Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-07

Of railway freight rates. The water
way from the upper valley Of the Mis-
Z sissippi 10 Europe and to Boston viii
x siibserve every commercial necessity,
at every season of the year, contem-
+ plated by Mr.. Harrison and his canal
( enlarging associates.
4 But II Is better 10 enrich the rich
Z than to aGgranCtize the poor and un-
I foiunate the few than the many. lt
will therefore be cmineutly proper TO
execute first the local scheme of Mayor
Harrison, and have othercommissiOns
even che OF senators. 20 pirOuetting
and iunI.eting down the valley of the
great riNSr. Practical action Is thus
postponed, and no more effective
method can be discovered for the aug
mentation Of tariff revenues than by
the resulting extinction OF sugar and
cotton production in the lower valley
of the Mississippi.
SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS or THE
PROBLEM.
suppose that Nicksburg, as the spot
was some ten thousand years ago,
were to-day on the verge of the Gulf of
Mexico. The sea level being 100 feet
lower than Nicksburg, the Missis-
sippi would there plunge down a
precipice 100 feet high into the Gulf OF
Mexico. What would be the result?
Would not the channel above Nicks-
burg be lowered the whole distance 10
Cairo aud above? Would not
the channel become an i'm
clined plane from Cairo to Nicksburg
twice as steep as the channel of to-day
from Cairo TO New Orleans? Would
not the current have double its pres
ent velocity and securing force?
Would not all these Hoods at Cairo
and below be drawn off and overflows
impossible? The proposed Lake
Borgne outlet, 10 ii less extent, accom-
plislles every result effected by this
supposed restoration of facts of ten
thousand years ago.
This reference TO devastation.
wrought by recent floods reminds us
of charming verses recited by a kindly
congressman at the grave of the wills
ky ring:
rnE TWO GLASSES.
There sat two glasses nlled 10 the hrlm
On rich mans table: rim 10 rim,
One was rudy and red rs blood
And one as clear as Inc crystal flood.
Said the glass OF wine 90 the paier brother,
- ct us tell the tales OF the past TO each
other.
l can ten OF the banquet. and revel and
mirth,
And the proudest and grandest souls ON earth
Fell under my touch, as though struck by
blight
Where was a King, for ruled IN might.
From the head of Kings / have torn the
From the heights Of fame have hurled men
down;
have blasted many an honored name:
have taken virtue and given shame;
have tempted the youth with Il sip, taste,
Z. "a hs. .taa
Far greater than King am !, .
Jr than any army beneath the sky:
have made the arm of driver fail,
And sent the train from the iron rail
have made good ships go down at sea
Ana the shrieks OF thelost were sweet to me,
Eor they said, Behold, how great you he,
Fame, strength, wealth, genius, before you
fail,
For your might and power are over air
iG no! pale brother" laughed the wine,
Can you boast of deeds as great as mlne?"
SAID the water glass, II cannot boast
)f a King dethroned or murdered host.
But can tell of n heart once sad
81 my crystal drops made light and glad
Of tlfrsts I've quenched, of brows I've
laVed,
)f hands ! have cooled and souls have |
have leaped through the valley, dashed |
down the mountain,
Flowed the river, and played IN the foun-
slept in the sunshine, and dropped from the !
sky,
And everywhere eladdened the landscape
and eye;
have cased the hot forehead of fever and
pain,
have made the. parehed meadows grow
fertile with grain;
can tell ofthe powerful wheel of the mill
Ihnt ground out flour aud turned at my will: /
can tell OF manhood debased by YOU
That lifted up and crowned anew
cheer, help, strengthen and aid;
! gladden. the heart of man and maid;
set the chain-winc captive free
Ana all are better by knowing me-
lhese are the tales they told each other
The glass of wine and its pRler brother
As they sat together, filled to the brlm
IN the rich mans table rim te rim.