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

days 10 do their work. Such groups
ng the streams, some times almost In
secrs off the porch The statute NJ
Columbus, presented los Empress l3u-
genie, stands loo front. looking across Tie
canal. 10 rests ON "a pedestal Of wood
pasted over where tho Inscription IA with
some gilt composition 1T rs tntoOod with
initials The quay is suukcu I'm and
weather beaten. squire blocks of con.
crete are umblod down Ia u heap near
llr water What machinery is not
part of the newly made ground for IL
was dumopd iu before It, had been used
IN order 10 empty another load with It's
commissions iH housed near by
BUSINESS METHODS AT PANAMA.
From January 10 May the sky for
tho most part keeps blue aud the trade
winds are bliihe aud breezy aud bUnut.-
luL lLr shops are thrown wide open
along dirt streets aud here and there
hlilr hid" street shoots on with row
of nlmuud trees down the middle umplc
lcnyrd ana suggestive of puusols. tu-
der these $40 cuEu aud pie vendors
through the dreamy day Everything
Stems dreaming iu fact except the fell
low with whom one happens to be- bur
gaining The great aim seems 10 be- To
ert the advantage. They viii give yuu
. ur I'D ccuts nJo little giving no uttcn-
ton to such triilts " hen In their favor.
You cuu get no tniriy quoted rate from
q broker The paper may quote IS.
Nou will be offered 10 by the broker, by
another broker nearby. say ~. by uu-
other a. They gct WLut they can. with
sWndliug us the first object one gem
tleWnn. % dopositor of some few hundred
dollars, withdrew his money aud found
charged SIG commission for paying his
chrrAs lie complained aud Il WIS
scratched out The same delightful
nh9udnn seems 10 prrmcute Tie liu,
which b. open aired and seemingly NOT
seriously taken The postpiirc looks like
y Etrui lunch counter with NO lunch
Two blacks occupy the wide meaning.
less space behind. A JOmnca negro
presented himself for reg stored stamps.
\ little tin buN wnS produced aud five
Slumps very badly torn were handed
out Tho customer objected to the mutt
utlon He was told tlnt was all. and
y he diu't wish them he needn't take
any, lie wanted package weighed TO
ascertain the postage. After some Span
sh sputs the package was weighed. then
another package belonging 90 somebody
else, aud the first package was handed
luck. How much d'd IL wcighY |
duHt know Then another spnL Re-
weighed, Two hundred grnuS" Then
came the calculation The price was Is
cents ior tru grams How muchf'
Ou'hHud uonrlWluut reckoning n which
!
was scratched ont and 81 60 was put
down us huul Attention was called that
u was only $l.8 l-3. Another sput and
look of earnest Inquiry tO see whit sort
of specimen was m front After some
umc the calculation WIS Oguin tackled
and &l1 wns announced The money
was handed over nud 81 10 taken out
Protest Another sput with the stnmp
clerk. Finale. "lf You don't like hnt
you won't do any hotter" The lcttor
boxes are about the size Of SOAP boN,
ANA = letter lying In ono Of thom has
I SomHhlng the isolated appearance
that q lost soul should easily be- expected
To assume.
AN EXPERIENCE WITH A PANA.
MA MULE.
This love of the cute IN the mntier of
money seems 20 be deeply rooted I'm the
hcnrt of the driver also. Ills vehicle
~ II Is true, -four wheeled affair hut
u looks as 10 II might have becu' landed
uh the lust hurricane or huvt\ been iluutsd
ON Witch"Current, Thorc seems 70
hc no flesh ON u Ia the way of cushions
etc, u ~ all bones aud ruttlrs along In
@ skeleton, loose ioiutod kind of "A way.
lho nulo or tic horse, Os the case may
hG u small growth, ana as a rule
Is old for his on her age. A great deal
hnu ho'n, deducted from our mule Tor
wear aud tear Besides bViur IA r,,ut
and evidently Ncnned too younr nnn
slde seemed 10 hc stove in while tho 9th.
en- SIDE hulgrd ont, which made me thiuk
that Nucr all the law of cOuppusntion
was stu iu working order. he had a
stump tai r"NCmng out constantly, but
Namly, after hes, aud hs hack vus
much Worn along The line of tho Won,
tNhruc, which caused me- 60 suyioaat
he be sent Ia the shoe makers for half
soling aud heellng This romark wor,
rSd the drNer, who struck the mule,
Who Threw ms heels as a sort of Now
lear Wit into our vehlclo fun of moo
pie After that | considered him n Won
hreled animal. But that driver rharc,j
M 80 for am hour mud half of thnt
mule, which leads me TO observe INN
he had q much higher pgar for thc
""st lhan 4 AZ these negroes secm 60
~ much shrcWdcr than those In the
southern slntcS. | rccall a little black
glrl now who ran out of rude hut M
q shabby station along the railroad with
a bunch of four flowers, she wanted 70
cents Tor them; passenger handed nor
~ CENTS. She insisted ON the other no
n9ul the howers Were handed back.
when a cunning grin accompanied hcr
refusal tO Accept them.
OF course Colon has q hospital but Il
Is sufficient 10 know of the one at pnuu.
ma, OF which / win make mention pros,
entity,
on THE PANAMA RAILROAD.
tt" Af"0'Nt ''9 "FN lhhtu from thV i'N-
ehC MAN steamer az the wharf md
lNhtu IN about two hours The trans
Ter u easy, the coaches being uudpr Az,
sheds within City feet of The steamers
SIDE The roalhcd is la good order.
though q has but recently encountered
MS overflow from che Chagrcs This nu,
hu3i HOOD sweeps over the tops Of the
ueleglNph poles, pwohty five feet In
h'lghth and drenches and devaNates rs
u gees. lAhorrs were patching and
ming y up AZ ono place a landslidn
WIS going on and hNCk number cnups
were hemg iiurg by The shoyclful Dur.
were being hung up hy he shovelml, Dur
ing cnnU days these hndys hnd. when
death game, heen lnid down On the sott
earth Tint had been dredged nut of the
ranM aud sluiced out ON tho side Az
mOle url wac slalNcd ont. theY won