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any better reason than an impression for
believing that the appointees from the
civil service examinations are evenly divid-
ed between the two parties. Upto the time
OF Mr.. CLEvELAND's first Administration.
at least there was genuine feeling that
the civil service examinations were for Re-
publlcans only: and that. however fairly they
might be conducted. the appointing power
would find somo way OF appointing Re-
publican In every case. 1t was human ma
ture TO believe 80. rs 1t Is human nature for
Republican to prefer to put Republican
into Office IL ho can. Under Mr.. CLEyE-
LANDS first Administration, thero may
have been more reason for hopefulness on
the part OF Democratic eligibles and his ex-
tension OF the classified service also saved
number OF Democratic nocks. but the
chances are that the number OF ReDubli-
cans inducted into office by the Civil Service
Commission is much greater than Mr.
ROOSEVELT supposes. He Is not allowed to
know. any way. 1t is taboo for Civil Ser
vice Commissioner to know anything about
an appointee's politics. and we are not sure
that Mr.. ROOSEVELT has not committed an
ind.scretion In venturing to discuss even
the general subject. The fact remains that
during ten years OF civil service reform tho
Republicans have been In powerfor six years.
Unless human nature was changed by the
PENpLEToN act. the proportion Of Repub-
llcans to Democrats in the classified service
must be ut least to 4. Mr. ROOSEVELT es-
Inmates that 1t Is 8 to among 1900 clerks.
and 30 this seems to be moderate esti-
mate for the whole lot.
This Is not a fair proportion, but as the
Democrats are. so to say, pledged to civil
service reform. they must content them
selves with sweeping out the unclassitled
Republicans. as fast rs possible.
The sun., 1893-08-04
Gun Testiug at sandy Hook.

The official test Of the five-inch segme entail
wire gun by the Ordnance Department nt the
Sandy Hook firing grounds was continued Yes.
terday. Sixteen sbots were fred, registerinp
an average pressure OF more than 10000
pounds to the square inch.
The sun., 1893-08-04
Tho Path of Safety.

Repeal the purchasing clause Of the 80
called SHERMAN act.
Authorize the Issue by national banks OF
circulation up to par OF the United States
bonds deposited with the Treasury to secure
the same.
Issue no United States notes OF less
denomination than five dollars.
The sun., 1893-08-04
Tho Return of Mr.. Blount.

Minister BIoUNT's report upon the Ha-
walian situation has been received In
Washington. He Is likely to follow his
report before long. A despatch from San
Francisco asserts that the Minister has de-
cided to turn over the management Of the
interests Of the United States In Hawaii to
the ranking naval officer at Honolulu. and
to sail for home on August 8. which
Ia next Sunday. II this is true. 1t
shows that Mr.. BLoUNT has completed the
mission on which he was sent, and. more
over. that this mission was one OF investi-
cation only. 1t also shows that the change
In Mr.. BLoUNT's diplomatic status from
that OF Special Commissioner with para
mount authority to that Of Minister regu-
larly accredited. amounted to discreet
and proper recognition on Mr.. CLEvEnANDs
part Of the singular mistake made by the
Administration in regard to the form OF
the original appointment.
It Is idle to expend conjecture upon the
tenor OF Mr.. BLoUNTs report. or upon the
probable character OF his conclusions. Con-
oerning his attitude on the question OF an
nexation. or concerning the attitude Of the
President and the Secretary Of State. abso-
lutely nothing Is known. Tho prudent reti-
cenGe OF Mr.. BLoUNT in Honolulu has not
been more marked than the wise reserve
main tained In Washington. When Mr..
BLouNr went forth carrying his extraordi-
nary commission. nobody knew whether he
and Judge GRESHAM and Mr.. CLEVELAND
regarded tho possibility OF annexation with
favor or disfavor; and no outsider knows
to-day how the Administration stands.
Minister BLoUNTs return will give him
an opportunity to deny authoritatively q
very unpleasant story now In circulation
affecting his reputation for common sense.
When the royalist SPREoKELs left Honolulu
for San Francisco the other day. some OF
the other royalists Of the town presented
to their great chieftain gold.headed
cane. with an inscription. intended to be
tocose, describing him as one "doomed to
die st the hands Of the Murder Society. the
Annexation Club" On the head Of this
humorous cane were engraved the names OF
the donors. led by that of LILIUoKALAN1.
who Is Of course the principal and most de-
voted adherent Of the royalist cause any
where In the islands. Second on the list. and
Immediately after the ex-Queen's name,
came that Of certain BLoUNT. According
to the telegraphed report. the sequence was
as follows:
"LuiuoKHAHL
r. j. BLouNr,
SAMUEL PARKtR
&C.. &c, &C."
It has been generally assumed that the
BLouNT on the SPREoKELs cane is Minister
BLoUNT. In printing the teIegraphed list
some newspapers have taken 1t for granted
that the R. belongs to L1LIUoKA1AN1. mean
tnp % T,rTYuOK T,ANJ Reuinan and th at TIM
~. BLoUNT Is the United States Minister.
But his name is JAMES H. BLouNT. and he
is o very discreet and reticent man. We
have not believed that Minister BLoUNT was
fool enough to put himself on the cane.
At all events. the story Is doing him harm
by weakening public confidence In the i'm
partiality and dignity Of his attitude. 1t
has been used for all that 1t is worth by the
Ne,o York Heraldand other American royal
lists and Spreckelites.
The sun., 1893-08-04
When the Mills Shut Down-A Proteetionis
Poem.

From tho Uarr Rirer Hs,s.
o. twas glorious last November when the vctors
marched away '
With red hre drums, and banne IN array
HOW their eyes with rapture sparkled how each loyal
heart grew 'N'~'
At the thought Of poor old Benny swamped by cyclones
And how double extra folly would bs to and
Kill ' "AN
Our W. McKiney and his blamed old robber bill,
But different sort OF feeling permeAte the
town. ~ '''~
And gas don't count for glory
When
The sun., 1893-08-04
The Harlem substitute.
From TTu'


DoolAn (newly arrived)-An fwhore's the pig Jerryt
Moriarty-Pig. Ia ~ Dyil pig does inny wan be
hAyin about here but goat
The sun., 1893-08-04

Uo,r friends nho Jdpor US toifh u,anuscrtpfsJor
publication ish to hare rejected articles rstr1,ed
Nev rr.stin all cases send Stamps for hat paSpose
The sun., 1893-08-04
Tho Path OF Safety.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir: Every
person interested in the welfare OF our coun-
try owes you debt OF gratitude for the article
which has appeared at the head OF your COL
umns during the past few days In eight lines
you have set forth. in n manner more broad.
moro comprehensive. and more statesmanlike
than all the countless columns OF newspaper
matter that have appeared. the true course to
be followed to terminate the great financial
trouble which Is now upon the business world.
You have indeed pointed out the Path Of
Safety. The vital question now Is. will the
path which The Sun has outlined bo followed
And in this connection an noher question arises.
which In the eyes OF the business people OF
this city and State Is OF the utm ost portance.
Where In this emergency stand the Senators
from the great State of New York? Are they in
accord with or in opposition to the plan which
THE Sun has placed before the peopie2 An
expression from them would 60 far toward
assuring the business community. which now
awaits the future with uncertainty and fear.
Can you not enlighten your readers as to tho
views Of those who are either to represent or
msrepresent New York In the Senate OF the
United States upon the most important ques-
tion which has come before that body for
many years? A DEMocRATIc BUSINESS MAN.
To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: Your
=" Path OF Safety" editorial OF less than fifty
words Is the best sense and soundest financial
plan that we see discussed In the papers now
adays.
You are Just right. II our approaching Con-
gress could only be convinced. all would be
we'll
Another thing that would help to right mat
ters here In New York would be to have the
people who use the banks put back on deposit
the cash they havo locked up. or are unneces-
sarily holding in their possession. which. l be-
lieve. Is q very large sum. PAYING TELLER
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shut

Q. twas altogether lovely then to nag tho a. OF
Ana furnish seaBon tickets Salt River don't Won sea
bring "Sf'"Ns' "A"es
swing. ''' eAue
But hold here another sort Of music in the air
That tells OF empty stomachs and OF pockets pucEed
OF renOwn 'p'N'o's
Whom
The sun., 1893-08-04

Downt
Lo the great and noble Grover what valiant knight
To plant his No; lis squareiy on "plutocrAGee,"
Ana Adlai the fearless of the weird and Wfil am.
How his stirring deeds should echo on the trumn.t
back again. " '-N" 'af" "
men '"~ "e"N OF
'ris glorious prospect truly. for many 4 THRIVING
Bnt II peters out so easy
The
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

I have learned many new things about
the habits of the peculiar butcher bird. A
pair Of them have followed me while plow-
ing for three or four days Mt time, watch
ing and waiting for me to overturn nest
of field mice.
When / overturn nest, they will pounce
down upon the little mice and claw and
peck them 10 death. Then the mouse car
casses are carried away to some neighbor-
ing orange or lemon tree and spiked upon
the thorns. This birds seldom eat the mice,
but kill them from sheer love OF excite
ment. When they can spike live mouse,
or even rat, on n thorn, they hutter about
and chatter with themselves, as il they had
great fun in seeing the rodents squirm and
twist In the throes Of death.
But | am most surprised to see how
strong butcher birds are, and what they
can lift and fly away with, / have often
seen toads that had been impaled upon the
thorns OF a century plant upon my place
and left to die. The other morning saw a
..Itcher bird with q snake fully foot long.
He had it by the back Of the neck and flew
with It up into an orange tree. He then
nailed the reptile onto thorn and sat
and watched 1t. He let the snake wrig-
glealmost off, when he few at It and would
fix II on more firmly. Because these birds
are destructive TO gophers and rats they
are considered the friends of the orange
grower,-San Francisco Examiner
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31
WOMAN AND HOME.
WIVES SHOULD HAVE TACT, AND ev-
ERMoRE HAVE TACT.

sansitIvsness Of Chiidren-sh Sharing Domes-
tic Problsms-A woman In a Hotel
Girls Need CAre-A woman's cry-Ai-
ways Dress For Dinner.
A wife may combine the personal APP
pearance Of the lamsnted Helen of Troy,
the intellectual Attainments OF the eN-
tremely Intellectual Minerva sed the wife
ly devotion OF the renowned Penelope. but
unlaAs abe adds TO these unfniling tact they
will profit her nothing. or, as Nine. dc
Stasl tersaly put it, 1T Ia the woman who
possesses moro tact than love who retains
She devotion OF a man. Fortunately tact
can be acquired. One woman whose school
WINS an unhappy, "nagging" first marriage,
and who IL putting whnt she learned there
into practice in u gloriously successful sec
oud one, tells how she manages.
First, above all things,n she says, 81
have interested myself in those things
which interest my husband. That docs not
mean that ply him with questions, but l
have always been good listener. learned
years ago that when man wants to tell
anything he will do so without question
ing, and that nothing annoys him more
than TO be urged to tell when he doesn't
want to. Another important thing is that
L
and then afterwArd use my own Judgment
in the matter and do as / think best. Then
I regard IL as positive duty to make my
self as attractive in his eyes as l possibly
can. It is comparatively easy thing to
catch husband, hut an entirely different
matter to keep him, and nothing disgusts a
man sooner than to learn that the girl who
charmed him by her daintiness and attract
iveness has developed into wife who af-
fects wrappers and curl papers And
lastly, do not let simple division OF
opinion increase to such proportions that
divorce looms up in the distance"
Tact is 80 strong in this woman that she
eau, although possessed Of exquisite taste,
smile approval upon her husbands car
buncle cuff buttons rather than destroy the
pleasure he takes in them. Her expressiS
OF fond pride would undergo no changl
should her spouse appear in an arrange and
pink tie To keep him satisficH with him
self is the first step toward making him
satifed with his wife, she has discovered.
There was as much tact as love in the
method one little woman took to bring her
clubman of husband back to her 1t was
his cheerful custom TO 20 of to his club,
sending her a bunch Of flowers and note
by way Of peace Offering. BY and by this
grew monotonous to her. One night she
felt that, tears and reproachcs having all
proved futile, she would try another way.
Impulsively she wrote on the back OF his
note, IAN your flowers for sight of your
dear face" and sent It to him. That bit of
tactful fattery accomplished what all the
tears OF Niobe and all the curtain lectures
OF Mrs. Chudle would have failed to do.
Flattery is the food Of men. The women
! who can show appreciation of their society,
their judgment and their tastes, and who
can be serenely obvious of their whims and
| crotchets, will succeed in managing" their
husbands, New York World.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

BONIIANf. Tex, Oct 3O-tSpoclll)-
Mrs. l.. a. Webb and daughter, Duul,
wore arrested last night charged with
murder Some five or six months ago
they came here from Guber seeking cln-
plOyment aud obtlined Il at Professor
i. NJ Brally's county superintendent.
The girl became sick some thirty day
ago but recovered aud the mother was
taken down but was up IN about eight
days. They lived In cabin in Brady
yard aud did not want any one 10 see
them while sick. After they recovered
thcy left and went to picking cotton.
Yesterday evening q Mr. Carter IN walk
ing along the road bed of the II. Il. and
y. q. railroad crpsseda stock gap and dis
covered something in q suck and on in
vcstigntipn found it to be- a fully develop
ed child in state Of decomposition. Mr..
Carter reported II to officers aud in The
presence of Professor Brady, who at
once suspicioncd Mrs Webb and dAugh-
ter. They were arrested aud put IN Jail
aud they both confessed that thc daugh.
Ter was the mother Of the child but
say IT was born dead Since they were
put in jail the old lady also confessed
TO hciug ii mother and having disposed Of
a child Ia q like manner as her daughter.
The officers went 10 the place designated
and found a fully developed female
child. Drs. Ncel and Potts examined
them aud say there is nothing 10 show
that they were murdered Both mothers
say the children We're born dead.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

The following rhyme (first printed, be-
lieve, in 157l) may be found in Grefton's
SAbridgement OF the Chronicles OF Eng
lande, BIZ" sig. III. ii verso:
Thirty dsyes hath November.
April, Iune & September.
February hath xviii glone,
And all the rest have XXI
Five years later Q5T7) it appears in Har-
rison's England" with one or two trivial
changes and the addition of the line;
But Ia the leape you must ad one.
That the version with September in tho
first line was current by 1901 is evidenced
by passage in THE Return from Parnas-
sus, written In that year Oil, l., p. % Of
Arber's cd. The following French version
sfrom book published in 1864, PROVERBS
en- Rimes," ii, 81:
Trente ont les Nfols de Nouombre,
Avril 81 luin & septumbre;
Et vingt-huit jours en- vn,
Tous les autres en- ont trente-yn.
An old Italian version is:
Trenta di ha noyembre, april, giugno set
tembre;
Di vontotto CO NE uno; tutto gil altri n'han
trentuno.
- ties and Queries.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

In our visits in many places and in many
families we have perhaps observed nothing
more often and with more regret than the
want of appreciation which prevails to-
ward the constituencies of little children.
As rule we find them, even in what would
be termed we'll regulated homes, treated as
though they had no feelings whatever no
tender little hearts and no trials and disAp-
polntments worth considering Nor do
many Of the kindest of parents consider
how surely they are leaving happy or un-
happy impressions by their conduct on tho
minds OF the little ones, which will be in
delible.
Few parents treat their children with the
courtesy they deserve and would like. Chill
dren arc ordered instead OF asked to do all
sorts OF things for their parents and are
seldom thanked for their errands or re-
warded by kindly smile of appreciation.
They are spoken TO in harsh tones, and
when they Ietort In the same way they are
reprovod for impoliteness
There Is nothing truer than this-that
like begets like; that pleasant smile and
kindly tone will develop pleasant smile
and kindly tone; that courteous, polite
words and manner from mother and father
will eugender courteous, polite words and
manners in the children; that kindly con
siderstion in the trials and disappoint-
ments OF children. which to them are as
great as those which their elders are bear
ing is far better than rude disregard Of
them and making light of them, as though
they were of no account
This Objectionable manner toward chill
drou, which is SO common, is oftentimes
remembered by thom through long lives
and prcjudioea them toward many persons,
no matter how eminent they may be or
how highly thought of in soclety.-Chicago
Standard
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value TO health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efIectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31
THE HEAVY TORPEDO NET cur.
FURTHER RESULTS FROM FIR
ING THE LASSoE PRolnilILE
AT NEWPORT.

FURTHER RESULTS FROM FIR.
ING THE JASSoE PRolnIlILE
Al NEWPORT.
NEWPORT. II. l., Oct 29.--Conmo-
dore w. 4. Sampson chief Of the bureau
of ordnance. could NOT be here today as
was expected. but the trial Of American
and English torpedo nerS, which ne was
10 witness. was continued under tho III
rectiOn OF Commander Converse of the
torpedo station. One shot " the Iassue
projectile WIS fired from the Destroyer's
submarine gun az the nickel steel Amer
lean net. which IL in cOmpeuuou with
the English net The range and powder
chlrgs YgfIe the same. namely ~ feet
aud fifteen pounds. as on Wednesday.
when the projeciile without apparent dit-
iiculiy penetrated the l.sn.er American
net. but this heavier net was easily and
a. clcanly cft through by the prpJecule
as was the lighter net. INA net shot at
today viii be tried at different ranges
till the pgOiectile Is retarded by Y. and
thal. with the same powder charge,
twenty pounds, the English service net
will be shot ipto. Uuul then nothing
can be told of the comparative merits
OF the two nets. The English navy u
watching the trials critically. The supe-
riGrity VI the American net Is expected
10 be shown by Mr.. Midgele. the inycn-
tor who Is here. The Ericsson gun and
Llssoe proiectile are proving great in
ventiOns. The sh0, today WAS as true
10 the aim rs could possibly be.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

establish branch in this city The in
stlnition referred 10 is tho wine-grow-
ing firm Of Garrett & Co, Of Weldon,
~ c.
Mr.. A. ID. Shaw, representative Of
the firm, has been IN Fort WORTH sew.
erll days contemplating the establish
mtnt OF a distIihnting house. He has
con ,luded that no city In Texas offers
the advantages that Fort Worth does,
hence has rented building for a ware.
house. This city viii be the distribut.
ing point. or supply depot, for the COM
pIny's wines for Oh Texas
The firm of Garrett x Co. Is one Of
tie most extensive winogrowing iirms in
tGe country. They have an immense
trrdc over the South aud doubtless they
will build up a magnificent business ~
YeNas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

While VIM. Einswcrih was boxing in
one of thc windows Of r. A. Boernors
jewelry store yesterday afternoon the
large plate glass broke and several large
pieces Of glass fell with t'rce on Eins-
worlds head, making cash of over
eight inches, boobies several smaller
oras. II required twelve stl,ch= TO sew
the larger cash and It may b. nat tue
painful injuries viii result fatally, they
nov being pronounced dangerous. The
injured man lately came to ibis city
fSm Denver. He IS q gtnnite cutter
BY trade aud came here for the purpose
OF working ON the new court house.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

Il will he remembered that uhc com
,rissiurcrs court some time since Sc
lecied gray as the stone of which t.
erect the new court house. The com
mission,rs convened Ia special session
yesterday and charged die selection
from. gray to d mixed red. The reason
for the change wac that the ilrst selec-
zion Of stone wasn't sufficient at the
quarry with which to complete the build
ing. while the last selection Is plentiful
r. the Burnct quariies. The stone, as
well as can be described Is Of Il reddish
gay und resembles very much the stone
out OF which thc state capitol WAS built.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31

A part OF the last letter ever written by
Stonewall jackson is In the possession OF
an old Confederate soldier in Charleston,
w. Va The letter was written by jack
son after his wound received on the fateful
field Of Charlottesville to the poetess, Mrs.
Margaret j. Preston, the sister of his first
wife. Here arc the closing lines of the let
ter, But Gods time is the best time, and
thank him for enabling me to say that his
time is my own" and then upon the other
side is the signature, Your brother, Thorn.
as jackson. "-Exohange.