Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11
AT THE RECENT NEE TING IN DE-
TROlT AND CHICAGO


daring. thcir unlimited assumption and
equally unlimited realiggtiuns. are the
wonder Of the world With them Moth
ing is nominal or comparative; every
thing Is snperlatYe. The wild imagir-
ings and ATTY dreams Of others are horc
accomplished facts, Everything IS bigger
and greater than elsewhere Ambitious
honspi0ps look down upon the clouus
and smnck the SKY. Their parks arc
principalities Their railroads are huge
slidorwehs Of steel. The unsalted sea
az their door Is the home OF myflads of
monster vessels. They 10 things on u |
high scale, whether II be saving souls /
or selling short ribs, Everything - |
wide OPEN IN this cosmopolitan city. |
All uatonnliues are represented All |
| kinds and conditions Of men 20 10 make /
! up her population Here are found the !
best and worst, the pous aud the tro-
/ fame, the virtuous and the We.
ous The SHINING aud the sinned |
| against the wise and the wicked the !
| miserable md the magnificent All, nll
are here found w this turbulent and |
| secthug mass OF humanity. And no. |
/ where has human ingenuity been more
daring Whether in work Of virtue or
work Of vice. an that IL nGst
| aud all that IS contcmporaneonA
have been outstrippod. If reports are TO
be credited the sluuis are not satisfied
| with the ntrophy OF morality nor even
crime the dedication OF degradation.
Higher up the ladder thc most deXirous
periidy receives the highest honor liigh'
cr still, mems words ara rs good as
bonds, and virtue Is tile unNniyinr rule
without an exception IL y 2 Wnnder-
ful city, hut II say more Brother Hardy
viii say ] am ireVussihs upon the VINE
yard of his bureau.
The Worlds fair buildings are wen
I a. .Iu HHrtI az Il
conceivable. Each department rs a
world within itself II the burglars who
are not uycrrunning the city concludp 10
leave people anything. there will be an
attendance Of visitors at the fair every
day greater than the army of AcrSes
The South sends mnuy delegates here,
one way and another, Many Mcnhitns
have east anchor In this city and are do
/ Ing well.
Texas was represented at the press
, | meeting by Co.'s. A. II Belp aud X. g.
i | Lowe Of the Galveston News, W, J..
! Malone If The Fort Worth Gazette and
frank Grice Of the san Antonio Express
The latter two gentleman attended the
a thcator 10 witness Hoyt's new piny, "a
/ Texas Steer II IL vile siunder on the
= Empire state, and these patriotic Texans
! were wrathy Said Malonei "Gricc let
: us call H0yt ont before the curtain
! No c0niounl him,' responded Col
. Gricc. mo Hnyt for me-" Hut | wtnt
L TO shoot hun" said Malone. Very well,
v them" don't miW him, and ifyou do. III
n fetch him. Let's call him out 1oyt
, was called out at the end Of the second
:, act. hut he was not present The Texans
n put up their guns niciully aud smothcipd
u their disappointment ~ best they could.
Is Texans ought TO buy the play and retire
10 IL from the stage n Hoyt should visit
. 10 Il EHuH afu NitaHa uutfiN lao I'd
"a c0roner's inquest by the way, Col Ma
!. lone told cotaric Of friends In Detroit
that ucnrly all the Killings III his state
y resulted from strangers calling Tor wine
IN hnrroums. So good is tho trade thai
q the cOrunprs give the hartendprs rchni,
% Of 20 per cent on an fees to encourage
IS the industry There were those VIII,
n took tie statement seriously. Fhcy tel
II II on Col, Alnloues paper that when \
., wants a railroad built iu ToyUa and says
= "On to- the desired destination, thl
~ people along the proposed route taxi
II their children In tie house for fcnr they
IS will be run over by Tho locomotive.
!, John Atkins is one of the old-tlm,
a comps. who walked into fortune 90 th,
n Denver Rocky M0untalu News Indeed
=. the most uf The Southwestern ucwspu
y par men come from the case Mr.
IL Atkins y q large, siinguishod-luokini
10 person His presence uttrncis attention
]. IN amy crowd, His hnir is long an,
IL black aud his large, well-formcd hcai
M sits firmly on a pair Of broad shoulder
a connected by u stout neck Mr.. Arkin
" was d tourist for many years. Earl!
y IN the sixties he set tyne on the Mcmphi
II Avalanche when u was owned by Col
A. J. Kpllar The psice then WIS n
"a cents per 1000 ems, aud the way thu
a Atkins 'liftcd lead WAS a caution. Ia
" ter ON he drifted into Dallas, Tex, thei
- thriving western hamlet He wa
II employed on the old Dallas Herald a
= foreman Of the job printing department
N city editor, proof reader business man
II ngcr aud general factotuin. Let him tel
b. the story. The office was In an oll
n. onc.story wood,n building. and II wa
D. the most picturesque NEWSPAPER office
ever saw. We bad nn old fiat pres
that WAS always out Of iH. Nhenevc
y II would refuse 10 move any initlrr
l. | would step aud take out a wheel. The
il would run alright for while. un'
ID | again another wheel had 70 be- ialicn Out
* had Mlrrel Of old wheels before
Il, | quit the Office but the press did not seen
II u mind IL. Every mpniius WHOM
- came down, ! used ~ send boy I
y before ne 20 XIII snatcs, There wcr
<, more snakes In That Oh building tim
. ever saw anywhere. The boys did no
le soon 10 mind them. They would TAX
10 | their eases out on the river bank I
n the evening to distribute, aud the snake
q / would run ufuuuu hhuNI tliHAA Aftfl
T. Whit turned me against Texas, WINS ii
- constant ghoofinCs. II looked Ike the
n Killed man every thirty minutes. Ever
a. one toied q gun. as they called II. nn
le Il you didn't give printer all the ring
u | ne thought himself entitled to, he WA
Nd | not slow IN using bis pistol. ! had M
y fll OF experiences and ieft the city on
evening and went 10 DeBycr Mr.. Al
kins was fortunate in leaving. III
~ saved his corporal person and Won fam
s. and fortune Ia q new field.
u Col. u O. Lowe, Of the Galresto
al News If unother Cd type who ha
= worked himself into prominence. He
n q cnnny Scott, or was When he Wnichf
y. his fathers hocAs feed on the Gran
2 plan hills. lie was iuia'd principally
" the Sunth aud has lived M 1hlgesio
O. since shortly after laiiiie turned II
s.. island oter 10 civilization ana the whal
DO c0mnany. Col. Bob among hia other ~
10 complishmcnts, i q good raconicur. II
N latest story Il on bis Washington CORR
=, pondent. Hon. William q. Strrct Is
= ihorUueh-goinE kentuclan' VINO pass
~ bis yrars oil ad0inscence IN the han
~ hills and pinW wood Of East ifhas.
~ ~ u rugged fnbusf, sincere anu uurou
I'd promising Democrat, who never yiei'
Do 10 the demanda Of dndsisn une lpi
or title. lie Is d character about Nashin
IA tuu and stands ia hold rlnirnst o. u
= Prince Albcril1 hsd btderihed hand.l,
p gentlemen ~ lis pruieaaon- VI hilli. -
W Lowe said. During the lnie eanilHit
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