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

during business hours they are kept scrupu-
lousy hooked, "Allee sanee as Mclean
man"
Garing colors 10 neckties abound and are
more saleable than those Of more subdued
colors, say the clothicrs. That Is 10 say,
That there IS majority Of people who
have bad taste. and that the larger number
! Of these are those who buy cheap.
without being statesman or ward
politician, one may be allowed TO phlloso-
phize on political Affairs. The Spectator
certainly prefers its point Of view to the
| high chair OF President Cleveland, for the
reason that the doors OF the observatory
fasten on the inside. Ills excellcncy Is
damned II nc does and damned
n he doesn't. and whatever his
intention. condemnation from some source
is his fate Wherein Is the good OF be.
ing president n man cannot DO MS he
chooses. and who ought ne to please by
his Official action, " not hmself3 The
command is, 10 thine own self be true.
and the time comes 20 all truly great men
when the world approves and Is ready 70
make n hero Of him who at one tune was
| held w to scoru and who suffered contume.
| ly. The public are willing to put burdens
upon the back Of the patient beast but
what is the creature who thus permits
/ himself TO be 80 luden7
The sculptor, James u. Kelly. has been
I, commissioned by Colonel J. B. Wheeler,
| the Colorado millionaire, TO make Il bronze
statue OF General Pike. TO be placed In
! the public park at Manltou Springs, at
the base OF Pics Peak Eighty-sev0d
years ago this Oar * explorer on the after
noon OF the 18th OF Novcmber, saw. through
bis spyClass, a smal blue cloml ON the
! edge OF the horizon, and not long after
ward the Colorado range became visible.
Pushing on, fadgued and through mteen
miles VI snow at last he stood Vt the
bnsc Of the peak which now bears hls
uninc. This mountain height has stood for
! centuries and win continue until that day
when the valleys shall be- uplifted aud the
mountains brought low, and viii be until
| thar day a grtndcr monument 10 a hero
whose fame does not rest upon bloody
exploits, than any the hand OF man eau
chlssl or the gold Of man uprear. The
man who IL thus ntly honored died az the
early age OF "a, but his name is lmpcrlsh-
! able MS are the rocks that cxalt his name
|
"Dirlglblc" Is new word: neither
| Webster nor Worcester acknowledges Il,
but nevertheless, Il l. Il good word. q very
good word. lts meaning Is apparent when,
| as IN the case under consideration, II Is
| coupled with "bulloou." The dirigiblc
balloon IS a recent invention ANA by II
It Is expected 10 navigate the air with safe
! ~ and precision Through q new arrange
! ment of motor 10 Is thought that a balloon
! VIII hc able TO make Roadway against
! air currents, not exceeding forN-cight
miles an hour. ana IN this way the balloon
! will become a conveyance subject to direc-
| ton. Yes, dlriglhlc Is "a good word, aud
! Il Is wen that legislative enacJmcnts DO not
| hinder the coinage Of words ana that there
IS no fear that the coin OF the realm of
literature VIII be dcbased by their intro
ductiou.
The old Liberty Bell Is TO make another
| Journey II was taken from PHILADELPHIA
| to New orleans 10 the Cotton Centennial.
aud Is now TO 20 to the Columbian EXPOSE
ton At Chicago. This was tho bell which
more than n century ago rang ont the old
| ana rang in the new when the colonial
| provinces became free states, and II was
It which tolled at the funeral Of John
| Marshall, I'm 1885, its own last kneu.
Since that time It has been mute. though
on It's rent surface there Is stn 10 be
read the inspiration Of its usefulness:
Proclaim liberty throughout the Lana un.
TO all the Inhabitants Thereof"
The frequency OF suicides and the 70.
/ ported formation OF suicide clubs leads one
20 question whether mankind. with all the
boasts Of progress, Is not growing IN de-
| preclato the value az life. In ancient
| classics the scholar continually reads OF
men dying 10y their own hand because az
| fear OF capture: these were uerved IN tho
act by n public opinion which held tbnt
10 become captive was unworthy n hero.
| To the heather and the savage thor,
was no uncertainty as 10 the future No
the Eysian fields and tho happy hunting
grounds were 70 y desired; and ma 80
shuiliing on this mortal coll why not has.
| ten that which was inevitable ana which
TO delay meant lnfamyf When tvrnpts
such as Nero, took their lives rather man
fan into the hands OF outraged subjects
II was done without fear or hone M no
hereafter 10 bless or curse them. mo
sraYe TO such was doorway OF escons
and beyond II they did not look. Not ~
'i"iulel' nc wen knew the ills OF life but
the dreams that might come IN tho s,oon
! or death he feared, and that fear stoyed
his suicidal hand Elsewhere anothor
| gives his opinion OF death:
| hut TO die and 80 we know not yybere.
To lie In cold obstruction and TO ROT
This sensible warm motion 10 become
kneaded clod; and the delighted snlr,,
To hathe ia derry floods, or 10 reside
In thrilling regions OF thick.ribbed ica.
TO be imprisoned IN the yiewless winds
ANA blown with restlesy violence rouna
about the pendant world;
| It's too horrible
The wearIest ana most loathed wo,la,,,
lie ""hoy
Inat age ache, penury and imprlsonmer,
can lay ON nature Is paradise
| TO what we fear IN death"
| , rave men overcome this horror -
! tnS WORTH grown 50 insensibie ~ wtlt
anu sWlt, a. 10 dread nothing ~ ,oreH
| US ltiY elNti discomfort and men arc yti,sn
lo nhd rdlef ~ bare hOdking Has Ky
| spWttSt or endurance O0xed out t6r,,utt
| usmhllns ungers until these ara 'v INK,
fs'vne eeNpgh 9 clasp the POISONED ,,,.S
| - !tPnelnd ready 20 drown all mer,or,u r
| rAgAy disappointment Ia he v,s|ns oi
| s,iiii.soAsht deAthy surely not: there
ssa f,s l sss ne residue left who sun can