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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
THE CHEAPEST PLAN.

Belton News: The cheapest, simplest
and, to the mind of the News, the most
satisfactory solution Of the question is, to
throw the responsibility of good roads on
the commissioner courts in each county
by giving them the power to levy tax
under reasonable limitations, for the con-
struction and repairing of roads in their
respective counties. Each county should
also have the privilege, under
this law, of creating the
Office of road commissioner or SUI
pervisor, and of filing it by an election
or appointment as might be deemed best.
The simplest plan of road improvement
that can be devised is the best, and a tax
levied by the commissioners court at its
discretion, occurs to the News as being
the easiest and best solution of this very
important question. Whenever a spe-
cial fund is raised by taxation
or otherwise of any consider
able amount, its expenditure should be
made under the supervision of a man
selected for that purpose, by and with
the consent of the county court. By this
plan the responsibility of good roads rests
where it belongs and all danger of specu-
lation and fraud is cut off, and just so
much money as is needed for economical
expenditure will be raised and no more.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
coon ROADS. 10 MAkEsHrFrs


Gainesville Register: The idea of the
Grayson county statesmen in respect TO
road improvements are patterned after
the government plan ef securing deep
water. The government furnishes just
enough money to serape the bottom well
and then waits until the mud aecumu-
lates and then appropriates enough
money to scFape it again. These road
statesmen would raise enough money to
work the roads once pretty well, and
next year when they began to get i'm
passable raise a little more and
work them again. A better plan in the
event the Sherman idea prevails would
be to let the present generation battle
with the mud as best they can, and in
vest the money derived from the tax in
some good securities for the next quarter
of century, and then collect principal
and interest and macadamiZe or shelter
the roads. Otherwise it will be just like
throwing each yearly installment into a
mud hole. Bonds to run for twenty or
thirty years would be met by the increased
wealth and population of the counties
with but little Inconvenience to the citi-
Zens of that day and time The estab-
lishment of permanent roads win rebound
to the welfare of men of future times,
and even handed justice would say they
should share IN the burthen of expense
necessary to secure the same If such q
the people whether or not they aYailed
themselves of it, and if they desired to
do so it would be nobody else IS business
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

Gainesville HeSperian: The state road
convention at Dallas accomplished moth
ing, and so fal as results are concerned
might just as well be considered as never
having assembled. There were only sew
enteen counties represented in the con-
vention, and more than half of these
seem to have gone there with a view to
preventing anything from being done.
Among these were Tom Brown of Sher-
man and his Grayson county colleagues.
Their purpose appeared to be to have the
convention resolve itself into a question
of how not to do it. Mr.. Brown, who
acted as spokesman for the obstruction
lists, opposed the bond system, which
would bear most lightly on the
taxpayers and favored direct tax which
would operate as a burden, and yet be
insufficient to accomplish any good. A
tax of 80 cents on the 500 valuation of
property would provide fund sufficient
to furnish an excuse, perhaps, for en-
abling persons of certain age to escape
''road work - and to that extent would
be beneficial for, under the present sys-
tenn of road working, the less done the
better. But direct tax of 80 cents,
while affording an opportunity for the
overburdened taxpayer to growl, would
putting the roads in condition for travel
during bad weather.
Working the convicts on the roads is
one way of getting a good deal of work
done, if this were to be supplemented by
a sufficient fund provided by taxation to
pay the expense of guards, to pay the
salary of a competent civil engineer and
road supervisor or commissioner, and to
provide implements and material to work
with.
1t does seem, however, that the cheap
est and best way to solve the road prob
lem is to issue long time bonds and tax
the present generation of property owners
with just enough more than the interest
to provide for a sinking fund. Thirty
cents on the 500 would probably be
ample for this purpose in many of the
counties where the cost of macadamizing
is reduced by the proximity of gravel and
stone, and this tax could be paid without
hurting anybody. Macadamized roads
would enhance the value of property adj
jacent many times the cost of macada-
MIXING, and the owners could well afford
to pay both the interest and principal if
given time in which to do so, as they
would under the bond system.
The Hesperlan, however, is not welded
to the bond system or any other, but it is
earnestly and ardently in favor of good
roads in every part of the county, and if
the legislature in its wisdom can devise
ways and means by which good roads, at
all seasons of the year, can be had we
shall be entirely satisfied no matter what
plan is adopted.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

The western plains do not have to suffer
the wolf pest alone, for Missouri occa-
sionally sends up wall about them. The
country a few miles northwest of Mont
rose is infested by wolves and they have
become very bold in their depredations
on stock They have killed fifteen
shoats for Mr.. David Clark, twenty for
Mr.. John Wilson, and devoured lot of
fowls for Mr. Thomas Wilson. Efforts
have been made to kill them but as yet
with poor success. On Wednesday last
Mr. David Clark got shot at monster
and killed it. 1t was large one. He
left the scalp of the warmth at the
office, and from the size the animal is
judged to have been as large as the lar
gest sizet dog.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
TOWN AND PAPER

Brentwood Appeal: The common re-
mark is often heard that ''The Fort
Worth GAZETTE made Fort Worth -
With great magnanimity and show of
gratitude it can now be said that Fort
Worth has made THE GAZETTE. We mean
the present GAZETTE in its beautiful
new dress, rolling forth its S-12-l6 pages;
crowded with the live business houses of
Fort Worth. 1t is now the earliest Wis
itor upon our table of all the dailies, and
is seen spread before the reader at our
hotels and business houses twelve hours
ahead of our old friend from the gulf
shore.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
ROAD WORKING


Jefferson Jimplecute: There is but
two ways in which the matter can be ad-
justed to make the burden fall equally
on all. The one is to collect a prorata
road tax on all property, and the other
and we think the best-tO work the roads
with convict labor. BY the latter course,
cOnvicts can be used in the only way in
which they viii not come in contact with
free labor, as every man between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five IS COM
PEELED by the present law to work five
days in each year for which he gets no
pay. The idea advanced against this,
that the convicts will have to be guarded,
amounts to nothing, as they have to be
guarded everywhere they are kept or
worked
Another plan, which is certainly better
than the present Texas law, and which
has been tried i'll some states, is to COM
pei every person to work their own prop
erty front, or roads running through
their lands
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13


Some practical Illustrations of the value
of horse stock in the Argentine Republic
is given by a correspondent from Buenos
AyTes writing in the American Agricult-
urist. He says:
- went to visit the 'estancia (ranch)
of twelve leagues of land Ga league is
nearly 6000 acres) l was met at the
railway station on cold winter S morn
ing in July by n four-in-hand. The driver
was n peon, the vehicle one under which
the two forward wheels turned easily
and its body behind the seats was
covered with the hOme-dressed hides
of horses. It's seats were cushioned
with padded horsehides, the harnesses
were raw hQysehide, the whip was braid
ed horsehide, and the pace was run; no
trotting horse is known. Over the PAM
pas, thirty-two miles in 100 minutes, the
only skill of the cOachman called upon
was to avoid the cattle wallowS. It was
a pace for experience Arriving at the
estancia the horses were brought up all
standing, the harness dragged off and the
animals sent adrift on the pampas. l
asked the superintendent of the farm
what became of those horses II don 4
know, he replied. What are they
worth?'' About three nationals each. -
"A national is dollar; N the present de-
preciated condition Of currency, about 81
cents. That afternoon with new four,
the superintendent and l were driving
and came up with some poems skinning
dead but still steaming horse An in
quiry revealed that it was one of the four
that galloped thirty-two miles in the
morning. y knew the driving was too
hard, l said: . the horse was killed D
Why, bless your innocent
heart, said the superintendent,
1--WE shoot fifty or sixty horses
or mares a week Tomorrow [ viii
show you roundup. - And he did;
and they killed seventy-four horses took
their hides, boiled down their fat,
stripped the hair from their names and
tails and counted il profit and left the
carcaSses on the pampas for the waiting
scavenger of South America, the condor.
What is it that Carlyle says about the
stored-up energy which constitutes ma
ton 5 wealth.? There was a lot of energy
released that day.
cit must seem incredible to our Yankee
and prairie farmers thar horses could be
so used, but il is a calm fact that more
than 700 900 were slaughtered in the
Argentine Republic last year, rs shown
by the raw hides sold in market Horses
grow wild. and worse horses ii is impos-
sible to conceive A horse is cheaper
than coat mean horse broken to
ride or drive, BeggaTs land IN this
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
TIE BEST N TIE STATE .

Ladonia News: THE GAZETTE came
out on New Year morning with sixteen
pages, mostly devoted to Fort Worth
The writeup and illustrations of that
city were the best we have ever seen by
any paper of any city in the state. We
mean no disparagement to any other
paper when we say THE GAZETTE is the
best paper in the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
ONE OLE TIE ATTEST

Mason News: The Fort Worth GA
zETTE, in donning its new suit, steps into
the front rank of metropolitan journal
ism. 1t always has been one of the very
ablest papers editorially in the state, and
now has a fitting embroidery in its typo
graphical appearance for the intellectual
gems with which it is studded.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

The National Stockman says: The
horse that can walk fast, whether he be
a saddler, driver or draft horse, always
commands a better price than the one
equally as good in other respects but
slow walker. A correspondent in one of
our contemporaries says: ''The lowest,
heaviest mare of her height I ever saw
has this year and other years gained
walking premiums, walking a mile in
twelve minutes entirely unframed. -
This disposes of the idea that a fast
walker must be a long legged animal. It
is the sprightly step, the lively action
and the powers of endurance that make
up the walking horse.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

Frederick (Rice County, Kan ) indie
pendent: Cattle and horses are still
browsing on the prairie, and thriving
fairly we'll, too. The grass is perfectly
dead, but the buffalo grass, as it is
called, is very nutritious the winter
through, and, indeed it comes handy this
year of poor crops
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13


Philip L. Dauphin, capitalist of
Franklin, Pa. who has an interest III ex-
tensive live stock property in Southwest
Texas, was in Fort Worth yesterday af-
ter an inspection of his ranch. He has
had money planted in the property for
several years; but, though he has never
drawn cent out of it
in all that time, he has
never given up his belief that it
would eventually turn out to be remuner-
atiye. Now he thinks he sees rift in
the cloud. 1t looks as though he would
get returns next spring, unless the mar
ket takes a turn downward, which would
be directly opposite to his present antici-
pations. He says the stock on the ranch
are fat, actually fat, and the range is
green, with long, nutritious grass and
plenty of water, so if there are not plen-
ty of good beeyes on the ranch next
spring it will be miraculous case.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
ONE OF THE BEST PRINTED

Blanco STAR indlcator: The Fort
Worth GAZETTE is now one of the best
printed papers in the West. It's editorial
columns are always filed with spicy and
readable paragraphs on all current events.
We wish THE GAZETTE much success.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
sHOULD BE PATRONIZED

Orange Tribune: The Fort Worth GA
ZETTE of January l !, came out as six
teen-page edition and was chock full of
choice reading matter; among other
things, a good writeup of the Fort. THE
GAZETTE should be well patronized by
the people of that town.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
A wHoPPER.

Bowie Sunbeam: The Fort Worth GA
zETTE IS mammoth edition of last Tues
day was golly whopper Filled TO
the cay and concise review OF that
city 5 wonderful growth, besides many
nlusf rations of magnificent structures
whie to-day ornament the ground where
a few Years ago the Panther lay. =,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

from them-the next generation and the
cmigrants that viii be attracted to our
county win contribute something to pay
ing for them. We do not know what is
best; we merely offer this as suggestion.
The wear aud tear of vehicles, the injury
to stock and the inconvenience to traffic,
caused by our abominable roads, viii
justify our legislature in levying any
reasonable tax for the remedying of this
evil
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
ONE oF TIE BEST IN rHE soIIrH

Trinity County Index: The special
edition of the Fort Worth GAZETTE
reached us tins morning and it is daisy
The city of Fort Worth is one of the best
advertised towns in the state, and her
representative THE GAZETTE, is one of
the best and most progressive dailies in
the South.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
Reaistered Cattle for SIC.

Mr.. R. wiImore of Kentucky has ar
rived with car of thoroughbred Hol-
stein reisian bulls and heifers They
can be seen at the Kentucky Stables ON
Calhoun street, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, Fort Worth. All are for
sale
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

country there are many ride from house
to house to solicit aims, and refuse a
horse from an almoner from whom they
expect richer gift, for horse is the
cheapest thing he can give.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
THE GAZETTE.
The Kind and Appreciated Words of Esteemed
Contemporaries for The Gazette.

Contemporaries for The Gazette
BEST IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Sulphur Springs Enterprise: The Fort
Worth GAZETTE S special edition of the
lst was simply immense. In Topographic
cal makeup, and style, it surpasses any
thing of the kind we have seen. For
editorial ability and local news it is
the best paper published in the South
west. It's influence in behalf of Fort
Worth and Texas will be felt throughout
the country. The interest of THE GA
ZETTE and Fort Worth are mutual hence
the rapid growth and phenomenal success
of both.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
SECOND ToNoNF

Bonham Review: The Fort Worth
GAZETTE s extra edition on January 1,
was credit TO the city of Fort Worth,
and lasting monument to newspaper
enterprise. As reliable newspaper, in
all the name implies, THE GAZETTE
ranks second TO none in the South.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

Trading in live stock in Fort Worth has
run ahead of the other markets, for
though there has been no heavy sales
there has been fair business done in
small lots. There have been some re-
ceipts OF fine stock from the North, and
the inquiry for all classes is good.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
IN THE FRONT RANK.

Canton Telephone: The special edition
of the daily Fort Worth GAZETTE of the
LIST inst<, was very creditable to Fort
Worth and the. managers of THE GA
zETTE. THE GAZETTE always stays right
in the front rank.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

Captain Pierce, a ctockman of june
ton City, Kan. has been feeding two
year-old steer about six weeks on ensil-
age with little corn meal sprinkled in it
The steer has been weighed once a week
during the time, and the average gain
has been about five pounds per day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

1t was discovered by a prominent ply
stefan of Bloomington, H., last week,
that young man of Leroy, that county
named Crumbaugh was a suffereT from
from trichiniasis. Two years ago he was
taken sick with strange malady which
has so far baffied all medical skill A
microscopical examination of the suffer-
er's flesh revealed the fact that he was
afflicted with the deadly parasite that
turks in improperly cooked pork.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
N A LIVE CITY

Rockdale Reporter: The Fort Worth
GAZETTE in its new dress of type looks
real hobby. It is fine newspaper and
published in live city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
RRnf FUTT. on TEvAs

Panhandle News: On New Years day
the mammoth edition Of the. able and
tireIess Fort Worth GAZETTE entered our
sanctum brim full of Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
NoTH1NG MORE NEEDED .

Pleasanton Monitor: If there is any
one thing that needs revision more than
another, that thing is the road law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

The ''Topaz'' Remedies are Invaluable. The
s'Topaz'' Cordial is invaluable. The Topaz
Liver Pills are boon to humanity. The ITO
paz' Blood Pills for Blood Diseases. The E'To-
paz'' Ointment for Skin Diseases. Investigate
them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
R0UND-UPS.
The Low Value of Horse Stock in the
Argentine Republic.
The Wolf Pest in the Feeding Country
ing Ensilage and Corn Meal-Armour's
Immense Business-Notes.

Armour s. Co. of Chicago did cash
business last wear of $50 900 600 The
firm employs 6O06 hands, and during the
year took the lives of SCI ,199 head of cat
tie, l ,140 900 hogs, and 1G4 ,539 sheep.
The Southern Breeders Association of
Missouri is taking steps TO get through
the legislature a measure providing that
the state pay at beef prices for any am
NAL that may be killed to prevent the
spread of contagious disease.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

The Legislature will be importuned to
abolish the present farce of a law, and
will doubtless enact law for working
the roads by taxation. This is the most
feasible plan of escape from the present
difficulties. The Encouragement says
the legislature can pass law empower
ing counties to issue bonds for construct
ing roads ana tuInpikes, but there is no
law at present comforting such power.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
The Best Remedy

For Dyspepsia is Ayers SarsapariUa
Other medicines may give temporary
relief but Ayers SarsapariIla makes a
positive and permanent cure, as thou
sands can testify ali over the country.
Ny stomach, liver, and kidneys were
in disordered condition for years."
writes r. Wild, of Hutto, Texas, and
p sever found any medicine to relieve
me, until I began to take Ayers Sarsa-
parilla. Less than six bottles of ills
remedy cured me-"
Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of Holyoke,
Mass, was for a long time a severe suf-
ferer from Dyspepsia, trying, in vain, all
Ihe usual remedies. AT last she began to
take Ayers Sarsaparilla, and only three
hotties restored her to perfect health.
a have gone through terrible suffer- =
ing from Dyspepsia and Indigestion"
writes c. J. Bodemer, 145 Columbia ST.,
Canbridgeport, Mass, q and can truly
say Ayers Sarsaparilla has cured me-"
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
Prepared by Dr.J, c. Aver & Co, Lowell NasG.
Price 81 six bottles, s.. Worth IS q bottle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
THE MOST FEASIBLE PLAN.

Granbury Graphic; The present road
law is so very defective and so laxly en-
forced that the public roads are in
neglected condition in nearly every
county. Hood county is in a worse shape
to-day in this respect than for many
years past.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
Great Suffering
Caused by Stomach Cramps How it
WAS Permanently Cured.

In July, 1886, was taken sick while at the din
ner table with terrible distress in my stomach.
Before this had been hearty and strong, For
fourteen days kept getting worse, despitethe
efforts of two doctors. I lost forty pounds and
was satisfied that could live but few days.
My trouble.was
Stomach and Liver Complaint,
resulting in attack of bilious collie At this time
1 saw DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of
Rondout, n. Y. advertised and sent for bottle.
1 also sent for my physician and told him that
was going to try the Favorite Remedy. He ex-
amined it and told me to it three days and let
him know the result. In the three days l walked
four miles. DR.. Kennedy Favorite Remedy has
saved my life.-W. S. Bitter, Slate Mills, Ross
Co., Ohio.
FavOrite Remedy, ROndOut, n. Y.
Price One Dollar. Sold by all Druggists.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-08-24

BosroN Pilot: The cable last week
brought the painful news that MIR. Par
nell's health is 50 shattered that by the
advice of his physician he Will probably
90 to the south of France and abandon
work until next year. The great res"
pons1bilitis of his position as leader OF
the Irish canse have been more than
doubled during the long and wearisome
sessions of the Times Forgery Commits
sion. TO meet end expose the damna~
bis plots of the Tunes and it's fellow
conspirators, Piggott. Houston u Co.,
was victory achieved not without
patient care and vigilance. The effects
are seen in his loss of health and en-
forced temporary retirement from
parliamentary work The Times will
rejoice at Mr.. Parnell's departure, and
50 will Balfour, WHO, but for the scandal
caused by his murder Of John Mande-
vile, might seize such an opportunity as
this to rid Toryism Of it's most danger
Gus enemy; but the prayers of lrishmen
the world over, will go up for the res
toration of health and strength OF the
noble and devoted leader who has res
cued her cause from the list of forlorn
hopes.