Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-19
CHIPS.
BY THE CLIPPER.

"Get money, Sam; get thee money;
honestly If thou canst-but get
money" So an honest Quaker by pre-
cept and counsel endeavored to stimu-
late his son to acquire the one qualifi.
cation of gentleman. The old man
was right. The moneyless man is the
helpless man. The only weakling in
this world is the man who has not
money. Nobody has any use for the
man who has no money. This world
has passed through and is passing
through distinct stages of formation.
This is the golden age. The age of
money is now doing its work in the
creative process Woe to the man who
is found wanting in the element of the
age. Yet an occasional pause TO con-
slider whether it is worth the cost
would not be unhealthy. Money is
just "a tickle and inconstant rs the
wind is commonly said to be. Willard
of the Northern Pacific was giant in
this age. 1t was but day and he was
u dwarf. Yesterday the heads of men
bowed before him; to-day the same
men bow not, but scorn. When man
eXcites pity he has sunk. First pity,
then contempt. Man cannot afford to
excite the pity OF his fellows; from that
moment he is morally dead. The
money power is a great one, but it be-
comes the possessors to beware. Jay
Gould now tops the dizzy height
of the golden pyramid. Itmay be some
one else tomorrow. Grant, Ward d. Co.
I l.t,t nate hT,. s,,
money kingdom; now none so poor
to do them reverence" It's hardly
all worth the trouble. Men toiling
and scheming for gold are like so many
trapeZe performers. But sometimes
these tumble and then somebody gets
hurt.
1.-THE pistol must go.n Well, pc, haps
it should. But sometimes the pretty
toy would not he II useless companion.
When the rutliau and the desperate
go, then the occupation of the pistol
will be like Othello's. The pretty little
arrangement of polished steel would
have been serviceable to the unhappy
priest who was robbed at our depot )
night or two ago. The cool ruffianism
that .ould make such an attack at such
time and amid such surroundings de-
served a recognition of its merit, which
was possible only to the bullet. A few
shooliugs will help to purify this great
state of Texas, and evidently all other
means of purgation will fail. Such
doings are deplorab'y inimical to the
progress Of our state. These things
are done in spite of the officers of law,
and necessitate that every man should
become law unto himself. or ali the
, dast irdly things done by the dastards
the robbery of the defe seless priest
was the most dastardly.
r 'Make the rough places smooth y
E The little precept has world of appli,
, cation. Obedience to it would convert
the earth into paradise. Don't think
1t has ever been presented to the minds
Q of our city fathers, else ii has been dis
u regarded in the matter of the sulcu.
l. which adorns Main street convenient
to the street-car depot. We pitiet
some ladies who drove buggies Ovel
II that portion of the main artery of oul
y city. We watched the conclusion anC
n recoil and-well, we were sad n
heart. The lines of beauty were 8,
= destroyed, and grace of motion wa
l. impossible. Then the shock. the ago
p ny, etc.-but we forbear. Won't som,
Ia one I'LL up or cover over that sulcus
;. There Is bound to be an action at Law
before all is over, and with the presen
II scarcity of lawyers in the city it will
1t be impossible for the litigants to ob
IL tain justice.
10 NV
n THE gift o. the CAB" Such wa
;" old StephensOn's answer when aske
'e What is the greatest power in tn
= worldT' Old George could not talk
il hut then he was a powerful thinker
~ On one OCCASION he had been worste,
~ by glib talker on subject of whicl
H. the talker knew nothing, and of whicl
ne Stephenson knew everything. Ran
ia dali defeated Morrison Oh the tahi
40 question, yet it is said he read hi
~ speech in q hesitating, stammerin
&C. manner. The god of eloquence di,
n not come to his aid In this victory
,s- The god was not needed. The elemen
OF success lay not either in the speake
or his arguments. 1t lay in the sci
interest OF the auditors. Few mel
will vote against their own pocket.
As long as protection fills my purse
US lt'sall right, and I'll vote it every tim,
ny Try again, Morrison. The gres
en- Scotchman, Bruce, was defeated /
-, six battles, but encouraged by six ur
y. successful attempts of spider to fl
OF his webs and successful seventh. h
or took the field the seventh time an
ps Won, Let us organize victory out ,
~ our defeats.
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