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Show Till'. TI. VAS iHMUI.. i ' i'V IDIIlliUNaiTOA U.Slt)U. ItltANCIf or ' ''ti TIII. AMI IIICANOO.NliTAlLLAIIY. "Iftj Sf lonil 71otf tlrneernL " Ri Undctib(odlythemostunluebrauclt i -' if; of ihu American cuuatabulary Is Hie I il lexasTauger service. It waiebornof , li rtroesilty nearly n half century ngo, I , It when tho l.ono Htsr Htato was the 1 ' r hailmr nf men wliu hal "hit their I I cuuntryfor Hu Ir country's good," audi L when the murderous Indian nnd mar- it l' nudlug Mexican had rather scalp a I 'J paleface or ileal his horse a aud cattle 1 than lo lite lu comity with him. lu iv1 Ihoaudays that trltsl men's souls, the "i , rauger was ut oiicu looked upon as a ,1. kulght-srraut and a soldier bold whose ,.(.- diilyltttasloproluctthu Ills of a c-ltl- I S xeu and to LIU or arrest (more often ts 'i kill) thu buccaneer who dared show ' li j his lace out of tho uieiqulle, rhenthu JK. aervlcuw-as organized nnd equipped as , v an army, nud combined Ihu functions A o(nnllonal defense wllh those of Iho I -J ru su i-oiiillnlua. ,, ( Up lo ten years njo the personnel ot ' lliu itrvlcu was c-onsptctious by Its ' fi eminent gentility. Thu best blood of M Texas voluuleerod through that spirit I. IB of adventure that led their fathers to t I ; ITS the turbulent rllale, nnd It was con- 't slderetl a local dlatlncllon to be known tl . I aa au "ex.llauger." It was, Intact, p ' lu thu gteat malortly of cases, a pass- p ' 1 pert to tlie highest aoclal circles of the t J Htate. Another claaa of Ha memt.r- i t I ship wero milling )oimg men from I the 1'ast who bad taken Horace 1 Ureeley'a advice and gone Weat. ex I tecllni; soon to become tho cuttle I luge that siring from the ilorld Imnglnalloii ut thu ntncllit and , , dramatist, but cvho, in tint majority of 2 Instances, souri learned Hint the llle of ' I a Kancer was more titrllliug nnd h aclltu than that of a rrstnurnut wnltcr. u t Home nf Ibu brightest iiewejtater men in tho Uulttl Hlntes were college : iraduatts wbui,ot uttlll letltr ulcca- f lion lu the Itauger scrtlce, and , 1 iilablylilhlstruoef the numters of ' lit Hie press of Kivr Vnrk, 'ew Orleans fl anl Itxas. (Iiiuter, thu nitthor of f ! tn se Un lurid tittcmpts nt novel- , ! willing yclept "Mr. Teller of Texas" ti ulm "Ir. liariiea cf Now York," la jlj cald ta have eerwd auonltitrasbt as it t cy-JS 1 is. i. i x iiii iassiiasjisasiriTsirs"itrirtn-- ,'j (i: ltnnger. Jennlnjteof New York did tbo asme thing. Hut peiuepa the moat - famous ol nil tlm catly 01 UHtJ ! latter-day llaogcra la Col. John MtWi, : il H. Font, now awaltlLK lbs last H'i'i IK '"J"1" cal1 "l H,n Anlonlo, sOaHfireJ almost In penury, sad want, lid la Ib-HbOI known to fame aa "Ill." Ford, and VtlsW Si many la tho story that the dime novel- s B'sJlfff r- J' ,1M woven round hla name. Col. bWSK$ S Ford la past seventy years In ORf, hut LaH'Sy in Ills frame la as erect and lilagaltassprr JBIX'l JS natheavcraEoiiiaii'sof fifty. There l HftV IB lltUeeiagt,erallonlntlioclalmforhliii ijW ;t that bit liud been In mora liol lights In H:fi ' li lliotroail open owi prnlrlee, on the lH,frV M bdmlogsendanndln thetliornyrliap- WMm liti Ol risrral;haa hail muro hand lo hand laH-Va! encounters with Indiana, Mealcniu laH-Wt m a'"1 nndllt; line mado moro hair ,'JKi 31 breadth ccas arid liaa it greater iMMW'Wffi 1 numberofiiotcheslalheliandleof lila liB'Sri truily Cell' than any nun In Ilia K ii'"' -A wrat. And yet lis la not it rough or l-Hl&i-il M uncouth character. On the contrary, slsHiWI H he lea man of moru than umal polish fJfJB f t J' of manaer nnd mrnUI nreompllah- Mtt ) 'X ment.Wuen lie was not In tho Held he MM I , waaBtAiillli,lliecapllnl,e4ltlUB:pB. IH , I ' per that liad an Influence In llalluilied JHfVjfc if sphere ciual to any of the monster ? I M metropolitan eliifts of today, t.ciieral l-B'ItL $5 Hamilton I'. lice, Iirolher of that Ham- rK naT'i't 15 In genius of war who, with nn auda- fJB WM ij city Btiperb led the terribly dtatruc- LH tSffllJ in II" charge of the Conft.1t rates at Mar.- H Idas SI nut', anil when expiring from abulia! Bil s, wound oii the Hill Inspired mEBE hla mm to allll more vie- I fWH lom liattle br .homing "On, I lihTdK 31 mint tlr" Jackson standing lite I' lallli 91 atono walll" la another of the old I I it IK; m time Hangers, and who allnln.il the ' InicSU m 'ik of brigadier In the Conftdrrtte ' It! MB R army by that Mine Intrepid bravery llUiRS J! that distinguished him when a young llnnliaV 111 msn In the llssger service. Urn. lleo iKrvIR' I laenloylng the mellow years yet re- IBbJB I rosining to bla princely life at Han I ISfrKR 1 Antonio, aurroiinded ky few of the IlfSUrX R luaurlea to which men of audi note f fill V are uaually accuatonird, aaro tho nf. ' ISlSii 5 fecllouof blaramlly and a largo circle ' l1! (t B vffrlenda. 'IS8& li Th" lalter.day Itanirer, at elated ' lllaJB I aboic.dinvis widely from lila rode IB WH m ctMtr. Theaame hleh orderof nerto IISl'iflK and Intrepidity li emotlal In hlm.hut llfWau H ' hat deteriorated In thoae other !1IeE9! in characterltllra minted out with the MllilaWi it cooatantly dlnilnleUlr.il atrength and MlnffiSf Importance of the arrelcra. Tho ad. I liiHu W Jutant-ceueralof IkeKtatela atlll the ' ilV'flBf T cammnader of tho foice, but ho hat ' ilPI'Mi m uader him only three commnlea, ' IE .mm W ofllctred with n captain, tno lleutrn- HJVHil) SI ante and one aerKeaut each, theentlro iJil'fB i m number In actlee aervlce Iwlnu leaa Itii'JB - ffl than one hundred. The onebattnllon II V'JMf J in Into which the three companlea aio illfHu 1 combined la never mobilized, n)r are iSflS l3 'he toupanlea alien kept toother. ;SB;( UK They are divided Into tipiada tin m of from three to ten men, and are ala. ' Ittt'aVr il? tinned In thoae arctlona of the Htalu fliiflf Jn'i where tawleatneta la mott raniatnt or ' IT m IB meat irakle to break out. Itlamartrl- ' HKi H lout how the bare prceence of llnio ! MP w Itantjere, who are now little leaa than 'Kfl N deputy fherini, quelle dliorder. In- l'lllw 91 ttaucea are known lu the latt few yeara jit B when aherlfle with poaaea of fifly or iv nvGLc tn liuhdred deputlrt have been utterly . I lift? OH pewerloM to quiet a moh and realoro " tl KK1 rS'l 'Wet until a fjuad of eight or ten ' 'IjfaHWI Itaniara, and aoraetlmea oven Icea, ' fi5'a5l dathed Into the towna on their wiry ftm Btu1 little ponlea, and at oneo the mobailla jJ'Kt ' pentdand the riot ended. Ho awe. mkWl inspiring are there men of the buckaklu . iilM! 9 panta aad Winchester liolttera that i ! vBI oltentlrnea the men threat ot calling )' f ,l,ora on' ' euniclent to ttrlko auch ' 1'HkIJ terror to the lawbreaketa aa to cauio ' fflol III them to Immediately como around to ;' ! U V if; the aide of the peace oonaervalora. ' S LI Tne m' "aXT ' "' ""' In i AWI H Texaa at the preaant time la therefore ' 'im H to Be ever ready to raoual lila horae , II i n aad fly. lie mutt be able to llift' rl1 endure loag marchea in the and ' I FsUa" fal I "Ti kq t la no unuomnion li am ! thing for h!h to travel eighty Uin ! tnllea between Bun and auu fqyw.li aeroaa bald prairie, over rrrclpttoua ' JlfflySw M ' bills, through deep canyona, forflng , NajKTll rlvera, wading lakee and lagoona; l3T''li mowing down nlpath through thick ' HWlfjlHi'' ineaqiilteand cadua, loaplng dltchex, ' IvISi' ! I ttc 'Iut above all he mutt be ijulck f 1iil. t en the trigger and auro of aim, i IKIS) I ' When lie thoota be ahooU to kill. MJIf'l i Jle keenly reallrea when entering '!ftetE i the aarvloe that he la wearing hla llfu i I'lQ'i I nn blaeleeve, and that he haa only Hie ; J1 jtrej; raott draperate men to deal with, lie I J'laUlt'j ) knowa, too, tho dangera of ambuali, ! S!7aHr and vlewa every inott with autplclon ! I I leat It explode and kill him. Ilelaaa i .' Bi I alettaaa rat, and HU tn hla aaddle ,,kj I with tke grace of an Indian. Ilia am- JaV afl I V ' bltlon la, If ho bo Of bo Utter data, to fl'lj . aolmprraahlaptrtaaaltty on Iheconi' lUf.H?; I luunlly where lilt pnaence may I Jilslfc p I needeit aa te aland In the line of pro JtttK&i ' motion when the rouHtyaherltt la lo iJ5Kl keelerUd.andoltlathattheuaJorl. Jljf.jaJt ' ,v ' Weatern Teiaa aherllla of today uffttl't' I were but recently lttiigcre. |