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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
NOVEL ELOpEM ENT.

Chicago. March s. "A homcly ro-
nance was aired to-day In the Arinory
police court when Aaron Iiazen and
Ollie Luce were brought before JUS
tice Walton. Ollie IL rather fine APP
pearing country girl and Aaron IL II
young barber. The couple were found
sccrctcd In u freight car of the Mich
igan Central, which was partly filed
with merchandise and had Just got in
from the cnst. When first brought to
the station the couple claimed TO he
husband and wife, but finally acknowl-
edged that they had run away from
South Bend, Indiana, and were in
tending To he married Ollie, who
gives her ago rs eighteen years, says
she met and fell In love with the ton
serial artist at IL hotel In South Bend,
where they both worked. Her parents
refused their consent To her marriage
with Huzon, SO they elopcd, going frs,
To Elkhart and then 10 Niles City
Hazen's money gave out aud that wa,
why, In pursuing their travels, the,
found II necessary to stow Themselves
| away In ireightcar. Originally they
| did not intend coming as inr ~
Chicago, but fell asleep In the ear ant
missed connection, A letter was sen,
to Ollies parents who live about -four
miles from South Bend, and hel
father who IN said to be an humhl,
Methodist divine, will probably com,
| TO Chicago.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
The New Scnlskin Snck
New !oAden Day.

INeN isuhueh lMN,l
A solcmn-looliing citizen appeared
at police headquarters, and heckoning
the superintendent into y private room
said
"lou know that $500 robbery nj my
house that | reported yesterday morn,
Ing ~
certainly, and | have put two OF
my best men on the case, and
''Wcll -ahem--I have decided not
TO pursue the matter you needn't
take any further steps, In fact
You don't mean TO say you have
recovered the money ~
"Oh, no; not all.
"Fouud n clew, ell ~
We'll, NO, not exactly. The fact Is
that the money was taken out of nav
trousers pockets nj night, and-and--
this morning my wife had sent home
new scalslSin sack
"Ah ~
And so you SEQ have about con-
cluded to let the matter drop let the
matter drop and with n deep sigh
the bereaved husband drifted out.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
RETURNED TO TIE WORLD.
A .eorgrtown yum Wenounces III, Cioistor
Tor the vanit,cs of society.

Washington, ID. c., March d.--The
convent situated ut Georgetown, ad-
Joining Washington, tx ngitatod over
the disappearance OF one of its nuns,
who WINS known among her conpnn-
IONS IA Sister Lorenzo, She WAS the
daughter Of n well-to-do citizen of
Reading, Pa, and when she was
about ~ years old, being displcAeed
with some tuncicd slight, she loft her
homo and entered the convent IA Il
oloistcr nun. Sister Lorenzo speedily
became n grent .aporite among the
young lady students, and for the past
ninetecn years hns horne the reputn.
ton of being one of the best scholars
aud uuietest members OF the institu-
tion. A Pennsylvania Representatives
visited her a short TIME ago IN COM
pnny with some lady acquaintance of
sister Lorenzo, ami In the course of
conversation the gentleman addressed
her by her proper nanic and nSked
her IL She WAS not tired OF convent
life, She blushcd Violently hut made
40 reply, rs she Was accompanied 10y
another nun, IN conformity With the
eulca OF the establishment, A few dnys
later she received notice that her
parents had died and that their estate,
worth about $4,000, was AZ her dis
posNl. This WAS too much for Slater
lorcn1o, and taking advantage of an
opportunity that presented itself she
effected an escape from the convent,
Her absence was reported To the Super
lor who informed the scholars OF the
affair, but placed the injunction of So
creoy upon them. Sister Lorenzo, be-
to,e being admitted to the convent as
u membcr of the sistorhood, had the
reputation of being fond of dress and
display, and her nineteen years OF com
iinempnt seems 10 have intensified her
hobby The latest adyiccs from Read
ing are that the former incumbent of
the cloister has resumed her family
name, donned u blonde Wig, purchased
IN Philadelphia the night succeeding
her illsbt nom the uoi,vcnt, aud IL
NOW a iqssnlng belle and prospective
wife, several unsuccessful attempts
have been made To- Induce her 10 re-
turn to her elolster duties, but she says
IN recent letter that she Is out la the
world again aud that she means TO
stay.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
THE LABOR QUESTION.
VIII the New Tariff Cause . Reduction OF
Wagcss~Tbe Danger Appreciated.

/ WIN the New TarIn Cause . Reduction %
wagcss--Tbe Danger Appreciated.
pittsburg. March 5.---Thc subject OF
remark on All sides Today was thu
unanimity with which iron fnanuiac-
turers, In published interviews on iht
new tariff, declared that there viii
| have 10 be a reduction Ia the wages
Of wofkingmen, The latter class did
not like the idea by any means, and
some Of the labor leaders talked "a
though the feared another general
strike would be- the result ~ such a re-
duclion. As the time for arranging a
new scale OF wages will not arrive be-
fore the first of next June, OF course
neither the workingmen nor capital
lists can speak with certainty. Some
OF the manufacturers recognized this
when they said that they could hardly
tell what the effect Of the revised, tariff
would be on wages, yet they felt pretty
certain that lower wages would have
To rule.
Thomas A. Armstrong. prominen
labor leader, and once Greonback
candidate for governor Of Pennsyl-
vauin, was inclined 10 be u triilc bitter,
aud said "Thnt's always the way.
III the tariff had been advanced In
stead Of reduced, manufacturers would
have found reason 10 complain that
q reduction Of wages Is necessary. If
an attempt Is made to reduce wages
this will certainly be another year Of
strikes, unless the workingnen can be
convinced that u reduction IL necessa-
~. They are reasonable, but they are
also tpo al raNyb Ia he IIiupu ~
Mr.. Joseph. u. Weeks, secretary Of
the Western Iron Association, who
has been in Washington for weeks
Watching the tariff legislation, re-
turned to Pittsburg to-day. He made
one charge that viii create general
surprise. He said. 'rhe responsible
ity for the tariff law Of to-day rests
with two pets of protection w. ID.
Kelley. in the house, and Justin Il.
Morrill,, In the senate. ! know this
charge will crente surprise, but repeat
that William ID. Kelley and JustinF.
Morrill, have crowned their long series
of victories for protection with igno-
defeat, If, when the matter
was before the conference committee,
they had been firm, they could have
secured n tariff bill that would have
protected American industries, or
could have prevented the passage of
any bill, which would have left things
IN infinitely better shape But Just
ut the time when the greatest iirmness
WAS needed Kelley aud Morrill, weak
cned, and the result will prove most
'ndustrially and political
~. II Will be disastrous lndustrously
because wages and the cost of material
Will have 10 he reduced \ don't he
lcve this can be accomplished with
out struggle, and the effects of la
Dor struggle are always unhappy. IL
will hc disastrous politically because
held strictly responsible
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
A Mad Mule.
lClinton Advocate.

Mr.. j, a, Baker OF Lanue, gave us
the particulars OF q mule supposed To
have been affected by hydraphohia,
belonging 10 Mr., Alex Neil, living
three miles east OF l.a,lue. The null,
ON has, Saturday acted strangely and
finally had u iit, Ealing to the ground
and STRUGGLING Violently. The fits
grew more frequent aud MERE violent
until iiually he fell in enc them aud
,liod.. During the fits, az different
times, he hit SIX horses, two mules and
two COWS, and caught little hoy OF
MIR Neils by the hack, biting and
bruiSiHg him considerably but moi
seriously, Il b supposed the mule
had been bitten by dog belong
to Jo Boyd, that had become rahii
and had been killed, There wer,
other dogs, however in that neigh,
borhood that We're supposed 90 hay,
been mad about the same time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
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Patti, the singer, isone of the most
sHporstitio.ts Of morlals, She will not
sing any contract or begin any new
undertaking on Friday she Will not
live at u hotel ia q room numbcr thir-
teen or any multiple thereof. She will
l,ot sing at night upon the day when
an umherella or parasol is opened h,
hcr ruon. She wears numerous
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10

charms, and believes In every super
sliiion abe has ever heard anything
about. 10 ~ said that when Mr.. Map.
Lesson docs not care 10 pay the sum re-
gulrcd for her single appearance 1, 100
he has some one TO open a parnsol In
PATHS room, and then the business Is
dn,.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
A Louisiana Picture
Corrcspondence Boaloa Her

- Aifce isRaGefaSr bCsteh ffsf ttt3-
 l, Is evening, and the landscape stretches ou, before one n Virgin iovel,. ness. The sun god, ere he bids adieu to this scene, kisses the sinuous bayous and s,feAks their mirrored tops with silver, brightens up the moss that streams from the heads and limbs of trees, and throws one blood red gleam through vis,as Of evergreen dying away into blue dreami- ness Then the twilight comes on, and soon the pale crescent filings it's mystic beams upon the earth. The giant oaks. bedecked with moss. seem 10 assume fam ,asiic shapes. They create suggestions of gibbets and oorpses, of rotten rigging and of the tattered sails of ships drifting to the unknown shore. Hsw Dore could have painted every form of goblincy, every fancy of ghos,liness. every grisnness of witchcraf,. every horror of death sug- gcsted by them. A weird spell takes hold of you, You imagine deep mourning dropping over the plains. The woods and groves the reeds and bayous appear to lament some grca, bereavement, some terrible death. l, seems as though this land were yef weeping for Pan. And these or recollections of the sylvan gods and nyrrps of the antique world crowd thick and fast upon you, the great dream mess of the land mesmenses you wiih unutterzble s~eetness- Afterward, when you have returned 70 New Orleans and it's gay frivoiities; it's west ends and its Spanish forts, its giiuering saloons and its fascinating masquerade balls. its brilliant halls and its luxuriously appointed gam bling rooms. Its Creole and Spanish American beauties. and Us fcses and par ties, and thousand and one other attrzc- tsons, that mesmertsm will not have passed away. nor the wondroos ~ltehery of the enchanted scenery wholly plotted from the mind.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
Mickey " Sheridan .. i. psvli
w ashsnktea triliS

Sears and years ago. there walked into Judge Sher~oods printing office, in the llttle town of Somerset. Ohio. ragged, but bright and misehievcus-lcckingh h.sy He walked boldly up to the Judge. and sand to him;
 Il want ,o learn to be printer in your ofsiee."
 "Nou want to be a devil. do you '' inquired the Judge.
 Well, they say I'm devil a, home. but doat care what you call it. @ can get . chance to learn to be a printer"
 What IS your name. my son
 My name IS Mickey Sheridan"
 "All right. sad the Judge, . w,ll try you"
 The Judge took M,cke, out into the compossng-room. and turned h.rn over to the foreman. Time rolled on, and " Mickey learned rapidly, bu, he was a terror .o everybody in the office. There was no mischief that could be thought oi that Mickey" was not up to. lie was eiernally playing tricks on everybody m the office. even the Judge. After he had been in tho ofice fot two Seats. the Judge concluded to put him al school, He had no, been m school more than two months. when the teacher sen, hum home. ~sth note to his father and the Judge. that he was too bad tor any use: that he vas the terror of the whole school tha, he kept every other scholar :Eon learning.
 The Judge and Miekey'," fa,he, ealled on the teacher and begged h,m to ! take " Mickey hack. The ,eashsf said to them. fl he came back he woaldn ,, treat h,m ~ell. but he would be pleased II he would stay away-he was too bad for any parpose.
 Mickey" w~nt hack. however. and from there 10 Yves, roint Now. who da you suppose, gcetie reader, Mickey , Sheridan was Who d. you suppose he is . The C,in, will tell you. lie is Iieu,cnan,.t 4 .enerai i'hil sheridan, the general of the ni,cd Stairs army. upon inc retiremen, of General Sherman
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21

around. As he may he an editor, hke his dad. he had better catch on to all the delicacies uf the season ~hile he is young, tor he ~sll get enough of corn bread and side bacon when he gess older. As we sad, we are glad we didn't so, for the party was not success in the ssrict sense of the word. A New York coFrcs- pondent says: sOur real society d<ciin- cd to be present to help swell the San- derbait pside. of those that did come. a great many ladies dressed very plainly. IL seems that a number of them had got artists to design costumes for them. These designs. however. were indssercetiy com- municsted by the ssaafssses to other ladies. and thus n several instances they were copied In. or,gina,ors shereupon de- clined 10 ap ear in their selected cos tunes and pull on some simple make shift. tsut the worst disappointment oi all was tha, abou, o'clock the cham pagne gave out. Most of the gentlemen were unable 10 get anything to eat. and therefore tired to drown their sorrow with the cup that ehcere,h. When the calamity occurred the hat was quietly passed around, and some one then went to a drug store. not far oil, and purchased hts entire stock oi Appolnaris water. So much for this much talked about social event"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
The Steamship of the Future
New Ysk Time.

The coming steamship. according to Mir. Blivcns belief, will measure 4bS feet ,n length by :, feet beam. and s fec, depth of hold. and have a gross tonnage of aooo. She will carry too first -eIass passengers. a,oso m the s,eerage, znd Sss, tons of mail and cxprcss matter will make tsensy- four round trips from Amer lca to England yearly. and a single ,rp m five days. The cost of operating. II ts elaimed, will be one-haif oi tha, for the present model vessels of the same capae- fly. and she vii need no sailors. For safety she will have eight cross bulk heads, and one fore and afi on the line of every derk. These steamships will be supplied with compound sescws. which. when m sesvice, will project from either side of the vessel just forward of the stern post The double misfortune of breaking shaft and having the ruddes and ruddsf pos, earned away by the desaeh- ment oi Ihe man screw will no; even hinder Mir. istisen's masliess ships from going snamphan,iy on their way. In such An event the auxiliary screws w,lI he pushed out. and the water -tigh, shutters, covering them and hinged to the stern. post, w,ll tofm A double rudder. SepAr, ate engines ~lil Dc used so operate the sefe~s. and the time required to apply the power and connect the shutters with the regular steering gear ~iiI be but few mtnntea
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
THE WORLDS WAY.
Ewill.Amspess 0rs,.l

A prophe, Is not without honor save in his own country. is strange truth of al most daily falhllmen,. Few men can rccognisc in those nearest ,e them 1 anything of special greatness. And the real great have often to appeal ! to strangers aud distAn, tune for full recognition ot thelr worth. The secret of 1t Is. tha, the nalosity of people take their opinions secondhand. Men xAo SC, themselves ur as intelligent critics, and ought to be able to rccagnlse true worth wherever Il is, are as dependent upon set ai ideas that has grown up ,n esst,- ctsm as any ono else is dcpendcn, upon some other mans thought tor h,s iudg- ment ot things In Michael Angclos days there was multitude ot these ses- ona-hand-opin,oaed critics who could sec no good in any contemporancols ~Wk. but went into eestasics over any aneanhed work ei antiquity, Angelo eh,seied hne statue of sleeping beauty. broke one arm od. and then buned 1t where he knew Il would soon he discovered. IL wA> discovered the crit ics wen, into ccssaeies over W; the pco- pie ovefflo~ed with admiration ot Il. IL was pronounced superior to any modern work, When Angelo had enjoyed satii. eicn,ly the exhibition ef ,he,r ignoran, prejudice. he produced the arm. and proved that the statue vas of his own handiwork. The modification of the critics vas splendid lesson. And a les son. dear reader, that you need to learn in many things. Find the real hero.sms of life ,n your own home, the noblcs, tra,ts oi character among your own incndx- The beauty and worth ,ha, lie near is the best. Rocks may lie close to the blossoming violet. bat the violet Is Jus, as beautiful. jus, as fragrant as any that grows in the grea, garden in the pal acc over the mountains. Don't wal, unnl all the tongues go elacking abou, some. th,ng before you learn to love anything. Find your own ebless of love and adm,- ration, bc your own discovercr of the contincnts of wntth. Honor the prophet, though he Dc of your own country and yont oAa kin.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
Nothing to Do.
pIi,shurg Sunday Traveler..

pn,sburg sunday TrAveier.s
 great deal of idleness among women. l vas recently brought in contact with a young couple whom will cali Smith. The wife spends her time doing fancy work. reading novels, and making calls. The husband is a clerk. on a salary of Si..oo a year. They live up to every cent, with, apparently. no thought of the future. Mrs. Smith said once that she supposed she spent over a hunded dol lars year m worsteds. patterns fancy braids. gimps, and the like. And she buys all her underclo,hcs reAdy-made, while a dressmakef Is employed 10 make her dresses. She has a sewlng-machine, which was a wedding presen, from a sen- sible uncle. but she never uses II. She has piano. but can play only the mos, paints. and dozen or more brushes but she has painted onl, few shells and a small panel.
 She is irferievably lazy. and calls her self delica,e She never gets up out oi bed until half-past eight Tn the morning. and lies on the sota certainly half of cv- cry day. Ii visitor comes m. she mon- opollfes the conversation. and insaria- biy manages To lead Il to the subject of physical ills. Her personal ailments is d subject of which she never tires. be- lieve iha, m the few weeks spent a, thA, hotel with her. heard the history of ev- cry pain and ache which had ever visited her body or her imagination since child hood. Not an ache could be mentioned by any one, tha, she had no, had. only in i more aggravated form.
 When her husband comes home, her method of entertaining him IS to describe a, length every particular pam she imag- ines she has fell during the day. He loves her now. and IS very attentive and kind but how much longer w,il hts pa- tenoe endure: How much longer will he submit quietly 10 hearing the tedious details of her headaches. backaehes. neuralgia, s,deaohcs. rheumatism. etc ,. Even now he sometimes looks a h,tle bored and weary. as she begins the ! same old plaint as soon as he enters the room. He knoss quite ~cl-for he IS a man of good common sense-that, for the most part, it is only in her magma ,ion that she suffers She forgets ali her aches and pains very quickly, fl there is any project for amusement, on foot
 As Il IS, she is burden to herself and a bore 10 her acquain,ances. O! real friends she has none. How can such a woman gain affection and esteem
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
Voyage or the pory Pacific.
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 The following IS taken from the log oi the dary fs.he. III which Captain Her naid t..lboy sailed alone from San Fran. cisco tor Australia. and which was picked up m January last bs passing vessel and taken to Australia;
 Dory faoihe sailed ifom,ean franoiseo. August io. 1882. with hse months pro v,s.on an board and 40 gallons of water Had good weather tor several weeks. About lso degrees south saw many small fish also dosenz of sharks. which happed thctf ,alls aga,ns, the boat alafmtngiy. Made harpoon and spcated several. hu, could not grs them on board Slept one. tao and three hours at tune in the after part of inc erafi, and had to ,,g a scare crow so keep the sharks away on No ve,ubef fs. spoke the hafkrntinc Tfopic n,rd. from Tahiti fot San franeisco. Gal culated position Had averaged eighty SIX miles per day One day ran iod miles Dccembcs !. sighted Evoe Island. Friendly group. Seven days ahet~atd. in the evening, heavy sea struck the s,asboard side of the boat, and turned her bottom up. Was thrown under her. bal came up on the other side. and managed ,o catch hold of the fuddet Took of my oil-skia and d.nneis. lied nay watch and chain inside the boat lied my clothes to a forsy-fa,hom r"pe and made a drag. Ahef~ard nghied the vessel. but she went over again. Before 1 had her turned a second timr she dr,tted to pom, | ,4 so miles rom sandy Cape. I.os, two compassss and the ruddet. The coal oil got mized with the bread and 1 could no, eat the latter. Threw it osct- board. A swofdhsh struck the boat n the bow and caused bad leak. Ragged a wooden pump and bsied her out, Had a Christmas dinner of canned beef and alcohol. Was about exhausted when 1 managed so catch sea fowl. FN several days fed on fy,ug hsh. Finally had to cat bsrnafles od the boats bot tom. On January ,9. had nothing to ca, and considered myself fortunate when sighted the ship Albert Winery, and ~ss picked up in latitude degrees. longitude E degrees. 4o minutes.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
s,sr,.d Gu, Well.
lI.eel,s Ann.

Judge Grcsham. of indianapolis. the ne~ postmaaief-geseral. ssars out well. He carried his own gsip-safk to the de- pot. and declined a private car to take hln to Washington, saying he preferred to travel As an ordinary passenger. The atmosphere of Washington will break him oi that foolishness, unless he has got a good head. If his head s wrong he will get @ in les months that he can, 70 io get shaved without carriage and fouf. and gill be unable to 20 fishing los bull-headss~ithost special steamer and guests enough to scare all the hsh within mile of him. Arthur has )oss gone down 10 Florida for little quic, fishing, and he has taken along enough male asd female companions 10 fill steamer. and will probably fail ,o catch Ash enough Ia make ffy,Hg pan smell healthy. What these rnes want, when th~y go s~sy ios quiet time, h to go of zs four o'clock in the morning. when there is nobody up, and take tomato can fall of worms, and a lunch, and tsmarAek hsb pole, and get loss