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Eliltion is; not u pleasant one.
1t has agedhim more titan it had
any right to do-aged him with the
loss of youths ardor, and, alas
much also of it's purity.
Yet he has got on in life! Only
somehow life seems to have grown
so little worth. He has made am
bition his god, and the sacrifices he
has offered on it's altar have been
many, and now it does not seem to
him that his religion has been an
ENROLLING one.
In the few seconds during which
the past rolls back on him the yonug
man has d sort of dual conscious
ness; he sees himself on the can :
vas, as it We're, and yet plays the
part of spectator.
But it is not his own figure that
interests him most in the scene be-
fore him, it is that of the bright
young girl walking by it's side.-
How happy she seems, and how at
home with him!
He had never spoken to her Of
love, and yet both had been con
tent to enjoy the present, to rest in
the sympathy. and the rapport
which makes loves paradise.
That very morning was she not
paying him the highest compIi
ulent woman can pay to mans-
Namely, take for granted he will
understand her when she reveals
herself at once as the poet and the
child.
All ME! would she be able to
trust him as completely now, or
would the mistS of worldliness that
have crept around his soul be a
barrier against the sunshine OF her
cOntidence7
How her pretty innocent fancies
come back, though the scene fades
from before him, and he is CONSCIOUS
only of the present and it's contrast
with the past!
There was tie spot OH the north
side Of the hills where The cold
winds beat, and where they found
a cluster OF white harebells, aud she
called them sainted lowers, that
had beeu purified by suffering and
endurance, and she picked one or
two and sheltered them in the
haven of her breast. Then drop
ping the sweet seriousness of her
mood, she showed Il dainty playful
ness that seemed like the spray
from the fountain of her inner hap
pness. She gathered the long
grasses and showed him how to
play soldiers" and fell fortunes,
and held a fairy like head Of dan
delion to his lips and made him
blow upon it to fiud out the hour,
and whether they would be late ior
luncheon.
lie mad taken care that it shonld
make the time aS early rs possible,
and she had seen his trick aud
laughed, but with just touch Of
heightened CONSCIOUS color in her
cheek.
Then she told him how to watt a
kiss to some distant loved one from
tie down covered thistle, and he
an W red by s'epp ng a yard or two
from the path to windward, and
letting the wind carry his token to
where she stood. Of course she
pretended not 10 understand, with
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on a grayand rugged 'bowlder, and
Hooked YEARLY round.
"Only year ago." she sighed;
"only year ago, and yet long
enough to be forgotten" And
there was despairing Ianguor in
her attitude that was pitiful in so
Young creature
Yet the fair oval face, with its
wistful soft brown eyes and waving
hair, touched with gold where the
light fell on it, and the little rosy
mouth with the dimples round it,
where smiles had played so often
that even sadness could not Danish
tile memory Of them, seemed all
things little likely to fade from the
recollection Of any man who had
even been privileged to dream Of
possessing them.
She was a border maiden though,
and shy and proud like them all;
pcrchance the man she loved had
gone, little dreaming Of the treas
ure he had won.
Half a poet, too, surely was she,
with that strange blending of hid
den imaginativeness with outward
matter of factness, which is so
Characteristic of Northnmbrian wo-
men. WHO that saw her tripping
about her home, busy with little
domestic duties as If the whole of
life were summed up in snch daily
r0nnd, would dream of the fancies
that filled her heart as she sat on
the lonely hillside and gazed with
all her sonl in her eyes away to the
south?
A tall thistle grew near, topped
no longer by royal purple flowers,
but crowned with little downy
seeds.ready TO be waited where the
wind might choose.
Half unconsciously she gathered
one or two Of these and toyed with
them.
AS she did so. the pretty north
Of England legend fitted back to
her memory.
What was it againf If you
thought of one you loved, and watt
ed kiss towards him or her on a
piece of thistle down, the fairies
would bear it to the dear one and
whisper he loving thought that
was sent with it.
Folly,aye, olly,and yet such folly
keeps the heart of humanity young
forever.
Blushing, though none saw her,
nor heard her-Save the fainar, if
they were present-the girl kissed
the tiny seed and breathed his
name as she waited it southwark,
and then, covering her face with
her hands, she shed just a tear or
two.
After that SHE went nome, Il TIL
le comforted, glad to have found
even this silly little way of express
ing the love within her soul. a
love so great and strong and deep
that never would the whole of it be I
told, and yet so innocentand sweet /
that il could find relief in fancy !
treasured from childhood. Was 1t
true, then, that such love could be |,
doomed to hopeleSsness-that such !;
a woman could be torgottens
In the distant city aSoung man
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of the firm, on the best of TERMS
The members of the firm are prac-
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and will sell you at Il small profit,
carriages bought by them at whole
sale prizes.
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A Watch That Winds Itself When the
Wearer Walks.

a watch that winds itself by the
motion of the waarer is the latest
wonder of Europe. The new auto
matte timepiece is called in Switz-
erland, where it was invented, the
"Marche Marche." The watch is a
stem-setter, andin but one partic.
ular differs from the ordinary watch
as to exterior appearance. It's
"works" are protected BY square
case instead Of round one, for IL
reason that will appear after the
other features Of the watch have
been described in detail. The
prime features of the watch is the
automatic self winding mechanism,
which attains the object in view to
perfection. On The side OF the
watch that the arbor of the wind
ing barrel is exposed, an arm, Sc
cured at tile end and with a ham
mer-like attachment at the other,
moves downward whenever disturb
ed from position of absolute rest.
The force Ola spring adjusted un.
der the arm furnishes the reaction
and the oscillation Is repeated with
every step taken by the wearer..-
This is transmitted to the lock OF
the handspring barrel by the wheel,
the circumference Of which is adapt
Ell to the clutch of a dog that
"holds fast all it GETS" and the
most ordinary walking exercise up
Oh the part OF the wearer serves to
wind itap full. The watch when!
used for the first time is woun
ID with IL key, but never after is a Ike
le required if tie watch is worn reg,
$! larIy by any one Of the most moo
crate habits of peregrlnation. TIL
Y square case is essential to the sue
II cessful action of the self.windin
! apparatus, for the reason that
re- must stand horizontally, and thi
II can only be when the watch has a
o upright position in the pocket.
n Upon the face Of the watch
the small dial of ma nometer, whic
h constantly indicates the tension t
y which the spring is wound, aud b.
s. a glance the wearer Of the watcI
may tell for how many hours tn
e watch is wound. The running Cd
pacity Of the "Marche Marche,
It when fully wound, is sixty hours
: as is indicated by the manomete
It when its hand points to the nam
: Der at the top Of the dial. Thu
t amount OF exercise required to VIM
it full is represented by six miles
# walking. The advantage urged il
the automatic winding mechanism
d is the absence OF The hazard in mis-
t sing trains and sowing seeds o
dissension in the family by late ar
t RIVALS at dinner because of forget
T. t'ulness or negligence in the matter
: of winding the watch. The alb
/ sence of necessity for any contact
$ of human hands with the interior
& Of the watch is urged as an addi
tional argument for durability, anG
, its shape, which at first seems odd
r is better adapted TO rich and artis
+ tic decoration. The "Marche-
Marchen is entirely hand made
r watch, and is consequently mod
ell Of perfection in the chronOmetric
art, the expense of which is the
chief barrier to its speedy introduc
, ton to general use.
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|: lis seated alta writing table, his
brow knitas. ifsin deep thought.
lines OF. care about his eyes and
+ mouth, WIiile there is alook some:
what feverish. brilllancy4in the for,
+ mer as he raises them for a moment
sometimes from his page.
Not wholly u. pleasant flee seen
thus. There isl hardness and a
#keenness in the expression that
Z. jars ON the close observer, and a
cynical curve in the lip that,tells of
nature wIlicllis fonder. of:eriticis
ing the weaknesses of, humanity
than ofidentitying himself witIsit
in brotherly helpfulness and love.
Look over his manuscript, TOO,
fora moment. Very clever it IL,
no doubt. Sllrewd as. insight is
when itzno longer:cares to be tenn
pered by justice; sharp and clearly
cut in its definitions, rs when
knowledge divorces ITSELF from
strut h. It's WHAT'S Gale "a .sssocial.|
sarticle ,stllatst Che Yo IN siiian MS WEI
ting, but one ola kind which belle
their name. Ifhumanlty we're such
as shown there society would he at
an end.
He is tired, and he pushes his hair
back from his forehead as though
it aclled,and turns to the open win
dow for a moment and lets the ey
ening air FIN his cheek;fnr the day,
which was so cool and sweet in the
country, has seemed close and air
less in the smoky city where the
writer dwells.
Then he takes up his pen again
and turns to his page. bnt some
thing arrests his hand. A very
simple thing surely to put-a stop to
such incisive sentences. just Il BIT
of thistle down, that a breath could
watt from the paper IN au instant {
and no trace be left.
Only the Young fellow doesn't :
seem disposed to rid himself of it SD |
summarily; instead, he gazes as if ;
it possessed occult power and
opened some new scene to him. c
Perhaps it does, for he feels all I
at once that something has given Z
the lie to the words lie hls written. |
He seems to see a fair young face I
looking at his with a panied Won a
derment. and suddenly he Judges y
his work, not by the critical code 4
of popular journalism, Dut by the v
ideal standard Of a pure, unscphis- il
Heated woman's soul. c
The very remembrance of that II
too, has made humanity II
appear diviner; no longer does it e
seem thing to be summed up In I
IN epigram, OF disposed of with d
sheer. He lays down his pen, and a
lie magic power evoked by the e
'lell of that tiny downy seed trans i
ports him away from city smoke Il
md turmoil to the breezy northern ii
ills. e,
just q Year since he stood among :.
hem, but as memory takes him IN
lacksonce more heTecognizpS what Of
llat.year has done. and. the recog; W
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1T annndant resources FOR mannfing
purposes. IS
The dwelling and outhonses on
said premises are ample and in good
repair.
Said property will be sold on fol
lowing tcrms:-One-fonrtl for cash.
the balance payable in l, . and 8
years, the purchaser giving bonds
satisfactory to the undersigned.
For further particulars, address
VIM. H. COPIES,
Temperanceville, va.
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For S ale or Rent.

! offer for sale or rent on reason
able terms. very desirable farm,
containing about 100 acres SITUATED
on the road from TemperanceviIle
to Oak Hall, about II miles from
Temperanceville.
Said tract of land is in goodFcon,:
dltion, we'll adapted3to the growth;
of ailskiEd Of trucks; aud has
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THISTLE DOWN.

Yes, it was autumn. Nature was
saying that in thousand different
WAYS. but this morning there was
nosundertone Of sadness in the
great mothers voice as she record
ed the fact.
The sky was a pale, translucent
blue, and the air was cxquisitely
cool and lnvigoratine. In the clear
light. the glorions tints Of gold and
brown and red and fading green in
the distant woods came out in bold
yet perfect harmony, while on The
hillside, where the early sunlight
fell, the bracken caught in the
CLEAN and made golden glory.
a young girl walked along the
rugged roOt-path skirting the hill,
but though she wa. yonng and
beautiful, she seemed ont of con-
cord with natures joyous mood
She walked with slow AMI listless
step. and started nervously, as
though she had been ohlivious of
her surroundings, when a partridge
rose with a whlrr from a clump of
fnrze and fern near her feet. The
beauty seemed lost to her, for she
never stopped TO look around. nor
did she cast even a passing glance
at-the lesser loveliness that Dor
tlere,l her path.
Here and there fingered late
harebell, making u touch of blue
among the brown and gold and
olive tintS of fern aud waving
grass; there a seeding dandelion
it's ball of fAatllery arrows.
fragile and beautiful as poets
lream; and tiny threads of silvery
Z 20 ssaIier waved lightly from stem
@ stem of grass or grickly leaf Of
thistle.
irn ~ mi OH ,n.cclgl a q, n Ri
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-11
rHE GAZETTE. YoNT w0a7H TEXAS TUESDAY NAY Z.

tending from HIGHLAND creek to the
Tehuacana, one way, and from Irene TO
Armour the other, and including the
towns and hamlets OF Dawson, Spring
Hill, Irene, Mount Calm, Hancock, Ar
mour and Hubbard City. IL is blessed
with an excellent soil, fine
grasses, abundant wood and water,
or facilities for obtaining the
latter; splendid fluctuations OF the land
scape, favorable TO drainage aud health,
and the country famed by our fine prairie
breeze. IL Is region which, already
supporting good population in some
portions, possesses natural advantages
and capabilities pointing TO much
greater one, and 10 attracting the visits Of
prospectors and home-seekers all the
while. Opened to the world by railroad
but few years since, IL has large bodies
OF land yet unbroken, and prices through
out the bounds described are still within
reach OF buyers OF limited means, and
who determine to settle In new country
and pay for their homes. The change is
going ON which Is destined to make this
favored region a paradise OF prosperity
and wealth. The coming Of the broad
gauge Of our road win hasten this devel-
oplnept, and now is the time to get
homes, aud now the time for the capt.
tallst TO invest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-11

Of railroad, though the courts condemn
private property for is construction, YET
the property so condemned must be paid
for, and becomes thereby exclusively the
properly OF the railway company.
Congress In considering the interstate
commerce till has assumed that II can
constitutonally regulate the rate OF
freight between points situated In
different states, and there are some
pretty good constitutional lawyers who
support the bill. The opposition 10 il is
not founded upon the unconstitutlonality
Of the bill That is purely legal ques-
ton, as to which lawyers differ, but the
weight OF opinion appears TO be 10 favor
Of the Legality Of the law TO regulate
commerce.
Nevertheless, Gov. Browns argument
IS an ingenious one, and, II tested before
the supreme court, II stands a fair chance
OF being sustained. The principle Of
public control Of corporate property
is pushed as far as possible
more In difference to popular feel
ing than In conformity with any
well established legal principle.
A test case might bring out decision
that would be surprising to some people
who have got it into their heads that a
legislative body may do what it will with
the property OF railroad corporation.
Judging from the positive position taken
by Gov. Brown, an nterstate-commerce
law, assuming to regulate freight rates
on railroads, wonld be fought by them in
the courts, on the ground suggested by
him, that there is q difference between
the legal status Of river and land trans
portation companies,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-11

NEXT fall, when, in imitation of the
general movement in favor Of higher
wages, the cotton-plckers stand off for s
a hundred pounds, instead Of 70 cents,
will the farmers who belong to the al
lance who are working with the Knights
Of Labor for higher wages, consent to the
demandp The farm laborer Is as Justly
entitled to an increase Of pay as any
other class OF workmen. More SO, in
deed, for he is paid less and worked
longer than any other class Of men. What
is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-11

Font WORTH now aspires IN be u great re
ligious and educational as well rs railway and
commercial center The gall of that city APP.
proaches the sublime. year ago gambling
houses were run openly, and aiNteen hundred
women were recognized by he police ms tough
characters. Whit changes hSyo been wrought
during the past year the Evening Tribune can
not say, but would as soon expect TO hear OF
sheol posing as a religious center as the city
where the panther took his historic siesta.---
Galveston Tribune.
The Tribune ought to speak in more
kindly tone of Fort Worth. The Even
ing Mail of this city has never anything
but good words for Galveston. Both
Tribune and Mail are under one owner.
ship, and the Galveston End ought to be
no less kind than the Fort Worth End,
II the intention is to have an "even, sym
metrical development"
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their own way harder. That is why we
saw that cordial and lasting union be-
tween the Farmers alliance and the
knights Of Labor Is impossible. There
is no compatibility Of interest between
them. what is good for the one is de-
structive to the other. They may work
together for awhile, but the union will
soon DO dissolved by complete divorce.
As soon as 1t is proved by experience
that one can thrive only at the expense OF
the other, the principal sufferer win with
draw from the arrangement.
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SAN DIEGO.
The Fresh Clip of Wool Coming In iapidIy
Mexican Independence Day.

the EIehh Zip OF nGOl coming IN KHptdIy
Mexican independence Day.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
SAN DRGo, TEX, May s.-The wool
shearlng season is about over, and the
most of the clips have been disposed of
or have been brought into our city in the
woods to be disposed of or shipped.
There must be about 1000 bags in the
warehouses here at this time. The price
which is being paid for ordinary Mexican
wool Is about IL cents. Some of the i'm
proved grades have gone a little higher,
but the price Just named Is the current
price in this market. a few are holding
on for more, but good many fear that
the tariff will reduce the price in place of
raising 1t, and that the great and grand
Democracy will let in foreign woods, so
that the sheep-raislng industry will cease
to pay profit.
We are having some very hot weather,
and even sensational stories, such as the
raid upon Collins and the killing Of
horsethieves in our county, cease to be
more than languid smile, as we know
they are like the story Of the man who
swallowed three black crows, and cannot
afford to get excited over them az 1t re-
quires too much excIton.
On the 9th of this month the Mexicans
at Benavides had rand celebration. FL
Cinco de Mayo, or me 9th of May, is the
national independence day Of Mexico,
Just as the 4th Of July is to every true
citizen OF the United States There must
have been at least 500 or GOO persons
present, and probably more In the
evening at about early candlelight the as
sembly was addressed by several Next
cen orators in commcmoration Of the
day, all breathing of union, liberty and
progress. They have society formed
amongst themselves known as the Mutu-
alstas and number about 100 mem
bers. A good sprinkling OF Ameri-
cans were present and participated
IN the festivities Of the occasion. The
very best of feeling prevailed throughout
and there was not single occurrence OF
any kind to disturb the harmony which
prevailed. After the speeches had been
delivered grand dance was inaugurated
which lasted till morning.
The iiestas in our town commence TO-
night. The plaza has been fixed up in
style, and Q band of musicians will begin
this evening to add harmonious strains to
the brllliancy of the scene. The fair, or
nestas, are to hold until the 10Th, and San
Diegoites, especially the young and gay,
Anticipate fine time.
There are great many horses, mares,
ETC., here for sale, and can be bought
Just now at very low prices, as the lail-
road strikes and troubles have caused the
stock trade to be very backward this
year and money is consequently scarce.
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CHICAGO deserves to be wiped of the Ameri.
cap map Houston Post,
For whatY Because It's growth attract
ed to 1t horde of miserable anarchists
who are permitted to live In land whose
freedom they are incapable Of appreciat.
ing2 Because the damnable cut-throats
selected Chicago as their home? The
Post does itself no credit, and has no rea.
son to justify sentiment so atroclous.
AS there can be no law TO wipe Chicago
on the map, we must presume the Post
bids God-speed to the detestable assas.
sins who tried to kill the guardians OF
law In Chicago.
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CONGRESSIONAL REGULATION
or RAILROADS.

10 his testimony before the labor inyes-
tlgatlng committee, ex-Gov. Brown, as
receiver OF the Texas Pacific railway,
gave 1t as his legal opinion that congress
has not, under the constitution, the right
to regulate the rates OF freight ON rail.
roads. He drew subtle distinction be-
tween the right TO regulate freights on
waterways aud on railways, leading to
the conclusion that, while congress might
properly control the movements of
freight on national waterways, it did not
follow that the same authority existed as
to railroads. The special point OF differ
ence is that river, especially such one
as the Mississippi, is beyond state jurls.
diction' that It Is common to all who wish
70 use 1t, without cost, while In the case
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