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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
A Strange Presentmemt.
Utica Observer !


In the year 1866 the late James S.
Thorn, who was the city editor Of this
paper, was lying upon his death bed,
slowly succumbing to the inroads OF
that fatal disease, consumption. The
intelligence was brought to the Office
that he could not possibly last more
than |; day or two longer. lie was Il
man of such genial and Loving quail
ties, and had so tenderly entwined
himself around the hearts of all his
associates, that no one could endure
the thought of writing ibis
obituary in advance OF his
death; and yet it was quite
important if not imperative,
that proper memorial should be pre-
pared, ready for insertion in the paper
ut II moments notice upon the receipt
of the news of the death of our young
and talented friend and associate. One
after another declined 10 write the
obituary, until it was finally deter
mined that A BRAN Fonda, nm editorial
writer on the paper, SHOULD perform
the melancholy task. Mr.. Fonda nc
c)rdiE gly egan it, emitting the intro
d iction, and was engaged some time
upon the work, when the writer OF
this paragraph, who occupied chair
in front of Mr.. Fouda's
table, turned around and in
quired how lac was getting along He
replied that he was not progressing
satisfactorily, that it was q harder task
than he had anticipated, and then
went on with his work. Instantly, n
quick as thought could frame the ex-
preston, there flashed through the
brains of the writer these words:
"Old fellow, you'll die before Jimmie
doesn' And lie did. That night nj.
ter retiring Mr.. Fonda arose for
some purpose, went to an open win
dow in his room, and fell headlong
out of it to the sidewalk below In
the morning he was found lying on
the ground speechless and insensible
He died ut Q O'Clock in the forenoon OF
the day. Mr.. Thorn survived until
nearly noon. The hand that write.
this wrote the Introductory and close
of the obituary of Mr.. Thorn and thai
Mr., Fonda began, and also wrote ;
hasty tribute to the latter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
The Outcnsts rawlings.
| New York Times

Dorsey, the star route thief, is detes.
ted for his villainies and despised for
his falsehoods by every honest man In
the country. Hi. inlpotent rawlings
are treated with the CONTEMPT they de-
serve by Republicans and Republican
newspapers. But there. are few
Democratic newspapers which are glad
to harbor the vile fellow and pint his
lies. His malignant and deianlatory
attacks upon the leaders of the party
which he has disgraced are SUPPOSED!
to make good reading for Democrats.
We are aware that the moral facul-
ties are not very well de-
veloped in the average Democrat.
For instance, those Democrats who
fulfilling prediction made some
months ago in the Times, have taken
up the cry of turn the rascals outi'
are morally incapable of understands
ing that AS they use this war-cry 1t
means merely turn out their rascals
and put in,ours.n But we have not SO
low an opinion of Democrats as to sup
pose for one moment that they be-
lieve Dorsey's lies.
This .outcast has had something to
say about the Times lately. He says
that when the Republican national
committee in 1850 ordered a
large number OF copies of
the New York Weekly Tribune to be
sent out as campa On documents, the
proprietor of the Times went to Mr..
Jewell and triedt to have him "divide
the patronage" by giving the Times
II share. This is a lie. But we should
not take the trouble to deny anything
this thief says merely for the sake OF
removing any false impression it might
create, for nothing he can say creates
any impression or feeling whatever
save of disgust. We refer to the
matter simply to show how such
falsehoods expose themselves
The Times is not well adapted ia
the use to which the Tribune
was put in that political CANVASS. 1t
does the Republican party an inc leu
liable service by its every day work.
Through its regular and constantly in
creasing subscription list it does the
cause OF honest Republieanism more
good in every campaign than million
gratuitous Trib,meS could do. But as a
| paid party organ we confess with pride
that the Times is practically worthless
1t has habit Of scorching and brand
ing bad Republicans which makes ii
very uncomfortable reading for per.
sons who look at politics
from Dorsey's point of view.
Their idea OF an organ is n
newspaper that is silent about the
rascals in its own party, hut perpetu-
ally belabors the Democrats. AS for
the Times, it hates Republican thief
rather worse than Democratic thief
because it believes that n man must be
| by nature monstrous villain who be
comes corrupt and stealsS8s Dorsey
did, while in such honest company.
No, the Times IS no organ. Ii tells
the truth, and a good deal Of it. /
prints all the news, and it believes II
turning the rascais out, but it will no.
be the organ Of any party, nor OF
thieves, big or little, nor of corpora
| tions nor OF monopolists.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
A Monster Alligator.
Balm bridge. on J Demoeral

bulnOfJuke, TIA Democrat.
Reuben Cloud, VINO lives in tho
lower part. of this county, and who,by
the way, is crack shot with his rifle,
recently killed The largest alligator
seen in this section in years. His ga
torship had been depredating for
long while upon the cattle and hogs
of those farmers living in the fork of
Spring creek and Flint river, and
many had been the rifle balls that had
nattened against his adamantne skull
to no purpose. He had taken up his
abode in a large deep lagoon
in that locality, and ut even
tide and in the early morning his
bellowings could be heard fer miles,
almost euualing in terrible force the
roar Of the lion. Learning his haunts,
Mr.. Cloud set to work to Kill him, and
one day recently, filling his POWDER
horn with powder and shot-bag with
bullets, set forth to hunt him. He
found him summing on log, and fear
ing that he would become alarmed,
shot him first at about one hundred
yards, in the hinder part of the body.
This shot entered the bowels, and the
writings of the monster Were fearful
to behold, and created a connection in
| the water almost equal TO Il herd of
wild horses. He soon sought land.
ing, however, and crawled out again
upon tree-top, believing like a
mad bull Drawing higher, Mr..
Cloud continued TO perforate his
abdominal cavity until no less than
| dozen half-ounce rifle balls were
lodged in him, and he lay still, dead.
! He was then drawn out, skinned, and
his head taken oil for his tuslls and
! teeth. The monster measured feet
and six inches from the tip OF lis nose
TO the end of his tail, and 6 feet 4 in
| ches from end to end of ioie feet acros IS
the back, and would have weighed
probably 800 pounds. His skin was
hroughi totawn aud sold on Saturday.
! Sixty-five of his teeth and tusks
weighed one and a half pounds. His
| stomach contained parts of the r.
mains of one or more large hogs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
Edi>on In Melnnliis.

edison use d TO work the other &nd
of a circuit with me- says telegraph
op-,a or interviewed in the Nicksnurg
jie,u d. "and ] knew him VIII N he
wa, n Memphis S, me thirteen or
fourteen years ug). lie always looked
ratty and never spent his money on
clothes, but the 1, ason was that he
was always tinkerlng with some new
continuance or other, and spent his
III, ney III paying for material to work
ont his inventions. He used 10 take
press in Memphis. He was as fast rs
they make ZEN. and his copy never
rave n telegraph editor Il bit oG trouble.
He had way while waiting for c 'py
of drawing cai features illustrating the
character of news he was getting, aud
putting them along in the spaces OF
The copy he sent into the press.
This made one of the papers
mn there. / forget which,
red hot and it opened on him
and had good deal to do with his be-
ING fired by the manager. Edison
didn't want the fool editor 10 print his
funny stories in the Geographic news.
He only drew them for his own aniuse-
ment When he went to Boston with
His yellow breeches on in the middle
of Winter, the manager OF the Office
finding he was an expert,
hired him to keep the reporters
in order. Edison worked with the
instrument part Of two days, and
then Was caught by the manager OF
the Office fooling with some new con.
trjvan,e of his own. Thought hired
YOU to keep these repeaters IN order,
laid I - the manager you did. said
Edison. but I've put a liink or two in
to them that will make them Keep
themselves 10 order. From that DAY
his fortune was made"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07

Cinnamon are not sowards. They are
peaceable, but they are not afraid or
death or injury. Ask anybody who
has been among them. | am a small
man, but Ii meet Dennis Kearney,
his insults TO my race will
be atoned for, be sure of
that. Even now, If | do not see him.
/ have made him conspicuous as mai
who Is hero only IN his speech and a
poltroon In his behavior
The Joke OF all this Is that Kearney
finds Cinnamon quite equal to his
own style Of warfare, and even actu-
ally threatening to drive him out of
New York. Wong Chin Foo succeeds
at least in making the sand lots aglta-
tor ridiculous.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07

~ y an open secret In Dublin. SAYS
.ne Wv. DR. Fair, "that all of.Careyis
p,opsas was purchased by the
III ~, S'hhient AT such sum as
u,u not cause him to be very
auAious az 70 what would become off.
so'iie oi ms houses are row advertised
Ior SAFE Tor ihe non-payment OF taxes,
ana an u what bis tenants say be true.
oarey was the hardest and most ex-
acting OF all cruel landlords
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
[ggIAGE LICENSES.
s,.oxrE COUNTY.

faEAoKrE COUNTY.
s,udmsu 10 Sarah =. Pyle;
I'mmons to Jennie Findley;
Tlndstron 10 Mary II. Cook;
kdiard 10 Mira NJ. Stovall; j.
' ~ # Il Baxter; jill. Keith
|frons q. B. Gayden to Eta
! t,ic,ro Campbell to Alice
1 & A. Parkinson to M. IL.
|Ienry WIckwan to Mis-. Jane
IaSn Ricketts, to Laura Weems;
|Iorrsn to Lula Thompson; q.
|hls Nollie G. Dublin; A. 7.
n b Jennie Anderson; Pat
Cook.
| AUSTIN COUNTY.
Eoiainer toll. T. Snow; Emil
Msy Krebs,, T. J. Hadnett to
Vim. Ahrensy &c
Peter Braband to
! Ritter George Whitfield tc
tni Abram Osborne to Em-
hnl, Simon Johnson to La
1 40. ncni, WiIlinn,s tD Fanny
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07

NJ
! :, as.rnien "a .sI' views.
b. ''c' Il ss ,,.., &C.
=, August 80 .,son ,,'s viii at
aies q I. ,'l Mckinney. They
fpuion 's'lsaa.snt time. ,,od
bsgs 4 p I,l"s,'l attorneys a ~ .
y, JE.ffSSs''n'ioned right ag,sak N While ale
\, ' one day lss' The matter
", ~ ! fias q ten a., del bsIiIg er
led On s ,s.s legal lore dis dis,
rs vi VI. rrpailInr,o,sf. TIE herd cpu IN
e Correspondent has ~
s By rss the Day diSoapse eaa I'll,
nslOp, No ''' crowd Of c col @e,l
4. : ,o @is' Their ,',,,s wa po He and and
,..ion, but l .I's's ,rIdipg on ijy-
"A A rO0d W ,nsiDg to see
~ y ! GIassrIsting oeiiea'i'
ul,h School VIII
pItisburg I, IpPtof. j. w. Mel
bndsy yi'l r. IT, Wm. Mel
prlnciFsl,.. .,,,s the publica,
a nOl ls1s devoted to the
sre. 10; so0' sb .Ss' panied school
Of tl ,.asS eutslprise. 49,. ara
hstltunaeeSS'ji interest and COM com,
ingi la,,aiy. Some men ne nv, WI u
lIoftna f'' How the matter
u i / sso.nty surpassese "mor-
ti ~ l%n, he lack Of inter i :.
bal iIpn 4 The small vote
mattel .llpl1I,d III / am inclined to
m III 1, carry. In other coul.-
|,Is W." and public men !, l nave
Fea s''' IN Camp very little has
o uS y, m 10 this moment not
a, anp pe " made IN their ,i favor
!. ~ t their adoption; These
! m ought to be explained l.,, s,o 10
y al in order that q iuli Vo'e
y ,aulIly and their relations ,l,,i IS
,nIs On Gypress to-day. rms y.
Isst and one of the most IN
|.miIics in the county.
E.Ssr L still dry here.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07

The Chinese laundry workers in San
Francisco have formed a secret society,
and successfully struck for higher pay.
Consequently the laundries have
raised their rates. The workers,
moreover, refused to sleep on piles OF
dirty linen, as they have been accus-
toned to. and the laundry owners
have had TO furnish them with can
yass cots.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
AND WONG.
|iial Editor vs., the Frisco Sane
Latter.

iial Editor vs.. the Frisco Sand
Letter,
Kearney Is bidding high for
IN New York, and lie has
eofit which he did not ex-
wanted to speak in Union
fand he para commissioners
eson why he should be al
BLOCK up so public u thor
and Referred him to the
iaa' was equivalent to II
Ms request. So he must
other speakers to n hall.
pM u not the worst Of
taIney has been very
Ms denunciation of the
laview Of this fact, Wong
WHAT'S editor of the Chinese
vrole the Irish agitator n
ung his opinion of tile course
Naeh A reporter Of the Chi
. was the messenger who
uhey, and beheld his indig-
naglng back the answer to
" these words: 81 Shall not
,lt Wong lie writes like a
y, When he writes like a
snall answer him like Il
n But he cannot write
Hnylow.n
,,alAn grew angry at this
band. "i"S ~
[S aork' July IS, 1888. Mr..
n &, ! write this letter to YOU
my own handwriting, 20
ls s, cowardly evaslveness
/ opportunity.
ellsf was copied by my
slag a notorious fact that a
~ can hardly read even
|. asl handwriting, and mine,
l.silt l9r a Chinaman, is not
~slOle sprint. . ny
IN M, glallce to decide wheth-
,y1s ! at all for your caution
4 Al llon putting your pen
/ '~ your spelling upon re-
IteeI. a ga !. challenging to a
Nm J, ' ,0u rom being. called to
[sos s'.'esw W for your insults Is
q a. w ~. should it be possible
Inv s Iatgs that hat protection, /
ju ow r,'!k .E%n meeting YOU
q ,Yraptns. Conlenlp.
'.Ealo, mmoNG CHIN Foo,
i ~ s' a,,, oAi,,ese dmerican. y
asIl, Su,'ea cSlallenge, but it
Ia' I1s, on the defensive. II II
patton !. '' g can ca, he the object Of
low Il. lhechinaman threat,
| al u''. .'., with con-
d r,eillaps with violence
was, s ssporler; IF Kearne,
sIn Xxx, Or honesty he woul3
Aln taS e way aud / should de
ssss.I1I n he is ignorant and nd
/ y ,dl.lIs.daia me and = p A.
EhEis l ,,s sand lots with With his sr TAI
EioomV MIN 9a,, delivered him NAV nav LET T
||,nanywhera ms MS friends, and i
|aetice Inv we sa shall put in ac
'ohlempt for him
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
Amendments.

Messrs. A. j, Chambers of this city,
and Hon. John Cochran of Dallas.
will discuss the constitutional amend
ments TO the people of Arlington and
vicinity on Saturday, August ii, at
3 o'clock p. III.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07

New Life
is given by using Browns
IRON BlTTERs. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warns the system; in the
Spring it cnriches the blood
and conquers disease; in the
summer it gives tone 10 the
nerves and digestive organs;
IN the Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
OF sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
SO surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per-
feet condition. Browns
IRON Buffers ensures per-
feet health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic air,
and it prevents Consump-
ton, Kidney and Liver Dis
case, &c.
n S. Berlin, Esq, of the
wcll-known firm Of H. S.
Berlin & Co., Attorneys, lie
Droit Building, Washing
ton, d. G., writes, Dec. 5th,
1881:
Gentlemen. ! take pleas.
urc in stating that have used
Browns Iron Bitters for ma
laia and nervous troubles,
caused by overwork, with
excellent results.
Beware Of limitations.
Ask for Browns IRON BIT
TIERS, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recon-
mended as Just as good."
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-07
Hostetter's Stnn.

iboNtlt4 80 iblli-
lch Biitcrs, by In
crcasing vitalpow-
~, ara rendering
the ' hysical iunc-
lions Regular ana
active, keeps the
system in good
work ing orderand
protects IL against
disease. For con
stipation, dyspep-
STA and liver con-.
plant. nervous
ness, kidney and
rheumatic all
rlehlS IL Is tnValu-
able, AnGh affords
n sue d tense
against nnalarIal
fevets, besides re-
moving all traces
pi' such diseases
by all druggists
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07

Mr. lIrry lIayard, in his recently
published work. "L'Art dams Ie sa-
Ion, attributes The invention of the
reclining chair to curious piece OF
etiquette rupulously observed in
France during the period of the Oil
French monarchy Whenever the king
visited an invalid whose illness
was ofsueha character as to force him
TO keep his bet, q second bed was inya
riabll placed in the room close to the
sufferers couch. His majesty reclined
on the spare bed, and lay in Il recum-
bent posture during the entire time
occupied iy She visit. When Louis
NH visited Cardinal Richelieu during
his illness, this cumbrous etiquette was
rigidly adhered to, as it was likewise
when Louis XIV went to see Marshal
Nillar5 after he received his wound
Tn second bed, by successive moditi
cations, became eventually the mod
en- reclining chair, st. fumes G0zetfe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07
A Druggist Cured.

Boonsboro, Md, Oct. q, 1880,
Gentemen Browns Iron Bit
tiers cured me Of a bad attack Of
Indigestion and iullness in the stom-
ach. Having testedit, take pleas
ure in recommending it 70 my Gus
TONERS, and am glad TO say it gives
entire satisfaction 10 all
OK0. W. ttorFSIAN, Druggist.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07

mist say that L much douoI
whether the faculty which enables
dogs and other animals to find their
way home is rightly called intelligence
although intelligence, no doubt, fre-
quently has some share in the result.
Human beings are much more intelli-
gent than dogs, and yet how few Of
them,i placed unexpectedly in the same
circumstances as poor "Jacob"-that is,
carried off in the dark along streets
and roads altogether unknown to them,
TO place miles away, where they had
neyerbeeh before, ana tJ-the position
ana bearings of which they had not
the very slightest cIue-how few Of
them, | say would within a reasonable
time hn4 thufr way back again, at least
if they trusted to their diligence
alone, and did not ask questions or con
suit maps Cats, on the other hand,
are rightly regarded as less intelligent
than dogs, and yet they enjoy the rep
utation of being more sldlful in finding
their home again. A calf too. is COM
monty supposed to be type rather Of
stupidity than intelligence. and vet
know Of one instance which seems 10
snow that this "homing' faculty is or
may be- at least as strong in calf as
IN the most intelligent Of dogs. Some
nIOeeh years ago | was staying at a
trends house at Linton. a small mar
Aet town about ten miles from Cam.
bridge. On the morning after my ar
rival | perceived that sometime nm
usual was going on outside the house
ana on making inquiry was told that
Il cali six weeks old, which had be-
longed to my friend, but had been af5
the previous afternoon and carried
away IN a cart to a farmhouse some
IlYe miles distant had come back home
to its mother Now, hal the calf
come back along the road bv which the
cart had conveyed il to its new home
much surprise would, no doubt. have
been felt at such a signal instance Of
S'Sacty in so young an animal; still.
there would not have been ANYTHING
particularly extraordinary in the mat
ter. But the calf ha1 nnt fnIl,,,.ol a..
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07
DR.. RICHARD SAPINGTON,
one of Balumore's Oldest and most
rehable physicians, says

"All who have used it praise its
standard virtues, and the we'll
known character Of the house which
makes it is a sufficient guarantee
Of its being an that is claimed, for
they are men who could not be Inc
duccd to offer anything else but
reliable medicine tor public use
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07
The Long, Long Days,


The wind has found as dream
In grasses deep and cool,
The lilies their still pool,
The willow its lair stream;
The rose its crown ol flowers,
The leaves their silver showers
In the long, long days.
The bld has found its mate,
The bee IL clover bloom,
fhe wadwoo its perfume,
The brook the rivers gate
Aa5 peace ana drnwsy sleep
Their charmed watches leep'
Ger tic log, long days.
The sea has found its rest
The river its white sails,
The hills their purple vcils,
Tho heart its eager quest.
And now lie standing ST.
Has neither wish nor Will,
In the long, long days
Starlight aud sunset meet,
Ab5ve the dreaming fl)wers,
Time dnre not speed his hours,
The stiffness is so sweet,
Bat bids them hush and wait
For feir Of waking Fate,
Ia the long, long dey-'
- Susan Iarlicy, IL The Continent
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07

Ask your Druggist for Browns
IRON BlTrERs, and take no other.
One trial will convince you that it
is just what you need.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-07

in the conT practice in the Court of Appeals and
Anne AynnSo,o AIn,s OF Cherries, St. Mary's' Calvert
which be Will VIII ana Prince Georges counties
may5-ly. 'iess' annapolis, Nd
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-12
rxoK on qsg TARIFF.

Senator Beck's speech on the tariff on
"Wednesday contained some very plain
truths. He expressed the opinion that the
Tariff Commission had failed to deal iu'
diligently with the problem set before
it, but had allowed the protected manu-.
facsurers to frame the bill reported so as
to help their selfish interests as much as
possible He pointed out that while
making. pretense of reducing duties the
Commission had in number of instances
actually increased them, and he showed
that taking the work of the Commission as
a whole it was very unsatisfactory. Judg-
ing by the progress already made there is
very little reason TO hope that this Congress
will reduce the Tariff appreciab!y, but if
it fails to make use of it's opportunity there
can be no doubt that the next Congress will
be all the more thorough, and perhaps this
Is the best way to have the matter
arranged. It is clear that the country will
not be satisfied with any bidding reforms
in this connection, and that if the Repub-
icans do not come up to the popular
requirements they viii be making capital
for their opponents. OF course it is posi-
BILE that the protected interests think them
selves strong enough to prevent reduction
of the tariff by either party; but if that
is the case SO much the worse for the
Dennncrats