Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-12
FIRST EDITION.


IbE LOCNGEH.
| took drive over the city few
days ag0 and was much Impressed
Win nufleruus improvement now go-
Ing on South ~ the railroad on
TucNet 3 Hill, more than niitc atd u
half from the couri-house, | counted
more than two dozen dw~iliDgs IN
course 81 erection. These hoests are
mostly cottages inexpensive ent neat,
ana seemed designed ~ hDucs for
wotkingnen, but several of The pre-
ttrtions nlansious for which TINT To-
CAVITY Is noted, are also going zap. Im-
provetnents were also nuted NJ most
every portion OF the city, notably the
several massive, nodera alid expci-
sive husiics houses teing buiit on
Houston street. Altogether, the
money being spent ff building pur-
poses In the city this suRatiier VIII tx
pregnte many thousands of dollars,
and add muci.to the appearance of the
preatcst and hIost wonderful city Of
the great ana wonderful Nest.
Men are prone to set ratified when y
storm Of adversely comes upon them,
aud instead Of fastening themseVc.
90 some principle Of right aud stand
Ing firm, allow themselves to be de-
mpIished. All this preface ] na$e IN
order tn bring In an anecdote to point
a moral and adOfn II tale.n During
one Of the recent tcrnadoe- in Missouri.
the twisting monster swept overa tuwn
wnerr IL cilrus wes exhibiting. ripping
od'thA ctbyas and demoralizing things
morally. An old negro man and hls
wife were la attendance, he a hardened
sinner and she devuut Christian md
firm believer Ia the efficacy Of prayer.
When the storm was at rs height and
loose boards and battles flying around
proniscuously, the old man grabtcd a
stake, white his wife went down on
her knees .anA nimenced praying
loudly. The oIV man stood IL for a
moment, and Shen shoutedi Hey, Old
woman stop that yellin' aud grab IL
center pole IL yer don't watt to git
histed like u balloon Under the cir
cumstanccs the old fellows head was
level; It's sometimes best 20 grab ecu
ter pole.
wns seated In u Houston street
drug store when II p ror woman, shah.
billy dressed, aud with thin. cadivrr-
GUS face and wild, strange looking
eyes, came in and bought u dimes
worth OF morphine. Aftcr she went
out, my friend, the druggist said:
"Thnt woman is killing herself with
opiite,. She takes IL as regular as she
does her meals" asked linl if there
was much morphine used IN the city
aud this is what he said: "There are
a large number OF men and women
who use opiates regularly, though the
IL ter predominant. Araliy every
prostitute in the city Is addicted 20 the
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in stupor from its effects. Men who
use morphine are, rs u rule, hard
drinkers, aud take IL to brace up.
Very few negroes are addicted to the
habit. There nre several ladies mov.
Ing in good society who are half drunk
on opiates nearly all the time, and the
wonder IL how they manage TO conceal
~ from their husbands. SnnletlpIes
they are detected and then there il u
row. ] have known several families
broken MI bncntse ofthis weakness on
the part of the wife. | don't think
there IL much opium smoking in tho
city. That evil has been greatly mag
nlhea by the local reporters y
One-half the world does not know
how the other hali live, nor does il
know ~ the misery and poverty oi
thousands living IN dt stlt0tion almost
AT their Very doors Since my resi-
dence IN Texas have seen no such nh
ject poverty ns was presented 10 my
gaze last "Wednesday evening. Acros,
the river, II the Cemetery roai are II
score or more tents, and IN tt cui dwcl
n ciass of extremely poor bot eVid,ntl,
contented People, because they nevei
knew better life. The sole posses,
sious OF these people are Il dirty ole
teut few cooking utensils, Il bed that
negro would not sleep ON, l1ali-ir
dozen white haired, sore-eyedchiILreil,
and two or three NANCY ours, II was
late IN the evening when passed the
Limitations OF these people, aud they
were preparing supper. a fire Was
burning IN front of each tent. and on
IL an oven filled with meat was frying
aud suffering, The men we're lying
around on the grass. the children with
matted and unkenipt ilcks playing ia
tue dirt, and the woman OF the estab.
ltshmcnt husily engaged preparing the
meal. All gized at ~ with stupid
eyes, eyes That showed less inte Ii.
Ecace tsnn the oxen that hooked NJ u
irohi n.iShhorinp pasture. How
these eople make li,ing no on,
knows, nor cures. They are predatory
IA thelr naiu1e roaming f,unt tuwl
10 town. always liviug Ia tents. The,
are ps1s-aby honest, hui lazy and tri
iling. La fast they ARE af the 81 lss be.
fore the war know, ami ,c0rned hN
negroes Az paor white trash, And YET
among ihela saw one girl OF sixtecl
possessing petite figure and Pretty
face.
Who said the sunday law could no,
lee enforced In Fort WORTH I've
months ago, when City Attorney
s>wayue pluckily assaileA this vice and
violation OF the law, | do not sui pa e
there were q dozen men in the city
who believed he would succeed ~ he
has Rut consciousness OF right aud
the support and encouragement OF the
Christians az the community merry, a
him for the task, and NOW the deors ol
all the saloons IN town are sealed from
twelve o'clock Saturday nightuntn
twelve sunday night. And this X re-.
inntkahle ina town OF the population
: md character og this one IN the West.
No other city In Texas OBSERVES the
SUNDAY iaw So figidly. And what is
the rcsult2 Whtre under the old or.
der OF things nIcn who drew their Iuy
on saturday and spent IL all in n
drunkcn iehauch before Mond ~, now
are forced Co r,nisicl sober, sud start
on the new week vIail az least enough
In My lar. al alntif saas INV INV \ pI