Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12

-N"i ulN IT lS IKE n city OF the
dead. but always sweet and cool and
Winsome AZ that dime h Won ara
sHoad alone The silent churches. the
huge aubergcs. the tremendous ramparts,
me vast archwnys, the dim port Goes
aug the shadowy balconies seem TO
whisper anew their tales OF romance
yld' Their mysteries Of chlvalrous and
knightly DAYS
But soon from this patio. from that mar
IVW thornughtare. another silent arch
way. from huge barred doors that open
anu close with n startling click, come
ddnncral forms. clad IN sombcr black
lucy glide along with bowed heads
thetr advent has hepn SO sudden aud
thef number " ut once 80 great that
You are hlled with surprise and dismay.
But these do not remain.
For q soft aud dolootc hand. as " by
nccidene with swift motion changes
le loids oi The iuldeita, ar4a the pretty
iNves OF half n thousand Maltese maids
aud matrous are one hy one turned
rugnishy Or kindly to yours Then you
realize that the faithful fair OF Nallettn
are ON Their way to early mass. aud You
stand therc. hat IN hand. yourself u
re'crent worvhlpcr, mentally hlesdng
one aud all for their picty aud pretty
gracious ways,
AN NAiN NMHN NNNMNMNNN MUW UNnNFNIMn
Of travel certain places aud objects take
ON special application and significance.
Ai least this Is true IN my own experience
os q Whudcrer ! never sec Ia any port
q little, squntty, high.poopcd brig with
US two. tiny, squau-riggcd mnNs. but
my miud instantly revcrts TO Barcelona
aud the sunny hurhors Of the Riviera.
a basket of cgg iu a grocer's window
NO longer recalls the hOyhoOd farm DAYS
but certain barron Lodge upOn the
western sea wall of litfl head. where
beneath the dCnfcning scroamA OF sca-
FOWL ] saw NOT thousands but millions OF
scatoWl eggs. The faiutcu odnr Of sugar
or syrup brings back the sCrcprhng Of
ships wrenchgs as oceans of murby
sweets are being slowed Ia holds va the
hn5hur nt Havana. An cmigrant Russian
Jew ln his quaint, pDtriarchinl habit,
WNhcH back upon my mind the dumb
suffering of these folk In Cracow. ANY
untitled Italian shlyprinr over his char
coal stove and tray of chcstuuts WATTS
90 nay imagination the odor of the steam.
ing polcnta or brings again to sight the
iglr chestnut groves Ol lomhardy aud
luNhnli ond su ON through AN Infinite
alton.
lut the most drcnmful. mystic. almost
pathetic sugprstiyoucss always conner
with picture or sight of the palm tire.
cuba, SPUN, Maioricn. Maln, Morocco.
NlErtln always return with this Cmblem
OF dulorum Isolation md iuexprpsslhlc
lourlincss IL hints of the camel the BE.
douin. the desert. In art, In story, In
tucI it ever suggests thc pudless hope
lcsEuesH aud impnsslhiity of thc bar
nerS between the races that suhsist upon
nnd rst beneath H., aud those who know
aud love ihr maple beech aud oak
wish 90 record conclusion from eX.
t'tdcd observation Ia favor OF the lowly
women of Scotland We have ull read
much IN books, aud iu the prints WHERE
names arr upt often NnouEh dgncd tu
sweeping CONGRATULATIONS regarding for
rigu peoples, to the effect that loWly
women vt Scotch towns and cities mr. ml
woiully addicted to drink | do not be-
lcyc H.
They drink but rcithot DO nll nor oven
any important prrcrntugp indulge Ia liq.
NOR ut .nll Tho" WHO du, ultAn gel
.th'rtN aud up doubt they would be-
better OF without a. Hut have never
seen scotch Woman, high or low, in or
ont of Scotland, even iu the most wretch.
pd wynds und Uloscs of Edinburgh ur
GlunguW approaching that emphatic con.
0lluon termed Fighting drunk"
30, too. | nm inclined tO believe Tint
lho drink pruwcHs ot Suntchmcn has
been grcutly exaggerated Scotch litora.
lure, especially that portion giving ex-
preston 10 Scotch life aud customs of n
century ago, h certainly fun of the hu.
NOR aud uuthOR Of drunkenness. perhnps
Ncutchmpu were drinkers Of yulnr then;
but there is not q moro moderate aud
well ordered people today The old
Inter- of the small nobility aud country
luinhlc5, nrr no more. From the grOat
81 Andrews fonsts down through tha
countless Hnrdous Of social festival and
cheer ia The simple honrt.lig htoningH on
hc hshc'lolk, beside the wild r0a .lochs
Who were once almost savage Ia thoiI
thirst Tor strong drink, puEzlug aud
Drunkenness are almost unknown. 'srny
ANA ucUnng Of ihs.-'the cup thae
hopr lint not mphriutos' has almost
displaced the hery csquc-
iuugh of old
II fondncss for liquor fingers Ia
scotland nR ID class popularity, it still
holds among those "childron Of the
nist' those impctuous, oanny, though
'vrr Wihsomo llirhlnndcrs Of the North.
n my wnndrriugH among them | have
ound one curious characteristic. They
IRE born religious digputnnts Warm up
lac cookies Of their hearts with a drop
# peat whskry aud they arc masters
q polcmics. u Is then that they viii
touily assert that Adam spoke Gnehu
md that the Bible was originally writ.
u
nan Of Strnthdass once told me. One
lass makes them dOctrlnnl enthusiastAi
WO sets them cXpouuding every point
pon JnstihcntlOn,' Adoption and 'Snnc.
ihcnti0n In m ecstncy ~ Hrgumentn-
i've frenzy; aud, sometimes think
With another, they would stop on their
way into henyen aud holly engage Sc.
'otcr himeolf!'
Many anecdotes are stil relnted Ia
he north of Scotland concerning the
rinkinE habits 0f the lIighlnndors. Ono
ld shepherd of Glon Ahric fell IN aud
vas cut down by bin physician 10 an
llOwnncc of two ounces Oi whisky pes
NY, ON pain Of death N this should Ice
Xceedcd. Wholly ignorant of the exact
unutty, vet rumn0tively whimperiug
yer hiH mi fortune, hr sienlthly called
~ grandson 10 his bedside mud asked.
bobby dye ken ser tables, nooT
"Ay, Tnn'hy'r, ~ Try nae thenT
Hoo mirkle be- iva OOnces. moor
"l'wn OOncrEl twa O0ncos! Hooti
aHteen duchus max m Oonce: aay"
"l'wn times saNtecn drains IA DAY.
louicd the sick man nproarlously. "fhe
ord be- puised for sic q ce,vil doch.
Another Highlander had been brought
, bis drnth-hed from exposure ma barl
rInking. Ills fearful family and tho
iiuistcr stood by his bedside praylna
lr some token Of repentance Ia Ills lasf
ipucntH. The minister noticing a ktrangd
ght Ia his eyes bent over him aud
npcry enquired
SANDY, Sandy, what Is the greatest
'lsh OF your aOnlT'
For q MIGHTY Loeb Lommoud Of
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