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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-21

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His Descriptive Articles
Album Of Art and Literal

Tho first OF the HorIo which goes up on
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LECTION OF WORKS OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
POVERTY AND AMBITION.
Men Who Have Been Strong Enough to
Rise From Their Surroundings.


History has taught us that circum-
stances are too humble for a child born
into them to rise to emincnce. 1t has
also taught us that poverty is frequent
ly help rather than hindrance, and
that the right kind of a man will make
circumstances bend to his purpose and
not let circumstances bend him. There
is breed of heroes. which is never ex-
tinct in any age of the world, who de-
light in obstacles, and who make pow
erty, disadvantages and youthful de-
privations only serve as the rounds of
the ladder by which they climb to
greatness. They do not sit down and
whine because others are more fortu-
nate than they They take fortune as
it comes. unmurmuringly, and by
kind of mysterious alchemy, as it were,
transmu tie misfortunes into benefits.
Thus the greatest men the world has
ever known were born low. Socrates
was called by Plato the wisest of
men," and poste rity has almost uncon-
ditionally sanctioned Plato's view
Yet Socrates was the son of day-la-
borer. Epictetus, one of the profound
est of the sages of antiquity, was the
son of day-laborer and was himself
slave. Abraham Lincoln and Sir Isaac
Newton, who made, perhaps, the most
startling discovery-the law of gravita-
tion-that has ever been vouchsafed to
human investigation, were the sons of
poor farmers When Newton was born,
he was so small he was washed in a
quart bowl, and his youth was puny
and weak. The great Roman Emperor
Diocletian was the son of a slave. Vir-
gil, the greatest of Roman poets, was
the son of a porter. Henry Wilson,
afterward vice president of the United
States was the son of a poor and shift
less farmer. Benjamin Franklin was
the son of a soap-boiler. The father of
Demosthenes. the greatest orator of
antiquity and probably of all time, was
a blacksmith. John Keats, one of the
most delicately tuned poets England
has produced, was the son of a stabler
But few great men have been devel-
oped from among the poor of cities
The jewellers in the wretched tenements
of the large cities do not train children
to greatness. The fresh air, the healthy
surroundings, the wholesome influences
of the country are lacking. The crowded
tenements of the city usually train up
the children born under their evil influ-
ence to lives of crime, degradation and
depravity The germs of greatness rare
ly flourish there N Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
Strange Sights In the Heavens.

On the night of March 81, 1876, about
three hours after sunset, monster
bright light, appearing as if it arose
out of the Adriatic sea-" crossed over
Italy in a vertical line about half way
between Rimini and Leghorn, its
course being from the northeast to the
southwest Various estimates as to
the size and height of the body were
made. One scientist, with amusing ex-
actneSs, declares that lit was exactly
thirty-eight miles high when it passed
over Calmers." At all places near its
path of fight a kissing noise like that
made by a skyrocket was plainly
heard. AT Leghorn the sound is said
to have been like that made by a
large cannon, quickly dying away,
until it sounded much like cart run
ming over cobblestones." Estimates of
its size seem to have been as wild as
those respecting its height. Some ac-
counts say that lit was as large as a
house. lie Cat says: 1T was a good
half mile in circumference" Bohn, who
has written very readable account of
it under the title of The Great Meteor,
or Strange Fire of March MIMI,
MDCLXNNI.," estimates that it was
"about one-half mile by the smaller
diameter" which would have made it
a terrifying object to behold. -Phila-
delphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

does not even know how 20 thank any
body"
/ rejoined my companions, who were
already seated around the hotel dipiog>
table, and we soon finished our break
fast, and were about to climb into our
carriage when ! felt little hand in
mine which sought to detain me.
Come, sir" she said. Come"
And where do you wish to lead
me?"
ITO our house. 1t is very near"
/ followed her. My companions were
not little puzzled. She led me to the
bottom of narrow street There we
paused before a humble cottage. She
pushed the door open and we entered.
The interior consisted of single room.
1t was without floor, and contained
scarcely any furniture. 1t was dimly
lighted by the feeble rays which en-
tered through a paper-covered window,
near which sat an old woman spin
ming. She was Betsey's grandmother.
At our entrance three little black pigs
scampered under her bench, gruntlng.
In the corner stood the lowly bed of
the grandm other; at its side the little
cot of the child. Just above her pillow
Betsey showed me a kind of rough
staging leaning against the wall. Upon
the middle board, covered with a very
white linen cloth, beneath the image
of st. Patrick, and between two
lunches of white flowers, | perceived
the little slippersl
The poor child looked at her shrine
of beauty with admiration, and even
with religious awe, as upon a precious
relic.
But you should put the slippers on
your feet. They are for you to wear"
said |. ! could not help laughing to
see them set up as sacred objects of de-
votion.
She appeared astonished. almost
angry. 'Oh, never!" she said, earnest
ly. "They are too beautiful
We slipped some money into the
pocket of the old grandma, and bade
adieu to Betsey; but she could not bear
to leave us yet, and followed us quite
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

A month later, we passed through
the same place on our return trip, and
made a halt there as before. We did
not see Betsey. Before quitting that
country, to which never expected to
return, | wished to see her again, if
only for minute.
| sought out and knocked at the door
of the poor little cabin.
No one opened it.
lifted the rude latch and entered.
sad spectacle presented itself to
Betsey, lighted by three smoking can
dies, some old women were kneeling
and reciting prayers in monotonous
voice. Upon my entrance, the chant
stopped, and one of the old women
arose and came to me. 1t was the
grandmother. She recognized me i'm
mediately, and two large tears ran
over her wrinkled checks.
"Betsey," murmured l, "where is
Betsey?"
In a few broken words she explained
to me that Betsey had taken fever and
had just died.
l approached the cot. The pale face
of the child wore a peaceful express
sion. Her long black hair lay over her
shoulders in heavy curls, but her beau.
tiful bright eyes were shut. Clasped
in her thin, blue-veined hands, and
pressed closely to her heart, were the
image of st. Patrick and the two little
slippers. During all the time she had
been sick, the old dame told me, she
had held them in her hands begged
the old woman to bury them with her.
A tear came to my eye. l leaned
over the poor Irish child and imprinted
kiss upon her forehead. Romance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
Delicate.

There is class of super-retined young
ladies, if common report Is to be trusted,
who think it mark of superior cult
walton to have small and delicate appe
tites. a Pennsylvania exchange ha
heard of one.
"Do you think you could eat bit Of
the turkey?" said a gentleman to his
cousin, a young woman from the city.
"Why, yes; but just small piece,
please" she answered.
He started to trim off a delicate NOR.
sci, and asked: is there any part you
especially lile?"
"Oh, no, I'm not particular" and she
looked demurely at her knife and fork.
'Just give me a wing and leg and q
few slices off the breast. with portion
of the gizzard and a spoonful of dress
ing. l can reach the vegetables nay,
selt"-Youth's Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
ExPOUNOING SCRIPTURE
And Pounding Each other at the Same
Time.

And Pounding Each other at the Same
Time.
In a village in one of the smaller
states of Germany there lived a parson
and clerk who had often quarreled
about some trivial matters relating to
church affairs. In the midst of these
petty broils the parson wished to intro
duce something new in the order of
service, to which the clerk objected, on
the ground that it had never been so and
never should be, if he could prevent it.
Long and heated discussions followed,
in which the clerk, not being so well
educated as the parson, was generally
ANONYMOUSLY defeated, his sole argu-
ment being that it had never been so.
On a subsequent Sunday morning the
minister chose as his text, And unto
him that smiteth thee on the one cheek
offer also the other" When he had con-
cluded very eloquent discourse on this
subject, he brought the service to
close and proceeded on his way home.
The clerk, whose route lay also in
the same direction, took a short cut
across the fields, and thus met his old
adversary, the Gle, gyman. Thinking
that the opportunity had at last arrived
for avenging past injuries, he con-
fronted the parson, saying:
Let us see if you can practice as
well as you can preach He then gave
the parson smart blow on the right
check.
The clergyman, determined to act on
his text rather than allow the clerk 20
dcride and sheer at him, so he offered
him the left check, upon which the
clerk, thinking the parson thoroughly
cowed, promptly administered heavier
blow than before.
Now" said the parson, who was a
man of rather large dimensions, there
is another text which-runs thus: For
with the same measure we mete withal
it shall be measured to you again, ,"
and, suiting the action to the words,
he gave the clerk such a sound thrash
ing as he had never before had received
in his life and never wished to receive
again.
The squire of the parish happening
to pass in his carriage, and DESTROYS of
knowing the cause of the scufiie sent
his footman to ascertain what it was
about.
The footman quickly returned, and,
touching his hat, said:
20, sir, it is only the parson and the
clerk eXpounding scripture to one an
other "-BOStOn Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
sitting the Lips.

eff girls only knew" remarked a
woman, eminent in her profession as
physician, "how they distigure them
selves by continually biting their lips,
| think that they would make the effort
to break themselves of the habit. In
infancy the red line at the lower edge
of the lip is very clearly defined. Con-
slant irritation with the upper teeth
sometimes extends the red color for
half or three-quarters of an inch below
the original line and destroys the SYM
metry of the mouth. The lip becomes
thickened and sometimes inhamed, fire.
quently there are deep creases or cracks,
and the w nd and sun burn and discolor
it until it is almost positive deformity.
Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
MINING FOR GOLD.
Operations Carried On in the VI
cinity Of Washington.
Senator Sawyer's Investment Not as Uu-
productive as the "I-Told-You-So's"
Observation-Disclosures Work
That Pays Fair Dividends.
Especial Washington letter.


1t may be source of surprise to re-
ceive the information that there is a
gold mine within ten miles of the dome
of the capitol. Nevertheless, it is a
fact that there is paying gold mine
Just above the Great falls of the Poto-
mac river. 1t las been known to a
limited number for great many years
that gold existed in that section. The
little stream that skirts the foothills
and enters the Potomac river just above
the Great falls contains a great deal of
gold which it gathers as it washes over
the gold-bearing quartz lodges of rock
above it. For hundred years or more
1t has been customary for the heads of
families, in a rude and pristine manner,
TO pan out a handful of the golden
sand whenever any young lady was
about to be married. just little bit
of gold would be brought into the city
and made into wedding ring for the
occasion. Wedding rings from the
little stream above the Great falls are
scattered all over the state Of Virginia
to-day. They are kept as precious heir
looms in the families in which the
young ladies have married. The people
who have known that gold exists
there, for at least hundred yearslpast,
either did not know how to handle it
or else they did not believe that il was
to be found in sufficient quantities
About eight years ago a big tunnel
was made for our aqueduct from the
Great falls of the Potomac to the city,
and at that time it was noticed that,
about mile or two this side OF the
falls, the tunnel passed through several
lodges of white and rose-colored quartz
which appeared to contain gold in some
uncertain quantity. This fact revived
interest in the existence of quartz gold
mines and the New Maryland mine was
sunk. Gold, however, was not mme-
diately found in paying quantities and
the mine was eventually abandoned. 1t
now appears that if those miners had
only used little more headworlx in
their search for gold, and sunk their
shafting little more to one side OF run
cut tunnels in a slanting direction a
Gttle way from the bottom of the shaft,
they would have been more successful
and might have then found that mining
in Maryland can be made profitsb BILE
Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, pur-
chased large tracto of land in the vein
ity of the forsaken Maryland mine and
placed it in charge of DIR. kempster, the
celebrated scientist, who has been the
family physician of Senator Sawyer for
n great MANY years Work was ro-
s,sned in the neighborhood of the old
mine and it has been demonstrated that
gold can be found there in quantities
sufficient to warrant large expendi-
ture Of nv, $50 NOW some
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

,V4l.. .Sl4cient Georgetown, and is some
times called the Aqueduct road, because
for several miles beneath it run the
tunnels which bring water to the city
from the upper Potomac. But if you
want to go down into the mines when
you get there, you will have no trouble
in getting permission to do so. The
owners and managers are proud OF
their property and pleased with the de.
velopments. They like to have il
known that they have achieved success,
and they want people to see with their
own eyes what has been done and is be.
ing done by them. When Senator
Sawyer invested $50, 900 in the property,
his friends shook their heads, and said
that the shrewd and successful old
business man and statesman was get
ting into his dotage an losing his com.
prehensive grasp of affairs. They be.
lieved that he had simply thrown away
that much money.
The old gentleman told me about il
in his committee room at the capitol,
and remarked: Il was called very
foolish fellow when | invested money
in large tracts of land in Wisconsin,
many years ago; because it was known
that the land was a wilderness and
could not be easily cultivated. But
when they saw railroad running
through the land later on. and saw my
workmen cutting millions of feet of the
best timber in the country from those
lands, they concluded that the old mar
knew what he was about! | guess
have made no mistake in my gold
mines" And the sequel proves that he
was as far-seeing in that matter as he
has generally been throughout a long
life of successful business enterprises.
The gold is there, and the mine has paid
for itself long ago. The other mines
are rapidly developing and everybody
seems more than satisfied with the
present condition of the underground
work. SMITH ID. FRY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

ers of land and diggers in the ground
seem to think that before great while
the state of Maryland will be supplying
the American market with gold and
have little left over for export trade.
A visit to these gold mines in Mary
land is neither interesting nor instruc-
tive, because all gold mines are alike.
They are merely great holes in the
ground with the earth removed and the
rock ground to powder in search of the
little yellow particles which are regard.
ed as of exceptional value by the COM
mercial world. The great big holes in
the ground which are found in Mary.
land above the Great falls of the Poto-
mac are no more interesting nor pic,
turesque than the holes in the sides
of the Rocky mountains, long since
made famous by Mark Twain, Bret
Harte and other writers concerning the
olden times in the mines on the frontier.
did not see All Sin, Truthful James.
Yuba Bill, nor any of the celebrated
gentlemen written about rs experts in
the mining days of twenty years ago in
the far west There are two great holes
with shafts in them and big windlasses
above to lift them up from the depths
when full of rock.
The manager of the mine was polite
enough to offer me the privilege of 60
ing down into either one of these
holes in the big bucket; but series of
ladders runs down the side of one of the
shafts, and went down that way. The
descent was about City feet, and at the
bottom | found that subterranean
tunnel couple of hundred feet in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
over THE BORDER.

OTey 'tr ,ss5rdor from babyland,
We groyH-''p ones can ne'er understand
how in soIne mystical, wonderful way,
Not just in night, or yet in day,
We passed the Rubicon ever to stand
Outside the border OF babyland.
Way back where memory stops on the brink
Where we in wonder began to think;
We pause, and try TO bring back the bliss
We felt as We laid bashful kiss
On latest conner, whose unconscious hand
Pushed us forever from babyland
II we could have tarred there to see
That the pictures were painted in memory
or the wonderful things we saw before
Time took us out and closed the door
ON that warm and sunny sumber land.
Humanitys sub RIO. sweet babyland,
We surely then the key would hold
OF Heavenly things, a tale untold;
vision Of Edcn's innocent bliss,
The light of babyland, never OF this.
Except "A CLEAN on the siivcry strand
On the brow of age, from lost babyland.
But the door is shut and we far away,
Remembering not the morning gay,
Only feeling the pain and smart
or throbbing head and a weary heart,
Blindly trusting we yet may stand
And read the secret of babyland.
Sidney Mclean, in Buffalo Evening News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

length, connecting the two shafts, had
beer made. The workmen were busily
engaged in digging tunnels and follow
ing the veins of gold-bearing quartz in
various directions. These miners have
had no previous experience in gather
ing the precious metal. They have
been, except one of them, engaged in
mining coal in the mountains of West
Virginia and Pennsylvania They like
this new work and are becoming very
much interested in the Study of the
quartz. The manager of the mine is an
old and experienced practical miner,
who says that he never saw better
prospect for big paying work in all Of
his life. He intends to follow all Of
these gold-bearing shoots in every di-
rection, even if they lead down to
China. A great many tons of quartz
have been taken out and carted to
stamp mill, where it has been joyfully
apparent that the rock contains gold il
paying quantities
At either end of the tunnel connect,
ing the two shafts number of men are
at work with the pick and shovel on
mass of quartz which has been blasted
out, They handle the product more
carefully than they used to do when
they were quarrying coal, and are care
full about the bits of pieces that prom
Use a particularly rich yield. Nearly all
of these miners are colored men, and it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
BETTING ON A SURE THING.


A Western Town Called Upon by Gam
bier Responded Nobly.
He was a professional gambler He
had two dice boxes and two clay mar
bles. He called the boys around him
and proceeded to manipulate his mar
bles and boxes on the bar.
Now, gentlemen" said he, I'm no
worker of miracles, | can't heal the
sick or raise the dead, but I'll put this
marble under this cup and bet you
twenty it amt there, or I'll bet you
a twenty it's under the other cup
Come, who'll open the bali! Speak
lively"
Silence followed. Then a fiashily
dressed confederate of the gambler
elbowed his way to the front.
"rll bet she's there" he said and
laid down his money
"And there she is" exclaimed the
gambler. Here you are-forty in the
long green. Once in a while I'm caught
just in that way. Come, hurrah, boys;
who's next? Here's the marble; you
can see it go under the cup Now I'll
bet you either way"
Three rough hands were raised with
three twenties, when a husky voice
shouted at the edge of the crowd:
Hold in yer bronchos, boys-Tm the
in blue shirt and broad brm med hat,
pushed his way to the bar. Now, per-
lesser, I'm ready fur we. Lift up yer
box. There's the ball, dead to rights:
see it, fellers?
The boys" answered affirmatively.
Here's twenty, perfesser," went on
the husky-voiced man, AN | bet the
balls under that cup. Cause why?
Cause I'm rational man, and we're
all rational men; we believe what we
see. We see the ball under that cup,
an its got to be there an I'm bettin' it
is there. If it amt there theys been
hocuspocus an that kind o work
don't go down with this hyer commun-
ity." The husky-voiced man produced
a six-shooter about as long as a Win
chester. ''In my opinion I'm betting on
a dead sure thing. Lift the cup, per-
lesser"
The siX-shooter was cooked with an
ominous Click" and the husky voiced
man looked the ''perfesser" squarely in
the eye.
The gambler smiled in sickly way,
coughed, hesitated and would nave said
something, had not a pair of determined,
stee gray eyes given him fair warn
ing.
lie raised the box--the ball was there
81 thou yht So said the usl<y-voiced
man as he pocketed the money. IF you
want 10 take any more bets, perfesser, l
recilun the bovs'll accommodate We"
But he didn't He faded out of the
saloon and Anaconda knew him no
more. Detroit Free Press
-Author-"Why won't you purchase
my play? There's money in it" Man
ager-''Ah! but should want to get
money out of t"-Pick-Me-Up