Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

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Speaking Of authors, it Is said that Rudyard
/ Eiplng intends 10 call his new book
"Aiony Intentions Americans viii be apt
/ TO regard IL az Of the sort which are used
for paving purposes In a region OF which
| It Is not fashionable to speak. Mr.. Kip
| ling has succeeded In making himself in-
| famous by his frequent breaches OF cour-
| tcsy and by what critic calls bis ''in-
fcrnal yarns" about Amcrcn.
| Admirers Of rcnnyson win gain new light
ON the phrase Ca Crossing the Bar:"
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call TO me,
/ II they will recall the scene when Enoch
Arden lay dying:
There came 80 loud q calling Of the sen
That an the houses iu the haven rang"
This torn is used lu ports IN England for
a proundswun and the zone clear CALI
/ to which Tcuuysou looked forward was
the same which ho represents as coming
TO the dying Enoch. who hearing IT,
/ cried out with so loud n voice; "a sail, b
| sail; / am saved" and spaEo NO more"
Said friend to me. "lf you have not
read "A window iu Thrums,' you have
| cheated yourself OF much pleasure, and
| l win send you the book" He was a iuan
| OF large business aud / did not think be
| would remember q promise given to
| u passing acquaintance but In due time
| the book came and 1 have reason " bless
So thoughtful friend. In fact, have
| felt that up 10 that time my education
| bud been neglected. because / was Ignorant
| OF the style and humOr OF J. M. Barrie,
/ who deserves The pla,~ he has won among
| the first Of living Br fish authors. That
! picture OF sturdy peasant He, ot unoS-
! tcntauous pioty, ana OF family devotion
! has not an equal ia modern fiction. III
! you would cease 10 dislike IL man, Try TO
| yet nearer his heart" says MIR Barrie
aud he has got worry near to many hearts
! 10y his wonderful presentation OF Scottish
! lilo,
| Necessity f. the mother OF invention,
| ana il the Nineteenth century the family
| has largely increased, a fact readily osf %
| lshed by a visit TO the patent office at
| Washington. This year the Columbian
stamp has created an unusual demand upon
! the suliyary glands and the necessity can
| now be- met boy the use OF an invention
| of % Frcnchmnn who has perfected an
! automatic stamp InoBlcncr with the
| typewriter model letter writcr, and the
| stumplckcr there seems litue usc FOR
! brains chirogrnphy, on tongue Ia munag-
ing u correspondence
The lutcst cure for insomnia is the music
| box. The Spectator assumes that the IN
strumcnt which plnye the lullaby has no
! cylinder for "ta-ra-ra. boom-dc-ay" or IAN.
ME Rooney" FOR with these not even the
| ghosts which haunted Macbeth could so
cflecually murder sleep.
There ls one man In this country who
does not object 10 the shipment Of gold.
lie "a an American over 20. who rejolccs
IN the Irish name OF shea, ana Is q resi-
dent Of New York. he makes barrels 50
complete In proportion that $4,000 IN gold
| can be packed In them 80 MS TO lose no
weight during the voyage from abrasion.
40 appreciate the excellence OF thig coop
eragc one only needs 10 have 10 pay 10
some banker tie alleged loss IN handling
his gold deposit a thing that is not uu.
| heard OF IN banging circles.
Who thar has read Mark Twalns eng.
fish as She Is spoke" has not laughed at
the funny bluuders, and who does not real
We that ia tie house, the school, ana
even I'm higher Institutions of learning the
verbs, TO be-. 20 see, TO 70, and 60 get are
stumbling blocks In the way OF peiagogue
and pupil? Il was Massachusetts school
master who said 20 his class "What be 1
going 10 do with your and college
graduate who affirmed that the horse was
free from "deccasc." How many people
who consider themselves fairly correct
writer's and speakers Of English, are there
who always remember that "don't is
never third person slngularf
''rolk about vanity" said by-staudey,
'Just you look over therc!" The Spectator
looked IA the direction indicated, corner
OF one of the principal streets of this
city and There saw a uun standing be.
fore long narrow mirror. He carefully
brushed his side locks twisted his NUS.
tache into proper line, aud jauntny ad
! iustcd his wen brushed beaver, then Civ
| ing a final pun TO his coat lac turned away,
and hlushcd 20 see that be had been
observed Vanity OF vanides, saith the
preacher an is vanity"
II Il Is true that misery loves company,
| deuizous OF Fort Worth may be glad To
! know thar Ga other cities there IS COM
| plalut OF the condition OF the streets, In
New York and Boston the burden OF com,
| plant IS because o. SNOW Here there is no
such obstacle 70 clean streets; the drainage
q admirable ana material for repair cheap
] and mexhaustihic, Net IN this town. ON
sidewalk opposite the city han, there are
two mudholos that IA rainy weather have
forced pedestrians for four years 70 take
a. O..
question thar rigid enforcement OF mu-
nlcipal law ana more thorough Inspection
by tho street commissioner you'd result m
favorable advertisement OF ule city 70
visitors from other SECTIONS. aud tend 20 the
hoalth and comfort of citizens.
Tho worshipers ~ nuddhah have their
shrnes to their BONES ana shops TIE god
Is enclosed N a cabinet with doors whion
can be faate.lea ON holy days ana At
! praler time the doora are opened put