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, 1884-02-06

IIFr. .LT. L 4. HtlEACh aubt.l If.
Thomas Brown was employed at a theatre
4 few years ago as q kim of utility man, and
one night the manager put him behind the
scene at the rear Of the stage to take care of
the moon Brown had a candle on the end of
a long pole, and it was his duty to hold the
light behind the moon, which was merely a
round implanted space in the curtain, and to
pull the curtain slowly up to represent the
rising OF the moon.
Brown seated himself on n piece of a ba-
ronial castle, and while waiting for the order
TO go to work he fell asleep. ff..-
Presently the tragedian on the stage said
to the heroine, "Swear by yon bright moon"
etc, etc, and turned to point 10 it; but the
orb OF night was not there.
The stage manager flew around and gave
Brown q kick, and in a frenzy ordered him
ITO hist that moon quickr' ~
Brown was bewildered, and without whit
ing for further orders no ran the curtain
clear up with one jerk, when the cord broke
and down it came again.
Another string was hurriedly rugged on the
pulley, and the moon began to rise properly:
but Browns nerves were so unstrunR by
fright that ho couldn't hold tho candle
steadily behind 1t, so that there were fifteen
or twenty eclipses during tho ascent, the
light meanwhile wandering all over the cur
tain, to the infinite amusement of the audi
ence. .
However, the luminary got safely up at
last, and the tragcdian again Observed,
"Swear by yon bright moon; :" butsbefore the
words were fairly out the cord snapped
again, the curtain unrolled with velocity,
broke loose from the roller, revealing Brown,
tho lunar elevator, roaming around in his
shirt sleeves with a candle on a stick. A mo
ment later the manager was fumbling among
, 1884-02-06
AN HONOR.

1t now looks as though the presi-
DENTAL nomination from the republic
can national convention is going a-beg-
ging. 1t will DO an empty honor; only
this, and nothing more, for whomso-
ever may receive it. Running through
the alphabet of aspirants, who were
once eager for the seeming prize, there
are none who now sorely banker after
it. Arthur fails to find friends; Blaine
has no aspirations; Conkling retires to
the enjoyments OF private life and SO on
all through from Alpha to Zeta. True,
Jack Logan is looming up lively; but
when the convention meets. he'll not
feel quite 80 frisky as he did some
months previous. The fact is that
Guiteau's pistol ball, which took Gar
fields life also split the republican
party so fearfully in twain that it can't
be successfully spliced again. This
may be irrevokably put Down as a true
ism in the political book of fate. The
stalwarts and the half-breeds won't
harmonic. Only the machine politi-
clans OF the radical roost will make q
bold showing in the coming campaign.
The rank and the file will have TO be
driven to the polls, for no energy nor any
enthusiasm will be manifested by their
members.
, 1884-02-06

ICor.s Lewlston Mel Journal
u see,p said Senator Frye, "that u Wash
ington paper, in a very complimentary
notice, sets mo down as a poor man, not
worth over $4,000 "That's too muchpp
said Mr.. Frye. But the fellow who wrote
that does not know the reason l am SO poor.
1t came about in this wise. I was brought
up in a Quaker family, and when, in my boy
hood, / got a chance to go up to Boston my
Quaker grandfather gave me IS to spend. l
did not know any boys in Boston, and I could
think OF no way to have IS worth Of fun
without boys. So 1 kept the money in my
pocket. When l got home my grandfather
asked me how l spent the IS, andI, with the
air Of one who had done a v~irtuous action,
said i did not spend it at all, grandfather; |
saved 1t and have it in my pocket Where
upon my grandfather said: You may give
me back the money, William. Igave you
that money to spend at Boston, Ever since
that" said the senator. Il have known better
than to save money"
, 1884-02-06
[Robert J. Burdstte.J


Ipoint with pride to my record OF seven
or eight years on the rostrum- l have seen
and heard in my audience legions Of babies
all good babies, because all babies are good.
Some are immeasurably better than others,
but there are no bad b~abies-more and
merely varying degrees OF goodness. Some
OF the babiss-the happy onss-cooed and
laughed through tho lecture. Soms of them
tho precocious ~ones-talksd aloud. Some
OF them-the sensible ones-slept through
every word of IL; and some-the unhappy
ones, who bore upon their infant minds bur
dens of care and wos-fretted and cried and
shrisked and hollered. They have screamed
until my feeble voice was ~inaudibls TO my
self. And 1 appeal to any man or woman te
say IL l ever lost my temper, II / ever
frowned, II I ever stopped talking because
the baby screamed. II any man say I ever
betrayed one sign of Immature or distraction
the same Is a thief and a liar, and "dassent
take it up The babies in the audience
never bother me r-t i4.Hf 4
AVE seen them drive an audience to mad.
ness, however. ~ b,
But then the audiences isn't paid for listening
to the baby, and l am. At least, compre
hensiyely, 1 am paid for everything that goes
on during my hour and a half. q
, 1884-02-06

lPall Mall Gazette.
Tho following facts, as related to me by n
late distinguished officer who died high in
rank in her majesty's service, may be of
some public interest. Many years ago, when
a flag at a public SCHOOL, he was ordered by
his master to get his silk stockings ready for
an evening party, but, unfortunately, only
one could be found Vain were the excuses
offered by the poor little flag. His master, in
a rage, threw his silk stockings around his
neck and held him suspended In the air a
sufficient time to produce Inconsistencies,
and to make it a doubtful matter IL vitality
could again be restored. He therefore expo
rienced all the sensations of being hanged,
but he suffered no pain and used to say hs
had no recollection of anything happening to
him from the Inomont the stocking was
thrown round his neck until he felt life 10
tur ling.
, 1884-02-06

SOME of the republican papers are as
much disguised with General Fitz John
Porter's persistency In seeking that
justice which is r%ightfully due him rs
they were for . long series Of years,
over his disloyalty according to their
peculiar standard Of loyalty, which
simply consisted in assertions Of patri-
otism when out of bullet range. Gen.
eral Porter bravelY exposed bis body to
the enemy's FIRE at perilous times when
some of his subsequent traducers were
safely entrenched within some friendly
suffers tent, or doing duty in the ranks
Of h~ome-guard companies for the pro-
lection Of old women and the amuse-
ment Of fun loving children.
, 1884-02-06
HIS OWN COURT.
The Manner In Which an Inventor
Freezes Out a Man Who
Steals His Ideas

yes" said the manufacturer, awhen .
man takes out a patent he may as well roll
up his sleeves. It's fight, fight, all the time"
Eight with whomF
with ~infringers. There are men In this
country-many of them rich men, too-who
lie around waiting for somebody to invent
something and make 1t successful. Then
they jump in with heterogeneous and try to
steal the market away from him"
ID they Acceedi'
Sometimes; but oftener they succeed only
In running the market for themselves and
for everybody else. But II n man makes the
right hnd of a fight on them he IL likely to
win. Some time ago l invented an article
that readily became popular, and was doing
well, though the margin of profit was small.
No sooner had it been demonstrated q success
than a miserable scamp began making an ar
ticle 30 much like 1t that IL could hardly be
told from mine, and using printing almost
like that l used. He even packed his goods
In boxes that looked like mine"
why didn't you get out an Injunction and
sue him for Infringement"
"Oh, shawl I've done that too many times
not to know the folly Of it. The courts will
not issue an injunction until they have exam
med the case. They say they do not know 1t
10 an Infringement until they have examined
1t; and then won't examine Il perhaps for
years"
4But you could have brought suit and
made the i%nfringer give an advance bond u
pay damages in case the suit finally went
against him" 1
"Yes, but / had u better scheme than that
/ proceeded against n few merchants who
sold the infringer's goods. Then I advertised
this fact extensively, and 1t frightened other
merchants. You see. II I had brought suit
against the ~infringer and made him give
bond, | could not have proceeded against the
merchants, since the i~nfringer's bond would
have covered all damages arising from such
sales No, III tell you what l did to drive that
infringor out 1 set my head at work and
made a machine for Misunderstanding my
article much cheaper than it could be done by
hand. i covered this machine with patents OF
all sorts and kinds until 1t was pretty safe.
Then reduced the price Of my manufacture
below the cost of the handmade article, This
forced the infringer to put a poorer quality
Of material in his manufacture, 80 as to meet
my prices without losing money. ! ksid my
price whore 1t was and Kept up tho quality OF
my goods, but In addition / made another
quality, just like his, and sold that away
down below his prices. My Ralesmen, whom
ever they found n merchant selling the In
FINGERS article, showed my seoond-class
goods and offered them at tho low price. OF
course the merchant preferred the cheaper
article, since 1t was OF the same quality; and
20 | drove the infringer out of tho market.
Then when 1 had tho field alone l pushed she
sale of our best quality OF goods, and now we
are doing n big, flrst-class business.
Isn't that better" continued the manufac
turer, "than fuddling around with the lazy
courts and finally being beaten by some
sneaking little technicalityi Every man his
own court is the best motto after all"
, 1884-02-06
oLD, BUT IN ORDER.
A series of Philosophical Inquiries
Which Circle Around the winters
Wafer suppl.
Detroit Free PresAl

wafer sunny. ~
Detroit Free Presa1
HWho is this manfn
ono who is rushing along. with his hat
on the back Of his head, and his eyes hanging
outf' gffF T
@Yes."
THAT is a man who warned the servant
girl the other night to shut oil tho water so
the pipes wouldn't freeze.n
@And the good girl obeyedI"
-Not exactly. She meant to, but her beau
came up and she forgot all about it. Conse-
quently there was a freeze up. Poor grill
She rs very sorryl II tears would thaw the
pipes she would shed 'eIn by the hundred"
And why does the man rushF U#I af.5
HE y on his way to the plumber Tor con-
ISOLATION"
-And what will the plumber dor ~
He wall show the man l4,67S calls which
were booked before he came in, and which
must be attended to in rotation"
And will there be any swearingF' . NI
sThere will, my boyl There will DO swear
ing and stamping and growing and blasting,
but it won't be on the part OF the plumber.
He viii preserve his serene smile through it
all When the other man gets out of wind
he will retire"
ITO his officer
-@oh, mol He will go off and buy himself
an alcohol lamp, hnve n druggist I'LL it for
him, and he will return home to thaw out the
pipes for himself. He can thus make a saw
ing of several thousand dollars, saying moth
Ing of the personal satisfaction of getting
ahead Of a plumber
"And will he succeedf'
mot by a John Rogersl He will crawl I'M
der the bouse, scalp himself on the joists, fill
his knees with rusty nails, choke himself with
the smoke, and finally crawl out and give it
up."
@And wait for a thawi"
NO, street He won't wait for anything.
He'll skip down town for a furniture van and
move into another house. That's where his
head is level. It's cheaper to move than to
thaw out frozen water-pipesn
, 1884-02-06

Mr.. BENNErT's educational bill
scarcely goes far enough. 1t is easy
to educate juvenile delinquents. But
how properly-to educate adults delin-
quents is something that has long
bothered the average housewife. Now,
II MT. Bennett will only extend the
application of the bill in this direction,
he will have a monument dedicated to
him when he dies-wh1ch we all hope,
of course, will be many years hence.
, 1884-02-06

IN 1879, the Legislature protected
beaver by law; the legislature, In 1882.
denied them that protection. and now
Mr.. Irvine proposes to re-protect them,
and has presented a bill for that pur-
pose. MI. Irvine is right; his bill
ought to pass. las.as8s-s us
, 1884-02-06

IT is rank cowsrdice and base per-
hdy in any man, or set Of men, in con-
gress to shirk showing their hand bold
ly In the matter OF tariff legislation.
The best interests of the country should
be taken into careful consideration
and zealously guarded. There is a
wise medium existing between free
trade upon the one hand and monopoly
privileges upon the other. The in
, 1884-02-06

terests of the producer Of raw material
and the interests Of those who formu.
late the raw material into shape. alike
are deserving of an equitable considsra-
ton; or, in a nutshell. t.the greatest
good for the greatest numberl" This
will unquestionably prove to be the
policy Of democratic congressman.
, 1884-02-06

A OUR days tour to Salt Lake
seems to be the accepted programme of
the legislative excursion. By the way,
it will be a good opportunity to compare
the personnel of two territorial legisla-
tnraa
, 1884-02-06

Mr.. QUrNN's bill for the SUPPRESSION
Of gambling in Wyoming reaches pub
lie as well as private gambling. 1t will
occasion a big stir in the legislature.
, 1884-02-06
How He DID not speculate In Northern
Pacific.

Pacific.
He was a well posted but speculative
business man-had read of marvellous
fortunes which had been won by little
puts and calls in Northern Pacific pre-
ferred stock. He reflected; he drew
his little savings on his way to Wall
street, to do the deed. En- route there,
he saw an advertisement showing what
could be done with IS invested In the
monthly drawing Of the Louisiana State
Lottery. He re%considered, and sent
his IS to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans.
La, and drew 10000 per cent. $500.
He pities those who lost in Northern
Pacific preferred, but rejoices at
Louisiana State Lottery preferred.
Next opportunity willbe February l2th,
when a distribution Of over $685., 900
will be made.
, 1884-02-06

WE are glad that authorizations Of
food are to be made misdemeanors by
our legislature. We speak confidently,
because it is a proper subject to be-
come a law.
, 1884-02-06

THE division OF Sweetwster county
is another question that will prove to
be very interesting before 1t IL settled.
, 1884-02-06
a Little Girl

Mamma" said . little girl, ''does the sur
20 to bed whom it sets in the EVENING"
81 suppose 20" absent-mindedly replied tn,
mother. '. a..S H'.@Ar7h'r 'H'i
What makes everything SO redi Does fl
blush because 1t has TO go to bed right Out
where everybody can see itr'
81 shouldn't be surprised, my dear"
b swell" continued the little girl, thought.
fully, 'if l were In the suns place / would
cover myself up with clouds"
, 1884-02-06

Engraving in all its branches Is done
at ZEHNER, JACKSON Il BUEcHsER's.
, 1884-02-06
Promotes Longevity.

During the past fortnight no less thar
800 Migrants have been arrested In the street.
OF Paris for begging, sleeping out, and such
like offenseA. This kind OF eIistence SEEM
peculiarly favorable to longevity. for no lee
than twenty were men whose ages rangee
from 20 to 70. Several of them, when inter
rogated, declared that they had not slept In .
bcd, except whom In prison, for at lees
thirty Year,. low 'ltA
, 1884-02-06

Every smoker should try "Little
Joker"
, 1884-02-06

The Omitted stAtcs Mail carried dary. rs
hsve nrst class eating stations, and toe dlvt
non agenus take ALI pa; ns % secure the conn
% ; of p~asssnRers. The route IL well pre-
tsoted. having three military posts on .bs
road. leaving only forty.nvs miles betwsss
sl'tary camps. thus insurinE safety eve
NE entire sospA.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
Fort Worth Skating Rink
The little ones should learn TO skate.
Personal.

J. H. Bate of FL Paso Is at the Pick
wick.
NJ. l.. Simon of New York is at the
Lindell.
L. U. Ray and wife of st. Joe, Mo.
are at the Lindell.
Mr.. VIM. Shirley of Dallas was in
the city Yesterday.
J. A. PAUL. of Philadelphia is regis
tered at the Lindell.
w. b. Plemons of Henrietta is stop
ping at the Pickwick.
r. L. Cummings of Leadville is put
ting up at the Lindell.
H. A. Galliher of Kansas City is
putting up at the Pickwick.
1T. Barlow and d. G. Kerr of Big
Springs are at the Pickwick,
John d. Merchant, stockman of
Baird, was in town yesterday.
II. III. Dubendorf of Alamosa
stopped at the Lindell yesterday.
Col. p. b. Hunt, u. S. A., who is To-
Gated at Anadarko is in the city.
Thomas S. Fisher, the live stock
agent of the Santa Fe, is in the city.
"Uncle Goose" Mr. T.. Wilson of
Wichita Falls was in the city yester-
day.
John A. Gordon of Decatur, district
attorney of the Tenth district, is in the
city.
G. w. Merchant and w. l.. Purcell,
stockmen of Abilene, were in the city
yesterday.
Il. j. Gumpert, b. t. Horum, M. l..
Simon and |. Marx of New York are
at the Lindell.
Will Judge Plemons of Henrie tia
please call at the GAZETTE editorial
rooms at ! or Il o'clock?
Miss Dora Frank of Houston, sister.
in-law of Mr.. j. G. Johns, returned
home yesterday morning.
J. Washer, of the firm of Washe, &
August, has gone East to buy their
spring and summer stock.
j. III. Milliken, John +. Simmons
and Steve Maddox of Weatherford
were in the Fort yesterday.
James Thompson, representing
Brown, Thompson & Co. of Louisville.
Kentucky, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. G. r.. Lawrence, manager of the
Texas Investment company at Austin,
was In the city yesterday. He returned
to the capital this morning.
John w. Turner, former citizen of
Fort Worth, but now resident of the
state of Durango in our sister republic
of Mexico called upon his friends in
the Texas Investment company's Of
flee yesterday, exhibiting some fine
specimens of ore from the silver mines
in which he is largely interested.
They were nodded into bricks, ard
from all we can learn Mr.. Turner has
made fortunate location and invest
ment in his new home. He goes from
here to New Orleans to increase the
capital stock of his mining company,
and from our knowledge of the gentle
man and the recommendation and in
dorsement of the business men of this
city, we are confident that he can read
lily place his surplus stock.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS

Capt. J. p. Moore, general stock
agent of the Gould system, was in the
city yesterday.
Alderman Askew reports that the
two new hose carriages and the hook
and ladder truck, with four Babcook
eXtinguishers, will be here in a few
days.
\ handsome new limestone curbing
is being laid around the Local Option
building.
The early trains were all on time
last night.
AS yet there is no official notice of
the reported change OF schedule oil the
railroads.
Officers Witcher and Rushing ar
rested a drunken man yesterday even
ing near the lower end of Main street.
Not wishing to lock him up they told
him if he would make himself scarce
he could go. On being told this the
drunk man commenced to cry 'mur-
dern at the top of his voice. He kept
this up till something like hundred
men surrounded the group. SEEING
he was determined to 90 to the boose,
the officers marched him of anil the
laughter of the pleased crowd.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
A Strike Ended.

Pittsbnrg, January 3O.-The long
strike of the window glass workers il
at an end, and after seven months of
ldleness, the men will return to worl,
rs soon as the furnaces are heated
The Manufacturers and Workers con.
'erence committee reached satisfac.
.ory conclusion yesterday afternoon
out were In session to-day arranging
tetails of agreement, and did not adj.
3urn finally until this evening. While
9TH sides made great concessions. the
Trims at which work is resumed large
l. iavors the workmen, who will be
rid last years wages until April /
When the sliding scale will 20 into
dectI, and wages thereafter be gov
ened by the card rate on glass.
The scale will be subject to changes
eery four weeks and the agreement
Hll last until July LIST, and ii found 10
YORK satisfactorily will probably he
dopted for the ensuing year. Ium.
er factories have alreaoy started fires
ad 1t is expected by February 18th ali
te factories will be operating. Nv
th resumption $500 men will be fnr.
nlhed employment in this city,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
In BRIEF.

DIR. Moore reported Foley's condi-
ton worse yesterday. His life seems
to be slowly ebbing away.
A large drove of young mules at
tracted considerable attention yester-
day, but did not find ready sale.
Geo. Lawson, who was murderously
assaulted in his saloon, corner Main
and Fourth streets, is still con filmed TO
the house. His condition was not so
favorable yesterday as it has been.
Il. II, Copplet of Montague, Texas, a
student ut the Vanderbilt Medical col.
lege, Nashville, Tenn, shot and pain
fully wounded fellow-student named
Williams of Arkansas last Friday.
Copplet was arrested.
The runaway horses reported in yes
terday's GAZETTE did not belong to
Mr.. s. w. Lomax as stated. Mr. Lo-
max's horses We're quietly browsing in
the stable at home and in better bust
ness than running away.
Mr.. r. Matkin, first assistant chief
of the fire department, was yesterday
presented with handsome suit OF
clothes by Mr.. Il. b. Daggett. This
present was in appreciation of good
services done by Mr.. Matkin in the
fire deDartment
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
candidate for the United Safes sen

candidate for the United Safes sem
ate.n
The charges are unworthy place
and powerful News, and taken in con-
nection with the recent and violent
attack upon firm and conscientious
executive, are full of significance TO
all critical readers that does not argue
much towards its political integrity.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore, Is the News about to threw Off
disguise that has rested heavily up
on its broad shoulders stree it
DETAINED Coke, and stand before
the people a colossal enemy to the
Democratic party? 1t is seeking
through such puerile means, as the
above charges strongly indicate, todis-
rupt the party of the people by array
ing, the one against the other our
leading statesmen? The Newsi. being
tried to-day in the high court ofpublic
opinion and long chain of circum-
stantial evidence that reaches the
length of decade, with scarcely a
missing link, is fast producing ver-
dict that will answer these two above
interrogatories with an affirmation.
AT Fort Worth the GAzETTE-grow-
ing in power, enterprise and popular
ity-is marching with giant strides to-
ward the front ranks of Texas jour.
nalism. From Houston the Post is
the field and gathering unto
itself power, wealth and influence;
and the News would do well to con-
slider these, for they each have an au-
dience in Texas well nigh as large,
and are dividing the patronage of the
country and are justly earning the APP
probation and confidence of the peo-
pie. The glory and advantage of
speaking seven times a week to the
yeomanry of Texas does not belong to
one paper now, but TO three. The
monopoly has ceased to exist and the
consequence is that the people are
growing sharper and shrewder and far
more watChful.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
Fort Worth Skating Rink
Open day and night.
Sweet C,,,,,,.

When We consider the medical au-
thority Of the world recognizing our
sweet gum to be the finest stimulating
expectorant known, and that the pro,
prietor OF ."raylor's Cherokee Remedy
OF sweet Gum and Mullein" has the
formula OF the Cherokee nation of in
cooperating the sweet gum with the
Tea OF the mullen plant of the old
helds--which many Of our readers will
remember grandmothers making UNI
der the direction of the old family ply
slSan ior Group, whooping cough and
c0ius-,it Is no wonder that ''Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Gum and
Mullen" is producing such effective
cures In coughs, Group, whoopinr
coughs ana all bronchial affections.
M. TOT sale by all leading druggists
twenty-five cents and 81.
manufactured by Walter A. Taylor,
MUM Cologne.