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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05
A storv Of Henry Ward R.ech,r

All who ever saw Henry Ward Beecher
and knew his figure can appreciate his
reason for always wearing a soft hat-a
reason which makes the following anec-
dote the more comical. Mr.. J. B. Pond,
Mr. Beecher's travelling companion and
lecture agent, was asked if the great
preacher did ever really wear a silk hat.
He smiled, and then quickly exclaimed:
Only once. must tell you about that
was at Mr.. Beecher's house one afternoon,
and we were to leave the house at 4 O'Clock
to catch n train. Mr.. Beecher, according
to his custom OF an afternoon, had lain
down for nap. was in the library. when,
as the hour approached, Mira. Beecher
called my attention to the fact and asked
where Mr.. Beecher was | went up to call
him, but he was not in his room | went
down stairs and thought would get my
hat. which was silk one. | could not find
II where had left it, in the hallway. just
then Mrs. Beecher called my attention to
the front OF the house.
"Mr. Beecher had cardigan Jacket
which he used to wear around the house
ct times, and you can imagine that it was
not particularly becoming to his form. !
went to where Mrs. Beecher stood and
looked out. There in the middle of the
street, with r. lot OF children round him,
was MIR. Beechsr in his cardigan, my silk
hat on his head and stick in his mouth
with strings attached, as children make
bits, and he was prancins up and down
and back and forth, playing horse with
the youngsters. You would have died
s-laughing seeing that sight.
Henry exclaimed Mrs. Beecher, what
on earth are you doing: Do you know
what sight you are' You will lose the
train
Mr.. Beecher stopped, drew out his
watch-he always carried first class time
keeper-and replying, as he put it back,
No, won't; I've got two minutes yet
of he galloped with the children at his
heels in high glee. BE used up the two
minutes, and we just caught the ferryboat
in time. Yankee Blade,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05

Electricity enables Us to safely read In
bed. \ hinged bracket lamp should pro
ject from the wall over the bed, and should
he shaded with silk. This lamp should be
provided with one of the new switches
which are made to rest in three positions
viz, off, ON, and an intermediate position.
giving half light This is invaluable in
case of illness.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05

JESSE R. Grant, the presidents son, is one
OF the owners Of a silver mine in Sonora,
Mexico, and there he passes great portion
OF his time. He is quiet. unsssuminS fel
low and quite popular.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05
No More Kings.

no lAcre h1HE1-
The word OF tne Lord by night
To the watching Pilgrims CANA,
Az they sat by the seaside,
And filed their hearts With fla1na
Goa said, am tired OF kinEs
| suf2sr them Nd Msre.
Up 10 my oLr the morning bring
The outrage Of The poor.
10 uncover me land
Which hid Of Old time in Ii. wet.
As the scuiptor uncovers the stat1s
When he has wrought his best
Ivill have novar q nshls,
Ne DnaaGs eoanted great;
Fishers and chsppegs end plowmsn
Shall Constitute state
Ny viii fulsllsd shall be.
Fer in daylight or IN dark
Ny thuudarbcr kae eyes 10 see
His wuy homo TO the marx.
-Eai9h waldo Emersoa.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05

John Scar, SesRiard, born without
81 n4s, was exhibited il London during the
reign Of King William. He could comb
his hair, shave himself, ill q glass, thread
e needle, enbroider, write six different
STYLES of Handwriting" and play on. Saxi
eral different kinds Of musical iaf1j (eEfs
with his feet and toes, 1000
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05
OUR TEXAS GIRL.
The Day of Green Ribbon Very
Interesting in New York.
ST. PATRICK'S LOYAL SONS.
Pathetic and Amusing Scenes Of Great
Parade-"Oh, for Green Ribbon,
Bouquet, Cabbage Leaf "A Good
HUNDRED Crowd.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
Special Correspondence OF the Gazette.

e-nor..Hglnr and that IS the feeling Of
G.tlcl.esS and insiguiECance said 70 be the
par, ~ he compardivey unknown stranger
iu a gl.i- CI.r: the lost. Suowcd-uuCer feel
I'M 81 one always accustomed 10 The cOUn-
Try village or small city, going about alone
To- he irgt lime IN n great metropolis.
lt Is true The importance of the individual
Chr-ui.- sorlc ta' when ne IS 50 Infinitely
multiplied waeL he IS presented 10 your OBJ
EulE4li.u Is one vlria' on among million,
Or a. 81 eACepiIcn-Of 10000 exceptions
TO fHs rule of 100000
BIr somehow this never seems TO reach
10 me.
II ride up from Grand street ferry in
the green c,T Previously called odd
Clc,u.r through the s.ydrlniug eastern
districts. ! I'M moved TO ply by the squ.IOr
and discomfort 10 which these people i've,
by the sieht Of the wrelchei sloyeuly
women. 4ur most Of al, by the he"Gs OF
little dry children, ana think what ! eau
do fDI these my poor subjects.
il I walk up Broadway after a matinee.
E,u...4w Lr meeting and passing streams
OF bounty. grace fashion and elegance, !
ara Clu!.al. misunderstanding Is further
from my thought than Il feeling OF repln-
isg COD. .r.r.. Here y.u are. NY dear lcO-
u.r BE- #.F.cr OF M kingdom; fine, well,
Ll-a bred. d#irri.y happy and prosper
Gus fore are m. pr.lt. girls. ny sweet
women and my tine. distinguished looking
me-. Where else viii you iud such fresh
'-. 1S' s-'" ..i- - % - % =. -; -,
-." '-'- ''' 60 - a. - -.
IL IS e. I"iFJ P1'p'e' Ill" " '1N
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lea' "r"7 % ms nome me Ins>e ntlte qaff
oeii ions ""giI S1e E+e Al Us. of 80
o-s.li'u9 %! 80 -l'' Soei- o-O '.i'''-l gl.s
IoF me "I'APs!-L@ u S"u seCl'I9' l ne
o.het a'E Nh'h 'dS d -tIt-E a. d loss J-sI
"hi' !" CO. 1-.n UHssiI, So-HJ u''G su5
EGsted' ny COZ T. !Su 20 +" INC pa'aue
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lnin@ 'i inc S''o. ,..
s',"' Tl'n IRON les S..' anu ueCiS'oh'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05
GEMS I'M VERSE.


Ieve r. besbee C,an hoass or fsndx;
Sc, Sir SscFacn. I'll rio with thset"
Quiet Soc ssses who're the eourser Stands,
Light she springs . tie s1d6Ic tree.
Low is better thaa kith or Kin.
Sc close she chung and so close cfnspsd hA
They heard no Sab OF tbs b;tSar wind,
Nor the snow that saaddsred along The ics.
Love ID bestor than Efs or sroathl
The drifts are over the horses knees
Softly they sink 10 ths scft, cold death,
And the sno- ShkSHd folds them sileatty,
Houses and lanS1 sss esas Ser aya,
Kith AID Kin Like tbs viid wind ae@
Life nd breath have arttered away,
But lovc hath hIsssomsd esernany.
-RSs TNrE
CALDWELL Of Springfield. y. j. u 7so).
HERDS the .9s:- Look around you Above On
tAs height
Lay she Hssacrs snea1nPod. By that church
OF tie right
stoed the ga1nS jersey farmers. AID hare RAD
wall
Yoa may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a
ball.
Nothing nero. Grasses spring. waters run.
flowers blow
Pretty mach Oh they did ninety three years
ago
Nothing mere, did / say Stay ous moment;
you've heard
OF Caldwell. the p~rsoc. who once preached
the Word
Down al bpriashe,d7 wtsaa nS7 CoEns-that's
bad; why, he had
An shs Jeeseyz anauasi And taey gave hin
the name
OF tho ''rebal high priest" He stuck In thsir
gorge,
For he isved tho Lord God and h. hated King
George.
BE had Cease, yor might gay, When tho Hes
siaaa that day
Marched up with Knypha1sen they stopped on
their way
At tho "Farrns,n where his wife, with child
In her arms,
Sex alone In tho housa How /. happened zone
knew
But God-and that ono of the hirelins crow
Who ired the shot Enough there sio Lay,
And Caldwell. the Chaplin. her husband swayi
Did As Ersachf did hs Dsay1 1nink OF him a.
yon Sta:si
By thc Oh church today: think of him and
that band
OF militant piowhoysI See the s-noks and tho
OF thet reckless adrsnoe-of tina. Struggling
retreati
Eesp the ghost of that wife, forny slain, in
your view.
And what could you-what ahould you, VIVA.
would sou do?
Why. tuas what he did. They were left in tho
lurch
For sas want Of more wadding. Ee ran 70 the
church.
Broke the door, stripped the pews and dashei
ost IN tins road
With his arns full Of hyran books. and threw
down HIS load
At their feet Then above FL the shouting aai
shots
Rang his voi0e-"Pct Watts into ,em-boyH,
give EN- Watlsi''
And They did. Tina. Is all Grasses spring,
dowars bow
Pretty much rs they did ninety-throe years ago.
You may dg anywhere and you'll turn up a
ball
But not always hero Ike this-end that's al
Bret Earte-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05
A wo-ar's Sigh fer Freedom.


Oh, TO be aicEe!
TO escape from tine work, the play,
the talking every day;
TO escape from ell have 6ona
And Ill that remains 20 do.
40 sscapa-yes, even fru.a yon.
Ny OILY love, ani bs
Alone and Fee.
Could l emily ssaud
Bss7ean gray lnsor and gray sky
Where the winds and the piovsrs cry,
And no uan IL at hzGad;
Ard feel the free wisat, blow
On E.y rain wet Taco, and know
am fres-aot J ouIs, but my own
Free, and Eiossl
FOR the soft freight
And The home o. your heart, my aca1.
They hurt, Seirg always here
! want 20 stand upright.
And to ecol lay eyes In the air,
And 10 sac how my back can bsa1
RarGens-to try, to know,
To Learn, 10 grow.
am only youI
am yoTl-s, part Of you. your wtfa
And have No other life,
| cannot think, cannot do;
cannot breathe, cannot sec:
Ihs-e IS ''ua," but there Is not .mc@
And worse, at your kiss GROW
Contcntea SO.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05

Silent EeFofEm-
To fght aloud is very brara
But gallanser. I know,
Who charge within ths boson
The cavalry Of woa
Who win. and nations do not sea
Who fall, AID zone oSsc-vc
Whose dying eyss no country
Regards With patriot love
We trrst- In piuaed processina,
For such The snsels 20.
Rank after rank, with eren fee<.
And uniforms Of snow.
Emily nfckinean
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05

Oh, those old dnyk' thoss near ret fsr OF day1.
So near, so far SO f1ll Of tender laysI
Whom spandshrift hssrts all went a-zyrsyyine-
Cared asnsht for form, or statute laws, OF
king;
But lived ii melo6;es1
Oh. those old days' thoes near yet far CT days;
PGSed with dear legends, wiascrns with sxsat
Ways,
Whose pages, fliad with terder'st nnurHur-
mga,
The n-sslr Of Ksp tar'I- backward bxinzs
9switched with memories!
oh. those old dsyI those truoet, purest dsys!
Though life is sweeter for their loveiit grace
Whose heart but fingers near their bounds
res,
Coming them o'er with misty, yea-niny eyes.
And tns the future praysi
E l. Wakam1n.
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Aim Righ.

Aim at the highest psize: IL there thou fan
Thou4t haply reach TO one no. Ear below.
Strive first the goal te compass; II too SLOW
Thy speed the attempt may meier tho Len
avail,
Tho next best pest to conquer,
-pishn, M~rA
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cACsE AND EFFECT,

Any casual reader of the daily papers can
not help noticing how frequently brutal
crimes are explained by the statement, He
was crazed with rum" IT. safe to say that
moro than one-half of the criminals who
find their way to prison do so through the
agency of drink, and if all the crimes are
not directly traceabe to this cause, it will
appear in some indirec5 way.
A lesson of the evil effects Of the drink
habit was forcibly taught in this city re-
Gently. A young man living with his mother,
sister and cousin returned homo from his
work under the influence Of liquor. A lamp
which his aged mother had lett burning for
him in some way exploded, and the result
was that all in the house but the drunken
man were burned to death. The daily papers
portrayed the terrible agony he suffered
when told in station house cell OF the
tragedy of which he had been the cause, and
his reported interviews clearly showed that
he considered himself alone to blame. II
am drinking man. he said; and then be-
related how, after leaving his place of en-
ployment, he had taken 50 many drinks as t.
be utterly oblivious Of what he was doing.
He staggered home, and in few minutes
he had sent three souls into eternity.
This is lesson which every young man
who drinks should take to heart. The man
spoken of had the reputation of being an in-
offensive, good natured fellow ''his OWL
worst enemy" What a terrible lesson he
has taught those who SEQ nc harm in the
saloon and its anurements.-C. I. 4. Ne'cs.
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rIvo clrSES OF THE DRINK ryESE,


The drink curse has two principal CAUSES
which come in the ordinary operation Of life
and which, if guarded against, might be
greatly abatel. These are prosperity and
adversely.
Il have known," says an experienced
clergyman, in this city. moro persons to
drink on account of Encouragement than
from any other cause, unless it bs from sue
cess and prosperity. Both are sources o:
temptation to drink
When mans spirits are very low down
on account of adversely in business Or social
life it is too often that he tries to get them
up by the use of ardent spirits; but as this
does not remove the cause it must be resortal
to over and over again, and when INDUCED
in too freely it adds to the difficulty by pro-
ducing physical depression in reaction, thu;
in temporarily relieving the depression it
eventually multip!ies it.
A young man in the city lost two horses
at the same time. In discouragament he
dranS. While into1:catelhe lost SD. When
he sobered up and found that he had lost his
$50 he became intoI. ttel again. This was
kept up for four months. At the end O.; the
time he found that in trying to get anl keep
his spirits up Dy pouring spirits down. he had
used up everything that he had accumulate
when sober; pawnel most OF his clOtaln.,
lost all his front teeth, spent month IL the
island aud lest his wife. The young man did
not inherit this tendency from his parents
nor contract il from d compcnirLs .ip IL
was simply an effort to get ove: his dis.
courageMsnts.-Ne:v lOr.: Herald.
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ALL LEADS Up TO, CHRIST.

DIR. Maclaren. commenting on the spirit
of sundry Old Testament criticisms, suggests
the thought that the direct mission Of the
book should never be lost sight Of There
is a great deal being said nowadays about
the position of the Old Testament, the origin
Of it's ritual. and other critical, and, to some
extent, historical questions, Z have no
doubt that we have much to learn upon
these subjects; but what 1 want to insist
upon is this: that all these subjects, about
which people are getting 80 excited, AND
some Of them so angry. stand, and may lie
dealt with, altogether apart from this central
thought, that the purpose and meaning, the
end and object of the whole preliminary and
progressive revelation Of God from the be-
ginning is to lead straight up to Jesus Christ
and to His cross. And il we understand that
and feel that the testimony of Jesus is the
spirit Of prophecy, and that law and sacri-
flee, commandments and altar, Sinai and
Zion, the fiery words that were spoken in
the wilderness, and the perpetual burnt
offering that went up in the temple, had one
mission, viz. to prepare the way OF the
Lord we have graspcd the essential truth
a. TO tie Old revelation, and if We do not
understand that, we may be as scholarly and
cruditc and original rs we please. but We
miss the one truth which is worth grasptng.
The relation between the ancient revelation
anil the new is this-that Christ was pointed
to by it all and that in Himself He sums up
anil surpasses and antedates, because de
fullils all the past"
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RELIGIOUS READING
"HEyERTHELESs."


"Neverthelets am continually with Thee:
Thou hast holdth me by my right hand''
FPS. lxXiii: %.
Nevertheless" Trough the waves roll high,
The Lord is greater than all;
And when the burdens too great for me,
For His loving help call
Jehovah, the Lord, has promised to Eless,
He will fulfill His nevertheless"
Nevertheless" though with feeble feet
follow Him day by day.
And the hands may trembls That grasp His
Word;
The Lord Is my strength ard stay,
For lie, the Lord, has promise ed to bless,
He will fulfill His "neyerthelesE"
"Neverthelcss ~ when the earth sTows drear,
To His loving hand cling;
And though the voices of earth speak woe,
In my heart doth heavens music ring;
Because the Lord has promised to bless,
He will fulfill ais nevertheless"
"Neverthelessc' with sheaves we come,
Oh Lord, to Thy heavenly throne,
And, mid the ranks Of the angel host.
One voice is heard alone:
"Thy Savior, LORD, ] promised to bless:
have fulfilled my nevertheless
-[Mary Sandess, in The Christian
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Voice and Sound.

It is a curious fact that musical sounds
fly farther and are heard at greater dis.
tance than those which are more loud
and noisy. If we 50 on the outside Of
a town during a fair, at the distance OF
a mile we hear the musical instruments,
but the din of the multitude, which -
so overpowe1ng in the place, cam
scarcely be heard, the noise dying ON
the spot. To those who are conversant
with the power of musical ins truments,
the following observation will be undsr-'
stood; The yiolins made at Cremona.
about the year 1900 are superior in tone
to any of later date, age seeming to-,
dispossess then OF their noisy qualities
and leaving nothing but the pure tone
If modern violin is played by the side.
of one OF these instruments it will ap-S;
near much the louder Of the two; but
on receding hundred PAGES, when COM
pared with the Crenona, it will scarcely
be heard. -
The voice of man is endowed with
purity of tone, in higher degree than.
any of the vocal amin ais, by which, IN
O. state of nature, it enables him to COM
municatc with his fellows at distance
very remote. Providence hes bestowed
upon children a power of voice, in pro-:
portion to their size, ten times greater
than the adult. In a state of nature,
this serves them as a defense and pro-
lection; for it is we'll known that chill.
dreu have sometimes, by their cries,
alarmed and kept off the attacks OF tina
most furious animals. Ledger.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

It is thirGy-two years SIM. the first drink
mc fountain was o:;ene in l. ,nion.
The aggregate quantity o. w.ns pro iuce1
by the vineyards OF Franc. Ill lsII, was -,
4iG 3a7 necto.itres, or -; -! ,b3i gallons.
The Indiana l;ranl Lolg. Of o !lfellows
has declel tha5 ".na noers n1H Ell l,aSe1 IN
the li1u, trail. mist quit eth: th4 train!
or the Order of O.idfello vs.
In France, from 1877 t. loS', ,rooI. :O,OW
personS Committed suiciha. y, thes.. over
i5Uw mau AMI 100 women VIZ; i'll s5:latas,
and mto1i,.it. 1T the time OF d,ata.
LIQUOR deala: in Iowa hal rs sisn 70;
his business Til. Road to He'll He should
b., credited with an hon4st expression ot
cDrion al telling III. t:'::l II II ':i II : ':'|'.
An exchange states tim, D.inly II sar1tte'
is the latest davc. o: tue devil Ii" running
the youth. 1t is made Of tool:c) thit nai
been soaked i'll br.la ly, ami til, Snoier /;
enable to bs intoxic lte wltn)ut toa;linS :
drop % liquo:.
All Eictorians in Aust" Lin point with
pride to Mildura, the beauty spo;, wler! the
development Of the irrigation scheme OF the
Chaffay Brothers fro.n San Francisco l.
making tao wilderness blosso II as the rose.
No public houses (saloonl have been Il
censed. After prosperity came, CLUB Ii
censs was sou git and granted, but wrolSht
such disaster that it was soon revoked. The
district policeman testife5 that he has never
had to arrest q drunken man.
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SrCDY TIE HOME.

On stormy night, man in the thralls OF
drink angriv left his home and his loved
ones 4 cold rain was falling and the wind
was pitilcss, but the outer tempest was
nothing to that which ragged In his breast.
He wandered far away into streets, along
which the lamps i'll cheerful homes were re-
duplicated in The glare of the icy pavements.
4 bar of light fell across his pathway from
the unshadcd window of n beautiful home.
II Law in squares Oil the .littering pavement,
and arrested the steps of the wretched man.
He PAUSED and leaned against box that
guarded tree beside the way. He looked
Up through lis leafless branches and the
falling slcct to q wrathful sky. Then his
gaze fell across the street to the window,
from which the graceful draprry was caught
aside. He saw the brilliant light, the choice
mantel ornaments. the easy chairs, the
bright frrsilc. shall even have such 4
hcme as that?" he said to himself At that
moment someone sat down to the piano and
began to play. The music softencd his heart
and opened the fountain Of tears which had
been sealed since his childhood.
Yes" M inward voice said to him, such
q home as this-bcautiful, peaceful. with
the ioyouS presence of loved oncS-may be
yours, if you will but walk in the ways OF
virtue.'
II was the turning point in that mans i'm
mortal destiny. anu now lot fourteen Years
he has realized the blessing of just such 4
home.
II never could lave borne it," s&id n
business man, who had emerged in safety
from weeks OF awful crisis in his affairs, IF
all had not been right at home.'
Have we not too much lost sight OF the
home as fIlcrum for the moral lever which
is to lift the wcrld hcavenward: Neither
the church nor the individual. but the fanli-
", the unit of social forces. May it not be
that both the church and the individual, in
seeking to restore the harmony Of society,
have vet to fad largest and most effective
social dynamics in the moral and Christian
development Of the family?
IT is fashionable Just now for women to
Improve the mind in private, in social
gatherings with enticing names, in multi
piled Chautallqua circles, and many other
"wavs" which follow the will" 1t would
be we'll if they would sink the plummet still
deeper, and map out study, almost new in
sociology, quite new in our ethics, and still
undreamed of in our methods of education
and REFORM the scieutitic study of the home,
lis constitution, possibilities. obligations and
rclatons.-tC tCoIgresationaIiSt ,
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TIL LOwEST PLACE.

It is'far Better to have an humble estimate
of ourselves. The time may come, after a.
season Of sefeNlitationr when we may be
required to take an humber place. How
much bctterto' occupy the position of the
meek and lowly. for we shall surely some
day, even in this world, hear the invitation,
"Come up higber.y True merit will surely
be recognized. The truly great are more
conscious Of their own imperfections, be-
cause they wthemselres better than the
world can ever know them. When French
ambassador paid visit to Lord Bacon on
his death bed, he said to the dying man !:
"You are like the angels, Of whom we read
and hear much, bat have not the pleasure OF
seeing them" The curtains>ha been close
ly drawn around the bed; so that the visitor
could not see the dying philosopher. Bacon
replied, If the complaisance Of others COM
pares me to an angel, my infirmities tell me
am man."-[Central Baptist.