Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

The oldest Young man IN the country
today ~ Mr. Walter T. Phillips, general
manager Of the United prcss, Wears
mud years nrO he was recognized as one
Of the most marvellous telegraph operators
Of the country, md the many stories told
about his frnts would no doubt, be-
surprise TO himself He Is ahll young
| aud. though fortune has poured cousid.
| cradle wealth into his pockets, he w
still grceu-hcarted, lively, generous and
| filled with the diguihod simplicity ~
| youth he quilted the key" years ago,
but Keeps No communion with the old
| times bv playing marble" to many an
| impecunions Gregory Judd or Jerndyuc
| 90 a score VI Skimiobrs. Whyf W. must
| have d young mans ''Exegesis. or per-
hnps the old viii do Talk about your
| hrutherhOods and aCcrcl ordcrs,' snil
| Mr. PHILIPPE, there Is moro magic nnd
magnetism IN the simple term telegraph
| operator. than In any pi thcin, There
| w more loyalty, more fraternity, moro
ainccra sympathy and rcndy sacrifice In
| telegraph ranks, than IN tho ranks OF
| any class Of men nuder the tun; no
mnttcr how bound together Mr. PM
lps Will soon Issue an edition Of his
sketches. one hundred copies, q sort
of edition de lufc. have hccn distributed
among his personal friends The regular
| edition OF 10000 CoWps will meet y
ready sale. The book viii De- entitled
MY Debut iu journalism nud VIII
contain the able following clitohQl
skrtchrsi IAN Agreeable SaiWtcrer
"AliHs Bhttnin's it0mnrc' AN Evening
| Rpverle.' Esther tomninc, An Old
Mans E1egosis' Agnes lciFh, ,"Slagc
Mans Excgeds," aud "Old George
| Wentworth" Some Of those were ~
print before MI Phillips style y DIE
| ilnEuishod by thu purity OF his dirhphi
I a. M sruI gipHr aud YagUuuuI ZONE oil
every line, the freedom FROM pehnntfy,
| thn onulrnce Of imhRnery, thf diiori-
nos. of expression aud the fenlty 10 truth
mud nature tint everywhere rAist
There is a quaint and suhdnod hum1r
Ia bis sketches. csppcially IN his journal
i,iir experience with Editor Ferguson,
",yho believed II nddodd dignity TO a
note 20 have Il protested but there b
rank growth Of pntliOs mat over
shadows everything lie pussesses
something OF the descriptive powers
of Dickens. the weird and awful imagl'
nation Of Poe, the nrtlsllr
cinveruosB Of Chntterton. tho elegance
~ I1wrll aud pathos nl his own.
His mind seems TO riot nt the toinil
nj dead dronm-ohildreu. Ia hopes and
ambitious urenixod. IN memories dend
md buried leaving the grave aud rerl.
cloth Mhind them nnd npppprlng ~ gu
tba splondOr and beauty Of HE 70 be'
| WfflIW mia fNfMINNAf AWN % NtfNNf tAtfF -"
| ia1ye the hcnrt more dcsQinic. lie fr,
vels m the twilight, when The pail Of
tbe dead dag u being lowered over ne
c1rtll.-whun he can steal away from ~
M world mud commune with M
thoughts undiatnrbed. The mourning OF
~ winds, tho sOhhing Of the fnlu, ihr
cinbinc OF lcnflesa branches, the solemn
obclsanoe OF Tie tall grass % the hreezpl
and the settling gloom Of blight are raeil
ortoree in q threnody OF exquisiiely
r,yeet and painful melody. AZ times he
hears Tho birds sing md buske 10 M
e0uahiuc amid the ffannuer o. hHghl
flowers. bot these arc but The ghosts 81
Youthful Joys come back % dare MN v
forgot. And yet his grief is tender eoft
A,inr plevafing natural and haalliul
n n NOT stimulated. Il ~ rp1l lie j
f,u ~ pu1found philosophy nnd heart
,,sliuv and disports himself by plpng
ins, hi tlr psychological po9l from which
he rises with many pearls. The Nltl'
booE contains Luscious rnce.moiiei
that viii be eagerly deyoured by The
, literary epicures.
EENVOL
-Four scores Of Sears aud ten are gvrf
1 ns the life ~ man ma Nhl,f NV
~ auto reached tue limit ! have beer
! ny stffh long enough 10 be- sufpufed q
f~y ibinea lhat come IN sight. One o.
J ,i,es. NV thlnra were seen 80 Campaign
I m. irhe regular railroad dining hal
II manned BY white women % ~.
( narodgY. who wait on the tnble Ihi
: X uaJf X ODD enough and makes III
: pf.e,.it,. fsA uncomfortable. but 10 ndi
, sk. dia.Dnilturc ~ the occasion
,,,.,,,., ,,soudau occupied n seat ~ o. tHhi
4, TX. center 81 the room and Orderii
I ii,c white waitress around with The IN
f,arfouruass 81 d duchess. u - gu uHh
in lllinpis perhaps p.. e''i Z, D ~ M