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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

said. about the size and very much Of
the nme shape MS the famous trotter
Flora Temple Flora Temple was q lit
die bay mare and she had some Arabian
blood IN her veins
The best Arabs are apt 10 be bay IN
color. some are chestnut, few are gray;
occasionally one Is pure white, OF coal
black. There are no roam, .pie-bald' uuh
or calico horses among them
Their backs are slightly and gracctuly
curved their bodies round and swelling,
and they carry themselves proudly az "
they said tas wrote an English traYelef)
Look ut me. am ! not prettyF
Thor heads are their great beauty,
The forehead Is large. and swclls out In
the middle, in graceful curve, and the
eyes are large. soft and intelligent. The
cars are delicate, finely shaped, and when
they are pricked forward the points al
most tonch. The nose Is narrow, rum
ming down 10 point. and Il Is an old
saying that an Arabian horse might
drink out Of n tea cup.
Such is the thoroughbred Of the desert.
Horses are what men make them, and
the Arabian horse is hardy, courageous,
gentle. intelligent and beautiful, because
his master The BpdOuln is active and
enduring because he is kind aud patient,
because be values good birth and breed
ing.
Indianapolis has Mixed Laborers' union.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
THE ARABIAN HORSE,
The sliced Of Song and Romance PedIgrees
That Would Excite the Envy Of
Spanish Grandeo.
Hy ne AIorwin.

For the Sunday Guzptto.
ON the edges ui tur dnscrt " Arabia
are largo DiIw such us Damascus ON
the west and Blgduj ON tho cast
shores.
These towns are famous horse mar.
kCt, and many horses falsely called
Arabian uIp sold there every year;
hut one docs NOT bind boz every city the
true Arabian horse, the cuuracr of the
dessert, the fleet and faithful animal
known tn poetry and romance.
lie ig tO hc seen only among those
wandering tribes of Arabs aud Bpdouius
who would scorn TO live IN towns
WHY THE ARABIAN HORSE is
WHAT HE rs.
no understand the Arabian horse,
QUO must have some idea of the BE
douiu who raised him.
They are simple active, hardy PEG.
pie. living life ns natural ns that Of a
fox or deer They dcspiso luxury and
uuurs, and emf splrlugy They are
short slight men, but muscular; Wiy
aud capable of great endurance
Their horses are Ike them,
The Arabian rs o. small horse with
slim legs, but his legs are as i made OF
iron, and hc viii nllop q hundred
mile. Boo @ day without tirIng lie gets
water and sometimes hr is obliged Co
dl su for days &C % time
Que peculiarly of the Arabs ig this,
they think great deal OF good man.
Nor aud of good hrcJdlng both iu mon
aud horsvs, They are poor people, and
do not value man for his wealth; but
they have grcnt respect for one
whose father aud grandfather whose
ancestors for long way back were
honorable men, kind aud courteous 90
others, and selfrrsprvtng what we
cali gentlemen iu short The Arabs
believe that good manners are apt TO
be- Inherited, aud when man cOmCs OF
good stock aud has proved simple,
courteous and honest himself he h very
likely 90 be chosen shoykh or chief Of
She tribe.
So also as 90 their horses
The pedigree ot the Arabian horses
runs back for hundreds of yenrs They
are not written or printed The Arabs
have few books and they are not given
TO reading and writing, but the ances-
try Of their horses IN "a matter of COM
mon knowledge Every member of a
tribe knows just how every horse be
longing Co the tribe is bred what horse
was his fathers, what one was
his grandfathers and 80 ON for many
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

SCI first met we We're at an age when
Nnuuteh We're tied 90 their mothers
apron sifings.' As years passed ON we
We're partially released and then came
our period OF danger. 'N''e
We We're In the habit Of going 6sbing
together In small stream ibas ra
ttn,9ronge a held belonging 10 his father.
y Nnel lug stream was much swollen We
Thought the time most Opportnne and
also thgt Che best place for casting S orr
hnes WAS from a poplar saw log thai
over I'M water az an incline. "''' Gnu
~, y VS., SIS usually preceded me, as we
log. oneId9y he suddenlv SlpnSea i'hha ang
long into ~ rapid muddy current S ana
als4i4,eafed. few feet below tbIs
spo' the stream narrowed aud mad under.
mined willow tree ~ chat the trnnt
leaned out barely above the surface
! was a little boy aud nanaeed ~
scramble out on the old willow snS
grab my fellow fisherman, who incSiiS
a t.s,e e0@e to the surface at just the right
or '~s ssv~ntnsA c~A-sAi C-aas .uuA,.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
IN pITRSIITr

Perhaps achievements are secured by
the beaten party, and long pursuit of
the vict0rs begins.
And now comes into play those quail
ties OF endurance which the Arab es-
teens in his horse for milo after mile.
hour after hour he gallops, with short
stops for rest, aud with very little food or
water.
IL halt is made at MONDAY and the
sun Is hot. the rider dismOuntmg, lies
down under his horses helly-the only
shade procurable for perhaps a hundred
miles around aud the faithful animal
stands stll with drOoping head
Sometimes q gale of cold wind driving
the sand Ia clouds before IL, springs up
what we cnll a blizzard except That sand
takes the place of SNOW, no creature cnn
face such Il storm. Tho Arab makes his
horse M down with his back 20 the wind.
aud then the rider wrapping himself in
MS clonk .curls up Tor protection be-
tween ne four legs OF the steed
THE TRUE ARAB SrEEDS.
I'VE Arab horses are small "a I have
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

The white steer turned his head and
met TorrYs eye
How are you for ride homer
asked the boy, and nt the same time he
vaultpd upon Snowholrs back and struck
him with his open hand
Tho cattle understood, and left OF
cru1ing and turned their heads toward
the settlement.
Not sound broke the quieiude Of the
woods as the herd started ON. Jerry
kept SNOWFALL at his place lt The head Of
the procession, but an nc once the white
steer stopped ard began tO snilt the air.
He would lift his head and dIlate his nos
tris in manner which was soon imi-
tatci by the others, and the pioneer boy
began to mltrust that danger lurkcd
near them.
Bctwccn him and the river the grass
grow lxuuiinutly mud here aud there
whore tho ground was low were
patches Of snlgc from which he bad ON
several occasions frightened wild duck
in their season.
Move along. SNOWFALL, old fellow.
cried Jerry. eager tp boz goiBg as the
shadows were getting longer. boy the
time they reached home 10 would Doe quite
dark
The ucxt moment. and almost before
the command had left She boys lips.
something whizzod past his head and
Jerry T0mkiu4 know nt once that un
arrow had been fired at him Dee bad but
20 look ~ soc tho fcathorcd shaft quivcr-
iug iu the bark ~ was @ long slender
shaft with Cos wild turkey feathers tied
ON with siucws after the uuuuor of The
red arrow makers. and the sight of II
was enough TO stir the blood of the Con
ucctIcut hoy.
Tho wh1ziug Of the arrow had
sffH rIN al
and % moment later all were rushing over
Che trail with heads and tails erect and
fhD big white stopr leading Thorn, was Zoo
"a uuivOr ot excitement a peri 'rt show
pr Of arrows hurlUl through che Hir and
several struck tho liudmo8t of thD
herd
IL was now "a race for lifo ns the boy
saw, aud CO.'S ho icll forward ON the
white steer back. hr dug hig heels into
the heated tanks and urged him tu bis
utmost speed.
The trail was not very broad, but b.
was defined enough to- enable the herd
90 keep TO- Now aud then the believing
cattle were Obliged 60 duck thpir heads,
fur some Of tine branches hung low and
they were liable 90 boz thrown by catch.
iug their hDrs loo tho trees. Single ulp.
led by thr Dig white steer. they rushed
along. follow Hd hy ut least twenty ln-
diuua painted for the wtrpulh. and
armed, oNwtug ull their strength, and
Jerry had but t0 look buok now mud then
tp Fro that they wprr likely to catch up
with Che herd and head him Oft.
SNOWFALL sept lis place ut the head
of the herd dvpito tho frantic efforts
of the cattle behind to rush past him Boo
their fright Arrow after arrow
hurllcd through the air., aud now and then
a loud snort or "a below would ten that
one had found lOdgmeut Boa some un-
fortunate creature
Forward. SNOWFALL, forward! We
must reach the settlement ahead OF these
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

rcd demons" cried Jerry, as n SNOWFALL
could understand
Already hc had lost his coonsan cap
and attcr it had been tramped beneath
the hnots Of the herd young Indian
had Picked it up with great glre. Jerry
heard his shouts as he hold Inc cap no
10 hia companions, who replied with
shouts
SNOWFALL seemed 10 realize an the
danger ln AN the new West Their, was
no faster stecr and bis fame as a rum
ner iad some beyond the settlement ON
the OHIO lilo knew that tho boy ON his
bdrh was not holding 90 his ample horns
and digging DIS heels into his tanks aud
clinHng 90 him Tor dear life without good
reason, and he pressed ON muddy
Jerry looked back once when the
trall turn'd abruptly Co the right nc
saw lac had hut ten cattle at bis heels
when he should hive had sixteen aud
he noticed thlt three of those left had
feathcred shafts Ia their hides.
bur he saw more than This and it was
en0dgh to blanch bis cheels one Young
buck was fast gotlng abreast with the
herd, and Jerry cav that he was as agile
as deer,
II was the intention to turn the hcrd
from the regular trail which Il was keep.
ing under ihe leadersl ip ~ The hlg white
stecrii this coulh be- unnc thoir chances
for preventing the boys return 90 the
stockadcd settlement would he good
They could scatter che cattle in the f1l.
est, bowildor Snowfall, and capture him
and his rider
The young lndl0n trying % head OF
The rattle was sialwarl fellow, IN all
Of the paraphernalia Of tho war trail;
it was going 40 Doe q race hctwcen him
and the white steer. SNOWFALL seemed
io soc it too, aud bo bent an his cner
gics to Increase hts spared.
Not more than thiriy yards separated
Snpwbali aud Che Shawnee aa they mn
,Nn parallel lines The Indian dared not
stop long enonsh ln try shot for iyhr
81 being outdisinnced; ne most dcpNNiod
on h.s ahiity % head oH the ANNUAL. :
loga Ike a steer aud diEging his heels
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

ise Of being a harly youth. and soon he
knew the trails Of the forest ga we'll "a
she oldest hunter lie took many leng-
thy trips up and down the river ia a
Tight canoe his father had built for him.
ond several times he had run down
deer which had taken 20 the water whom
hard pressed by The dogs.
IN course OF time the settlement had
collected good herd OF cattle. which
Furnished IL with a change uf food ahd
supplied Il with milk Thrre of these boz
lQhged TO fhlneas .lOmkins, aud among
.9tsm was q large white steer called
SNOWFALL always lod the herd when
they were driven 90 the rich pasturnge
along the river, and when the herd came
lowing home at dusk the sleek white
hlde OF the steer Was SURF 90 boz seem az
the head of an
Sometimes Jerry went out 90 drive
them Ia, aud On those occasions h. gem
orally mounted 90 the back of the white
stver and rode him like q horse Snow
l,hll seemed 90 Ike this, aud now and
then Dc would come down the trail at mll
Es't which was almost as good as that
One afternoon IN the late autumn.
when The woods We're putting ON their
CRIMSON garments. Jerry tOmkins started
Qua 10 bring IN tho herd as usual. OF
lpte rumors pt an Indian uprising had
ANHthfu rue HtiurmenL but as 40 saw
at.s hau deem seen prOwllur m the neigh
porheod, they were hot credited. and the
men had gone about their duties Hth.
ont alarm
The Connecticut boy found the
nerd bad strayod a lille farther from
nome than usual, and before he knew N
~ was two faies FROM the nearest cabin.
Nlrwtdy the woods We're dotted with the
lengihening shadows t5ilown Isl the
ltts' ana ne heard The night owls boot.
~ last from q knnh IN a small opening
ne saw Che catEe grazing near the river
Anh b. started forward
The moment Che herd aiw him there
was 3 movement IA bis direction. anil the
Ply Aq w 20 SNOWFALL af pat'sd hini
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

generations back. They take The
greatest pains 20 preserve the purity OF
the brOcd
Another and perhaps the most ian.
p0rtanl peculiarly OF the Arabs. So
FAR as their horses are concerned. Is This.
they are extremely good tempered and
patient IL Is said that mo- oihor
people in the world nre so kind
"a children as are thn Arabs ana thev
treat their horses like children.
The horse Is the most sensitive Of AN
animals, aud he Is also hy nature play.
-snt ana aneciouate II you make d
-nNnit OF speaking harshly 10 him. NJ
yen give him cut on a blow or a Kick
whenever lou lose patience with him
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

the lndian-infestod country whore now
stands The city OF Marietta. not far from
Blrnuprhassctts famous island in that
beautiful river.
A year or two after tho initinl settle
mont Boa the wilderness more settlers mr.
lived. and among these were PhInpas
lumku's family, whom he had left be
iud BOO ConncctIcuL More cabins were
needed for the new arrivals. aud they
Wcrc soon built, and before long quite Il
title settlement had sprung up on Che
Hly Of the now pretty city.
Tho family of Tomkins consisted OF
himself hiH wife aud boy named Jerry.
The boy, at the unie ~, gave all prom
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
BOYHOOD OF GEN. GRANT.
Recoli1clIons Of His Old PlaJollow, Admiral
Ammen-A imabs and Without Taste
Tor Fireorms,
ny Daniel Ammor.
For Tho sunday Gnzelle.

For The Sunday Gazette:
u is said of persons who have passed
middle age thar they have very vivid
events of childhood. though they may
Doe troubled with furgctiulucss of the
gruNrst events OF after years. Certainly
] often recall, after more than sixty
years, numhcrlcss trivial incidents when
Ulysses Grant and myself lived less than
100 yards apart aud met daily.
His mother, as ! remember her, was
charming woman very lndy-likc, with
slight figure, and very graceful In nll her
movements. Unlike our neighbOrs Zoe
general she Kept her children neatly
dressed. especially on holidays.
HOW GENERAL GRANT CAME BY
HIS MIDDLE INITIAL
The second son Of the Grants was
member of Congress, was asked 10 get a
West Point appointment for Ulysses, he
had thc idea that De- had also che name
Of 'Simpson, aud the appointment was
ohiuluod for Ulysses Simpson Grant"
The mistake In name was not brought
40 the knowledge of the war department.
The addition was accepted 10y all con-
ccwcd without ceremony Of baptism.
a FUTURE ADMIRAL SAVES A
FUTURE PRESIDENT.
I'm 1888 my fothor moved from Riplev.
ON the Ohio river, 10 Georgetown, o. n
county seat eight milos In the Interior
The Grant family Ind been located there
% year on Two. When Ulysses aud my
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

or when he fails TO understand you.
then he Is SIRE 60 become unhappy and
stupid aud perhaps vicious and danger
GUS The Arabs never strike horse.
HOW ARABS RIDE.
The Arabs have neither whips nor
spurs nor bits They ride on q pad
without saddle. stirrups or hridle The
horse Is restrained merely by q halter
having % slight chain passing around
the nose. and the halter rope, which
the rider holds in bis hand Is attached
20 the chain And vet the Arabian
horses are exceedingly high-spirited and
courageous.
WHEN HE rs A COLT
The secret Of their good behavior "a
that thoy love their masters and no mUre
think Of rebeiug against them than a
dog would
As soon az the foal is born he is tied
close To- his masters tent by cord
around his neck or sometimes around a
hind leg
I'm months time he IS wpaned and
his mother rues ont To- pasture every day.
while hc remains by the tent and is fed
with campls milk The children play
with him. he becomes one of The family,
and when hr H. year old his plpymatcs
get ON his back and ride him about 10
little. By the time he is . years old. he
Is able 10 carry half grown boy and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
JERRYS RIDE,
Boys Adventure with Readskns; His Is
cape on SNOWFALL, the While Steer.
by T. &. narbausb.

For The Sunday Gazette:
Phineas Thompson was ono of the W..
he band Of hardy pioneers who braved
the peris Of the unhrokpn wildcrupes
with General Knfns Putnam IN 1884, and
Ohio.
The company consisted Of forly-scyen
people aud their axes rang for many
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

small bore We're called. Any boy of my
size and age would be quite unable 10
USE IL without taking a rest" for the
gun, and notwithstanding this 1 shot.
&C times, half dozen squirrels a day.
Hut Ulysses never went with me on these
occasions; he had no fancy for frenrt,s
nor for killing game.
In after years when We met. he told
me- that he never in his life shot bird
or an animal, though game was plenty
where he had served in the army, espec.
tally on the Pacific coast.
ULYSSES SCHOOLMASTER
Our schoolmaster was John ID White
a native of North Carolina. Who yros
as amiable rs could be expected with
his surroundings. The hours az In.
strucpon depended upon the season Of
me year; from half an hour after sun-
rse until very near sunset, with the iu.
PERMISSION of an hour al noon. A cow.
Del served the purpose OF calling us In.
we sat on benches with n great deal
on discomfort, and learned very little.
Our acho0lmaster was rather tall and
slim. naturally mild In dlsnosition
slightly hunehbacked, aud at dis mo,
mcut recall the fact thar ne had n
rather large mole on one OF his nos.
rils' This reccollecton has not come
20 my mind from that day until tbis
Muung. In warm weather he would
fan into a "doze.' but would soon he
recalled 10 a state OF consciousness bv
the disorder OF boys kicking, or other.
wise nssaulting each other: then he
would arouse himself, seize ong
beach switch that laid across his desk
and strike around promiscuously, with
the assurance that he was almost Ger.
tain to hit an offender. aud bad boy.
The instruction given was. for the
younger children, the alphabet. spell.
ing end reading and more advanced
scholars were taught spelling, read.
tic.
When Sum was hard" the school.
master did it, for the pupil, and the
proce'S was not considered or ex-
In after life, I once said 20 General
Grant that had studied grammar. hut
had never learned u; he smiled. and
said that was his case also. In the
study OF other languages, since that
ume l have learned their Rrammors
more or less and by analogy and thor.
ough comparison, something Of the grom.
NAUTICAL construction OF my own
tongue
A
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BSENCE OF REVENGB
MARKED FEATURE

$50 80 we passed our time as youths IN
ONO until l was appointed a midship.
man. and, In November. 1876. was
brought East by my fathers friend
MT hamer, our member OF Congress-
II was two years later that he obtained
an appointment for ULYSSES Simn'
son Grant" to the military ncsdemy AZ
west foint. When he graduated four
Years iater, was on duty in Philadei-
pniai nc wrote me that going home
ward he would pass through that city
aug Would meet me at Jones hotel
Nnere we PASSED few hours together
=. nearly twenty-one years later i went
I Naipepper' Virginia, on his in
ylauon, with the more satisfaction as
- eiaplea me 10 promise satisfactory
s 49, or rather subordination to
ssnis purposes, OF the naval forces
IN those waters under the command of
Rear Admiral Lee-of course author.
laed IN advance by him.
When ! arrived at Culpepper I was
met by General Grant wIth AZ nneh
-sans~ssa And nnn hdAnea "A kha.arh
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me from Nice, France, December 10,
1897:
"My Dear Admiral-On Thursday, day
after tomorrow. we 20 aboard the Van
dalia to make our examination Of the
Mediterranean. How much l wish you
were in command TO unfurl for the first
time your admirals flag. We break
tasted the other day with Admiral Lee
Roy and saw all the officers then In
mort ."
ut would be pleasant to you to know
how they oil spoke Of you. There was
quite an expression Of opinion among
them. placing you 10 the highest place in
the profession.
"Of course | told them ] owed you IN
old grudge as being responsible for the
many trials and difficulties | had passed
through In the last half century, for
nearly that length OF time 0go you had
rescued me from q wntery grave.
II am Of q forgiving nature, however,
and forgive you; but Is the feeling uni.
the Newt
At the time Of the exploit Ulysses
was probably : years of age, n chubby
boy, with quiet disposition. He was
never aggressive and never learned TO
swear, which was too common a habit
with boys.
In after life he told me he had never
great her afiliction.
ANOTHER WHITING.
A year or so later Ulysses and I were
much in the habit Of riding on horse
buck. We had very simple trapDings
bride we regarded as necessary aud
blanket strapped to the horse desir-
able
On one occasion when ! was away from
home, Ulysses came over to my fathers
and asked to ride my horse. My father
told him that | had taught Il tricks aud
that il threw everybody beside myself
that attempted to ride 1.-THE had no OBJ
jcciions save that he feared an acci-
dent
But Ulysses insisted. go my colt was
hrdlcd aud the blanket strapped on,
and the future United States general
mounted and went of g0ily at a gnllOp.
A quarter Of mile away he reached q
brook with q depth of water Of about
q foot, where ut times We watercd our
horses. As soon az the middle Of the
stream was reached the colt threw his
fore feet forward, his head downward
and suddenly halted. This unexpected
the horses head, and landed him In the
water without other injury, however
than a thorough wetting. The horse, no
longer embarrassed with q rider. and
quite frightened. ran home His appear
ancc greatly alarmed my father. lie
went at once In search Of Ulysses and
soon met him and felt very thankful
10 find that his yielding to an Emporium
ity had not resulted seriously.
LITTLE GRANT HAD no TASTE
FOR FIREARMS
At this time I had n very long and
heavy squirrel rifle, as those with a
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only only a short time
We're neiFhbofs
though actually
years. x HI.
4 cannot refa,,
hnal opinion after q,
mate association o e
quote from pasg
Navy and tile Ne,sss \, 9N
The most mari
individuality Of Gs ssa
opinion, were bls , ,.... d
parent lack Of 4 .a r.s
so prominent n
acter Of weak n,et .
give expression "a ~, ~
gust that must
least, be in the NH 3,
he sees himself i,.,
every reason to bes...
$ the object malisia.,'
lying, pure and sIm,S'
pioyed without stint w :
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FOR FIREARMS.

At this time ] had very long and
heavy squirrel rifle, as those with a
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A damrer - usss af'
cal venture Whst 2
u'aag &s.ea@
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Indianapolis has a Mixed Laborcrs' union.