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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-11

RHoME, TEX, Jan. 81, 1891
Editor Gazette, Fort Worth Tex
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siven with newspaper. Yours, etc.
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-11
BiuLsAP, TEX, Feo. 4, 1871.

Editor Gazette:
The dictionary was received II IS indeed
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slider such a BOOK q necessity in every family
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-11

MAN AND Wlt'E-SituatiOn wanted by man
| VI and wife with no children. Can do any
! kind OF work, Address VI. care OF Gazette.
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
SUNDAY

In view Of the vast power for good
which the churches have exercised in
the past, it is a cheerful omen for their
future influence hat they number
among the ranks Of their leaders such
broad-minded men as Charles III. Eaton,
Of New York. The reverend gentleman,
in an eloquent sermon delivered a week
ago, discussed the question of the OPEN
ing of the Metropolitan art museum on
Sundays, and gave a ringing and en-
phatic answer in the affirmative. Such
a preacher is abreast of the times. The
Puritan Sabbath, with it's funeral all
of dismal WOO and it's lugubrious wall,
ings is a thing of the past, and the
mourners by it's grave are few. Enlight.
eminent and progress have buried il
fathoms deep. We are not speaking Of
atheists or of agnostics. We have in
mind the opinions of the great, wide
bulk OF humanity that has a belief il
Deity firmly planted in its heart anG
cherishes the belief as a sacred thing
These people cannot reconcile a beine
of love with a day of dismal gloom ano
nauseating idleness. The Puritan Sab
bath was a survival of the dark ages. I,
was a relic of the time when met
scourged themselves in most senseless
fashion to show their trust in a loving
Creator, and when they shut themselves
up in lonely woods and wilds to advanc,
the interests of religion and of human
ity. 1t was Macaulay who declared tina
the Puritans objected to bear batting
not because it injured the susceptible
ties OF brnin, but because it gave pleas
ure to the spectators. 1t might be sal
with equal force that these same Pur:
tans objected to a rational Sunday, no
because it would or could give offens
to God, but because in might confe
some happiness upon his wo%rshippers.
But the world moves. Here is a moe
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

THE address by the Hon. William l..
Wilson, of West Virginia, under the
auspices of the Hendricks Democratic
club, on Saturday next, will be a nota-
bic event in the history of Montana
democracy. The club invites the demo-
Gratis Of the state at large to attend, and
a great audience should greet the dis
tinguished orator and statesman. The
st. Paul Globe says of him:
To-day there comes to st. Paul William
L. Wilson, of West Virginia, an orator and
a scholar who stands in the democracy's
front ranks. In the evening his presence
will be honored by a banquet at the Hotel
Ryan, and on Saturday night. at the Harris
theate,, he will address our people on the
subject of tariff reform and democratic Or
ganization. He carries with him creden-
tials from the pa1ty's national committees.
under whose instructions he is doing mis-
sion work throughout the country. He is
entitled to a hearing for this, it for no
other reason, and the democrats of this sec
ton will see to it that he receives a royal
welcome.
Mr., Wilson is a southerner by birth, and
fought in the confederate army. He has
been a teacher OF Latin in the Columbian
college, a lawyer and president of the West
Virginia university. For the past eight
years he has been a member of congress;
and when Roger 9. Mills was the demo-
cratic leader he served on the committee of
ways and means. He represents a district
where the party strength is very evenly di-
vided, but his constituents are proud of
him, and at every election he is returned
by an increased majority. He made his
great reputation in the tariff debates of the
Fiftieth congress-, and he is counted a leader
among the many able men who have been
his colleagues.
His scholarship is very profound, and he
speaks with the rich tluency of the southern
orator. His appearance is that of a student
at middle life, and his voice and ann
are engaging. The words flow from his
tongue with honeyed responsiveness, and it
is an intellectual and artistic treat to hear
him. It is a great privilege for the democ-
racy of this section to have him here in this
way, and the Globe predicts renewed vigor
and earnestness in its methods from his
visit.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

trip. He had an old double barrelled shot
gun fred with percussion caps. A flock OF
geese finally sailed over the alkali waters OF
the lake. There we're exactly eighteen ac-
cording to Gilchrist's count. He raised the
gun and fired both barrels. They did not
respond very readily. He looked down the
barrels and saw both charges coming at a
good rate. He was young and active then
and stepping aside he picked up the gun
and held it at the flock. Both barrels went
off and out of eighteen geese he got only
seventeen. r.
~
There will be a choice bit of gossip for
the town if the whole truth is ever learned
about the robbery and attempted burning
of Col. McCutcheon's house. The lounger
is informed that there is no truth in the
news in Fridays Journal that a well
known society dude was confronted with
his guilt The Lounger was further in
formed that as one of several packages of
letters disappeared that night it would in
dictate that a certain woman to whom they
were most valuable may have been inter
ested.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
THE LAST CHANCE. LOUNGER.

I enjoyed an interesting chat the other
day with Harry Devoe, who is United States
Marshal Furay's deputy at Livingston. He
was in town to testify before the United
States grand jury against a counterfeiter
whom he captured after some trouble. Mr..
Devoe claims to be the youngest veteran of
the war, though he is only %thirty-nine
years old At the age of eleven he enlisted
in the army in New York city and went to
the front as a drummer boy. He served
until the last gun was fired, but did not
leave the army. He went to the frontier
posts and remained with the troops until
1879, when he resigned. Mr.. Devoe has seen
a great deal of Indian fighting in Arizona,
Utah, Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.
For many years he was with General
Crook and he also served for a long time
with Col, Ilges, who is we'll remembered in
this city. He was on intimate terms with
all of the great Indian fighters of the day
and some of the famous scouts, including
Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill.
~
Mr.. Devoe tolls of an interesting incident
in the history of Buffalo Bill. 1t will be
remembered that Bills first appearance
before the country at large was in n border
drama called Yellow Hair. In this he intro
duced an Indian scalp which he had taken
from a Cheyenne chief. Afterward, when the
Wild West show was on the road the scalp
was seen in a small museum. Mr.. Devoe
saw the goary relic when it was taken from
the owners head and tells how it happened,
1T was in 1872 he said, when | had
charge Of a wagon train III IA body of troops
stationed at the Red Cloud agency. Gen.
Crook was in command. The Indians in
bands of several hundred would occasionally
get out and ride over the coantry devouring
everything that came in their
way. We set ont after
one of these bands and were following
them pretty closely. Gen. Crook was in
advance with the cavalry while the wagon
train, of which was in charge, moved on
a few miles behind. One night the train
lost the trail and had to camp for the night.
This was near Red Canyon between Hat
creek and Custer City. | had given orders
to move promptly at daylight, which came
early, as it was then the middle of summer
At four o'clock l was awake and making
preparations to start. The light was JUS
creeping over the hills when Il band of al
least 800 mounted Indians whirled arount
a coulee in a compact body not n Thousand
feet away. / was startled for q moment TO
| had only twelve men. The Indians wer.
l headed straight for the agency. When in
FULL view SO that | could distinguish sevoraI
OF their number the troop of cavalry will
q Gen. Crook and Bill Cody at the front ap.
peared IN hot pursuit. 1t was q magnif
cent charge, though not a shot had ye
Deen hred. The chief, Yellow Hair, a mag
nincent type OF Indian physique, suddenl,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
ern preachers conception OF the ideal

Sundays
What goes to make mp the ideal Sum
day? First Of all il must afford rest. The
opportunity for rest ID one Of the essential
elements Of the ideal Sunday. IN every
epoch Of history there has been q division
of time into weeks, and une day ont of
every seven ia set apart for rest by all the
nations OF the earth. The fourth COM
mandment ia not IN arbitrary, but q neces-
sary and rational law. Would the opening
at museums, music halls and galleries Of
art violate this first condition of an ideal
Sunday? Decidedly not. The argument
that the closing Of the museums on SUNDAY
is in the interest Of the wage-worker does
not hold good. Rest does not mean idle
ness, but change. The true rest for the
lahorer is to fill his mind with new objects
Of delight, to charm his eye and ear and to
invigorate his intellect. To withdraw mon
from straitcned circumstances n novels
of want and put them in clean, warm, we'll
lighted museums, music halls and art gal
leries would be to give real rest to the toll
ing millions. To ook upon works of art,
listen to music adapted to their cast OF
mind and to their education, and to feel a
sense Of personal possession in these insti
buttons would not only afford them a relax
alton, but increase their hope and add to
heir-effectiveness az laborers during the
other six days of the week.
The ideal Sunday must also include op-
portunities for mental and moral elevation
and for worship. Man is not merely an an
imal, but a creature of imagination. For
him Sunday should be a day for intellectual
awakening, for an enlargening of the mind.
If man can increase his understanding, toll
becomes beautiful and full of dignity and
hope. Nothing is more pitiful than to
think of the world as a vast prison-house,
with labor degraded into slavery, and work
an everlasting struggle without sunshine or
fruit.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

GREAT railroad news in to-day's INDIE
PENDENT! Helena is at the hub, and
don't you forget it !
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
! Take a Walk Through
Eastery Addition !

and see the number of dwellings now in course of
erection therein. You will then not be surprised
to learn that the price of lots in that addition has
advanced an average of
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
40 PER CENT WITHIN The LAST Z MONTHS.

We still have two or three lots for sale at $500.
Also several at$6OO and $3.50. If these lots are not
sold very shortly their price will be advanced to
conform with the prices at which other lots in that
addition are now sold.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

stones at him, and he made his sneak.
Then they raised three cheers for me as
the train pulled out of the station.
l heard a good story about the advent
ures of a popular and weli-known east side
republican on the night after the late citv
election. He occasionally gets out with the
| boys, and always finds his share of fun in
the entertainment. The republican victory
offered an excellent excuse for a symposium.
He found n few choice spirits at a Main
street resort, and the fun commenced early
in the evening. The wine flew fast until
tho small hours of the MORNING
were reached. The entertainment was an
preaching the limit, and the
~merrymakers were beginning to fall under
hypnotic influences. Onr friend finally
gathered himself together and made n bolt
for home. The cool breezes of the NIGHT
added to the soporific condition of his
brain, and he felt himself falling in n
trance. Then he saw the the car track and
thought he would follow it to his home. II
was a happy idea, but not altogether safe.
He walked along the track for an hour and
then stopped, as he supposed, at his home,
He was somewhat dazed by finding him
self out on the electric line in the Broad
water addition. He decided then that ha
was drunk, but nothing remained but b
make one more stagger for his residence.
He started back and followed the track nm
til he had reached the right line and Their
walked straight ahead. After two hours
hard walking he found himself on Il trestie
and i'll the distance n few rods ahead WAS
the East Helena smeIter. Then he Thought
for a moment that his brain had bee,
touched by paresis. He waited until
morning and finally picked his way back &c
town and got home in time for breakfast.
Tom Gilchrist. the popular Sixth warder
who did not get the republican nominntio,
for alderman becanses of circumstances be.
You'd his control, tells r. true story about ,
hunting experience in Nevada. Ii was OF
lake Tahoe where Thompson Campbel
found the egg bearing trees. Gilchris
started out one day on u duck huutiu,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18

and told the crew that the operator had
been murdered The trainmen entered the
room and were confronted by 8 ghastly
sight Inc unconscious form was IN q chair
with his head upon the table and his hand
clutching the key. Blood stains covered
the table and the room gave evidence Of q
terrible conflict. Dead at his post ex-
claimed one Of the hardy trainmen. whose
lips had grown livid at the unexpected con-
the shock the half-reclining form was found
to possess the warmth Of life and the heart
was still beating. A physician was sent for
and the unconscious body cared for.
The alarm was sounded and the search
for the assassins commenced A snow had
fallen and bloody footprints were discov-
cred leading from the station. They were
traced as far as q small station about three
miles distant. Bloodhouuds were procured
and set on the trail Of the murderers. The
villains had robbed the Office and stolen the
operators watch after they had crushed his
skull With coupling pin. Fifty resoluts
men started in pursuit Of the murderers and
IL they are caught lynching il not improb-
able.
The tramp was arrested, but Is not the
murderer. He says he went into the Office
and asked 70 get warm, and was Mortified 70
discover that the operator was unconscious
and had evidently been murdered. Seiffert
answered his last call at $50, and at 3:l5 he
was found nearly dead
The physicians telegraphed yesterday that
there was but one means Of saving his life,
by an operation. the unfortunate young
mans father answered instructing them to
do what they could to save his son.
Late last night telegram said Seiffert
was still alive. The assassins have not been
caught
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18
THE RAILROAD SLIP Up.

Banker z. r. BroyEn OF Macon Think >
u was Not So Bad After AL
President r h Brown Of the Central
Gsorgis Bank Of Macon was in the city
yesterday. and was asked by g MORNING
NEWS reporter what be thought Of the fu-
ture Of the Macon Construction Company
and tie Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad
Mr.. Brown replisd that he be
heyss the company VIII come
out al right, and VII prove
20 be 9 good investment in the end. IL is
the owner Of two fine railroad proper lies,
the Georgia Southern AID Florida and the
Macon and Birmin CHAM, and the construc-
tlon company would not, Mr.. Brown says,
have encountered its present trouble had it
not been for the money difficulties which
prevailed last fall, AMI from which fnan-
cial affairs all over the world have not en-
tlrely recovered
The people Of Macon manifested the
greatest confidence in Mr.. Sparks, said Mr..
Brown, land seemed to be thoroughly salts
ned that he would bring the company back
ultimately upon as firm footing as il stood
upon before the trouble, IL not more so.n
Mr.. Brown said he thought it a wise pro-
vision Of the court in separating the
railroad property from the construction
hands Of a receiver. Since the
construction company's trouble, he said he
had not heard Of any stock selling below
par. The last sale made, he said, was at
pr. AS to the Georgia Southern and
Florida. there is every prospect Of its prov
ing 70 be fine pro- erty, as its earnings are
increasing yearly. In the past two years
the road has earned enough to pay all its
fixed charges as well as a dividend,
and Mr.. Brown sees no rea-
son for the bonds 70 decline. He
thinks that they are a good investment.
The road owns considerable land along its
line, where small townships are developing,
the road having parceled out lots at stations
on the route, aud is dispOsing Of them 70
purchasers. The road also has fine farm
in Worth county adjoining the railroad, in
which 1t has invested $50. 600, and which in
time will itself develop into valuable in
Vestment.
The impression prevails in Macon, Mr..
Brown says, that Robinson missed a greater
bargain than he ever thought Of MIR.
Brown said that he knew Of two parties
after the railroad nov. and he does not
think that either one Of them is Mr.. Rob-
inson. He thought, however, that Mr..
Robinson would like 10 have the property,
as it is desirable for the Seaboard and
Roanoke system, which is virtually bottled
up now. 1t was the soriginal intention Of
the Roanoke people aud the construction
company TO build the Elberton branch or
connection jointly. and Mr.. Brown believes
the Robinson people will gladly take the
road now, provided they can name the
terms Themselves
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18
TOUGH TREATMENT
Received by a Convict at McCree's
Camp in Lowndes County.

Received by a Convict at McCree's
Camp in Lowndes County.
From the Albany Netrs and Advertiser.
Ben Laws, negro man "a years old, son
Of the well known cid colored woman,
Martha Farrow. Of this city, arrived home
last Sunday from McCree's convict camp,
near Veldosta, where last Thursday he COM
pleted four-months' sentence from the
charge Of assault and battery.
Laws Is now at the home OF his mother,
In the rear Of Watson's shops, this city,
confined to bed Of great suffering.
A reporter Of the NeJcs and Advertiser
visited him yesterday morning and found
him one Of the most pitiable objects heever
looked upon. His feet are swollen 10 an
enormous size from numerous stone bruises,
his nose Is continually running blood from
blows which he said were given MIN on bis
head, and his body is blis.ered and striped
from his heels 70 his head from free applica-
tons Of four-pOund strap. In a number
Of instances the wounds made by the latter
instrument are stfll unhealed. In examin-
ing his body Laws had TO be assisted to turn
over in bed, 50 weak and emaciated was he
and 50 painful his wounds
He informed the reporter that the con-
dition Of his feet was due TO the fact that
be was forced to go barefooted in all sorts of
weather and 70 walk on the rough tufts of
wire-grass while toiling in the company's tur-
pentine farm. He said in several instances
when he was logged, his hands and feet
were tied, and he was otherwise rendered
powerless by having his neck placed be-
tween the rails Of a worm fence-his head
being on one side Of the fence and his body
on the other-and while in this
position the whipping boss piled the
lash. According to his statement he
received at one Time It's lashes. However sick
he might be and when unable to go to the
woods to work, he was dragged out and
made to shuck corn, shell peas and do SINH
lar work. His rations he said, consisted of
enough molasses each day to sweeten a pint
OF water, half pone Of corn bread, a small
slice OF fat bacon and four tablespoonfuls of
rutabaga turnips. He never knew what it
was to have enough to eat, and his enact
ated and star we'd appearance was strong
confederation OF this statement
When turned loose last T thursday his
stripes were taken off, and he was given a
thin striped shirt and a pair of common
pants, and told to go. He hobbled with
difficulty from the camp to Valdosta a
distance of five miles, and there his un-
fortunate condition caused several sympa-
thetic negroes to chip in enough money to
send him home. Laws informed the re-
porter that the treatment he received was
no exception to the rule, but that all the
convicts Jared in about the same manner.
GEN o. o. Howard denies that he is the au-.
thor OF OF biography Of Gen. Sherman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18
RAIL AND oRossrIE.

The Netos and Courier says: IA new
railroad is TO be run from GreenVille, s. c.,
to Asheyille, which will be feeder to the
Columbia and Greenville railroad, and
when Knoxville. which is the projected
terminus, is reached there will be a direct
line from Port Royal TO the last named
place. The contemplated road was to have
cut through Western North Carolina via
Brevard, but the engineers have decided
this route will necessitate the expenditure
Of too much money. A gentleman from
the up-country, who was in Charleston last
week, said that the change as decided upon
for the new line of route will bring the road
through the center Of Flat Rock. owned to
greater extent by Charlestonians. Sur
veYing is now said to be going on in this
vicinity, ard the state road from Flat Rock
to Hendersonville is where it is said the
track will be laid. This will increase the
value of adjacent property considerably.
1t is expected that the new railroad will be
completed within two years."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18
3reathine the Germs OF Disanae

To inhale the germs of disease with their
daily breath is the fate of denizens of malaria.
scourged localities everywhere. The endemic
atmospheric poison may, however, be reft of
its venom and rendered innoxious by de-
fensive use of Hostetters Stomach Bitters.
This pre- eminently safe and effective remedy
and safeguard not only eradicates the disease
when developed, but enables the system to
safely brave its assaults. Every physical
function is confirmed in or restored to regu-
larity, the circulation quickened if sluggish,
and bilious habit, which of itself begeIs a
pronenesS TO both intermittent and renlttent
types of malaria disease, where extrnsic at
moSpheric causes exist, powerfully counter
acted Oy this inimitable terrifying and defen-
sive agent, which has, moreover none of the
dlsagreeabe characteristics of a drastic ca
thartic or an alkaloid. Fever and ague, dumb
ague and ague cake, and the CdLenturd Of the
lsthmus, are conquered by it surely, pleasantly.
Rheumatism. neuralgia, govt. kidney and lolad-
der troubles, constipation and indigestion yield
to it'd.