Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-02

evenings ago travelling man came IN here
and stood me off for 90 cents. Next day !
was out of the city When 1 came back in
comes Mr.. Travelling Man, as pleasant as 9
book agent. Good morning, says hei 4
believe owe you 60 centsl'
You are right, my friend says g.,
"sWell, let's have drink, says he-had
his hand on his pocket.
''We took the drink, and he asked what
the bill was. l told him IS cents. Thanks,
says he. Just let that go with the other,
will your and out he darted. Good day,
SIR says I. Call again, and bring your
friends next time. All want IS your Gus
tom, not your money
IN tell you, there's no use getting. that
tired feeling when you get the worst OF 1t. "
The hummer borrowed knife the other
evening from a prominent builder of this
city to sharpen his Dixon No.-2, and the
builder related little circumstance relating
to the knife and the Mckinley bill that was
quite interesting. 1t was in substance as
follows: Il wouldn't take $40 for that
knife-and it only cost me 80 cents. That
knife brings home to me the truth about
the tariff bill in a manner that teaches me a
great object lesson, and l am no doubt only
one in many thousand who have learned
the same lesson in the same way. About
one year since bought knife from we'll
known Houston street cutlery establish
ment and only paid 70 cents for it. lost
that knife and wanted another just like it.
proceeded to the same store, and the same
clerk waited on me. He showed me the
knife you have and said the price was
80 cents. ! was not a little surprised, and
asked him why the price had been raised,
explaining that only paid him 20 cents for
the same knife on q former occasion.
"tBut,' said the clerk, the Mckinley
bill has gore into effect since them
"sWnat has that to do with it?' | asked
This knife was made in the United States. ;
"'Can't help, that replied the clerk.
THE knife cost US 30 cents more now than
it did before the Mckinley bill passed,
that's all l know about it,
This was revelation to me. l had often
read about the Mckinley bill and its effects,
but paid no attention to it until the matter
was brought home to me by this little Incl
dent. That knife's an educator to ME, and
that's why prize it so, sir. Have another,
There is legal light in Fort Worth
whose better half spent the summer months
III the Rockies, being accompanied by their
six-year-old baby boy-the image of his
father. During their absence the father
conceived the idea of growing luxuriant
beard, much cherished hope, but all for
mer efforts had been frowned down by the
wife and son. Their absence gave him the
chance of his life His effort was success
full beyond expectation, and upon the fam
ily's return a few days since, to their
amazement they found papa's whiskers of
sufficient growth to allow the winds to
play hide-and -go-seek with 'em; in fact
they were parted in the middle and were
real curly and the wife and son were slow
to recognize him, and the boy-well, he was
emphatic in denying all relationship to the
proud but nervous poSSessor of the bifu-
Gated whskers and has ever since insisted
that the beard must come off: in fact he
wants to pull 'em out by the roots or use
his new barlow when papa sleeps. During
n hard blow few nights after their re-
turn, the father was at his Office and the
mother and son were not little frightened
at home alone and the mother hoped papa
had not ventured out during the storm to
return home, though they wished he was
there The little fellow chung closer to his
mothers neck and finally said: Mamma,
sposen papa did start home and the wind
blowed his whiskers off, wouldn't we be
glad though2n