Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 50, Ed. 1, Friday, November 23, 1888 Page: 7 of 8
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CHAPTER V
5 > HILE thla slm
WVS pie pastoral We-
> s y wasc entered
V around the
ft
s
icss Sr schoolhouse In
WSSl
the clearing
3 > broken only by
an occasional
warning pistjl shot in the direction of
tie Harris onMcKlriatry boundaries the
more business part ol Indian Spring was
cvertktn oy one of thtee spasms ol en-
terprise peculUr to U CslIIornian min-
ing settlements The opening ol Eureka
ditch and the extension o stagecoach
communication from Dg Bluff were
cventB ol no small importance end were
celebrated on the ctns day The double
occasion overtaxing even the flaent rheto-
ric ol tie sdltor ol the Star kit nim
struggling in the metaphorical
diffijultlea cl a Ptctollan spring
which he had roehly turned
Into the Bitch aid obliged hlra to trans-
fer the onerous duty ol writing the edi-
torial on th3 Big EiuE Extension to the
hands of lb Han Abntr Dean assembly
man from Angels Too los ol the Hon
Mr Dsins tight cv3 In an early pioneer
Irtcas did sot prevent him Irom looking
Into tie dim viaia clthe future and dis-
covering with that single unaided optic
enough to till three columssfl ol the Star
It is not too ertrvsgant to Bey be re-
marked with charming deprecalon that
Indian Spring through its own perfectly
orgsAed system o inland transporta-
tion the cotHcencc ol its North
Fork with the Sicramento riv-
er end their combined effluence
Into the illimitable Pacific la
thna put nut only into direct communi-
cation with far Ca hty bui even remoter
Antipodean markets Tie citizen of
Indlsn Spring taking the 0 a ra Pioneer
coach and arriving at Big BIrfi at 240 is
enabled to connect with ths through ex-
press to S cramtnto the same evening
reaching San Francisco per trie Stesm
Xivlgation Compnya palatial steamer3
in time to taotbe PacIUc Mail stesmer
to Yokohorns en the following day at
3S0p m Although no KIz3n of In-
dian Spring appeared to avail himself ol
this admlrabla opportunity nor did it
appear at l l kely that any wcnld
everybody vaeuoiy felt that an In-
estimable boon 17 in the euggestios
and even the master professionally en
truallrg tht rsadlss aloud cl the edltorkl
to Rnpcrt FJgee with ulterior designs of
practica ia the pronunciation ol flvc
syllabcwords was somewhat affected
by I Johnny Fiisce end Jimmy Snyder
acccp leg it as a myoterions something
that made Desert Inlands accessible nt a
moments notice and a trillin octlay
were rouudtyed and attentive And the
culrninatlnc liiJjrmation from the master
tnat this Lvsnt would be commemorated
by a half hoi iy combined to make the
occasion as ozcitiog to the simple school-
house ia tiie clearing as it was to the
gilded EIoon in the main street
And eo the momentous day arrived
with its two new coaches Irom Big BIuS
containing the especially invited cpeak
ers Iwa > 8 specially Invited to thoeo oc-
casions euio yet strangely enough never
before leelicj the extreme importance
and Lrivllege of it as they did then
Then there were the firing ol two tnvlla
the stralaa cl a brass band the hoisting
ol a new fl on the liberty polo and
later the ceremony ol the Ditch opening
when a distinguished speaker in most
unworkmanlike tall hat black frock coat
and whits cravat which gave him the
general air ol a festive grave digger took
a spado from the hands of an apparently
hilarious chief mourner and threw
out the llrst sods There were an-
vils brass bands an 3 a colla-
tion at the hotel Bat everywhere
cverridirg tho most txtravsgant ex
pectaiioa and ten the launnter Is pro-
voked the spirit ol indomitable youth
and resistless enterprise intoxicated the
air It was the rpirit that had mode Cal-
ifornia poseiblc thsi had oovvn a thou-
sand occh ventures broadcast through ito
wiJderctss ihct fcsd enabled tho sower
to stand bsif hnmorousiy among his 6cant
ur ruined hirv bts without fear and with-
out replEiig d tarn his undaunted and
evarhopef u firr 1 > further fields Wh t
curled and scented hair Johnnys eyes
had never rested on a more resplendent
vision He was more romantic toon
Vaba Bill more imposing and less impos-
sible than the Honorable Abner Dean
more eloquent than the master Itr more
besutif al than any colored print thtt he
had ever seen Had he brushed him in
passing Johnny wonld have felt a thrill
had he spoken to him he knew
he wculd have been speech-
less to reply Judge then ol his utter
stupefaction fhen he saw Uncle
Bee actually Undo Ben ipproich this
ptrazon ol perlection albeit with some
emosrraisment and alter a word or two
f unintelligible conversation walk away
Hithhim Need It be wondered that
Johnny forgetful at once ol his brother
tae horses and even the collation with its
poBslbie gooGles insttntly followed
Tag two men turned into ths Bide
street which alter e lew hundred yards
opened upon the deserted mining Hit
creased and broken by the borrows
and mounds made by ths lorgotten
engines ol the early goldeeekers
Johnny at times hidden by these lrregu
laritiEe kept closely in their rear gaunt
ering whenever he came within the range
of their eyea in that sidelong tpismodlc
and generally dlsganal lishion peculiar
to small boya but ready at any moment
to assume utter unconsciousness and the
eppeancc cl going somewhere else or ol
ecarchlng lor something on tha ground
Ia thla way appearing il noticed at all
each time i some diizerent position to
the right or left ol them Johnny fol-
lowed tem to the Irlrge c woodland
which enabled him to draw closer to
their heels
CHAPTER VI
Utterly oblivious ol this artistic shad-
owing In the insignificant person ol the
small boy who once or twice even crossed
their pith with affected timidity they
continued an apparently continent al pre-
vious lateivicw Tho words stocks
and shares were slone intelligible
Johnny had heard them during the day
but he was struck oy the f ict that Uncle
Ben seemed to be seeking iclnrmation
from the paragon and was pstlectly euo
mlssire and humble But the boy was
cocFlderably mystified > t hen after c tramp
ol hell an hour they srrlved upon the de-
batable ground ol th3 HarrlaonMcKin
Etry boursdarv Having been es-
pecially warned never to go
there Johnny os c matter ol
coure was perfectly limlllar with
it But what was the iccomprehensiols
tstravgtr doing there Was he brought
b > TJeclc Ben with a view cf pcrsijzng
both ol the combatants with tho specta-
cle of his perlections Yia ha a joath
tul sheriff a young judge or maybe the
son of the Governor ol Calilornis Or
< 7X6 it teat UJCla Ben vng allly and
cidat know ths locality Here was an
opportunity lor him Johnny to intro-
duce himself and erplala snd even mag-
nify the danger with percapa a slight
allusion to his own fearless familiarity
with It Untortuaately as he was mak-
ing up his small mind behind t tree the
paragon urned and wth the easy dis-
dain that so well became him said
Well I wouldnt oSar a dollar an acre
lor the whole ranche But if 503 cnoose
to give a fancy price tnats your look-
out
To Johnnys already prejudiced mind
Uncle B n received this jast contempt
subml = tlvily as he oueht Dutntvtrthe
les8 he muttered something silly in re-
ply whicts Johnny w 3 really too dis
gustsd to liten to Oaght hs not to etep
rorwsrd and inform the paragon that he
was wasting his time on a man who
couldnt even cpell baker and who
was tsuqht his letters by his Johnnys
brother
Tae paragon continued
And ol course ycu know thit merely
yDur buying tho title to the Itod dont
vi you posiession Youll havs to flzt
these fqait ers and jumpers jU3t the
Esme l ll be thrte Instead ol two fight-
ing thats all
Uccle Berns imbecile reply did net
trouble Johnny He had earn now only
Icr ha superior intellect before him I
coctiuued coolly
> jW lats taka a look at thU yield of
you B I hsvent rauca time to gt7s you
matured it Xlz 1iiianSpriDg had always I es I expect home men to be looking g
before lis eyes tha abandoned trenches roe hen snd I euppose ycu wrnt this
and ruined outwok3clis early piGceeie
What ratttntd that the elo-
quent cuicci ot the Eureka Ditch
had but a Cow yeara before as
prodigally scatered his adj3Clives ani his
fortnic on the tiSolesB tunnel that con-
fronted him on t < > 3 opposite slda o tae
rivei Che subline Iorgetfalncs3 of yonih
ignored Its warning or recognized it eg a
Jke The raaatre Irosh from hia little
dock anc prematKaly cged by their con-
tact lelt stirring ol eomething like envy
as he wsndertd tmesg these ecsiceiy
older enthusiasts
HspeciCiy memorable was the exciting
day to Johnny Frg not only lor tho
delightfully bewildeeing clamor ol the
ttandonod onth3 verandth ol tie Eureka
hotel YiLilo hie brother Rupert paid
btshlul csurt to the pretty proprietress
by ctslatirg her ia her dcties Johnny
gave ilmsall up to unlimited observation
the rosetus ol li2 six horses tho new
hanesr the 1ngth ol the drivers whip
lash his tnormosj buckekin gloves
and Hits wXy te hold his
reirs tte taiclnauag odor ol shin-
ing varnishT oa the coach
the goldhcadcd cane ol tha Honorable
Abner Dean all these wore stored away
in the secret recesses oC Johnnye mem-
ory even xa tho unconsidered trifles he
td picked rip en route wera distending
2ts capacious pockets Bat when a young
mas had alighted Irom the second or
trip coach among the real passengers
and strolled carelessly and easily in the
veranda cs 11 the novelty and the occa >
elon were nothing to him Johnny with
a gulp ol satisfaction knew that be had
seen a pricce Beantlfnlly dretied ia a
white duck suit with a diamond ring
on his finger a gold chain sntoging
from hii fob and a Panares est wita a
thing Ellli kept a secret I dont free how
jouva managed to do it so far Ii your
cliim near You live on it I think you
E 10
10But
But that the little listener was eo pre-
occupied with the stranger this sug-
gestion ol Uccle Bed a navingaclalm
wcrth the attention of that dis
tinauished presence would havo set
him thinking the little that be under-
stood he ett down to Uacle fiene
gassln A1 tha twe men moved for
wsrd egatn he follovcd teem until Ua
clesSsna hoEoe was reached
It was a rude sbsnty of bonds tsnd
rough boukUi s hail burrowing in oco of
the largest mounds of tinh and gttvel
brxss band In which between the trom1 which had once represented the tailings
bone and the bass drum ho had got or refuse of thesbandoaediludian Springs
inecttrlcabiy mixed not only for
tho halffrTghtenlng czrlosions of
the anvhs and the maddsnlag
enell cf the snroowder whicl had exalt
cd hie inant Cuiil to sadden nnd irrele
sant whoopings nut fjro eitglo occur-
rence that whetted his clways keen pcr
oeptions Hating been shamelessly
Fiscar Ia Ivt 13 was ccscally alleged
by some that U sclc Ben cfcsd out tho
scanty grub wages he made by
actuil ninlDg is reworking and
eiltins
thd tshiiigs at oil times
THE WEEKLY GAfflTEE ORT WORTH TEXA8 FRIDAY NOYEitfBER
one o those surprising inconsistencies
knows only to children As Tjjcle Ben
turned bis email gray eyes upon him in a
half astonished half qieationiaq manner
the potent spirit of cniUish tecretivencss
tuddenly took pozeeeslon ol the boy
c degrading
ibrowa back
work hitherto practiced b 1
oUy
Ctlness and unworthy the C bMr betwccn r waio teeSn5
a
i him from his neighbors Prudently hal
icg at the edge of the wood Johnny saw
his resplendent vIMcn croea the strip of
barren fill and enter the cabin with
Uncle Ben like any other mortal He 6at
down on a stump And waited its return
which he fondly toped might be alone
At the end ol half an houi he mtdo a
short excursion to examine the con
ditlon ol a blackberry bramble and
returned to his post cl cbscrvstion But
thero was neither sound nor motion in
the direction ol the cabin Whea another
tec minutes had elapsed the door opened
and to Johnnys intense discomfiture
Uncle Ben appeared alone end walked
leisurely towards the woods Burning
with anxiety JohnDy threw himself in
c cn tmbitlon The mining code
ol honor held thtrt a men might accept
the smallest results of hia libor
dally aa
long as he wrs susttined by the prospect
ol t larger strike 5 but condemned his
contentment with o mcacet certainty
Nevertheless a little al this susphlon en-
compassed hia dwellics and contributed
to its Icaellnes even cs a long ditb the
lormer tail race of the claim sepsiated
exollcable In2tl5ct told ntr it wcsCrcssy
SitKnsrys He laid it down quicKvy ss
if he tad in that net familiarly touched
her person
He finished hia letter but presently
fouadnimseJf tgsin looking at the rn > rtle
and thinking ab nt it From the position
I which it had been placed it was evi-
dently intended lor him tha Isncy ol
binding it with Coir wse nlso iutentloral
and not a necessity as tie knew his leinl
nme scholars were usually well provided
with v v ol thrrodsi k or rlbbonIl it had
been soes new absurdity of childish
fishlon introduced in ths school ha
would hae noticed it ere this For it
was tfclu obtrusion c > a personality
that ABgnely troubled him He remem-
bered CresEys hair it was certainly very
bemilai in eDite ol her occasional va-
garies cf coiffure He recalled how one
xfttrnoon it hadcoms down when she
was romping wlh O tavia ia the play-
ground and wss curpneed to Cad whit s
vivid picture he retained cl icr lingering
In the porch to put It up her rounded
ms held abovo ier head her pretty
lull
llncss ol these motherless boy had oltoa
itvited them to come to his rooms to look
over his books and illustrated psperg
ft WeL hs said cheerlully
Rapert did not reply or change his po
sition Hr Ford glancing at him sharp
Wild horses ccnld not now have torn ly saw a Itmiliar angry light In the boys
from him thf question which only a mo 5 beautifu cic Fllghtly dimmed by a tear
ment before was on hs lips
Hullo Johnny What ar3 ye doln
here tsid Uncle Ben kindly
Nothln After a pause ia which ho
walked all round Uncle BEna large fig-
ure gtz rg up at him as if he were a
monument he added Huatln black
berrleth
Why aint you over at the collation
Raperth there he enswered prompt-
ly
Tae idea of being thus vicaiicusly
present In the person ol his brother
ssemed a scfflcleDt excuse He leap-
frogged over the stump on which he had
been sitting as an easy ucembarrasslng
pause lor the nest question But Uccle
walked away
When his figure ntd dissppecred in the
bushes Johnny cautiously approached
the cabin At a certain distance he
picked up a etcno and threw It against
the door immediately taking to his heels
and the friendly copse again No one ap-
pearing he repeated the experiment twice
and even thrice with a larger stone and
at a nearer distance Then he boldly
skirted the cabin and dropped Into the
race way at its side Following it a
few hundred yards he came upon a-
long disused snslt opening into r
which had been covered with a rough
trep ol old planks as II t protect in-
cautious waylirera Item falllrg in Here
a sudden snd inexplicable lear 07erook
Joanny and he raa awsy When he
reached the hotel almost the first sight
tint met his astounded eyea was the
spectscle ol the parigos a arently still
in undisturbed pcEBefEion of all his p r
tecticns drivlcg coolly c ff in a baggj
with a lieeh companion
Meantime Kr Fcrd however touched
b7 ths sentimental significance of ths
celebration became slightly wesricd of
its dbtaila A3 hs own room in
the Eartka hotel was actually
hriiled by the brats band without
and the eloquence cl epeaker3 below and
had become redolent o gunpowder and
champagne exploded around it he deter-
mined to remin to the scooihouse and
avail himself ol its woodland quiet to
write a f iw letters
The change was grateful the distant
murmur of the excited settlement came
only is the soothing sound of wind among
the leaves Tee pure air of the pines that
filled every cranny of the quiet school-
room and seemed to disperse all taint
ol human tenancy raide the tsr off
celebrations as unreal as a dream Tae
only reality ol his life was here
He took from his picket a lew letters
one which was worn and soiled with fre
quect handling lie reread it In a half
methodlct tall patient way ts 11 he
rcere waltirg lor gome revoietion it in-
spired which was slow that afternoon in-
coming A t other times it called up a
yontaful enthusiasm which was wont to
transfigure hit grivs snd prematurely
reperved fsce with a new expression
Todsy the rtvelttion snd expression
were both wanting He pat tho letter
cack wita a eligh elgh that coucded so
preposterous In that silent room that he
could not forgo an cmo rra3sed smile
But tte next moment he eet himself se-
riously to work on hi3 correspondence
Presently he stopped once or twice he
had been overtaken by a vague ucdefica
ole eense ol pleasure even to the dreamy
htltlng cl h 3 pen U w 3 a sensation In
no way connected with the subject ol hia
correspondence or even his previous re-
flections is wis psrtl7 physcal and yet
it was in some sonse tupgestive It mast
be the intczlcatiag effect of the wocdlinc1
air He even landed he had noticed i
before ct tho same hoar when the sun
vas declining and the fresh odor3 of the
undergrowth were rlBng It certainly
was a perfume Be raited hi3 eyes There
Uy tha cause on the desk before hia a
little noeegay ol wild California myrtle
encircling a rosebud wnlch had eectpsd
his notice
There was nothing unusual in the cir
cumstsnee The children wera In the
habit ol making their offerings generally
without particular reference to time or
occasion and it mlcbt have seen over-
looked by him during ecbeel hours He
folt a pity lor the lorgotltnpcsy already
oo lnnlng to grot limp in its neglected
30lltude Ha remembered that in Ejms
folk loro of the childrens perhaps a tra-
dition ol the old assccation of the myrtle
with Venus it wsa believed to be cnole
matlc of the eEsctiona He remembered
also that he had even told them cf thij
probable origin cf their super
g IUon He was still holdlrg It ia his
caad when he nss conscious cl a silken
sensatiai that sent a magnetic thrill
through hia fingers Looking at it more
ciosaiy hu saw that the euHs were bound
together sot by thread or liabor bet by
longtl amectscl brown hair tightly wound
trousd tbem Hi unwound a single hair
and held it to the liaht Its lesgth
Layirg his h nd gently oa Ruperts shoul
itr b < 5 said Whats the matter
Raperi
Nothin f aid the boy doggedly witi
hia eyes still fixed en the pane
Hat ha Mrs Tripp the ir pro-
prietress been unkind he went on
lightly
No reply
You know Rape continued Mr
Ford demurely she must show some
reserve helcre company like to day It
wnnt do to make a scandal
Rapert mlnttlued an indignant silence
But the dimple hch he usually de
tpised as a Itmlnme blot on the cheek
nearer the master became slightly ac
Ben was apparently perfectly satisfied canted Oalyfora moment the dark
with Johnnys reply snd nodding to him eyes clouded igainfj
for ci moment latesItaQnttover the myr
tie eprays end then lcc jtheq
dstt with an odd leeSS iat hi
secured in sens vtgnpsiEMjoId
Cressys future vagsrrs4 th firerlecllEg
tht Cade Ben whcla ho eeen In town
wculd probably keep holiday with the
other he resolved to wslt no longer bet
strolled back to tha hotel The act how-
ever had not recalled Uncle Bes
to him by any association cl idea ior
since his discovery of Johnny Filgeefi
caricature ho had failed to detect any-
thing to corroborate the caricaturists
satire and had dismissed the subject
from his mind
Oa entering Ma room at the hotel he
loand Rapert FHgee standing moodily by
the window whUe his brother Johnny
overcome by s repletion ol excitement
and collation wis asleep cc the single
arm chair Their presence WS3 not uns 1
I wish I was dead Mr Ford
Hallo
0 doit inthin
Thats better What do you want to
dc
To woik mske a livin myself Q lit
toten wood and water at home quit
cookln and mtkin beds like ayaller
Chinaman quit nussin babies and
dressln em and undressln em
like a girl Look at him now point-
ing to the srceetly unconscious Johnny
look at himhere Do jou knowwaat
that means It means Ive got to pack
him home through the town j st tz he ia
tear aLd then make a fire and bile his
faoa for him and wash him and undress
him and put him to bed and Now 1 lay
oe down to sleep him and tuck him up
and Dad all tho while scooting round
tjwn with other ldjits jtwin about pro
sres3 rid the future cf Icjin Spring
Much future weva got over onr own
hcuse Mr Ford Much future hes got
laid up lor me
Tne master to whom these occasional
outbreaks from Rcpert were not uuTa
rniiiar smiled albeit with serious eyes
that belled hia lips and consoled the boy
ac he had clien done belore But he was
a xioua to know tho cause ol this recent
afceckand its probable relations to the
fisclnating Mrs Tripp
I thought wc talked oil that ever some-
time ago Rope In a few months youll
bo able to leave school and Ill advise
your father about putting you into some-
thing to give you a chance lor yourself
Patience old fellow youre doing very
well Consider theres your pupil Un-
cle Ben
05 yes Thats another big baby to
tot round In school when I aint niggerin
at home
And I dont see exactly what else you
cculd do at Indian Spring continued
Mr Ford
No said Rapert gloomily but I
could get away to Sicramento Yuba
Bell saya they take boys no bigger nor
me in thar express cfllcco or banks and
in a year or two theyre es good cz any
body and get psid as big Why there
was a fellow here just cow no older
then you Mr Fold and not half your
learnln and he dressed to death with
jswelry snd everybedy bowin1 and
ccrapln to him that it was perfectly
sickenin
Mr Ford lilted his eyebrows Oh
you mean tie young man cl Benhsm
d who was talking to Mrs Tripp he
said
A qack Sash ol angr coneciousness
crossed Eapens fsce Maybe he has
just cneek enough lor anytnin
And you want to be like him said
Mr Ford
You know what I mean BIr Ford
Not like iim Why yuuro as good as he
is any day continued Rupert with re
lentleEB naivete but 1 a jaybird like
that can get or why couldnt I
Ther was no doubt that the master
here pointed out the defectiveness ol Ru
perts oglc and the beneficence of pa
ienco and study as became their rela
ions ol master and pupil but with the
addition ol a certain lelow sympathy and
omecmuslDgrtcill ol bis own boyish
expsrlemes that had the c act ol calling
Itaperts dimples into action again At
the end ol hall an hour the boy had be-
come quite tractable and gettlrg ready
to depart approached bis sleeping
brotter with eomething like resigna-
tion Bat Johnnys ctp seemed to
have had the effect ol transforming him
into aa inert jally lika mass It required
t e lint exertions cl both the master
and Rcpert to trcnelar him bodily into
the litters arm ° where with r single
limp elbow encircling hi brothers neck
ae isy wih his unfinished elumber still
visibly distending his ch ck his cyelica
ntd oven lilting his cnrlt Irom his moiet
lorencad The master bade Rapsrt
grd night and returned to hi3 room
es the boy descended the stairs with hid
harden
Bui here Providence wih I lear Its
occasional disregard cf mere human mo
rslty rewstded Rapsrt after hl6 own
folisaaeeiMs Mr Tripp was at the
foot cl the stairs es Rupt rt came slowly
down Ho saw ter and was covered
witii snamj she saw ntn end his burden
and was touched with klncllcces Wheth-
er or no she was al > mlschievonsly
cwsre cl Raperta admiration and was
not sltcgetcer displeased wltn it I tac
n t say In a voice that th Ulcd him she
saidWhat
What Rapert are you going so
sconYes
Yes maam oa account o Johnny
But let me take him I can keep him
here tonight
It was a great temptation but Rupert
bad strength to refu e albeit rtlth his hat
pulled over his downcas eyes
Poor dear how tired he looks
Sae approached her still fresh and
pretty lice close to Rupert end laid her
lips on Johnnys cheek Then shelied
her audacious eyes to his brother and
pushing back his wellwcrn c ip hat Irom
ills clustering curls sheklsjcdhim equare
r on the forehead
Good night dear
The bay stumbled and laea stiggered
blindly isrwrd lato tho outer darkness
Bat with a gentlemans dellcicy he turned
hroir and glowing almost isettntly into o eiae street aa if
end a wifp of the very ti keep this consecration cf himself from
He began tslgar eye The path he had chosen
another letter was rough and weary the night wss dark
When It Jae finished thfi cdow ol the Wsd Johnny was ridiculouely heeavy but
pinebranch beiora tkeWTnBcw thrown kept stesdily on thewomans kiss in
by the nearly level fuajjerosflhis pipef
hsi begun to clowly rechth oppsslt
wall He put his worj wy Ulcere
Itccy ol the loollh boy shining on
forehead sad lighting him oiward
rsstir Jf
1 ToJ gn nucd next iceeL J7
Topazilnrs < JEsgfer XUit
i entEaj
tc
Stcclimen cl Arizona who are preparing
Dec Ior the markets cl Cslilornia are
taking sdvantage of the excellent tlftlfa
cropi the Arizsca lands are capable ol
producing and now tho stockmsn who
hts a big field ol succulent lodder consid-
ers himself in big luck for there is a big
demand for them the number cl cattle
being lattened there this year being much
greater thin ever before
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bjoed blficJj ribbon Jauntily resting on hia Uncle Bens way But here occurred I sus 9 Fort5 tinted by the lone < I subscribe for the Weekly Qizxvis
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Uuhiversil Outcry for a Longer
Term for the President and
One Term Only
Cspylng After tae Csatedcrie glsles
Ccnainnllcu wltb Kttcrenee to ths
Presidintlil Term ol x Years
liOiBca Ixfl cttd Vpin Ev r7 Four Yean
ihronch dpprcbunilon aad Dlitrsctloa
Hundred ol Million Weittd
New York Herald
The one great sensation that was in
everybodys mouth yesterday was the
proposal to extend tho presidents term
ol efflce to which the Herald devoted an
entire page
Men who had been lor months com
plaining that the apprehension and excite-
ment brought on by the great national
struggle ruined business with one accord
indorsed Chauncey M Depewa declara-
tion that the last election caused a lozs
to tha internal commerce ol the country
0 somethisg like 500000000 a stop-
page ol 10 per cent ol the wnole com-
merce lor lour months
Wcrkmen who had been on short hours
or idle altogether during a great part of
the presidential campaign and who vfon
dered 11 it wss net time to mska these
gigantic political contests less Ircquent
were astonished to read in the Herald
that President Smith of the chamber cl
commerce Samuel Sloan Rassell Ssge
George C Wiilitms Henry H Hoguet
Sidney Dillon WilliamC Surges Fran-
cis B Thuiber John Clsfln and repre-
sentative men in every branch ol com
merce and finance without regard to polif
tics were also in favor ol the change
It is not a question ol party
It is a question ol good government
snd commercial prosperity
President after president statesman
after statesman hivj urged that the
term of the executive should be mado
longer and that no citizen who has held
the cnie once should be eligible lor a re-
election
This seemed to be tho almost unanl
znons view taken cl the great question
yesterday That the lathers ol the repub-
lic the Iramers ol the constitu ion hesi-
tated between a six year term aud a oeven
year term for a long time monthsin fact
was shown by the summary ol the debate
in the Federal convention ol 1787 whicn
the Herald gave in its big story And
that even these wise men coud not lore
see the tremendous cost to the country ol
a national election was indicated by the
lact that the entire internal commerce cl
the United States at thut time wis not
equal to the gross earnlcga ol a single
railway company today
ACTION OF THE CIIAMBKR OF COMMERCE
Business men hail tne movement with
jay Indeed the Caamber ol Commerce
on January 91884 after weeks of patient
investigation adopted tho following re-
port cl its executive committee
Whereas the frequency with which
presidential elections occur with their
attendant exitement and tne frequent
change el governmental policy resulting
therefrom seriously deranges and interrj
feres with the business of the country I
Resolved that in the opinion ol thf
chamber tho commercial and busings
Interests cl this city and country would
ee subserved by extending the presi
dentisl term two years and tasking
president Ineligible lor reelection
second term ond we regpectlally cfjh
mend this subject to the consideration
congress and recommend the adoption 6t
such an amendment al the constitution ss
will accomplish thla end
Merchants to whom tco Herald has sent
lor lacts say that their agents have come
bsck alter months ol effort to stir up
trade during the presidential canvass
only to report that it was almost useless
to try until thej election was over Great
mills and factories have been closed in
every state In the Union partly through
apprehension as to the result ol the con
t bt and partly through tho dullness ol a
period when business men became too
much absoroed in politics to devote their
time to trade Values ol all kinds have
fallen and in some cases collapsed En-
terprise hs been checked and industry
halted
How could It be otherwise when thou-
sands ol orators were scattered all over
the republic mouthlrg creadlul predlc
tlcss ol the disaster and ruin that wonld
overtake tho country if tither party got
into power
Men who hsd money to invest saw the
sJcrm coming end so simply sat dewo
and waited
Meantime everything relating to manu
Isctnre trade or transportation lie
gmshed
And the cost 0 the election In this way
so businessmen estimate was 8300000
0C0
ONK TKRM OKLY
Bat this genersl outcry Ircm com
merce cipitl and labor alike is not sim- >
ply lor an extension of the presidents
term done It Is also for x provision in
the constitution that shall make the
president ineligible for a se-
cond term Tais is urged on the
ground that it would take the executive
cf the nation out cl the clutches ol ma
chlce politicians to whom he must now
defer if he desires a ascend term It is
said that the present system with Its
temptation to intrigue lor reflection snd
psndcr to tcmporaiy mcods ol the masses
brought on by appeals to bigotry race
hatred and passion results in vacilla-
ting unreliable national policy which
seriously intcrleres with the prosperity
ol the people To this necessity ior mak-
ing the presidency a onetermonly
cfllie several presidents have called the
attention ol congress and the country
Tilden laid streB3 upon it and
Thomas Jefferson saw wesknes
la ths present system cl re
eligibility President Ccvelacd eclemn
ly declared it to be a national darger
President Arthur alo desired to aee a
change ia that rcecect The quc3tion of
tho reciigibllty ol the pro3ldent has
never been a psrty question Those who
have studied the matter say that the only
reason why the constitution hes not been
modified to this extent is simply that
great reforms arc taken up slowly alter
prslGnged discujBioo and thit there his
ntv r been a vigorous agitation ol the
nifeeat Question
IXJ il TQtAGREZ ON EIX YEARS
Tfj yj jfifiority ° those who have
9 Ja intervaSfto by tho Hcild say that
eix yeors would be a sufficiently long term
for tie extcutive In the convention
which adopted the constitu-
tion every one ol tho states
forming the original republic except
Delaware voted lor a six year term Even
Gouverneur Morrlf the staunch and an
compromislng champion of frequent elecs
tlons voted lor six ye rs
80 that the present general demand for
a six year term is simply an expression ol
what was for a time tho almost unsni <
mouE opinion cf the grave and wise
statesmen who made the constitution
Then the whole internal commerce of the
country amounted to what Is estimated
roughly at 20000000 Now the internal
commerce of the nation is variously servant
mated by the highest authorities st irom
4
For many years I was trrtaliloil with
Scrofulous Complaints Ileartfig Avrrs
frars jpanlli ery highly reroiteuemleri
I ileciileil to try it mil haveTwow so
with the most satisfactorj results I
am romincttl that Ajer Sarsffcanlla
is tlio best possible liloodmedieiflt
John W Starr Laronii Ion a Sk
1 was troubled with
CATARRH
for over two years I tried
rilla A few bottles of tln ilWaicitie I
cured me of this troublesome cBjifplaint
and completely restored lgifjrxaltli
Jesse M Boggs IloJ JtOs Mill
Albemarle X V rf
r
Charles G ErnoofFVasa Minn
writes I hereby WSiHfy tliat 1 have
used Ayers SarsapaSSfa with excellent
success for a canctW liumnr or as it
seemed to be cancer vfti iu > lip Shortly
after using this remeipyijl sore healed
1 believe that the disease is entirely
tired ami consider
s n
TfofPpales
815000000000 to S30 000 000000 A na
tiocel npheavil then meant a loss ol per
hies 500000 Now It means 5 loss of
300 000000 II the business men are to
br believed
Strarpa to say the eix year teimwhlch
everybody seems to agree upon spontan-
eously is just what th chamber ol com-
merce has officially r < commended as the
result ol its delibtrie jr > jr ent
It is lor csccresj ano ATicicJinpeo
pie to stv wh t ehsll t > < 1 cc
The licts aic tssy to nt
Everv mar ww1 arrt cV in ac
counry has felt the crlctcl thu iesent
sysczn
T > 3e Initiative i2 this gr t srsttferiles
with empress
ATXOKSiJVfrESBBtL HOSbS ilE
COL4IJ
ha I1T
Brcnidlse KUctlon I3K or
TTORNEY
Ganerals O
fice Austin
November 1G
1888 To wu
D I s tnct or
County Attr
ne DtrSir
Oa iufuimi
tion received In
this depart
s pt7 v J v ment from vi
s nous sources
it is qaite certain that there have been
committed many cCenses ajiDst public
pclicy by wsgers and bet3 on the recent
general election
Tae peasl code Drcvides that If any
person ehall whether bEfore cr cftsr the
happening cf any public olectlon held In
this elate wscer cr bet in any minner
whatever upon tho rcanlt of scytuh
election he shall be fined not lts3 tnn
S25 tor more than 1000 TArt 371
P CJ
The bet or wager may be in money rr
ol eny ertiee ol v lue and rny device m
the lorm ol pnrchsEe or stle or in exy
other form made lor the purpose of oji
cesling the true Intention ol the partief
is equa Jy within the meaning c bsf cr
wager
While the frequency cf this clss3 rf
Gfi = crea snd the tppsrett lmpuriy with
which tht7 are publicly commit led te
mscd epecil attention to them yet ia
their irvStpation 11 is propr slso that
yen have all other sct3 in violation cf tne
provision cf title C cisper I of tho
Penal Code affecting the right cl suffrage
tally and thoroughly icquired ictc so
that c aes ol effenders toe may he duly
indicted and puaioiei
AH peisots who may hsva piid or ol
lered to pty money to voters cr to elec-
tion efficerf or have ccered or paid t
bri o to any peiscn whatever lor ths pnr
pose of inducing him to pursutcic or by
means not amountlcg to bribery to pro-
cure persons to vote at the election lor or
rgalnst any cardldate or who 3hII have
iurnlshed money to another to be n ed
tar the purpose cl prccunrg thii Lzcaz
or defeat ct eny particular candidate Is
suoject to Indictment and conviction for
violation ol the previsions ol slid chap-
ter
Your attention Is reEpectf ully called to
these laws the violations of which are
obnoxious to good government Inimical
to public policy end corrupting in elec-
tions with the hope that you will use
special diligence In having all patties in-
dicted and punished who hove Indulged
in ect3 constituting the crlenses referred
to Very respectfully your obedient
J S Hogg
AttorneyGeneral
J
er Sorofiila
Factoij prices quotW Acdrcss
a lift Panhandle Macli
J 50
0 andJSgtia
5
For Blood diseases is through tho use Ayers Sariparlli if perseveringlr
of a powerful Alterative inch as Ayers u etl aironlm to 1 he gra itv of the ilis
Sarsaparilla By no other treatment j ease alnavt i > rop > etlicacioti For
can the poison of Scrofula ineer aul the last teii > < r > I have bf iiserioiisly
Catarrh be so tlioroiighlyeradicateil trouble with Scrofula ituily deter
from the system > llmlel to gh e Ayers Sarparilla a per
severing trial and iuii1feil by it > use
I am Mire ir u il rTtfSjve all impurities
from the MiKMl Sfli consider it tho
greatest mrd iqftiriicnvery of the age
Cliarli Jg WhiiMni Waubeek Iowa
Geo Andrews of the Lowell
Carpeiy Morporatiii atUicteil
was so
wiyj f
tpL
l SALT RHEUM
variortjjjjliat the ulvr ai tuallv covered more
remedies and was treated by a numWxtAlian half 01 Ins body ami limbs vet ho-
of phyMeiaus but received no WJrSntpRas entirely uroil bv this reruedv
until I began to take Ayers S fT nzhtn wis troubled
vftu Scrofula anil at one time it
wjqtfdearcil > io would Ionc her sislit
Aytlgs Sarvapanlla lias completely r >
htoregy r health and her eye3 are k >
well ig1 strong as ever with not 1
trace dScrofula 111 her system i
King lO ingK Conn
1 wasJiavays afflicted with a Scrof-
ulous llunm aiul lmu been 1 great
suflorer lfcl my lungs have Iten
affected causTiv much pain and dirh
culn 111 breatSat Three bottles of
Av s Sai
er s Sarlsapariila
sapanlla to be an infallible remedv for
all kinds of eruptions caused 1 > > nnmiri
blood
have relun ml my lungs and nston
inv liealib Liu leu W Cass CLels a-
Mass
Dr J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass Price SI six bottles 5 Wcrth S5 a bottle
a
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GftjHiinf Qf ffTO Windmill a Frnmt
Beltinir Hose
Grinder
it eedcutiy or a
nythirg in
ave 3Ioney
for maauractirers
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11 uiUNiii
the teet
roofw
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chespest roofi
wBS ot ran rr crsclf
IjAkm and water n ie
ttNG COMPANY
> 6vcr sold in the state
til not contract or ex
ction Guaranteed
Comer > lovchfrl nnct fXuslc Qtroots
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Snojjdrts ftid 2 ciK j4 t i Z
Tne afeive three lt vJOns to oagldgtHse foiS fft
Nsrrldns 21 Irla 2 Ulei
12 Nsrclssue 12 Joi > ulla
JXSO
AStiyicisL silk
A ChemlatI Schema to Oa diriy With ths
Mumble BllfeiroTm
Xew York Hall and Kxi rcs
It is by no means impossible aild a
Paterson silct mEuticturar that artifi-
cial eilK may eomeime replfee the prod-
uct of tne eIkworms bsbor That ol
course is only a possibility and not 0
probability but it Is very probable that
artificial methods will replatc the tedious
and erpcEslve means now employed to
utilize the worms It h 3 Icr sometime
b = en knorn ha wornout silken laorlcs
can be utilized by putting isem in a
eoemin bith which separates Irrelcn
juoetircrs leem the eilk itself and gives
tec litter In a iiluion This srlution
en bo respun cr uttd to piste other
thread
Nof as I l trn Ircm Franc Dr
Chardoano cf that country has succeeded
la mskinc fc purely attfiUI silk He
mates a solution of citrocciluToss al-
cohol ether ferrous chloride and tannic
acid in nlceiy cslcusted proportions
snd runs it Irom a reaervolr through an
xceedlngy miruto hole into a bath ol
water acidulated with i of 1 per cent ol
monohydrated nitric Bcti The fluid
hardens in the water snd 13 dried in ho
sir It is said that the thread ctn 33
readily dried but I do not know what
other valuable qualities it has
Where the Da Ucrlni
Chambers Journal
According to tne way In w ch this ar
rirgtcent la now ctnled cur feS j
land thet the new day dawns urcn Is
Erster Islsrd about 230 miles weet ol
the coast ol Chili South Amerha That
is to say July 2 creaks here within a lew
t < oors ot tse 1st having broken en the
American ccsat to the east and the two
flays run on alongside the 21 in Etsler
Island and the places west the l3tin
tr < places on tne American continent
We may therelore rcaliza this Idea that
at 720 oclock any morning cf our lives
in Gret Bitin thenixt dayiscemmenc
icg ths world and Is to be found at this
little Island In the Pacific ccear whence
In due coarse It will travel round to us
3at to hive thu3 the start of tho world
is cot an unmitigated sdvantige to ttbs
isndcT3 Suppose one of them sslli
east to Ameiica vbat Is tho resn Ho
will fled tsrt they keep the d7 there
under a different date end he will have
to reckon ore dsy In his calendar twice
ever to put hlmielf right with their no
tlore
Oa the other hand if an Amer csn
crosses trom east to west this wcnderfnl
magic line where the day begins he will
fioa the dates in this fresh part of tha
word f re one in advance cf him end he
mastceecs strike a day out of bis calen
der to keep up with the timas
The fact wis curiously illustiaeiin the
case cf tIigell Bthe Portuguese captain
Tiho silled around the world from east to
west In 1522 and htvicg crossed the
l lir cl dsysblrta In his wan-
dering his calendar became of course a
day in srrear The sailors were com-
pletely ignorant ol this and finding on
landing at home that their Sabbath was
falling on a Monday thty accused ore
another ol tampering nlth the reckoning
It was not for tome time that the true and
slmplo explanation of the wonderful loss
of time was discovered
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