Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-20

declaration OF international laws and
principles. which viii assure the per
lection Of her merchant marine against
the depredations of all future Ala
bnma should. perchase, the peer OF
that gallant cruiser ever again roam
the seas.
But the Alabama is Mt rest. and be
side her now Is buried the boned
Kearsagc IN that coral cemetery where
mermaids guard the dead, and
semmers and Winslow are the peace
among the spirits.
The effect OF agencies put In motion
for commercc and for trade are logical,
but none the less astounding.
The merchant princes Of the Old
world contemplated, with longing eyes,
the wealth OF the orient. Evidently
good trading was to be done there. and
how to reach that trade without going
all the way around Good Hope, how 10
save time and, therefore money, how
mcst speedily 10 reach Eldurndo. was
n theme for constant and popular dis
cusslon nnd speculation. The tracing
Of the lines OF old charts the lending
OF seamen's logs, became a fashionable
pastime. differing IN some respects
possibly. as to universally. from the
present fad Of euclne.
Columbus was born In aud grew In
this atmosphere OF thought-the prob
lem became his dream and in seeking
its realization "a short cut to India
he stumbled upon the new world. To
him and to trade we are indebted for
many things, among which, through
a variety Of circumstances and devel-
I ma, he nny,io,,ed To-. ,r.,ntinning tbe
Midway Plalsauce.
That Trademarks desire to save time
Is as potent and present now as In the
past. The commercial traveller OF to-
day viii checrfully Danish the sweet
to utliize n chance freight caboose AT
2 IA m 10 reach nm adjacent town.
''worIy' II and speed on TO the next
market when the regular passenger
overtRltes him al noon. Indeed. the
traditions Of trade In Texas teach that
the commercial traveller oft-umes, I'm
the recent past, endured hnrdships and
faced dangers that evidence capacity
and characteristics that would be equal
to the full performance Of those enter
prlses which have place In history as
events.
In the same potent cause, which
launched the Santa Maria, and which
gave origin to the Travellers Protec'
tive association Magellan musterfully
ovcrcume the cyclones OF the liorn
and outfrowned that fearful front Of
horror; Hudson and Frobisher and
McClintoclJ and Franklin pierced 5he
Attic Ices, Drake circled the gloUe and
came In at the back door when
he had gone out at the fr5u', an
Cooke zen a victim to the rtibul APP
petite of the not very remote ancestors
OF her eN-hlujesty Liliuokulani.
Livingston ana Baker and Stdn@Y AN
Spoke and Grant. moved by the hand
OF trade, concealed ~ the glove OF
science religion and philanthropy nave
penetrated the deepest deplhs OF th'
dark continent where indeed they
have round hcatheus ana me slaNs
trade, but likewise have discovered
and duly advised the Home ONCE,
that cotton and the cane grow and
flourish In Ungambesi and unyoro ms
IN the rich valleys of the lower BraHuA
quick In the footsteps Follow the alert
capital OF Liverpool ana London ahu
already the engineer with his com
pass Is aiming straight from the
coast to the Mountains OF the Moon'
and In his blh1ed ana staked pain
Will soon follow the brigade OF the
shovel and the plck, preparing the
way for the lightning express ana the
fast mail.
We may imagine without eNtraVa-
gance, that ere many decades the
snort OF the hippopotamus VIII be
succeeded by the exhaust or the COM
press-the hee-ree by the sugar ket-
tie, and the 'heathens VIII feailae
the bitterness Of Adams curse. that
by the sweat OF the brow shall bread
Zoe earned, ana Will per force, throw
aside the spear FOR the spade and
welcoming hostelriea Will range them
selves along the shores OF Tnnganyika,
and the NynnZas, widely advertising
but secretly In the usual way, special
rates and tenderloin checks for com
merclul travellers and all publicly
claiming to have the most cemmo,
dlous sample rooms III Oeh'ta
Africa
There are many wlthln the SOUND OF
my voice, who In the aehoolhoy days
puudered over the pictures IN the
well-woru and dog-eared geography
poruaying the mixed savage. streaked
and striped boomerang In hand. am
pushed to STAY the well-puuched Kan
CARGO hopping to his fate from the OPP
posito page, all inserted az species
OF kindergarten object lessou to Illus
trate Australia. and now that same
youthful scholar becomes so-called
sovcreigu--in the exercise of his great
prcrogntive Rs free born American
citizen, proudly and gravely casts his
ballot. where civilization seeks to sub
aututue Tor the bullet. under rules and
laws and regulations imported from,
the home of his Old reographical
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IA t,nrofessor 4" and aeotfa b0uor. ,yitb
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dlgrlples az tbc estir mt
How came about the u,,,,to,o,,s
grov,th ana dcveInrtncrt ce tbjs tsio,'5
! continent IN tho so,ithcrn sn,s ,,,ttt