash balance
hand.
Hon. Seth P. Mills, who was an
acknowledged leader in opposition to
the fee bill during the meeting of
the last legislature, was introduced
and addressed the convention in a
manner eliciting much applause.
San Antonio was selected as the
next place of meeting, the time set
being on the second Tuesday in
July, 1S96. The Dallas and Galves-
ton Newses were chosen as official
organs, when the convention ad-
journed. _
A nice assortment of hanging
lamps at Pollard, Hoerr & Co.’s.
Prom Our Regular Correspondent.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C.,
July 8, 1S95.
Much is heard in Washington
about the Quay and anti-Quay fight
in Pennsylvania. Nobody would
care much under ordinary circum-
stances whether Quay continued to
boss the republicans of the Keystone
State or gave way to Hastings,
Wanamaker or some other boss, but
the presidential politics in the fight
is what has excited general interest.
It is really the first of a long string
of fights for the control of state dele-
gations to next year’s Republican
National Convention. Senator Cam-
eron was egotistical enough at one
time to think that he could get the
delegation for himself, but he doesn’t
think so now ; he will be very lucky
indeed if he can succeed in holding
on to his seat in the senate. Quay
was supposed to have been for Mc-
Kinley, but he has recently come
out for Reed. Wanamaker is, of
course, for Harrison. It is believed
that the result of the fight will show
which of the republican candidates
can count upon the solid Pennsylva-
nia delegation to the National Con-
vention, and that the winner will
have taken a long step towards get-
ting the nomination.
Many people appear to be under
the impression that the entire South
is in a white heat on account of po-
litical discussions, but that isn’t the
way men directly from that section
who occupy positions which enable
them to speak authoratively on poli-
tical subjects, talk. For instance,
Representative Bate, of Georgia,
who is in Washington on business,
says: “Political matters in Georgia
are very quiet just now. The legis-
lature that will elect Senator Gor-
don’s successor will not be chosen
until next year, and there is little
talk now about candidates. Our
people are busy putting in their
crops which, I am glad to say, prom-
ise to be good. I don’t know how
the state would go on the free coin-
age question. It will be time enough
to settle that when we have to vote
upon it, if we ever do.” Mr. Bate’s
statement doesn’t gee with the sen-
sational stories, sent from Washing-
ton, concerning the desperate con-
flict between ex-Speaker Crisp and
Secretary Hoke Smith over that seat
in the senate—truth and sensational-
ism seldom do.
The laugh would seem to be on
Professor Harrington, ex-chief of the
Weather Bureau and those Wash-
ington correspondents he succeeded
in stuffing with the story that he was
fired out to make room for a demo-
cratic politician. Professor Willis
L. Moore, who is the new chief of
the Weather Bureau, is neither a
democrat nOr a politician. In fact,
he is a republican, or at least he was
a republican before he became con-
nected with the Weather Bureau;
since then he has had no active con-
nection with politics. He has been
in charge of the Chicago office ot
the Weather Bureau and his selec-
tion to be chief was made solely on
his merit and record. He proposes
to make forecasts, at which he has
been unusually successful, the most
prominent work of the bureau, and
says on the subject: “We cannot
predict just when rain will occur al-
ways, but there is no excuse for fail-
ing to forecast severe changes in
the weather and remarkable atmos-
pheric disturbances. Forecasting
severe weather changes I conceive to
be the object of the office, and in
this direction the work will be
broadened and steadily improved.
Forecasts should be made of severe
storms, cold waves, or remarkable
atmospheric changes at least twelve
hours in advance, and the money
saved by one such forecast often
times more than pays the entire cost
of this office for a year.”
Ex-Senator Camden, of West
Virginia, who is a close observer,
thus sums up the political situation :
Two or three months ago I
wouldn’t have given a copper for
the chances of the democratic party.
Since then there has been a marked
change in public sentiment, due
largely to the improvement that has
taken place throughout the country
Cattle have gone up, so has wheat,
so has cotton, so has iron, so have
wages. All these things redound
to the credit of the party, and my be-
lief is that it will triumph in ’96.”
Ex-Governor Campbell passed
through Washington on his way
home from New York, where he
made a great speech at the big Tam-
many meeting. He reported the
New York democrats as being con-
fident of an early return to power
and said of the Ohio situation: “The
democrats are not making a hope-
less campaign in Ohio. They are
going in to make a stiff fight, and
the republicans will have no walk
over. From a national standpoint
the party is in a good condition' and
there is solid ground for encourage-
ment in the bettered condition of the
country. It is noticeable too, that
the improvement is marked in cer-
tain lines where the democrats re-
duced duties, as in the iron, steel
and woolen industries.”
OUR PMILADEI.PHIA LETTER
News from all Quarters Condensed—What
the Workers are Doing—Busi-
ness Prospects.
July 10, 1S95.
Had anyone predicted' three months
ago that the present enormous de-
mand for iron ami steel would come
so soon, he would have been set
down as mentally unbalanced. The
rush has not been equalled for ten
years. Prices have bounded up to
an alarming extent. Old dilapidat-
ed mills that have not made a pound
of iron for ten years are now belch-
ing forth smoke and roaring like so
many volcanoes with delight. Scores
of mills are over sold for two to four
months. Iron ore has advanced, and
ore miners are crowding the mines
in the lake regions. The wage
scales in all the mills have been set-
tled. Therg is danger of an infla-
tion of values. Boiler works are all
busy. Western car shops and car-
riage and wagon shops are all over-
crowded. Orders are beginning to
come in to the locomotive works.
The railroad builders are frightened
at the advance in prices, and are
holding off till prices recede. This
sudden change is easy to account
for. For two years the mills have
been half idle. Ten years ago we
laid 10,000 miles of track, last year
2000. There are hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars idle capital seeking
employment. Water and gas works
are being built, to say nothing of
trolley lines everywhere. Every
cross-roads country store, every
blacksmith wants something and a
good deal of it. No wonder things
go up. What is going on in the
iron and steel industry is in pro-
gress to a less degree in all. Wages
are advancing with more abundant
employment. While English em-
ployers are distressed and driven to
the wall by strikes and trades union
agitations, the employers of the
United States are enjoying compara-
tive exemption, almost absolute ex-
emption from strikes. Further ad-
vances will be made if the markets
warrant it. The wage-workers of
the land do not recognize the fact,
but it is true that this willingness to
pay labor fair wages is the result of
iabor’s organized movements three
to ten years ago. Capital has be-
come acquainted with the ability,
power, comprehension and determi-
nation of the intelligent labor of
America. Employers have come to
understand that organized and well
paid labor is better and is easier to
deal with and is more profitable in
the long run than unorganized and
cheap labor. Carnegie says so, and
he is only one of hundreds, but he
opposes the dictation of organized
labor.
The railroads during June did 10
now cheaper than it is going to be
for a long time.
There are over two million peo-
ple insured in the United States,
one-half in the old line companies
and one-half in the beneficial orders.
The latter are increasing in mem-
bership faster than the regular com-
panies because the insurance is less.
An English Company is going to
kill 3200 head ot cattle every day in
Argentine, S. A., and preserve it all
by electrical devices for easy ship-
ment to England. The cattle rais-
ing business is getting to be a great
industry there, but it starves the
English farmers.
The American people are rising
to a higher level of civilization, im-
perceptably. The effects of the
pub’ic school system are discernable
in a higher and broader intelligence.
The people think and act more for
themselves, though they have not
yet organized the machinery to give
expression and force to their higher
thoughts and deeper convictions.
That a better day is coming for
all is a conviction deeply planted in
the heart, a hope that shines in every
heart, an angel song that sings itself
ceaselessly in every soul. It is com-
ing in unexpected ways, like the
Christ of Galilee, whom the Jews
expected to come as a visible ruler.
Society will some day suddenly take
the giant stride onto and into and up
to a higher civilization for which it
has been struggling and striving and
yearning and fighting for a century.
The freedom of to-day came after
five centuries of struggles. We are
reaching out after higher spiritual
conditions, where the love of ma-
terial things will be less absorbing
on our energies and the comprehen-
sion of spiritual and moral things
clearer.
This is no poet’s sentiment or
imaginary observation to fill up. It
is the most important fact of that in-
ner life of ours which gets so little
thought, we are so busy toiling, earn-
ing, making, selling, living and dy-
ing that we do not take time to note
the silent and majestic growth of a
principle, a life and a knowledge of
the hidden things that is taking place
within us.
The prettiest line of chamber sets
to be found in the city at Pollard,
Hoerr & Co.’s.
While the Elks grand lodge was
in session on the second floor of the
Casmo, at Atlanta, N. J., the floor
suddenly gave way and a thousand
persons, including a large number
of ladies, were precipitated to the
floor below. Many persons were on
the first floor and they were buried
beneath the debris, and pinned down
by the fallen timbers. No one was
killed outright, but many were ser-
iously injured. One man died the
same day, and the injuries of several
others are believed to be fatal. The
entire structure, except the walls, is
a total wreck.
2er c^E^etter than last June. The
jank clearings last week were 32 per
cent better than for same week last
year, and for all of June 29 per cent
letter than last year and only 7 per
cent below 1S92, the biggest year
one ever had in business.
There is no telling how far elec-
tric power can be carried. Some
say 20 miles is the limit. A French
company with a capital of $5,000,-
000 is going to light the City of
Mexico with electricity generated
120 miles away. It will be 20,000
horse-power.
A five-mast sailing ship, the larg-
est in the world, built of steel, is
394 feet long, 50 feet w ide, draft 25
feet, and will carry 6150 tons of
freight. The mam mast is of steel,
210 feet high, and 34 inches diame-
ter at deck. All the tackle is of
galvanized steel wire. When all the
sails are spread they will make 5000
square yards.
The Chicago elevated railroad
people have decided to make the
plunge for electricity instead of
steam, and last week closed a con-
tract with the Edison people for the
equipments.
Some scientific dredging is going
to be done at Seattle, Washington.
About 35,000,000 cubic yards of
earth, which would make a big hill,
is to be excavated for a canal three
miles long to connect Lake Wash-
ington and Puget Sound.
Vessels 275 feet long, to accom-
modate 200 passengers, are to be
built at the mouth of James river,
Virginia, to ply between New York
and New Orleans.
Last week the Niagara Falls Com-
pany began delivering 4,000 horse
power of electricity to the Alumi-
num works and placed contracts to
carry electricity to Towanda and
Lockport, so the start has been
made.
Immense machinery is now the
order of thje day. Fifty years ago
the city councils of Philadelphia sent
a committee to purchase a 4 ton en-
gine to do some municipal work.
The committee was pleased with a
6 ton engine and bought it and were
soundly berated when they got home
for buying such an immense affair,
too large to be worked. Last week
a nail factory in a little town in
Western Pennsylvania completed
the erection of an engine that weighs
25 tons. The wheel alone weighs
5 tons. It was made in Ft. Wayne.
Ind.
The last advices from Northern
and Southern lumber centres is that
there is a general improvement in
business and that prices are better.
Mills are running and yard men are
selling freely.
The latest news from the New
England boot and shoe makers is
that they have had the busiest sea-
son for five years. Leather has ad-
vanced and foot gear is going to be
higher this winter in consequence.
Ranchmen are renting large tracts
of grazing territory to go into stock
raising.
The furniture manufacturers all
through the west are buying up
great deal of lumber to work up into
furniture. They think lumber
A temporary injunction was
granted by S. P. Greene, special
judge, at Dallas on Wednesday, re-
straining the city from issuing addi-
tional bonds, which had previously
been submitted to the attorney gen-
eral for approval. The city author-
ities contended that the court was
without jurisdiction and that the city
had not reached the bond limit fixed
by law, while Judge Greene held
that the district court could pass upon
questions of injunction in a proper
case, without ousting the attorney
general of his jurisdiction in any de-
gree. The decision of Judge Greene
is severely criticised by Mayor Hol-
land and others, and when the case
comes up for hearing on its merits,
the matter will take an entirely dif-
ferent turn, it is said.
From the Gainesville Hesperian.
A Wonderful Girl.
Little Minnie Belle Shrum gave in
the Hesperian office a test of her
wonderful powers. She was blind-
folded with a thick black handker-
chief and placed her hands over her
eves on top of the bandage. The
Hesperian bulletin board was then
placed about 15 feet from her, and
she was asked to tell what was on it.
She spelled the name Hesperian, but
could not pronounce it. We then
took chalk and wrote the following
figures:
3734
7326
4684
She called readily each number,
and then added up the four columns
accurately, and told us what to put
down for the sum, making it 15,744.
We then wrote the names Stone,
Howeth, Roberts, on the board.
Then W. J. Stone, C. R. Smith, R.
B. Howeth and others opened their
watches, and she told accurately the
time indicated by each watch.
These were the only tests to
which we subjected her, but we have
no doubt she can do many other
wonderful things in that line, and
her little brother surpasses her in
power. Mr. Shrum informs us that
he has eight children, and only these
two seem to have this gift. These
two children are certainly wonders,
and it will pay any one to witness
their performances. There is no
clap-trap, deception or sleight-of
hand about their work.
Tsnmm
IJEJTLY DOtyK
-AT-
anurs raiiTiM ism.
Wet Weather Sale.
t
Rubbers,
Gum Coats,
UmbreUas^^tfk
this week 2ft 96 off.
Never Mind the Weather Sale.
We want the- people to know, in
any kind of weather the proper place
to buy
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods,
Furnishings,
and 8HOE8 in every style,
at the lowest prices—every article
sold, satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded—is at
GMXZIZTO’SMt*
NEW COOD8.
We are showing the biggest line
of White Shirts and the bigggst val-
ues in the same for 81.00. Com-
pare them with your $1.50 and 2.00
shiits. See our show window.
The biggest line Negligee Shirts,
the biggest line of Worn Shirts, the
biggest line of Overalls and Jeans
Pants in the city, all guaranteed
custom made goods.
Cet Our Prices.
You should price our new goods
before buying. They were bought
cheap, and it will be money saved.
500 pairs best 50c Overalls in the
world, blue or brown, with or with-
out bibs.
500 Work Shirts, worth 50c, at
39c-
500 fine Negligee Shirts at 79c.
500 long-ribbed seamless Sox,
double heel and toe, at 75c per doz.
r. urn. icinsra-,
The American Dry Goods King.”
Oan’t Help It.
“Tommy, quit pulling that cat’s
tail.”
“I ain’t pulling it. I’tn just hold-
ing to it and the cat is doing the
pulling.”
That is the way with our free sil-
ver friends. Every time the sound
money people make a comparison
between a gold standard and a silver
standard country they begin to squall
and kick and scratch and sweat and
finally swear there is no comparison
between this country and any for-
eign country. Still they continue to
pull because, perhaps, they have
their tail in a crack and can’t help
it.—Newton Progress.
Unprecedented rains throughout
the cotton belt have caused a sub-
stantial advance in the price of cot-
ton in Liverpool and other places.
Recent quotations place middling at
lw 8 cents, while the advance in other
is | grades has been quite as great.
Ancient Glass.
The glass blowers of ancient The-
bes are known to have been as pro-
ficient in that particular art as the
most scientific craftsman of the same
trade of the present day, after a lapse
of forty centuries of so called “pro-
gress.” They were well acquainted
with the art of staining glass, and
are known to have produced that
commodity in great profusion and
perfection.
Rossellini gives an illustration of
a piece of stained glass known to be
4,000 years old, which displayed ar-
tistic taste of high order, both in
tint and design. In this case the col-
or is struck through the vitrified
structure, and he mentions designs
struck through in pieces from J4 to
Y inch thick, the color being per-
fectly incorporated with the struc-
ture of the piece, and exactly the
same on both the obverse and re-
verse sides.
The priests of Ptah at Memphis
were adepts in the glassmaker’s art,
and not only did they have factoriea
or manufacturing the common crys-
tal variety, but they had learned the
vitrifying of the different colors and
the* imitating of precious stones to
perfection. Their imitation of the
amethyst and of the various other
colored gems were so true to nature
that even now, after they have lain
in the desert sands from 2,000 to 4,-
000 years, it takes an expert to dis-
tinguish the genuine articles from
the spurious. It has been shown
that, besides being experts in glass
making and glass coloring, they used
the diamond in cutting and engrav-
ing glass. In the British Museum
there is a beautiful piece of stained
glass, with an engraved emblazon-
ment of the monarch Thothmes III,
who lived 3,400 years ago.—Scien-
tific American.
House-Cleaning Time.
Father, dear father, come home
with me now, for ma has some car-
pets to beat; she got all the furni-
ture out in the yard, from the front
door clear into the street. The stove
must come down and be put in the
shed, and the yard must be cleaned
of grass, for it’s time to clean bouse
and the duce is to pay, and the front
window needs a new glass. Father,
dear father, come home with me
now, and bring some bologna and
cheese; it’s most twelve o’clock and
there’s nothing to eat; I’m so hun-
gry I’m weak in my knees. All the
dinner we’ll have will be scraps and
such, and we’ll have to.eat standing
up, too, for the tables and chairs are
all out in the yard; oh, I wish
spring cleaning was through! Fath-
er, dear father, come home with me
now, for ma is as mad as a Turk;
she says you are a lazy old thing,
and proposes to put you to work.
There’s painting to do and paper to
hang, and windows and casing to
scrub, for it’s house-cleaning time
and you’ve got to come home and
revel in suds and cold grub.—Ex.
Preparations for the silver conven-
tion to be held in Fort Worth are
being made by the silver club of that
city. Committees have been ap-
pointed to see that everything neces-
sary is done to properly place the 16
to 1 theory before the people.
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