Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-25

the present system OF electing by plu-
rality or majority OF votes a great OBJ
stncle in the way OF political reform.
IL has been said that ma1oritias are
usually wrong, but while this Is hard-
~ an honest staten snt II must be con-
edcd that often intelligence and NOR
ailty are found in the minority, ana IL
is hardly fair to any considerable body
II voters that their influence In the IN
tercst OF good government should AVIAN
SO little.
Chapter nine gives a full explanation
OF what is known as the Burnitz sys-
TEN OF election, and concludes with
sugg Gated amendment u the present
constitution by which elections VIII
bu better eNponents OF the people
wishes. This work Of about 200 pages
Is handsome iinprint from tue house
OF Clark n zugalia, Gold street, New
York. and Is copyrighted by the autaor
who kindly permits newspapers 10
publish such extracts as they desire
to use In discussion of this subject
which ought to interest all voting cit-
zens Of q republic.
The Epic OF the Orient. by Rev. II.
NJ. Sydenstricken. is a grand ana APP
propriate rendering OF Job, conceded
to be the Oldest poem in the world
While the writer has adhered to the
thought of the original, he has added
tCnhIlu III ElNiub lnI OllbiHal tA'ubhNH
modern dress. OF the fidelity OF the
Hebrew few are qualified to express
an opinion, but the authors Mell-es-
tablished reputation as Hebrew
scholar warrants the assertion that IN
this, as in other particulars, he mas
been faithful to the original, The book
OF Job Is one OF the finest classics
within the reach NJ modern readers.
and it is gratifying to know that
scholar OF DR.. Sydpnstriker's attain
ments has by the excellence of his
work called renewed attention t. TINS
magnificent epic. which has no superior
in ancient Greek or Roman literature.
The book is neatly bound, and printed
on good paper. and is issued by the
Student publishing company, Hart
ford. Conn.
McClures Magazine, July; $. s. Nc
Clure. Ltd, 30 Lafayette Place, New
York Subscription price, $3.50 year
The July number is the first of the
third volume OF this magazine, which
has had Unprecedented popularity, and
which, by the excellence of Its matter
and cheapness IN price has contributed
TO the marked reduction in price OF
standard monthlies. Among many
readable papers In the midsummer
number there is none that VIII please
Gazette readers more than The Her
nldry Of the Plains, by Alice Mac
Gowan, u writer who made her en-
trance into literary work through the
columns Of this paper The topic Is
Of local interest, us 1t Is In this state
that this heraldiy exists The follow
ing Is short extract from this eN-
ceedingly well-written paper.
The subject of the brand discovers
itself, sooner or later in one way or
another, in most OF the affairs OF cat
tie country life. The uncompanloned
phI1HVan NJ lnns1tF mud ranches
play at roping and branding each other.
The wife OF the kindly. liberal-hearted
cattleman will nearly always be given
her own brand; often his little girls
as well.
Thmese brands may begin In a little
bunch of cows or few brood mares;
but with no demands upon the in
crease" they soon grow TO very re-
spectacle herds Of cattle or punches
OF horses
n sounds wonderfully picturesque
and Western to hear n dainty little
underground woman speaking of some
feminine or artistic luxury. remark,
"Wel. l can have It II can sell or
some beef this fails" or TO have
bright girl discussing the relative de-
STABILITY OF a course at an art school,
or an Eastern pleasure trip, assure
you that she can easily meet the exc
pense Of whichever she decides upon by
selling her 1890 crop OF colts, which are
now four years old, and Just broken.
You would not suppose that the
small. blind, insuhlciently clad deity OF
the bow and CULVER would ever ne
glect his classic weapon to concern
himself with SO gross and barbarous
n utensil as a branding iron. Yet such
things have been.
have heard tale how that away
back IN the seventies. there appeared
(along with the rest OF her family,
In one OF the far-out plain counties
of the Texas cattle country. fair one
by the romantic and mellitiuous name
OF I.ilybel Plunkett,
For the capricious and uncertain ia
vor OF this the only marrlageable
young lady in the district, all the sus-
ceptible and unattached cowboys (of
which class the population almost
wholly consisted) strove together ca
gerly and without ceasing, maVercking
right and left everything they could
lay their hands on. with a running
| brand l. | l.. until. when the tenderfoot
| she had all along been engaged to
came out and married her. she brought
him great herds OF l. l l. cattle. with
which they gayly set up ranch be-
meath the noses OF the forlorn cellbate
community.
Also, there was Buck Redmond, who.
| when he had a quarrel with his sweet
! heart (old man brakes daughter.
| known facetiously as the duck'), pro-
| cccded TO SINCE upon the hide OF an
| Incidental maverick his burning re-
sentiment OF the scorns, gibes, and in
| dignities she had heaped upon him in
| the heat OF her anger and the i'm
| munity Of her sex,
| II was delicate example OF cowboy
/ repartee, the retort bucolic. 10 catch
! up this unfortunate third party, brand
/ Il all over Its helpless hovine side in
great sprawllng letters. ID U C X, and
I turn the capering bon mot loose where
I It could not fail of meeting the eyes
} OF the cruel fair one.
| The performance served Its purpose
OF deadly afrront; the Drake boys
holding for some time that the obliga-
I ton was upon them TO kill somebody
about Il. and no fluid less expensive
\ than hearts blood could properly wash
/ out such an Insult. And ! think they
/ did shoot TO death--before anything
! like a reconciliation could be brought
about-the calf
The Popular Science Monthly. July,
u. Appleton & Co. az Fifth street. New
York Yearly subscription 81.
The July number OF this monthly
opens with an article by l.. @, McPher-
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