Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-26


know what they are about BY noticing
who are engaged In them and which ones
are taking tile lead. Nearly every men,
Der has his pet hobby, In which other
members are Interested to o more or less
extent and in which he would like TO in-
terest other members.
Comptroller Durham is stopping the
spIgots as well as the bung holes. Here.
after the Utah commissioners win have
TO pay for their washing, army mules
must be shod by contract, collins must
be purchased after advt rtisement, no
matter how long the corpse may have TO
wait, looking-glasses can no longer be
furnished TO the marine corps, and
United States marshals for the District OF
Columbia must supply their own tooth
picks. This business seems small
one for a comptroller to engage in,
but In fact these petty eNtravaganccs
amount to large sum IN the aggregate,
and there Is good common sense in disal-
lowing them.
Several members of the Salvation army,
among whom we're two very pretty girls,
recently invaded the house about half an
hour before the speaker took his seat.
They did not come for eyangellzing pur-
poses, yet they seemed to be on the alert
to get In o little missionary work II OPP
portunity offered As they entered
they saw thirty or forty members reclin-
ing in their chairs chatting and
smoking. For little while the eyes Of
! the missionaries roved about, but finally
became concentrated on one figure In the
last row on the Republican side. 1t was
a fiesby figure adorned with bloated
face and an exceedingly bald head--a con-
hrmed beer swiller anybody would pro-
nounce him at first sight. SO the Saliva
ton people seemed to think, too. They
began whispering and cast many pity
ing glance at the bloated member. Other
members noticed their glances and took in
the situation at once. The two pretty girls
made movement as ii to approach
the fat sinner and beg him to renounce
drink, but their courage seemed to fail
at the last moment, A general smile
went around the house. Reed-for II
was he that had attracted the attention
of the ssionarles--looked up from his
writing and asked Hiscock what was the
fun. This question changed the smiles
into open laughter. Finally Reed looked
around and saw the salvation soldiers
behind his chair gazing at him in O
manner which suggested an immedi-
ate attack. Rewarding them with scowI
for their intended efforts to save
him, he slammed the lid OF his desk anC
stalked into the lobby amidst the laughter
of his associates and the plying glances
of the pretty girls.
The St. Johnsbury, Vt, Granite com
pany is making Confederate soldiers
monument to be erected at Camden, Ark
The following inscription will be placed
upon one side of the base:
"Wo caro- not whence they came,
Dear Is their lifelese clay
Whether unknown or kno n to fame,
Their cause and country still the samei
They died-and wore the gray"
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called the other day at the war depart
ment to inspect the Brady collection o
war views and miscellaneous photograph
which lay so long neglected and I'm
noticed in the war department The.
are now for the first time being put il
condition for use. Prints have bee
taken from all the negatives, and thes
photographs are being classified, identl
fled and arranged SO as to be opel
to public inspection. The collection
very valuable. 1t contains good likenesse
of most of the officers prominent in tn
late war, as well as persons prominent i
civil life, and views of battlehelds, tn
value OF which cannot be estimated
1t is great pity, in these days of lavisl
expenditure for printing all sorts OF pub
lie documents, so large proportion 9
which find their way to the paper-mill
before the ink on them is fairly dry, tina
some of these pictures reprinted b
some cheap process should not be dis
tributed at least to the colleges and pull
lie libraries in the country. An illustra
! ted edition of the War Records would b
! a most valuable source of instruction
:, the coming generation. The seoretar
: of war deserves great credit for putin
J these views in condition to ascertain the
! great value and historical importance
: Congress should give him suiileieL
\ means to enable him to give the peopl
= the benefit of an inspection OF thes
! views by placing them within reach
: their inspection. Those who desire
. . examine them, will find Col. Hodgkin!
j who has them in charge, q most courteor
and affahle gentleman, who has gret
zeal and interest in their care and class
: fication, and who will, l am sure,
! glad to have their assistance in identif.
y ing those which are yet classed as SUI
! known FAN
i MONEY TALKS.