Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-18


sen horse and buggy and has hoo,
passing his time In idleness mud spen,l
ing his money. IL will not take hin
| long 10 dot at the rate hc n yoiny
anu Then where will he be- Severa
! agents OF the lottery cnmpanies hay,
been arrested here and will be prose
vuted for using the mntls illcraily
Ihat Isl good way TO begin. They
VIII nave no sympathy here and will
propahly have u harder time thnu
Would their employers, arraipned ON
.nelr owl. ground, 50 10 speak, where
they could have guoi deal Ia
shy, IN the selection OF nIrirs
There are people enough In this
country who are trying TO make their
living with their coats on. Thcrc a re-
ngrmt many lottery patrons whoua,,r
regular business OF having IN invest.
ment IN every drawing, aud Il is use.
less 10 shy that the people who indulge
most IN that kind OF thing are the ones
VINO can least afford il. Lotteries
uealing IN futures on the hoard OF trade
anu gambling are alike denlumllglnr
anu ihlpoverishing. They should all
he stopped.
SULLIVAN.
John Sullivan has gotten his mann,
up before the country ~ the chonnlcn
sluggcr, and now he proposes tn n,nln
The most of his FREQ advertising. III,
and his company of puullisia nnd
gnnlestcis are billed for a season In
Chicago. Such entertainments nrn
highly cdlfying. They teach the younn
idea how 10 slug. II Is said that MI
through the West ns far ns The rtcat
liostonian hard hitter as travelled. n,
has leit 4 trail OF amateur 'pcrapplnp
Matches
PERSONAL, Ann LOCAL.
Joseph Jefferson will appear next
week In "rhe Rivals Cricket on
the Hearth and RIP Van Wlnklc.' y
Aimee will give us a season of connie
opera, and the Boston Ideals vii, rem
der the popular numbers of their rep
ertolrc.
The great Chicago fat stocl, show IL
open i1r week aud IL the grpnt, At
thing of the kind ever known. Large
crowds have been attracted 60 the CITY
ny The mammoth exhibition nj The
exposition building.
LITERARY REUNIONS.
Now that the long winter evcninsg
ARE upon us, the young people nj least.
OF every community ought 10 begin
thinking, IL they have not nlrcndv
thought, about the formation of dcbnt.
Ing societies and parliamentary cluus.
There are few WAYS In which more
pleasant and profitable employment of
an occasional evening can hu found
thnn In n social literary society. No,
In debating the threndbgro topics, hu,
fresh, live topics In which people will
take nm interest, and IN which there
VIII be something more than simply 10
pnss the time, aud become EXPERT nj /
giving expression 10 Thought. OIL
course II Is nllowablo for Young Aoel6. /
~ to take up the questions OF anticipa. |
non aud realization, capital punish |
ment, platform and press, etc, etc,
but there ARE so many live topics thnt /
might lie brought up TINT II seems
waste of time 10 20 over the subjects
hat have been thrashcd about over
very school rostrum In the country, /
spelling reform, woman's rights, ben |
fits or evils COMMUNICATION compulsory |
legitimacy of board of ttndp |
icalinR, aud many other questions of /,
similar nature nro practical and afford |
useful information In I
heir discussion.
In forming n society for young folks.
I should br done with ilIst az little
machinery" as possible, but every
'ulc aud regulation should he relin-
ously lived up TO or discarded. II IL
Ilways demornlizlng 10 have any dead
ettcrs In an organization. The more
pleasant and profitable way II TO have
mixed membership, male aud female.
II " well iftherc loo no fees ana dues,
hough fines should be imposed for my
allure 10 perform duties aFalgned. A
yood plan Is 10 raise necessary moneys
~ assessment. Meetings should not
lc too often, weekly or iortnightly ns
hOUght bet, hat they should be kept
ip with unfhillng regularity, on rcgu-
nr meeting nights. For beginners II
$ not best 60 have u critic, except to
all attention To grammatical errors
nd breaches of parliamentary law.
rites reports are too liable to degen-
rate iuto mere personalities, and are
'ften filled With cunning witiicisms
nd snrcnsnis that strike terror 10 the
ieart of the beginner, and make him
n her do much worse than II there
vas nothing of the kind. Meetings
nay be held In halls. but AFRO better nt
private residences. The literary exer.
Uses should not take up more than nm
lour and IL hulf 10 two hours from
'elock, leaving fonie time for social
lingling before adjournment,
Which ought 10 he about /
D o'clock. Under no consid-
ration Should u society Of that kind q
crmit one of rs members while cnter' I
lining IL, 10 offer refreshments This /
inieA great deal ~ trouble, and M
/. A.,t.,.1 In. If.i.us.I
On special holidays aud
ie like, IL l. well to have tootIsome
asst and an Informal time, but at reg
lar meetings. nothing Of The kind IN
vt.
An entertaining programme may he
'rangd somewhat ns follows /. In. q
ruinrntnl music. 2 Essay Oh the
r. and works Of w. II. Prescott q. /.
Deal music. A. Recitation or Grafton. !,
Debate: "lierolvcd, That womuns ! 1
~ IL commensurate with Her work. !,
instrumental music This seems 4
iort, but n the work Is well done " Il !,
Iig enough, and OF cOurae II II IN ii9t n
ell done. anything would be too long. ii
here must be- plenty Of earnest Ell Il
insinstic workers la M organization /,
this kind. The tendency IL always (,
leave the work 10 the willing few, I,
VI this results dlsnstrously, Let i
very one take hold willingly and )
ieerfully TO do what he can, and II Is 4,
irprlsing how mach solid good and a
Ieasnrc may be had from q society OF :
ia kind. Thrse gatherings Tor intel 4.
e.mll Improvement aud social inter !,
,urse ought not 10 be confined 10 the \
Dung people, but II II not well 10 have
! ages together, for The reason Tint D
Ie young and inexperienced VIII feel
,rk ward nboni taking part where i,